Chen Qiang found a jewelry store based on the address.

The manager of this jewelry store is a middle-aged white man. When he saw Chen Qiang coming in, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Sir, are you here to pick up jewelry? Please wait a moment, I will arrange someone to pick it up immediately. In addition, I need to check your pickup order."

"Take jewelry?" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned.

The jewellery manager realized that he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly apologized: "Sir, I'm very sorry, I made a mistake. I saw that you were Chinese and thought you were sent by Mrs. Jiang to take away the jewelry she ordered."

Chen Qiang instantly understood what was going on. Mrs. Jiang is now in New York. He must have bought some jewelry from this jewelry store, but it has not been taken away for some reason. The manager of the jewelry store saw that Chen Qiang was a Chinese, so he mistakenly thought that Mrs. Jiang sent her to pick up the jewelry.

"I'm here to find someone. Is there a Mr. Wu working here?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Are you looking for Wu? Well, he's inside. Wait for a moment and I'll call him out." The jewellery manager said.

Although the jewelry store manager did not know Chen Qiang, he saw that Chen Qiang was dressed decently and was driving here, so he should be a person with status and status, so he did not make things difficult for Chen Qiang.

Soon, Mr. Wu walked out.

Mr. Wu is nearly 60 years old. In this era when the average life expectancy of Chinese people is only over 30 years old, he can be regarded as a long-lived person. However, in the United States, the average life expectancy of ordinary people is much higher. The social security system in the 1940s was not as good as that of later generations. Americans in their 60s still had to work to support their families. Moreover, those with skills like Mr. Wu will be even more popular with employers. The salary of Chinese people is not high, and if you hire Mr. Wu, the boss of the jewelry store can save some money.

"Hello, Mr. Wu, my name is Chen Qiang." Chen Qiang took the lead in introducing himself.

"I know, I have seen you in the newspaper!" As a Chinese, Mr. Wu still knows Chen Qiang, so he quickly said, "Mr. Chen, are you doing something to ask me? Do you want to repair jewelry?"

"I heard that when Mr. Wu was in China, he worked as a shopkeeper in a pawnshop?" Chen Qiang asked.

"That's true. When I was thirteen years old, I worked as an apprentice in a pawnshop in Peking and worked as a shopkeeper for ten years. However, the world is in chaos and pawnshops are not easy to make, so I spent hundreds of silver dollars to make a living in this Citi country, hoping to spend a few days of peace." Mr. Wu answered.

"Then Mr. Wu must have some research on antiques, right?" Chen Qiang asked again.

"I understand a little about our Chinese antiques, whether it is gold, silver jewelry, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, at least it can be seen whether it is true or false. After all, when I was in a pawn shop, I often collected such things. Even if it was leaked from the palace, I have seen a lot of them. As for these foreign antiques, I don't understand them." Mr. Wu answered.

"Mr. Wu, I just want to ask you to help me see some antiques from our Chinese." Chen Qiang told Mr. Wu about his plan to acquire lost cultural relics.

After hearing this, Mr. Wu nodded without hesitation and agreed.

"Mr. Chen's righteous deeds are very much admired. If it is useful to me, I have no choice but to define it!" Mr. Wu paused, then sighed and continued: "Compared with Mr. Chen, some people should really be ashamed of themselves. They are in a high position, regardless of the suffering of the people, and use the people's fat and ointment they have plundered from the Chinese people, but they ran to the United States to spend a lot of money. Buying jewelry is like buying cabbage. The diamonds are too small and they still dislike them. They have to buy the biggest one. Alas..."

Chen Qiang also smiled helplessly. He had guessed that the person Mr. Wu said, who despised the diamonds too small was probably the one whom Mr. Jiang was probably the one whom he said.

Chen Qiang and Mr. Wu were chatting first. Someone outside approached the jewelry store, and this person was also a Chinese.

"Are the manager here? I got the jewelry for Mrs. Jiang." The visitor said directly.

The manager immediately went up to meet him, then took the pickup document from the other party, and immediately asked his subordinates to go down to the safe to get the jewelry.

At this time, the Chinese also saw Chen Qiang.

"Chen Qiang! You are Chen Qiang!" This man obviously knew Chen Qiang, so he immediately came to Chen Qiang and continued, "Chen Qiang, I have heard that you have come to the United States for a long time. I didn't expect to meet you here. Compared with a few years ago, you have not changed much!"

Hearing the other party's tone, this person seemed to know him, but Chen Qiang thought for a long time but never remembered seeing this person there.

Seeing Chen Qiang looking confused, the man took the initiative to introduce himself: "My name is Du Yutao, I belong to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This time I accompanied Mrs. Jiang to the United States. A few years ago in Nanjing, you came to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give a speech. I met you at that time!"

Chen Qiang nodded suddenly with great enlightenment.

After Chen Qiang won the Olympics, there was a time when Chen Qiang was invited by various ministries and commissions in Nanjing to give a speech. At that time, Chen Qiang basically went to the conference rooms of various ministries and commissions in Nanjing. At that time, Du Yutao was probably one of the people who listened to the lectures in the audience, so Du Yutao had met Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang had no impression of Du Yutao at all.

"It turns out it's Mr. Du. I really didn't expect to meet an old friend in a foreign land!" Chen Qiang replied politely, and then asked, "Mr. Du is here this time, planning to buy some gold and silver jewelry?"

Du Yutao did not hide it, but explained directly: "I am a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so how can I have so much money to buy gold and silver jewelry! I came here this time to get jewelry for Mrs. Jiang. Yesterday, Mrs. Jiang picked some jewelry here, and some of them were not suitable to bring, so I need to modify it. I will take it back today. "

Du Yutao was explaining, and the jewellery manager walked out with two large boxes, with two security guards following behind the manager.

Chen Qiang glanced at the two big boxes and it seemed that it was not as simple as just a few pieces of jewelry.

Sure enough, the manager invited Du Yutao over and said, "There are thirty-six pieces of jewelry in total. Please take a look. This is a statement of reconciliation."

Chen Qiang frowned slightly. The number of thirty-six pieces is not small. Calculated by one person wearing two earrings, two bracelets, a necklace and a ring, this is enough for the six ladies to dress up as they are. No wonder they have to put two big boxes.

Du Yutao took the statement and started counting it, while the two security guards were guarding each other and did not let people get close to him.

Although it was a distance away, Chen Qiang could still see that these jewelry were not ordinary gold and silver jewelry.

If it is just ordinary gold and silver jewelry, Mrs. Jiang would not buy it in the United States. Although the country is in war and gold is a scarce strategic material, it is not easy to get gold as Mrs. Jiang! Moreover, there is no shortage of skilled craftsmen in China. Even if Mrs. Jiang has special requirements for the style of jewelry, I believe that those skilled craftsmen in China can do it.

Therefore, the jewelry purchased by Mrs. Jiang in the United States cannot be purchased in the country.

Chen Qiang just glanced at it and saw a string of exquisite diamond necklaces. Under the light, the diamond necklace flashed directly, so Chen Qiang wanted to close his eyes.

In addition to diamond necklaces, there are also diamond rings, and they are serious pigeon egg diamond rings. The so-called pigeon egg diamond rings worn by female celebrities in later generations when they got married are simply a stinky brother compared to Mrs. Jiang.

There is also a pair of sapphire earrings, which are not in any variegated colors, and the sapphire is also very large. Chen Qiang even doubts whether this thing will be worn on the ears and will damage the earlobe.

An exquisite brooch is also covered with diamonds, and the brooch is very exquisite in shape. The workmanship is definitely from the hands of top masters.

There are also a lot of other expensive jewelry, and even some things are not understood where Chen Qiang is wearing them.

When Chen Qiang got married to Esther, he once took Esther to choose jewelry, and he spent a lot of money at that time, but the jewelry he bought for Esther was completely different from that of Mrs. Jiang. Chen Qiang estimated that the jewelry he bought by Mrs. Jiang would probably be worth six figures.

Mrs. Jiang must be much richer than Chen Qiang. She does not lack US dollars, but the US dollars in her hands are definitely not like Chen Qiang. They earn from Americans. These are the people's wealth and paste of Chinese people and China's foreign exchange reserves. Now there is a shortage of foreign exchange in China, but Mrs. Jiang has brought a large amount of US dollars from China, and she spends money so generously.

"The country is in danger, and I don't know how many soldiers are on the front line of the battlefield, lacking clothes and food, but still fighting against the invaders! But Mrs. Jiang was able to buy these two boxes of jewelry with peace of mind! This style deserves to be abandoned by the people!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

Chen Qiang did not understand the history of Mrs. Jiang's visit to the United States. Later generations only heard about it, believing that Mrs. Jiang was very popular in the United States and helped China get a lot of American aid. It also appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, which was a successful diplomatic journey.

However, Mrs. Jiang's diplomatic journey was also a shopping journey.

Whenever Mrs. Jiang went to a big American city, she would definitely go shopping in the mall, and she would clear the store every time she went shopping in the mall, and she bought countless things.

When Mrs. Jiang finished her trip to the United States and returned to China, she had to take the Hump Route due to land blockade. At that time, because Mrs. Jiang brought too much things and could not pull one plane, the US military arranged a second plane to transport cargo to Mrs. Jiang. When the pilots inspected the transport cargo, they saw that in addition to clothes and jewelry, there were even various snacks, which were enough for Mrs. Jiang to eat until the end of World War II.

This made the American pilots very angry. At that time, it was very dangerous to fly over the Hump route. If you accidentally get rid of the plane, you will die. Therefore, you will transport some important strategic materials every time you fly. American pilots do not want to bet on their lives to be lucky. Some clothes, jewelry, and even snacks.

We don’t know how much Mrs. Jiang bought, but we can speculate. Based on the main model of the C-47 transport aircraft that was flying on the Hump route at that time, the normal load capacity of this aircraft was 11.8 tons. In order to fly on the Hump route, the load capacity may drop. Even if it is 30% off, it will still have a load capacity of 8.26 tons. The load capacity of the old Jiefang Truck is only 4 tons. If this is the case, Mrs. Jiang bought at least two trucks of things in the United States.

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After such a jewellery business, Chen Qiang had a very bad impression of Mrs. Jiang, and he didn't even want to attend the dance party held by Mrs. Jiang.

However, it is definitely not possible to not go. After all, Mrs. Jiang's identity is there, so Chen Qiang could only come to the dance scene with a feeling of resistance.

Most of the dance scenes were acquaintances. They were big shots of the Chinese group in New York and celebrities from all walks of life. Some of them didn’t know probably came from China with Mrs. Jiang.

Chen Qiang didn't want to come at first, so he was too lazy to pay attention to the guests on site. He found a corner and sat down, quietly waited for the dance to end, and then left as soon as possible.

However, the diplomat Du Yutao, whom he met in the jewelry business before, saw Chen Qiang, and he also brought a young man with his hair combed.

"Mr. Kong, I will introduce you to you. This is Chen Qiang!"

Du Yutao said that, and introduced to Chen Qiang again: "Mr. Chen, this is Mr. Kong, Mr. Kong is Mrs. Jiang's nephew, and Mr. Kong's Lingzun is Dean Kong!"

Chen Qiang instantly understood the identity of this young man with a haircut on his back. He was the eldest son of the Kong family!

The Kong family among the four major families of the Republic of China is definitely familiar with everyone. There is no need to introduce too much about the relationship between the Kong family, Jiang and Song families. The Kong family master once served as the president of the Republic of China, so Du Yutao called him "Director Kong".

The eldest son of the Kong family was a famous second-generation ancestor during the Republic of China period. The Kong family was originally a prominent family. It is said that the President Kong was also the 75th generation descendant of Confucius, and the eldest son of the eldest son of the Song family was the eldest son of the Song family, so the eldest son of the eldest son of the Jin Dynasty was born with a golden key in his mouth.

When he was in China, Master Kong relied on his special status and was domineering on weekdays, no one dared to take care of him. He did a lot of ridiculous things. Master Kong and Mrs. Kong wiped his butts a lot. Even after he joined the government, he caused trouble in various ways, even offended the British Hong Kong authorities and was expelled from Hong Kong.

So Mr. Kong spent money to buy a place to study at Harvard University and sent Mr. Kong to Harvard University to gilt.

However, Master Kong is not a good source of study at all, so it is impossible to let him sit in the classroom and listen to the class honestly. So Master Kong found a substitute and went to class with his name, while Master Kong went to nightclubs every night and slept during the day.

The substitute finally helped Master Kong get his degree certificate from Harvard University, just like the protagonist Lanche in "Three Idiots Make a Fight for Bollywood". When Master Kong sent his degree certificate back to China, Master Kong and Mrs. Kong thought that this son who had not grown up had finally changed his mind.

During Mrs. Jiang's visit to the United States, Mrs. Kong served as Mrs. Jiang's secretary, so she also met many important people in the political and business circles, laying the foundation for him to start a Yangtze Company in the future and monopolize Sino-US trade.

But now, this ignorant second-generation ancestor has found Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang's intuition told himself that this eldest son Kong probably would not enter the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble.

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Chapter completed!