Archive for February, 2010

The world’s most worthy of the collection of furniture 7 [Photos]

South Africa adopted an extremely rare zebra wood, this material in any one aspect has a fascinating texture, from which logs can feel a special freshness and charm. Designer modern way that the East’s traditional culture, is a typical “new Orientalism.”

Designer: Zhu Xiaojie, is China’s best furniture designers, well-known furniture brands Opal’s founder and chief designer. Can foreign furniture design concept, advanced technology and integration of traditional Chinese culture, designing exquisite, simple, unique.

Collection grounds: This is the current Wenzhou designer Zhu Xiaojie newest product, a unique design in recent Furniture Fair in Guangzhou last spring blockbuster, but also aroused strong repercussions among outside industry.

Antique furniture market is a rare ivory inlaid sandalwood screen

“No closer look thought it was a block of wood carved it.” According to the World luxury reported (http://luxury.icxo.com) news reporters yesterday, Fenzhongsi classical furniture market held “Zhang Da Zhong second session of the court Furniture Boutique Exhibition “saw a red sandalwood inlaid with carved ivory figure of screen so that visitors marvel.

This nearly two-meter-high carved red sandalwood screen on the insights gained during all the allusions, on the back of incised “The Art of War”, lifelike scenes, the characters an air of realism, almost certain. The entire screen on more than 100 characters, each character’s head and hands of the weapons nuances are both carved ivory, black and purple yellow and ivory, wood and dark contrast. This screen is a master of 80 years since the last century and started to “play” the Ming and Qing antiques players Zhang Zhong Da, 20 years, spent thousands of yuan, still Chixinbugai. At present Beijing Antique furniture, Classical Furniture City, the court held the visitors to more than 100 pieces of Mr. Zhang Zhongda collection with red sandalwood, pear and other “King of the Wood” materials made from traditional Chinese hardwood furniture boutique. (Wendy)

China: Emperor Qianlong of the most exclusive secret decryption mansion

The northeast corner of the National Palace Museum, in reaching a palace surrounded by high walls, there is a sophisticated chic with several rooms. Walk-off grand, “Hall of Supreme Harmony, Paul and the” three main hall, but also envy-off “Treasure House” in a dazzling display of royal treasures, visitors the impression that the building, at most, “Zhen Fei well next to the house,” there is no nothing special. The world’s luxury report [luxury.icxo.com] in the re-evaluation before, let alone tourists, even the museum staff also did not find its value, just here as an ordinary warehouse.

Fourteen years ago, this warehouse in the preparation of routine repair the roof, the attentive staff to see this little house, the roof seems to well-known church! There are paintings about this matter, we have long known, and However, previously available only as an ordinary mural only, and do not care. Did not expect the entire roof on a warehouse full of beautiful vines flowers, leaves fluttering, lifelike. Although surrounded by cobwebs and dust watching is not clear, but the people intuitively feel that this discovery is very significant. The experts have confirmed that everyone who heard about the speculation, which is the High Qing era of Western-style popular at the royal palace Michikage painting, this leaking of the Treasury is not the usual small house, which is the Qianlong devoted a lifetime of painstaking efforts, sustenance in his later years longing for old-age pension specially built by Juan Qin leisure fast.
The beginning of the Qianlong emperor to ascend the throne once said that if the reign of 60 years, it will be the throne “in meditation” to the son, himself “rather interest meditatively, moderate health,” has done overlord. “Sixty years to the Qianlong 乙卯, I Shou Ji 80 there were five, that is, when the transmission bit prince, in the final political retreat busy.” To this end, from 1771 to 1776 in five years, the northeast corner of the Imperial Palace in massive construction projects on the basis of the original Ningshou Gong built an overlord of the whole palace Ningshou Palace.
As the new overlord of the palace Ningshou Gong from construction to decoration of the palace are all modeled on the northwest corner of the Jianfu Palace. Jian Fu Gong Temple is located west of Chung-hua, is the Western emphasis on China Palace Gardens. The emphasis on China Palace is the Qianlong emperor “dragon-submarine” that is before the throne of the old mansion. “Gizzard of princes, the Yongzheng five years in the wedding, since Yuqing Gong moved to the West 2. Jian Zuo, the upgraded heavy Chinese palace. Since then, progressively West 5 configuration for the built-fu Temple, Jing-Sheng Zhai, etc., I think that a few recreational land. ” Jian Fu Palace Garden as the former residence of the emperor, in the transformation will definitely devoted a lot of effort in both design and construction, spare no efforts and strive for excellence. The pattern of built-fu Temple won the Emperor Qianlong like it, so it Ningshou Gong as is imitation. In the new Ning Shougong built five years, Emperor Qianlong had cardiac Dragon

Los Angeles, became a hit Hollywood mansion fire family

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Recently suffered a huge fire, the mansion of Hollywood stars are in front-line disaster zone.
Beijing
Time November 14, local time, November 13 in Los Angeles, California mansion Mengtesetuo huge fire district in an encounter. Steven Spielberg, Avril children, Oprah Winfrey, Nicolas Cage, Luobo Lao, Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Costner and other Hollywood star luxury line are situated. John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy’s honeymoon in San Isidro estate, as well as Charlie Chaplin in 1920 filming of Montecito Inn luxury hotel can not escape the catastrophe.
Fire from a tea factory
According to local media reports, the fires originated from a nearby tea factory, where 75 mph winds accelerated the spread of the fire, stretching 4 miles long, the fire began to spread from 6 pm, has been burned to the next day, the fire was still not been able to full control. At present the region’s fires burned more than 100 homes and 13 people were injured, 5400 families evacuated. In addition to ground fire, there are nine fire-fighting helicopters and 10 Airbus aircraft also joined the campaign fighting the air.
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Bay Area counties Fire Department sent a rescue team to have the joint support of emergency south.
1500 houses in facing the threat of fire
Reporters yesterday in Mengtesaituo City Wolf Road to see a dozen buildings near the house had been completely burned, and many vehicles were burned leaving only a pile of scrap metal; the ruins are still braving the blue smoke, dry, hot air was filled with thick smoke; firefighters were still spraying water, to prevent recurrence. Nearly 1000 meters away from the mountains smoke, large-scale fire-fighting planes and fire helicopters were fighting over the shuttle.
Although winds weakened, in order to win a favorable fire conditions for firefighters, but the California fire officials warned that the fire has not been effectively controlled, at least 1,500 houses in facing the threat of fire, evacuate the residents advised not to risk a temporary home. (Consolidation)
Oprah, Douglas
Escape
While the fires in California than in previous smaller-scale forest fires, but the incident, mansion-lined residential area, it suffered heavy losses. According to the U.S. “Forbes” magazine in 2006, ranking among the nation’s most expensive city Mengtesetuo the first seven cities, with an average every house in the middle price of up to 2.9 million U.S. dollars, and many English-style manor mansion is located in the Yishanbangshui of

40 billionaires in China in winter

“Coal boss basically no debt, all cash transactions, the prosperity of the past few years had earned enough”
Gujiao, China’s largest production base of coking coal, coal to make this area the most affluent county-level city in Shanxi Province, the city is almost as remarkable as all the coal on.
This is also a city of wealth accumulation. It was at this permanent population of only 20 million per, plus more than 30 million mobile population of only a small town, open data show that there were 40 billionaires, more than all the wealth, because the coal from.
Today, the city will have to spend an unusual “dormant period.”
Coal City, the economic crisis
From Taiyuan to the ancient cross, to turn the sun, the locals used to call a “mountain.” Because high-speed road is still not repair pass, this chuanshan and became a main road off the highway.
“Money Weekly” reporter’s visit to Cuba had to pay this spring, that time, winding road then pull the coal carts before and after the end of even the growth of lung, due to a car accident, the reporter had blocked the road 8 hours. Today, the road has been seen pulling carts of coal, leaving only damaged by large trucks bumpy road from time to time, it seems that a reminder of once busy.
Owner of a coal washery Tian told reporters, “a recent road go particularly well.”
December 17, the reporter jumped from the buses, the bright sun shining on the old cross-town, urban mountain winding distribution, along the upper reaches of Fen River cities, the river junction with, or thin or thick ice .
“This year, even winter river water, in previous years are dry.” Taxi driver Zhang master told the “financial weekly” Reporter. “Mine are stopped, the air of course, better. Previously here are disgusting.”
Gold Shanxi Coking Group Co., Ltd. is a local Gujiao the largest private coal company, and its boss Zhang Xinmin, coal is not only the largest local employer, but also a whole number of were on the Shanxi coal bosses, with more than 70 billion in assets and employs more than 4,000 employees . Gold office on the third floor in the East music market, the reporter to visit, apart from the cooks, the other managers have gone to the next plant. Cook a reporter inquired the coal business, a forced smile said: “Now where there is business to do, mine is closed, and yard is not turning.”
Gold Group’s first coking, the second village of coking are soaring. A local person, including the recent closure of a coking plant shutdown, there are thousands of workers being laid off, leaving another is the current remaining Gujiao coking plant. The plant because when the methanol project technology upgrades, part of circular economy demonstration projects before they can be retained.
“Coal Mine were closed were almost the same. Coking

What bed can be the value of 5000 U.S. dollars?

In this life, I’ve squandered everything to me have a face-lift later revenge.
Bed is no exception.
Over the years, my wife and Clarissa have been sleeping in cheap bed. Our first two beds are the parents used. We discard the first bed, it was already dilapidated to the dregs of the mattress have started.

Over the past 15 years, we are a sleeping wife spent about 800 U.S. dollars to buy from Michigan, oversized bed, to buy this new bed when I was there for “The Wall Street Journal” reported trends in the automotive industry. Clarissa almost bought this bed from the endless complaining about it since that bed is too hard, Ge and pain in her back and buttocks.
When we moved to New Jersey this summer from Dallas, she finally had the opportunity to throw away the old bed of this. She said she could no longer stand the toss another cheap bed, and we bought a new bed can not be less than 2,000 U.S. dollars.
The price is not our husband and wife only points in dispute. I always like to sleep on hard beds, while Clarissa likes soft beds. When we try a new bed lying to the store, it seemed we were both satisfied with no one allowed. Even more difficult is that we want to buy a bed greater than the standard size 4-inch long bed (I am 6 feet 3 inches high).
Shops tell us that most of the bed store customized version to be increased in order to pick up after two weeks. There is only one exception, that is a series of use of the so-called memory foam bed, and normally are spring mattress bed frame or mattress. According to these bed manufacturer that they are Swedish scientists using the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for technology development.
I have no interest in such a gimmick. Be salesman vowed that used such a bed of customers were satisfied with the great. After that people who slept all the pain disappeared. They will feel the spirit of the morning wake up better. You know what I mean. When we in-store experience of lying in bed feeling like one when Clarissa and I seem to feel good ─ ─ she felt soft enough, but I also think hard enough. Added after the frame, mattress cover things such as money, the price of this bed is about 3,200 U.S. dollars, of course, not cheap. Ghosts know how I would feel at that time, if Clarissa can sleep comfortably, we should buy this bed. Store assured us that if we are not satisfied after using, you can spend 175 U.S. dollars for one another. We have therefore decided to buy this bed.
Will store a few days to my bed at home. I feel that this bed in the store than I try hard some of the affiliation. But we were told by a few days bed would be soft.

Observation and Analysis: China as a luxury savior

Japan and North America sharp drop in luxury goods spending 35% of the relevant data show that China has become the second largest consumer of such products the country
Global luxury experience “winter”, luxury goods giants turned to the strategic vision of China!
According to U.S. media reports, the famous jewelry company Tiffany (Tiffany) yesterday reported third-quarter financial report, statistics show that its profits dropped by nearly Liucheng.
Was founded in 1937, Tiffany has a “Diamond King” and the world’s most expensive silver products, reputation, its customers not only in wealthy countries and star, as well as the European royal aristocracy.
But Tiffany’s latest Quarterly Bulletin revealed that its global sales fell by 1%, U.S. sales fell 7%, only in the Asia Pacific grew 3%. The third-quarter profit fell 57%.
Although this data is higher than Wall Street expectations, but in view of decline in consumer demand, the company is planning to lay off and adjust the financial expenses in order to more efficient use of resources.
U.S. media said that the financial tsunami, the global luxury market into a downturn, data show that over the past 11 months, Japan and North America, 35% of luxury goods sharp drop in spending, the major brands have cut prices to help themselves, the world renowned jeweler Bulgari has been consider reducing the number of new store openings.
Although the luxury market worldwide has shrunk, but the Chinese market has bucked the market trend, maintaining a strong 22% growth in luxury goods giants have the strategic policy toward China.
Foreign media focus
China into a global luxury market, “savior”
British media said: The traditional luxury the United States and Japan are both big countries suffered heavy losses, China’s economy was thriving, many luxury goods giant that captured the root of China’s life-saving straw, one after another into China. Italy’s top brands Versace said in 2009 the Asian market will become its second largest market, China contributed.
French media reports, said: “look at those luxury goods in the United States face it, they are now investment in China. Geneva watches during the past two months, visited seven countries, trying to promote its rich world, sells for more than 200 million of Titanic-DNA series of watches, the result is not what people are more interested in this than the Chinese. ”
Industry is expected to
Chinese demand for luxury goods 15% annual growth rate of
According to China Association of luxury goods in 2007 “Global Luxury Report” predicts that by 2009, 60% of the international luxury brands in China has its own production line, China’s demand for luxury goods 15% a year growth.
At present, China’s demand for luxury goods has been super -

End of the year shopping season, 70% of consumers are only the most vicious way to buy discounted products

70% of customers buy only the most vicious discounted products, and then turned around and left
The United States has just past, the “Nightly Madness” shopping season on the first day a good start, with sales up 3% over last year, though it is the worst performance in three years, but in the global financial crisis, everyone Wujin purse of the moment, has been better than expected. But the U.S. media warned that sales growth is based on businesses at the expense of profits, big price war at the expense, because of the worsening economic crisis, the prospects for this year’s shopping season are not optimistic. In fact, Saturdays and Sundays downward trend in consumption has emerged.

Businesses at the expense of profits earned popularity
The Associated Press reported that in October the United States more than 10 years of retail experience the most severe cold snaps, so they generally can not hold the year-end sales season too much hope. In order to prevent “黑色星期五” performance hard to see, some merchants from the middle of the night to open the door is open to some Costly provide a very favorable rate. Reporter in Los Angeles the same day the northern part of a Nautica store shopping, yawned security, said the store from 10:30 last night to open the door, and target is 24 hours without closing. In Los Angeles, Singapore and exclusive luxury beach Street, Armani, Gucci and other brands have launched a rare one discount.
“黑色星期五” sales statistics began in the early 90s of the last century. Since the data are almost occupied the U.S. National retailers, 10% of total annual sales, it has become a Wall Street analyst observed an important indicator of the U.S. retail industry. Headquartered in New York, a retail consulting firm, said last Friday the nation’s retail sales of about 10.6 billion U.S. dollars, compared with an increase of 3% a year earlier, “If the inflation-adjusted, then the sales figures this year, almost the same as last year.” Although this result has been better than expected, but were not satisfactory. Last year, this indicator than the 8.3% surge in 2006. The company said they were unable to determine the next few days whether it can maintain this momentum. Customer growth consulting company, President Johnson said: “Although the sales data blooded friday performance was good, but we can not predict the performance of the entire season. In such a difficult economic environment, this momentum can be maintained long?”

China’s strong growth in luxury consumption

November 23 end of the personal belongings of the Beijing International Exhibition become the world’s top luxury goods giant wrestling games, Hennessy, Armani, Bucherer-tier brands have the stage, want to sweep away the shadow of the global financial crisis. This reporter has learned, over the past 11 months, the traditional luxury consumer spending in Japan and North America plunged 35 percent, while China’s market has maintained its strong growth of 22%.
The world’s luxury report [luxury.icxo.com] The exhibit more than 60 international brands, 40% for the first time in China, one third of the exhibits is the first appearance in China, and even in Asia. Luxury sea view from the 20 million yuan to offer several hundred thousand dollars of the African hunting luxury travel, from 15.8 million yuan specter of sports in Sweden to 33 million B & O LCD television, luxurious exhibits cover the basic necessities, leisure and entertainment needs.
German kitchen brand Fissler The only item of interest is mounted display 13 karats of diamonds, diamonds, gold handle pot, price 3.8 million yuan; Swiss watch upstart RJ Zeyi Titanic “gene” as a gimmick, the Chinese are starting to watch 10 to the Titanic rusting shell with modern steel, gold and silver production of hybrid gold dial, priced from 200000-2570000 yuan.
This reporter learned that, in the past show a pure luxury consumer goods more popular, but this year the investment value of the exhibits both popular collection even more vigorously. Hennessy XO on the show introduced the world’s new Collector’s Edition cognac, bottle Shangzhui to 82 man-made Swarovski crystal, hoping to increase the appreciation of the design collection of the value of charm.
One exhibitor, said the recent global economic crisis triggered a wealth of class of financial products and real estate investment banking concern, value-added potential, assets, low-loss, jewelry, luxury watches, an ideal investment choice.
The Ministry of Commerce predicts that by 2014, China will become the world’s largest luxury goods market, accounting for about 23% of the global total.
Statistics show that China’s current annual sales of the luxury market accounted for 18% of global market share, is the world’s third-largest consumer of luxury goods after the United States and Japan. Some analysts have predicted that China may be around in 2011 to become the world’s largest consumer of luxury goods.
However, the potential impact of the economic crisis is hard to predict, per capita income far lower than developed countries, China, among the world’s major powers may not be the luxury aura captivates her audiences Laurel, consumption is becoming a distorted view of sociologists concern. Exhibition organizers vPro Sheng Lei, general manager of Asia-Pacific region an interview with reporters, said that ordinary Chinese could tighten their belts for several months salary earners to buy luxury goods, so growth is unlimited potential. This is also the president of the recent global luxury giants frequently patronize Chinese reasons.

Rich List Why become a “feminist List”?

Wong Kwong Yu’s case, making the controversial Hurun China Rich List again accused of “a feminist List.” Indeed, apart from the three dominating China’s richest man, Huang Guangyu, the richest login any year of private high-profile entrepreneurs in the next year, can not always get rid of bad luck: Once ranked No. 1 Zhang Yin and Yang Yin drastic shrinkage of assets; once the second-ranked Jie and Yan lawsuits; the financial standings of the 13 death of Wei Dong is even more bizarre body; even ranked first century many wealthy family of Larry Yung Chi Kin Australian dollar exchange rate this year was a huge loss — “Rich List curse” the power of is obvious.
The author believes that the reason why Rich List as “butcher List”, the key lies in China’s economic structural changes. Although the overall macro-economic in between 8-10% more stable manner, but the structural changes between the various sectors is very severe, can be described as “its Koya Bo Yan Yan suddenly its prospering.” Therefore in all industries leading companies and Volvo has shown a kind of “your side Changba my debut,” a scattered pattern. For example, in 2007 the hottest real estate in 2008, there were five into a decline in corporate assets, leading to a drastic shrinkage of both the real estate tycoons of wealth, which has a rich wealth of real estate listed companies has shrunk an average of 60%,
Non-listed real estate tycoons of the wealth has shrunk by 30%. From this perspective, the Chinese mainland’s economy is difficult to cultivate the soil, such as Buffett, Gates and Li Ka-shing like a “giant tree”, but only if the growth of some weeds, like “a one-year-old dry-wing,” the rich.
Meanwhile, China’s success in the general character of private entrepreneurs is “paranoid style to survive.” Some companies from scratch, facing line between life and death, can live over, entirely dependent individual entrepreneurs of the determination. However, the character of destiny, and when companies become bigger and stronger, the number of entrepreneurs, they remain gambling personality, all the resources are all smashed into a project up. Last week, I participated in the Rich List Hurun the tenth anniversary of the General Assembly,
To see a name from a once shining eyes fall: Cosmos Group, the money Yongwei, Dawu Group Sun Dawu, Zhang Lixin invest-bin, Zhang brothers, Eastwood’s Yan Xiaoqun, Greencool’s Gu Chujun, Top’s Song Ruhua, Minglun, and the Delong Group, ZHOU Yi-Ming Tang Wanxin … … Tang Wanli, and these once-shining golden rays of private entrepreneurs in the end only, such as meteor-like glide.
Many of the issues behind the rich, there is the shadow of corrupt officials. We can see that both the Anand Group, Mou Qizhong, Europe and Asia in agriculture Yang, Jinbei Automotive’s Yang Rong, or Shanghai property magnate Zhou Zhengyi and highways Zhang Rongkun, its wealth, the right of the cumulative processes are inevitably money collusion. In this sense, the Rich List as a feminist list, though somewhat awkward, but it also benefits the country and the good parts, which reflects the country is to purge the economy borer, anti-corruption is being continued to deepen. Officials investigated the issue and clear the problem rich, it is an inseparable part of China’s economic transformation.