Becoming the richest man in the film and television world Four hundred and fortieth chapters buy things without spending money, the owner has to pay money
Four hundred and fortieth chapters buy things without spending money, the owner has to pay money
The auction ended, and to William's surprise, only Shen Cheng stayed behind among the Chinese guests. The others politely greeted him and Wilson and then left.
But that’s fine, because when there are more people, it’s hard to say something.
After sitting on the VIP table chatting and waiting for a few minutes, someone from the auction house walked up to William with three animal heads and eight jade, "Mr. Devonshire, do you need to confirm the authenticity of these antiques again?"
Of course William understood such polite words. If the items were exchanged or were fake, their auction house would not need to open in the future. Saying these was nothing more than a disguised reminder to William that he should pay.
"Wait a moment," William said, waving his fingers at Lawrence, who was waiting more than ten meters away. Fatty Lawrence immediately walked over quickly, "What are your orders? Mr. Devonshire."
"I'll sell you a piece of news worth 20 million pounds," William said with a squinted smile.
"News?" Lawrence was surprised for a few seconds. His face returned to normal and he didn't ask what news could be worth 20 million pounds. He immediately replied, "Please tell me."
"Haha", seeing the fat man's wink, William laughed, took Lawrence to the side and whispered, "I know you have been looking for a pair of "The Rose" painted by Leonardo da Vinci."
"Yes, yes, yes, sir", as soon as these words came out, Lawrence was frightened again, and cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.
No more than three people knew that he was looking for Leonardo da Vinci's "Rose", and Lawrence was sure that the other two people would never dare to tell anyone except himself.
"Don't worry, I don't care what you do." William patted Lawrence on the shoulder. "That painting is in the Russell Castle in France. I don't want the painting. I just want the rat head and rabbit head and the Desert Star Sapphire in Earl Russell's hand."
,Is there a problem?"
Lawrence nodded in agreement without thinking for a few seconds, "No, sir, as long as everything is there, I promise to put everything in your hands."
"Very good, then we should talk about the 20 million pounds you owe me," William said with a smile.
"This, this", the 20 million pounds made Lawrence feel a little heartbroken, but he did not dare to go back on his words, "Do you think I can use antiques instead?"
"Of course, but only if those antiques are not black goods." After a moment, William stared at Lawrence meaningfully and said, "Or you can use other animal heads to offset it."
"You have the dragon head in your hand. According to the normal price, I will give you 5 million pounds, the horse head 3 million pounds, and the other items each 1 million pounds. Is there any problem?"
"Okay, sir," Lawrence said, calculating silently in his mind, "the dragon head can be delivered to your manor early tomorrow morning, plus the 6 million pounds for the three auctions of cattle, monkeys and tigers today, then I still owe
You paid back your 9 million pounds with animal heads."
"That's right, more refunds and less compensation." William smiled and patted Lawrence on the shoulder again, "Then you are responsible for the next communication with the auction house. I will wait for your good news."
"Okay, sir", Lawrence said sorry to William, turned around and walked to the person in charge of the auction house and murmured in a low voice. Soon the auction house manager stared at him in surprise, and then the two of them said something more, responsible
The talent nodded, walked to William and said,
"Mr. Devonshire's payment has been settled. Thank you for coming. In the future, our auction house will send you invitations regularly. If you are interested, you can come and see us often."
After speaking, the manager asked his subordinates to hand over the three animal heads to Antonov and others, and then personally carried the tray with the Eight Jun Jade to William.
"Do you need us to provide a manual for setting jade? According to Chinese people, setting jade is a very serious and time-consuming job. If it is not done properly, the jade will be wasted."
"No," William directly took the Eight Jun Jade on the tray, looked at it carefully and then held it in his hand, "I have an expert in this field at home, so see you later."
"Okay, thank you again for coming, I'll take you out." The manager personally led William and his party out of the auction house.
As soon as they left the auction house, the reporters waiting outside saw William appearing and immediately started making noises, shouting his name and asking questions.
"Why are there so many reporters?" Wilson, who was standing next to William, counted silently and found that there were at least 100 reporters blocked by the auction house security outside the wall. He said worriedly, "How do we leave?"
"Don't worry, let's go back from the sky." After saying this, the sound of propellers sounded in the sky, and two Bell 407 helicopters landed in the open space of the auction house twenty seconds later.
Let Wilson go first, while William took Shen Cheng, Antonov and Valentin on the helicopter back to the manor, leaving Yakov and the bear-like Ivan to drive back.
Back at the manor, Antonov and Valentin left the animal heads on the table in the reception room and left.
"What are you drinking?" William walked to the wine cabinet and asked Shen Cheng.
"Whatever, I'll drink whatever you want." Lao Shen sat on the sofa nonchalantly, looking at William pouring the wine, and couldn't help complaining, "You asked that fat man to temporarily change the auction plan for the three animal heads today.
Come out."
"Hehe", William neither admitted nor denied, put two cups and half a bottle of Macallan 15-year-old vintage wine on the coffee table, opened the cork and poured two cups, and handed one to Shen Cheng, "I'm helping.
You guys, as long as you buy these three animal heads today, the price of the remaining animal heads will rise several times or even ten times in a few years."
"Really, but I don't think it will take a few years. If you buy it today for twice the market price, you won't be able to get the remaining animal heads tomorrow if they don't cost 2 million pounds." Shen Cheng hesitated for a moment and asked directly
, "Can you tell me why?"
"What?" William, who was drinking, raised his head in confusion, "Why?"
After Shen Cheng finished what he just said, he kept staring at William. Seeing that William really didn't understand what he meant, he said, "Why are you so rich? You have so many antiques that you can't even put them in the bank's underground vault. It's more than 10 billion U.S. dollars."
You put it in the bank and don’t know how to use it,
He will not hesitate to play a little trick in order to get a few copper heads. Is this the nature of capitalists, who do not even care about basic morality for the sake of profit?"
"This," William was stunned for a moment, yes, why is this?
I already have so many Chinese antiques in my hand that I can only remember a number, so why bother to spend time and energy looking for a set of antiques that are not even top-notch?
William thought for a long time before replying, "Maybe I really have too much money and no place to spend it, and the zodiac animal heads are too famous, so I thought of owning them."
"You can't make true friends by playing tricks."
"Anyway, I'm not going to do business in China." He curled his lips, thought for a few minutes and said with a firm voice, "You're right, I'm William Devon Hill. If I like copper heads, I'll buy them. There's no need to be secretive. I want to
If I want jadeite, mutton-fat jade and the like, as long as I'm willing to spend money, why should I have to come to you?"