Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 620 Journey to London
There were several snowfalls in London before Christmas, so that Liang En, who was driving with a bunch of things, had to tense up. Although the guns had been sent to the White Knights before, he still felt that these jewels were still there. It's better to send it yourself.

Fortunately, the newly acquired card gave him good driving skills.In addition, the performance of the off-road vehicle auctioned by the court before was really good, so they came to the Corinthia Hotel in London smoothly.

This hotel is a typical British style hotel.The predecessor of the hotel can be traced back to 1885 during the reign of Queen Victoria, and it was the famous hotel Grand Metropole at that time.

Since 1936, it has been requisitioned as the office building of the British Ministry of Defense. During World War II, Prime Minister Churchill even strategized here. It also serves as the headquarters of MI9, a special agency of the British Military Intelligence Bureau.

Comic artist Yaroslav Horak once portrayed the building as the military headquarters where 007 James Bond came and went, which gave the hotel a lot of fame.

In 2008, the building was successfully bid by the Pisani family and became the lifelong owner of the building after succeeding the British royal family. After three years and an investment of 3 million pounds, the historic building was transformed into an elegant and gorgeous hotel space. Become the flagship store of the group.

One of the most luxurious hotels in London, this hotel is designed in a style that is both classic and contemporary.The rooms are spacious, the tall glass windows provide good lighting, and smart technology is also used in the rooms, which is very user-friendly.

After entering the hall through the door opened by the door, the first thing that catches the eye is the twinkling crystal chandelier "Full Moon" designed by Parisian designer Chafik Gasmi and produced by Baccarat, a famous French crystal product store.

The crystal lamp is composed of 1 crystals, so beautiful.Below the crystal chandelier is a round table with a glass mirror surface, and the crystal ball above is like a jade plate with big and small beads, so psychedelic with the flickering light and shadow.The top of the round table is filled with the most blooming daffodils in spring in the UK.

"This hotel is selling one of their top seven suites recently." Looking at the magnificent lobby, Liang En said in a low voice. "Eleven million pounds."

"A suite costs 1100 million pounds. Sure enough, I can't understand the thinking of those rich people at all." Joan of Arc replied in French in a low voice, "But this is also good news. I am now somewhat optimistic about this auction."

Joan of Arc was not optimistic about this auction before, because when Liang En said that he had a batch of antique jewelry and firearms to sell, the auction side seemed very excited.

The reason why the other party is so excited is also very simple, that is, compared to all kinds of treasures, there is a great demand for auction items that have stories behind them, have historical value but are not too expensive.

The reason for this situation is also very simple: Not all participants are rich, but since they can come here, it is best to spend some, otherwise they will easily be marginalized by their social circle.

That's why these trinkets, which are regarded as opening auction items, are given so much attention at the auction, because they can make those who are tight on money look good.

After all, not all of those nobles have money, and if those nobles don't show up, at least half of the money in the auction will be lost, so the level of the auction will naturally not be as high as it is now.

This also made Joan feel disillusioned, at least these nobles who depended on their ancestors' names to eat had completely broken her original view of nobles in her mind.

"It seems that my family should be regarded as the one with a better life among the nobles." Jeanne smiled, "I didn't see that my brothers had any talent for business."

Of course, not all the auction items that Liang En brought this time were such gadgets that couldn't be sold at high prices. As a newcomer to this fair for the first time, he still brought some valuable things.

"Be careful, this box is still very heavy." Liang En reminded when he saw the workers being carried. At this time, they were led by the auction organizer to the side entrance of the hotel and started to carry.

Inside the box are two pieces of gold, each weighing 400 ounces, or about 12.5kg, which belong to standard international trade gold ingots, and the biggest difference between this gold ingot and ordinary gold ingots is the stamp printed on it.

Judging from the stamp on this piece of gold, this piece of gold came from the Kazan treasury of Tsarist Russia, and was then taken to the Far East by Kolchak and finally taken away by the Czech Army.

Although most of this batch of gold eventually became the national reserve of Czechoslovakia, the Legion Bank still kept a small part, and Liang En and the others finally found three such gold bricks in that batch of treasures.

And at this auction, Liang En planned to sell one of these gold bricks, because of the history condensed in this gold brick, so even entering this kind of high-end auction would not seem inappropriate.

After handing over the items, Liang En also received the key to the guest room, and as soon as they entered the room, they saw the auction brochure on the table.

"The origin of some things here is not clean." After briefly looking at the things on the pedigree, Joan frowned, because there were some not-so-legitimate sources written on it.

"But if you pay attention, you will find that although the sources of these things are not clean, they are in compliance with the law." Liang En showed a helpless expression on his smiling face.

As we all know, those Europeans almost robbed the entire world back then, so they held a lot of wealth plundered from all over the world.

Therefore, when they relied on their international status to formulate laws in this area, they naturally did not forget to add private goods in it to wash these things.

The reason why this auction will write such things in such detail on the list is purely because the guests facing this auction are all people of status and status, so this kind of information must be written clearly to avoid disputes in the future .

After all, for these people, no one wants other people's reasons to be involved in complicated legal disputes, and after writing all the contents clearly, even if there is a problem, it can be regarded as the buyer's own problem.

Also because of this reason, there are two iron rules in the auction: on the one hand, it is forbidden to sell illegal things, and on the other hand, it is forbidden to conceal the true origin of those things.

"It's really disgusting." Although she was a European, Joan's morality made her feel that this kind of thing was not something to show off, but a shame.

Of course, as someone who was able to unite the entire French military back then, Joan of Arc was naturally not the kind of Mr. Morality who likes to preach, and she didn't intend to prevent other people from doing these things. At most, she just didn't buy things from dirty sources. That's all.

A day or so before the start of the auction was reserved for those guests who participated in the auction to get in touch with each other. Under the recommendation of members of Golden Dawn, Liang En met many bigwigs who came to participate in the auction.

Of course, this kind of understanding is just a familiarity, but this is a good start for Liang En. Although he doesn't like this kind of social activities very much, some things are necessary, so naturally he should learn to adapt to all of them .

(End of this chapter)