The Richest Man in the World of Film and Television

Or even if you admit it, you have to take advantage of it first.

Anyway, William didn't go to the Celestial Dynasty to do business, so there was no place where he had to ask for these people. If you only need to spend money to collect jadeite and suet jade, you can't find a broker.

"No problem," William looked at the smiling old fox meaningfully, "We'll talk later."

Looking at it, Shen Cheng regretted not explaining William's character clearly to everyone before he came out.

While talking, the auctioneer deliberately reminded loudly, "530 million pounds for the second time, will anyone bid again? These are only 12 of the 3 animal heads in the world. If you miss this opportunity, you want to make another bid." It's not that easy to get them."

William was no longer interested in a further price increase of one hundred thousand and one hundred thousand, and directly shouted, "600 million pounds".

"Damn".

"God, is he crazy or something, 600 million is more than double the actual value."

As soon as the 600 million pounds was reported, there was a sound of breathing, and then there was a commotion.

"600 million for the first time, 600 million for the second time," the auctioneer glanced at the last bidder, saw him shaking his head, and immediately knocked down the gavel, "600 million pounds for the third time, deal."

Chapter 440. Chapter 440 It doesn't cost money to buy things, and the owner has to post money

At the end of the auction, to William's surprise, Shen Cheng was the only customer from the Celestial Dynasty to stay, and the others left after politely greeting him and Wilson.

But this is also good, some things are hard to say when there are too many people.

Sitting on the VIP table and chatting for a few minutes, the people from the auction house walked up to William with three animal heads and eight fine jades, "Mr. Devonhill, do you need to confirm the authenticity of these antiques again?"

Of course, William understands this kind of polite talk. If the item is replaced or fake, their auction house will not need to open in the future, and saying these things is nothing more than a disguised reminder to William that he should pay.

"Wait a moment", after William hooked his fingers to Lawrence, who was waiting more than ten meters away, Lawrence, the fat man, walked over quickly, "What are your orders? Mr. Devonhill."

"I'll sell you a piece of news worth £2000 million," William said with a narrowed smile.

"News?" Lawrence was surprised for a few seconds, his face returned to normal, and he didn't ask what news could be worth 2000 million pounds, but immediately returned, "Please tell me."

"Haha", seeing the fat man winking, William laughed, and led Lawrence to the side and said in a low voice, "I know you've been looking for a painting of "Rose" by Leonardo da Vinci."

"Yes, yes, yes, sir", as soon as Lawrence said this, he was frightened again, and cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.

No more than three people knew about his search for Da Vinci's "Rose", and Lawrence was sure that the other two would never dare to speak out, let alone tell it.

"Don't worry, I don't care about what you do." William patted Lawrence on the shoulder, "That painting is in the castle of Russell in France, I don't want the painting, I just want the rat head and rabbit head and the desert star sapphire in the hands of Earl Russell ,Is there a problem?"

Lawrence nodded in agreement after thinking for a few seconds, "No, sir, as long as everything is there, I promise to give you what you said."

"Very well, then we should talk about the 2000 million pounds you owe me," William said with a smile.

"This, this." The 2000 million pounds made Lawrence a little heartbroken, but he didn't dare to go back on his word. "Do you think I can replace it with an antique?"

"Of course, but the premise is that those antiques are not black goods." Pausing for a moment, William stared at Lawrence meaningfully and said, "Or you can offset it with other animal heads."

"The dragon head is in your hands. According to the normal price, I will count you 500 million pounds, the horse head 300 million pounds, and the others are 100 million pounds each. Is there a problem?"

"Okay, sir," Lawrence said silently, "the dragon head can be delivered to your manor tomorrow morning, plus the 600 million pounds for the three auctioned cows, monkeys, and tigers today, then I still owe you Your 900 million pounds will be repaid with animal heads."

"That's right, more refunds and less compensation." William patted Lawrence's shoulder again with a smile, "Then you are responsible for the next communication with the auction house. I'll 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 muttered in a low voice. Soon the manager of the auction house stared at him in surprise, and then the two said something else, Only then nodded, walked up to William and said,

"Mr. Devonhill's payment has been settled. Thank you for coming. In the future, our auction house will send you regular invitation letters. If you are interested, you can come and visit often."

After speaking, the manager asked his subordinates to hand over the three animal heads to Antonov and the others, and then personally carried the tray with eight fine jades in front of William.

"Do you want us to provide a manual for setting jade? According to the people of the Celestial Dynasty, putting jade is a very serious and time-consuming work. If you don't set it well, the jade will be wasted."

"No need," William directly took the Eight Junyu on the tray, took a closer look at it and then held it in his hand, "I have an expert in this field at home, so goodbye."

"Okay, thank you again for coming, I'll take you out." The manager personally led the way to send 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 made a noise, 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 security guards of the auction house. He said worriedly, "How do we go?"

"Don't worry, we're going back from the sky." After speaking, the sound of propellers sounded from the sky, and two Bell 407 helicopters landed on the open space of the auction house [-] seconds later.

Let Wilson go first, William took Shen Cheng, Antonov and Valentin to 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 head on the table in the reception room and left.

"What to drink?" William walked to the wine cabinet and asked Shen Cheng.

"Whatever you want, I'll drink whatever you want." Lao Shen sat on the sofa indifferently, looked at William who was pouring the wine, and couldn't help complaining, "Today's temporary change of the auction plan for the three animal heads is because you asked that fat man to do it." Come out."

"Hey," William didn't admit it or deny it. He took two glasses and half a bottle of Macallan's 15-year-old vintage wine and put them on the tea table. He uncorked two glasses and handed Shen Cheng a glass. You, 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 be a few years. If you buy it today at a price that is twice the market price, the remaining animal heads after tomorrow will not cost 2 million pounds." Shen Cheng hesitated for a moment and asked directly. , "Can you tell me why?"

"What?" William, who was drinking, looked up suspiciously, "Why?"

When Shen Cheng finished speaking just now, he kept staring at William. Seeing that William really didn't understand what he meant, he said, "Why are you so rich? There are so many antiques in your hands that they can't even fit in the bank's underground vault. Putting more than 100 billion US dollars You don't know how to use it in the bank,

They will not hesitate to play a trick that can’t stand on the table in order to get a few bronze heads. Is this the nature of capitalists, who ignore basic morality for the sake of profit.”

"This," William froze for a moment, yes why?

There are already so many antiques from the Celestial Dynasty in my hand that I can only remember a number, so why bother to find a set of antiques that are not top-notch.

After thinking for a long time, William replied, "Maybe I really have too much money and no place to spend it, and the animal heads of the zodiac are too famous, so I thought about owning them."