how i bought the whole world

After I got the set of Alexander gold coins, the few remaining pieces in the collection did not attract my attention anymore, and I watched several other buyers compete for a letter, a jewelry box and a ruby ​​​​necklace. It's a joy.Surprisingly, Brandon was not as excited as he was at the beginning. He didn't pay attention to the auction items on the stage, but frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

"Mr. Field, I think I have seen the man who bid with you just now." He said to me suddenly, "Do you have any impression of him?"

I thought about it carefully for a while, trying to dig out something from my shallow memory, but in the end I found nothing, "I'm still sure I haven't seen him, that person has a very distinctive appearance, if I did, I would definitely be very fond of this person Impressed."

"Well, maybe I've seen his picture on paper, but I don't know." Brandon said, "After all, I've seen a lot of materials about your competitors, maybe he belongs to one of the companies. leader."

"It's possible."

This way of thinking can explain why the other party looks at me wrongly. I still have many business opponents. Whether in the financial circle or the e-commerce circle, my success must be accompanied by the failure of others, so not everyone Everyone loves me like seeing dollars.Most of them are not happy to see me doing well in America.

"Don't mind him." I don't want this kind of person to ruin my alone time with Brandon, "Look at Brandon, it's Lehman's Untitled, man, it's beautiful isn't it? I bought it and hung it in my study. I really hope that this time it will not exceed my budget. The set of gold coins in Alexander has already cost me nearly double the budget. I originally wanted to get it for $[-]. "

"I thought you didn't feel heartache at all." Brandon muttered.He took a closer look at the photo assistant, "This painting looks like the wall of my house, it is a bit uneven because it has been painted several times. And it is completely white, without any graphics...Are you sure it is so beautiful that you can see it?" Make you want to see it every day?"

I was heartbroken by his incomprehensible style.

While the auctioneer was starting to introduce the painting, Brandon and I discussed our quotation. My estimate is between US$150 million and US$300 million. If someone bids higher than this, then I can only reluctantly give up this pair of Rays. Mann's work, but this figure still makes Brandon feel unbelievable. His annual salary is only 30 US dollars. He said that if he wanted this painting instead of me, then he would need to work for ten years without eating or drinking. can afford it.

I can't help but think about his words. In fact, I want to tell him that if he agrees to be with me, he can enjoy the treatment of spending a lot of money without working for ten years. I can pay him any money. It’s all right, not to mention buying him a painting, even if he wants me to buy Jude Law a $30 dog house like Paris Hilton’s.I'm definitely not the kind of man who would feel bad for a lover spending money, but I'm not sure if I really said that and he would slap me right away, Brandon is a man in a tracksuit who even comes to the auction house calmly .

I can only think about it, and I comfort myself, if Brandon is so superficial, how can I like him?

When he came back to his senses, Brandon had already turned his attention to the auction stage. Although he didn't understand the high value of this painting, he still performed his task of raising placards very dutifully after the auction started. The price was 50 U.S. dollars, instantly killing all the previous collections, and then under the promotion of everyone, it quickly went up to [-] U.S. dollars, and people kept adding more. At this time, the competitors were not only auction houses. Clients present here, there are many telephone buyers, most of them are wealthy people from all over the world, I can even hear a trader speak in Italian, and then turn his head to quote to the auctioneer in English, he added Almost $[-].

"It looked like there was a lot of competition," Brandon said.

"I wish I had better luck." I shrugged.

I understand the popularity of Lehman's work. After all, this is an excellent work, and many art dealers value it at a high price. But seeing such a hot response, I am still a little worried. In fact, I don't have any I'm not rich, and the assets I can use are less than ten million. In the past, I could increase the price without hesitation, and I only need to ask my father or two brothers for money afterwards, but now I can't do as I used to.

Seeing the price rise to the 250 million mark, my heart was hanging in my throat. I was afraid that if I didn’t pay attention, I would miss this painting. Fortunately, God finally favored me and gave me 290 million yuan. The sky-high price of dollars to get this painting.After the deal fell, Brandon took one look at me, "Do you think it will exceed the money you paid today?"

"Of course, I predict that the price of this painting will exceed 800 million within ten years." I said happily, "But I won't sell it in the short term, I want to keep it for myself to appreciate, and so on." Mr Lehman passed away, sorry for the disrespect, but only then would I consider selling it."

"Cunning businessman," Brandon said while checking Lehman's age on his cell phone.

The next few collections were more precious than one, but I didn't intend to buy them. Brandon knew that the last thing I was concerned about was the red wine produced in Oranaya Winery in 1623, and this collection was the whole auction. This is the finale auction item.

Of course, the finale does not mean how expensive it is - no matter how precious wine is, it is just wine after all, and it will not be more expensive than Lehman's painting.But what makes it special is that it was produced in 1623 by the Oranaya winery, one of the oldest wineries in Italy, located in the Bulgari region of the province of Livigno, with The high-quality soil influenced by the sea and the volcano, the grape planting industry and the winemaking industry are extremely developed, and 1623 is a good year that can be recorded in history. The resulting wine must also be a world-class fine wine.The only comparable wine is Chateau Lafite in Bordeaux, France in 1787. The latter’s Lafite wine is also famous for its suitable climate (not in 1982). It can be said that such wines are rare. If it hadn't been for a sailing ship carrying wine that sailed to Europe and was bought by a grocer by chance, then we might not have had the chance to see these treasures. It is said that there are only five wines left, which shows the rarity of them.

However, since it is the finale product, Brandon believes that there should be many people who want to buy this wine. Sure enough, when the Olanaya wine was put on the auction stage by the auctioneer, this collection really caused controversy. Ten on-site buyers and five telephone buyers competed with each other.Its starting price is not high, only $8, but its rising frequency is faster than that of Lehman's paintings.While we were still on the sidelines, the auction went up to $[-].

"How much do you think this bottle will end up worth?" Brandon asked me, turning to me.

I compared a number with my fingers, "50." I said.

Brandon looked at me disapprovingly, "The price of the 1787 Lafite red wine was only auctioned in London for 11 euros, and it also created the highest price in the history of wine auctions. A bottle of wine, even if it comes from Olanaya Winery, cannot be several times more expensive than the bottle of Lafite."

"This is 1787 years earlier than the 100 wine, 50 is not too much." I retorted.

"So you plan to spend 50 yuan to photograph it?" Brandon shook his head, "I think you have spent a lot of money today. For a new businessman, spending money like water is not a good thing , even if you are investing in art, you should be a little restrained."

He glanced at me as if he wanted to defend himself, and continued to raise his voice, "Well, I can understand your original intention of buying Lehman's painting. Apart from the reason you like this painting, the value of this painting itself is also very worth buying. But red wine...with all due respect, after more than 300 years, who knows if it will be sour when opened."

I blink. "I thought you would encourage me to buy it because of your preference for red wine. You must know that I will definitely share it with you when I get it."

"First of all, before coming to the auction house with you, I thought you would be a sensible buyer." Brandon emphasized. "It turns out that you are no worse than those rich wives when you become crazy. Before your account is really bankrupt and cleared, I can only stop you. Secondly, I am not interested in drinking a bottle of 300-year-old wine, even if it $50 is useless, this bottle of wine is not worth your money, why don't you buy me something cheap, say Romanee. Conti's dry white is very good."

I couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay Brandon, I'll buy you a drink, but you should also believe that I will never do a loss-making business, if I tell you, I will keep it after I buy it How about waiting for the next opportunity to sell? Just like that painting, after this auction has become famous, and after a year or so, its value will increase by hundreds of thousands."

"Do you mean to find another fool like you?" Brandon snorted. "Of course you can, provided you can buy it."

During our conversation, the price of Oranaya wine has increased to [-] US dollars, almost catching up with the price of the original bottle of Lafite auctioned in London. However, at this moment, few people have withdrawn from the competition. Mr. Phoebe, who competed with me for Alexander's gold coin, is also bidding at the moment. Judging from his appearance, it seems that he is determined to win this auction.He is now bidding $[-], the highest price in the audience.

Interesting, I thought.

Brandon held up his sign and joined the bidding.

"Newin! Another new bidder has appeared, NO.15 Mr. Field bid 11, is there any higher price than him?"

Phoebe suddenly turned to look at me.

His eyes were burning with anger.

This time, the anger on his face was undisguised, and he was obviously coming towards me. He probably remembered the set of ancient Greek gold coins that I took away first, and now I blocked him in the finale collection. Getting up made him very unhappy, Phoebe's face was flushed like a bull with a flushed neck, and he quickly held up the sign.

"12 million!"

I raised my eyebrows and met his provocative eyes. "I double."

I was almost out of breath this time, and he smoked from his seven orifices.