Chapter 1287: The Rich Gather
The auction is about to begin, and the auction hall of Christie's auction house is full of people!
Jewelers and individual buyers from all over the world have gathered in this auction hall to chat with their friends while waiting for the auction to begin, ready to fight!
While he was talking, the door of the lounge on the right side of the front of the auction hall suddenly opened, and under the leadership of Henry, Ye Tian and Betty walked into the auction hall hand in hand and appeared in everyone's field of vision!
At this time, Ye Tian was still carrying the titanium alloy portable safe in his hand, which was very eye-catching.
Mattis and Anderson, Taylor and Lisa, and the rest of the armed security personnel all remained in the break room.
Through the surveillance footage provided by Christie's auction house, they are always keeping an eye on the situation in the auction hall, just in case!
If there is any unexpected situation in the auction hall, Matisse and the others can rush out of the lounge at any time to provide protection for Ye Tian and Betty as quickly as possible!
In addition, the Dutch translator provided by Christie's auction house also stayed in the lounge to provide translation services for Ye Tian through wireless headphones.
Although Antwerp is located in the Dutch-speaking region, the buyers come from all over the world, and the auctioneers speak English, so there is no language barrier!
After walking into the auction hall, Ye Tian quickly glanced at the audience, and with a bright smile on his face, he nodded at everyone!
Then he took Betty and strode forward with Henry, straight to the two seats in the middle of the first row of the auction hall, which were the VIP seats reserved by Christie's auction house!
The first moment they appeared, everyone in the auction hall was stunned for a moment, as if they couldn't believe their eyes.
Immediately after, the entire auction hall was completely fried.
"I'm going to 9 Tivan, how can this crazy guy be here? Watch the news in the morning, isn't he still in Brussels? Could it be that he came to Belgium for this treasure draw diamond auction?
If that's the case, then it's a big problem, according to legend, Steven has always been extremely ruthless in the auction room, and it's not a good thing to compete with such a crazy guy!"
"I have a good show to watch 2 today, I don't know what Steven's goal is? It's better not to conflict with me, otherwise, buddy is likely to go home"
"See that portable safe that Steven is carrying? I'm sure it's 100 percent Queen Mary's finest jewelry!
It would be great to be able to see those priceless treasures with your own eyes, especially the famous diamond necklace that is closely related to the French Revolution and is said to be unprecedented, it must be extremely luxurious!"
In the midst of the heated discussion, Ye Tian and Betty had already walked to their seats, turned around and sat down.
Henry then began to introduce him to the heavyweights sitting around him, who were either world-famous top jewelers or super-rich.
And, of course, there are a few women who are crazy about diamonds, and behind each woman is a super-rich man, or a super-rich family!
"Steven, this is Mr. Benin, the famous Israeli diamond tycoon, from the Steinmetz family, the Israeli business magnate, is the richest diamond producer in the world.
This is Mr. Cheng from Hong Kong, your compatriot, whose family is the world's largest retailer of jewellery diamonds and the largest buyer of diamonds in Antwerp.
This Mr. Liu is also from Hong Kong, is a business wizard, and is also a well-known super-rich man in Hong Kong, you must have heard of it, the lady next to him is Mr. Liu's wife.
A little farther away was Mr. Lawrence, founder of Graf, the famous British luxury jewelry brand, and the lady sitting next to him was from Van Cleef & Arpels.
With Henry's introduction, Ye Tian greeted these famous figures in the jewelry field one by one, and introduced himself, and his performance was impeccable.
After the introduction, Henry took his leave and went to prepare for the upcoming auction!
Ye Tian nodded at everyone again, then turned his head and chatted in a low voice while looking through the auction manual with Betty, waiting for the auction to start.
After chatting for a few words, a voice suddenly came from the left.
"Mr. Steven, may I ask if this portable safe of yours contains some of Queen Mary's finest jewelry?
If so, can you open my eyes to the top jewelry, especially the famous diamond necklace, I would love to see it for myself!
It was a famous diamond necklace that had never been seen before, and as a jeweler, I really wanted to see how luxurious it was, if it was unprecedented!"
The person who asked out loud was the Israeli jewelry tycoon Benin!
While asking, his eyes were always fixed on the portable safe on the ground in front of Ye Tian, his eyes were hot, and his eyes were shining!
Not only him, but also the other famous jewelers and those super-rich buyers sitting in the first row also stared at the portable safe on the ground in front of Ye Tian, each eye was full of envy, and he hated to keep it for himself!
Ye Tian turned his head to look at the Israeli diamond tycoon next to him, and then said with a smile:
"You guessed it, Monsieur Benin, this safe contains the finest jewels I found in that antique shop in Brussels, which belonged to Queen Mary!
Because of the rush of time, I didn't have time to store them in the vault, so I took them with me and brought them to this auction hall, which was a bit abrupt and made everyone laugh!
When the auction is over, I'll send them to the highest-security vault in Antwerp and keep them safe, which is a bit too ostentatious to carry.
These jewels have not been recreated for a long time, and there is still a lot of noise surrounding them, and this is not a suitable place, so I'm sorry I can't accommodate your request!"
"Hey, that's it, forget it, it's a pity, this is really not a suitable place!"
Benin sighed softly, his words full of regret.
As soon as his voice fell, a string of Hong Kong Pu suddenly came from behind Ye Tian, from Mr. Liu, who was sitting in the second row, the Hong Kong super-rich.
"Unloaded, I'm obsessed with how old you are, can you call it that?"
Ye Tian turned his head to look at this Hong Kong compatriot, then nodded with a smile and said:
"No problem, Mr. Liu, I'm older than you Xiong, there's no problem with you asking me to unload, it sounds kind, do you have anything to ask?"
Mr. Liu chuckled and nodded, a flash of appreciation in his eyes.
"That's right, unloaded, I saw a picture of that famous diamond necklace on the news this morning, it is indeed extremely luxurious, unique!
As you know, I'm a person who loves to buy all kinds of top jewelry diamonds, and I want to buy that famous diamond necklace and give it to my wife!
As for the price, as long as it's within a reasonable range, I'll accept it, how about it, are you interested in selling that famous diamond necklace?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Tian immediately gave the answer, of course, refusal!
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Liu, I already have a clear plan for dealing with Queen Mary's top jewelry, and I don't plan to change it.
I'm going to make a deal with the Louvre or the Château de Fontainebleau, exchange those jewellery for a batch of heavyweight Chinese antiques, and then ship the exchanged antique artwork back home!
As expected, the museum curators of the Louvre and Fontainebleau in France, as well as the relevant appraisers, are heading to Antwerp at this time and will soon be able to arrive here.
Another point is that although those jewelry pieces are extremely luxurious and can even be said to be unique, they are not suitable for us Chinese to wear, and they are not good things.
Those top jewelry around Queen Mary, God knows how many people died, it can be said that the heads of people killed are rolling, and this is the most taboo for us Chinese!"
Hearing this, Mr. Liu couldn't help but fall silent.
After a moment's thought, he nodded and said:
"You're right, unload, the smell of blood on those things is too heavy, and there are too many unjust souls attached to them! It is indeed not suitable for us Chinese to wear, especially we Hong Kong people, pay more attention to these!"
As he spoke, the door of another lounge at the back of the auction table opened, and the current cabinet owner and the auctioneer walked out of it one after another and stepped onto the auction table!