Chapter 1018: Treasure Hunt for the Mansion
The tax deadline has finally passed, and everyone is relieved!
The day before the deadline, Ye Tian and Betty personally, as well as the brave and fearless exploration company, successfully completed the tax filing work, and the whole process was perfect and flawless!
This made many people who were staring at Ye Tian disappointed, and they also hated it, but they had no choice but to curse secretly behind their backs.
Especially the IRS guys, it is said that they are so angry that they are scolding, and there are a lot of scrapped office supplies in their office that day, all of which were smashed!
Because Ye Tian had a series of almost crazy investment behaviors before the deadline for tax filing, they had at least collected one or two hundred million dollars less in taxes, can they not feel annoyed?
After tax season, a lot of work can be done without worrying about getting looted by the IRS guys with too much cash!
A large number of antique artworks began to flow out of Ye Tian's hands and from the brave and fearless exploration company, and flowed into the antique art market in New York and surrounding major cities, sweeping the dollar.
When winter passes and spring comes, the annual New York spring auction season has officially kicked off.
Such an opportunity to make money crazily, Ye Tian naturally will not miss it!
He is already gearing up, waiting for the spring auction season to begin, and turn the whole of New York into a stage for himself to sway at will, and to take and demand an acre and three points of land!
The major auction houses in New York are the same, they have long coveted the top antique artworks and Caribbean shipwreck treasures in Ye Tian's hands.
Since the beginning of March, Ye Tian has received many calls from auction houses.
These guys were very enthusiastic on the phone, and they tried desperately to get close to him.
They all have the same purpose, they hope to collect a few lots of sufficient weight from Ye Tian's hands, and if they can collect the priceless top antique artworks, it will be perfect!
After April 15th, there were more calls to solicit lots, and some guys who knew Ye Tian even directly found the company and solicited lots from him in person.
For these guys from major auction houses, Ye Tian did not refuse, he did have a lot of antique artworks to be sent to the New York Spring Auction, converted into real dollars.
In addition to preparing antique artworks to be sent to auction in a scattered manner, he also plans to conduct several personal auctions.
One or two auctions of Western modern and contemporary paintings, all of which were artworks obtained during the Boston Treasure Hunt, each of which was a priceless and rare treasure!
There is also an antique auction, which brings together antiques from all over the world and various historical periods, with a wide variety of categories!
The antiques that appear in this special auction are so large in quantity and of high quality that they are enough to make everyone stunned and amazed!
In addition, there are two special auctions of Caribbean shipwreck treasures, which are sure to cause quite a stir.
Of course, it will also make Spaniards and Colombians feel distressed and crazy with jealousy!
However, Ye Tian did not immediately agree to these auction houses, nor did he send the antique artworks and Caribbean shipwreck treasures in his hands to auction.
Before that, he has one more thing to do.
On April 18, the magnificent mansion at 960 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the late famous collector Ellsworth, and all the real estate transactions related to it were finally completed.
At this point, this famous top mansion in New York, as well as everything in the apartment, are owned by Ye Tian, without any legal doubts!
From this day on, even if a gold mine is found in this mansion, it will be Ye Tian, and no one else can covet it, so he can only watch it with envy.
In fact, there is indeed a gold mine in this top-level mansion, which is waiting for Ye Tian to explore!
On the afternoon of the eighteenth, Ye Tian took Betty, as well as David and Jason, under the escort of Matisse, and returned to this gorgeous mansion.
At this time, this top mansion has completely belonged to Ye Tian, as long as he does not demolish or build, or do illegal things, in this top mansion, he can toss as much as he wants!
For Ye Tian to bring everyone back to this empty mansion and show such excitement, David and the others were all confused, and they didn't understand what his intentions were!
The door opened, and the antechamber, which was empty and unfurnished, and looked unusually deserted, reappeared before everyone's eyes.
"Steven, what you brought you here can you say now? I'm very curious, what's in this empty mansion that makes you so excited!"
David asked curiously, his eyes full of doubt.
The rest of the people were the same, a little confused, and they all turned their heads to look over.
Ye Tian turned his head to look at David and them, and then said with a chuckle:
"Now that you've arrived here, it's time to find out, I wonder if you know anything about Ellsworth, a top antique dealer and collector, and how much do you know about his collection?"
"I know a little bit about him, knowing that he is one of New York's most famous antique dealers and collectors, living in one of New York's finest mansions and owning countless valuable antique artworks.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, and many other famous museums in the United States and around the world have purchased a lot of museum-level antique artworks from him, and he has donated a lot of them himself!
In the field of antique art collection in New York, and even in the field of antique art collection around the world, he is a well-known figure, a guy who stands at the top of the industry pyramid!"
David continued, knowing a little about An Siyuan.
Ye Tian nodded, then chuckled and said:
"You're right, Ellsworth is indeed one of the most famous figures in the field of antique art collecting, and he has collected, sold, and donated countless antique artworks, which are quite large.
Even before he died, he still had a collection of more than 2,000 pieces of antique art, many of which were museum-grade masterpieces, but did you know that his most cherished collection was that?
"I know this, it's the turquoise and transparent, huge jade ring, Ellsworth loves that collection the most, never leaves it, and the New York Times has also done a special report on it!"
Jason chimed in, looking rather excited.
"Bingo, Jason, is the priceless jade ring, which Ellsworther cherished most of his collection, and which he wore on his hand for the rest of his life, and almost never took it off.
On many public occasions, An Siyuan has said more than once that he will never let the jade ring leave his body, even if he dies, he will swallow the ring in his stomach before he dies!"
Ye Tian stretched out his finger and pointed at Jason, affirming his answer.
"That's right, I've heard of it too, what a crazy old man, too persistent!"
David echoed and said with two sighs.
"Ellsworth has died, and with it the priceless jadeite ring, which was not included in the more than 2,000 Ellsworth collections at Christie's.
Did he really swallow that jade ring in his stomach? I don't think so, for an 85-year-old man who was injured in a fall, it was not an easy task to swallow that huge ring!"
Ye Tian said with a chuckle, gradually revealing the mystery.
Hearing these words, the eyes of the rest of the people at the scene couldn't help but light up, they almost understood what Ye Tian meant and guessed why he came here.
In addition to the excitement, everyone is still a little confused.
At the scene of Ellsworth's fall, until his death, no one had ever seen the jade ring, not including his butler and the Christie's gang.
After he died, everyone speculated that he might have fulfilled his promise and swallowed the jade ring before he died, and brought the priceless ring into the coffin for his own burial!"
"How is it possible! An Siyuan is the top antique dealer and collector, he is definitely a personal master, how can he do such a stupid thing! No one would do that, let alone him!
To bury himself with that priceless jade ring, that's just a statement, it's not believable! If he really dares to swallow that jade ring, then wait for someone to dig up the grave and rob the grave!
The value of that jade ring should be around $10 million, and if he swallowed it, I am afraid that before his body left the hospital morgue, he would have been disemboweled!
In the city of New York, there are many people who take risks for tens of thousands, or even thousands of dollars, not to mention the jade rings worth tens of millions of dollars, how many people are not blushing?
As far as I know, no one bothered the dead An Siyuan, and his grave was still intact, so it can be seen that the burial with a jade ring is just a rumor!"
Ye Tian carefully analyzed it for everyone, and his tone was very affirmative.
"Listening to what you say, I think it makes sense, now is not ancient, who dares to take priceless antique artworks to bury themselves, then don't you ask for trouble!
Since Ellsfar didn't swallow that emerald ring, where did it go? Steven, don't tell me that that priceless emerald ring is in this apartment!"
As he spoke, David began to scan this top-notch apartment, his eyes shining with excitement!
The rest of the guys did the same, their eyes quickly swept to all corners of the apartment, and everyone's eyes were like searchlights, extremely bright!
"Hahaha"
Ye Tian laughed loudly, very proud.
"According to my guess, the most cherished and priceless jade ring of Ellsfar is hidden in this top apartment, but I don't know where the specific location is.
One of the reasons I paid $58 million for this top-of-the-line apartment was that it was really worth the money, that it was not to be missed, and that it was a reasonable tax avoidance.
The reason why I bring you back to this top apartment today is also because this is a treasure hunt, and the treasure hunt must be very interesting and exciting!"
"Wow, so what are you waiting for? Let's get started!"
Jason exclaimed excitedly, he couldn't wait.
The rest of the guys are the same, all gearing up, ready to start the treasure hunt!
Ye Tian did not give an action command, but continued to analyze with a smile on his face.
"You know, it was in this apartment that Ellsworth fell and walked the last leg of his life, and there must have been a period of time between his fall and his death.
If he hadn't swallowed the emerald ring, it would have been entirely possible for him to struggle to hide the emerald ring with the last bit of strength during this time.
Later, the housekeepers, medical personnel, and New York police officers who rushed to his side did not find the jade ring, which indirectly confirmed my speculation!
Ellsworth is one of the top antique dealers and collectors, and if there is a dark room or mezzanine here, there is more than just a jade ring hidden inside, maybe there will be even bigger surprises!"
What the bigger surprise is, Ye Tian naturally knows it.
Although An Siyuan's jade ring was valuable and rare, Ye Tian didn't pay attention to it, what he really valued was the bigger surprise.
Not only for him, but for all Chinese, it was a huge surprise!