Johnson glared at Daniel Lewis, and then said to Wu Jianye helplessly: "I'm back to my place!"

Wu Jianye said dissatisfiedly: "Don't, I don't know anyone here, finally you came over, just sit here!"

Johnson glanced at Daniel Lewis next to him and asked, "Didn't he invite you over?"

Wu Jianye said: "His strength is not enough, and he wants to change his position, but it is estimated that people can't let him." ”

Daniel Lewis: "......"

At this time, Daniel Lewis became more and more surprised in his heart, because he found that Johnson was a little resistant to Wu Jianye, just like that, I don't like you and can't kill you.

This made Daniel Lewis begin to wonder if Wu Jianye still had any hidden attributes, but after thinking about it for a long time, in the information he knew, it seemed that Wu Jianye didn't have any hole cards?

As for Wu Jianye saying that his strength was not enough, he looked at the big guy who was walking towards this side, and he didn't speak, an old nobleman in England, even now he still has the title of nobleman on his head.

David Wallep walked over wearing a handmade suit and a black-rimmed glasses, and Johnson wanted to leave, but was grabbed by Wu Jianye.

"What do you want to do?" Johnson was about to cry, if he knew that Wu Jianye was here, he would not have said anything.

"Stay with me!" Wu Jianye said.

Johnson: "I have my place. ”

David Wallep had already walked over at this time, with an elegant smile on his face, and saw Wu Jianye and Johnson talking.

"Johnson, Director Wu, it's a pleasure to meet you both. ”

"Hello Mr. Wallep, I'll be back to my place at once. Johnson said.

"No, if the two of you know each other, I can Chéng Rén, just tell me where you are. David Wallep smiled, and there was no trace of displeasure on his face.

"No, no, I'll leave right away!" Johnson finished speaking and was about to break free from Wu Jianye's hand and leave.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Okay then, Mr. Wallep, it just so happens that I have some questions about antiques that I want to communicate with you." ”

David Wallep: "It's an honor!"

Johnson's face changed, revealing a painful expression: "Mr. Wallep, I'm very sorry, I'm very good friends with Director Wu, can you give me your place!"

David Wallep said indifferently, "Of course!"

After David Wallep left, Johnson looked at Wu Jianye viciously: "Did you plan to tell him what happened before!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "You care about me!"

Johnson said, "I can tell you, that thing is your problem, and if I had gone to tell the embassy about it, do you know what the consequences would have been?"

Wu Jianye said indifferently: "For two thousand dollars, let the whole world know that Philip Johnson of the Johnson family bought a night pot in Huaxia, I don't think you should be so stupid!"

Johnson looked at Wu Jianye indignantly: "You still say this!"

"You said it first!" Wu Jianye said.

When the two were chatting, the auction had already begun, and Daniel Lewis and Isabelle Adjani also sat back in their seats, but Daniel Lewis was still looking in the direction of Wu Jianye and Johnson from time to time, and he really didn't understand what the relationship between Wu Jianye and Johnson was.

After the auction begins, the auctioneer begins to introduce the products being auctioned, and after the introduction, you can hear the collectors in the audience raising their signs and shouting prices.

However, at this time, Wu Jianye and Johnson's attention was not on this.

"Say, what are you doing with me?" Johnson also guessed at this time that Wu Jianye could not have left himself for no reason.

Wu Jianye smiled, isn't Johnson stupid, when he saw Johnson, he thought that he would go to the United States to shoot his first Hollywood movie in the second half of this year, and Johnson is now in charge of an important theater chain in North America.

"I know that you are now in charge of your family's Oceanwide Cinema Line, are you interested in expanding your business?" Wu Jianye asked.

Why has Phantom Entertainment not been able to become one of the real Hollywood Seven, even if he is infinitely close, one is that their global distribution network is not perfect, and the other is that there is no real theatrical interest alliance in North America!

And with the relaxation of policy regulation in North America, several major studios have begun to re-enter the theater chain, horizontal integration to create media groups, during this period of film companies began to re-enter the theater chain, Columbia, Universal, Paramount, Warner have successively purchased some of the United States theater chains, accounting for about 16% of all about 22,000 screens in the United States.

However, at this time, the cinema chain did not re-follow the vertical integration model of the large-scale production era, but began horizontal integration based on the emergence of new communication methods to create a media group.

The first was the horizontal integration of film and television companies, and in 1980 several large film companies were acquired by major communication companies to integrate into their diversified entertainment landscape.

This year, Sony will buy Columbia Pictures, then Warner Media and Time will merge to form Time Warner, and in 1995, Disney will buy ABC TV network, among other things. After a series of intra-industry consolidations and the rise of new competitors.

In the later stage, several major Hollywood studios mostly present themselves in the form of media groups, and the number of films produced each year accounts for about 60~70% of the total number of American films.

And this time is the best time to lay out North American theaters in advance, such as the Royal Entertainment Group, the largest theater company in the United States in the later period, which was officially established this year.

Originally, Wu Jianye wanted to do this after he arrived in North America, but now that he sees Johnson, if he can, he can arrange it in advance.

It's a pity that Johnson has long been on strong guard against Wu Jianye: "Come less, even if it is an expansion, I won't look for you!"

Wu Jianye: "......"

"Aren't we friends, you see that I invest money in you, and you give me shares, which can help you quickly expand your cinema business and make your status in the family climb, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

Johnson shook his head and said firmly: "It looks beautiful, but I remember that when you sold me the night pot, what you said was even better than now!"

Wu Jianye: "...... Why don't I pay you back for the night pot?"

Johnson: "......"

While the two were chatting, it was finally the turn of the Ming Dynasty bronze gilt Buddha statue to sit in this auction, and the auctioneer on the stage introduced the history of this Buddha statue, and then said the starting price.

$300,000!

Isabelle Adjani glanced at the positions of Wu Jianye and Johnson, and reminded: "Otherwise, we won't shoot this collection!"

In fact, Daniel Lewis was ready to give up, but now when he heard Isabelle Adjani say this, he felt that he was being looked down upon.

"It's okay, although Johnson is the general manager of Oceanwide Cinemas, I don't need to be too jealous of him. ”

After speaking, Daniel Lewis directly raised his card: "350,000!"

Originally, I still wanted to fight with Daniel Lewis, but at this time, there was something more important for Wu Jianye, which was to persuade Johnson, so I didn't have the heart to fight with Daniel Lewis.

Directly raise the card: "1 million!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone present was shocked, and no one thought that an unknown Asian would directly increase the price by $650,000 to $1 million, shouldn't the auction increase slowly?

Some people who don't know Wu Jianye's identity immediately think that Wu Jianye is an RB person, after all, at this time, the RB people have not yet broken out of the economic bubble, and they are clamoring to buy the whole of the United States, so now it seems that this Asian person should be an RB person.

But those who know Wu Jianye's identity have to sigh, is this Chinese man crazy?

Even Daniel Lewis showed a surprised expression, he didn't expect Wu Jianye to be able to shout a million directly!

But when he thought of Wu Jianye's world-famous album, which at least brought Wu Jianye tens of millions of dollars in income, he was relieved.

"1.05 million!"

One or two million Daniel Lewis is still acceptable, after all, he is already in front of Isabel Adjani, and he has made it clear that he wants to make Wu see the night ugly.

Wu Jianye looked at Daniel Lewis with some boredom, and let people not speak well: "2 million!"

Johnson looked at Wu Jianye in shock: "You are crazy, the market price of this collection is only about one million, and you are now spending two million to buy it?"

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Isn't this to show you my strength? You see that I have spare money in my hands, you have the cinema chain I want, I will invest in you, you expand the cinema chain, I believe that in a few years, we can become the largest cinema company in the United States!"

Johnson shook his head: "Are you crazy? Do you know how much money you need to become the largest cinema chain in the United States? At least $1.5 billion!"

In fact, Johnson didn't know that he himself was no longer as resistant to Wu Jianye as he was before at this time.

Wu Jianye said: "What I'm worried about is not a matter of money, it's how many shares of the cinema company you can sell me!"

Johnson stopped talking, and now Wu Jianye gave him the feeling that he was crazy, and it wasn't a matter of money, was he rich?

Even though Johnson and Linda have a very good relationship, Linda has not revealed to Johnson that the real big boss of Phantom Entertainment is Wu Jianye, which has nothing to do with friendship.

Wu Jianye did not urge Johnson, in his opinion, as long as such a seed is left for Johnson today, the rest of the things can be talked about slowly.

After all, Johnson also had to report the matter to his family.

Daniel Lewis didn't know what to say at this time, he could also take out two million dollars, his net worth was far more than two million dollars, but he didn't think he was crazy about a collection that he knew was a loss......

So in the end, although this Ming Dynasty bronze gilt Buddha statue was only bid a few times, it had already set a record for the highest price and the largest span of the auction.

Other collectors don't even have a chance to bid.......

Looking at the moment when the auctioneer dropped the hammer, Wu Jianye felt Daniel Lewis's gaze, he looked over, tilted his shoulders, pursed his lips, and made a disdainful expression.

Daniel Lewis was furious, but helpless.......

This was followed by the auction of several collections, but with Wu Jianye's bid before the Ming Dynasty bronze gilt Buddha statue, the bidding of these collections made people feel a little tasteless.

Then the serpentine engagement ring with emerald gemstones was put up for auction, and the starting price was 2 million!

To be honest, the value of the ring itself is certainly not that high, but its historical significance gives her a different value.

Antiques, but as long as they are stained with the word royal, whether they are Chinese or foreign, their value must have doubled.

This put a lot of people off, and David Wallep showed a strong interest in the ring.

"2.1 million!"

"2.2 million!"

"2.3 million!"

The bidding came and went, and soon the ring was priced at 3.5 million, but that didn't stop the collectors' interest.

"4 million!"

David Wallep suddenly called out a high price of 4 million.

At this time, many people have already withdrawn from the bidding, after all, no one's money is blown by the wind.

Wu Jianye thought that he was going to Los Angeles in the second half of the year, Li Xiuming was still there at that time, and he couldn't give Li Xiuming a name, so let's give more gifts, a former Queen of England's engagement ring is good.

So he held up his sign: "4.1 million!"

The people in the auction hall saw Wu Jianye raise their cards again, and they all showed surprised expressions, Wu Jianye's performance just now was too amazing.

Even David Wolepu, who had always been calm and relaxed, showed a wry smile, this wry smile did not mean that he knew that Wu Jianye was really worth it, but because Wu Jianye's performance just now gave him a strong psychological hint.

"4.2 million!"

"4.3 million!" Wu Jianye said.

"4.4 million!" David Wallep raised his card, looked at Wu Jianye and smiled.

Johnson said, "Almost, this ring has a special meaning to their family, there is no need to fight with him." ”

Wu Jianye said kindly: "Okay!"

Then he gave David Wallep a smile and shook his head slightly, indicating that he would not raise his card again!

David Wallep returned the favor with a smile.

When Daniel Lewis saw all this, his heart became more and more dissatisfied: "Pretending!"

In his opinion, Wu Jianye's photographing of the Ming Dynasty bronze gilt Buddha statue is already the limit, and now he is doing this just to get in touch with David Wallep.

Isabelle Adjani hugged Daniel Lewis's shoulders and comforted her lover.

Finally, the ring was photographed by David Wallep.

Until the end, Van Gogh's "Iris", the most precious lot of the auction, appeared!