Speaking of the classmates I met in middle school, there are not many of them, but almost all of them have strong family backgrounds.

Not only Harrow School, but also the school often carries out social activities to expand students' network and social skills, and over time, the number of phone numbers in the mobile phone address book continues to increase.

When Facebook came out, it evolved into adding friends through mobile phone numbers, so that you can view and understand the recent situation of your old classmates more intuitively.

Fan Liancheng's number is still in use during his time in the UK, so he has not completely cut off the old friends he met during his early study abroad career.

However, old friends who can't be contacted once in a few years are actually just acquaintances, and the relationship is just like that.

With Fan Liancheng's character, he took the initiative to contact his old classmates, of course, for a reason.

McKennie, who is hosting the party tonight, is currently working at the larger Bonhams auction house, and Fan Liancheng first saw him post a message that a painting of Monet's "Water Lilies" was about to be auctioned, and then sent a message asking for the details and the start date of the auction, and then there was tonight's indoor party.

Speaking of Monet's "Water Lilies", this is not a painting, but a whole series, containing dozens of works, the one that will be auctioned is larger, more than 1.8 meters long and more than 90 centimeters wide.

Not only is he popular in China, but the guests at the scene learned that he is the richest Asian billionaire at the top of the rich list, and some people came to Fan Liancheng's side to ask various questions, such as what is the business environment in the mainland, whether it is a big conglomerate, and whether the elders in the family are invisible rich.

Through conversation, it can be seen that many people have conscious biases.

It seems that Fan Liancheng has to admit that someone in his family is a big official, or he relies on monopoly business to make money, to explain why a young man in his twenties can have an astonishing fortune of more than 20 billion US dollars.

Fan Liancheng faced everyone's questions and said calmly:

"My parents started their own business in the 90s, and they were lucky enough to seize the opportunity of reform and opening up, and made a lot of money by running the real estate industry, and after I graduated, I shorted the subprime mortgage in 2007, and then the oil crisis, and the financial tsunami caused by the subprime mortgage in 2008, so I should be grateful for the greed of Wall Street businessmen, otherwise I would not be so rich.

After that, I used the funds to invest in Apple, Facebook, Tencent, Alibaba and other companies, and it has come to this point, there are 10 billion US dollars actually given to me by my father, counting many unlisted companies that have invested, I should be worth more, and Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Sequoia Capital, Citigroup and other American companies have cooperated. As for the business environment, if you look at my family, you can understand that there is a commercial gold rush that is going on there, and there are a lot of investors who have made a fortune in the past, and my family's total wealth 20 years ago was only about 5,000 US dollars. ”

In New York, it is not popular to be modest and low-key, and the stronger the strength, the more people are valued.

Many people hope to hear the stock market they want to hear from Fan Liancheng's mouth, so as to forcibly buckle the psychological imbalance as a reason, but Fan Liancheng just didn't let them get their wish.

It can only be said that the less you know, the more you feel how beautiful foreign countries are, from the perspective of Fan Liancheng's global travel, Lao Mei is the most difficult to deal with, arrogant and arrogant at the same time, without any background, nothing more than fanning the flames everywhere with his fists, knowing ten American businessmen, eight of whom are selfish and insatiable.

So a few years ago, Fan Liancheng actually wanted to buy a suite in the famous Beverly Hills for a vacation, but afterwards went to Kensington Palace Garden Street in London.

Some people on the Internet say that he Fan Liancheng absorbs domestic funds and invests in the United States, but in fact, he directly provides less than 20 jobs here, and they are all financial analysts, stock traders, etc., used to assist Liancheng International Group and Fans Fund QDII business to invest in the U.S. stock market, which belongs to the hot money that will run back to China as long as it is earned, and it is essentially different from those businessmen who run away with money.

Judging from the actual situation, a rich person like him will have a long-term vision and consider separating the eggs in several countries, and Liancheng International holds a lot of stocks, securities, real estate, etc. abroad, but the majority of it has been in the mainland, not to mention that it is indeed the region with the fastest economic growth and the most worthy of investment.

I didn't have the idea of making contacts, so I drank and chatted with a little bit.

Not long after, the assistant of the host, McKennie, sent a brochure of the exhibits for tomorrow night's auction.

McKennie told Fan Liancheng when he handed it over: "You can choose the collections you are interested in from it, tomorrow night's summer auction has been warmed up half a year in advance, and almost all the rare lots received during the period will be released tomorrow night, and I will definitely give you the lowest number in terms of handling fees, and what you like in the future can call me directly, and you can also auction online by phone, without being present in person." ”

Fan Liancheng had never participated in a large auction, but he had been to a few local auctions, small charity auctions, etc., nodded, looked for a place to sit with interest, and opened the album to find that the "Water Lilies" was ranked third, with a string of pink diamond necklaces on it, and an oil painting by Paul Gauguin in Tahiti.

Seeing the pink diamond, Fan Liancheng subconsciously remembered the diamond ring in his safe, and his heart was actually quite entangled, after all, others always said that he had a good relationship with Xiaowen, and he had become a representative of the golden boy and girl.

Knowing that's right, it may not be able to really restrain yourself, it's another thing, it's the norm to mess with flowers and grass in their circle, and it takes a lot of perseverance to fully hold on, it can only be said that Fan Liancheng's perseverance is not enough.

Continue to look through the atlas, there are ancient Egyptian sculptures, gold ornaments, as well as cultural relics from the ancient Roman period, there are many types.

McKennie stood aside and said: "Flip back, you have a lot of collections in Huaxia, and now the number of rich people on your side has skyrocketed, and I often receive big customers in Huaxia, and the price of artworks in the market has risen for decades, which is very collectible, and has become the most favorite type of auction in our auction house, and it rarely fails to bid." ”

Fan Liancheng smiled:

"My dad collected a lot, but he said that there is no need to make a special trip to buy ancient Chinese cultural relics back to China, just collect and invest according to your own preferences, remember that someone deliberately regretted taking pictures of the beast's head, people's minds are changing.

As far as I know, there are a lot of Chinese cultural relics, and there are only a few that are really worth collecting, such as the value of animal heads is exaggerated, I just want to pick some beautiful objects for decoration and investment......"