Rosalind nodded and said, "A sister from the same village as me, who served in the special forces with me, and later retired together, she went to Italy and was employed by the Agnelli family, called Curado, and she was looking for me before. Curado told me that the Italian family of Agnelli had also sent someone to London!"

"She told me that the main task of the Agnelli family to participate in the Sotheby's auction this time was to...... I suspect the Areotti family and the Berlusconi family......" Rosalind whispered, afraid that the wall would have ears. Clark Vigio of the Areotti family is in the middle of the hotel.

Wu Qian raised his eyebrows, his vision is so good, he likes something at random, and he is actually targeted by several top Italian families at the same time, I am afraid that there is something ulterior in this.

"Why?" Wu Qian asked directly, it was impossible that there was no inside information.

Rosalind shook her head and said, "The specific reason is not clear, Curado overheard that it seems that there is a very important and very valuable item hidden in Leeds Castle. It's hard to imagine what that group of guys are targeting. She told me about this, mainly to tell me to stay safe and that it was better to stay somewhere else for a few days to avoid the whirlpool. ”

Wu Qian's heart was sudden, he was not frightened by Rosalind's words, on the contrary, he had a sense of excitement at this moment.

"Is it a medieval treasure?" Wu Qian asked.

The four bodyguards put on a strange expression together, but there was really no way to completely deny Wu Qian's speculation, Leeds Castle has a history of more than 1,000 years, and there have been many stories, many of which are no longer available for study.

"I don't know. BOSS, I really can't guess what it is, it's worth such a big move from them. Cooks, do you remember the figures we saw outside Leeds Castle in the morning, maybe they were from some family!" said Rosalind.

Cooks nodded, without Rosalind reminding him that he had already associated the two things, there must be some kind of unknown connection between them, and now that he remembered it, those people should have been staring at Leeds Castle.

"There's a big move...... Cooks sighed, and then said, "Boss, look?"

Cooks' meaning is obvious, since he got the gossip through a special channel, should he avoid the limelight for a while. Immortal fights are sometimes easy to affect the pond fish, and several major consortia are obviously in a competitive situation, and it is difficult to estimate what will happen when the time comes.

Wu Qian thought fiercely in his heart, if it was other factors, he would have avoided the danger, but he had a feeling that he couldn't explain this matter, and Wu Qian felt that there was a mysterious force attracting him.

It felt like the Lord of the Rings was summoning Sauron, and Onepiece was summoning Luffy. There seemed to be a voice calling him in the dark, and let him participate in it, and there would inevitably be unexpected surprises.

In the depths of Wu Qian's heart, a little excited spark suddenly lit up, and then the spark instantly ignited, and his curiosity was completely mobilized!

Hiding in the shadows and grabbing things with top consortia is fun.

"Rosalind, is your news accurate, besides, do you think there are many people who know this news?" Wu Qian asked.

When the four bodyguards heard Wu Qian ask, their hearts trembled, it's over, looking at this, their boss is very interested, and he beeped the dog.

"BOSS, the relationship between the Curado family and my family is very good, and I have a deep friendship with her. Curado told me that only the Agnelli family came on the surface, but the two families who followed secretly, the Agnelli family already knew that things were very complicated.

Her purpose in informing me of this was not mainly to tell me that the major families were fighting over something, but that she felt that there might be a confrontation at that time, and informed me to let me stay out of danger. I don't think many people know about it. ”

Rosalind replied truthfully, telling Wu Qian her analysis.

It was already close to midnight, Wu Qian was so excited by this sudden news that he didn't feel sleepy at all, he stood up and walked to the window, pushed open the window and looked at the Palace of Westminster and Elizabeth Tower in the distance, and his heart was full of thoughts.

This would not stop Wu Qian from standing by the window, and since Rosalind had returned and brought back such news, his previous conjecture had been shattered.

According to Curado's message to Rosalinde, plus Rosalinde's analysis, a conclusion was drawn that the Agnelli family knew a secret, and this secret was discovered by the Areotti family and the Berlusconi family, and then there was the current scene.

"Hehe, the secret of the big business, the treasure of Europe...... Interesting. Wu Qian didn't want to hide at all, he didn't plan to hide at all, but was thinking about what aroused the interest of those consortia.

"There's nothing to hide, it's not the Celestial Empire here, but it's not Italy either, can the Italians turn the sky up in Britain? I'm going to bid!" Wu Qian turned to Rosalind and said to him.

Several bodyguards instantly felt a big mountain pressing on their shoulders, if it weren't for the spirit of the contract to support them, they would really want to resign.

"BOSS, I'm not doubting your strength, but I don't think you really have the funds to compete with several major chaebols. Kukus poured a scoop of cold water on Wu Qian.

Wu Qian smiled, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it, the remaining money is not too much, not a lot, and more than 4 billion soft sister coins, about 540 million pounds, this price is enough for him to go crazy, of course, if you remove the copyright fees from ITV and BBC, there are more than 3 billion soft girl coins left, which is not less.

The most important thing is that when only 5% is left, the root of all evil system should appear, and according to the amount given several times before, the fourth time will not be less than the third, even if it does not appear, the auction will not have an impact.

"Let's try, if you succeed, you can talk about successful things, if you don't succeed, you have also participated, many things focus on participation, right. Wu Qiandao.

The four bodyguards no longer dissuaded, they felt that they were also, anyway, the competition may not be competitive, and now it is too unreasonable to worry about those things that have not happened, the time is not early, it is better to rest early.

The most important thing is that a few people don't know that Wu Qian is a cash flow boss at all, and people with tens of billions of assets don't mean that they can take out billions of cash in an instant, and it takes a process to cash out assets, and it may not be smooth.

Cooks, Bauer, and David left together.

Wu Qian walked up to Rosalind, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around her waist, looked directly into the other party's eyes, and asked, "Rosalind, what you said just now, is it true?"

Rosalind was stunned for a moment, and said, "Naturally, it's all true, boss, do you doubt my loyalty?"

Loyalty is one of the most important elements of being a bodyguard, and if there is no loyalty, everything is in vain. In other words, even if there is no combat effectiveness at all, only loyalty, it is quite useful to block a shot at a critical moment.

Rosalind didn't expect Wu Qian to doubt her, and she was a little depressed, in Rosalind's heart, the contract was above all else, it was engraved in her bones.

Wu Qian watched the expression of Rosalind's face bit by bit, and finally decided to choose to believe the other party, after all, doing one thing requires a motive and a purpose, and Wu Qian couldn't think of the motive and purpose of Rosalind to trick him into leaving London after thinking about it for a long time.

"Don't mind, Rosalind, I'm more suspicious. It's not too early, go get some rest. With that, Wu Qian walked alone towards the bedroom, there were a lot of things he liked in the auction tomorrow morning, but it seemed that they were all less important, and he was preoccupied with the matter of Leeds Castle.

Rosalind looked at Wu Qian's back and bit her lip, she thought back to what happened tonight, her own goodbye was indeed a bit excessive, and the boss was suspicious of herself. But Rosalind has a clear conscience, and she believes that time will tell.

Early the next morning, Wu woke up at 6 o'clock in front of him, although the time difference was reversed, but there was something in his mind, so he naturally slept for a short time.

After breakfast, Wu Qian sent a message to Tian Yewang, asking him not to look for him if he didn't have urgent and important things today, he had something to be busy. Tian Yewang didn't think it was surprising, originally Wu Qian went abroad to have fun, he was the person in charge of the shooting team, this is his job, and he is naturally in charge.

The morning auction starts at 9:30 a.m. and is dedicated to celebrity miscellaneous items and jewelry.

In this auction, Wu Qian took a fancy to two watches and a guitar, a very famous guitar, which Wu Qian planned to auction for Anxin.

Today's arrangement is as usual, Rosalind and Bauer and David have breakfast and set off for the auction house, although the morning auction session only bids on three items, but the price is very expensive, if the operation is done well, it will save a lot of money.

Wu Qian still sat comfortably on the sofa and turned on the computer on the desk.

Because of the particularity of the items, the popularity of this auction was not very high, and not surprisingly, the figures of several major families staring at Leeds Castle did not appear in the auction house.

A large part of the "celebrities" in the celebrity miscellaneous refer to celebrities. There are celebrities from all over the world, some of these lots are provided privately, and some are Sotheby's auction houses in the early years, and they received them from the auction house through some channels, and when they wait for the past few years, they often get a good profit when they take out the celebrity sundries for auction.

For example, the guitar that Wu Qian is going to photograph today is a Gibson acoustic guitar used by George Harrison and John Lennon in the Beatles.

According to the auction catalogue, this guitar was not only used by George and John, but also accompanied them to create several popular songs, because the Beatles used electric guitars more often, so the value of ordinary guitars is higher, and it is rare and expensive.

Moreover, the value of the guitar itself is not low, the top is Sitica spruce veneer, the back side panel is rosewood and maple, and the neck is pure maple, the history of the guitar has been more than half a century, and today, in terms of cost alone, it is worth 30,000 pounds.

From the outside, this Gibson guitar is not very flashy, but if you add the back of the guitar, George Harrison and John Lennon's own handwritten name, and its extraordinary experience (songwriting), plus this is the only ordinary guitar in the world that George and John have used together.

All the factors combined make this guitar worth a lot of money, with a starting price of 200,000 pounds!

This guitar Wu Qian must win one of the lots, there are some pocket watches used by celebrities, silk scarves worn by celebrities, hats used by a film and television celebrity, etc., Wu Qian did not participate.

When the auction went to the guitar, there was obviously a wave of enthusiasm on the scene, which shows the influence of the Beatles in the European and American music industry, and it can even be said that the influence of the Beatles has gone beyond the scope of music.

The Beatles won countless awards, and in just a decade of existence, the Beatles' influence as revolutionaries in music culture has long outstripped the art itself.

The Beatles members won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the band itself was awarded the Order of the British Empire.

The Beatles represented an era that was totemic in many people's minds, and even a wooden door to the house where the band members lived as children was auctioned for 5,000 pounds.

There were no surprises in the bidding for the Gibson acoustic guitar, which skyrocketed all the way and there was no need to arrange a pallet at all.

Some collectors of musical instruments were immense, but when the price reached £400,000, many shook their heads and sighed, and in the end, only Kuks and a bidder on the phone were left to hold on.

Wu Qian contacted Rosalind and learned that he was competing with a famous French collector of musical instruments, and his collection included many musical instruments used by famous musicians, the most famous being a violin worth millions of euros!

Not to be outdone, each bid was in units of 1,000 pounds, and in the entire auction room, only the Frenchman was left, and the voice of the staff in charge of answering the phone, and the competition was very tight.

If it weren't for Sotheby's fame, some people would start shouting that it must be To's on the phone, because the French collector is very famous and can't be To's.

The auctioneer was also very depressed, from 401,000 pounds to 450,000 pounds, all the way to the price of the mouth is about to be scooped, can't he just shout a little bigger.

When the auctioneer was subconsciously about to shout 451,000, finally, the staff on the other side of the phone informed that the price of the telephone auction had reached 500,000 pounds!

"Oh, Thank God, 500,000 pounds, and ...... without bidding" After waiting for a while, the auctioneer saw that the Frenchman was silent, and he arrived: "You know, the Beatles used a lot of electric guitars, but there are only a handful of ordinary guitars, and there is only one in the world that can be used and signed by George and John, and there will be no more misses!"

Although it is tiring to continue to sing prices, the auctioneer does this job, so he naturally has to brag to the best of his ability, and the auction price is related to his reputation!

Unsurprisingly, the auctioneer's advocacy played a very big role, not only did the French collector bid again, but also an Eastern European who had died down before raised the auction card again.

More than 10 kilometers away, in the Hotel in Krinthia, Wu Qian and Kukus glanced at their computer screens at the same time, this auctioneer was very hated! Cooks received an order from Rosalind not to shout the price, but to wait for the French and Eastern Europeans to shout and see the situation first.

Although the Eastern Europeans raised the auction card again, they obviously gritted their teeth, and after raising it twice, they died down again, 501000 and 503000, when the French raised it again, and the price reached 504000, the Eastern Europeans had a very depressed expression on their faces, and they threw the auction card to the ground with a snap and walked away.

The auctioneer waited for a long time, feeling that something was missing, and in the end he found that the staff on the other side of the phone had been very quiet. The Frenchman was nervous, and he kept staring at the phone, afraid that the beautiful operator would speak again.

However, things often do not change by human will. The staff on the other end of the phone called out a bid of £550,000.

"Oh...... Fack!"

Syllable!

Before the auctioneer could speak, the French followed the example of the Eastern Europeans and threw their cards away. The auctioneer watched the Frenchman walk out of the auction hall with regret, but he did not give up his advocacy, and he flickered again, but this time it obviously did not have any effect.

Obviously, for everyone, the price of 550,000 pounds is very, very high, this price is enough to buy a small villa around London, all the items have their value, and everyone feels that this is far beyond the bottom line in their hearts.

Wu Qian took this gift for Anxin, the guitar itself is excellent, and with the blessing of special meaning, it is definitely a good gift. And the most important thing is that this guitar is not that big, which is very suitable for a safe body type.

For the rest, Wu Qian still has two watches left to bid. Both watches are Patek Philippe, a 2499 Gold Edition of the first generation signed by Patek Philippe and Asprey, from 1952.

Another piece, Patek Philippe Ref.130 from 1927, is a steel watch with a small caseback and a diameter of only 35 mm, but it is one of the only two in the world that makes it valuable.

The two watches, which are in their 70s and 90s, have no faults in their movements, and are very accurate, if not to mention the leather straps that are badly worn.

It's no wonder that Patek Philippe dares to say that "no one can really own a Patek Philippe, but only keep it for the next generation".

It is said that for ordinary families, even if they are big families or even nobles, a Patek Philippe that can be handed down from their ancestors is definitely a wealth worth showing off.

Some nobles or heirs of top families wear a watch that is much older than others on their wrists, and the glory of their ancestors will always be passed on.

The competition between the two watches is fierce, with the auctioneer's head and hands swinging like a wind-up doll. In the end, Wu Qian sold the 1927 Patek Philippe Ref.130 for £6 million.

Gold 2499 is not as valuable as steel ref.130, when an item becomes a historical collection, the bonus points of its own material will be less and less, gold 2499, Wu Qian won it for 3.8 million pounds.

It has to be said that these two historical Patek Philippe models surpass the Ref.6300G-010 master string on Wu Qian's own wrist, and if it is not for hundreds of years of accumulation and profound watchmaking skills, it will definitely not be sought after by collectors.

Regardless of whether Patek Philippe will be more brilliant or completely out of business, the classic watches of history will become more and more precious!

The morning auction is not over yet, but for Wu Qian, it is over, spending a total of 10.35 million pounds.

"Okay, now we're waiting for the auction in the afternoon. Wu Qian stood up and walked away, it would be just 11 o'clock, and there was still some time before the auction at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The feeling of taking pictures of the beloved objects is beautiful, Wu Qian is happily sipping wine by the window, money can't buy time, but it can sublimate the quality of life in the same time.

The 3 p.m. auction is the highlight of Sotheby's fall auctions, and the auction of Western art, real estate is a small project in between. This auction can be said to be the highlight of Sotheby's autumn auctions, and the winners of previous autumn auctions have appeared in this one.

If a work of art wants to be auctioned at a high price, it first needs to be recognized, and it needs to be recognized by a large number of people.

In the circles of high society, art is not only for appreciation, but also a hard currency, a hard currency that is more high-end than gold.

With the same family background and the same financial resources, you have a world-famous painting, and he doesn't, then you can show off for a long time, and everyone has vanity.

Hanging a painting of Van Gogh or Picasso in the manor or castle will inevitably add a lot of color, whether you like it or not, it is still necessary to be vassal, and after a long time, it will have an artistic atmosphere.

After all, cultivating artistic atmosphere is not a matter of one or two days, and only by solving the basic physiological needs such as clothing, food, housing and transportation can we move towards high-level spiritual needs. The level of taste and appreciation is slowly improving, and it may take several generations to immerse themselves in this atmosphere before it can accumulate an artistic atmosphere.

There is always a beginning when the progress from physical needs to spiritual needs will always be said to be vassal elegance at the beginning, but what does it matter? In fact, everyone is in contact with art, and no one can do without art, and art is not high or low.

The seven major arts of mankind, literature, music, dance, drama, painting, architecture, and sculpture, along with the continuous progress of human history, have added an eighth art, film, which are the flowers of the human spiritual world.

In recent years, the ninth art, video games, has been proposed following the eight major arts, and it can be regarded as a kind of art, but the conclusions are different.

Some of these art forms are highly accepted and widely disseminated, while others are so obscure that only a small number of people can appreciate their connotations and enter another world.

It is undeniable that the world needs art, and mankind needs spiritual civilization.

Not to mention the movies and video games that have been derived in recent years, but to talk about the seven major art forms that have existed since ancient times, you can imagine how boring it would be for a person to live in a world without those art forms.

There are no other literary books except intellectual books, no music, only all kinds of noisy sounds, no dance, only bouncing, no paintings, only graffiti...... It's a boring world.