Oliver didn't have the slightest slander at the boss's words, but nodded approvingly.

Although the so-called 'help' of his boss is indeed a bit of a robbery, for Cage, who is in a deep debt crisis at this time, his boss's action is indeed a big favor to the other party, at least Cage has the money to repay the $13.3 million tax deduction in one fell swoop, so as to get rid of the biggest trouble he has to face.

"It's safe to say that you've really done him a great favor this time. Oliver looked at Arthur's somewhat puzzled expression and continued to explain with a smile: "For an actor who was once worth $150 million, less than $14 million in tax deductions doesn't seem like a big deal, but according to my understanding, a Hollywood star of Cage's status needs to earn at least $30 million a year to make ends meet."

These numbers may seem exaggerated, but they are true. According to my friend, Cage's estate consultant, the truth I was told was that about half of Nicolas Cage's previous net worth came from four films, "The 60-Second Movie," "National Treasure," "Snake Eyes," and "The Windtalker." But that was a few years ago. In other words, Cage now has to get another film like "National Treasure" or cut his expenses to get out of debt. ”

"Ha, no wonder ... Arthur shook his head and sighed. In his previous life, Cage's indiscriminate film soon made him degenerate into the world-famous "King of Bad Movies", and he was nominated for the "Golden Raspberry Award" for the worst actor many times in a row, and was even called "epic box office poison". The plummeting worth to $2 million is not bleak.

"Seriously, the wealth of these celebrities comes and goes quickly, and they are all very luxurious, crazy in consumption, indiscriminate investment, and it is difficult to accumulate wealth. Oliver shook his head with emotion, looked at his smiling boss and continued: "Boss, at 8:30 tonight, Nicolas Cage will be invited to attend your dinner at the restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel, and he also told his real estate consultant that he is very much looking forward to meeting you. ”

"Well, I'm looking forward to it too. Arthur smiled and nodded, however, under Oliver's series of explanations, fans' expectations for their idols became less enthusiastic.

Sending Oliver away, Arthur sat in the boss's chair, groaned, shook his head lightly and laughed, no wonder female stars like to marry rich businessmen, the fundamental reason is nothing more than that the landlord's family has no surplus food.

Speaking of surplus food, the reason why Arthur showed up in the company's office on a rainy day was because of the precious antiques that had been handed over to David Auction House to take to auction in Asia.

The auction was over and was a great success, with all of Arthur's collection being sold and Arthur very happy with the amount of money he received.

I have to say that, as Arthur began to expect, a British aristocrat who has been inherited for hundreds of years, the aura of the earl family, so that these antiques have been marked with a preconceived label of inheritance and order, and the return of overseas cultural relics has undoubtedly made some big collectors very willing to bid for these antiques at auction.

Of course, in the eyes of big collectors, the collection that is auctioned back at the auction house will have a legal source certificate and a record of the auction transaction, which is more convenient for future transactions.

Arthur took out his mobile phone and found the email sent to him by the auction house again, looking at the details listed on it, so Arthur had to sigh, no wonder they all said that in the antique market, the rich people of the Celestial Empire have created hundreds of "overnight rich" millionaires for the Western International on average.

Qing painter Wang Jian's landscape album 370,000 pounds.

Qing painter Wang Su's "Twenty-four Filial Piety Pictures and Essays" 50,000 pounds.

Qing Dynasty painter Wang Hui ancient landscape album 350,000 pounds.

The Cordyceps album of Wang Shishen, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, a Qing Dynasty painter, sold for a staggering £640,000.

Twenty-eight square seal stones, in addition to the Bafang bloodstone, the remaining 22 squares, a total of 1.54 million pounds, an average of 70,000 pounds per side of the seal stone, and the total price of the Bafang bloodstone is more than 1.1 million pounds, and the price of each side is more than 130,000 pounds.

The reason why the 28 square seals can be auctioned at such a high price is mainly due to the impact of the current seal collection heating up, and the sudden increase in the number of buyers of seal stones, driving up their market prices. The price of seal stones has generally doubled, like the bloodstone in Arthur's hand, which has quadrupled.

Three-legged Xuande incense burner, sold for 130,000 pounds.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Hui Mengchen made a purple clay copper beam pot, which was sold for 60,000 pounds.

A chiseled gilt single-eared double-flower vase made in the Qianlong year of the Qing Dynasty was finally sold for 220,000 pounds to Arthur's astonishing price, and he only spent 4,750 pounds at the time... This time it has risen 46 times!

£4.46 million!

"Whew-"

"Sure enough, the rich men of the Celestial Empire are not bad for money!" Arthur shook his head again and sighed, but the upturned curvature of the corners of his mouth showed how happy he was at this time.

However, while being happy, he sighed and shook his head, and in his previous life, he admired the behavior of those rich people who went to sea to buy back national treasures, but after operating it himself, Arthur understood the true meaning.

To say a word that is not afraid of hurting people's self-esteem, in the eyes of Westerners, most of the so-called "national treasures" bought back by the rich from abroad are just things lost on the side of the road in an ancient oriental country.

Arthur even doubted and firmly believed that those so-called Yuan, Ming and Qing official kiln porcelain, even if it was reversed for a few more decades, as long as those rich people were not short of money, all kinds of laughing auction houses would never run out of stock, and maybe they would sell more and more...

As for what traditional civilization values are highly determined by Westerners ... Overseas treasure hunting, let Westerners see our rise, high-spirited...

Now, in Arthur's view, it is full of unspeakable meaning.

You must know that the things that can really be bought back are not really fine products, the best cultural relics are still in the hands of foreigners, and more real national treasures are still in foreign museums, and those things will not be sold to you for how much money you pay!

"Knock-"

The knock on the door interrupted Arthur's emotion and sigh, put away his phone, and said, "Please come in-"

"Boss, lawyer James Cronin and the head of David Auction House have arrived... The secretary who pushed the door in reported.

"Ask them to come in. With that, Arthur got up from the boss's chair, pulled the buttons of his suit, pulled down the hem of his shirt, walked around to the desk with a smile on his face, and stood straight waiting for the guest to push the door in.

Soon, led by his secretary Jenny, Arthur's personal lawyer, James, and the person in charge of the Davide auction house, who had been to Boleyn Castle last time, walked in.

"Good morning, boss. Lawyer James was the first to greet him, Arthur smiled and nodded, looked at the person in charge of the Davide auction house, and stretched out his hand to shake hands with the other party who hurriedly stepped forward.

"Good morning, Dear Lord... ”

"Good morning... ”

After a little greeting, Arthur smiled and stretched out his hand to signal the two to take a seat, and asked the secretary to brew a drink according to the requirements of the two, and waited until Arthur sat in the boss's chair, unbuttoned his suit very naturally, put his hands crossed on the desk, and said with a smile: "After receiving the email from your bank, I am very happy and surprised, which is beyond my expectations, it seems that it is the right thing to choose your bank in the first place." “

"Thank you for your appreciation, it is our honor to work with you, to be able to satisfy you, and this is what we want to see the most. The person in charge of the auction house said with a smile.

To be honest, the other party didn't expect that the loser earl, who was previously thought to be selling the family collection, suddenly became the hottest billionaire, which made him shocked and surprised at the same time, but also glad that he didn't show the slightest rudeness, after all, it is not easy to develop a billionaire customer.

"Hehe, I read the report, your bank's Asian autumn auction was very successful, although it is a bit late to say now, but I still want to congratulate you on the success of your autumn auction. Arthur said with a smile.

"Thank you, and thank you for the collection you have entrusted us to operate, which has enriched our autumn auction collection, especially your set of twenty-eight seal stones, which has caused a great sensation and attracted many collectors, making our auction atmosphere very enthusiastic. The person in charge of the auction house smiled at Arthur and spared no effort to compliment.

"Really, that's really good, to be honest, when I saw the amount on the mail, I was really surprised, and when I sighed at the professionalism of your bank, I also had to sigh that the current Celestial Empire is really revived. Arthur said, feigning surprise and relief.

"Indeed, the current Celestial Empire is indeed rising, since the opening, created a large number of rich people, although a bit of a nouveau riche feeling, but their investment in antique culture, is indeed shocking, however, this is also easy to understand, after all, art and antiques, is the most condensed wealth carrier, easier to inherit.

I also have many wealthy friends of the Celestial Empire, who have an almost fanatical pursuit of the heritage of their ancient civilization... The person in charge of the auction house shook his head and smiled and continued: "They have feelings that we can't understand, although I don't understand, but I appreciate and respect their high spirits. ”

“。。。 Arthur smiled and didn't say anything, but couldn't help cursing in his heart, "What you think is to appreciate them as the wronged leader!"

"Look at me, I almost forgot about business, Lord Earl Arthur, the total proceeds of your lot this time are 4,460,000 pounds, according to our previous agreement, our bank will charge ten percent of the commission, 446,000 pounds, this is a cheque for 4,014,000 pounds, please take a look—" said the head of the auction house, took an envelope from his briefcase, and handed it to Arthur with both hands.