Antiques, if you see too much, it's nothing.

Little Brooke III grew up in an antique pile, and once took out a piece of Ru kiln porcelain as a pot to grow flowers, and did not think that these things were precious, and in the end he did not like famous horses.

According to the market situation in this era, Ye Dongqing's bid is already not bad, and it is shipped in large quantities, even if it is a fruit, it will be sold at a reduced price, which can be calculated according to the transaction price in the auction house. Don't look at the things in the basement, there are only about 100 pieces worth more than 100,000 US dollars, and there are only 20 or 30 pieces that are estimated to be more than 1 million US dollars, and as for the tens of millions of dollars that can be auctioned, you can count them on one hand, and it is not easy to realize them.

Of course, this was in 2004, when the speculators had not yet made their efforts, and it would be difficult to say if they waited for another three or five years.

It is estimated that in a few years, just the beautifully carved golden silk nanmu dragon chair may not be able to be won without tens of millions of dollars, and now it is sent to auction, at most it is worth about two million dollars, and you have to meet Chinese people who are willing to spend money, or high-rollers who are obsessed with Chinese culture.

It is true that Monet's "Water Lilies" is famous, but there are not many surviving paintings, there are dozens of them, and the price is also limited by a huge number, but Van Gogh's one is the most valuable, which is also the reason why Ye Dongqing is willing to spend tens of millions of dollars more, they are relatively easy to get rid of, and there are many rich people in Western society who are willing to spend money to buy them......

I was going to take time to look at the house in the afternoon, but I was delayed by the purchase of antiques.

Little Brooke III didn't hesitate for long before agreeing, and the transaction was sold at a price of 150 million pounds, which was equivalent to spending more than 260 million US dollars, which was not much pressure on Ye Dongqing, and it took more than two hours to draw up a contract of intent, and then sealed all the antiques in the castle in the basement, and sent a ten-person team from the security company to guard it, and then went to the bank to take out the three paintings in the safe.

In addition to the works of Monet and Van Gogh, there is also a graffiti abstract painting by Picasso, which is a new addition, not a well-known work, and it will not sell for a few dollars.

Busy dealing with these things all day, the next day he appointed a professional consignment company to pack, Ye Dongqing found a diamond with eight carats from a pile of pendants, he was in a good mood, and threw it to Laura as a gift, the more valuable the thing he found now, the less risk he had to lose, and he would naturally be happy.

Where do the experts of the Forbidden City still remember the exchange meeting, and after a delay of two days, an old expert with trembling hands washed the dust on the green Guanyin statue, revealing the full picture of this jade Guanyin, the size of a palm, full of green antique ornaments, cheeky to let Ye Dongqing donate it to the motherland, he was beaten and fooled, only said that he would talk about it later.

Just kidding, it's worth a lot of money, the more than 260 million US dollars is not blowing in the wind, even if you want to donate, you have to get tired of donating again, and that's all there are good things.

I can't finish it for a while, I'm worried that it will be broken during transportation, and it will take a lot of energy, Ye Dongqing doesn't want to spend his vacation in this basement, so after dinner, he took Laura and Zhao Liuli back to the city, and asked the real estate agent to take him to see the house.

Recently, the price of crude oil futures on the New York Commodity Exchange has risen sharply, soaring by about four dollars, for fear of the next shock, 70% of the order contracts have been sold, and after paying the handling fees and commissions, the total profit is enough to be 1.1 billion US dollars, very arrogant, not to mention the huge surprise brought by the NASDAQ, it is indeed not short of money.

Compared with his business, the antique trading industry in the UK is just a small market, the auction house and the antique dealer complained bitterly after learning that everything was served by Ye Dongqing, and the original person who saw the goods also knew that he had run away in vain, fanning the flames and saying that the price of 150 million pounds was slightly lower, but if they were asked to pay, it would definitely not be so high, who would want to pay so much money to press the goods, not to mention whether they could take out so much money It is difficult to say,

Take Sotheby's, one of the largest auction houses in the world, as an example, with a total annual profit of less than 150 million pounds, and the entire market value is only more than one billion US dollars.

The front foot had just spent so much money, as if he was nothing, and in the blink of an eye he went to Kensington Palace Garden Street to look at the house.

At present, there are only two houses for sale, with prices of 57 million pounds and 84 million pounds respectively, both of which are houses with gardens, which are much more expensive than the small island next to Long Island, and they also need to pay stamp duty of nearly 10 million pounds.

It is worth mentioning that buying antiques can also be tax deductible, bought in the name of Freshwater Investment Group, and then donated to the family charitable trust organization under the name of Ye Dongqing, which means that a large amount of money can be saved when paying taxes next year, which is considered a donation, but in kind, now Freshwater Investment Group still has only one shareholder, and he can be tossed within the scope of the laws of the United States and New York State, which is a kind of legal tax avoidance, and can also be donated after buying a house.

Fu Cheng is like this, his wealth is in the name of a charitable trust, and it is almost no different from his personal name, anyway, he manages a charitable foundation, and the decisions he makes and the movement of funds do not need to be disclosed to the outside world, and they are still Ye Dongqing's things.

Kensington Palace, which belongs to the royal family, is not far away, there are many embassies next to it, and the buildings are of different shapes, and at the moment the real estate agent is taking them to see the "cheap" one, with a total area of more than 1,500 square meters, and the building is about 260 meters per floor, with a total of four floors, a courtyard with a swimming pool, and an exquisite small garden.

"This place has just been renovated?"

Laura smells the smell of paint when she enters the house, and casually asks the handsome middle-aged agent with white blonde hair.

"Yes, after the landlord moved out, he commissioned us to clean and tidy everything up, the floor has just been waxed, the windows have been replaced with new ones, and the walls are all tiled, even if they are used for a hundred years, they will not be old. ”

"It's okay, I don't really like the décor here, even if I buy it, I will redecorate, how many rooms does it have?"

Ye Dongqing looked left and right, his fingers swiped over the keys of a piano, making a rhythmic sound, looking at the letters on it, it was written from Steinway & Sons, and continued to ask: "The previous owner was an Indian, right, I can smell the strong curry smell just by looking at the decoration, don't tell me the number of rooms, go directly to the larger one first, who is the previous owner of the other building?"

"The seller is a hedge fund billionaire, Mr. Norm Gottsman, rest assured, his taste is absolutely excellent, and even the queen will praise his good eye. ”

Avoid anything that might annoy the employer, so when Ye Dongqing said that he wanted to see another set, the real estate agent immediately agreed.

There was never any doubt that this young Chinese would be able to afford it, and now the only question was whether he would like to buy it, and he was so nervous that his shirt was sweaty at the thought of that terrifying amount of commission......