in the house.

There was silence for about five minutes.

Lola Luton and El Jagen de Casdeyi stepped out of it.

Wang Chen saw clearly, Lola Luton had a smile on her face, and El Jagen de Casdeyi had a black face, as if someone owed him tens of millions.

"Grandfather, are you having a good conversation?" said Lola Luton.

Andrew Luton smiled and said, "Your friend Mr. Wang is very interesting and I can talk to him very well. ”

Talk to your sister.

Are you going to dry me until now?

Wang Chen complained in his heart, and he had to smile on his face, "Yes, Mr. Luton and I can talk very well." ”

Andrew Luton then did not say anything to Wang Chen, but beckoned to El Jagen de Casdeyi, who did not know what he was talking in French.

Wang Chen didn't understand, but he could see that Andrew Luton didn't want to deal with himself at all, and he was very helpless.

"My dear king, after lunch, you are walking around Bordeaux by yourself, and I will accompany my grandfather to a bidding, and I beg your forgiveness for the poor hospitality. Lola Luton said.

Wang Chen blinked and said, "Bidding?"

Lola Luton looked at Andrew Luton, who was talking to El Jagen de Casdeil, and said: "Yes, there is an auction of 50,000 hectares of grape land under the auspices of the government, and my grandfather attaches great importance to this bid, and if he can win it, he will be able to open up all his wineries in Bordeaux and become one of the largest wineries in the world, and he is determined to win." ”

Wang Chen knows a little about the Bordeaux vineyards, such as the production area between the two seas, the average price is about 20,000 euros per hectare, the Médoc legal appellation on the left bank is slightly more expensive, about 45,000 euros per hectare, and the price per hectare can easily reach 1 million euros per hectare in the well-known production areas, such as Margaux and Pomerol.

No matter how much money per hectare, Andrew Luton is very rich anyway, yes, he may never be on the Forbes list of the world's richest people, but Andrew Luton owns hundreds of thousands of hectares of land dedicated to growing grapes.

According to conservative estimates, Andrew Luton's real worth is between three and five billion euros.

Now this old man wants to expand the scale of his business?

Wang Chen was quite surprised, he estimated that the grape planting land in this bid should not be in Margaux and Pomerol, not to mention that the land there already has the owner, just say that the bid for 50,000 hectares, according to the market price of 50 billion euros, who paid so much money at once?

Moreover, the payback period of the winery is very long, even for a "high-quality asset" such as Château Lafite, the Rothschild family bought the winery in 1868 and recovered the investment cost in 1948, but it took a full 80 years, it can be imagined that Andrew Luton is going to do a big job this time.

Wang Chen was curious: "What if your grandfather can't get that piece of land?"

"It's impossible not to take it!" Andrew Luton took over, very arrogant, "even if it is 20% higher than the market price, I will take it!"

Hey, then your willpower is strong enough.

Wang Chen didn't say anything more, just smiled and said, "Then I wish you a successful victory." ”

Andrew Luton bowed slightly, shook his hand and said, "Lola, send your friend back to Bordeaux first, I still have to discuss the bidding with El." ”

"Good grandfather. Lola Luton said.

This is a tea send-off.

Wang Chen knew that he had rejected Andrew Luton and made the other party unhappy, so he didn't want to talk nonsense with himself, but he was a little strange, why did the old Luton discuss with El Jaggan de Casdeyi? Could it be that the two sides participated in the bidding in partnership?

Think about it too.

Even if it is a bidding for grape planting land between the two seas, 50,000 hectares will cost one billion euros, which is not a small number, and Old Luton may not have paid so much money at once, and even if he did, it would be very painful to pay so much at once.

Wang Chen didn't say anything more, got up, and said goodbye to old Luton politely, as for El Jaggen de Casdey, he simply ignored it.

……

In the car.

Return the way you came.

Lola Luton is very smart, "My grandfather didn't like you?"

Wang Chen smiled bitterly: "Maybe so." ”

"It's okay, I just like it. Lola Luton smiled.

It's useless if you like it.

You like it and you can't let buddy get a dog's head.

Wang Chen was quite helpless in his heart, and chatted casually: "By the way, does your family have business dealings with your fiancé?"

"Not before. Lola Luton had no defense against Wang Chen, and said 1510: "But this time the bid for the Médoc vineyard seems to be a cooperation between the two parties, and my grandfather has 60% of the shares." ”

Wang Chen understood as soon as he heard it, the de Casdeil family probably wanted to use the influence of old Luton in the French wine industry to enter the wine industry, so they would rather pay a little more, and the Médoc grape planting land is not cheap, 40,000 or 50,000 euros per hectare, if you bid, the reserve price may be cheaper than the market price, but a large group of people compete, it is very likely that the final transaction price will be much higher than the market price.

Even if the market price is 45,000 euros per hectare, 50,000 hectares will cost 2.25 billion euros.

Lola Luton smiled again and said: "My grandfather is determined to win this time, and together with the family of the Count de Casdeuil, he has prepared three billion euros, and I believe that it should not be a problem to take it." ”

Wang Chen originally wanted to politely bless again, but suddenly he had an idea, shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily. ”

"Huh?" Lola Luton looked puzzled.

Wang Chen said pretly: "My friend came to France this time, and it seems that he also said that he would participate in the bidding for grape planting land, he is the top rich man in our country, maybe your grandfather will fall into the sand." ”

Lola Luton chuckled, "Even if your friend is the richest man in China, no matter how rich, unless he wins it at a price far exceeding the bidding price, he can't say that he will win, in fact, if the bidding, especially if the bidding for the Médoc grape growing land is a secret bid, the price will not be too different, at most a difference of one or two hundred million euros, I will still think that my grandfather will win." ”

……

Return to the hotel.

Say goodbye to Lola Luton and make an appointment to participate in Luton Sr.'s birthday tomorrow.

As soon as he arrived in the room, Zhang Liang chased after him.

At that time, Wang Chen was sitting on the sofa in the suite watching TV, although he couldn't understand French, but it didn't affect watching the TV station's hairy films, well, he didn't mean to, he just happened to turn on the TV set to broadcast, and he was a little surprised to see the hairy films at first glance.

"Yo, are you okay?" Zhang Liang glanced at the TV.

Wang Chen smiled dryly: "I'm just wondering why the right TV station would show this kind of film." ”

"It is legal for foreigners to watch this kind of film, but the national conditions are different. Zhang Liang sat down next to him, pointed to the station sign and said, "This is a special pornographic channel in France." ”

Humanizer.

Not to mention the regular TV stations in China, even the Internet is very clean, although occasionally you can find two fish that slip through the net, but this aspect is illegal.

"By the way, what did you say when you saw old Luton?" Zhang Liang looked over.

Wang Chen spread his hands and said, "He is not cold to me." ”

Zhang Liang frowned, "If that's the case, we don't have much hope of getting the dog's head back." ”

"That's what I thought at first. Wang Chen picked up the remote control board and turned off the TV, then looked sideways, and said with a serious face: "But I have an idea now, and if I have the opportunity to bring the dog's head back, it depends on whether you dare to bet." ”

Zhang Liang said with interest: "What do you say?"

Wang Chen said in a shocking voice: "First of all, you have to prepare three billion euros for me. ”

Zhang Liang: "......"

Wang Chen didn't speak, just quietly waited for the other party's answer.

Yes, 3 billion euros is a lot, almost 23.1 billion euros when converted into RMB, you must know that the total money of Zhang Liang and his father is only 25 billion, how can it be possible to get 3 billion euros?

But Wang Chen knew that as long as Zhang Liang wanted to, the money would definitely be available, because now they were performing tasks for the country, not asking Zhang Liang to pay for it.

Zhang Liang wiped his cold sweat and said: "Don't say three billion euros, if I am willing to spend 100 million euros, maybe Old Luton will be willing to take out the dog's head, the problem is that it does not match the market value." ”

Wang Chen yawned, "I mean three billion euros borrowed for a few days, maybe you will earn hundreds of millions of euros when you return it." ”

Zhang Liang was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Wang Chen first told the news he heard from Lola Luton, and then said his idea, which probably means that old Luton is determined to get this 50,000 hectares of grape planting land, and if Zhang Liang can take it at a price of no more than 3 billion euros, old Luton is likely to come to the door to ask for it, and then the request is not from his side?

Of course, the possibility that old Luton will not come to the door cannot be ruled out.

Therefore, tomorrow's old Luton's birthday party will become a vital part, Wang Chen can implicitly express his acquaintance with the person who bought the land, and can act as an intermediary to "persuade" Zhang Liang to give up the grape planting land to old Luton, but there are some conditions, and this condition is "dog head".

After listening, Zhang Liang still shook his head and said, "No, no, no." ”

Wang Chen asked rhetorically, "Why not?"

"There are two problems. Zhang Liang said bitterly: "If you want to know where to bid, or the bidding qualifications, it is not difficult with my ability, and it is not difficult to get three billion euros in a short time, but can you guarantee that our bid will be successful? This is a secret bid." ”

If it was before, Wang Chen would never dare to say this, but now that he has the magic skill of "discerning everything", he feels that it is really easy to win the secret bid, and smacked his lips: "I can guarantee success, the specific method can't be said, you just need to believe me." ”

"Well, even if I'm sure you'll be able to bid. Zhang Liang said the second question, "What if we bid for the land and Old Luton doesn't want it? Three billion euros will be wasted like this? The winery will be very slow to return to its capital, at least for decades, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is not an exaggeration, not to say that I agree or not, anyway, the people behind me will not agree." ”

Truly.

Three billion euros to buy a piece of grape land is of little use to Zhang Liang and the people behind Zhang Liang.

It's just that Wang Chen is 90% sure that he can take this opportunity to get back the dog's head, he doesn't want to miss this hard-won opportunity, if he doesn't catch it this time, it will be much more difficult to get the dog's head back next time.

Thinking of this, Wang Chen gritted his teeth and said: "If Old Luton doesn't want it, these 50,000 hectares of grape planting land are mine." ”

"Count you?" Zhang Liang said dizzily: "It's not that I look down on you, do you have three billion euros?"

Wang Chen didn't answer directly, but asked, "How much is Changlin diamond worth?"

"Why do you ask this?" Zhang Liang said, but still replied: "The estimate is probably between 4 billion and 10 billion RMB." ”

Wang Chen asked again: "What about the Golden Rooster Diamond?"

Zhang Liang waved his hand and said: "The whereabouts of the Golden Rooster Diamond are unknown, and it is not interesting to say it." ”

Wang Chen insisted: "You estimate the price." ”

"Do you want to be evaluated?" Zhang Liang frowned, gave a price, and said, "It's double that of Changlin diamonds." ”

Wang Chen showed a satisfied smile, "I'm here to tell you something, but what, I hope that only you know, no third person knows, even your father-in-law can't know, after speaking, I believe that you will be willing to raise three billion euros for me, well, these three billion euros will be regarded as I borrowed from you, and I will return it to you when it expires." ”

"Cheng, you say. Zhang Liang didn't ask too much, "I promise not to let the third person know." ”

Whether this sentence has water or not, Wang Chen doesn't know.

In fact, even if Zhang Liang says it, what if the thing is his own, if the other party forces himself to hand it over, then I'm sorry, my buddy is now considered a rich man, and it is impossible to settle in which country do you want to go to?

He said directly: "I have two world-class diamonds, one has already been priced, with a minimum guarantee of one billion US dollars, and the other is very similar to the Golden Rooster Diamond, with a larger carat count, the Golden Rooster Diamond I remember is more than 280 carats, and my piece is about 400 carats, do you think this cool diamond is worth three billion euros?"

Zhang Liang was stunned, "Huh?"

Wang Chen asked: "Do you give a sentence, is it worth three billion euros?"

"If you really say that, it's not far off, if it's not worth three billion euros. Zhang Liang looked surprised and said, "You really have such a good baby?"

Wang Chen nodded and said: "If you believe it, I will mortgage these two diamonds on your side, you get me three billion euros, and I will return the three billion euros to you when I go back, and you will give me the diamonds again, if you can't complete the task, you can deal with these two diamonds as you want, how about it?"

Zhang Liang hesitated, "You wait, I'll make a call." ”

"Good. Wang Chen didn't say anything more.

Zhang Liang stood up, and suddenly thought of something, "Xiao Wang, I'm sorry, there may be a third person who knows about your two diamonds, after all, three billion euros is too much, I really can't be the master, even if it is mortgaged, I need the people behind me to know, do you think it's okay?"

Wang Chen thought for a while, "As long as you don't force me to hand it over, in fact, it's okay for the third person to know." ”

Zhang Liang laughed and said: "You have done a great job in getting the sheep's head back last time, if you can get the dog's head back this time, no one will touch you, only treat you as a fragrant dumpling, rest assured, no one will let you hand it over, I called." ”

With that, he left.

Wang Chen sat on the sofa and pondered.

This time, he fought very hard, and if he succeeded, he was likely to make money, but if he failed, he really only had 50,000 hectares of grape cultivation.

Hey, whatever.

Diamonds, if you want to, go to the Northern Song Dynasty to get it, so what African star has not been mined in the Northern Song Dynasty, let alone cut, go back and wait for the development of science and technology in the Northern Song Dynasty, brother, I went to Africa to dig it out, and I haven't come back with everything?

As long as the resources on the earth are nothing, they are nothing to Wang Chen.

I waited for about ten minutes.

Zhang Liang came back from outside, and the first thing he said was: "Okay, you give me the things, I will give you the funds, and I will also get you the bidding qualifications." ”

Wang Chen pretended to be and said, "Cheng, I'll also make a call." ”

Zhang Liang agreed.

Wang Chen made a phone call to Lola Luton, and then took Dai Wei out for a trip, and after Dai Wei's confirmation that no one was following him, he hid in the toilet of a shopping mall and took out two diamonds, and then took a taxi back to the hotel and handed the diamonds to Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang's eyes lit up when he saw these two diamonds.

……

The usual practice of hidden bid evaluation, that is, the bidder's bid documents are divided into two parts: the commercial standard and the hidden technical standard for separate evaluation.

After the bid evaluation stage, the notary office and the supervision unit will unpack, number and seal all the technical standards, and after the technical evaluation is over, the technical number of the bidders will be announced on the spot, and then the business review will be carried out.

Hidden bids mainly refer to technical bids, which must ensure that the bidders cannot be explicitly or implicitly implied.

The specific method of confidentiality is to adopt a unified format, a unified cover, and a unified binding method for the secret mark. On the reverse side of the cover, there is a company name and other marked positions, and this marked attached page must be sealed after filling in. At the time of bid opening, this seal is the focus of inspection, if it is not sealed, it will be treated with 0 points or scrapped according to the bidding conditions.

Therefore, if the hidden label competition, it is relatively fair.

Obviously, the Bordeaux city government has taken out the grape planting land for sale and is coveted by many people, and there are some big conglomerates, such as the Rothschild family, the owners of Château Lafite, the Dillon family of Bordeaux wine giants, As well as several Italian wine giants, you must know that there is not much grape cultivation land left in Bordeaux, France, this time the Bordeaux city government is willing to bid for 50,000 hectares at once, which is a rare opportunity for any wine giant, once obtained, it is likely to increase its strength and win more markets.

Bordeaux, the auction house of Drouot, a third-party auction house commissioned by the town hall.

After Wang Chen and Zhang Liang signed in and verified their identities, they entered the bidding hall under the leadership of the staff.

Inside the hall.

As soon as he walked in, Wang Chen saw Andrew Luton, Lola Luton, and El Jaken de Casdeyi sitting in the first row, and also saw a female representative in her thirties from the Rothschild family and a male representative in her fifties from the Dilong family.

Wang Chen greeted, "Mr. Luton, Mr. de Casdeil, Miss Luton, good afternoon." ”

Lola Luton smiled and said, "Good afternoon, dear king. ”

El Jaken de Casdeyi had a stinking face and said nothing.

Old Luton frowned, "Why are you here?" Obviously, he didn't like Wang Chen very much.

Wang Chen pointed to Zhang Liang next to him, "Accompany my friend to bid for grape planting land." ”

If the bidding qualification is confirmed, it will be confirmed many days in advance, even Wang Chen doesn't know how Zhang Liang obtained the bidding qualification in a short time, let alone Old Luton, Old Luton doesn't doubt him, but said lightly: "I wish you success." ”

As for Rothschild, the Dilong family and others, they didn't know Wang Chen at all, let alone speak.

Wang Chen could see that Old Luton didn't like him, and he had made all the greetings he should have made, so he simply didn't say anything more, and came to the third row with Zhang Liang and found a place to sit down.

"Brother Zhang, you can fill in as many numbers as I say later. Wang Chen explained.

Zhang Liang nodded and said, "Okay." He was a little worried, "Three billion euros, we can't afford to lose." ”

Wang Chen said: "It's mine if you lose, what are you worried about." ”

Zhang Liang said helplessly: "That being said, as a friend, and as the person who pulled you into the mission this time, if you really lose and throw you into the three billion euros, I will definitely not be happy in my heart." ”

I have to say that Zhang Liang is very interesting.

Wang Chen was relieved: "It's okay, you just believe me." ”

The two sat there and chatted for a while.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, five or six notaries, seven or eight supervisors of the Bordeaux City Hall, and the host of the auction house in charge of bidding were present.

The municipal staff had a conversation with the notaries and the people of the auction house.

At about half past two, the bald white host stood on the auction stand, and he smiled into the microphone and said in English: "Welcome to this bidding session for the Bordeaux Médoc vineyards, I am the host of this time, Gaston Louis." ”

These are all nonsense, Wang Chen sat there calmly.

Gaston Louis picked up a brown document bag and said, "I believe everyone here knows that you are here to spend money today, or a large amount of money, but the price to be filled in later will exceed the reserve price in my bag to be successful." ”

"Haha. ”

"This host is so funny. ”

Wang Chen was also happy, this foreigner is really interesting.

"A lot of people must be wondering what the reserve price is in this bag. Gaston Louis looked mysterious, then shrugged and said, "Unfortunately, I can't tell you." ”

"Poof. ”

"Hey man, don't sell it. ”

"yes, it's true that we should start bidding now. ”

A group of people below burst into a heckle.

Gaston Luis didn't say anything more, "Okay, then I'll talk about the rules now." He gave a general introduction to the rules of the bidding, which price is higher, and if the highest price offered by everyone is lower than the guaranteed price, the bidding will be lost. This time we use the dark bottom of the three rounds of bidding, the bidders for three rounds of bidding, each bidding after only the highest price announced, as a reference for the next bidding, the project to the last bid of the highest bidder to win the bid, the following start of the first round of bidding, the bidding will be issued to your hands by our staff, please fill in the bidder on the spot to fill in the bidding price, while signing, for 15 minutes. ”

Because it was the first round, Wang Chen did not open the discernment, but said to Zhang Liang: "Brother Zhang, fill in 2.2 billion euros." ”

Zhang Liang nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The staff brought the bidding book, Zhang Liang filled in the numbers, put it in a bag and sealed it, and then asked the staff to collect it.

On the stage, the registrars began to nervously count and handed over to the registrars for signature.

Because there are only a dozen or so companies participating, the workload is actually not large.

About ten minutes later, the statistics came out.

After looking at the price, Gaston Luiz smiled into the microphone and said: "The highest price in the first round came from Andrew Luton, 2.469 billion euros, unfortunately we have to eliminate three bidders this time because they are so low. As he spoke, he gave a few names.

It is already more than 200 million euros above the market price.

Wang Chen calmed down, anyway, the tiebreaker was in the third round, and he was not in a hurry.

The second round began.

Wang Chen said to Zhang Liang: "This backfill is 2.5 billion euros. ”

"Well, it's already 300 million euros higher than the market price, is it worth that high?" Zhang Liang asked.

Wang Chen said: "If the report is low, maybe we will be out, not to mention the success of the bidding, it is very likely that we will not even have the qualifications to win the bid." ”

"Okay. Zhang Liang had no choice but to fill in the figure of 2.5 billion euros.

The second round of bidding ends.

It's pretty much the same as before.

After the count, Gaston Louis said into the microphone: "Guys, I have to regret that I have to eliminate five bidders again, and the highest bid for this time is 2.5 billion euros, and it is Mr. Zhang Liang, a famous businessman from China. ”

Old Luton and Lola Luton, as well as her fiancé, all looked back at Wang Chen and Zhang Liang in surprise, and it was obvious that they did not expect that Zhang Liang was the highest bidder this time.

Round 3.

It's also a tiebreaker.

There were only five people left to bid.

Wang Chen took a deep breath, and when the host announced the start of the third round of bidding, he opened his eyes and first looked at the price of the low bid - 2.312 billion euros.

Zhang Liang asked, "How much should we fill in this time?"

"Wait. Wang Chen didn't speak, staring at the women represented by the Rothschild family.

The woman in her thirties hesitated for a moment and wrote a price of $2.55 billion on the bidding form.

After knowing the price, Wang Chen glanced at the representative of the Dilong family, and the representative of the Dilong family filled in the price slightly higher than the Rothschilds, 2.556 billion.

At this time, Wang Chen looked at the third family, which was a female representative of the Hua Sidie family from Italy, and she very solemnly wrote 2.61 billion yuan on the bidding book.

In the end, Wang Chen set his sights on old Luton.

Old Luton was whispering to El Jaken de Casdeyi, and no one would have heard them, but Wang Chen could hear them clearly, well, it was useless to hear clearly, he couldn't understand French.

Two minutes later, the elder Luton filled in the bidding column with a price of 2.6 billion.

Wang Chen looked sweaty for a while, even if the buddy didn't make a move, Old Luton couldn't compete with others this time.

Gaston Louis is already urging.

Zhang Liang said anxiously: "How much should we fill in?"

Wang Chen looked at it again and confirmed that there was no mistake, "Twenty-six hundred and one million." ”

"Twenty thousand six hundred and one million?"

"Yes, you write quickly. ”

The previous two times were integers, but this time there were zeros and integers, Zhang Liang was a little confused, but he still filled it in.

The staff took the sealed bid.

There were only five, and the statisticians quickly counted them and discussed them with supervisors and notaries.

Host Gaston Lewis looked at the results and said, "It's time to be excited. ”

Old Luton looked expectant.

El Jaken de Casdeyi was very nervous.

Several other bidders also clenched their fists, all waiting to announce that they were the winners.

Including Zhang Liang was also very nervous.

Only Wang Chen looked relaxed, hey, the buddies have seen their respective reserve prices, and they know that they are sure to win, so what is there to be nervous about.

Sure enough, Gaston Lewis exclaimed, "Let's congratulate Mr. Zhang Liang from China on winning the bid for 2,611 million!"

"Huh?"

"Only a million euros more than us?"

"Why didn't I fill in any more?"

Several bidders looked annoyed.

But old Luton looked stunned, and with a very ugly face, he yelled at El Jagen de Casdey in French, and then stood up and brushed his sleeves away.

Lola Luton hurriedly stood up, made an apologetic gesture to Wang Chen, and then hurriedly followed.

Zhang Liang suddenly said, "Hey, Old Luton originally quoted a price of 2.62 billion yuan, but that kid insisted that 2.6 billion was enough, and he lost the standard and got angry." ”

Wang Chen said, "Brother Zhang, do you understand French?"

"I used to study in France, do you think I can understand it?" Zhang Liang smiled and groaned: "We are lucky enough, if we follow old Luton's idea, it will not be our turn to win the bid." ”

Luck?

Is it really just luck?

Wang Chen smiled and said nothing, not to mention that Old Luton did not offer 2.62 billion yuan, even if he did, the buddy would definitely be 1 million euros higher than the other party and successfully won the bid.

Old Luton, now that 50,000 hectares of grape cultivation land are in my hands, do you want it so much?

Wang Chen stared at the position where Old Luton left at the door, looking very calm, he felt that Old Luton was likely to ask for the door, of course, if the other party did not ask for the door, he might really want to enter the wine industry......

In any case, it is a miracle to see everything.

If you participate in any bidding in the future, wouldn't you be invincible?

Well, you can call me the king of the winning bids in the future.

Wang Chen was very satisfied with today's bidding, and then accompanied Zhang Liang to handle some things after winning the bid, paying the funds and land transfer procedures, and so on.

Because it was the transfer of the land at the Bordeaux City Hall, the procedures were handled very quickly, and it took only two hours from the end of the bidding to the land to Zhang Liang's name.

With this land, Wang Chen finally has the qualifications to negotiate with Old Luton, or rather, now he has the upper hand!