Chapter 256 'Hyena' Bahrain

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"Mr. Guo has a holiday with the other party?"

After six rounds of bidding, Guo Shouyun bought this 'Pastel Infant Picture Bowl made in the Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty' at a price of 150,000 pounds. This price far exceeds its market price in the eyes of others, and when bidding before, the two were almost competing against each other, so it is no wonder that Li Zeju asked this.

Looking at the unfamiliar back in front of him, Guo Shouyun shook his head.

"I've never seen him!"

"Mr. Guo, his name is Hills Francis Barin, and he is Oliver Barin's uncle. He has served as the British Ambassador to the Netherlands and is currently a non-executive director of the Dutch ING Group, and has some influence in British politics and business!" William explained.

Guo Shouyun was stunned, then shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "It seems that the last time I beat the small one, this time the old one came out to ask for justice!"

The news that Guo Shouyun and Oliver Bahrain had a big fight at the Netflix launch reception has long been no secret with media reports. Li Zeju and William both knew.

"This man has the nickname 'Hyena' in British high society circles!"

"Hyena?" Li Zeju said in surprise.

"Yes!" William nodded, "Although it is not a gentleman's work to speak ill of people behind his back, Hills-Francis Balin is indeed a man who is not very big-hearted and extraordinarily greedy!"

"Mr. Guo, if you want to see what kind of lots are good next, I'll do it for you. Otherwise, I'm afraid that it will be easy to suffer!" Li Zeju said.

"Thank you. But it doesn't matter!" After thinking about it, Guo Shouyun smiled and shook his head, "Since you are already an enemy, it is better to face the difficulties!"

"Oh, what are you going to do?" said William with interest. Obviously, he didn't like Hills-Francis Bahrain very much either.

"There is an ancient saying in China called 'treating others in their own way'!"

Li Zeju instantly understood, but William was obviously worse. After all, the refined expression of the Chinese inheritance over the millennium is not something that ordinary English can fully explain. However, after Guo Shouyun explained further, William also understood the general meaning.

"The Patek Philippe limited edition watch on auction now is good, and the price tag of £350,000 is high enough!" William said with a hint of excitement in his tone. Obviously, the young man can't wait to see Guo Shouyun and Sears Francis Bahrain tear up!

"It's not in a hurry now, I'll talk about it when the finale comes up!" Guo Shouyun said.

"Wow, you're playing so big. But I'm looking forward to it more and more!" William said.

"Mr. Guo, if the contradiction can be resolved, it is better not to exacerbate it excessively!" Li Zeju persuaded.

"Thank you. But the problem between me and the Bahrain family is no longer resolved. Guo Shouyun shook his head. He knew the root cause of his conflict with Oliver Balin, whether it was his harassment of Molly Bevan in the first place, or his later opposition to Enron Investment, it was unforgivable, especially the former.

Moreover, Guo Shouyun understands Oliver Balin's character, even if he is willing to reconcile, the rebellious Oliver Balin will not. So instead of embarrassing yourself, it is better to resolutely fight back.

In addition, an old British aristocrat who has long been broken, in terms of strength, is not enough to make him retreat now.

"Since you can't solve it, you should resolutely fight back!"

"His Royal Highness William, as a member of the British royal family, shouldn't you help the other party speak, why do you seem to be more resentful than me?" Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

"Although my status makes me more sympathetic to the British. But my moral cultivation puts me on the side of justice!" William said with a hint of righteousness.

Of course, when he was studying at Eton College, he was once taught a lesson by the youngest son of Hills Francis Bahrain, and he would never say this kind of thing to Guo Shouyun, it was too embarrassing!

Although he didn't quite believe William's words, Guo Shouyun didn't say much. As time passed, the charity auction, which was already small, came to its final moment.

"It's time to start!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, in fact, he didn't need William to remind him, he also knew that he had to fight back!

“… Ladies and gentlemen, the last lot of this charity auction is coming up!" As the auctioneer spoke, two waiters came up carrying a pair of things covered in red silk. After the red silk is unraveled, a beautiful oil painting is presented to everyone.

The painting is cold overall, with blue and green taking up the largest space, and at the center of the painting are water lilies floating on the water.

As you can see, this is a 19th-century French impressionist Monet's "Water Lilies". Claude Monet left more than 500 drawings and more than 2,000 paintings during his lifetime, the most famous of which is the Water Lily series, with a total of 184 paintings. And this auction "Water Lilies on a Rainy Day" is one of them! And this incomparable and valuable oil painting comes from Viscount Sercy, the organizer of this charity auction, let us applaud his love first!"

Amid loud applause, Viscount Joseph Robert Cecil stood up to greet the crowd.

"Thank you, thank you for the applause! This "Water Lilies" is from the collection of the Sersi family, although it is precious, I am willing to contribute it to bring hope and gospel to those children who are born unfortunate. At the same time, I also hope that my actions can lead more people to devote their energy to charity activities, so that our society will become more just and our people will become happier!"

When the words fell, Joseph Robert Cecil performed a standard Western etiquette!

And his remarks unsurprisingly drew loud applause again.

"What a merciful elder he is!" William admired.

Guo Shouyun nodded, although he was not as excited as the other party, but the person who could come up with precious oil paintings worth hundreds, or even tens of millions of pounds, for charity was indeed worthy of respect.

After a pause in applause, the auctioneer said again: "Thank you Viscount Sersi for your kindness, and now let's return to this beautiful painting." … I believe everyone is no stranger to the value of Mr. Monet's "Water Lilies". At Sotheby's New York auction in '97, an oil painting of the same 93 x 99 cm sold for a whopping $18.47 million. Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, we have set the reserve price of this "Water Lily" at £6 million, with a minimum price increase of not less than £20,000 each time, and now we invite interested parties to bid!"

"Mr. 38 bids 6.02 million...!"

"Lady No. 4 bids 6.18 million...!"

Looking at the fierce bidding around him, William sighed, "If it weren't for the lack of money in my hand, I would definitely buy this painting!"

"What precious oil paintings can't be found in the royal family's collection room?" Guo Shouyun said.

"How can this be the same, each precious oil painting is unique!" William said with a hint of excitement in his tone.

Guo Shouyun shrugged his shoulders, he had not received a Western-style, strict aristocratic elite education since he was a child, so the appreciation of art was more of an interest, and this interest was not high. In addition, all the art he collects so far is more for investment purposes than for playing with them. This is what makes him different from William, but he understands the other person's feelings.

Turning his head to look at Li Zeju who was looking at the auction table with interest, "Why, you're also interested!"

The latter nodded, "Of course, Monet's fine works rarely appear on the auction table, especially his fine works!" After a pause, Li Zeju turned his head, "Mr. Guo, what about you, you must be very interested, right?"

"Definitely. But it depends, if the price is too high, I won't buy it. Of course, if that person joins, that's a different story!"

Looking at the back in front of the left, a cold light flashed in Guo Shouyun's eyes.

After Li Zeju nodded, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Guo, with all due respect, in this case, once you deliberately ask too high a price because of the battle of will, even if you succeed in the end, I am afraid it will be difficult to leave a good impression on the people present." After all, this is a charity auction, not an auction by Sotheby's and Christie's. ”

"Of course I know this, don't worry, I know it in my heart!"

Hearing his affirmative tone, Li Zeju didn't say anything more. His responsibilities have been fulfilled, and it is not up to him to decide what remains to do.

At this time, the price of Monet's "Water Lilies" has been raised to 8.74 million pounds. At the current price of the pound against the dollar, it is equivalent to $13.11 million. It's not too high, but it's close to the real market price. After all, there are commissions in the auction results of Sotheby's and Christie's.

At this time, there were only five people left who were still bidding. One of them is Li Zeju.

"£8.8 million!"

"Mr. 28 is bidding £8.8 million, is there anything higher?"

After careful consideration, Li Zeju held up the sign again.

"£9 million, £9 million, Mr. 25 bid £9 million, is there anything higher?"

"£9.1 million, Mr. 28 bids again, £9.1 million, is there anything higher?"

Facing the eyes of the auctioneer and the surrounding guests, Li Zeju did not raise his card. However, it didn't take long for a guest with the number 2 brand to pay 9.2 million pounds, which attracted everyone's eyes.

"Why? gave up?" asked Guo Shouyun.

"Well, looking at the current situation, the price of this Monet painting will obviously exceed 10 million pounds, which in my opinion is too high!"

After the words fell, Li Zeju glanced at him, "Are you going to make a move next?"

Guo Shouyun smiled slightly, glanced at the left front, and was holding up the warp sign in his hand, suppressing the other two competitors at a price of 9.9 million, smiling, as if the winner was in hand, Hills's Francis Bahrain's expression gradually became cold.