Chapter 382: Sky-high price
"112 million ......"
"115 million ......"
"127 million ......"
With the sound of the host on the stage, the price of the huge projector behind him is rapidly flipping. With a reserve price of $100 million, this "legendary watch" of the Queen of Naples rolls up at a price of no less than $1 million each time.
Originally, according to the meaning of "Poly", this legendary watch was not prepared to set a reserve price. But Fang Yuanshan set a reserve price for this watch with the idea of being dispensable. Of course, everyone is happy to sell it, and it doesn't matter if it can't be sold, just like what he said when he teased Murong Wan, a girl, it's a big deal to give it to his future "daughter" as a toy watch......
Seeing Hayek beside him, he had an indifferent expression, and he was not at all moved by the soaring numbers on the projector downstairs. Fang Yuanshan was still puzzled at first, but thinking about it, this old man was a lot old and worth a lot of money, so it shouldn't be difficult to buy this watch.
"Has anyone else bid?"
All the rhetoric, all the praise about this legendary watch, was exhausted, so the auctioneer downstairs did not explain anything more, and there was no need for him to make any more superfluous statements about such a legendary watch in the world of watchmaking.
"137 million ......"
"139 million ......"
The price of the "legendary watch" has now been raised to $139 million, and several bidders on the second floor have not made a bid, including Nicolas Hayek, who is sitting next to Fang Yuanshan.
"140 million ......"
"141 million ......"
Just when the price was raised to 140 million, the assistant of one of the guests in the second-floor stands pressed the quotation on the display screen downstairs.
At this time, the "old man" sitting next to Fang Yuanshan finally stood up. After saying hello to Fang Yuanshan, he walked back to his seat. Soon the assistant next to him joined the bidding.
Fang Yuanshan was already numb at this time. He had begun to become indifferent to how much the watch would eventually sell for, and his mind began to think about South Ferris Ridge.
Anne had already called him several times, urging him to rush back to Brazil as soon as possible, and the head of Vale's wholly owned "amza", who had been waiting for him in Copacabana for several days.
Fang Yuanshan asked his personal treasurer, Meg, to suspend the development of South Ferris Ridge, and he thought about it very clearly. Vale will not transfer its stake there, and this has already involved the labor arrangements of the Brazilian authorities.
Unemployment in Brazil has been rising in recent years, and monopolies like Vale are not mining in Brazil. They also have to shoulder the problem of driving the local employment rate. So even if they knew that South Ferris Ridge didn't make a penny, they still had to invest a huge amount of money in development.
It doesn't matter if they don't make a penny to develop South Ferris Ridge, but Fang Yuanshan will be miserable, if it weren't for Fang Yuanshan's three-dimensional graphics, he still doesn't know that he has invested a huge amount of money to develop a barren land! Since Vale is pitting him, he also wants to pit Vale and play a tragic role.
The battle for the "Legendary Watch" is still being staged downstairs, and it has reached a white-hot stage at this time. In addition to Hayek's "Swatch" group, such as Japan's "Citizen" and France's "Louis Vuitton" are all involved, as for a few others, because only representatives are sent. So even Yuan Gaoyang doesn't know which companies it is, but looking at the ferocity of the bid, it must be a lot of money.
"141 million ......"
"150 million ......"
Suddenly, the big screen jumped, and the number became "150 million". This time it rose by nearly 10 million, Fang Yuanshan couldn't help but look around curiously, and when he saw that it was the price offered by Hayek in the distance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl.
Breguet will never leak this watch, and relying on the popularity of luxury brands in recent years, and the Swatch Group has also made a lot of money in China, not letting them shed some blood, Fang Yuanshan's heart is really unhappy.
Hayek's move shook the rest of his rivals. To say that this "watch of the Queen of Naples" is actually more symbolic than practical, and ordinary people buy it back and only have a view. And it has to be the kind that is covered by glass.
However, these watchmaking groups can buy it back differently, they can point to their customers, "Look, our company has the world's first watch", and this strength also convinces the consumer base that they are capable of making the best watches in the world.
As for who made this watch, the general public doesn't care about it! If you really talk about it, it will be said: You see, Breguet is no longer good, and even the treasure of its own town brand has been bought, and sooner or later even the company will be acquired......
As for whether Fang Yuanshan's conjecture is wrong, just look at the people who are fighting now, those who have the intention of picking up the leaks are already dumb at this time, and they are waiting for these watchmakers upstairs to fight for the final victory.
After a few seconds of silence on the big screen, the price slowly climbed again. 152 million, 153 million......
Such a slow cutting of meat made Hayek's face very ugly. In fact, many people present know that this watch Nicolas Hayek will never let "it" leak. But it is precisely because of this that those watchmaking groups are working harder to increase prices.
If the Swatch Group is not willing to spend a lot of money to "invite" this watch back, other watchmaking giants will not mind spending a little "small money" to buy it back to fill the façade. If Swatch were determined to buy it back, the crocodiles would of course take advantage of this opportunity to weaken their cash flow. Anyway, no matter how you look at the quotations of those predators in the watchmaking industry, they are all reassured, which makes Hayek grit his teeth.
"179 million ......"
"180 million ......"
Nicholas Hayek suddenly stood up, walked to the guardrail on the second floor, and said loudly with both hands on the railing: "We, the Swatch Group, bid 200 million!"
"...... Uproar"
"Wow...... 200 million US dollars, that's not more than a billion Hong Kong coins, is it really fake? Even if this watch is worth a lot, it's not worth that much, right?"
"You know, this legendary watch is not an antique anymore, it is a symbol, a witness, and a milestone in their watchmaking world, 200 million dollars is not strange at all, I am too little......"
Listening to the gossip downstairs, Fang Yuanshan couldn't help but smile. After another inquiry from the auctioneer on the stage, the auction hammer was finally struck: the deal was sold!
(To be continued.) )