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"Thank you......"

Zhuang Rui picked up the wine glass in his hand, gestured to Xiao Superman from afar, and expressed his gratitude with his mouth, Zhuang Rui knew in his heart that if he talked about financial resources, he really couldn't fight the Li Group, which was sitting on tens of billions of dollars in assets. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, it's one thing to have a lot of money, whether you are willing to spend money to buy these items that can't be eaten and drunk, that's another thing, Xiao Superman's original intention was just to help his father attend this charity auction and get an explanation for an item.

"21 million ......"

After a moment of silence in the venue, Mao Watanabe, who was sitting in the other corner, shouted out another price, which made the entire auction hall a little commotion.

It is not uncommon for auctions held on such occasions to fetch tens of millions of dollars, but most of the high-priced items auctioned in the past were works by foreign artists, such as Picasso, Van Gogh and others, or jewels that were extremely valuable in their own right.

But an ancient book from China can fetch more than 20 million yuan, which has never happened in a private charity auction.

"Honey, what's the use of those books, why are they so expensive?"

"Oh, God knows why? I just know I'm not going to buy ......."

"Are all Orientals crazy? A few books cost more than 20 million?"

"Maybe it's a national artifact, but I prefer Picasso's work......"

Around Zhuang Rui, there are constantly such conversations, those well-dressed or brightly dressed gentlemen and ladies, very incomprehensible to Zhuang Rui and Watanabe Mao's actions, in their opinion, the price of oriental art should not be so expensive.

Zhuang Rui on the side listened to crying and laughing, the value of antiques is not only reflected in the market, many antiques with words, for the study of history is more important, it can truly reflect the social form of a certain period, which is not possessed by many priceless antiques.

Just like Chinese bronzes, the price of bronzes with inscriptions is dozens or even hundreds of times that of bronzes without inscriptions, because historians can interpret many meanings from those simple inscriptions, which can be used to verify the historical changes of that era.

"Mr. Mao Watanabe bid 21 million, it seems that this ancient book from the East is already comparable to the precious works of art in the West......"

At this moment, the auctioneer William's face was full of excitement, this high-end auction is cool to host, there is no need for him to go to great lengths to recommend and agitate, and the price of the items auctioned is much higher than the auctions he has presided over in the past.

The only thing that made William feel a little regretful was that the items auctioned off on such occasions could not show his auction skills at all.

Zhuang Rui raised his right hand and said expressionlessly: "$22 million......"

Although this price has far exceeded Zhuang Rui's estimate, but a Japanese is willing to spend such a high price in exchange for China's national treasure-level cultural relics, Zhuang Rui has no reason to back down, saying that for the more than 700 million US dollars that Zhuang Rui has just entered, these tens of millions will not make Zhuang Rui break his bones.

"25 million US dollars, Mr. Zhuang, I really like the culture of your country, these six "Yongle Canon" should be placed together with other "Yongle Canon", I hope you can ...... it"

Mao Watanabe sensed Zhuang Rui's determination and directly raised the price to $25 million, but this was already the highest psychological price he could offer, after all, the actual price of "Yongle Canon" was far lower than the current opening price.

Another point is that although Watanabe Mao is a senior executive of Sony and owns a lot of shares in Sony, everyone knows that the general shareholders hold the company's shares, and they are worth as much on the surface, but in fact, those are all book figures, and everyone is not necessarily a billionaire before the stock is sold and transferred.

Just like Bill Gates, the nominal richest man in the world, often sells his shares in Microsoft to get cash for himself, and Watanabe Mao is exactly like this, his billions of net worth are in the company's stocks, and the cash he can take out now is only tens of millions of dollars.

"Mr. Mao Watanabe, although art knows no borders, I also appreciate your understanding and pursuit of Chinese cultural relics, but I would like to ...... Returning these artifacts to their birthplace is the most meaningful thing, and I will pay $30 million!"

Zhuang Rui can feel that Watanabe Mao is not like a greedy Japanese, just want to use money to loot cultural relics from other countries, Watanabe Mao should really like these "Yongle Canon", his sincere attitude won Zhuang Rui's respect.

Of course, respect is one thing, if you want Zhuang Rui to give up these "Yongle Canon", it is absolutely impossible, and even if it is possible, Zhuang Rui wants to say that all the "Yongle Canon" collected by the Watanabe Mao family will be bought back, in Zhuang Rui's words: Brother is not short of money now.

"Mr. Zhuang, maybe what you said is right, please go to Japan when you have time in the future, you must come to my home as a guest, and I will take out the fragments of the "Yongle Canon" collected in the family to communicate with you......"

After hearing Zhuang Rui's offer, Watanabe Mao's face showed a trace of hesitation, he really couldn't imagine that the Chinese were actually rich enough to call for wind and rain in the international art market, although they loved these "Yongle Canon" very much, but this was almost the same price as Picasso's works, and finally let Watanabe Mao shake his head and give up the bid.

"Thank you, I will definitely go to ...... if I have the chance"

Zhuang Rui nodded, he will not be hostile to the Japanese who really love Chinese art, but he will not go to Japan again, the turmoil he directed in Japan last time was not seamless, presumably some people in Japan do not welcome Zhuang Rui to go.

"Mr. William, should you ......?"

After Zhuang Rui shouted the price of $30 million, William on the stage was a little sluggish, he has witnessed countless high-end auctions, and even last month, he presided over an auction of Picasso's works, and sold for a high price of $62 million.

Although the price of that auction was much higher than Zhuang Rui's bid today, as the most famous auctioneer in the world, William knew in his heart that Picasso's works were worth so much money, and the real price of these ancient Chinese books, that is, more than 10 million US dollars, was now equivalent to three times the price of his own value.

"Uh...... Mr. Zhuang from China has made a bid of $30 million, ladies and gentlemen, is there any offer?"

After asking a routine question, William knocked down the auction hammer in his hand and pointed to Zhuang Rui and said: "Congratulations to Mr. Zhuang, you have obtained these precious books from Mr. Bonadette's collection, and thank you Mr. Zhuang for his contribution to charity!"

Today's charity auction has been carried out so far, Zhuang Rui is undoubtedly the most limelight person, whether it is the ruby at the beginning, or these six "Yongle Canon", are the highest prices at today's auction, which makes many people around the world super-rich begin to face up to Zhuang Rui, a young man.

In today's society, except for some old antiques in Britain who still adhere to aristocratic traditions, they think that except for the nobility worthy of respect, others are insignificant, but in the mainstream society, the evaluation of a person's success or failure is more important to the wealth and influence that the person himself has.

For example, if people like Bill Gates or Bonadette go to some small countries, their status is equal to that of the leader of that country, this is the privilege that they have with wealth, and of course, this privilege must be recognized by some circle before it can be implemented.

"$30 million to auction a few books, is Chinese art so valuable?"

"I think so, maybe there should be a few calligraphy and paintings from China hanging in my castle......"

After the dust settled on these "Yongle Canons", there were all kinds of discussions in the venue, and what Zhuang Rui didn't expect was that after this charity auction, in some international auctions, the price of art from China soared, and many people who didn't pay much attention to collecting Chinese antiques have made a move, forming a Chinese style.

"Zhuang, thank you for your generous support......"

Bonadette walked to Zhuang Rui's side with a smile, and raised the wine glass in his hand at Zhuang Rui, as the owner of today's charity auction, if the thing is not auctioned out or the price is very low, Bonadette will definitely be ugly, Zhuang Rui's actions undoubtedly made him face greater.

"Mr. Bonadette, this is the way it should be, you can take such a precious relic for charity, I think...... The person who should be thanked is your ......"

Zhuang Rui was very friendly and Bonadette touched the wine glass, the appearance of these "Yongle Canon" today, is indeed a little unexpected Zhuang Rui, you know, these only ancient books scattered around the world, not money can be bought, you still need to have a chance.

"Hehe, Zhuang, you're welcome, when I was young, I didn't have the courage of you, by the way, there is one more thing below, I think you will be very interested......"

With Bonadette's age and experience, he would not have been praised and liked for a few words, but Zhuang Rui's words still made him very happy.

Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "Oh, it's also a work of art from China? Mr. Bonadette, I think...... I'm going to have to take a look at your collection......"