(It's so late today because of the stupid author Carvin, the stupid author of the eight generations of poor peasants looked up the information for several hours in order to write the auction, and I put together several different auction lots in order to look good, and the date was also made up by the author.) But both the auction records and the lots are genuine. ）

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On the evening of September 21, 1991

Jia Lei arrived at the London headquarters of Sotheby Auction House on New Bond Street in the car of Uttars, which was the only headquarters of Sotheby Auction House before it was taken over by merchants from Country M.

"There are so many cars in front of the auction house, I think there will be a world-class auto show right here. Those who came today must be the top rich, right?" Jia Lei looked at a bunch of the world's top luxury cars with golden eyes and said, as a man, who doesn't like cars.

"The rich people who came today are nothing, and when you participate in more auctions and banquets in the future, you will know that most of the people who come to the auction in person are ordinary rich and celebrity, and the real top rich people are bidding through consignors, after all, their time is precious and will not be wasted in this kind of place. These top billionaires will only attend some special auctions!" Utars told Jia Lei.

I used to hear that there were rich people who spent a lot of money at auctions, and it turned out that these rich people were just ordinary rich people. Jia Lei sighed.

Then he followed Utars into the venue, as the oldest auction house in the world, Sotheby's auction headquarters was full of elegant traces of time.

"Hello, please show the invitation letter, sign in, and show proof of identity. The staff of Sotheby's auction house said politely.

"What proof?" Jia Lei asked subconsciously.

"The general process of this top-level auction is to first publish the preview news, then the interested seller registers, view the physical lot, and then register the buyer's identity, name, deposit and proof of assets before the auction. Wu Tatars explained to Jia Lei.

"Is it so troublesome? I only knew that I had to pay a deposit to participate in the auction, and I didn't know anything else. And Sotheby's staff didn't tell me anything about it, they didn't tell me anything other than an invitation. Jia Lei said.

"Then I'm afraid they think you're just coming to see and don't think you're going to buy something here, right? Utars said.

His secretary handed a cheque to Sotheby's auctioneer and filled in the paperwork with identification documents, and then finally handed the document to Utarth for him to sign.

"Then I don't need to sign this, Pete, you bring me my invitation to show them. Jia Lei said.

"Boss, you forgot, you have signed a contract to consign the auction, and your identity belongs to the seller, and you don't need to go through this kind of identity verification to receive the number plate!" Pete took out the invitation letter and reminded Jia Lei.

"But I want to buy something later, can you ask them if I can get a number plate?" Jia Lei handed over the invitation letter and asked.

"I forgot, as a seller! You don't need to pay a deposit to get in for free. Utars said.

"Please wait a minute, I need to ask our leaders about this. Said the staff.

"Why is this so? Others can get the number plate after verifying their identities and paying the deposit! Why can't I?" Jia Lei asked.

"Because you have commissioned a lot with us, we don't know if it will be sold in the end, and your funds are not guaranteed with us. In case you can't pay for someone else's lot when you get there, it's not good for both buyers and sellers. The auction house man said euphemistically.

In fact, translated into the vernacular, it is - the people in the auction house are afraid that Jia Lei will auction things indiscriminately, and they can't afford to pay in the end!

"You're afraid that I won't be able to pay for it, so just say it, it's a lot of trouble to go around. Jia Lei said angrily.

"Jia Lei, don't be angry! Later, if you like something, tell your uncle, and your uncle will buy it for you. Take this brand for you, buy it as you like!" Wu Tass smiled and stuffed his number plate into Jia Lei's hand.

"Really give it to me, aren't you afraid that I will take it and spend one or two hundred million?" Jia Lei asked with a fan.

"You're a sensible child, I'm not afraid!" said Utars.

"Cut! It's so boring, you're not fooled. Jia Lei muttered.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry I'm late!" the manager of the auction house hurriedly walked over and apologized to Jia Lei.

"It's not too late! At least the auction hasn't started yet. Jia Lei rolled his eyes and said.

"There are so many guests here today that I can't get away for a while, so I can't come to the door to greet you two. The manager said.

The manager saw Wu Tatars standing beside Jia Lei, and immediately cleverly replaced you with you.

"No matter how busy you are, you should come and meet me, right? After all, the consignment I brought today is the finale of your auction, you look at these staff members under you, they don't even know me! I don't want to give them an auction number plate? Are you Sotheby Auction House afraid that I can't afford to pay for things?" Jia Lei asked.

"How is this possible? Who in this room dares to say that you can't afford to pay money? After all, you are the majority shareholder of Citibank! How can the person who runs the bank have no money? The manager hurriedly patted his ass.

"Count you as acquaintances, ask them to show me a number plate, and I will see something of interest in you later, and it will be your business." Jia Lei said.

"Then I will thank you in advance for taking care of us!" The manager immediately took a number plate and handed it to Jia Lei.

"We have reserved a seat for you in the VIP seats, and we are honored to have you here for our auction today. The manager hurriedly said.

"Then remember to find someone to show us the way, I'm not familiar with this kind of place. Jia Lei said.

"Okay! This gentleman is here with you, do you need me to arrange a seat for him?" asked the manager of Sotheby's auction house.

"You don't have to worry about it! I'm your old customer, and I have a seat. But there's a question I want to ask you?" Wu Tatars glanced at Jia Lei and gave him a look and told Jia Lei not to speak.

"Excuse me, do you have any questions?" asked the manager of Sotheby's Auction House.

"You just said that you and this junior of mine signed an agreement to consign the auction!, can I ask what the commission is agreed between you?" asked Utars with a smile.

"This ......," a cold sweat broke out on the head of the manager of Sotheby's auction house.

"Why, is there anything hard about my question to answer?" asked Utars with a smile.

When I signed the contract with them, he told me that the auction house would charge 10 percent of the sale price as a commission, which is the industry practice. Jia Lei said.

Although the entrustment document signed by Jia Lei at that time was smelly and long, stacked up like a book, Jia Lei still read it carefully about such a large proportion of gold ownership.

"Ten percent commission?" said Utars...... smirking meaningfully.

Hehe?

When Jia Lei heard this Internet god word of later generations, he immediately felt that something must be wrong with things.

"Uncle, is there something wrong with this matter?" Jia Lei asked cautiously.

"Of course not! I didn't expect that an old auction house as big as Sotheby's would even cheat a child? No wonder you have been over......taken by Christie's in the past two years," Utars said coldly.

"Uncle, what did you say, I was deceived?" Jia Lei asked in shock.

"No! We're not lying, really. The manager quickly wiped the cold sweat on his head with a handkerchief and said.

What happened here has attracted the attention of the buyers who came to participate in the auction, and Jia Lei saw that buyers came over one after another to watch.

As far as I know, the higher the reserve price of the auction item and the greater the impact, the lower the proportion of the auction commission charged by the auction house! Jia Lei's auction item is the mysterious finale auction item that you have been promoting for a long time tonight, right? It stands to reason that the fame and benefits brought to you by this lot are limitless, and you still dare to charge such a high commission? Aren't you easy to deceive because you think Jia Lei is a child with no background?"

"No...... We really didn't deliberately deceive people! I was negligent about the percentage of gold ownership and forgot to change it! I was really excited to ignore it!" said the manager of the auction house, wiping a cold sweat again.

At this time, someone quietly came over and told the manager the identity of Uttars, and the manager immediately turned white with fright.

Utars is an internationally renowned old fox!

"We're really sorry that happened! We'll fix it right away, can you go to the VIP room with me to talk to each other? The manager hurriedly said.

"I hope to hear a satisfactory answer! Otherwise, I will ask Jia Lei to cancel this auction and take it back and send it to Christie's for auction! After all, the auction item entrusted by Jia Lei is unique, a rare treasure that has never appeared at auction before. Utars said.

"Yes, this is indeed a rare treasure that has never been seen before! We will give you a satisfactory answer to this matter in a moment......" said a shareholder of Sotheby's auction house, who hurried over after receiving the news.

"Then I'll wait to see your sincerity...... Uttars said.

30 minutes later, Jia Lei walked into the auction venue with a new contract full of sincerity.

Sotheby's auction house showed its sincerity in admitting its mistake by reducing the commission rate from 10 percent to 5 percent.

"Uncle Wu Tatars is still very powerful, if it weren't for you today, I would have been cheated by them for an extra $100,000!" Jia Lei said with sincere admiration.

"It's not more than $100,000! Considering that $2 million is just the auction house's estimate, I think the final price is likely to be higher!"

"Oh my God, then I'm going to get rich!" Jia Lei said happily.

"It's not a small amount of money, it's not enough to buy a car!, actually, I think you should keep this mammoth, it's much more to show off than a new sports car!" said Uttars.

"Uncle, come here, I have something to tell you!" Jia Lei whispered.

"Do you have any secrets you want to tell me?" asked Utars, crouching down curiously.

"The mammoth that will be sold later is just an ordinary mammoth, I have a better one for myself?" Jia Lei whispered.

"Really? you have anything better?" asked Utars.

"Yes, better, just like life!" Jia Lei said.

"That's good! I'm worried that you don't know what's good, so you'll just sell it. You must know that in the upper class, money is not the only thing that can flaunt status! Some unique things are the pursuit of upper-class people! They like to flaunt their noble status with uniqueness. Wu Tatars admonished Jia Lei.

"Well, I remember! Actually, I know that in their eyes I was an upstart. Rich explodes!" Jia Lei said.

"That's why the people at Sotheby's Auction House dare to fool you so blatantly! You have to follow me today, and later I will introduce you to the real high society circle, and teach you to become familiar with the upper class characters and all kinds of unspoken rules. You have to study hard, you know?" said Uttars.

"I know! I will definitely listen to your uncle and study hard, otherwise in their eyes, I will always be a nouveau riche from the third world!" Jia Lei said with clenched fists.

"That's right! People in high society look elegant and cultured, but in fact they are very xenophobic to the outside world, and if you want to really enter high society, you can't just be rich, you need someone to introduce you! Otherwise, you will always be just hovering on the edge of high society...... Uttars said.