Chapter Twenty-Three: The Auction
"The birth of the super-rich, the gold diggers found the gold mine and became rich overnight. A thousand-ton mega-gold mine occurred in the Great Northwest Heath of the Yukon, discovered by ordinary gold diggers. The New York Times.
"The Yukon mega gold mine changed hands, with the owner selling 80 percent of the mine for $5 billion. Royal Bank of Canada received 50 shares and Phipps Investment Bank received 30 shares. The Yukon Super Gold Mine is a rare bonanza grading 7.65g/t gold. In an open-pit gold mine, the cost of mining gold should be around $150 per ounce. If the mine owner had mined it himself, a profit of $23 billion would not have been a problem. Of course, the deal was a win-win situation, with the mine owner getting a lot of shares in both banks in the form of cash and shares, and the share prices of the two banks rose as the gold reserves were announced...... "Vancouver Star Times.
"The miracle of the Yukon, 5 billion a year. FanMo, a hard-working and brave gold hunter, has become a world-class billionaire in one year...... Of the nearly 500,000 square kilometers of land in the Yukon, less than 20 percent of the land has been explored, and there must be mines similar to the Great Northwest gold mines in the wider area, which may be gold, copper, iron, oil, natural gas, and even treasures from the ancient Mobian civilization. Yukon Whitehorse Daily News.
"The first phase of the archaeological project at the Mobia site has been completed. The oracle bone inscriptions unearthed at the Mobia site record that there is gold in the north for tens of thousands of miles...... Chinese archaeologists translated this passage. It also confirms that the Morbian civilization at Yukon Tombstone Mountain has a close connection with ancient Eastern civilizations, even 3,000 years ago. On September 20, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, across the river from Parliament Hill in Ottawa's capital, will exhibit the world-shattering archaeological discoveries......"
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Four Seasons Hotel Toronto.
I slept until nine o'clock and woke up.
At the end of the mining season, even MF Gold Company, Mo Fan entrusted a team of professional managers to manage the company's finances, and Phipps Investment Bank managed the company's finances.
Nothing to do, Mo Fan is going to buy an island next, to have a white beach, it must be in a warm sea, preferably with a coconut grove...... Quiet, but not too far from populated areas.
Flip out your phone and click on the world's largest island trading site.
There are more than 500 islands listed for sale, with prices ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to tens of millions of dollars.
The islands in the inland lakes are the cheapest, the islands close to the mainland are expensive, and there are also island countries that rely on the tourism industry as their economic support, and the islands for sale are also expensive. For example, Mo Fan has been to the Maldives before, Tahiti and so on. There is an island for sale in the Maldives, the kind with a hotel, the price is only more than one million US dollars, but the area is too small and there is no airport.
Buying an island is not as difficult as you imagined, as long as you have money. However, before buying an island, it is important to understand the policies of the local government of the island, and in the actual purchase of the island, there are buyers who only know that the island is located in the protected area after paying the price, and even the house is not allowed to be repaired.
It is not difficult to buy an island, but how to develop the island is the key.
The island that Mo Fan wants to buy is definitely far away from the mainland, and there are several problems to be solved first in order to live on the island. First, traffic problems. Second, electricity, communications, drinking water, food. 3. Learn about the local culture. If it's an unexplored island, there are even more problems to solve.
Mo Fan has seen the information of more than 300 islands, and the prices are from high to low, and none of the islands meet Mo Fan's wishes.
Just as he was about to go out for a bite to eat, his phone rang, "Hey, did you bother you?" Kyle called, two days ago at this time, Kyle called to wake up Mo Fan. Mo Fan, who was sleepy, thought that Zhang Dong's call was a dog's day......
"Nope. I woke up naturally from my sleep today. ”
"At the end of the month, the Fort Lauderdale luxury yacht show opened, and I have a top VIP card here, do you want to know about it? Kyle laughs. He knew that Mo Fan liked island vacations, so he should be interested in yachts. The Great Northwest Gold Mining Company only has 30% of the shares, and as long as Mo Fan supports them, they have the same say as the Royal Bank of Canada in this newly established gold mining company.
Phipps Bank is an investment bank, and if you buy a gold mine, you definitely don't want to mine honestly. Even if it is a super gold mine, its greatest value is not gold, but the underlying value behind it. Phipps Investment Bank is designing related financial products with gold as the theme.
"Of course. What does it do?" Mo Fan rolled over and got up.
"It is possible to visit and buy all the yachts at the show directly. As one of the largest yacht shows in the world, there are many debuts on display at each exhibition, and top VIP card holders have the right of first refusal. By the way, this is a joint issue issued by more than 20 yacht show organizers around the world, and there are only 50 in the world. If you're interested, I'll send it to you. ”
"I'm ...... in Toronto"
"I'm here too. Prepare to attend the Suntech auction at 10:30, where are you, I will drive over to pick you up. ”
"Four Seasons Hotel. ”
"OK, let's talk. ”
If you have nothing to do, you will have something to ask for.
Mo Fan went to the bathroom to take a shower, shave his beard, and change into the Armani suit he bought yesterday.
The young man is just one word, handsome.
Mo Fan looked in the mirror very narcissistically, with a pair of dark eyes and handsome cheeks as sharp as a knife...... In this world, what kind of woman can be worthy of such a perfect me.
"Hey, hey, hey......" Mo Fan's narcissistic silly laughed.
went out to wake up Zhang Dong and his family and went to the hotel restaurant together.
Mo Yu returned to China two days ago, saying that a friend introduced a job and went back for an interview, not wanting to gnaw at the old.
That's just a ...... broke Mo Fan's heart, and almost drove her back.
"How much do you think we can fetch for those mammoth specimens we auctioned?" Zhang Dong was nervous and excited.
A total of three relatively complete mammoth bones have been excavated in their mine, which have been made into specimens to be auctioned at auction.
"Hundreds of thousands. Mo Fan shrugged, his mining area had also dug mammoths, but the miners were too fast, and it was heavy machinery mining, and the mammoths excavated were severely damaged. And there are no mammoths in good condition......
Of the three mammoth specimens that Zhang Dong took out for auction in his mine, only one was well preserved. The other two were petrified and incomplete. However, one of the mammoths has been confirmed to have been killed by humans, and has certain archaeological research value.
In the past, many complete mammoth specimens have been auctioned, with prices ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to more than $200,000, mainly for completeness and the grade of mammoth tusks. Ivory is the most valuable part of mammoth specimens, and there are four grades of ivory, and the price of the four grades varies greatly.
After breakfast, Kyle came over in an extended Lincoln and invited Mo Fan and them to come along.
Sitting in the car, Kyle took out an envelope and handed it to Mo Fan: "I have already registered your identity information." ”
Mo Fan took it unceremoniously: "Thank you." ”
"You'll be over at the boat show at the end of the month?" Kyle said.
"It should ...... Yes. Mo Fan picked up a cigar on the small table in the car and lit one: "There is nothing to do now, give yourself a long vacation." ”
"At the end of that month, we made an appointment to go and play together. ”
There were many reporters present at the opening of Suntech's auction, and Mo Fan was used to keeping a low profile, and he didn't want to ruin his quiet life because of the exposure of reporters. There are many people who are popular, and Mo Fan is also a celebrity, a super nouveau riche who has found a gold mine, can always cause people to talk about it.
Mo Fan got out of the car on the side of the road and avoided the reporter's field of vision to enter the venue.
The auction is about to begin, and the venue is full of people.
Mo Fan didn't have much interest in antiques, oil paintings, collectibles, these things, if it wasn't for the coincidence, Mo Fan would definitely not come over.
In the opening show of the auction, many models and beauties came to the stage with some not very valuable lots, and the host introduced these things very quickly.
After the opening show, the first auction item was 'The Three-Headed Mammoth from the Yukon', with a starting price of $210,000, and soon someone offered Kyle, who offered $300,000.
The three-headed mammoth is a very popular collector's item because it comes from the Yukon and is associated with the Mobian civilization.
Mo Fan also saw several university professors and Alutak inside. They were interested in mammoth specimens, or more precisely in the mammoth specimen with a hole wound caused by a stone tool on its head.
With a starting price of $210,000, the price soared all the way to $800,000 in a matter of minutes.
"810,000. Kyle continued to offer, and then chuckled, "I inquired that the Yukon government is going to build a large museum at the Mobia site, which will be managed by the Museum of Civilization in the future." These three skeleton shelves, they should have to pay a lot of money to get them. ”
Mo Fan smiled bitterly and pinched his temples: "I made an appointment with Director Condick in the afternoon, hoping that he wouldn't see me with you." Mo Fan said, and the museum group looked over, and Alutak winked at him.
"820,000. "Offer on the museum side.
Kyle spread his hands and stopped offering.
The three-headed mammoth was eventually sold for $820,000. Zhang Dong was a little depressed: "I think I can sell it at a higher price......"
Mo Fan was speechless.
After the auction ended, Zhang Dong and the others went backstage, Mo Fan also followed, and Kyle in the back also ran over.
Mo Fan went up and hugged Alutak, looked at Kyle and introduced: "He is Kyle, this guy raised the price with you just now, and he has nothing to do with me." "As the 'discoverer' of the Mobia site, Alutak plays an important role in the archaeological work, and he will also receive a stake in the future construction of the Mobia Museum. It's just that the shares of the museum have nothing to do with the cultural relics in the museum, and all those things belong to the government.
"I didn't want them to end up in the hands of private collectors, I didn't think my competitors were ...... How to say it in a Chinese phrase...... The king rushed to the Longshui Temple. ”
"It was the flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family and their own family competed. Mo Fan helped.
Condik was a little depressed and spent more money in vain. Even if the money is not his own, he is distressed, but Kyle said it beautifully first.