Chapter 766 $18 million!

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Seeing that his lover and his father get along quite well, the happiest person is Ivanka sitting on the side! Because he knew that although his father looked at Yan Sù, he obviously recognized Liu Dong's qualifications as his son-in-law.

And Kate, who was sitting with Ivanka. Winslet's eyes are full of envy at the moment, her friend not only has a father worth more than $2 billion, but her boyfriend is also a rich man.

Being able to get this kind of opportunity is undoubtedly the ultimate dream of all women in Hollywood.

However, compared with the envious Kate, Spielberg was also a little happy in his heart, and he felt that it was easier to get money for his friends to raise money for the film.

Of course, no matter what kind of ideas these people have after getting acquainted with Liu Dong, in short, Liu Dong's attention is almost entirely focused on the 'Dish Heaven Quanfang' that is being auctioned.

Seeing that the time was about the same, and the number of bidders gradually became scarce, Liu Dong raised the bidding board!

"$8 million!"

Liu Dong's bid instantly attracted the attention of most of the people around, mainly because everyone was too unfamiliar with him, if he was alone, it would be nothing, but there was Donald standing beside him. Trump and Del. Roosevelt: That's not ordinary.

Donald is a businessman, although he often appears in the newspapers, but his influence cannot catch up with the Roosevelt family!

But it is unusual for someone to be so close to the descendants of the Roosevelt family, who have come to the United States to keep a very low profile, and deserves the attention of almost all upper-class people in the United States.

Of course, compared with the white tycoon, the Chinese who are also yellow-skinned and black-eyed are more curious about Liu Dong.

"Zhonghu. Do you know this man? Li Zekai pushed the eyes on his nose. looked at Liu Dong, who looked ordinary but heroic, with interest. Curiously asked about the companions around him.

"I don't know!" Zhao Zhonghu stared at Liu Dong for a while and shook his head.

"I really don't know?"

"Am I going to lie to you about this kind of thing?" Zhao Zhonghu rolled his eyes.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, their Zhao family moved from China to the United States, but unlike the once powerful Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen, the two families who came to the United States, the situation deteriorated. The Zhao family, rooted in New York, is already a super-wealthy family with a fortune of more than $3 billion.

However, like other Chinese billionaires abroad, the Zhao family also pursues the ancestral motto of the family's 'low-key life', which is not known to the public, but the Zhao family is a well-known existence in the Chinese business community in the United States, and they are also very familiar with the situation of the major Chinese billionaire families in the United States, so if the young man in front of him really belongs to a member of the Chinese billionaires in the United States, then Zhao Zhonghu will definitely know him.

"It doesn't make sense, I don't know this person!" Li Zekai shook his head.

"You don't know either, I thought he was a son of a family in Hong Kong or Nanyang!" Zhao Zhonghu said.

"No way, I basically know people from all major families in Hong Kong. I am also familiar with all the major families in Nanyang, and I have never seen this person at all. And there are only a few rich families surnamed Liu, and there is no such person at all! ”

"It can't be from the mainland, right?" Zhao Zhonghu said.

"Impossible!" Li Zekai shook his head very simply, the mainland has only been reformed and opened up for less than 20 years, and the real development period is after 92 years, although there are many rich people now, but there are no business families at all, which is clear to Chinese all over the world.

And if the other party is a descendant of the mainland political family, it is possible, but it is impossible for three generations of the political family to come to the United States to participate in Christie's auctions, and they have such a close relationship with the Roosevelt family.

"Forget it, don't guess, there are so many rich Chinese families in the world, and we can't know them all! Wouldn't it be better to get acquainted with each other when the auction is over? Zhao Zhonghu patted his old classmate's shoulder and said.

"Well, that's right, but I'm not going to give up this 'Heaven Perfect'! This is a rare good thing, buy it, and it will be a birthday gift for my father this year! Li Zekai said.

"I think you'd better forget it, look at how much it is, and now it's a loss to buy it!"

I didn't pay attention when I spoke just now, but now that I was concentrating, Li Zekai was surprised: "15 million? ”

"$16 million!" Liu Dong raised the bidding sign in his hand indifferently, as if he didn't care about the $1 million he had just spent, which was enough for the income and living needs of ordinary families for ten years!

"$16.5 million!" A middle-aged man in a black suit, with the same yellow skin and black eyes, but only a little more than one meter and six meters tall, frowned and glanced at Liu Dong, and raised the bidding sign again!

"Liu, I know you want this Chinese bronze very much, but now that its price has far exceeded the real market price, there is really no need to spend so much money on it!" Roosevelt persuaded.

But Liu Dong shook his head, "Del, there are some things that can be given up, but I will never give up some precious works of art that are unique and will be regretted after missing them." And the money is gone, you can make it again, but if you miss this beautiful national treasure-grade bronze today, it is likely that I will never have the opportunity to own it again in the future! …… Also, I will never give up Chinese stuff to the Japanese, absolutely not! ”

Liu Dong's categorical words made Del, who was originally ready to persuade again. Roosevelt and Donald looked at each other and then stopped.

They all understand the hatred between the Chinese and the Japanese, which is the same hatred between the French and the Germans after the Franco-German War in 1871!

"$17 million!" Liu Dong held up the bidding sign again.

In short, he was consumed with this Japanese!

"$17.5 million!"

After a moment of hesitation, Liu's only contender added $500,000 again.

"Mr. Liu, I admire your country's long-standing culture very much, 'Dish Heaven Quanfangli' belonged to the Asano family in the sixties, although it had to be sold later, but now our Asano family hopes to be able to bring this precious bronze back again, I hope Mr. Liu can make it convenient!"

"The shameless bandit logic, and I'm embarrassed to show off here here, am I like Hari's brain-dead?" Thinking of this, the corners of Liu Dong's mouth pulled down slightly, and he said with a cold arc on his face: "I'm sorry, I think of Chinese things, it's better to go back to China!" ”

If it weren't for being in public, every word and deed represents the image of Chinese, Liu Dong's words would never be so polite.

"$18 million!" Liu Dong said without hesitation.

"Happy, you should cut these little Japan so ruthlessly, these little dwarfs, they are still so arrogant after being defeated in World War II!" Superman slapped his thigh and laughed.

After nodding, Zhao Zhonghu looked at the cold Liu Dong, "Now I really want to get to know this Mr. Liu!" ”

"Well, that's right! This person can be, it's too much for my appetite! Li Zekai echoed.

The competition between Liu Dong and Asano Ryohei, everyone around them was watching with the intention of watching the excitement, and the original 'Dish Heaven Quanfangli', which was originally only about 5 million US dollars, was fried by the two of them to 18 million, almost quadrupled, at this time, people who don't want to pull hatred, or who are really interested in this Chinese bronze, will no longer participate.

Anyway, whether it is Chinese or Japanese, Americans do not have much favor, but relatively speaking, the Japanese hate it more, because these dwarfs are too rich, when Sony Group acquired Columbia Pictures and Mitsubishi Group acquired Rockefeller Center, they shouted the slogan of "Acquire the whole United States", which made Americans with frustrated self-esteem infinitely hate!

Skipping these digressions, Asano Ryohei was also very conflicted at this moment, and Liu Dong obviously expressed his determination to obtain this Chinese Shang Dynasty bronze.

If he continues to compete, it will undoubtedly cost far more than the original plan.

Although he can't afford to spend it, this kind of money that is a little wronged is not something Ryohei Asano is willing to spend, after all, his money is earned by his own hard work, unlike Liu Dong, who does all the business without capital!

So, after hesitating for a while, the thought of giving up in Asano's heart became heavier and heavier, and finally shook his head and did not raise the bidding sign in his hand!

Seeing him like this, the auctioneer who stood on the auction table and always paid attention to his expression couldn't help but show a trace of disappointment in his eyes, although the auction price of $18 million has far exceeded the original expectation, but people's greed is always endless!

"$18 million, $18 million, is there anything higher than $18 million?"

After no one responded for a long time, the auctioneer had to pick up the auction hammer and said loudly: "In the 11th century B.C., the Chinese Shang Dynasty bronze vessel 'Vessel Heaven Quanfang Wei', No. 18 Mr. Liu 18 million once!" ”

After a brief pause, seeing that there was still no one to bid, the auctioneer continued: "18 million twice, 18 million three times!" Let's congratulate Mr. Liu on the 18th, who bought this precious Chinese Shang Dynasty bronze vessel 'Vessel Heaven Quanfangli' for a record price of $18 million. ”

After speaking, the audience burst into thunderous applause.

And at this moment, Liu Dong was really relieved in his heart.

However, he also knows that after today's auction, it will have a huge impact on the international market prices of Chinese artworks. Not to mention anything else, as far as bronzes are concerned, at least the price will fluctuate by 20%.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining Christie's New York today, we have booked a sumptuous dinner for you at the Hilton Hotel, and now please move to the 9th floor!"

After the master of ceremonies finished speaking, except for a few people who had something to do, most of them came to the banquet hall on the ninth floor.

……………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued......)