Chapter 1074: Take Control of the Auction
"Sir Helis is probably too anxious, there are so many guests here, everyone wants to see the paintings, does Sir not believe me?" Paloma Picasso said with a smile.
"It's not that I don't believe Ms. Palomar, you should know that tomorrow is our auction, and I'm so busy right now that I wouldn't have found time if I hadn't heard about Picasso's paintings. You should know that the appraisal of this painting takes a lot of time, and the shorter the time, the more inaccurate the appraisal results will be. Helis was not unreasonable, but he was thinking more than that, he was a little worried that Paloma Picasso would deceive him with a fake.
Recently, the price of Picasso's paintings has been rising day by day, and there are more and more fakes on the market.
He still vividly remembers that many years ago, someone took Picasso's painting to him in exchange for a large sum of money, and then he found out that it was a fake after careful identification, so he kept doing it and got rid of that person.
Of course, he did not dispose of such a fake, but auctioned it off to a fool through the guò auction.
He still feels very proud of this to this day, but at the same time, he doesn't want to go a second time.
On the phone, he had already heard Paloma Picasso mention that the owner of the painting was a Chinese, and this Chinese did not want to sell the painting for money, but planned to barter for Chinese antiques.
He was more than happy to do this, as a member of the Brotherhood. He definitely has the most Chinese antiques in the world today, and the National Museum of China doesn't have as many things as their brotherhood. A lot of things in the British Museum and the Chinese Pavilion at Fontainebleau are actually on lease to them.
To date, Chinese collections have been sold in the top 10 auctions around the world. Six of them are from the Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood is not a simple organization, it is almost a union of the Anglo-French and the Eight-Nation Alliance, as well as some of the first Western families to set foot on the lands of China, Egypt, and Greece.
This organization controls almost all auctions of Chinese antiquities in the West, but because they are relatively low-key, not many people know about it, and even the information in security organizations or intelligence organizations such as the FBI and the National Security Bureau is not detailed enough.
But the people in the brotherhood, except for a few Japanese who were interested in the Chinese collection, the rest were not very interested. Unless it is some gold and silver products, gem products, nothing else is of any value in their eyes, what they want more is Western art, they want to control the world's art and cultural relics auctions.
It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Egyptian, ancient Greek or Western.
The Helis family has passed down to this generation, and the ability to appreciate artworks has also improved a lot, especially Helis himself, who is simply obsessed with Picasso's oil paintings, but unfortunately he made it too late. Most of Picasso's oil paintings already have their owners, and there are only a dozen Picasso oil paintings in his hands, and six of them are sketches. Although they are all genuine Picasso works, they cannot be compared with the perfect finished products in terms of value.
And because of that. After receiving a call from Paloma Picasso, he even put down what he was doing. Leaving the auction to his accomplices. And he himself hurried over, and brought with him the oil painting appraiser of the Brotherhood.
But he didn't expect it. Paloma Picasso not only called him alone, among the people who came, there were people he knew and didn't know, but there is no doubt that these people will not be simple people, and they may become strong competitors for themselves, which is why he is so anxious.
"Okay Sir Ellis, you wait a minute, I'll let the painter come out, by the way, everyone, you see that Sir Hellis has hired an appraiser, don't you need an appraiser?" Paloma Picasso thought that it was not too early, and simply settled the matter, so he planned to let Zhang Tianyuan take the painting, but she realized that this time only Helis brought an appraiser, so she asked.
"Haha, Palomar, are you kidding? What appraiser will you be good at? If you say it's true, it won't be fake. We all believe in you, that's why we didn't bring an appraiser. Abramovich said with a smile.
The rest, with the exception of Helis, nodded approvingly.
You know, Paloma Picasso is not an ordinary person, even if something is really fake, this intermediary will be responsible in the future, what do they have to worry about. Besides, they were friends with Paloma Picasso, and Paloma Picasso helped them a lot in Picasso's paintings, so trust was built up gradually.
Paloma Picasso said in his heart that he was fortunate to have seen Zhang Tianyuan's paintings just now, otherwise if those paintings were really fakes, then even if he was an intermediary who offended everyone, he would not only lose the trust of many friends, but also have a bad reputation in the future.
In fact, she would have preferred that these people would bring appraisers, so that she would avoid taking such a big risk.
But now there is no way, since it is already like this, others look down on her so much, she can't refuse, besides, she is still very confident in Zhang Tianyuan's paintings, although she has only seen one, but she doesn't believe that this young man will lie to herself, after all, this young man is not a small person, there is no need to do such a dirty thing for such a little money.
"Alright then, everyone, wait a minute, I'll call someone." Paloma Picasso planned to give Zhang Tianyuan a few instructions, so he didn't call Zhang Tianyuan directly, but went to call himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you really think that this time the Picasso paintings that Madame Palomar is talking about are real? So far, Picasso's paintings have basically been found, and I haven't heard of anyone's paintings stolen or robbed, so I regret it a little......"
Helis looked at the time, thinking about the auction. So I was a little anxious, so I said a word that was quite ruinous to the atmosphere.
There's something wrong with this man. I can't see the good of others.
He saw that everyone else was sitting there calmly drinking coffee, and he was the only one in such a hurry. So I must be uncomfortable in my heart, and I want these people to be as anxious and worried as him.
"Sir Helis, that's not what he said, and who would have thought that little lover of Picasso would come up with twenty sketches in '05? So, surprises abound, and if Sir Helis is in a hurry, he can go back first. But we'll take it down. Bill Gates glanced at Helis and said with a smile.
As a person who built the Microsoft empire by his own efforts, Bill Gates looked down on people like Helis, so he didn't give Helis face when he spoke.
Although he had doubts about the authenticity of these works, as a person who likes to collect paintings, he still wanted to see what was going on, just as he did in the past when he tried to make a new software or withdraw from a new product, and he didn't know if it would be liked by the market. But we still have to work hard to innovate and try hard, because if you miss it, it will be a lifetime regret.
So he won now. He is one of the most successful businessmen in the world.
It's the same with this antique, there are very few things to pick up, if you don't want to take the chance. Then it's easier to miss.
In the room, Paloma Picasso told Zhang Tianyuan a few words. Let him wait a while and look at her eyes, and don't make a price lightly. Because once the price is raised, then don't raise the price again.
Regarding this, Zhang Tianyuan naturally understands, he is not the first brother in this regard, he has not only bought literary toys before, but also sold them, and he can be regarded as a person who has come over.
After walking out of the room, Paloma Picasso began to introduce Zhang Tianyuan to everyone present, and when it came to Wang Siyuan's father, the legendary Chinese businessman suddenly stood up, pointed at Zhang Tianyuan and scolded with a smile: "Why are you kid!" ”
"Hehe, Uncle Wang, it's me." Zhang Tianyuan didn't expect this to come today, because he became a buddy with Wang Siyuan, he had more contact with this person, and gradually became familiar with him, and he didn't feel like he was alive when he spoke.
"What, Boss Wang knows this young man?" Helis asked, frowning.
"Know, how can you not know, Sir Ellis, you haven't been to China, if you go to China, you will know how loud the name Zhang Tianyuan is, I estimate that in a few years, my position as the richest man in China will be given to him to sit! Treasure appreciation, gambling stones, jewelry, folk goods, antique trading, real estate, movies, football clubs, food, gambling! This kid is omnipotent, omnipotent, I really don't understand, where did this demon come from! The richest man in China looked at Zhang Tianyuan, and he was also quite emotional, in just one year, this Zhang Tianyuan rose from the land of China like a rocket.
"Football club?" Abramovich and Sir Alex Ferguson, who was also in attendance, glanced at Zhang Tianyuan in surprise, as the two of them were close to football, one was the owner of Chelsea, and the other was the legendary coach of Manchester United.
"Yes, this kid and my unassuming son are the owners of Liverpool FC, Mr. Roman, you are competitors."
"So that's the case, I'll just say, Liverpool's results have improved so quickly this season, it turns out that they have a good owner."
"I said you don't talk about football, we're not here to talk about football today, we're here to see paintings. Zhang Tianyuan, right, our family has a large number of Chinese antiques, if you really have a Picasso master, I can fully meet your needs, but I don't know if your paintings are real, can you show them to the people present first? ”
Helis went straight to the point, he was really in a hurry.
"Of course, there is no problem with that, but considering that Picasso's paintings are very precious, in order to avoid the paintings being transferred or damaged, I can't take them all out, so let's take three out first, you can look at them first, Snake Team, please help you stare at them." Zhang Tianyuan will not relax his vigilance because of the identities of these people.
In this day and age, there are all kinds of strange things, he heard not long ago that a person with tens of millions of savings in his family actually went to the store to steal clothes, who can guarantee that these rich people will not be bad in order to get Picasso's paintings?
"Boy, we, the Helis family, have never done anything like that!" (To be continued......)