After finding a hotel to stay in, Zhang Yun rushed to Christie's with the gems. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It is a historic auction house. In 1766, a Scotsman from Perth, Australia, opened the first art auction house in London, his name was James Christie's, so the name of the auction house was "Christie's Auction Company". It's been almost 250 years since then.

Zhang Yun said that this is really a painful time.

With such a long history, it also has a good reputation. Van Gogh's famous painting of Sunflowers was auctioned here.

"Hello sir, how can I help you?"

As soon as I entered the room, a beautiful white woman in a beautiful dress walked over. Needless to say, this is a welcome for the auction house.

Hearing that Zhang Yun was about to auction the gems, he bowed down and led him into a reception room. He poured Zhang Yun a cup of coffee and told him to wait and go out to find the manager by himself.

After a while, a white man in a crisp suit and a shrewd and capable man walked in.

"Hello sir, I'm Charles, the account manager here. I heard you're planning to auction gemstones? ”

"Yes."

"I don't know if you brought it, can you show me."

Zhang Yun hesitated and took out a few gems. According to his estimate, these gems can only sell for a few million at most, and with Christie's reputation as an auction house, they will not be greedy.

It was all the gems he had in the box, except for the two most precious sapphires, which were identical.

Charles put on a white rubber glove and picked it up and looked at it twice. Inquire:

"I wonder if there is an appraisal report?"

Zhang Yun shook his head and said, "No." ”

"So where did you get them?"

"It's an ancestral treasure of my family."

That is, there is no proof of origin, the smile on Charles's face has not changed, and he said, "Then let's identify it first!" ”

After getting Zhang Yun's affirmation, he pressed a button on the table and whispered a few words to the button. After a while, an appraiser walked in, greeted the two men, took the gemstone, and examined it carefully with a tool.

This is not only to determine the authenticity, but also to estimate the value.

Charles smiled and chatted with Zhang Yun, worthy of doing business, Charles's level of speech is very high. In just a few words, Zhang Yun felt as if he was chatting with an old friend, and he didn't feel unfamiliar.

After a while, Charles pretended to ask inadvertently, "Sir, I wonder what you are going to use the auction money for?" I might be able to give some advice. ”

His eyes are very vicious, and it can be seen from Zhang Yun's demeanor that his background is very ordinary. Suddenly I got a sum of money, and I didn't know how to spend it. This may be his chance to earn a tip.

"I'm going to use it as a farm, and I want to raise birds, like canaries, parrots, and so on. After all, my hobby since I was a child was raising birds, and it would be wonderful if I could turn my dream into a job. ”

"It's a great idea, turning a hobby into a job, and that's what I've always been pursuing. And my dream is to fish, now ......."

Charles made a helpless gesture, amusing Zhang Yun.

"It's also very profitable to do this in Australia."

"No, I'm going back to China."

Now Charles was surprised. "Mr. Zhang, no. As far as I know, China is very strict about this management, and it is better to stay in Australia and set up a farm. Australia is a country of immigrants, which is better for the welfare of its citizens, and it is the origin of parrots, which is more suitable for parrots. ”

This caught Zhang Yun's attention, and he hadn't thought about running a farm in Australia. If you think about it, it's true that Australia is a country of immigrants, with more than 6 million immigrants and a total population of less than 24 million, with an average of one in four immigrants. People who heard it for the first time simply can't imagine it.

Immigration is a two-way choice, and only if you have the right conditions and are attractive enough, others will choose to immigrate. If it's not suitable, who will run here to find guilt with nothing to do.

If you can immigrate here, it is also a good choice.

Charles has been in business all year round and is shrewd, and when he sees him like this, he doesn't know that he is moved. Smiled slightly, and did not mention much in this regard.

After a while, the appraisal results came out, and as soon as he got the appraisal results, Zhang Yun's eyes suddenly widened.

He was not surprised, according to his estimate, it would be good if these gems could sell for a few million. Whoever thought of the appraisal estimated price would be $21 million. If converted into RMB, it is 100.5 million. Step into the ranks of billionaires in minutes.

This is only an estimate, you must know that the estimate is based on the market price is a lower estimate, if it is used for auction, the final transaction price can be increased a lot.

"Sir, this is the contract of the auction house, please take a look. Our auction house will take a 2% of the transaction value as a handling fee. If there are no problems, please sign it. ”

A contract with a thickness of more than ten pages was placed in front of him, where could Zhang Yun understand. But he believes Christie's won't joke with its 250-year reputation. After all, Christie's credibility is not comparable to this money.

After signing their names, the gems are handed over to the auction house for auction. After the auction, Zhang Yun will be able to get the money.

Zhang Yun couldn't sleep at night, browsing the information randomly. I have to say that Charles's words shocked him a lot. For legal reasons, it is true that the country is not a good place to breed parrots.

Moreover, his home is in the northeast, and the winters are very cold and freezing, and the parrots are mostly tropical species, and they rarely stand the temperature there. If you breed there, you have to warm it up in winter.

Coupled with the reasons of national policy, it can be said that there are many difficulties.

Unlike Australia, where parrots originate, it is the most suitable place to breed parrots.

Moreover, Australia is the second largest country in the world for immigrants, and its immigration policy is relatively relaxed to attract immigrants. Don't worry.

Eventually, it was decided to give Charles a call. Of course, Zhang Yun knew in his heart that the reason why Charles was so enthusiastic to help was because of the tip.

If he helped to do this, Zhang Yun would not be able to say anything at all. And the seller will thank him.

Only if the transaction is successful, such a large amount of money is not a problem to draw tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands.

The next day, Charles called and said he had found a seller. He had a farm for sale, a few hundred miles north of XN, near the Great Dividing Range, and it was a good choice for him to check it out.

It covers an area of 10,000 acres, and the price is not expensive, only 18 million Australian dollars.

When Zhang Yun got out of the car, he saw the person who came to pick him up at first glance. There was only one person holding a sign with the printed Chinese character "Zhang Yun" on it.

"You're Mr. York, I'm Zhang Yun from China, I heard that you are going to sell your farm, so I came to take a look."

The two shook hands, and Zhang Yun said.

"Just call me Old York. I've heard Charles mention that you're going to raise parrots, it's not that I'm blowing it up as a good place. Back in the day....... ”

Old York was an old white man of about sixty years, with a goatee, and by this time he had a lot of white beards, and he looked a little old. Wearing a denim suit, the whole body is washed up and down in white, looking very plain, but very clean.

Zhang Yun got the environment here from his mouth. Originally white people immigrated here and found it to be a good place to plant. The land was cultivated here to grow crops, and the harvest was good.

It's a pity that the parrot followed here. They take the crop as their own food, and then the farmer's nightmare begins.

These edible guys destroy crops in the field every day. Since it is harvested by machine, there are always crops that fall in the field, enough for them to eat for a year, and they are absolutely fine.

There was a stream nearby for them to drink. Some eat and some drink, and parrots are willing to leave and breed in large numbers here.

It is an absolute pleasure to have one or two parrots at home, to watch their graceful posture and teach them to speak.

But imagine if there were 30,000 or 40,000 parrots stealing food in the field, eating seedlings at first, growing up to eat straw, and ripening to eat fruits.

Even after harvesting, putting it in the granary and covering it with a thick canvas can't stop the parrot's sharp claws. They will bite holes in the canvas and steal food from it. I'm afraid that no peasant can stand it.