Chapter 40: The Billionaire
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As soon as he sat down, the man from the Ritchie Bros. auction house stretched out his right hand at Zhang Yuan.
"Kobe Wright, president of Ritchie Bros.
Shi Xiangyong introduced on the side.
Zhang Yuan didn't expect that the other party was actually the president of Ritchie Bros. Auction House, and he quickly shook the other party's hand.
"Zhang Yuan, a rich man from China, the original owner of the gem."
Shi Xiangyong introduced Zhang Yuan again.
"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Zhang."
Kobe Wright held Zhang Yuan's hand and said with a smile.
"Me too."
Zhang Yuan smiled back.
Ritchie Bros. Auction House is a well-known auction house in Canada, and a person who can be the president of such an auction house has a personal net worth or something, not to mention his personal net worth, and the circle of contacts represented behind it is quite terrifying, Zhang Yuan knows that if he wants to mix well in any country, he needs to have a relatively broad network, so he doesn't mind knowing more people.
In the past, he didn't have a chance, but now through the gem rough and Shi Xiangyong, he has the opportunity to expand his circle, and a fool will not grasp it.
met Kobe Wright, and Shi Xiangyong introduced him to another person.
Phils Bright, the general manager of the Ontario branch of the Bank of Canada, seems to be a very experienced young man, and his palms are very calm and powerful when shaking hands.
After a few people got to know each other, the conversation went straight to the point.
"Our company is very grateful to Mr. Zhang for trusting us to hand over these four precious rough gemstones to us for auction, so we have decided to waive all handling fees and auction the gemstones for you free of charge. This is the result of the auction, Mr. Zhang, please take a look. ā
Kobe Wright handed over a folder, Zhang Yuan reached out to take it, and his heart couldn't help but beat a few times. He took a deep breath, forced the throbbing in his heart down, and reached open the folder.
Folders are tucked away with several auction reports, each with a corresponding report for each rough gemstone, a photograph on it, an estimate from the auction house, and, a final auction price.
Zhang Yuan only glanced at it, and his breath suddenly stagnated. He hurriedly flipped through the following sheets, and after writing down all the numbers, he silently calculated in his heart - 42 million!
The largest, and highest-quality, rough diamond sold for nearly $30 million on its own. The other three rough stones are of relatively low quality, but each one ranges from 3 million to 5 million, and the four stones add up to a total of $42 million. Coupled with the $50 million that Alec gave him before, and the manor worth tens of millions, his net worth at the moment has steadily exceeded 100 million, and it is dollars.
When converted into RMB, it is nearly 700 million!
Even with the power of the druid, Zhang Yuan still felt that his heart was at risk of stopping.
700 million yuan!
100 million dollars!
He couldn't have imagined it before, let alone making so much money, he had never seen so much money. He has grown so big, and the biggest sum of money he has ever seen at one time is that the company took out 300,000 yuan at one time when it issued the year-end bonus. It was a full thirty yuan, stacked high on the table.
And now? His own net worth is already 100 million dollars, what a huge pile it must be? What if it is converted to RMB? How big a room can fit in?
When he had tens of millions before, although he thought it was incredible in his heart, he didn't think about it so much. But now that the number has exceeded 100 million, it has reached a new level, and in a more understandable sentence - he Zhang Yuan has officially become a real billionaire from this moment!
The others didn't speak, quietly waiting for Zhang Yuan to adjust his state.
Kobe Bryant and Fils both looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile, and although Shi Xiangyong was also smiling, he couldn't hide the look of envy and jealousy in his eyes. Of course, he will be envious and jealous, in fact, there is no one who is not envious and jealous. That's tens of millions of dollars, not thousands of dollars, in fact, if it was Zhang Yuan in the past, if that colleague could have a bonus of thousands of dollars more than others, he would also be envious and jealous.
And when this number is magnified tens of thousands of times, who can still treat it with a normal heart?
Zhang Yuan took a few deep breaths in a row, which calmed down his mood, but his face was still a little red, obviously the impact of this money on him was huge.
"I have to say, Mr. Zhang, I have to congratulate you."
Kobe Bryant stretched out his hand again, and Zhang Yuan shook his hand.
"You're such an enviable fellow, I heard you also have a very beautiful estate? No, I must take a look at it when I have time to see how enviable the life of the so-called billionaire is. ā
Kobe's words made Shi Xiangyong look sideways, he didn't know much about Zhang Yuan, but he knew these foreigners. They won't play the domestic game, as much as they want. $40 million is $40 million, and they won't change it to RMB at the same time as the numbers are exposed, although according to the exchange rate, the $40 million is equivalent to hundreds of millions of RMB. But now that Kobe Bryant said this, this obviously means that Zhang Yuan's net worth, even if calculated in US dollars, has exceeded 100 million!
Shi Xiangyong was suddenly a little dizzy, he didn't understand what kind of great god he had encountered.
A net worth of over 100 million dollars?
No kidding.
Immediately afterwards, Fils's words answered the doubts in his mind.
"Yes, I'd love to come along if I could. It is said that Mr. Zhang's estate is rich in wine, and it would be a pity not to taste it. ā
"No problem, if you have time, let's go to my manor to have fun, but I'm afraid it won't work these days, you know, everything in my manor has just started, and I'm busy building during this time, and it's full of masonry and dirt, it's really not pretty."
Of course, Zhang Yuan would not refuse them.
"Of course, I can't give you tens of millions of benefits. But I didn't come empty-handed, I brought you a gift that best suited your identity."
Fils said, reaching for a small box.
Zhang Yuan took it suspiciously, opened it and saw that there was a black card lying in the small box.
"It's ......"
Zhang Yuan was stunned when he saw this card, not only him, but even Shi Xiangyong next to him was also stunned.
"Black Gold Centurion Credit Card, we have a partnership between the Bank of Canada and American Express Inc., and we can issue the most basic Black Gold Centurion Card on behalf of American Express. Mr. Zhang, you may also know what this kind of card represents......" Fils smiled, "That's right, this kind of card is a status symbol, and only successful people who meet the criteria are eligible for this kind of card, and Mr. Zhang, you have undoubtedly met the criteria for issuing a card, so we take the liberty of inviting you to join the real rich club without your consent." ā