Chapter 094: Auction
Stayed in Paul's private hunting ground for three days, except for the results of the first day, An Feng did not gain much in the last two days, but took a few girls to tour the mountains and rivers, look at the scenery and take photos, during which the guns were fired to scare away a few bold black-tailed deer, if it was not for the time, they would have died.
After a very pleasant three days of pastoral life, everyone packed their luggage, said goodbye to the owner of the hunting ground, and went back to their respective homes. Joanna went back to Berkeley to study, but she was close to graduation, and she didn't have much to do as she had already completed her credits.
An Feng is more laid-back than her, in a daze, sleeping lazily and basking in the sun, and occasionally attending flight school lessons...... It wasn't until two weeks later that John's negotiations with HG came out with two options: first, the other party agreed with him to transfer two patents, and exchanged the valuation for 5% of the company's shares.
The second way: do not take shares, but have a 25% share of the sales of weight loss drugs, and pay Anfeng an additional $5 million.
For a listed company with a market value of more than one billion, this is an increase in their offer, which is enough to prove the courage of the other party and the boldness of John. An Feng thought about it for a second and decisively chose the latter. What can a 5% stake do? And the score of 25% diet pills is amazing!
An Feng changed into a suit and walked towards the helicopter parked in the courtyard, Guli was dressed in a black suit with sunglasses as always, carrying a black document bag and walking in front to open the way.
Guli once criticized, he said that his black super dress is used to scare ordinary people, and the really powerful security personnel usually hide in the dark in the way of a secret post and live a low-key life.
But why is this still the case?
Because An Feng is currently an ordinary character, it has not developed to the point where everyone shouts and beats...... An Feng agrees with his chief security officer, and he is not a rat who does not see the light. If that time really comes, he will buy a security company, or simply a PMC, and go out with a thousand bodyguards......
In this world, money can do a lot of things, especially for an open capitalist society like the United States, they have no principles for money, and even the central bank (Fed) is private, what else can't money do? A few days ago, Guli went to court for the first time, and An Feng hired the most powerful immigration lawyer.
Things are going well, and in the court not long after, there was no accident for Guri to get a green card, his case was relatively simple, his application for political asylum was relatively timely, and there were lawyers who were willing to spend a lot of money to hire a lawyer, plus to prove that he had contributed to society, etc., the judge would be sympathetic.
After getting on the plane and flying directly to Los Angeles, the tarmac has been built, and when you pass over the building, you can see a big "H" letter down.
Unfortunately, it has not yet been completed, and it will take about a week to officially park the plane, An Feng took a few greedy glances and continued to park at Santa Monica Airport. Transfer to the SUV to the research center, the special elevator goes up to the top floor, John has been waiting in An Feng's office for a long time, and after An Feng arrived, he went straight to the point.
After spending so much time with An Feng, John has already touched his temperament: simple and direct.
"At your request, a representative from HG will arrive in half an hour," John said. Your lawyer, Mr. Franklin Miller, arrived in ten minutes. ”
"Well done!"
An Feng stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, with his hands behind his back, looking at the traffic outside, open-minded. I feel like it's good to be the boss once in a while.
When he talked to the other party for half an hour, he retracted the previous nonsense. He was playing a translation game in his head with his eyes open, and the representatives of the other side were still talking and wanted to have other collaborations with the research center. Franklin and his aides flipped through the agreement documents.
It seems like a few years have passed...... An Feng thinks. Franklin nodded at him: "Mr. An, confirm that there is no problem, you can sign a contract." ”
"Good!" An Feng raised his hand, handed over the pen, he grabbed the signature pen in the contract where the pen needs to be signed, the signature of the combination of Chinese and English is very spectacular - it must be spectacular to spend a lot of money to hire someone to design. Americans are highly aware of the law, so there are many places where contract documents need to be signed.
After signing a bunch of names, An Feng threw away the pen and shook hands with the other party, with a fake smile on his face. The other party is very polite, how can you say that you are also a partner, can you treat your parents politely? An Feng personally saw off the other party - walked about ten meters or so, because the elevator arrived.
"Bye-bye!" An Feng had a smile on his face.
The strength of HG company is still very strong, the weight loss drugs they developed reached 600 million sales in three years, but they were fined tens of millions due to damage, and they were warned by the FDA to delist the product.
An Feng is polite to this kind of partner, because he still has many patents in his hands, and if necessary, he can win an absolute controlling stake in intellectual property rights alone...... He then hung up with Roger, and in two days there was a local spring auction to attend.
Since this is an auction company owned by the Bruine family, the invitation letter was also sent to An Feng, he was not interested in the auction, but when he saw that in the luxury column, there were some top watch brands in the world, such as Patek Philippe, Lange & Söhne, Blancpain, etc., and he was excited.
What's more, it has just arrived at five million, and now it is not bad money.
It usually takes more than a year to order a personalized watch, and it is normal for a top-level watch to spend five or six years, so An Feng wants to be direct.
Two days later.
The black Mercedes-Benz SUV stopped at the door of the auction company, and the car door was pulled by a special person, An Feng, who was dressed in a suit, got out of the car, strode towards the door, hugged Roger in a white suit at the door, and made a veneer salute with Miranda, who was dressed in red, and everyone walked into the venue together.
The Spring Festival auction is not small, from luxury watches to jewelry, and will be held over three days to warm up for the auction in the new year. Either the rich or the collectors arrived, and there were also famous cars at the door to bring guests to the door. After taking their seats, An Feng and Roger talked about the theme of today's auction.
Roger is a typical rich kid who doesn't do anything and often attends such celebrity occasions. He is facing high-end people, eating and drinking with them, making friends, even if he only takes one order a month, such as a big order like An Feng, do you say you make money? So Roger is a high-end bastard.
Roger raised the auction advertisement in his hand: "As an insider, I'll give you a thorough explanation." Tonight's highlight is three watches with minute repeaters, perpetual calendars, and tourbillons, which are launched by Patek Philippe and Breguet respectively, which are very rare, and the estimated value is generally more than 400,000 US dollars. ”
At this point, Roger did not boast that minute repeaters, perpetual calendars and tourbillons were basically standard in the top watches, and the intricate craftsmanship combined with the exquisite workmanship made every watch equipped with this function as a standard watch a sought after by collectors. As for those so-called carat diamonds and 24K gold watches, if there are no above items, it is basically either boring TV 998 shopping or low-end goods.
An Feng had done his homework beforehand, so he was not specialized, but he could talk a lot. For example, in the watchmaking industry, the top brand is undoubtedly Patek Philippe of Switzerland, and the rest of Lange & Söhne, Blancpain, Breguet and Audemars Piguet are also top brands, which are all worthy of pursuit in the eyes of professional collectors.
"This watch is good!" Roger pointed to one of the pages of the advertising book, a limited edition produced by Breguet, with a high-end minute repeater, a perpetual calendar and a tourbillon, which compensates for the errors of time caused by gravity, and which is a highly collectible edition in honor of its founder.
An Feng looked at it, turned the first few pages, and pointed to one of them: "I still like this one." ”
Roger glanced at it and said with a smile: "Good eye, Patek Philippe's cutting-edge models, masterpieces of high complications, and day and night display functions also mean a lot of value." ”
An Feng didn't know its specific origin, but he just felt that Perkin's bezel was low-key and luxurious, he didn't like that kind of golden watch, and he would be blinded at a glance, which felt the same as the kind of man who hung two catties of gold trowels around his neck and would float up when soaked in water.
Then the auction began, and An Feng recognized the watch.
The starting price is 400,000 yuan, An Feng watched others increase the price all the way, and every time he soared, he scolded secretly, grass! It's all a bunch of rich guys, is it easy to buy a watch yourself? When the voice slowed down, he began to hold up the signs, and the one with the other was very slow, and everyone was calm and relaxed.
After the most rose to 620,000, it was about to exceed its recommended price, An Feng glanced at a middle-aged fat man in a gray suit in front of him, right! He also happened to turn around, and the two looked at each other, both smiling at each other, but An Feng couldn't wait to kill him in his heart, damn! He continued to hold up the card, adding it down.
The fat man also lifted, after reaching this price, the other bidders gave up one after another, the collection is rational, and this price exceeds the value they recognize in their hearts.
In the end, this watch was photographed by An Feng for 660,000 yuan, and he smiled majestically at the middle-aged fat man.
The middle-aged fat man also smiled heartily.
Roger said: "I know that guy, he's the director of Bombardier in the western region of the United States, and if you want to buy an airplane, I can recommend it to you." ”
An Feng was stunned, the rhythm was a little wrong.