Chapter 656: 32 Oil Paintings (I)
Regarding Rogov's proposal, Li Yi thought about it carefully, and it didn't seem to be unacceptable. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
In China, there are brokers who play antiques, and although the commission paid each time will be discussed separately, there will also be an approximate percentage range. In the case that your own information is not very smooth, this fee is essential. After all, even if you trade through an auction, you often have to pay more than 10% of the commission.
Of course, the commission of the auction is high, one is because the auction price has a benchmark effect, which has obvious guidance for the next transaction, and the other is that the buyer may be interested in the endorsement of the antique by the auction. Although most of the antiques auctioned by the auction house will not give a clear guarantee, in fact, in order for the auction house to survive, the proportion of counterfeiting must also be controlled, so most people who are not very proficient in antiques are still willing to vote for the credibility of the auction house.
For private transactions, neither can be obtained, so the commission should be lower, but the specific extent to which it should be lowered is up to the buyer and the intermediary to negotiate.
The ratio of 5% is not outrageous, but this is not outrageous, and there is a prerequisite, that is, the amount of the transaction.
The larger the transaction amount, the lower the proportion of the commission, and vice versa, a little higher, which is also a common criterion in the collecting world.
So Li Yi thought about it for a while and gave his own conditions.
5% of transactions below $10 million is fine, but above $10 million, it can't be like this.
His idea is that 30 million, 60 million, or even hundreds of millions, each node should set a lower commission ratio, after all, without the endorsement of the auction house, the larger the amount, the greater the risk borne by the buyer, at this time, it is a little unreasonable to let the buyer pay a large amount of commission, although for Li Yi, the risk of buying fakes cannot exist at all, but Luo Guofu doesn't know!
So, the two communicated in the car for a while, and negotiated the proportion of the commission according to the node set by Li Yi.
After the matter was settled, Rogov was also a little excited, because, if done properly, a business of more than $80 million would soon be closed under his introduction, and although the two parties were bartering, it did not prevent him from getting his fair share of the commission.
And Li Yi also needs this deal to consolidate Rogov's confidence in him, which is a good thing for both parties, just like he asked Tian Zechuan to help him negotiate with the Japanese, and in the end he donated a few antiques It is also a reason, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers.
The motivation to have interest stimulation is endless, the next day, when Li Yi was still waiting for the news from Gu Feng to come back, Luo Guofu took the lead in calling over, Adolf had already done it, "Autumn Mountain Xiao Temple" plus "Our Lady of the Goldfinch", plus 10 million euros, in exchange for Li Yi's "Summer Carnival"!
"This Rogov, it's okay to be a middleman, if you buy antiques from him, you really have to be careful not to be cheated by him!"
At that time, after leaving Adolf's place, Li Yi once mentioned to Rogov, hoping that Adolf would compensate him with some more cash, and he remembered that he said $10 million.
But now, $10 million has become 10 million euros, and that's a difference of almost $3 million, half of which, according to their agreement, should have been Rogov's.
"It seems that Tan Moxuan must be involved as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too much of a loss!"
In fact, Li Yi did not have much resistance to Rogov's behavior of taking commissions and bonuses, because these are minor problems compared to the benefits he obtains. However, what makes him angry is that his bargaining power is so weak? Leave this guy with a hole every time!
The good news is that it has been received, but the transaction cannot be carried out immediately, because the fat elephant has just returned to China at this time, and it will take at least another day to see the "Summer Carnival", plus the time for Adolf's appraisal, it will be considered fast to be able to sell it within three or five days.
After complimenting Luo Guofu well, Li Yi finally waited for Gu Feng's call, which was great news!
"Brother Yi, I'm afraid we're going to send it now!"
"Sent it? What's going on? β
"That's right, we all guessed wrong, the piece of paper is not the account information, but the bank safe. When I arrived in Lucerne, I found a private bank called Capelna. I first opened an account with a pseudonym, and found that it was not the same as the format recorded on the paper, and then I took the opportunity to ask privately, and found that this format may record the information of the safe of the Capelna Bank, which has not changed its rules since its establishment for more than 100 years! β
"Then I went straight to the person in charge of the bank, gave him the information, and after he checked it, he asked some questions routinely, and then he took me to the bank's vault, and guess what I saw?"
"What do you see?"
"Oil painting! Lots of paintings! Combined, there are 32 large and small! β
Poof, Li Yi sprayed directly, it was deposited in the bank safe more than 70 years ago, even if these are the works of some contemporary painters at that time, it is also very valuable at this time, okay? What's more, there are 32 pieces, there should always be a few old objects, right?
It's been sent, it's really sent!
"Wouldn't it be strange that a safe that hadn't been used for more than 70 years suddenly came to an Asian and claimed it?"
If it's just an ordinary account, even if there are some deposits, even if the deposit has multiplied several times after more than 70 years, it's not too much of a problem. Because, if it is exposed, it is nothing more than to tell the truth, and if you don't want this money, it shouldn't be much anyway.
However, the situation is different now, 32 old oil paintings, even if there are half, no, even if only one is made by a famous artist, it is an astonishing fortune. What's more, what can be treasured and stored in the bank safe will be some ordinary works?
"They're going to be suspicious, and maybe they've even called the police. But this time they are afraid that they will have to pay for their own caution, and it is their biggest mistake to control me at the time and let me take things with me! β
"Brother Yi, rest assured, I have gotten rid of the tracking and am now preparing to rush to the next bank. It's a pity that the other safes in this bank won't have a chance to open again in the short term. β
"If you don't have a chance, you don't have a chance, or you don't go to another one, the risk is too great."
"No, if you want to go, you have to go now, otherwise after the news spreads, there will be no chance, don't worry, I won't be exposed so easily. Okay, Brother Yi, I won't tell you, I'm already there. β
Hanging up the phone, Li Yi took out the piece of paper, Lucerne Capelna Bank, is the account recorded on the piece of paper, no, the bank with the most safes, there are as many as 5!
There are 32 paintings in one safe, but what about the other four? I'll wipe it, I really should have asked Gu Feng to bring these messages over!
However, if five pieces of information were to be taken at once, the bank might have taken control measures at that time, and it is likely that the 32 paintings would not have been obtained......
Thinking of this, Li Yi's heart suddenly jumped, it's too bad, I forgot to remind Gu Feng!
It occurred to him that since Lucerne Capelna Bank was suspicious, the next bank would be suspicious as well. It's just that Capelna Bank didn't take this kind of control on the spot, and it doesn't mean that the next bank will do the same, if ...... Wouldn't it be worse if the bank had brought people under control on the spot?
Quickly grabbed the phone and dialed Gu Feng directly, he didn't care about exposing it at this time, it was a big deal to hand over the information in his hand, what else could they do with him?
"Uh...... Brother Yi, I'm afraid it won't be so good luck this time, this message is recorded in an account, the principal is only 520,000 US dollars, and now, they are calculating the interest ......"
Hearing Gu Feng say that he was not so lucky, although his tone was calm, Li Yi was still startled. Luckily, the guy explained it later.
"Gu Feng, listen to me, if it's a deposit account, no matter how much money we have, it's not uncommon for us to have more money, you leave right now, I'm afraid they're dragging you with the trick of calculating interest......"
"Don't worry, Brother Yi, I have already arranged a retreat before I came, as long as they don't send a large army at the beginning, don't want to leave me...... Wait, it's been calculated, with interest, the current amount is 10,000, how can it be so high? β
"This is normal, post-war reconstruction requires a large amount of money, it is already difficult for banks to collect deposits, plus it is a private bank, it is not surprising how high the interest rate is, you don't care about these now, leave immediately, we don't want this money!"
"Okay, the bank is asking me if I want to transfer to a new account."
"No, leave immediately, everything is about safety."
Half an hour later, Li Yi received another call from Gu Feng, and the bank didn't react at all!
"Brother Yi, why don't you send me the rest of the information, and I'll take a look at them one by one?"
Li Yi smiled bitterly,
"No, there are 11 messages in total, and 3 of them have collapsed. The one that just followed you took up another five, and now there are only two left, and one of them is also opened at the bank you just went to......"
On the phone, Gu Feng said "uh", and then said:
"Brother Yi, you can find someone to help translate the rest of the article. You give me these two pieces of information, the one of the Lucerne Capelna Bank indicates the city, so it is a safe, and although this one is also two words, the name of the bank itself is composed of these two words, so ......"
Li Yi immediately understood, on the piece of paper, there are a total of 8 pieces of information composed of two words, if these two words are the name of the bank, then, the information it represents cannot be a safe, because the bank safe cannot flow at will like funds. That is to say, the 3 pieces of information that were posted on the collapsed bank should also be normal deposit accounts, and now, there is really nothing to be sorry for.
"I'll find someone to translate right away, and you should be ready to come back, I guess even if it's a safe, it will definitely not be comparable to your harvest this time."
Li Yi trusts his own judgment, because most of the things that can be stored in the bank safe are some precious jewelry or gold and other things, on the contrary, it is estimated that the use of the safe to store antiques may not be able to meet one of the hundreds.
Compared to the possible value of these paintings, what can be done with more gold and jewelry? In other words, although there are still 4 safes in Lucerne Capelna Bank that have not been opened, it is likely that he has already obtained the most valuable treasure among them!
In this case, instead of causing trouble because of greed and exposing it collectively, it is better to simply abandon it generously!
However, even if this is the case, there should be a problem to be aware of. That is, although these 32 paintings are all from the same safe, it cannot be simply determined that they are stolen goods from the Nazis. What if, the guy who opened the account was a gallery owner back then, or was he a collector of paintings and calligraphy?
If it wasn't really stolen by the Nazis, and there were some world-famous paintings among the paintings, then there would probably be some trouble about the ownership of these paintings. Moreover, even if they were stolen goods from the Nazis, it is possible that these paintings would have been on the catalogue for recovery.
But what can it be? For more than 70 years, no one has claimed it, so the whereabouts of that family can be imagined, and he will be so noble that he will give away the benefits in vain to cheapen the so-called museums that are the same as him and do not have the right to own?
Pull it down, why don't you talk about the things that you robbed a few years ago that belonged to our ancestors?
nndοΌ It doesn't matter if you have a record or not, let's talk about it all first! It's a big deal, everyone is slowly pulling the skin!
Besides, now Huaxia is not the weak chicken that it was a few years ago, it's really not good, hand over things to Wang Haoqing, with the country as a backer, even if you return it, you can always get something back!
After thinking about it for a while, Li Yi smiled at these oil paintings with peace of mind, he is not a guy with a habit of cleanliness in his mind!
"Brother Yi, it's translated, it doesn't seem to have a city name, it's just a bank name."
Within a few minutes, Hongchen returned to the room, he had already asked the front desk to help him translate, and the remaining message was indeed the name of a bank.
Li Yi nodded, called Gu Feng, come back, he was already impatient to see what treasures he had harvested this time!
Just after dinner time, Gu Feng rushed back, Li Yi couldn't wait to take the big suitcase from his hand, picked up an oil painting from it and opened it carefully, and in an instant, his mouth opened into a big O-shape!
This Nima is really lucky, isn't it?! (To be continued.) )