Chapter 385: The Auction Begins

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Lyogachev promised to help Jin Muchen auction off the antiques, but at that time he also raised his own concerns, that is, how to deal with the police, agents, and suspicious guys who came to track down the whereabouts of these cultural relics.

After all, the antiques that Jin Muchen plans to sell for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and these antiques are enough to make many outlaws go crazy.

What's more, those behind-the-scenes bosses who are never willing to let go, they will definitely send people to track down the whereabouts of this batch of treasures.

There are also those policemen who have been biting tightly, spies or something, even if the Russian black @ hand @ party is bold, but once these forces are united, it can also bite the elephant to death, once things develop to the point of uncontrollable, then even if they are ruthless enough to kill these people, then you can't do this auction?

What if you screen out everyone and do it on the ship, but what if the gunfire scares those distinguished guests?

Besides, rabbits can bite people when they are anxious, and dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious, in case of an accident during the screening and distinction, if those guys suddenly attack, the bullets have no eyes, and he can't guarantee the personal safety of those rich tycoons.

If those rich tycoons have an accident, then you still have a fart in this auction?

So after Liao Gachev raised this series of problems at that time, it really gave Jin Muchen a headache for a while, and finally he put his heart sideways and his teeth bitten.

Anyway, they all have to do it, so just do it.

Aren't you going to chase it? Then I will send you directly to God.

Doing so will not only remove the nails that have come in. Eliminate instability. At the same time, it is also for those who have been coveting these treasures. A warning to those who want to find out what is behind the museum robbery, we don't want to mess with it.

These are the people you're looking for!

This is a very good opportunity to deter Liwei, not to mention that he is pulling the tiger skin of the Russian black @hand @ party as a banner.

With such a murderous method, I believe that only they can do it in the world at present, and people who know a little bit of the inside story will think of them.

And such an opportunity to make a name for himself will not be missed by the Russians, even if it will cause American and British agents to hunt down. They probably didn't care.

After all, this matter is too 'booming', as long as it is said on the road, it is definitely a matter of double face, and this is a matter of adding points to yourself, so the Russians must not mind carrying this black cauldron.

So when Jin Muchen said this plan, Di Maggio was scared on the spot, but Liao Gachev only hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Anyway, they Russians are well-known for not being afraid of the sky and the earth, and even if they carry this pot this time, it will attract crazy retaliation from the British and American governments. But the benefits it can bring to them are unimaginable.

At least when fighting for territory in North America. Many local gangs that originally did not bird them will definitely retreat after hearing their name, which can save the lives of many brothers, and this is a good deal.

Surrendering without a fight is a supreme honor on the road, and just reporting a name can make the enemy retreat, how cool does it feel?

And this matter was pressed on his head, which is of great benefit to his own competition for the throne of the boss of the gang in the future.

"Haha, alright, the nails have been removed, let's start now."

Looking at the fireworks in the distance, Jin Muchen directly threw the detonator into the sea, and then said to Lyogatsev and Di Maggio.

Di Maggio and Lyogatsev glanced at each other, although they didn't mind working with Jin Muchen, but now they were a little reluctant to stay in the same room with him for a while, not to mention that now they all had another idea, that is, to go to the auction hall below and auction a few treasures for themselves.

For these gang members, those antiques are actually a very perfect money laundering tool, you must know that they can make tens of millions, hundreds of millions of income through illegal channels every year.

But this money can't be deposited in the bank, and it's not easy to take it out for investment, let people take it to launder, and it has to be commissioned, and the speed is still slow, the risk is still high, and the money has not been laundered, so it was taken by the police, the money was not spent, and they have not seen the tragedy of people being locked in.

What's more, even if the East Window incident happened and you were ready to run away, you had to bring a little softness, didn't you?

A million dollars in cash is a big box, heavy and heavy, and it is difficult to get through security, but if it is an antique, it is different.

Especially the antique oil paintings or ancient Chinese paintings that are the favorite of the underworlds, this thing can be worth millions of dollars in an ordinary piece, and a high-end one can be exchanged for tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of banknotes.

And it is also very convenient to carry around, a roll of drawing paper, or a clip into the clothes, you can take it away, and the realization is also very aspect, where is this antique, this is not a large denomination banknote?

This is one of the main reasons why Western oil paintings are so popular!

Many of the lost famous European oil paintings were actually collected by those 'underground workers'!

And this time, the people who came to participate in this auction were not only rich people or representatives of wealthy people from all over the world, but also many underground bigwigs from all over the world.

For example, the representatives of the Yamaguchi-gumi, as well as those drug @ lords from Central and South America, compared to those inconvenient banknotes, these portable works of art are their favorites.

So Dimache and Lyogatsev didn't want to miss such an opportunity, after all, as partners this time, Jin Muchen promised them if they participated in the auction.

As long as they take pictures, then three of them, they have the opportunity to enjoy a 50% discount, such a good thing should not be missed.

Di Macho was on the throne because of Jin Muchen's help, so he didn't have the benefit of a commission in this auction, so he couldn't miss this opportunity to enjoy the discount.

Lyogatsev is the same, because he won the opportunity to participate in the construction of the new logistics port in Naples without blood, so he also has no chance to get a commission, so he can't miss this discount either.

Now that the auction has begun, of course the two of them have to go and have a good time.

Jin Muchen, on the other hand, did not need to appear at the auction site, because it had already been handed over to the professionals 'invited' by Liao Gatsev to take care of it.

He went to the VIP room at the back and turned on several wall-mounted TVs on the wall, from which he could see the surveillance footage from all angles of the auction site.

The auction was set in the ballroom of the original cruise ship, but it was much more modified than the MSC Star, with carpets on the floor and many sofa chairs.

And all kinds of drinks, drinks, and snacks were all openly served, and the rich people sitting there had all recovered from the shock caused by the big fireworks just now.

Why those guys died, they all know very well, they don't feel guilty and cry for those guys, after all, there are not many people who can get into their current wealth and status, but there are not many people who are kind and soft-hearted, and even the road to fortune for many of them is a bloody road......

Anyway, everyone came here with a clear goal, that is, those stolen artworks, and the auctioneer didn't sell them here, after all, this is not an ordinary auction, everyone is in a hurry.

So as soon as the auction opened, it was straight to the real thing, and the opening was the stolen Western oil paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Of course, Jin Muchen will not sell all of these oil paintings, he kept a few of the most valuable ones, such as Van Gogh's "Orwell's House", as well as Vermeer's "Concert", and Renbrandt's self-portrait, the total price of the Dutch Three Musketeers' works is more than 500 million US dollars, and the potential for appreciation in the future is also very high, Jin Muchen does not seem to be blindly shooting.

There was also a pair of Pauls. Cézanne's portrait of his wife, and he took out the rest.

Like Edgar. Degas's Little Fourteen Dancer, Mary. Cassatt's "In the Box", Renoir's "Girl Picking Flowers in the Grass", Camille. Two peasant women on the meadow, by Bilosa, Gustav. Caillebot's "Fruit Exhibition" and so on.

These paintings are in the top 10 of the most popular antique paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as selected by the Americans themselves.

They are all masterpieces, and they are all popular works, and such oil paintings are often the most popular at auction, if you follow the normal auction process.

That must be reserved as the finale, and it will certainly not be released at the same auction, it must be hyped first, and then each auction will come up with a pair for the finale, so that the auction company and the seller can get the most benefit.

But this is not a serious auction, everyone is in a hurry, so those flower heads don't have to be brought, and they will be real knives and guns as soon as they come up.

Before the auction began, professional appraisers sent by the wealthy came to the stage to browse and verify the authenticity of these paintings, and these appraisers were all connoisseurs.

So it was quickly determined that the paintings were genuine, and then the auction began.

You must know that if a single pair of these paintings is put up for auction on the market normally, then basically each pair will have a minimum reserve price of two or three hundred million US dollars, but here, the starting price of each painting is only 10 million US dollars.

This is much lower than a normal auction, and when the auctioneer shouted such a reserve price, almost all the rich and representatives felt that everyone had come to the right place in this auction.

This starting point is half or more than the normal auction, which shows that the seller is still quite sincere! (To be continued......)