Therefore, at the suggestion of Mr. Li, before leaving New York, Pepe insured a huge amount of money for each treasure, and then entrusted FedEx to haul all the sealed boxes to Hong Kong after packing and sealing them. (Of course, these sealed boxes are all decorations, and the real treasures have long been transferred back to the space by Pepe)

At present, FedEx has hauled the sealed boxes to their warehouse in Hong Kong.

Pepe plans to retrieve the boxes from FedEx warehouses when she returns to Hong Kong from Japan.

Then, after replacing all the treasures that really need to be exhibited, set up a set of anti-theft formations for the interior of the museum. After all of this is done, the museum can officially open its doors to the public.

In terms of itinerary, by the end of June, Pepe will be able to complete all of this and leave Hong Kong for the United States.

In this way, time passed in a hurry, and Pepe only stayed in Hong Kong for two days temporarily, and then hurried to Japan to participate in the warm auction by himself.

As soon as Pepe's plane arrived at Tokyo International Airport in Japan, the courtesy car arranged by the Centurion Black Gold Card was already waiting outside the airport on time.

After Pepe got into the courtesy car, the driver drove him straight to the six-star hotel that had been booked in advance, the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo.

Because she was the only one staying at the hotel, Pepe did not book the presidential suite of the highest standard, but booked a high-end business suite.

As soon as you arrive at the door of the hotel. Pepe felt like a spring breeze VIP service - from the car parked at the door of the hotel, to entering the hotel gate, to the check-in counter, to the elevator and exit, until entering his room, all the service staff he met along the way were constantly bowing to Pepe!

Just walk along the way, you don't have to deliberately look down, what you see and hear is the service staff bowing your head and waist, this feeling, just two words can be described - double cool! It's no wonder that many travel magazines have rated Japan's service attitude as the best in the world.

After a night's rest in the hotel, Pepe got into an exclusive courtesy car and rushed to the scene of the warm shooting party in the afternoon of the next day.

After showing his invitation to the receptionist at the door. Pepe was ushered into the venue.

At this time. There were still nearly ten minutes or so before the official start of the venue, Pepe asked for a catalogue brochure from the service staff, and sat on the corner and quietly flipped through the catalogue brochure.

Looking through the introduction of the lot catalogue of the warm auction meeting, Pepe found it. It turned out that the theme of this warm auction was Islamic culture.

Islamic culture is one of the three major religious cultures in the world. At the same time, it is also one of the world's five major regional cultures. Originated in Western Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa from the 7th to 10th centuries AD. It is based on the Islamic faith propagated by Muhammad, who is worshiped as a prophet by the Islamic religion, and is a fusion of Arab, Persian and Turkic cultures.

At present, all the antiquities and antiques of Islamic areas in circulation in the international market are basically lost to various collectors through the Iraq War.

In 2003. The United States unilaterally launched a military strike against Iraq on the grounds that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and secretly supported terrorists, bypassing the voting process of the United Nations Security Council.

So far, the joint forces led by the United States and Britain have not withdrawn from Iraq. (The war in Iraq lasted more than seven years until August 2010, when U.S. combat troops withdrew from Iraq, and it was not until December 18, 2011, that the last U.S. troops formally withdrew from Iraq.) ）

Therefore, all the various lots listed in the catalogue as representatives of Islamic culture, even Pepe, who is no longer interested in politics, can guess at a glance that these lots are from Iraq!

There are more than 20 lots in the catalogue on the introduction column, and the origin and history of these lots are clearly marked - they are all precious artifacts from the looted National Museum of Iraq, which belong to the Mesopotamian culture earlier than the Islamic culture!

Once regarded as one of the world's cultural treasures, the National Museum of Iraq was founded in the 20s of the 20th century, and its collection covers precious artifacts from the Neolithic period of the two river basins, to the Sumerian city-states, the Babylonian Empire, the Assyrian Empire, and modern Arabia. Prior to the start of the Iraq War, the museum was listed as the 11th largest museum in the world by UNESCO.

And this treasure house of world culture, after being sacked by the combined forces mainly of the United States and British troops, countless treasures were lost overseas, and they were placed in various auction houses for bidding!

It is also because there are too many collections that once belonged to the National Museum of Iraq in the antique market, so these treasures that should be priceless have been reduced due to the large circulation in the market.

Pepe saw that in the catalogue of today's warm auction, there are precious ones: cuneiform tablets, an ancient script originating from the Tigris and Euphrates river basins. There are three text plates, with the lowest one starting at $200,000 and the highest at just $300,000.

This is not a high benchmark for starting prices, as these ancient cuneiform tablets are niche collectibles that are mostly interested in scholarly professionals who study these cultures.

Compared with the popularity of these cuneiform tablets, what is more popular in the market are the various "mosaic inlay crafts" that also flow from the National Museum of Iraq!

Since the third century B.C., the ancient primitive people of the two river basins have learned to use cut pebbles of various colors as inlay materials, and this technique was not officially named "Mosa?que" by ancient Rome until the first century B.C.! (Mosaic mosaic technique)

"Mosa?que" is an ancient technique that has been passed down for thousands of years, and almost all of the hundreds of "Mosa?que" in the collection of the National Museum of Iraq have been smuggled to the overseas art market after being looted by the Iraq War because of their small size, easy to hide and easy to transport.

At today's warm auction meeting, the organizers took out a total of six "Mosa?que" for auction.

The starting prices for these "Mosa?ques" are in the range of $1 million to $3 million, and the starting prices are also differentiated according to the size of the lots.

Because the smaller and easier it is to hide and transport, the more valuable it is, and among all the items that have been lost from the National Museum of Iraq, in addition to the "Mosa?que", there are all kinds of ancient coins and various roller stamps.

Most of the ancient coins are made of gold, and the number of ancient coins that will flow out of this warm auction is quite large, and the starting price varies according to the age of circulation of each ancient coin. The lowest one starts at $100,000 and the highest is $800,000.

There are also various roller stamps, look at the photo display and text description on the catalog, these roller stamps are also mostly made of gold, and some of the stamps have a variety of precious stones inlaid with exquisite patterns on the handles.

As one of the finale lots, there is a gold and gemstone cylinder seal used by a king during the ancient Babylonian Empire that lasted for about 2,500 years, with a starting price of 8 million US dollars!

After reading the brochure of the lot catalogue in his hand, Pepe has a general goal for his trip.

The gold and gemstone roller seal used by the ancient Babylonian king, she was sure to take it!

In addition, the six "Mosa?que" in the catalogue photos are also extremely exquisite, which is within the scope of Pepe's aesthetic preferences, and the starting price is not outrageous. Therefore, Pepe plans to take all six "Mosa?que" in one go!

As for the other lots, in order to enrich the collection of his private museum, he also intends to buy both the ancient coins and the cuneiform tablet Pepe.

Soon, the warm shooting party officially began.

In other words, in addition to being super rich, she also has a golden finger magic power that no one else has-releasing her divine sense to influence others.

Therefore, in the following time, as long as it is Pepe's eye-catching baby, when the price auction reaches a certain stage, she will raise the sign in her hand and start to participate in the bidding. At the same time, in order to ensure that she won, she also used her divine sense to influence those opponents who bid with her to give up the bid.

So, there was such a scene in the auction - basically as long as Pepe raised his hand to participate in the bidding, the other bidders followed and all gave up the bidding.

Some onlookers are speculating - what kind of great person is this girl, why as long as she raises the brand, other bidders dare not follow suit?

After this warm shooting party, Pepe followed the staff responsible for entertaining her to the backcourt, and then directly threw out her centurion black gold card to check out.

Then, a manager of the auction house handed out a form and asked Pepe to fill in the delivery address - according to Pepe's consumption today, he could enjoy the auction house's free delivery.

After a series of formalities, Pepe was greeted by the enthusiastic manager all the way, got into the waiting limousine, and returned to the hotel. (To be continued......)

PS: Yesterday was interrupted for a day, so today after getting up to start the dock code word, a total of three changes have been completed, a total of more than 7,000 words. After dinner, I will continue to sit honestly in front of the computer and code words, and strive to complete the 10,000-word update in one go today!