Christie's Autumn Auction, London, United Kingdom.

Lin Qing, who now owns the Cupid statue, was invited to participate in the auction party.

Christie's autumn auctions are generally not as eye-catching as spring auctions, but this autumn auction still attracts many collectors and wealthy people due to the statue of Cupid and a pair of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers".

A private association in France, after raising some funds, also sent representatives to participate, and they said they would take Cupid Christie's with them! Of course, all this has nothing to do with Lin Qing, he only hopes that the higher the auction price, the better.

Seeing off Chu Qing and his wife, Lin Qing came to London with the baby who had been on vacation.

No one likes the autumn weather in London, of course, this refers to normal people, and maybe some young people like it.

The weather in London is very bad, it is rare to see the sun in a day either rain or cloudy, the air is humid, and light rain will suddenly come unexpectedly, so you can see a lot of people with umbrellas on the streets of London, and some people's umbrellas are disguised as civilized sticks, and light rain falls, if there are many locals, you can see an extremely uniform action, that is, holding an umbrella.

Walking through the streets, the scenery is picturesque, the ancient streets, the ancient roads and a group of ancient people, exuding arrogance and decay.

It's always nice to walk around the streets with beautiful women, if it wasn't interrupted by a rain, it would be no problem to walk until dark, and the two who were drenched had to reluctantly return to the hotel to kill time watching TV and all kinds of miscellaneous newspapers.

At night, the auction venue.

Christie's annual auctions always attract a large number of journalists, some who want to interview rare rich people, some who are interested in auction items, and others who are interested in some gossip, the first of which is The Sun.

Around the auction hall, there are all kinds of girls in dresses, and from time to time they are close to some singles, hoping to become each other's female companions and enter the auction together.

Lin Qing and the baby did not attract anyone's attention when they entered the market, if there were, it was one or two small number of domestic media, and they were still going for the baby.

The exhibition hall of the venue was full of people, who gathered in groups to chat with each other, some to discuss antiques and cultural relics, and some to discuss economic development.

Lin Qing didn't know any acquaintances, and he wandered around the venue with his baby, admiring the auction items one by one.

There are dozens of auction items, most of them are some portraits and handicrafts, Lin Qing thinks that Europeans are very strange, in his eyes rough handicrafts or even handicrafts are not counted, intelligence is a defective product, but Europeans feel very precious.

There are also paintings by European artists, such as the painting in front of him, Lin Qing feels that it is completely a paint painting, at most it is a little more layered than the paint splashed at random. Lin Qing looked at the introduction, an unknown American painter copied Mark Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow", and it is said that the original painting was auctioned for more than 80 million US dollars.

Lin Qing secretly laughed at himself, maybe it was because he didn't have the so-called art cells, so he couldn't understand other people's art. However, Lin Qing would rather not have this kind of brain-opening artistic cell.

Half an hour later, all the participants in the auction entered the auction and the auction officially began.

The auction begins with a brief introduction to Christie's before the auction begins.

At the beginning, the auction items were warm-up items, some crude European handicrafts, Italian carvings and paintings by lesser-known writers. And most of them are abstract paintings, Lin Qing didn't shoot, he didn't even bother to raise his hands, these things Lin Qing felt that it was better to go to the roadside to buy a New Year's painting and hang it, the opening items did not cause a sensation, and the scene was a little dull.

About 20 minutes later, Lin Qing raised his card to auction a crown made of gold, dotted with some jewels, the auctioneer introduced that this was a crown used by a princess of the British royal family, and the specific person did not mention it.

In the end, Lin Qingli overwhelmed a Russian billionaire and spent 2.1 million euros to shoot it.

In the middle of the auction was a piece of porcelain from the Song Dynasty in China, Lin Qing originally wanted to auction it, but after the price exceeded 15 million euros, Lin Qing gave up, the porcelain was auctioned by a Middle Easterner, and the Arabs were particularly active in the auction, so far half of the things have gone into their pockets, and being rich is capricious.

A little more than forty minutes later, the auction reached its final climax, a pair of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers". Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" is not a painting, but a series, about twenty or so.

The competition for this painting was fierce, from 35 million euros to 63 million euros, and was finally auctioned off by a wealthy American businessman. Hospitable Americans should not refuse!

The last item in the auction was Falconnai's Cupid, which Lin Qing bought from a black man with a bullet.

After the auctioneer introduced Cupid, he announced the start of bidding, with a starting price of 40 million euros. Each increase is not less than one million euros

"Forty-five million." A wealthy American man did not hesitate.

"Forty-six million." This is an Arab

"Forty-seven million." A Russian who Lin Qing is slightly familiar with is also in the competition.

"Forty-eight million." ……

"Seventy-six million." No one spoke immediately after the Arabs quoted the price, and it was clear that the Arabs were bound to get the statue.

The Russian looked at the brisk Arab with some chagrin, but gave up the competition, and the price of 76 million euros exceeded his expectations.

The final transaction price is 76 million euros, in addition to the 5% commission of the auction house, Lin Qing also has to pay income tax, but Lin Qing's nationality is dual nationality, and it is slightly cheaper to choose the Netherlands to pay taxes, and he can get about 53 million euros after tax.

After the auction, the organizer invited all the wealthy people who participated in the auction to participate in the dinner, providing a relatively private space.

In the routine cocktail party after the auction, some people began to take the initiative to talk with Lin Qing, and now the people left in the venue are all participating in the auction, which is different from the beginning when all kinds of fish and dragons were mixed, so some people are interested in this young man, and the cocktail party between the rich is actually to maintain a circle and expand their own circle.

Lin Qing has the identity of an earl, which allows him to quickly integrate into these people, although the world of Caucasian people is full of pride and prejudice, but for a real nobleman, the necessary respect still exists, because many nobles are rich, but they can become nobles without being rich.

After the rich are tired of playing money games, being a nobleman is what they really pursue, so it is worth it for them to take the initiative to befriend Lin Qing. Although this nobleman is a yellow race, who cares?

After the reception, Lin Qingqing had a small circle of his own, of course, how much "income" this circle can bring to himself in the future depends on the inventory of these rich people's families.

After leaving each other's contact information, the party ended, and everyone was happy except for those who didn't take pictures of their favorite items.

Three days later, baby left the Netherlands and went to Hong Kong, Lin Qing had already helped her terminate the contract with the Japanese brokerage company, after all, the perverted nation of little Japan, Lin Qing was still not ready to let his prospective girlfriend develop where, as for the future, baby refused Lin Qing's arrangement, and went back to Hong Kong to develop alone, although she knew that Lin Qing was rich, but she still wanted to have her own career.

At this time, Lin Qing was very bored, or very unpursued, eating, sleeping and shopping every day, or occasionally visiting a few Dutch lords who also lived in Amsterdam, after all, they are all a scarce species in modern society, and it is still necessary to understand each other.

On October 17, a prompt from the system broke Lin Qing's comfortable life.

According to the declassified data of later generations, three thieves will successfully steal the "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" on the evening of November 10 next month, resulting in the whereabouts of this precious famous painting. Task requirements: Successfully obtain the original handiwork of the useless master scroll of "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" and copy it successfully, task time: three months. If the task fails, the system will automatically leave the host. Completing the mission will reward 20,000 gold coins and a Batman sports car. ”

Lin Qing, who was eating breakfast, couldn't help but look ugly after hearing the news, damn the mandatory task, I know that the system does not have such a big benefit for you to occupy.

scolded the system, but Lin Qing left the restaurant directly and walked into the study quickly, with an angry look on his face, and the two maids watched Lin Qing leave tremblingly, thinking that they had made a mistake.

In the study, Lin Qing opened the system and did not argue with the system, the task has been issued, unless the system can take back the task, or let Lin Qing give up, but it is obviously impossible, mandatory task, mandatory task, Lin Qing can only reluctantly force it.

Lin Qing directly began to check the system store, this time it is different from all the previous things, this time I want to sneak into the museum, although the place in Taiwan is not as good as the Louvre, and museums like the Metropolis are well defended, but they can't be underestimated.

And although Taiwan is not a country, it is still a behemoth for Lin Qing.

Lin Qing still has 110,000 gold coins, and Lin Qing needs to find something useful for himself to help him complete this impossible task.

Lin Qing also thought about snatching it from the three people after stealing the scroll, but Lin Qing didn't even know who those three people were, and after thinking for a while, he still gave up this impractical method.

Although the task is three months, Lin Qing must successfully steal the scroll before the 10th of next month, otherwise what awaits him is only a needle in a haystack, and the Taiwan police can't find it after the theft of "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map", let alone himself?

Lin Qing bought a 3D environment simulator to scan the architectural drawings of the building, and can build a simulated 3D topographic map, which is still very important to Lin Qing, and he needs to find a perfect route to infiltrate the Taipei Museum.

"The folding glide wing can glide and take off at an altitude of 10 meters, and can fly to an altitude of 30 to 40 meters when the wind turbine exceeds level 5, and can also glide nearly 100 meters when there is no wind.

Spider-Man's spider silk, Lin Qing has one of this things, and after thinking about it, he bought another one, and he just brought one with one wrist, and it didn't affect his mobility.

The molecular vibration cutting knife is an evolved version of the laser cutting knife in Lin Qing's hand, theoretically everything can be cut, but according to the material structure, the speed is fast and slow, when it is slow, it is not as good as an ordinary chainsaw, and when it is fast, it only takes one time to cut a steel plate.

"Electronic jammers, disabling electronic devices within a radius of 10 meters. It's a little worse than the shield in his hand, but it's not bad for electronic devices. ”

I spent a total of 50,000 gold coins to buy five items, one of which was a 3D simulator that was expensive, and the rest were quite cheap. Lin Qing didn't move the remaining 60,000 gold coins, and kept them for backup.

Hurriedly arranged the itinerary, Lin Qing set off for Taiwan, of course, along with his car, Shijue C8 and two bodyguards.

In October, Taiwan has just passed the scorching summer and is ushering in a refreshing autumn, coupled with the past October Golden Week in China, there are a lot fewer tourists, but Taiwan at this time is a good place to visit. At least it's a lot better than Golden Week in October.

At Taipei International Airport, Lin Qing hurriedly walked out of the airport. Drive your own C8 straight to the hotel.

It seems like a long time, but the time that is really useful is less than a month, and Lin Qing needs to find out the environment of the Taipei Museum, the terrain, the monitoring location, the security personnel, and the anti-theft facilities of the "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map".

The first step for Lin Qing now is to get the architectural drawings of the Taipei Museum.