Chapter 12 I have a black card, but I don't have any money
When I arrived in New York, it was already evening.
However, it was not because it was night, Mark and the others left work, but started the appraisal at Christie's New York office that night.
Fortunately, Li Ye slept on the plane for a while, but he could still bear it, and it was not until the next morning that Mark took out the latest appraisal report to Li Ye.
Like those preliminary expert evaluations, this time it was only more certain. Li Ye looked at the last figure with a sleepy face, and the value of the oil painting was around 130 million US dollars.
This number made Li Ye immediately cheer up. The heart he had been talking about was finally relieved.
The rest is much simpler, Wilson helped Li Ye find the lawyer when he signed the testamentary contract, and Li Ye only then knew that his name was Charlie.
In Wilson's words, Charlie is a well-known lawyer in the United States, and he is usually approached by wealthy people to help with lawsuits and contracts.
Li Ye secretly checked it, and after seeing Charlie's historical achievements, he smashed his mouth, this is a bull!
After seeing his information, Li Ye directly entrusted this matter to Charlie, and sure enough, under the high cost, Charlie directly helped Li Ye reduce the commission fee by 1.9 percentage points.
You must know that Christie's commission fee to Li Yebao this time is 6.8%. Charlie negotiated with Mark with a three-inch tongue and directly reduced the commission to 4.9%.
His reasoning is very simple, the selling point this time is the birth of the eighth sunflower, and this slogan alone will allow Christie's to gain greater popularity in Europe and the United States.
After all, they also have a competitor, Sotheby's, and Charlie directly threatens that Sotheby's will agree to the charge.
After all, Sotheby's New York auctioned a painting in the spring, which cost $60 million. It made Sotheby's auction house famous for a while. Christie's was in dire need of an oil painting to contend with.
This made Li Ye a little embarrassed. It feels like it's a bit of a robbery.
Wilson, who was on the side, explained to him: "In the West, business is business, and friendship is friendship. There is a saying in China that brothers settle accounts, and it is the most appropriate here. ”
Hearing this, Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
In the presence of both parties, the paintings were deposited in Christie's safe at the Bank of China Express.
Since then, Li Ye has no worries, no matter whether the paintings are dropped or stolen, Christie's will compensate at a price of 130 million US dollars.
Especially the Sunflower of Van Gogh, the compensation of up to 80 million American knives will definitely make Christie's muscles and bones.
As for the box of gems, Li Ye also secretly stored it in the safe of Yuntong, which also alarmed the senior management of New York Express, and after understanding the situation, he directly invited Li Ye to apply for a black card, of course, it was only the lowest VIP1 level. This made Li Ye a little baffled. He knows the black card, but it's too easy, right?
And it is estimated that he is the first person to hold a black card, but there is no half-wool in it.
Mark was going to invite Li Ye to lunch, Li Ye smiled bitterly and pointed to his eyes, Mark suddenly realized, and arranged for the three of them to rest.
Then Li Ye took his little sister and followed Wilson directly to the Hilton Hotel. This was arranged by Christie's.
After entering the room and cleaning it, the three of them fell asleep directly in their respective rooms.
The black card is also known as the centurion black gold card, because the color on the card is black, it is called the black card. It is the highest-level version of the charge card issued by the United States Express in 99 years. So far, it has become one of the world's recognized symbols of wealthy status.
Most of the cardholders are dignitaries, billionaires or celebrities. The reason why it is said to be a symbol of status is because the black card does not accept processing, and it can only be handled if you are invited by Yuntong. In this way, the force suddenly became higher.
Cardholders can enjoy the world's best member-only benefits, benefits and services. There are a lot of permissions, such as letting the train wait for him to leave for a while, a free upgrade to first class, and so on. These things have happened all over the world, and Wilson has the point.
In the end, Wales told him that with this card to spend at the conventions in New York, Li Ye would definitely get a lot of golden cats to be hospitalized. This made Li Ye pay attention to this black card.
Why don't you give it a try?
This thought was not long before his sister knew where to go. He's trying to check out at a Walmart supermarket.
Reaching out to take the black card, Li Ye didn't expect that this card didn't have any money at all, and it could really be used to settle the bill.
"You can overdraft at least 100 million US dollars on this card, don't worry, I don't believe you can brush up on sports cars now, absolutely can. Wilson saw Li Ye looking at the card in his hand and said a word to him.
I didn't notice at all that the girl who was cashier just now had bright eyes after hearing it, which would have turned into a scorching little sun, and she kept flattering Li Ye.
But Li Ye had already walked out and didn't notice. However, his sister Li Xinran saw it, rolled her eyes, stepped forward and hugged Li Ye's arm, announcing her existence.
All women who want to get close to her brother must first get her consent!
Li Xinran didn't notice that except for the cashier, most of the people nearby looked at her. I saw a parrot standing on her shoulder, eating almonds in its mouth. After eating, he touched Li Xinran's head with a bird's head, and then Li Xinran handed it an almond.
This action really made the children in the neighborhood envious to death, and even some girls looked at her with envy.
If Li Ye hadn't known that this bird's beak couldn't spit out ivory, it was estimated that he would have loved it like these ignorant people.
"Scum, get some water for Uncle Ben!" "Poppy on Li Xinran's shoulder raised the bird's head and looked at Li Ye proudly and said in English.
This made the surrounding children and some girls immediately exclaim.
"If you want to drink water, find it yourself, don't you see there's a fountain? You can go in and take a bath." Li Ye pointed to a small fountain not far away, and said angrily.
"Hmph, you big liar, thief, garbage, I want to drink the water you bought, that water will give me sickness, you say, do you want to use the water outside to get me sick, and then watch me die?
Li Ye glanced at it strangely, and muttered: "Don't say it, this is really a way!"
After hearing this, the parrot quickly retracted its head, but fortunately, the little girl under it took a bottle of cap and fed him some mineral water, which made it divert its attention.
In the past two days, it has known that its home has become the man in front of it since it was a child, but fortunately, the little girl under it likes it very much, and it seems that this little girl helps support herself, and this man who wants to sell himself for money will not sell himself anymore. Sleep until you wake up naturally every day, look for a little girl when you are hungry, eat fruit if you want to eat fruit, eat dried fruit if you want to eat dried fruit, the only bad thing is that you are a little lonely as a bird.
Why don't you let this girl introduce you to a parrot girl?