Chapter 438: Strange Statue
"This gentleman, we can trade instantly, the money and goods are cleared, you give me the painting, and I will transfer it to you immediately."
Andre also seemed to see Mo Wen's suspicions, and said with a smile.
Jiang Siyin and Yang Ting's faces were more ugly than bitter melons for a while, and they secretly scolded Mo Wen for how they were so lucky, originally they thought that although Mo Wen won them, he also lost hundreds of millions of money, so they felt more comfortable in their hearts.
Who knows, the heir of a wealthy Italian family is willing to buy this painting for a high price of 60 million US dollars, which is equivalent to not losing a penny, and it may also have something to do with the president of this Fiat Group.
Needless to say, the benefits of being strong with such a person are needless to say, even if they want to know such a business giant, they have to talk about fate.
"You're a righteous person, you don't look like a bad person. Forget it, trust you once. ”
Mo Wen nodded, this white man had just spoken to them, and he looked at it pleasing to the eye, so he threw the painting in his hand to the white man.
Andre hurriedly caught the real handiwork of Master Da Vinci, and glanced at Mo Wen with some complaint, the master's real handiwork, he was so casual. In the eyes of Italians, Leonardo da Vinci's paintings are national treasures.
"Mr. Mowen, please give me your account, and I will transfer you money immediately."
Andre pulled out a computer from his side and quickly logged into his bank account. If Andre's identity is true, with his identity, there is naturally no problem with transferring 60 million US dollars immediately; Whether it is Jiang Siyin or Yang Ting, compared with this world-famous local tyrant, it is not a little bit worse.
"Don't be so troublesome, you can just send the money to our national charity in Huaxia Country; Of course, in the name of my wife, Shen Jing. ”
Mo Wen waved his hand and said, anyway, he is going to donate this money, so it is better to ask this Andre to do it for him.
"Why do you trust me so much?" Andre looked at Mo in surprise and asked.
"I just said that I believe you, and you don't dare to hack this money." Mo Wen smiled lightly.
"Mr. Mo Wen really has courage. You are a true philanthropist. ”
Andre nodded slightly, Mo Wen was right, he didn't dare to hack this money, unless his identity was fake, his reputation would be greatly damaged. Of course, $60 million is far from enough to arouse his crooked thoughts.
The auction continued, and one auction item after another was placed in the front desk for auction, most of which were some ancient cultural relics with historical significance and collection value; This kind of antiquity is placed in some countries. Private auctions are illegal, but if they are placed on the high seas, no one can control them.
Mo Wen found that many of the auction items at the auction were from China, at least one-third of the ancient Chinese cultural relics, and many people were keen on it.
Shen Jing looked at the flow of Huaxia literature one after another overseas. Sighing slightly, tomb robbers in the country have been rampant for many years, and there are many national cultural relics lost abroad every year; Often, a piece of cultural relics is sold at a low price from an antiquities dealer and then appears at auction abroad. Some wealthy patriots bought it back at sky-high prices, and once they went, a large amount of money fell into the hands of foreigners.
Mo Wen didn't have much idea about those things, the things that were valuable in his eyes. Unlike ordinary people, the values are fundamentally different, so there is no quiet emotion.
"Below. A cultural relic from the ancient country of China will be auctioned soon, this thing has a history of at least 3,000 years, the age is ancient, although there is no specific record, but such an ancient cultural relic, the previous auctions are very rare. ”
On the auction table, there is a strange bronze statue, with a human body and a snake tail, seven hands behind its back, two hands on its chest, and a snake in both hands.
The shape of the bronze statue is very strange, like a monster in myths and legends, a heavy historical atmosphere, and everyone can feel the age in which it is located.
The starting price for this bronze statue is $2 million, which is far less than Leonardo da Vinci's painting. However, it is also normal, although this thing is old, the collection value of antiquities does not only depend on whether it is old, and some things are not worth much even if they are old.
The value of antiquities generally lies in the role it played in history, such as the bowl used by the emperor, which is far more valuable than ordinary bowls. For example, blue and white porcelain, which represents the pinnacle of craftsmanship of an era, is far more valuable than ordinary porcelain of much older age.
Leonardo da Vinci's works are related to the Renaissance era in the West, and he himself is a world-famous scholar and a rare painter in the world, so every piece of his works is worth a lot of money today.
The starting price of $2 million may seem far inferior to Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, but when placed in the artifacts, the price is actually quite high. After all, although the bronze statue is ancient, no one knows its past and future, no one knows its historical significance, and its fame is almost none, so the collection value is naturally greatly reduced.
In addition to the fact that it is aged, it is also possible that this item is related to ancient religious beliefs and some myths and legends.
If you can investigate its origin and understand the role it has played in history, its value will be multiplied, and this is the charm of it, which is enough to be auctioned at auction.
"Are you interested in the statue?"
Shen Jing looked at Mo Wen curiously, because she found that after the bronze statue appeared, Mo Wen's gaze had been on it.
"It's a god, an ancient age, something that was worshipped."
Mo asked lightly. He could feel a strange aura on the bronze statue, and he couldn't tell what it was, but he had seen something similar before. In that life, the statue of the ancestor of the Shendan Sect also had a similar atmosphere.
The statue of the patriarch is worshiped day and night, and it is far from being an ordinary statue as the days go by, but what has changed, it is not known if it asks; After all, his status in the Shendan Sect is too low, he knows only a limited amount of things, and he doesn't know too many things.
"Statues? It's not like a god at all, it's like a monster. ”
Shen Jing looked at the bronze statue in surprise, half human and half snake, with three heads and six arms, which was extremely weird.
"What do you think looks like a god?" Mo Wen took Shen Jing's hand and said with a smile.
Shen Jing thought about it seriously and found that this question seemed unanswerable, because she had never seen a god, so how could she know what a god looked like.
"If you really don't have a reference, you can use me as a reference." Mo Wengan said with a smile.
"Stinky beauty! I look at neuropathy to match you. Shen Jing glanced at Mo and asked.
At this time, the auction of the strange bronze statue has begun, and the competition is not very fierce, tepid, most of them are tens of thousands of dollars upward; After all, the starting price of 2 million is already very high, and not many people are willing to take this risk if they don't understand something, and there are only a few people who like to hunt for curiosities, and there is a limit.
"3 million!"
Mo Wen rarely participated in the auction, and he didn't know much about this bronze statue, but his intuition told him that this thing was not simple, and it might have some unexpected value. Even if there is no value, it doesn't matter, what money can buy, there is nothing to lose for him.
Yang Ting saw Mo asking for the auction, and wanted to make trouble, but after thinking about it, she gave up again. Because she has realized that in terms of financial resources, she is probably not as good as this, and she is probably not an opponent to fight with her. And she wasn't sure about Mo Wen's attitude towards this thing, so she didn't dare to raise the price indiscriminately, in case Mo Wen suddenly didn't want it, then she wanted to cry without tears.
As a person in the business world, she must always be sensible, especially when it comes to money, she dares to fight if she can afford it, and she doesn't dare to mess around if she can't afford it. is also the same, when Mo Wen bought the painting for 60 million, she immediately stopped and did not fight anymore.
The competition for the bronze statue was not great, as the price rose, there were fewer and fewer people competing for it, and in the end only two people were left to bid, and when Mo Wen increased the price to $4 million, the other person also gave up the competition completely.
"Aren't you interested in that statue? Why give up. ”
In one corner of the auditorium, there sat two young men, their temperaments very cold, so cold that they were reluctant to approach them.
"That bronze statue is a bit unusual, you should be able to feel it too." A young man glanced at his companion and said lightly.
"But I'm not interested in it." The other young man shook his head.
"So I gave up, you should know that this kind of thing, maybe it is not simple, but it may not have any effect, and it may even cause unexpected trouble." The first young man said indifferently.
"Then don't you worry, what's really so extraordinary about that thing? Wouldn't it be a pity if you missed the treasure? ”
"Henry, I think, contend, with it something unknown, may even lead to something dangerous; It's far more rewarding to kill you and devour your treasures and blood. ”
The first young man's eyes flashed with blood, and he glanced gloomily at his companion.
"Les, you are so disgusting that you actually want to suck my blood, is my blood as delicious as the blood of a beautiful virgin? Sure enough, all of you Bruch are perverts. ”
Henry glanced at his companion with disgust, and deliberately shifted his body, as if he did not want to get too close to him.
"Henry, if you provoke me again, you will pay the price; Please don't forget the mission of our trip, nothing else is insignificant. I don't want to provoke that horrible teenager, you are going to make extraneous branches and stir up trouble, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”
Les said coldly, what the hell is going on with this companion, he knows very well.
They spoke something that no one around them could understand, not only English, but not even any other language known to everyone in the world.
"Rice, I always thought you were a straw bale, but I didn't expect you to have a good eye." Henry laughed. (To be continued......)