Chapter 389: Jim Rockefeller
After the meal, the waiter came up to remove the table, and a man in a dress took the stage, he was still carrying a small gold hammer in his hand, with Fang Chunliang's eyes, it was not difficult to see that this was not gold-plated, but pure gold.
The hammer used in an auction is made of pure gold, and this auction is truly extraordinary, worthy of being the largest auction in the United States.
"Good evening, distinguished guests, I am Luther King, the auctioneer of this auction...... Okay, let's get down to business, but I'll start with the auction rules. Lutheran King always had a professional smile.
Luther King said that all the items sold on consignment are safely sourced.
Of course, they will definitely not auction the source of goods in question, so they will smash their own brands.
The rules of the auction are actually very simple, the auctioneer will first introduce the items to be auctioned, and then set a reserve price, and then the people below will bid, and the one with the highest price will win, if there is a random increase in the price, and the person who makes trouble will be included in the auction and will not be happy, and will face a lot of trouble.
"Master Fang, I have found out some about the background of this auction. Ren Xue'er leaned closer to Fang Chunliang and whispered.
Say. ”
"The main shareholders of this auction house called DIFA are the DuPont family, the Morgan family, and ......!"
In fact, there is no need for Ren Xue'er to say, Fang Chunliang also knows that if you want to have such a big formation in the United States, you must have the shares of a big family.
"The first item to be auctioned today is an agate diamond. Speaking of which, the auctioneer Lutheran King deliberately paused and sold a pass.
Then a tall and beautiful waitress in a white-collar uniform raised the tray in her hand and removed the red cloth, and suddenly, a crystal clear, pearlescent diamond appeared in everyone's sight.
Diamonds are worth a lot of money, more than gold, this is common knowledge of the public, but the people here are either rich or expensive, and diamonds are commonplace for them. They knew very well in their hearts that if they could get this auction, as the first commodity to be sold, it would definitely not be an ordinary diamond.
Sure enough, the auctioneer Lu Dejin, who had whetted everyone's appetite, continued, his voice obviously with a bit of pride, "This is a very rare red jade, and it is also a southern red agate. The weight of this agate also reached 4,000 carats. ”
According to the popular calculation, one carat is equal to 200,000 US dollars, and this 4,000-carat Nau diamond is worth at least 800 million US dollars.
Fang Chunliang, who silently estimated the approximate value, lost his temper directly, he was also a rich master outside, but at today's auction, he found that he couldn't even afford a diamond.
"Xue'er, how much do you estimate this southern red agate can sell for if it is auctioned in China?" Fang Chunliang asked.
Ren Xue'er shook her head and guessed, "There was an auction in the imperial capital last year, and a two-kilogram South African diamond was sold for two billion Chinese dollars, which is also 500 million US dollars according to the exchange rate. And the real value of this southern red agate is more than a billion US dollars. ”
"Regarding the value of this southern red agate diamond, I think everyone here knows better than me that the starting price of this agate red diamond this time is 300 million US dollars, and the highest bidder will get it, and the auction will start now. Lutheran King was very excited to say that he was naturally proud to be able to host such a big auction.
His grandmother's, the starting price is 300 million US dollars, is this money all paper, when is the American knife more useless than paper. Fang Chunliang was very speechless, his little money, it seems that he is not qualified to play this at all.
300 million US dollars, if this is outside, I am afraid that no one will be directly suffocated, most small and medium-sized countries, a year's GDP is probably not so much, but in this auction, there are many people who can get 300 million US dollars.
"I'll give 320 million. ”
"Three hundred and thirty million. ”
"Three hundred and fifty million. ”
Many people began to bid. Diamonds are actually more valuable than gold, and now the currency is depreciating and inflation, but diamonds are not affected, this is just a hundred years, the price of diamonds has been rising, and now any carat of diamonds is tens of thousands, and the quality is slightly better.
At the beginning, the people who asked for the price were all businessmen, those real nobles, and people from big families didn't make a move, and they didn't make a move not because they didn't want to get this rare southern red agate, but because they disdained such a 110 million price increase.
"Four hundred million. "The one who opened his mouth was a young man dressed in a hand-sewn Versace suit, with a big back hairstyle popular in the thirtieth century, and at first glance he looked like a son, and it is unknown whether he was the second ancestor.
As soon as this boy opened his mouth, he directly raised the price by 50 million, reaching 400 million US dollars.
"Master Fang, that's the second young master of the Rockefeller Group, Jim Rockefeller, our company has some financial business cooperation with them, and it is said that the second young master of the Rockefeller family is now pursuing Miss Li Yueer of the Morgan family. Ren Xue'er saw Fang Chunliang's eyes glancing at Jim Rockefeller, the boy who bid 400 million for a beautiful knife, and hurriedly explained.
"It turned out to be the second young master of the Rockefield family, so it is not surprising. Fang Chunliang nodded.
In the United States, the Morgan family is considered to be the richest, and it is natural to follow the Rockefells, who control industrial capital with bank capital. It has a large financial network, with Chase Manhattan Bank as the core, and more than 100 financial institutions such as the Chemical Bank of New York, MetLife Insurance Company and Equitable Life Insurance Company. Through these financial institutions, many industrial and mining enterprises are directly or indirectly controlled, in various sectors of the economy, such as metallurgy, chemicals, rubber, automobiles, food, air transport, telecommunications, as well as in arms.
Unlike DuPont, a family of arms dealers and specialists, the Rockefellers will dabble in any profitable business.
No economic expert can estimate the wealth of his family, because as long as it is a profitable industry, there are shares of this family, and this family knows how to keep quiet and obscure, and many investments are avoided by using an anonymous name to buy shares. An economics expert once said that if you really want to calculate the total assets of the Rockefeller family, you can use the total annual DGP of the world to multiply it by 15%.
Last year's global GPD was about 100 trillion, and the wealth of the Rockefeller family, that is, about 10 trillion, this money is more than the well-known Forbes and Hurun rich people on the rich list, I don't know how many times, business calls people who know a little bit about economics say that the Forbes rich list is for students.
The second young master of the Rockefeller family made a move, and even if others still want to increase the price, they will not bid again if they don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, because if you bid again, it will be a provocation to the Rockefeller family, and those who often participate in auctions know this.
"400 million dollars for the first time, has anyone raised the price?" the auctioneer, Lutheran King, tapped the table with the hammer of pure gold, and the muffled sound resounded throughout the audience.
"400 million US dollars for the second time, it seems that this rare southern red agate in the world is going to belong to Young Master Rockefeller, such an agate diamond ......" Lutheran King seemed to want to encourage others to continue to increase the price, but the field was quiet, and no one increased the price again.
"Alright then, I'll announce ......!" Lutheran King's voice was a little helpless, and it was obvious that the price of the gem was low.
"Wait, auctioneer, don't rush to make an announcement. A young man who was still a little dirty on his body crossed Erlang's legs and said.
With these words, not only Ludher King drew his eyes to the young man in the back row, but also the others looked back.
In the hierarchical rice country, the order of seats is actually very particular, such as Morgan and DuPont, these big families are in the front row, commonly known as VIP seats, and Fang Chunliang is only the CEO of Paradise Group, a company with a market value of billions, so he was arranged to the last row of dispensable positions.
This is not that Rafer did it on purpose, on the contrary, he was able to use the small power in his hand to invite Fang Chunliang to attend the banquet and participate in the auction, which was already considered benevolent.
"This gentleman, how much do you bid? If the price is higher than the 400 million US dollar knife of Young Master Rockefeller, then this southern red agate belongs to you. Luther King said in a demagogic voice.
"There is nowhere for four hundred million and one dollars. Fang Chunliang said with a smile.
As soon as Fang Chunliang opened his mouth, it immediately caused a burst of laughter from the people present, and the second young master of the Rockefeller family had a blue face, Fang Chunliang jumped out at this time, it was definitely a troublemaker.
"Nonono, this gentleman looks very eye-catching, you probably don't know the rules of the auction, each price increase must not be less than 10 million US dollars. Lutheran King explained.
"Oh, Nima will add 10 million dollars. ”
"Okay, before this gentleman from Huaxia raised the price, that is, he bid four hundred and ten million, is there anything higher?" said the Luther family loudly.
"Four hundred million. Rockefeller said coldly, adding thousands at once, which also shows the heritage of the Rockefeller family, it is really not bad money, tens of millions of dollars are like a few dollars.
And when Jim Rockefeller spoke, he glanced at Fang Chunliang fiercely, and that look was extremely unkind.
Fang Chunliang completely ignored the other party, he could see at a glance that Jim Rockefeller's strength was mediocre, and there was a difference of 108,000 miles between Meiqi and Li Yueer, this Jim was most likely a lazy second ancestor, and he naturally didn't pay attention to a second ancestor, and it was not his turn to be arrogant with him.
The price of this gem is estimated by Ren Xue'er to be more than one billion US dollars, and now it is only 400 million and it is about to be taken away, how can he sit idly by. Fang Chunliang thought about it, if the price of the gem was less than a billion US dollars, he would borrow money and take this gem away, and when the time came to return to China and sell it, it would be money, and even if he didn't sell it, he would use this agate to create a diamond ring and diamond chain for Su Mo, which would be very good.
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