"Baby, there's an art auction in New York in the evening, do you want to join me?" After dinner on Friday morning, Locke said to Ashley.

"Auctions in New York?" Ashley was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I want to participate." ”

She was very fond of this kind of occasion, the kind of luxurious high society atmosphere, which almost all girls of this age could not refuse.

Then, she suddenly thought of something: "By the way, is Alice with her?" ”

"She'll be out too, but not with us, but with her classmate Jenny." Locke replied.

Since the last escape, Tang Wei felt that he should care more about this girlfriend and persuade her to stay away from those harmful things.

Fortunately, Jenny's experience that night scared her, and she had only just started trying it, and she was using a regular sandwich, so if she was willing to make up her mind, she could still do it.

The auction was held by the largest auction house in New York, and several of the lots were offered anonymously by Locke through overseas accounts.

After the auction, he also agreed to trade with Damon's father and daughter, so there were quite a lot of things.

Peggy, on the other hand, is not interested in auctions and other things, and is not in the mood to go to New York on the weekends, so she will stay in Belvedere and Susan will take care of her.

The evening auction was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and from her first visit to New York, Ashley had fallen in love with the city, which was surrounded by skyscrapers and nightscapes that were almost unbeatable in the day.

She once asked Locke to buy a "sky" villa with a lawn and swimming pool on the roof in New York, but Locke was not interested.

For Locke now, a house is not very practical, after all, he will not live in New York for the last three years, for the time being, the rented hotel apartment is enough.

In the evening, when he arrived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the auction had not yet officially begun, and the staff quickly led him to the cocktail hall next to the auction room.

The latest lot listings were handed over to potential clients early, and Locke got a copy.

The auction company holds such an event every year, and this time it launched more than 600 lots, covering works of art from all over the world, from samurai armor to exquisite stone carvings from Egypt, which is worthy of being the largest auction company in the world.

Locke offered thirteen of them, and because there were so many lots, it was impossible to complete the auction in one night, but divided into four days.

Among them, Locke also saw the antiques of the Eastern Kingdom, the enamel porcelain of the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, the glaze red plate of the Ming Dynasty, and a Longquan blue-glazed jade pot spring vase of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, which were not priced high.

In the 90s, the Asian collection was a niche lot, and it could not be bought at any price, mainly because it had not yet become wealthy and the buyer's strength was limited.

At the first glance of the introduction and the reserve price, Locke even had an urge to take a picture, but quickly gave up.

I have paid attention to antiques in my previous life, but like ordinary people, it is more because of its price, the idea of wanting to buy it, and the thought that it will be worth a lot in the future.

A true enthusiast who pays attention to the ancient art and the sense of age in it, Locke does not have such a mentality, so he has never been a real collector and cannot become.

As for collecting them and bringing them back to the East, Locke thinks that it is better to invest there and drive more development, only when the country is truly developed, these items that represent culture can truly show their value.

There were not a few people who came in advance, and Locke saw at a glance Martin Channing, whom he had seen several times before, with a teenage girl by his side.

"Good evening, Locke." Martin Channing saw Locke and brought the girl over to say hello.

"Good evening, Mr. Channing." Locke shook hands with the other and looked at the girl next to Martin Johnning.

"This is my daughter, Caroline, who now attends a private high school in Manhattan."

"Hello, Miss Channing." Locke nodded at the other party, looking at the princess-like Caroline in front of him, who would have thought what would happen to her in the future.

"Hello, Mr. Locke, I love your book." Caroline had a decent smile on her face.

"It's my pleasure."

He could still hear the kind words, most of the readers who like the Arcane Constellation are men, and there are relatively few female readers, and Caroline in front of him is not like a girl who likes to read this kind of girl.

After chatting politely for a while, they parted, and since Locke bought the Sky Fund, Martin Channing has not promoted his fund much in front of him, and it can be said that his enthusiasm has greatly decreased.

"Alice, why did you get there?" After a while, Ashley saw Tang Wei and Miss Jenny with her.

Seeing Jenny again this time, Locke didn't expect that this eldest lady was unexpectedly beautiful.

No way, the last time I saw Jenny, her mouth was sealed with duct tape, her face was full of tear stains and snot, and there were traces of slaps on her face, and her hair was scattered, and it was difficult to think that it was the same person as Jenny now.

At this time, I looked carefully and found that she had a pair of cat's eyes like Vivien Leigh, not only very beautiful, but also tall, fair-skinned, and her face looked extremely pure, but her whole body exuded a lazy and charming style.

"You're Locke?"

Of course, Jenny didn't recognize Locke as the Daredevil who appeared that night, and although she was shaken by Locke's high charisma value, she quickly looked at Locke with a scumbag look.

Obviously she already has Alice, but she is still blatantly carrying a blonde stunner by her side, and she doesn't know what evil Alice has fallen into, so she persuaded her several times, but she couldn't let her leave Locke.

"Janie!" Sensing his best friend's hostility towards Locke, Tang Wei tugged at her arm.

Shrugged his shoulders, Locke didn't care, the charm value was not invincible, although Jane was beautiful, but the eldest lady was not good at serving, and he didn't need to please the other party.

There was nothing to say about the auction, and in the end, he spent $50,000 to auction a Tiffany necklace and a pair of earrings, which were ready to be given to Ashley and Tang Wei.

Tonight, a piece of Locke took out of the treasure was sold for $5.7 million, during which Locke also topped the price.

After the auction was over, Locke sent Ashley and Tang Wei back to their hotel apartment in New York, then changed into equipment and went to an abandoned factory in the suburbs.

In the suburbs around big cities in the United States, there are many abandoned factories like this, and basically no one comes.

It's not obvious yet, but there will be more and more abandoned factories of this kind in the future.

The population was small, and as time went on, more and more loss-making factories were created, and the manufacturing industry was hollowed out, and the original workers either returned to their hometowns or concentrated in urban centers.

After observing the surroundings, confirming that there was no one, and arranging the sensing magic, Locke contacted Damon's father and daughter, and at the same time took the prepared equipment out of the storage space,

About ten minutes later, Damon's father and daughter appeared near the abandoned factory.

"This is equipment for you." Locke gestured to the two boxes in front of him.

Damon's father and daughter looked at Locke, who was wrapped in a black coat and still wearing a mask on his face

Mindy couldn't help but complain: "You're really cautious, and you're worried that we know your identity?" ”

"Any secret is not a secret as long as the second person knows it, and I may be able to trust you not to talk nonsense, but I don't believe in your ability to hide your identity."

“……”

(End of chapter)