After arriving in London, Tang Yuan took a short rest for two days.

During this period, he instructed Lu Shuyuan to bring all the collection catalogues of this year's Christie's autumn auction to his room, and used the free time of jet lag to sort out all the collections.

Christie's Autumn 2019 auction will feature 15 special sessions with a total collection of more than 40,000 pieces.

In the face of such a large number of collections, Tang Yuan temporarily screened out the categories of wine, jewelry and luxury goods according to the method of elimination, and focused on calligraphy and painting, sculpture, antiques and other categories.

After two days of preliminary screening, Tang Yuan finally screened out 174 suspicious collections, and in the next few days, Tang Yuan needed to use his mysterious ancient ring to investigate these suspicious collections more deeply.

……

In early autumn in September, London has a pleasant climate.

Tang Yuan, wearing a light brown trench coat, stood by the River Thames, looking at Tower Bridge, a London landmark, and behind him stood Lu Shuyuan and Gami Lafatti.

After six consecutive days of investigation, Tang Yuan explored all the 174 suspicious collections screened out a few days ago, and Tang Yuan was disappointed that there was nothing he was looking for in the 174 suspicious collections.

Lu Shuyuan and Gami Lafati, who were standing behind Tang Yuan, their eyes were intertwined, and they could both feel that Tang Yuan's interest seemed to be a little low, but they didn't know what caused Tang Yuan's interest to be low.

After a long time, Tang Yuan turned around and asked Lu Shuyuan: "Mr. Lu, this is the only collection of your Christie's auction house for this autumn?" Won't it change again? ”

"Normally, unless there are very special circumstances, such as a particularly precious collection sent for auction, it will not change." Lu Shuyuan replied quickly, and then asked cautiously: "Tang Dong, is it our bank's autumn auction collection this year, do you feel a little dissatisfied?" ”

Tang Yuan shook his head and replied softly, "I'll just ask." ”

With that, he continued aimlessly along the Thames.

'Hey......'

'Five-star missions, it's really hard to do! ’

Tang Yuan sighed silently in his heart.

If he didn't see the big truck driving into Panjiayuan that day, he might really miss the 24 seals of the Ming Dynasty, which is enough to be called lucky.

At the beginning of the road, the process is also bumpy and twists and turns, from finding the Niu brothers, to opening the bronze tripod, and finally restoring the water-saturated bamboo slips, if there is the slightest mistake in each stage, it may be wasted, and all efforts will be in vain.

After thinking about it during this period of time, and consulting relevant information, Tang Yuan had no clue from the beginning, and now he gradually has some thoughts.

Throughout ancient and modern times, the history that can be called a national martyrdom may only be a hundred years ago, a history of humiliation full of tragic songs.

The Chinese are full of devastation.

A thousand-year-old country that fell to the enemy.

Hundreds of millions of compatriots are as humble as pigs and dogs.

Tang Yuan's intuition told him that the items needed for this mission might not be as precious as the twenty-four seals of the Ming Dynasty, and it might not be as legendary as the true works of the Dao Ancestor, but it might be of great significance.

……

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

Today, Christie's Autumn 2019 auction opens with less than five days to go.

It is no surprise that in the past three days, Tang Yuan still had nothing to gain, but as the time gradually approached, Tang Yuan's originally restless heart calmed down.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

With a knock on the door, Tang Yuan, who was eating breakfast, got up and opened the door, only to see Lu Shuyuan standing outside the door.

"Mr. Lu, have you had breakfast?"

"Do you want to be together?"

These days, Lu Shuyuan accompanied Tang Yuan in and out of the major exhibition halls of Christie's auction house, and the two gradually became acquainted, and they got along more casually.

Of course, it's just that Tang Yuan is more casual.

"Thank you Tang Dong, I've already eaten breakfast."

Lu Shuyuan walked into Tang Yuan's suite and gently closed the door.

"What's the matter?"

Tang Yuan picked up a piece of Italian sausage and put it in his mouth, raised his eyes and asked Lu Shuyuan.

Normally, Lu Shuyuan would wait at the door or hotel lobby in advance before Tang Yuan went out every day, and it was basically rare to take the initiative to knock on the door and come in.

"Tang Dong, our Christie's auction house has just updated the collection list for this autumn auction, adding a total of 23 collections, and after I got the news, I immediately sent you the latest updated collection list."

Lu Shuyuan stood in front of Tang Yuan's dining table and explained truthfully to Tang Yuan.

"Oh?"

"Take a look?"

When Tang Yuan heard this, his eyes lit up slightly.

The emergence of new collections means the emergence of new opportunities.

Lu Shuyuan saw that Tang Yuan was interested, and immediately handed the latest updated collection roster to Tang Yuan with both hands.

After taking over the collection list, Tang Yuan didn't show too eagerness, he first finished the sandwiches on the dinner plate, and then opened the collection list unhurriedly and looked through it carefully.

"Oil paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat, seawater dragon plum vase from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Colombian emerald and gemstone necklace by Harry Winston, ink painting by Zhang Daqian ......"

"Sure enough, they are all the best of the best, and any piece is put on the auction table, and it is an object with a starting price of tens of millions."

Tang Yuan flipped through the collection roster in his hand and said softly with emotion.

"Huh?"

"What is this?"

"Twentieth Century East Asian Albums?"

Suddenly, Tang Yuan's left hand, which was flipping through the collection roster, paused slightly, and his face showed a little surprise.

How could Tang Yuan not be surprised that a photo album could be included in the autumn auction collection list with Zhang Daqian's oil paintings and other precious collections, so that Christie's auction house made an exception?

Lu Shuyuan, who was standing at the table, heard Tang Yuan's exclamation, leaned forward slightly, and after she saw the collection that Tang Yuan was browsing, she thought for a moment and responded: "Tang Dong, it is said that the owner of this collection is an Italian, and when the other party was cleaning up his ancestral property some time ago, he accidentally found this album, and it happened that his family needed money urgently for treatment, so he took this album to our auction house with a fluke mentality. ”

"After the expert experts at our auction house read it, they decided on the spot to make an exception for its inclusion in this year's autumn auction, and the evaluation they gave was significant and valuable, as for the contents of this album, I don't know."

Lu Shuyuan saw that Tang Yuan was more interested in this collection, and she immediately truthfully relayed all the news she knew to Tang Yuan.

"Can I make an appointment to watch this album?"

After Tang Yuan listened to Lu Shuyuan's introduction, it seemed like a lightning bolt in his mind, and at the same time, a strong intuition surged in his heart, and he faintly felt that this album was probably what he had been looking for.

"Yes."

"Tang Dong, do you want to make an appointment to watch this album?"

Lu Shuyuan nodded and asked Tang Yuan.

"That's right!"

"Make an appointment now, I'm going to see it now!"

After speaking, Tang Yuan took the lead in standing up and walked towards the outside of the suite.

Between the actions, there was a bit of a storm......

(End of chapter)