Beauty Comprehensive 1999

Chapter 333 Auction of the Ancient Sword
Hsieh's agent, James Berkeley, was not involved in those activities either.

As one of the upper-class people in Hollywood, he has already played with these things a lot, and he has just received the extraordinary shock, so he cares more about serving Xie Zihao, his employer, than simply having fun. Naturally, he chose to follow Xie Zihao's side to take care of him as caringly as a housekeeper.

Although Xie Zihao has a driver and translator arranged by the hotel, and there is no shortage of James to help with translation, but having such a big housekeeper to help with various things really makes him very worry-free.And he didn't expect that his gentleman's agent, who seemed very reserved, was actually very good at bargaining, and helped Xie Zihao save a lot of money.

Because of the previous bounties and early film remuneration, as well as the large amount of gold from the founder of the Federation, Xie Zihao basically has no shortage of money to spend.

Although the latter needs to be laundered before it can be used, gold is gold. As the strongest hard currency since ancient times, he just deposited a few hundred kilograms of gold in a local bank safe of Hongmen Holdings, and immediately got a A special gold card with a limit of up to one million pounds for international consumption.

Although the Cosmopolitan Bank mainly develops business in the Tang Chinese residential areas of Los Angeles and San Francisco, the two major west coast metropolitan areas, and does not have much international business, it is one of the members of the banking alliance under the Golden State Consortium. Sihai Huitong Bank guarantees that this kind of consumer gold card will be issued with the credit of several other big banks, at least it can be used in most areas of Europa.

Before the development of the online payment industry, only such large multinational banks can pass through most parts of the world.

This kind of local tyrant's approach is replaced by the VIP treatment that any bank would give to high-end VIPs, not to mention that Xie Zihao has a close relationship with Hongmen, and with so much gold as a guarantee, Xie Zihao's choice of the local bank can be regarded as a good fortune. "Who makes the money does not mean earning, but also considers that the money will not be revealed. It is easier to keep the gold secret at the Hongmen."

So with a huge amount of credit cards to swipe, when Xie Zihao found works of art, antiques, decorations, etc. that he liked, he waved them to James for negotiation. Although these things did not have any supernatural power, they could be decorated. Inside and outside the manor in the world of mirror flowers.

He even bought several marble and bronze statues to display outside the estate.

Within half a day, the entire Paris antique art circle knew that a local tyrant from the White Eagle Federation had come to Paris to buy and buy.

Many sellers who didn't catch up couldn't help but beat their chests, regretting that they knew it too late, otherwise they might be able to fool the fat sheep and make a fortune.

But of course Xie Zihao would not pay attention to the thoughts of these profiteers. At this time, he had just finished his lunch and was standing on the second floor of an ancient building with James Berkeley, watching the auction going on inside.

This was specially arranged by the partner after hearing from the hotel that Xie Zihao was interested in antiques and asked the driver to go shopping on the antique street.

This is a large-scale antique shop, and the shop holds a small private auction every week, the kind that requires an introducer's recommendation to join.

Compared with the auctions of the big auction houses, although these small auctions generally have fewer items, they can better guarantee the privacy of customers, and there is often no shortage of high-quality goods, and there will be some good things in them.

James Berkeley is more familiar with such private auctions. After all, the White Eagle Federation also has similar ones. He explained to Xie Zihao in a low voice:
"These shopkeepers in the Paris antique circle don't look at some of the small businesses, but they are local snakes here, and they are often connected with those expeditions, adventurers and even tomb robbers. The laundering of auction items brought into the market is an industrial chain with huge interests, and the upper echelons of Paris must also be involved."

As the current world leader, the White Eagle Federation has been scrambling outside for many years, so James is also very familiar with this set of procedures. Although the regions are different, there are exchanges between both sides, and the rules of the game are not bad.

"The fact that this store is able to grow on such a large scale obviously should be the boss of these local snakes. When you bid for the boss, you must be careful. They are in this business to make money. If they have money, they will definitely make money. But if they show their wealth too much, I'm afraid I will have some bad thoughts!"

Xie Zihao nodded slightly to express his understanding.

He understands what Mr. Manager means. These antique dealers should be equivalent to the kind of big bankers who sell stolen goods to pirates and bandits. The methods involve both black and white. Once they expose their huge wealth, they may cause some unnecessary incidents under the envy of others. trouble.

Mr. Manager understands his strength, so of course he won't worry about his safety, but it is also troublesome to provoke such a local snake, so he should show that he is not short of money, but he should not be too arrogant and be a low-key fat sheep. The speed inside is not easy to grasp.

Xie Zihao, who was not a rich man in two lifetimes, sighed inwardly.

"No experience!"

And with the appearance of more than a dozen auction items one by one, he also bought a set of export porcelain exported during the Republic of China. After a pair of plum vases that looked very elegant and elegant, this small auction has entered At the end, it is also the time when the most important finale auctions come out.

Many buyers who really love antiques all held their breath, watching the host untie the cover and grandly introduce the last three lots.

They are a small oil painting by a well-known painter in the Renaissance period, a Persian general's sword at the end of the Eastern Holy Empire, and a bronze handicraft from the ancient Roman period.

Seeing that long sword, Xie Zihao's eyes lit up.

"This is?"

Red light and mercury flashed in his eyes, and he had roughly seen the situation of this ancient sword that was probably in the middle of the fifteenth century.

James Berkeley also saw the target of employers' attention, and could not help but analyze in a low voice:

"Most of the buyers in the market now focus on the oil painting and bronze handicraft. After all, these two collections are more valuable and easier to realize."

"As for weapon antiques, unless they are blessed by celebrities, the appreciation space is far inferior to that of oil paintings and other works of art. Unless you are a fan of weapon collection, no one should snatch it from you..."

But not long after he finished speaking, things changed unexpectedly.

The first item to be auctioned was the ancient Persian sword. Obviously, this item was the one that received the least attention from the auctioneer among the three finale items.

When Xie Zihao was about to open his mouth to bid, a white man on the other side suddenly raised his hand and shouted a high price.

You must know that this lot was priced at 20 francs, but the other party doubled it as soon as he opened his mouth.

Based on the world's current exchange rate of francs to white eagle gold pounds, which is about 31 to 40, 1 francs is about [-] to [-] gold pounds. This price is not high in Xie Zihao's opinion, but for most people For ordinary people in the Federation, it is almost their entire income for two years, and this is only the first asking price.

Xie Zihao glanced at the other party, then raised his hand to add [-] francs.

Through that observation, he found that this person's aura was a bit strange, his vitality was much higher than that of an ordinary adult man, and his body was several times healthier than a normal person's, but there was no obvious trace of extraordinary practice, obviously some external force was used The improvement of vitality brought about by the method.

However, he is sure to get this ancient sword today, so he no longer cares about revealing his richness.

It's just that the other party kept chasing after him, and there was always a price increase of 85 francs. Soon the item had reached [-] francs, which probably exceeded the market price of this ancient sword.

Xie Zihao sighed secretly: "It seems that I still have to cheat..."

So he took a deep look at the competitor, and then successfully bought this fifteenth-century ancient sword at a price of 90 francs.

The other party did not raise the price again, so that other buyers present thought that the person was the trustee of the auction!

After the photo was taken, he asked James to negotiate with the other party, pay the money and take the things and leave.

A few minutes after Xie Zihao and the others left, the auction continued. The Caucasian man who gave up and continued to bid suddenly gave a jolt, woke up from the state just now, and immediately understood that he seemed to have been tricked.

The man was a little angry, but he didn't know what he thought of, and a smile of unknown meaning appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"interesting!"

　No more, two chapters and five thousand words, see you all for the first time!
　　
　
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