The richest man starts from the treasure hunt in the container

Chapter 429 Is This Auction Targeted?
Back at the villa, Zhu Yu settled down, planning to pick out some things in the space and release them.

After all, if he only buys but doesn't sell, he doesn't think it's very good.

I have been spending money these days, and Zhu Yu feels that it is necessary to hand over some unnecessary things to exchange for money, or to exchange for suitable Chinese cultural relics, which is not bad.

In the past, every time he went out, he was earning money, so he didn't feel that the large amount of cash going out during this period made Zhu Yu feel that he had to clean up the space.

Gold or something, he didn't intend to sell.Keep at least hard currency.

Zhu Yu didn't plan to sell those guns and weapons that were obtained from the warehouses of World War II. Firstly, they were worthless, and secondly, they would be used whenever they were unprepared.

After flipping through the space for a while, Zhu Yu took out an oil painting.

Monet's.

Take out another painting.Picasso's.

He has many such paintings, as well as those of other painters.

But Zhu Yu didn't intend to take them all out - after all, rare things are valuable.

He had checked earlier that Monet's paintings were sold at auctions for more than tens of millions of dollars, and the most expensive ones were nearly [-] million.

As for Picasso's paintings, there is more than one that exceeds [-] million.

So, thinking about these two paintings, they should be able to exchange for the tiger eating man.

After all, Huaxia's bronze wares are not highly sought after abroad.

Some of the auctioned high prices are obviously the auction or the organizer looking for someone to raise the price, in order to slaughter those in China who are eager to take the cultural relics back to China.

On the contrary, famous paintings by world-renowned painters like Picasso and Monet are more popular in the international auction circle.

After deciding to send the two paintings for auction, Zhu Yu asked Cathy to find someone to come and make exquisite packaging boxes for the two paintings.

"Mr. Zhu, are you sure you want to send these two paintings to auction? Why don't you hang them in the villa? This villa lacks such world-class paintings that can exaggerate the artistic atmosphere!"

Knowing the authors of the paintings that Zhu Yu was going to auction, Cathy became a little uneasy, and she tried her best to persuade Zhu Yu to keep these two paintings:
"You are no longer an unknown person. With the assets you have now, you can also enter the ranks of first-line rich people in New York. So why not increase your background in this way?"

"I don't think it's necessary." Zhu Yu shook his head and said, "Think about it, if you have such a painting at home, you still have to worry about being stolen or robbed from time to time - the previous gold incident is an example.

So, I still don't hang these things at home.But when I need it, I can still find similar works again. "

What Zhu Yu said made sense, so Cathy stopped trying to persuade her.

Zhu Yu called Robert and told him the matter.

"What you said is true? Has anyone authenticated it? Is it really the work of Monet and Picasso? Wait for me—I'll be here soon!"

After hearing Zhu Yu's words, Robert couldn't speak well.

Half an hour later, Robert brought a middle-aged man wearing glasses to Zhu Yu's villa.

"This is our cooperative appraiser Blunt." Robert introduced to Zhu Yu, "He is good at authenticating paintings by famous European masters, especially Picasso's works."

Zhu Yu turned her head for a gesture, and Cathy, who had just brought tea, commanded two servants to bring up two beautifully packaged boxes.

"Be careful." Along the way, Cathy kept ordering, but she knew the value of these two paintings.

Zhu Yu personally opened the box of one of them, it was a painting by Picasso.

"The title of the painting is "Eye of War." Zhu Yu introduced, "It looks very abstract."

When Zhu Yu took out the painting, Blount had already taken out his gloves and put them on, and then took out a magnifying glass to carefully look at the signature of the painting.

After looking at it for a while, I began to observe the whole painting.

This painting is not very big, less than one meter in length and width.

Robert watched Blount's movements nervously, but whispered to Zhu Yu:

"Where did you get this good thing? Originally, I thought that this auction of the Donald's house might be a piece of medieval German Empire royal family jewelry as the stake, but now it seems that these two paintings of yours will compete for the first place." One."

"Are you sure this is true?" Zhu Yu asked back.

"It's rare for Blunt to appraise paintings so carefully and for such a long time. I guess he is taking the opportunity of appraisal now to appreciate paintings carefully——

After all, once this kind of painting is photographed, there is a [-]% chance that it will be locked in a safe, or entered into a private collection room, and never see the light of day again. "

He turned his head to look at Zhu Yu:
"Why are you willing to send such a precious painting to auction?"

"Expensive?" Zhu Yu smiled, "In your opinion, it is expensive, but in my opinion, these two paintings are not worth that one bronze."

"They're different, right?" Robert obviously disagreed with this point of view, "Each has its own excellence. Besides, the bronze vessel seems to be from two or three thousand years ago, and this painting represents the pinnacle of European art!"

"There is no comparison." Zhu Yu shook his head. "I don't intend to argue with you. Just like everyone said, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. Everyone's recognition of value is different."

Seeing that Zhu Yu didn't want to talk about this topic with him, Robert stopped talking.

But in fact, he is very happy. Zhu Yu can provide such an excellent auction, so he will naturally have an advantage as a recommender.

After this thing was shot, his commission would naturally be indispensable.

It took a while for Blount to straighten up.

He didn't speak immediately, but pointed to another box and asked:
"What's in that box? Whose work is it?"

"Monet's." Cathy watched from the side the whole time, and she was also very anxious at the moment.

Although Zhu Yu had previously said who made these two works, Cathy was not sure if it was true.

"Can you open it and take a look?"

It can be seen that Blount's attitude is more cautious now, and he is also more polite than when he first came in.

Instead of having the box opened, Cathy asked:

"Mr. Blunt, can you tell me about your feelings about the previous painting?"

Blount didn't expect Cathy to ask so implicitly, but he also understood what it meant, and said directly:

"This is indeed Picasso's work, the real one. And this is the work of Mr. Picasso at his peak, but I don't know why he was not famous at all before..."

"Then please look at this Monet's work!"

Cathy got the answer she wanted, suppressed the ecstasy, and opened another packing box.

She watched Blunt's movements carefully, for fear that he would accidentally stain or destroy the painting.

"Where did you get these two paintings?" Robert didn't doubt anymore, and asked Zhu Yu curiously, "Could it be that you dug up some rich man's treasure room in Europe?"

"Almost." Zhu Yu said vaguely, "I got it by accident."

The matter of finding the treasure of ten thousand words cannot be revealed.Even if others guessed it, he didn't intend to admit it.

"You're so lucky! Don't people call you lucky boy!"

Robert really watched Zhu Yu's rise from the very beginning.He watched Zhu Yu grow step by step from a net worth of tens of thousands to the current billionaire.

This speed is much faster than some Internet upstarts.

And he can give himself some surprises from time to time.

Zhu Yu owes [-]% of the credit to the development and growth of his current organization.

You still have to hold on tightly to your relationship with this person, and you must not relax!
Blount looked at Monet's paintings much faster. Ten minutes later, he raised his head and said:
"This painting is also real. It is very well preserved, and I am willing to issue a certificate of authenticity."

Zhu Yu nodded, this matter is beneficial to both sides.

At Robert's suggestion, Zhu Yu gave Blount a $[-] appraisal fee.

Then, Robert personally sent Zhu Yu to the place where Mac Donald organized the auction.

Pay the deposit and provide the auction items here.

"Do I need to keep these two paintings here?" On the way, Zhu Yu asked.

After all, it was a painting worth hundreds of millions of dollars, so he was worried.

"No. You just need to register on the spot, and then let the appraiser do the appraisal. You can bring it over on the day of the auction."

"Isn't Mike afraid of others releasing pigeons?"

"Of course I'm not afraid." Robert patiently explained to Zhu Yu, "This is a problem in the circle. In this circle, everyone wants to be famous.

If you get a bad reputation this time, maybe you don't need to participate in this auction in the future, but this matter will spread to other circles, and you will be listed as a dishonest person.

In that case, no one will want to cooperate with you in the future.You will be ostracized and even targeted.So no one will do such a thing that is not worth the loss—someone has done it before, and the lesson is too great. "

Zhu Yu nodded to show that he understood.

The car pulled up at the place where Macdonald was organizing the auction.

This is a private villa—but the villa occupies a very large area, making Zhu Yu feel like the mansion of an ancient official or a wealthy family.

When the security guard came over to inquire, Robert took out his business card and whispered something.

The security guard looked at the business card, then spoke to the intercom, and finally let him go.

When the car drove in, Zhu Yu felt as if something was scanning it.

Entering the yard, the main building in front, about four floors, old-fashioned Baroque style, a little different feeling in this metropolis.

The car stopped, and a man in a suit strode over in front of the building, and shook hands with Robert who got out of the car:

"Mr. Robert, hello, hello!"

"This is Mr. Zhu Yu." Robert introduced Zhu Yu, and then introduced to Zhu Yu: "This is Mr. Mac Donald's assistant Jose."

"Mr. Zhu Yu, hello—I want to ask, are those two paintings real?"

"Of course it's true." When Robert spoke, his brows and eyes were full of complacency, "The painting is in the car now, you can ask an appraisal expert to take a look later."

"Okay! Please, please, please!"

Zhu Yu and others entered the building under the guidance of Jose, and Cao Dalong followed behind with a packing box in one hand.

Seeing Cao Dalong being so casual, Jose turned his head frequently, and finally couldn't help it, and said to the two women in their 20s who were coming towards him:

"You two go over and get that box—be careful, it's a masterpiece at this auction!"

The smiling faces of the two girls immediately became cautious. They walked over to Cao Dalong and carefully took the packing box.

Look at the way he is holding the packing box, it looks like he is holding a newborn baby!
Go up to the second floor and enter a clean and tidy room that is so simple that there is only one table.

"Go and invite Mr. Van Siri." Seeing the two girls carefully put the packing box on the table, Jose said again, "Prepare some coffee and tea."

Several people are standing here.

But Jose didn't let the silence go, he took out a list and handed it to Zhu Yu:

"Mr. Zhu, here is the list and estimated price of the auction items. You can take a look. If you have something you want, you can prepare it in advance."

Zhu Yu took the list and read it.

At the top of the list, the first thing is the big blue and white pot of Yuan Dynasty——San Ying Zhan Lu Bu, estimated at 5000 million U.S. dollars.

Ever since Guiguzi and Xiao Heyue chasing Han Xin out for hundreds of millions of dollars in the Yuan blue and white pot, this Yuan blue and white pot has become popular immediately, especially the big pots with story scenes are not cheap.

Zhu Yu speculates that this is probably also the aftermath of that enthusiasm.

After all, Yuan blue and white are not uncommon.

It's just that large jars, especially exquisite ones, have fewer large jars with story themes in existence.

Even so, it is more than tiger cannibals!

The second one is an ancient Chinese painting, "Osprey Playing in Water" by Bada Shanren.

The name of Bada Shanren is Zhu Da, the ninth grandson of Zhu Quan, the No. 17 son of Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

Zhu Yu didn't know much about this person—at first he thought that Bada Shanren was eight people, but later he realized that it was the name of one person.

Zhu Da's paintings are relatively well-known in China and Japan. They were auctioned for more than [-] million yuan more than ten years ago, and there are many paintings that have sold tens of millions of soft sister coins.

The painting is estimated at $2000 million.

The third to eighth items are all European items, and there are many medieval ones, such as the Bible, royal jewelry, and a certain emperor's sword.

Zhu Yu was a little surprised, the estimated value of these items did not exceed 2000 million US dollars, which was far lower than the Yuan blue and white jar.

The ninth item was exactly the tiger-eating man-eater that Zhu Yu wanted.Estimated at $1000 million.

While Zhu Yu was looking at the list, the girl who had gone out earlier had already come over pushing a small cart similar to a dining cart.

There are not only all kinds of tea, coffee and other drinks on it, but also small snacks.

"Several gentlemen, because these two paintings are very important, they must be identified immediately, so the reception is a bit hasty now, please forgive me."

Jose explained that at this time, another girl had walked in with a man in his 50s.

"Mr. Fan Sirui, please come and appraise these two paintings." Jose directly explained to the visitor.

Cao Dalong and the other girl unpacked the two paintings.

Fan Sirui was not as professional as the previous Blount, he stepped forward with his hands behind his back, and looked at Monet first.

"Well, it's the real thing."

Just one sentence, and then I went to see Picasso's paintings.

"This one is also genuine."

The whole process took no more than 3 minutes, and Zhu Yu felt that this was a bit perfunctory.

Jose was also a little unhappy:
"Mr. Vancery, are you sure this is true?"

"Of course. That bastard Blount's signature is on this card! That bastard is stupid and bad, but professionally he's fine. I trust him!"

Zhu Yu suddenly realized, it turned out to be like this!

(End of this chapter)