Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 313 Mansion (14 for subscription)

  Antiques are nothing if you look at them too much.

  Little Brooke III grew up among antiques. He once took out a piece of Ru Kiln porcelain as a flowerpot to grow flowers. He didn't think these things were precious. In the end, he fell in love with famous horses.

  Based on the market conditions of this era, Ye Dongqing's bid is already considered pretty good. If it is shipped in large quantities, even the fruit will be sold at a reduced price. How can it be calculated according to the transaction price in the auction house. Don't look at the things in the basement, there are only a hundred or so pieces that are worth more than one hundred thousand dollars, and there are only twenty or thirty pieces that are worth more than one million dollars. As for the things that can fetch tens of millions of dollars, one hand can It is not easy to count, but it is not easy to realize it.

  Of course, this was in 2004, when the speculators hadn’t exerted their strength, it would be hard to say in another three to five years.

It is estimated that in a few years, the exquisitely carved golden nanmu dragon chair alone may not be worth tens of millions of dollars. Now it is sent to auction, and it is worth about two million dollars at most. You have to meet Chinese people who are willing to spend money, or Japanese wealthy customers who are obsessed with Chinese culture.

It is true that Monet's "Water Lilies" is famous, but there are not a lot of them in existence, there are dozens of them, and the price is limited by the huge quantity, but the one by Van Gogh is the most valuable, which is why Ye Dongqing is willing to spend more Because of tens of millions of dollars, they are easier to sell, and there are many rich people in Western society who are willing to spend money on them...

  I was going to take time to look at the house in the afternoon, but was delayed by the antique shopping.

Little Brooke III agreed without hesitation for a long time. The price of 150 million pounds was equivalent to spending more than 260 million U.S. dollars. This was not a big pressure on Ye Dongqing, and it took more than two hours to draw up the deal. The intent contract, followed by sealing up all the antiques in the castle in the basement, and dispatched a team of ten people from the security company to guard them, and then went to the bank to take out the three paintings in the safe.

  In addition to the works of Monet and Van Gogh, there is also a graffiti abstract painting by Picasso.

I was busy dealing with these matters all day, and the next day I appointed a professional shipping company to pack the boxes. Ye Dongqing found an eight-carat diamond from a pile of pendants. She was in a good mood and threw it to Laura as a gift. The gift, the more valuable the thing found now means the less risk of losing money, so he will naturally be very happy.

The experts from the Forbidden City still remember the exchange meeting. It was delayed for two days. An old expert washed the dust off the green Guanyin statue with trembling hands, revealing the whole picture of the emerald Guanyin, a palm-sized, green antique ornament. He had the cheek to ask Ye Dongqing to donate it to the motherland, but he beat him up and fooled him, and only said that we would talk about it later.

   Just kidding, it’s worth money just by looking at it, the more than 260 million US dollars is not blown by strong winds, even if you want to donate it, you have to get tired of watching it before donating, good things are just that.

I can't finish tidying up in a while, and I'm worried that it will be damaged during the transportation, which will take a lot of energy. Ye Dongqing doesn't want to spend her vacation in this basement. After dinner, she will take Laura and Zhao Liuli back to the city. Ask a real estate agent to show you the house.

Recently, the price of crude oil futures on the New York Commodity Exchange has soared, soaring by about four dollars. Fearing that there will be a shock in the future, 70% of the order contracts have been sold. After paying the handling fees and commissions, it is safe. The remaining total profit is 1.1 billion US dollars, which is very proud, not to mention the huge surprise brought by Nasdaq, it is really not that short of money.

Compared with his business, the antique trading industry in the UK is just a small market. The auction house and antique dealers complained after learning that everything was sold by Ye Dongqing. It is said that the price of 150 million pounds is slightly lower, but if they are asked to pay, it must not be so high. Who is willing to spend so much money to sell goods, not to mention whether they can spend so much money?

  Take Sotheby's, one of the largest auction houses in the world, as an example. The annual total profit is less than 150 million pounds, and the entire market value is only more than one billion US dollars. How can it compete with Ye Dongqing.

  After spending such a large amount of money on the front foot, he acted like a normal person, and then went to Kensington Palace Garden Street to look at the house in a blink of an eye.

Currently there are only two houses for sale, the quotations are 57 million pounds and 84 million pounds respectively. They are all houses with gardens, which are much more expensive than the small island next to Long Island. In addition, they need to pay up to The stamp duty of nearly tens of millions of pounds, if it wasn't for the deduction of the tax after the Danshui Investment Group paid the bill, he would probably feel distressed for two days.

It is worth mentioning that the purchase of antiques can also be tax-deducted. After the purchase in the name of Danshui Investment Group, it will be donated to the family charitable trust fund organization under the name of Ye Dongqing, which means that it will save a lot of money when paying taxes next year. , it’s considered a donation, but it’s just in the form of physical objects. Now Danshui Investment Group is still the only shareholder, and you can do whatever you want within the scope permitted by the laws of the United States and New York State. It is a type of legal tax avoidance. After buying a house You can also donate.

Wealth is like this, there is almost no difference between the wealth in the name of the charitable trust and his personal name. Anyway, he manages the charitable foundation, and the decisions he makes and the movement of funds do not need to be disclosed to the outside world. It is still Ye Dongqing's thing .

Kensington Palace, which belongs to the royal family, is not far away, and there are many embassies next to it, with different architectural shapes. At the moment, the real estate agent is taking them to see the "cheap" building, with a total area of ​​more than 1,500 square meters. The building is about 260 meters per floor, with a total of four floors of small buildings, a courtyard with a swimming pool, and an exquisite small garden.

   "This place has just been renovated?"

  Laura smelled paint after entering the house, and casually asked the handsome middle-aged agent with platinum hair.

"Yes, after the landlord moved out, he entrusted us to clean and organize everything. The floor has just been waxed, and the windows have been replaced with new ones. Look at the walls, they are all tiled, and they will not get old even if they are used for a hundred years. old."

   "It's okay, I don't like the decoration style here, even if I buy it, I will redecorate it. How many rooms does it have?"

Ye Dongqing looked around, slid her fingers across the keys of a piano, and made a rhythmic sound. Looking at the letters on it, it was written that it was produced by Steinway, and continued to ask: "The previous owner was an Indian. Right, I can smell the strong smell of curry just by looking at the decoration, don’t tell me the number of rooms, just go to the bigger one first, who was the previous owner of the other one?”

   "The seller is a hedge funder, Mr. Norm Gottesman, a billionaire. Please rest assured that his taste is absolutely excellent. Even the Queen will praise his good vision when he comes."

  Avoid anything that might annoy the employer, so when Ye Dongqing asked to look at another set, the real estate agent immediately agreed.

  Never doubted whether this young Chinese could afford it. Now the only question is whether he would like to buy it. Thinking of the terrifying amount of commission, he was so nervous that his shirt was sweating...

  (end of this chapter)