Chapter 554 Auction!

"I'm already waiting for outside. Let's go inside now." Jerry didn't say anything to Lin Yuduo, and walked inside with them. The three of them walked in front, with a large number of their bodyguards following behind.

"What, aren't there any private rooms?" Jerry took Lin Yu directly to the front row. Several people were already waiting there in the first row, and several favorable positions were left.

Jerry looked at the above boxes contemptuously before saying slowly: "The private rooms are special for those without any elegance. Besides, the auction in the private rooms is far less comfortable than the one below. It is better to sit here and bid. Come, Mr. Lin Yu, please sit first!"

"So that's the case, let's sit here!" Lin Yu nodded. European nobles are very proud, especially the royal family. Sometimes they can't buy these statuses with money.

The auction venue is not big. It is a high-end auction. There are only 480 seats in total. Usually, it is rarely full. However, today it is estimated that the occupancy rate can reach 80%. The main reason is that the guests invited by Clarksey are there, and all of them are funders.

At 9:30, the venue was almost full. Lin Yu and the others came earlier and grabbed a closer position. Some other rich people could only sit in the back. As for the bodyguards, they were all stopped outside. There was the best European security company responsible for the protection.

"Welcome to the annual Christie's auction, which has been established for more than two hundred years..."

The host started the opening remarks, and a lot of them were introduced to Christie's Auction Company. Jerry picked up Lin Yu's ear tag and whispered: "There are hundreds of European noble descendants behind Christie's, and its strength cannot be underestimated. The auction specifications here are the strictest and most reassuring!

Lin Yu nodded. Lin Yu actually knew the name of Christie's Auction Company in his previous life. The noisy auction of the two bronze prime ministers of Rat and Rabbit was made by this company. Lin Yu paid attention to this news in his previous life. So he knew such a company.

In 2008, Christie's auctioned the bronze beast-headed rat and rabbit-headed bronze statues in the Summer Palace in China in Paris, France. After the news came out, it sparked heated discussions among the Chinese people, and nearly 100 people formed a lawyer team to pursue it. On February 24, 2009, the French court approved the auction.

At the special auction of "Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berger Collection" held at the Grand Palais de Paris in France on February 25, 2009, the rat head numbered 677 started at 9 million euros. No one held a sign at the scene that could accommodate 1,200 seats, and only three telephone buyers were competing for bidding. The auctioneer called the telephone agent "Douma". After bidding for 10 million, 11 million, 12 million and 13 million, the rat head finally sold for 14 million euros. Since then, the rabbit head numbered 678 started directly with 10 million. It was finally sold for 14 million euros, and the buyer also participated in the auction by phone.

In less than 5 minutes, the two beast heads had become traders, totaling approximately RMB 280 million. Thomas Sseydoux (Thomas Sseydoux) purchased them as the agent of the mysterious buyer, while Christie's did not reveal the buyer's true identity.

It is precisely because of this incident that Lin Yu has no good feelings for Christie's.

More than five minutes later, the host's speech ended. The auctioneer began to walk to the stage. The staff also brought the first auction item, which was a painting from the European Renaissance. It seemed that it was also painted by a famous painter at the time. As for who Lin Yu didn't hear it clearly, he was not interested in it.

Lin Yu was bored and flirted with the things to be auctioned today. In fact, there were not many things that Lin Yu was interested in. While looking at it, the auction of the painting on it had ended. After hearing the result, Lin Yu was shocked. An ordinary painting actually cost 3.8 million US dollars. No wonder some people said that the auction was a game for the rich.

This painting could not be taken so high, at most it was worth three million. There were many people and it was a contest. It was only so high that it was taken so high. The opening was good. The boss of the auction company probably was already laughing!

Jerry looked surprised when he saw Lin Yu. He came over again. The real upper class in Europe knew Lin Yu's identity. Many industries in the Jerry family were in Italy, so he naturally paid great attention to the uncrowned king behind Italy. Although Lin Yu is very rich, he has a great influence on Europe. But after all, he is a young man and has far less knowledge than those from the ancient inheritance family. Jerry took this opportunity to bring in the distance between him and Lin Yu.

"Yeah, but I can't understand this painting!"

Lin Yu slowly said as he watched the auctioneer withdraw the painting, the rich man who bought the painting seemed to like the painting very much, and he went to the later transfer transaction before the auction was over.

"The second auction item is a porcelain from ancient China, a Tang Sancai with a figure shape!" The auctioneer pointed to the exquisite porcelain brought by the staff and said loudly: "This Tang Sancai is 38 meters high and 18 meters wide. It is the best among Tang Sancai regardless of its shape and size. The starting price is 800,000 US dollars!"

"This Tang Sancai is considered a fine product, and it's okay to spend 2 million US dollars!" Jerry put his head over again, like an expert, introducing Lin Yu.

"Two million US dollars!" Lin Yu shook his head slightly as he looked at Tang Sancai who really couldn't understand. For Lin Yu, it would be better to spend 2 million to buy Tang Sancai than to build a school for the children.

Looking around, Jerry carefully lay in Lin Yu's ear and whispered: "Actually, the auctions during the day are all false, there are no real good things. If you want real good things, you must attend the evening auction, and that is the real auction!"

"Tonight?" Lin Yu looked at Jerry in confusion.

"Yes, not everyone can participate in the auction at night. There are only ninety-nine places at most, and there are certain restrictions!" Jerry smiled mysteriously: "However, it is okay to get an entrance quota as Lin, but they may not be able to do it!"

Elena glanced at Jerry with a squinted look and said nothing.

As Elena, she naturally gets a few tickets to the auction. The organizer may also hope that Elena can attend the auction.

However, as Elena, I believe I don’t have any feelings about these auction items.

As one of the oldest and richest families in Europe, the Welf family has collected no good things at all. If you take them out of them, I believe that it will be much better than the auction items at the auction.

"What are you doing tonight?" Lin Yu nodded quietly and asked again.

"Millions of land cannot be used at night. There are many rare treasures. In fact, they are all sold by prodigal sons from the ancestors of major nobles at such auctions!" Jerry looked around again and said in a low voice: "There are still some land prohibited from buying and selling things!"

"What is the prohibited place for sale?" Lin Yu's heart moved slightly and asked in a low voice.

"There are national treasure-level lands, and all countries have them. Or some key land technologies. You can't take action on the white market. You are all bought at night markets!"

"Technology? What technology do you have?" Lin Yu's heart suddenly jumped. He is now the most lacking in scientific and technological talents and various advanced technologies.

"Yes, as long as you can afford the most advanced technology in the country, there is someone who can help you with it, but just say that the part is average, and there are very few top-notch ones!"

Jerry suddenly paused and hesitated for a long time before slowly saying: "Someone once spent a billion to buy an atomic bomb."

Atomic bomb? Lin Yu was completely shocked. Unexpectedly, there were actually people buying and selling atomic bombs. There were only a few countries in the world that had atomic bombs. Which country dared to take such a big risk to sell atomic bombs? If they didn't do it well, they would end up suffering.

"How about confidentiality measures here?" Lin Yu nodded. He didn't need the fighter's technology yet. He could buy some excellent weapon technology.

Lin Yu's mercenaries have now developed to a certain extent, and Lin Yu also needs to expand the scale.

"Don't worry, the auction at night is different from the daytime. It is anonymous, and it is all cubicles at night. No one knows who paid the price!"

Jerry obviously had participated in the evening auction and knew the rules of the auction clearly. To be honest, Lin Yu was very moved by the evening auction.

The auction is still going on. Jerry said that after the auction at night, Lin Yu no longer had any interest in the daytime auction, but he also sold several high-priced items during the day, and one of the antiques from ancient Europe was sold at a high price of 30 million US dollars.

Lin Yu didn't shoot a single item at the auction during the day, let alone Elena, naturally he didn't like these things. Jerry took two gadgets, which together were worth more than four or five million US dollars.

After the morning auction, Lin Yu and Elena left the auction. The only thing he is interested in now is the evening auction.

To attend an auction at night, a minimum value of more than one billion US dollars is required, non-government personnel. If it is the first time to participate, there must be an introducer. The introducer is a member who has participated in the auction at night. Then, after being reviewed by the auction committee, you can decide whether you are qualified to participate.

The auction committee here is no longer Christie's. The auction at night is held by someone under their guise. In fact, the auction during the day is also a way for them to observe customers.

Lin Yu has no problem with his net worth, and no problem with the introducer. Jerry can be the introducer. What Lin Yu is worried about is their review, after all, his identity is a bit sensitive.

Although Europe has a much better relationship with China, many European consortiums are still very disdainful of China. After all, their country had invaded this country a century ago.


Chapter completed!