Wall Street Legend

Originally, today was just to see the goods, but Ye Dongqing had already expressed his intention to buy on the spot. This made the middleman Mr. Beckenbauer very diligent and specially called the owner of the castle, Brooke III Seymour Jr., over.

Knowing that a potential American high-roller was also here, the guy came over to say hello with great enthusiasm.

During the visit, Ye Dongqing had already understood the general story from the comments of others. It turned out that the descendants of Marshal Seymour liked horses, especially all kinds of famous horses. They once went to the inland to buy Akhal Tekin horses for This costs a lot of money, and he also likes to bet on horse racing in Hong Kong. He spends most of the year in Hong Kong.

Ye Dongqing also keeps several horses in his manor.

On his 20th birthday, little Edward gave him several horses, all of which were of good quality and pedigree. It is said that the total cost was more than two million U.S. dollars. Richard later selected three horses from his own stable and sent them directly to him. There were all mixed-breed horses on that small island, and two horse trainers were specially recruited to help take care of them.

It's already pretty good, at least it won't make people who know how to do it feel embarrassed. However, compared with the horse-loving Brooke III, his multi-billionaire horse farm has become a small fight. Previously, some people said that this guy just wanted to buy the horse. An Arabian horse actually cost more than six million US dollars some time ago, successfully destroying all the little inheritance his father left before his death.

Hundreds of antiques have been sold before and were packaged and bought by a museum in Xiangjiang. The money seemed to be used in horse betting, only betting on one's own horse, losing more than winning.

That's probably what happened. Ye Dongqing accidentally heard some inside information and had no intention of asking further questions.

Occasionally riding a horse would be very relaxing, but he was more interested in tennis than raising horses. He had no intention of imitating this guy and raising some first-class horses. To be honest, Ye Dongqing was already a relatively homely person among the rich, going to bars, Attending parties or something like that is nothing in his circle.

It was precisely because he had few hobbies that he came up with the idea of ​​building the Cobra Building before he was ready to implement it directly. There must be something that people like to do in life, such as witnessing the completion of a strange and tallest building in New York.

After introducing each other.

Little Brook III asked: "Have you found any antiques you like? If you are not satisfied, there are more in my basement. Mr. Beckenbauer has already told me that you can bring as much as you want as long as the price is right." Come on, the water pipes broke in the basement last year, and several old carpets and a collection of books even became moldy. I no longer want to keep them."

At first glance, he looked like someone who was not very good at doing business. These words had already given Ye Dongqing a reason to lower the price.

He could guess why this descendant of Marshal Seymour's family only released two hundred items. He was probably afraid that releasing too many items at once would cause the Chinese antiques international trading market to collapse to some extent. If thousands of items were sold at the same time, The consequences can be imagined. It is difficult to find buyers who can eat this batch of goods in a short time.

"You can go and have a look, but I have to wait for other appraisers to come over and help me choose first. Funds are definitely not a problem. As long as you have good stuff, I can buy it today."

Ye Dongqing replied that although he had never been exposed to antique trading, he could guess that there were not many opportunities to purchase antiques in large quantities like going to the supermarket.

If you go to the auction house to pick something, the handling fees and commissions alone are astonishingly high. There is no need to give money to those auction institutions for free, unless it is something you really like, such as the "Starry Night" hanging in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was created by Van Gogh, and it seems that it has never been auctioned since it came out. He would be happy to buy it even if it cost 100 million US dollars.

"Okay, I'll be upstairs. Let the housekeeper notify me when the time comes." Little Brooke III seemed a little listless. If he hadn't known the scale of Ye Dongqing's wealth, he wouldn't have gone downstairs to receive the reception. He was about to go back to the room to catch up on his sleep. Well, a mare gave birth last night and the pony was ruined. Unfortunately, the pony died shortly after birth, and the breeding fee of 400,000 pounds was wasted...

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"This...this...our ancestors have too many things! These bandits emptied the Old Summer Palace!?"

More than two hours have passed. Ye Dongqing has just followed them down to the basement of the Seymour Manor Castle. The air is still dry. Several machines are removing the moisture in the air so that the collections in the basement can be well preserved. environment.

An old Chinese man who came to communicate with the British Museum screamed when he saw the things in the basement, because a huge dragon chair was placed next to it. The color was obviously made of golden nanmu, which represented wood. The highest craftsmanship in the piece. At that time, the chairs that symbolized imperial power were called dragon chairs. It was not just one chair. The emperor often worked during his vacation and could not carry that bulky dragon chair with him everywhere.

Ye Dongqing heard this group of experts talk about it and realized that the dragon chair actually looked like this. Then he heard another middle-aged fat man in his forties reminding him in a low voice: "It was just emptied out and set on fire in the end." Hey, please keep your voice down, this is not the Forbidden City!"

It would be bad if there were conflicts at the official level. The fat man coughed dryly and looked at the old Neil appraiser and the little Brooke III who still had sleep marks on his face. He was relieved when he saw that they looked confused.

There was no reason to fan the flames. Ye Dongqing explained in English: "They are praising your collection here. After all, few people can collect so many things from Chinese history. It's like coming to a museum."

When he lived in Xiangjiang, it was enough for young Brooke III to know English. A few years after returning, English was very popular there and he didn’t understand the meaning of the phrase “robber” at all. He even said cheerfully: “Thank you very much. My great-grandfather used two ships to transport this batch of things back. I had a photo of it, but I don’t know where it was put.”

He was so proud that Ye Dongqing felt that he was indebted. He pretended to be a translator and explained: "His ancestor is Navy Marshal Seymour. There shouldn't be much problem with the things. Could you please help me pick out some high-quality products, the most valuable ones?" , don’t show any expressions of surprise or excitement, otherwise it will be difficult for me to negotiate a suitable price.”

"Seymour is the one who commanded the coalition forces at that time, right? The British Admiral? Grandma, don't worry, you will definitely pick out all the good things and let them fall into the hands of the overseas Chinese. It is better than being in their hands!" Gao The fat man had a smile on his face, but the words coming out of his mouth were nothing worth laughing about.

Ye Dongqing once again translated randomly to Little Brooke III: "They said this chair is very good, and it is still in good condition, so let's start now. I will pick it out first, and then we will talk about the price. If you buy in bulk, you must give some money. Is it a discount? You and I will suffer a loss if we send it to the auction, and there are too many things to sell at a low price. There are only so many people who like Chinese antiques. I want to use them to decorate my mansion and make it look more meaningful..."