The bearded man hesitated.
Luo Fu held his breath and waited for the result. The others continued to drink red wine and smoke cigars. They seemed not to be in a hurry to ask for the price of what they liked. The women also tried to keep their movements and voices as low as possible. And many women looked at the bearded female companion with some envy.
But the envy can still be hidden now. If the bearded man can really take the brooch and give it to his female companion, then many women's envy will definitely be revealed. Or it's not impossible to pass a note to the bearded man privately.
He rubbed the beard on his face and hesitated for a moment. As if he felt the strange looks from the women around him, he suddenly showed a free and easy smile while still hesitating.
"Okay, let's just pay this price. Although I can buy a larger sapphire for 150,000 pounds, the size of something worn by the princess or even the queen is not comparable."
"You are absolutely right." Luo Fu, who was holding his breath, was so happy that he almost knelt down and handed the things over, causing the bearded man to transfer the money immediately.
However, he still tried his best not to hold back his excitement, picked up the jewelry box and delivered it to the bearded man himself. As for transfer or cash, he could accept it.
But transferring money is obviously not possible now. This requires going to the bank. So the bearded man waved his hand and signed a check directly for Luo Fu. This thing is much more convenient than going to the bank to transfer money in Europe and the United States.
He took the check with both hands. Although he didn't check it carefully, Luo Fu still confirmed the number on the check in a very short time, and then carefully collected the check.
As for the authenticity of the check, this is the least of your worries. He knew Big Beard's identity. His family was in the real estate business and he was considered a member of the circle. If he dared to give a fake check, he would lose more than 150,000 pounds in credibility.
With his big beard and the fingers of the female companion next to him, they slide very gently on his body. Place the items in a safe and tidy area, and people will frequently ask about the price, and then the transaction will be completed.
Just like what Big Beard said, the value of something with historical heritage cannot be measured by its size. For example, let’s say you wear that brooch that has history and was even worn by the Queen to a dinner party.
Everyone will feel that you are more stylish when you wear this brooch, rather than the wealthy person who spent 1.6 million to buy the brooch.
Of course, there are also cases where no deal is concluded after the final inquiry. This makes many women extremely disappointed, but they dare not reveal too much.
Jewelry is just an appetizer, with the highest transaction price being 310,000 pounds and the lowest being around 50,000 to 60,000 pounds. The really expensive ones are the things that interest men.
For example, the cross sword is said to be the sword used by the paladin in medieval church legends. After the paladin died, the sword was handed over to a certain patriarch of the church and kept in the church for blessing.
As for this kind of blessing, it is a blessing and an affirmation of the Paladin's performance. Or is it similar to the Chinese monks chanting sutras to the dead on the souls of the deceased? It is unknown.
In short, everyone in the room who came to the trade fair, except Yang Dongxu and even Toy, were extremely interested in this sword. The price of this sword quickly soared to 1.9 million pounds.
Under normal circumstances, such small trade fairs actually invite people from the circle, and they must know each other, but this kind of competition for bidding rarely occurs.
Basically, after one person asks the price, other people will laugh and look on if they don’t particularly want it. As for the owner who has no bidders to sell things, does he lose money?
Of course, there is no loss, because the price he offers is the price he wants to sell at. If someone bids to sell more, he will naturally be happy, and he can accept it if he sells it at a slightly lower price.
For example, Luo Fu originally planned to buy this sword for 1 million pounds, which is already an extremely satisfactory price for him who is about to go bankrupt.
Unexpectedly, the price has now reached 1.9 million and has almost doubled. The smile on his happy face is almost crowded.
"Is this a particularly famous sword?" Yang Dongxu asked Troy in a low voice.
Even if the bidder is sure that this sword is indeed the sword worn by that paladin during his battles, it is not King Arthur's sword in the stone, or the sword of a particularly famous pope, it is just a paladin's sword.
At that time, there were not only 10,000 but also 8,000 paladins in the Holy See, right? After all, they formed an army to march eastwards. When the price was 1.2 million pounds, Yang Dongxu felt that the price was too high. Who would have thought that the price has increased to 1.9 million pounds now.
"The great leader who blessed this sword finally lived to be 102 years old. And the paladin who originally used this sword was a knight of judgment who killed cultists and evil creatures.
Placing such a weapon at home can bring good luck and drive away ghosts in the house, keeping the devil at bay. "Toy said, even though he was talking to him, his eyes were still staring at the cross sword.
Yang Dongxu was stunned when he heard this explanation, as if you foreigners could be so superstitious.
But if you think about it carefully, most foreigners believe in God, and isn’t God just God? It seems to be no different from the so-called superstitious worship of gods in China?
The look of shock on his face was probably more because this cross sword, which was supposed to have killed people, was regarded as a Feng Shui weapon by these foreigners.
It can gather luck and drive away evil spirits. What is this if not a Feng Shui instrument?
So foreigners also play Feng Shui?
"Is it really that powerful?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but ask one more question.
Feng Shui is a thing that you either believe in or not. In fact, sometimes there are some contradictions. For example, some things are indeed superstitious, which is not mentioned, but metaphysics seems to be a decent theory, and many superstitious things are based on metaphysics. The extension, in short, is very complicated and contradictory. Anyway, no one can clearly explain it one by one now.
"You want it too?" Tuoyi turned his head and glanced at Yang Dongxu.
"No." Yang Dongxu shook his head. Even if he believed in this thing, he would still go back and search to see if there were any powerful Feng Shui instruments in his collection.
Instead of using this foreign devil's thing to see if it can change China's feng shui, kill Chinese evil spirits or something like that. There are many ways to verify if you really want to, so there is no need to waste money trying it now. What's more important is that even if you spend money to buy it back, no one can tell clearly whether it is used or not, except for a little comfort.
So he didn't have much enthusiasm to buy it, but he still asked casually, "Are you sure it's true?"
"When Luo Fu was going to hold this fair to sell his grandfather's collection, I asked someone to inquire. This sword is indeed at his house, and it must be the sword in front of me. There is a note next to the sword that Luo Fu has no guts to dare. Use a fake one to deceive people." Troy said.
Yang Dongxu nodded, superstitious or not. He learned to read people from old man Xuan, but he still has some temperament, although the facial features of foreigners and Chinese are quite different.
However, the facial expressions, gazes, and normal behavior are actually similar in character traits. At first glance, Luo Fu is the kind of person who enjoys himself and is not too bold. Such people may choose to commit suicide when they are poor, but they will never have the courage to commit murder and robbery.
At the same time, Luo Fu sold these assets in order to tide over the current difficulties and then see if he could make a comeback and restore the family's former glory. If he dared to deceive people with fake things, especially this kind of thing that everyone cares about being seen as. A magic weapon is a tool for gathering luck and exorcising demons, so let alone making a comeback, I don’t know how he died.
People who can spend millions of pounds to buy a cross sword that has no function and beauty at most can comfort people in their hearts, and don't mind spending a little money to let Luo Fu go to see God.
"Luo Fu has this thing, so why did his family decline?" Yang Dongxu asked again without thinking.
"It's different, or he doesn't have the fate to enjoy the benefits of this thing. Ordinary people take a hundred dollars and think about what to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner for how many days, but a wise person will choose to use a hundred dollars Make an extra hundred bucks," Toy began.
Yang Dongxu glanced at Troy speechlessly, and instantly didn't know what to say. This explanation made him think of some quack fortune tellers who read fortune tellers. In short, no matter what they said, they would always come back.
If you tell me everything about "the virtuous man behaves", what else does he have to say?
This is how people are, always feeling that they are luckier and more capable than others. If he buys this sword, Troy's vision will be improved to a higher level, or maybe this sword will work.
If there is no improvement as usual, then maybe you haven't absorbed the luck of this sword, and you still need to work hard to play with it every day.
As for the sudden failure of investment and the decline of a family like Luo Fu, it is probably because he wanted to forcibly absorb the luck of this sword, but it was counterattacked by this sword.
In short, no matter how you say it, it is right, no matter how you say it, it makes sense.
So...just be happy!
Seeing that everyone who was drinking and smoking cigars in harmony was blushing because of the sword, Yang Dongxu looked at Luo Fu's collection with somewhat bored eyes.
He didn't like the Chinese porcelain. Foreigners didn't like jade. They liked gems and diamonds, so Luo Fu didn't have these things in his collection, so he set his sights on bronzes.
Many bronze vessels have patina on them, and they come in different sizes and shapes, some of which are strange. For example, what many European artists like to do most is to use unclothed men or women to express their inner thoughts and artistic beauty.
This is true for oil paintings, some sculptures, and figure sculptures. For example, many of the angels depicted do not wear clothes. Do mortals still need to wear clothes?
Looking at Yang Dongxu, he paused for a moment. Among a group of dirty-looking bronze vessels, a dark thing was discarded in the corner.
At first glance, Yang Dongxu didn't see what it was because it was dumped on the ground. He kept turning his head to look at it from different angles. He saw the mouth of a short and thick bird's beak, which made him interested.
Snap!
He turned his head to look at it from another angle, and bumped into something. It was soft and elastic. After he accidentally bumped it, it swayed like an oversized jelly.
