Luxurious cars gathered outside the Dawei De auction. In places like the auction, apart from wealthy businessmen and local tycoons, the most indispensable ones are celebrities, socialites and people who want to make a name for themselves.
In short, the entire auction entrance was as lively as if celebrities were walking on the red carpet. After all, antiques also need publicity, and a good publicity can double the value of antiques.
Of course, those with special identities who do not want to appear in the news and photos will naturally have special channels for them to enter the auction house, and they will not get together with these people.
Afterwards, I didn’t want to report the success of the auction, but I would just say that a certain wealthy businessman had bought an antique at the auction. In short, the antique has been bought and does not belong to the auction house, so naturally it will not help the buyer with promotion and packaging.
But there must be something to say about the price of antiques. This is about showing the strength of your own auction house. The last news has been reported by Daweide Auction House. How much was the auction volume this time? That antique is the most expensive, with an overall transaction price of several hundred million. It can attract the attention of many people in an instant and add a lot of fame to the auction house.
But those who like to walk on the red carpet want to meet and flatter the most are those who walk through special channels. The world is so wonderful.
"Why are they together?" Li Changze frowned.
He was not surprised to see Yang Dongxu, after all, Bao Xingyu was sitting next to him. But he was a little surprised to see Yang Dongxu sitting in the front row, chatting and laughing with a few foreigners.
Because when those foreigners came in just now, the person in charge of Daweide Auction House personally came out to greet them. He behaved very respectfully, obviously this was an important guest of their auction house.
And if you can become an important customer of the world's top auction house, if you don't lose hundreds of millions a year in the auction house, people probably won't look at you seriously.
"It seems to be a rich man from Russia." Bao Xingyu looked at Yang Dongxu for a while and said.
"Northern Russia?" Li Changze was stunned for a moment.
"The thin man on his left is Abramovich, the current owner of Chelsea Football Club. The person who bought Chelsea has spent nearly 300 million pounds on this team since last year.
He also announced that he will introduce superstars to the team this year and has prepared 100 million pounds in cash. Some time ago, almost all British media and newspapers were reporting on him. "Bao Xingyu studied in the UK and has been in London during this time, so he obviously knows more.
"Where are the two next to them?" Li Changze couldn't help but ask.
The person in charge of the auction was not only polite to Abramovich, but also seemed to be polite to several others. Obviously the identities of those few are not simple.
"I don't know. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen it in the newspaper either." Bao Xingyu looked at Yang Dongxu carefully and shook his head.
Neither Toi nor Andrei is obviously someone who likes to appear in the media, let alone Rybonov. It seems that he is only planning to make some investments in the UK this year, so naturally no one knows about it.
Just as the two people were guessing who the people around Yang Dongxu were, another group of people walked in, or to be precise, they walked down from the VIP box above.
This incident was undoubtedly an accident. The person in charge of the auction who was talking to Andre and several others quickly apologized to Andre and then moved on to another group of people.
Because the visitors were none other than Prince William and Dai Er. Unlike some big figures in China who need to keep a low profile, many celebrities abroad are actually quite exposed.
In particular, it is common for the British royal family to be in the newspapers, so it is not unusual to attend the auction house. There are VIP boxes exclusively for the royal family in many places, such as auction houses at this time, horse clubs, football stadiums, etc.
So it is not uncommon for people from the royal family to come to auctions, and even occasionally they will buy some things. The market will also donate some items for auction at some charity auctions.
However, they usually stay in the royal box, and their social interactions are limited to those in the VIP box above. Therefore, the boxes near the royal family's special box can always sell for high prices, especially when it is confirmed that someone from the royal family will attend an auction or a certain game.
"I seem to be here for you. We'll wait for you over there." Tuoyi patted Yang Dongxu on the shoulder and gave him a slightly ambiguous look.
Then he sat down in the front seat with Andrei and Rybonov, without any intention of further contact with Prince William.
Many people want to have a relationship with the royal family, but some people stay away from the royal family and some political dignitaries. Toy and Andre are certainly such people.
Their identity has been determined from the beginning, and they have large assets in their hands. No need to be close to the royal family to become a wealthy person.
On the contrary, having certain relationships with the royal family and dignitaries will bring more trouble to oneself. Therefore, there is a tacit understanding between the two parties that they will not interfere with each other.
Rybonov's departure was also a taboo, so in the end, Yang Dongxu was left with the tycoon Abramovich.
In fact, Troy also had a VIP box during the auction, otherwise the person in charge of the auction would not have come to say hello in person just now. But Abramovich, a guy who likes to show off his personality and does things his own way, found it more enjoyable to sit in the front row and observe the shareholders of his auction.
So the group sat in the front row of the auction, as Andre and Troy didn't want to get too close to the royal family. Rybonov needed to avoid taboos, and he apparently had none of them.
He has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on Chelsea. Not to mention meeting Prince William, he has nothing to shy away from when meeting the Queen. This tycoon has a very distinctive and self-centered personality.
"My cousin William, this is my friend Yang Dongxu. We saw you in the box above just now, so we came down to say hello." Dai'er looked at Yang Dongxu and said with a smile.
In fact, the people who came over were not just William and Dai'er, but also several other people who seemed to be friends of the two. However, Dai'er had no intention of introducing him. Although the other party looked at him curiously, there was not much expression on his face.
"Hello, Prince William. I am Yang Dongxu from China, and this is my friend Abramovich." Yang Dongxu smiled and extended his hand, and introduced Abramovich next to him.
"I live with Mr. Abramovich, and I went to a football match with Roman before." William smiled and stretched out his hand to shake Yang Dongxu's hand.
Then he shook hands with Abramovich and said hello. Then he gave Yang Dongxu a deep look.
Dai Er did not introduce Abramovich because she knew that he and Roman knew each other. But Yang Dongxu didn't know this and took the initiative to introduce Roman. Obviously, he was just doing it for Troy's sake, and when he met a distinguished person, he simply helped Abramovich get to know more people in the UK.
Even if there may not be any cooperation between him and Roman in the end, Roman knowing a prince from the royal family is obviously beneficial to his development in the UK.
When many people get to know the royal family, they will be cautious for fear of making mistakes and try to minimize trouble. I'm afraid that extraneous matters will have a bad impact on the process of getting to know the royal family. Yang Dongxu's performance of helping his friend invisibly was undoubtedly appreciated by William.
Even Abramovich, who drank wine yesterday and claimed that he would kill Yang Dongxu's Barcelona team and finally reach the top of the European giants, the expression on his face was much softer when he looked at him.
Compared to Toy, and even compared to Andre, he and Yang Dongxu only met each other a few times. Perhaps if it weren't for the football team, he wouldn't have appeared in Tuoy's manor yesterday. He didn't expect that the oriental man in front of him would be so loyal.
Yang Dongxu didn't know that he just unconsciously felt that Roman knew William, which could be beneficial and harmless to him. He actually gained the favor of two people.
In fact, this is quite normal, after all, whether it is William or Roman. They are always surrounded by a group of utilitarian people who carefully plan to get close to two people. If they succeed, they will gain a lot of benefits in exchange.
It is impossible to win the friendship of two people. On the contrary, people like Yang Dongxu have no demands for two people. It is easier to win the favor of two people simply by helping a friend.
Of course, this was just a good impression, making William and Roman feel that he, a Chinese, was not rough. As for whether we can become friends. That's another story.
A few people stood and chatted, and the auction was about to begin. Dai'er invited Yang Dongxu to the box above, not the royal box. It was her own box, but Yang Dongxu rejected it with a smile and gestured to Tuoyi, saying that she still had friends there.
So William and others, who came down to chat for a while, returned to the box above. Yang Dongxu and Roman went to the front row and sat with Troy and others.
Seeing this scene, people in the auction venue couldn't help but become very curious about this guy with a Chinese face. After all, not everyone can get Prince William to come down from the box and say a few words.
"He has a lot of investments in the UK?" Li Changze, who was sitting not far away, couldn't help but ask.
Although Gu Jing appeared calm on the surface, he was very envious in his heart. As I said just now, not everyone can say a few words to Prince William.
In particular, although Changhe Industrial's current investment center is in China, it has always been very interested in Europe and the United States, especially the United Kingdom. Naturally, he hopes to have a relationship with the royal family, so he can't help but feel a bit jealous.
Because he is a few years older than Yang Dongxu, and more importantly, he has been very smooth since he was a child. Every time I meet Yang Dongxu, I always feel overwhelmed by this guy who is younger than him and very unconvinced.
"I'm not sure about this, but he seems to have a very good relationship with the woman who was next to Prince William just now. That woman is from the British family of the late Princess Diana, and is Prince William's cousin.
The relationship between the two people has always been very good, when Dai'er graduated. Prince William also attended her graduation ceremony in person. "Bao Xingyu shook his head. He really didn't know whether Yang Dongxu had any big investment in the UK.
Of course, he didn't talk much about the gossip between Yang Dongxu and Dai'er. After all, Xin Juntai's lesson had just passed a few days ago, and now in this kind of venue, he knew that even if he whispered, it would still be spread by others.
If Dai'er finds out about this by then, he will never want to hang out in London again. If you didn’t see Xin Juntai returning to South Korea in embarrassment the next day, would he probably never come to London again in this life?
