Around one o'clock at midnight, in the study.
"The highest bid for this pair of huanghuali flower stools from the Ming Dynasty was RMB 35.2 million from Qu Shui Shui Shang. Congratulations to Qu Shui Shui Shang."
After checking all the private message bids, Xiao Ran immediately announced the bidding results.
This was the last auction tonight and the sale was successfully completed.
The antique cultural relics auctioned are the pair of huanghuali flower stools placed in the entrance hall of Songshizhai.
After Xiao Ran's appraisal and careful study by Jin Lao and others, everyone unanimously confirmed it.
This is a pair of huanghuali flower stools made in the late Ming Dynasty, using Hainan huanghuali.
This pair of Ming Dynasty huanghuali flower stools immediately caused a fight in the live broadcast room.
Because the starting price of this pair of huanghuali flower stools is 1,200 yuan, well over 5 million yuan.
Those who participate in the bidding are basically fans of the collector's live broadcast room.
Several wealthy second generations in the main live broadcast room also participated in this competition.
After some competition, the person who finally took the photo of this pair of huanghuali flower stools was none other than Qu Shuishui from the collector’s live broadcast room.
Standing behind this guy is one of the top collectors and richest men in the country.
As soon as Xiao Ran announced the result, Qu Shui Liushang immediately cheered excitedly.
Fans who did not participate in the bidding were stunned by the high transaction price.
The other buyers who participated in the bidding were all regretful.
They regretted being too conservative in their quotation and missing out on this pair of very rare Ming Dynasty antique furniture.
Some people are also complaining that the mechanism of only one private message for quotation is too harsh, and there is no chance to increase the quotation again.
Xiao Ran did not respond to these complaints, but smiled and said:
"Qushui Shang, I have to explain something. These huanghuali flower stools are too big to be transported by private plane."
"If your boss is not in a hurry, wait until I can coordinate a large enough space on the Air China cargo plane and then transport it back to China for delivery."
"Of course, if your boss is in a hurry, you can also send someone to pick up the goods yourself, so I can save trouble."
After the words fell, Qu Shuishui immediately responded:
"Received, it depends on what my boss arranges. I will contact you later."
Xiao Ran nodded and then changed the subject.
"Okay, tonight's auction ends here, everyone can go about their business."
"It's time for us to rest. It's already midnight here and we can hardly keep our eyes open."
With that said, he waved to the camera and was about to exit the live broadcast room.
At this moment, the half-asleep guy hurriedly asked:
"Xiao Ran, what treasures are up for auction tomorrow? Give me a list so that I can make some preparations."
"I've been working hard today for nothing, I've been running around with you, and I haven't even taken a single hair. I'm so depressed!"
"This kind of thing will never happen again tomorrow. No matter what, I will win a few treasures."
"Hahaha"
There was a burst of gloating laughter in the live broadcast room, and everyone laughed.
Xiao Ran also smiled, then nodded and said:
"I didn't think carefully enough before and didn't announce today's auction list and photos in advance, so everyone was not fully prepared."
"This kind of thing will not happen again tomorrow. At the latest at 9 a.m. tomorrow, I will announce the list and photos of the evening auction items in the WeChat group."
“You can prepare based on the list of items, or you can find someone to identify them based on relevant photos and video information, so that you have a good idea.”
"This list covers a wide range of antiques and artworks at various price points. As long as you want to participate, everyone has the opportunity to participate."
Before he finished speaking, the two live broadcast rooms were already filled with cheers.
It can be heard that everyone is excited and sharpening their knives.
When the cheers subsided, Beixinqiao Daniel Wu joked:
"You are such a thief, aren't you just asking everyone to raise money so that you can kill me!"
"Yes, this seems to be for everyone, but in fact it is to calculate the little money in everyone's pockets."
Sister Min echoed with a smile.
Immediately afterwards, everyone started to complain.
After joking and chatting for a while, Xiao Ran exited the live broadcast room and ended tonight's live broadcast.
Just as he was packing up the live broadcast equipment, Fang Yufei, who was sitting next to him, suddenly sighed.
"The fans in the live broadcast room are absolutely right. The speed at which you make money is so scary, faster than printing money!"
"It's only been three hours, and you've made over a billion yuan in money. If I hadn't been there, I would have thought it was Korean won!"
Elaine also nodded vigorously and said excitedly:
"You Chinese are so rich and so willing to spend money on collections!"
"I have only seen such crazy money-splitting scenes from the Saudis before."
Xiao Ran looked at these two beauties, and then said confidently:
"Where is this? What if I sell all the antiques and works of art I found from Songshizhai?"
"The final total auction turnover is likely to exceed 6 billion yuan, or even higher."
"Wow! 6 billion sounds too scary!"
The two beauties immediately exclaimed, both of them were startled.
After a while, Xiao Ran had finished cleaning up.
Afterwards, they went back to their rooms to wash up and rest.
Before taking a break, Xiao Ran secretly turned on the clairvoyance and quickly looked through the inside and outside of the villa.
After making sure that there were no problems and that all security equipment was in working order, he walked into the bathroom to wash up.
At this time, the sky outside was getting darker and darker, and everything was quiet.
…
In the blink of an eye it's a new day.
Los Angeles, which has a Mediterranean climate, is still sunny.
After getting up in the morning and exercising, Xiao Ran went straight into the study and started making a list of items for tonight's auction.
He turned on the computer and browsed through the many photos and videos Ryoko and the others had taken at Songshizhai.
In a short time, he selected a batch of antique cultural relics and works of art to be auctioned in the live broadcast room tonight.
After drawing up the list, he immediately sent the list and related pictures and videos to the WeChat group for everyone to download and study.
During this period, he also received messages and private messages from some fans and buyers.
Some of these guys moved quickly and paid off the auction price immediately.
Under his instruction, these guys divided the auction money into two parts.
Part of it is transferred to domestic bank accounts, and part of it is transferred to accounts in the United States.
The payment transferred to the U.S. account can be used to pay taxes, investments, company operations, etc.
In this way, you don’t have to worry too much about being plotted by the US government, such as finding excuses to freeze deposits or even confiscate property.
Xiao Ran quickly browsed the messages and private messages and replied to them one by one. Then he left the study and went to the kitchen downstairs.
Soon, the time came to nine o'clock.
When David and others arrived, Xiao Ran took them out of the villa.
Under the escort of Anthony and others, they went straight to the Goldman Sachs Bank in the city.
There are a lot of things to do today, so it is bound to be quite busy.
Elaine and Fang Yufei did not follow, but stayed in the villa to rest.
After a while, Xiao Ran and his several cars had driven out of the Beverly Hills mansion area.
At this moment, several cars parked on the side of the road suddenly started and followed from behind.
The guys in these cars were very cautious and only followed them a hundred or two hundred meters away without getting too close.
However, this cannot be hidden from the experienced Anthony and others.
Not far ahead, they spotted the cars following them.
As soon as he discovered this situation, Anthony immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and informed Xiao Ran.
"Sean, there are people following us. There are three cars in total, and there are three or four people in each car."
"Through the footage captured by the surveillance camera at the rear of the car, the people in these three cars were very mixed, with people from all ethnic groups."
After hearing the announcement, Xiao Ran and David, who were sitting in the bulletproof Cullinan, couldn't help but be stunned.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
“Apparently, someone heard I was back from San Francisco and making a killing, so they came here and waited!”
"It's possible that these guys came from San Francisco for Song Shizhai's batch of treasures, or even the Mafia."
"Anthony, please contact some armed security personnel immediately to strengthen the security at the villa, and be sure to protect Elaine and the others."
"As for these guys following us, let's take these guys to have fun in Los Angeles and show them some color."
As he spoke, he turned his head and looked back.
The moment he turned his head, he secretly turned on the perspective and looked at the three cars following behind.
In an instant, his sight had traveled more than a hundred meters, looking directly through the three cars and clearly seeing the guys sitting in the cars.
Those were some familiar faces that he had seen through perspective before in San Francisco's Chinatown.
I didn't expect that when I returned to Los Angeles, these scumbags who didn't know how to live or die would actually follow me.
The moment he saw the other person's face clearly, a fierce murderous intention flashed in Xiao Ran's eyes.
At the same time, Anthony's voice came over.
"Copy that, Sean, I'll send security personnel to the villa immediately."
"I will notify Sam who is guarding the door of the villa and ask them to be more vigilant."
Xiao Ran nodded, then sneered and said:
"It seems that there are some adjustments to today's plan!"
As he spoke, he reached back and picked up the gun bag at the back, then opened it.
Then he took out a Kevlar body armor from inside and threw it to David.
Then he took out a bulletproof vest and put it on himself.
"David, no matter what happens next, don't leave the Cullinan, then you won't be hurt."
As he spoke, he took out the HK433 and checked it quickly.
I bought this gun a while ago, and it seems it will finally come in handy today.
