Just when everyone was frowning, Charles, who had been the prince for thirty-six years, said quietly: "Why don't we sell some of the art and antiques we collected?"
After hearing this, everyone stared at Charles subtly, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was really a solution, because art and antiques were not like those assets that could be maliciously underestimated.
In their current status, they have long passed the time when they need to be arty and elegant. For them, those works of art and antiques are just collections. They usually take them out to enjoy, and they don't care about the value of the outside world. As long as you like it, it is valuable. If you don't like it, even if it is valuable, you won't look at it twice.
But now the situation has changed. These things are no longer just their playthings, they are also tools that can be used. As for other aristocratic circles abroad who comment that their prodigality is unworthy of nobility?
It’s such a desperate time, and they still care about so many things. They are selling off their property to protect the country, right?
Jin thought for a while and then said: "This method is OK. The value of these artworks and antiques is recognized by the industry and cannot be maliciously belittled!"
"Then let's act quickly. By the way, I remember that we have a lot of Chinese antiques in our hands. Can we do something with these?" George asked tentatively, as if he had remembered something.
Everyone was quiet now.
Yes, why did you forget those Kaizi?
Those Chinese businessmen were taken advantage of, and they would pay a premium for such things no matter how high the price was.
As long as something that originally costs more than 100,000 dollars is hyped in the mainland, and a super high sense of national pride is added, the transaction price can reach more than 10 million dollars or more.
"Okay, let's do it!" Charles said excitedly.
. . .
Six hours later, in Hong Kong Island, Chen Yi was at home looking at the invitation from the Sotheby's auction house in confusion.
"What? Those ghost guys are not afraid of death, right?"
The thirteenth girl next to her also said with an expressionless face: "I have already spoken to Hong Kong Island and Aoshima. If anyone dares to buy it, don't blame me for turning against them!"
Due to historical reasons, Chinese people have special emotions towards certain cultural relics lost overseas, especially the cultural relics from the Old Summer Palace, because they contain too much historical humiliation and pain, but some people are taking advantage of this " "humiliation and pain" to make money, there are also some people who are being exploited without knowing it.
In Chen Yi's previous life, the bronze statue of the twelve zodiac animals in Yuanmingyuan increased from the initial price of 1,500 US dollars to more than 10 million euros, which was equivalent to about 200 million RMB at the time. This is the best example.
Previously, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has made it clear that it opposes "using Chinese money" to buy back "China's own things." However, some people just want to take advantage of the historical background of the goods being auctioned and take advantage of the patriotic enthusiasm of the Chinese to raise the price of the auction. price.
According to incomplete statistics, among the cultural relics lost overseas by China, there are about 1.3 million cultural relics in the Niu Kingdom; about 2.6 million in Gaul; about 2 million in Japan; about 300,000 in Hans; and 12,000 Dunhuang suicide notes in Russia alone. There are about 200,000 pieces of cultural relics in the Maple Leaf Country, second only to China itself; about 2.3 million Chinese cultural relics have flowed into the United States in the past 30 years.
If he really wants those nobles to raise the prices this time, then the prices will only get higher and higher. Chen Yi feels that those businessmen who auction precious cultural relics at high prices may have good intentions and do bad things, but this represents a shame.
Thinking of this, he said: "Aren't those nobles trying to raise money? I won't let them sell any of them!"
. . .
In fact, after Sotheby's announced that it would hold an auction of "Precious Chinese Cultural Relics" on Hong Kong Island, people in Hong Kong and Macao looked at Sotheby's with dead eyes.
If Hong Kong Island didn't have a land tiger like New World, maybe someone would actually bid for it and give it to the mainland. And the mainland had to admit this. In his previous life, the gambling king Chen Yi spent a lot of money to buy it for 69.1 million Hong Kong dollars. The bronze horse head statue in Yuanmingyuan was donated to the country.
Although the mainland officials themselves are firmly opposed to this ultra-high price buyback practice, it is hard to say that they bought it with real money, so they can only suffer this dumb loss.
But when Thirteenth Sister said in Hong Kong Island, "Whoever goes to the auction will not give me face," businessmen in Hong Kong and Macao gave up the idea of being taken advantage of. No one wanted to try not to give Thirteenth Sister face. What consequences.
Similarly, Zhi Gongtang and Mrs. M in Europe and the United States also spoke out, and the Chinese groups in Europe and the United States also stopped. Only some old Nanyang wealthy families were eager to try, wanting to buy it and give it to the mainland in exchange for a favor from the mainland.
However, Chen Yi ignored them because the "Standard Chartered Acquisition Group" had already started working.
Less than an hour later, the stock price of Sotheby's Auction House on the Apple Market Exchange was cut in half. The chairman of Sotheby's realized that something was wrong and quickly ordered Hong Kong Island to announce that the auction was cancelled. As soon as the announcement was made, the stock price stopped immediately. Diving.
At the same time, other well-known auction houses in Blue Star also directly canceled the orders of the noble gentlemen from the Niu Kingdom, because when Sotheby's stock price was cut in half, nearly thirty consortiums in Europe and the United States directly said: "This is funding the enemy!"
Then more forces also expressed their attitude: During the credit crisis, whichever auction house dares to take over the goods of those noble gentlemen will not need to open it again in the future.
Seeing this situation, Chen Yi sighed once again. Gabriel's words "capitalists from all over the world unite" were indeed right.
Sotheby's was cut in half by a group of big guys from the Continental Hotel. The reason why other forces besides the two Chinese forces, M Group and Zhi Gong Tang, did this was because, as they said, they didn't want those aristocratic gentlemen to get extra money. After all, those nobles were not only auctioning precious cultural relics and works of art from China, but other short sellers also reacted and expressed their opinions.
At this time, a group of auction houses realized that if they really dared to auction, it would be equivalent to going against the short-sellers who were shorting the cattle country all over the world!
I can't afford to offend this damn guy, I can't afford to offend him. . .
A group of nobles from the Niu Kingdom were furious when they found out, but they were just incompetent and furious.
After a short interlude, not only the small players, but also ordinary leeks all over the world realized that the credit crisis of the cattle country was real. This was the only country in the world to fight against cattle. This greatly aroused the enthusiasm of the leeks. Originally, the leeks The people who were still watching the excitement also decided to go short.
This dealt another blow to the already shaky situation in the cattle country. The FTSE index plummeted by 15% again in just three hours. The current stock price is less than half of what it was before Gabriel made the strange move, and the pound against the US dollar is The exchange rate also fell by 1 to 1.5.
In fact, a small group composed of the Qinglong Study Group, more than a dozen financial groups in Western Europe, and a group of big guys from mainland hotels have begun to retreat, while other big guys are still partying. Chen Yi feels that the Niu Kingdom will be very lively in the next few days. Things can happen, so to be conservative, it is better to withdraw first. When the time comes, they can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, even if any big changes happen, they will not be affected.
Anyway, a group of people have already made a lot of money this time, and they will have to wait until tomorrow to complete their retreat. At this time, as long as they are short, they don't have to worry about not having a takeover, so they retreat very quickly.
There was no need to hide anything in their actions. There were too many people entering the venue this time. Who knew what kind of monsters they were, and everyone had a tacit understanding not to explore other people's background.
As the first one to take action, it is natural that the group has the largest proportion of profits. This time, the principal is about 400 billion, and the estimated profit is 600 billion, which is just 1 trillion. Of course, this requires more than 30 consortium-level The power plus the votes they each brought were shared with the soup-drinking boy, but everyone was very satisfied with the benefits, and so was Chen Yi.
Don't look at this compared with the five to ten times profits of the reborn protagonists in his previous life during the stock market crash or financial crisis. It is a bit pitiful to only increase 2.5 times, but their principal is large, and only those of the Qinglong Study Group are included. In terms of profit, we made a total of 2,100 small goals.
This time it was a robbery of a country's wealth, and only one of Blue Star's top five talkers opened the door for everyone to rob. The next time he wants to create a bigger scene than this, it will probably only be the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. However, Chen Yi was not very interested in the subprime mortgage crisis. It would be okay if he was buying some industries at the bottom, but he might as well forget about it.
The reason is very simple. He is afraid that those consortiums in the United States will default on their debts after losing their money. . .
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