I Am a Nobleman in England

For the boss's words, Oliver did not have the slightest slander, but nodded in agreement.

Although the so-called "help" by my boss is indeed a bit of a robbery, but for Cage who is deeply in debt crisis at this time, his boss's move is indeed a big favor to the other party, at least Cage has money in one fell swoop Pay off the $13.3 million tax withholding and get out of his biggest trouble.

"It can indeed be said that you really did him a big favor this time." Oliver looked at Arthur's puzzled expression and continued to explain with a smile: "For an actor who was once worth 150 million US dollars, less than 14 million US dollars The tax deduction of US dollars may not seem like a big deal, but according to my understanding, a Hollywood star with Cage's status needs to earn at least 30 million US dollars a year to make ends meet.

These figures may seem exaggerated, but it is the truth. The truth, according to my friend, Cage's real estate advisor, is that about half of Nicolas Cage's previous net worth came from just four movies, "60 Seconds," "National Treasure," "Snake Eyes," and "Windtalker." ". But that was a few years ago. In other words, the current Cage has to get another movie like "National Treasure" or reduce his spending, so that he can get out of the debt crisis. "

"Ha, no wonder..." Arthur shook his head and sighed with a smile. Cage's indiscriminate filming in his previous life soon made him the world-renowned "King of Bad Movies", and he was nominated for the "Golden Raspberry Award" for worst actor many times in a row, and he was also called "Epic-Level Movie King". Box Office Poison". His net worth has plummeted to 2 million US dollars, which can be said to be bleak.

"To be honest, the wealth of these celebrities comes and goes quickly, and each of them is very extravagant, consuming wildly, investing indiscriminately, and it is difficult to accumulate wealth." Oliver shook his head with emotion, looked at his smiling boss and continued Said: "Boss, at 8:30 tonight, Nicolas Cage will be invited to attend the dinner you prepared at the restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel. He also told his real estate consultant that he is looking forward to meeting you."

"Well, I'm looking forward to it too." Arthur nodded with a smile. However, under Oliver's series of explanations, the fans' expectations for the idol became less enthusiastic.

After sending Oliver away, Arthur sat on the boss's chair, pondered for a while, shook his head slightly and laughed, no wonder female stars like to marry wealthy businessmen, the root cause is nothing more than that the landlord's family has no surplus food.

Speaking of surplus grain, the reason why Arthur showed up in the company's office despite the rainy weather was because of the batch of precious antiques that were handed over to David's Auction House to be auctioned in Asia.

The auction has ended, and it was very successful. All of Arthur's collections were successfully traded, and Arthur was very satisfied with the amount obtained from the auction.

It has to be said that, just as Arthur had envisioned, a British nobleman who has been passed down for hundreds of years,

The aura of the earl family has given these antiques a preconceived label of inheritance and order. The return of overseas cultural relics has undoubtedly made some big collectors very willing to bid for these antiques at auction.

Of course, in the eyes of big collectors, the collections auctioned at the auction house will have a legal source certificate and a record of auction transactions, which will be more convenient for future transactions.

Arthur took out his mobile phone and found the email sent to him by the auction house again. Looking at the details listed above, Arthur had to sigh. The world has created hundreds of millionaires who "get rich overnight".

Qing Dynasty painter Wang Jian's landscape album 370,000 pounds.

Qing painter Wang Su's "Twenty-Four Filial Piety Collection" 50,000 pounds.

Qing Dynasty painter Wang Hui's ancient landscape volume 350,000 pounds.

Wang Shishen's album of Cordyceps sinensis, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, a painter of the Qing Dynasty, was sold for an astonishing £640,000.

Twenty-eight seal stones, in addition to the eight-direction bloodstone, the remaining twenty-two, a total of 1.54 million pounds, an average of 70,000 pounds per seal stone, and the eight-party bloodstone, the total price is more than 1.1 million pounds, each The square price exceeded 130,000 pounds.

The reason why twenty-eight square seals can be sold at such a high price is mainly due to the impact of the increasing popularity of seal collections. The number of buyers of seal stones has suddenly increased, driving up their market prices. The price of seal stones generally doubled, like the bloodstone in Arthur's hand, it even quadrupled.

Three-legged Xuande incense burner, sold for 130,000 pounds.

At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Hui Mengchen made a purple clay and copper teapot with beams, which was sold for 60,000 pounds.

The chiseled and gilded one-eared double vase made in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty was finally sold for a jaw-dropping £220,000. You must know that he only spent £4,750 at the time. . . This time, it has increased by 46 times!

£4.46 million!

"call--"

"Sure enough, the rich people of the Celestial Dynasty are not short of money!" Arthur shook his head again and sighed, but the upward curve of his mouth showed how happy he was at this moment.

But besides being happy and happy, he sighed and shook his head. In his previous life, he admired the behavior of those rich people going out to sea to buy back national treasures, but after operating it himself, Arthur understood the true meaning of it.

To say something that is not afraid of hurting people's self-esteem, in the eyes of Westerners, most of the so-called "national treasures" bought by the rich from abroad are just things lost by the roadside of an ancient Eastern country. It is assumed that "only 300 pieces" of Yuan blue and white flowers have not been sold by others in what year?

Arthur even doubted and firmly believed that those so-called Yuan, Ming and Qing official kiln porcelains would last for decades, as long as those rich people were not short of money, various laughing auction houses would never run out of stock, maybe they would Sell ​​more and more. . .

As for what traditional civilization value is highly determined by Westerners. . . Overseas treasure hunting has made Westerners see our rise and feel high-spirited. . .

Now, in Arthur's view, it was full of unspeakable meanings.

You must know that the things that can really be bought back are not really high-quality goods. The best cultural relics are still in the hands of foreigners, and more real national treasures are still in foreign museums. Will sell you!

"Boom——"

The knock on the door interrupted Arthur's sighs and sighs, he put away his phone and said, "Please come in—"

"Boss, attorney James Cronin and the person in charge of David's Auction House have arrived..." the secretary Hui reported after pushing the door.

"Please come in." As he said, Arthur stood up from the boss's chair, unbuttoned his suit, pulled down the hem of his shirt, walked around to the desk with a smile on his face, and stood there straight, waiting for the customer to open the door And enter.

Soon, under the leadership of secretary Jenny, Arthur's personal lawyer James and the person in charge of David's Auction House who went to Boleyn Castle last time walked in.

"Good morning, boss." Lawyer James greeted first, Arthur nodded with a smile, turned his attention to the person in charge of David's Auction House, and extended his hand to shake hands with the other party who hurriedly stepped forward.

"Good morning, my lord..."

"good morning..."

After exchanging pleasantries, Arthur smiled and stretched out his hand to signal the two to sit down, and asked the secretary to make drinks according to the two's request. When Arthur sat in the boss chair, he unbuttoned his suit very naturally, and put his hands crossed on the chair. On the desk, he said with a smile: "After receiving the email from your bank, I was very happy and surprised, which exceeded my expectations. It seems that choosing your bank was the right thing to do."

"Thank you for your appreciation. It is our honor to cooperate with you. To satisfy you is what we hope to see most." The person in charge of the auction house said with a smile.

To be honest, the other party did not expect that the prodigal earl who was considered to be selling family collections would suddenly become the hottest billionaire. After all, it is not easy to develop a billionaire client.

"Hehe, I read the report that your bank's Asian autumn auction was very successful. Although it's a bit late to say, I still want to congratulate your bank on the success of your autumn auction." Arthur said with a smile.

"Thank you, and I would also like to thank you for the collection you gave us to operate, which enriched our autumn auction collection, especially your set of twenty-eight seal stones, which caused a great sensation and attracted many collectors. , Let our auction atmosphere become very enthusiastic." The person in charge of the auction house responded to Arthur with a smile, and spared no effort to compliment him.

"Really, that's really great. Seriously, when I saw the amount on the email, I was really surprised. When I was impressed by the professionalism of your bank, I also had to sigh that the current China is really Revive." Arthur said pretending to be surprised and relieved.

"Indeed, the current Celestial Dynasty has indeed risen. Since the opening up, a large number of rich people have been created. Although they feel a bit upstart, their investment in antique culture is indeed shocking. However, this is understandable, after all Artworks and antiques are the carriers that can most condense wealth and are easier to pass on.

I also have many friends who are rich in China, and they have an almost fanatical pursuit of their country's ancient civilization heritage. . . "The person in charge of the auction house shook his head and continued with a smile: "They have feelings that we can't understand. Although we don't understand, I appreciate and respect their high spirits. "

"..." Arthur smiled, didn't say anything, but couldn't help cursing in his heart, "You fucking appreciate them being taken advantage of!"

"Look at me, I was so busy chatting, I almost forgot my business, Lord Arthur, the total proceeds from your auction this time are 4.46 million pounds. According to our previous agreement, our bank will charge a 10% commission, 446,000 pounds Thousands of pounds, this is a check for 4,014,000 pounds, please look at it—" the person in charge of the auction house said, then took out an envelope from his briefcase, and handed it to Arthur with both hands.