Happy Tycoon

The diamond that Yang Jing put up for auction really caused a sensation at the reception. Such a large and well-cut diamond is rare, even in the circle of top rich people.

In particular, this diamond was brought out by the mysterious Cole Smith, which made some rich people present even more moved their minds.

In the end, the cut diamond was bought by a man in his fifties from the West Coast at a high price of 3.8 million US dollars. Afterwards, Yang Jing found out that this guy is the boss of Northrop Corporation. The current Northrop Corporation has not merged with Grumman Corporation to become Northrop-Grumman Corporation, but the current Northrop Corporation is still The top several large arms companies in the United States.

The consortium behind Northrop is the emerging California consortium after World War II.

Obviously, this is the California consortium showing favor to Yang Jing. Because in the cigar room just now, Alfred Lewis, chairman and CEO of the Bank of America, who came to this reception on behalf of the California consortium, had a good conversation with Yang Jing.

As an emerging consortium that emerged after World War II, the California consortium is closer to Yang Jing's ideas in some respects.

Hey, Cole, thank you very much for providing this precious diamond. After the interspersed auction ended, Schaife, as the protagonist, immediately found Yang Jing and expressed his sincere thanks.

In this kind of auction interspersed with receptions, the proceeds will be donated to the charity fund of the Mellon family, and the price of the diamond provided by Yang Jing was 3.8 million US dollars, which is equivalent to the price that Yang Jingbai gave to Mellon. The family charitable foundation is $3.8 million.

This figure would be a huge sum even thirty years later, let alone now?

The most important thing is that the diamond that Yang Jing took out is really rare, and the meaning behind it is naturally different.

In the eyes of many people and even the top members of the Mellon family, this Cole Smith showed enough kindness to the Mellon family by taking out such a precious diamond. Naturally, the Mellon family will not let this goodwill go. Passing by, they need an olive branch from Cole Smith.

It's nothing, Richard. Your grandfather is a person I admire very much. I just regret not being able to see this great old man with my own eyes.

It doesn't cost money to say good things, and good things can get better results. Yang Jing definitely doesn't mind saying a few good things at certain critical moments. Especially since such good words were said to an old man who had passed away for a long time, Yang Jing would not have any psychological burden.

The good atmosphere made the conversation between Yang Jing and Shi Kaifu last for a long time, and the two stopped talking until the next stage of the auction started.

The necklace provided by Bloomberg appeared in the auction at this stage, and sure enough, the necklace caused quite a stir as soon as it came out.

Yang Jing could even feel the sour air rising from the noble ladies who followed her husband to the reception.

As expected, the necklace did not live up to Bloomberg's expectations, and it was sold for US$1.7 million, more than double the price that Bloomberg paid for the necklace.

This guy is Harper Lawrence, the chairman of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He's an annoying guy! Schaife whispered in Yang Jing's ear.

The person who photographed this necklace was a fat white man in his sixties. When he got the necklace, the shape of this fat man's excited face changed.

People from the Boston Consortium? Yang Jing asked Shi Kaifu beside him with a trace of disgust for the fat man.

That's right, behind this guy is the Boston Consortium. To be precise, he is the contemporary core figure of the Lawrence family, and the Lawrence family is an important part of the Boston consortium. This nasty guy was against Monroe more than 20 years ago. I have an idea, but it's a pity that John was there at that time, this guy can't compete with John. Schaife said with certainty.

Since the Mellon family and the Boston consortium belong to the east coast, there will inevitably be some fierce competition. Now the Mellon family and the Boston consortium are only maintaining a superficial harmony, and it is not easy for outsiders to know what kind of competition the two big guys will have behind the scenes.

As for the John that Schaife said in his mouth, he was the famous President Kennedy.

Everyone knows what has to be said between President Kennedy and Monroe, and it is said that the reason why Kennedy was able to become president is said to have a great relationship with the strong support of the Boston Consortium. The relationship between the Boston Consortium and the Kennedy family is very Iron.

It's just that Yang Jing didn't expect that this fat man, as an important figure in the Boston consortium, would never forget Kennedy's woman. And judging from the fat man's expression just now, what Schaife said is obviously true, this fat man definitely has thoughts about Monroe.

Regarding this, Yang Jing could only secretly sigh with emotion - the expensive circle is really chaotic!

Thank you very much for the auction items you provided, and thank you very much for your active participation in the auction. Next, I will present three auction items provided by our Mellon family. The fourth generation of the Mellon family was speaking on the stage. One of the members, Timothy Mellon, is even more unreliable than his father, Paul Mellon. He is almost indifferent to the family business.

However, on this occasion, he still performed perfectly, and on this occasion, he could not be allowed to play his temper.

Since the auction was for the family's charity fund, it was naturally impossible for the Mellon family, as the host, not to offer some precious auction items for the auction.

The first lot to come up for auction was a portrait of John Singer Sargent. Sargent was the most famous portrait painter in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. His portraits are well-known in the United States and even in the world.

As soon as this painting was released, it was sought after by many people. Even though the size of this painting was not very large, it was finally sold for 8.8 million US dollars, which is the highest auction price today. .

The second piece turned out to be a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin.

Rodin is a master of modern sculpture who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Michelangelo. His Bronze Age and The Thinker are extremely rare masterpieces.

Although the bronze sculpture named Mountain Climber brought out by the Mellon family this time is not the most famous works of Rodin, it is also a quite extraordinary bronze sculpture. The sensation of everyone on the scene.

Rodin's status in the minds of Westerners is still very high, and many Westerners like his works very much, so Rodin's works have always had a very high collection value.

Yang Jing is also very interested in this Mountain Climber. He has a lot of bronze sculptures in his hand, but most of them are relatively old sculptures. He has not collected modern sculptures, so he also wants to take pictures of this Mountain Climber. hiker.

However, the Holy Ring, which has not been moved for a long time, directly stopped Yang Jing, which made Yang Jing regretful to see that this Mountain Climber was finally purchased by Harry Morgan from the Morgan family for 32 million US dollars. The price was snapped.

This price immediately surpassed the portrait painting just now and became the highest priced auction item today.

Although the price is high, it is nothing compared to other works of Rodin. Even Yang Jing, who has the price of those precious works of art twenty or thirty years later, knows very well that if this work is auctioned in twenty years, it will definitely exceed 100 million US dollars.

Harry Morgan was able to win this work at such a low price because it was not an official auction, and many people were unwilling to compete with the eldest son of the Morgan family. If such a work of Rodin were to be auctioned at an official auction, it would absolutely be unattainable without a price of 50 million U.S. dollars.

The first two works of the Mellon family were sold at sky-high prices. In this era, works of art that can exceed tens of millions of dollars are not common.

However, when Timothy Mellon took out the third auction item, everyone present was a little dumbfounded.

What is this?

What Timothy held in his hand was a black box about the size of an adult's fist. The surface of the box was covered with horizontal stripes, as if the box was pieced together with dozens of horizontal stripes of different sizes. Same. And the box doesn't look like it's complete, there seems to be a part missing.

Everyone went up to look at the box in turn, but no one could recognize what this strange and seemingly incomplete box was.

This is a collection collected by the family at the beginning of this century. It is made of silver doped with some other metals. It is said to come from the mysterious East. According to the identification, this box is nearly 1,100 years old. Our family once invited a Chinese appraiser from Chinatown to appraise this box. According to the Chinese appraiser, this box is a box called Luban Box from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China, but it was incomplete. Part of it caused the box to fail to open normally. Moreover, the Chinese appraiser also said with certainty that only royal craftsmen had the ability to make this kind of exquisite Luban box at that time, so this box should have come from more than a thousand The royal family of China years ago. Although the box cannot be opened, it has a history of more than a thousand years, and it was a royal item at that time, so it has historical significance.

As Timothy said, although this box is incomplete, it is a silver box with a history of more than a thousand years, and it is something owned by the ancient Chinese royal family, so after Timothy's explanation, Many people were immediately ready to snap up the box.

As for Yang Jing, after seeing the box, he was stunned.

PS: Bow down and thank Lonely Dongxin for the 1000 tip, and Xiaoxian Bookworm 134 for the 500 tip.