The counting units of English and Chinese are inconsistent, and the names of the counting units must be changed for every four digits in English and every five digits in Chinese, which forms a different representation of more than four digits.In English and Chinese, the counting units are the same, but in Chinese, there are two counting units, "10,000" and "100 million", but in English, there are none; In English, there are only two units of counting: illn (million) and billn (billion).And the "Pill Han Zhuo Demilin" that Yang Jing just mentioned is written in English as "one-hundred-illn", which means one hundred million, and the total is one hundred million!
In other words, after HarperLawrence gritted his teeth and quoted a price of five thousand and one thousand, Yang Jing did not hesitate to quote a price of "one hundred million dollars".With Yang Jing's faint sound, the audience immediately fell silently again, and almost everyone was stunned by the number reported by Yang Jing.If you put it in 20 or 30 years, there will be a few auction items worth more than 100 million dollars.One of the most expensive auctions in the world is Gauguin's 1892 painting "When Will You Get Married," which sold for $300 million at an auction in February 2015.But even twenty or thirty years later, there are only five auctions that can exceed $100 million in the world, and all four of the other works are oil paintings, except for Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti's masterpiece "The Walking Man", which sold for $104.3 billion.And now it is the 80s of the twentieth century, and in this era, more than 100 million dollars in auction have never appeared!
However, in the grand ballroom of Meilong Manor, an auction price of "100 million US dollars" quietly appeared, which was even more surprising than the British infantry who were still charging in the ancient dense charging formation in the early stage of World War I and encountered the German Makqin heavy machine guns.At that time, the British Army was still insisting on the old method of infantry charging intensively, and the Germans on the opposite side only raised the muzzle of the Maxim heavy machine gun by a foot, resulting in 50,000 British infantry being killed in one day.And the figure of "100 million US dollars" just reported by Yang Jing was not much worse in this room than the Maxim heavy machine gun of the Germans back then, and Bloomberg was already there, and he didn't even have the heart to persuade Yang Jing.What persuasion?
Bloomberg's current net worth is only more than 200 million US dollars, but the one next to him threw out 100 million US dollars in cash directly like throwing a small stone!
There was silence for a full three seconds, and then there was a sound again.But unlike the noisy hum when Yang Jing reported 50 million before, this time the sound was much quieter, and everyone's eyes were focused on Colessmith.Alfred Lowwell, who was in the distance, sighed slightly, turned around and walked out of the banquet hall under the pretext of going to the bathroom.As for the other protagonist of the competition, the arrogant Mr.
Harperlawrence, he stood there for a long time, unable to speak.Yang Jing shook his arm at the auctioneer who was also standing on the stage, which attracted the auctioneer's attention.Immediately, the auctioneer was as excited as if it was something, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "One hundred million!"
For the first time!
”The auctioneer's voice was loud enough, but it couldn't bring Harper-Lawrence to his senses.He had been taken aback by the $100 million price that Mr.
Cole Smith had just quoted.Everyone, including Harper Lawrence, has no doubt about Cole Smith's determination to win this broken box at this time, and they even know very well that the momentum of this guy's offer, if Harper Lawrence continues to offer, this mysterious Cole Smith will definitely quote a price of 200 million or even higher.Although there is also a saying in the United States, "If you have money, you are better than a cow?"
”But here at this time, Cole Smith has vividly interpreted the answer of this sentence - I am especially rich, so I am special is Niubi!
I don't accept you to bite me!
I don't care who you are, dare to bid with Lao Tzu, then Lao Tzu will use money to stone you to death!
Compared with Lao Tzu, you are rich, and you are tired of living?"
100 million!
Second!
”The auctioneer's voice rang out again, and Harper-Lawrence's face turned even paler.He looked up at Cole Smith, his lips twitching twice, as if to continue the offer, but eventually he sighed heavily and hung his big head."100 million!
The third time!
Congratulations to Mr.
Smith for obtaining this Luban box. ”Perhaps because of the excitement, the auctioneer's voice changed a little.It is no wonder that this is the first time in human history that a $100 million auction item has been auctioned, and this auction item was sold from his hands, and this alone is enough to occupy a very important position in the ranks of auctioneers.Maybe in the next ten or even fifteen years, he will maintain the title of "100 million yuan auctioneer" alone!
This is an honor that no number of times with white gloves can be exchanged!
As the small hammer in the auctioneer's hand fell heavily on the table, HarperLawrence raised his hanging head, silently glanced at the man competing with him, and walked out of the banquet hall with a bitter face.At this time, no one paid attention to Harper Lawrence, and in this war without gunpowder, Lawrence had completely lost.Yang Jing walked up with a smile on his face, and old Paul greeted him, whispered "thank you", and then shook Yang Jing's hand.After shaking hands with the people of the Mellon family one by one, Yang Jing picked up the half-cut Luban box again, took a deep look at it twice, put down the box, and then took out the checkbook from the pocket of his suit, and said with a smile: "Richard, I'm sorry, I haven't handled the checkbook at your Mellon National Bank, so I can only use the checkbook from Citibank." ”Scaife laughed and said, "Cole, in a few moments you will receive a credit card specially prepared for you by our Mellon National Bank, which is the highest level credit card of our Mellon National Bank, I hope you can like it." ”"Oh?
Thank you then!
”Yang Jing replied with a smile while writing the numbers.Old Paul whispered, "Cole, you can write 120,000 dollars, 100 million dollars is not counted." ”Skeef also said, "Cole, Uncle Paul is right, you just listen to Uncle Paul."
This box isn't worth $100 million, and you've done our family a great favor just now, so we can't take that much from you anyway. ”Hearing this, Yang Jingleng paused for a moment, then shook his head slightly and said in a low voice: "There is no need for that, since I have quoted this price, I have to pay this number in full."
Don't worry, I won't be short of money. ”Saying that, Yang Jing happily signed the number and his name on the checkbook, and then tore off the cash check and handed it to Skeef.Skeef was a little at a loss, he really didn't want to accept the check, but seeing that Yang Jing's expression was very firm, he could only take it with a sigh in the end.Seeing that Skeeve took the check, Yang Jing was also relieved.In fact, there was a sentence he didn't say just now - the box itself is worth more than this money!
It's not that Yang Jing has to be wronged, he has to give the Mellon family more than 90 million US dollars, but when Yang Jing picked up this Luban box again just now, he subconsciously used his perspective skills again, and as a result, he vaguely saw the word "accept" on the silk, which made the conjecture just now.If that conjecture is true, then let alone 100 million US dollars, even if it is a billion US dollars, Yang Jing is willing to buy it out of his pocket.And if the box does contain clues related to that speculation, then buying it for $100 million is a sign of respect for the box and the people who made it.That treasure is an absolute priceless treasure for the Chinese people, and if this 100 million dollars can buy a clue about that baby, it is also worth it.And if the contents of the box were really the clues of that treasure, Yang Jing would rather pay double or even five times the price!
Because that treasure should have such a high value.Although Yang Jing is now holding a foreign passport, what flows in his bones is the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang, and in his eyes, that treasure cannot be replaced by money.In fact, if Lawrence didn't bid just now, Yang Jing would have won the box, which must have been arranged by God.But since Lawrence bids, it means that God doesn't let him get this thing too easily.Isn't it money?
Bidding is it.$100 million to buy a clue is just out of respect for that baby.And Yang Jing felt that he should do the same.As for helping the Mellon family, it's just a handy effort.Since he saw this box today, Yang Jing will never allow this box to fall into the hands of others.Old Paul also sighed, but then smiled and whispered, "Cole, do you recognize the origin of this box?"
”Yang Jing put the checkbook into the pocket of his suit, shook his head and said, "How is it possible?"
I just think this box is very eye-catching, and that Lawrence is so infuriating, so I'm going to teach that guy a lesson.Besides, shouldn't the Boston consortium also learn some lessons?
”As he spoke, Yang Jing turned his head to look at Scaife, and then said in a low voice: "Compared with today's auction, I hope that our KY Investment Fund and the Mellon family will have more in-depth cooperation next year."
Richard, in my plan, I'm going to buy a couple of banks on the East Coast next year, and the initial intention is Hartford Citizen and Arlington Trust.How's that, interested?
”Hearing this, several members of the Mellon family glanced at each other, and smiles appeared on their faces.ps: Bow and thank you for the 1000 tips of "There is a dream that can't come true" and "Xiaolou is single and listens to the rain at night".