I Am a Nobleman in England

Borrow the chicken to lay the egg!

I have long heard that these big auction houses like to use the earl's collection, the dusty treasures of a certain noble family to make publicity stunts, and 'package' some antiques that are not authentic or simply fake. Unexpectedly, the other party actually Hit the idea on your own head.

In recent years, many antique dealers and collectors are keen to go overseas to "search for treasures" and "find leaks". With the popularity of Chinese artworks overseas, the birth of sky-high prices has also made foreigners understand the value of ancient Chinese artworks. This has also led to more and more counterfeit products appearing in overseas markets, and even the phenomenon of "one-stop service for counterfeit products". "Super high premium" has flooded overseas markets with a large number of counterfeit products. Manufactured in China, and then smuggled into overseas markets, there is an amazing chain of profit transmission behind it.

And those "overseas relics" that have been scoured with great painstaking efforts are becoming a nightmare for many people who have nothing to lose. The so-called sky-high priced "national treasures" are actually nothing more than ordinary cultural relics or even fakes wrapped in dazzling foam. The "thunders" planted by various people are waiting for Chinese buyers to detonate them in overseas countries. . .

You must know that the truly valuable antiques are traded in a small circle at the upper level of the pyramid.

"Do you want me to trade the reputation and glory of the family?" Arthur withdrew the smile on his face, and looked indifferently at the director of the auction house who was getting more and more embarrassed.

"No, no, respectable Earl Arthur, please don't get me wrong, we definitely don't mean to discredit and damage your family's reputation and glory." The person in charge of the auction house changed his face and hurriedly explained, "This time in HK In the Asian Autumn Auction, there are a few items that need an 'identity', of course, we can guarantee that they are not fakes."

"Hehe, there is a huge difference between the value of an antique of unknown origin and the value of an antique that has been passed down in an orderly manner. A 5% discount, hehe, is indeed worthy of a big auction house, but you put Bo The Lin family thinks it's too cheap, right?"

Arthur's eyes flashed sharply, and he sneered, "Any auction house would welcome my collection, what do you think?"

"Of course, don't get me wrong, we definitely don't despise you, otherwise, our auction house will exempt you from all commissions, as long as you don't admit it or deny it, how about it?"

Hearing this, Arthur didn't understand why David's Auction House planned to use him from the very beginning. Although the overseas art market has been mature and perfect after hundreds of years of exploration and practice, this Only on the institutional side. The system ensures that there is very little space for auction houses to speculate in the dark and engage in fraudulent practices for personal gain, but the system cannot curb human greed, and the system cannot automatically produce high-level connoisseurs. Of course, from the perspective of ratio, they are much more likely to make fake ones than fake ones, and in some countries, the ratio of both fake and fake ones is high.

"Two, and every other lot that needs to be endorsed, fifty thousand pounds!"

"This price is absolutely impossible. If it is this price, there are many ways to do it. One piece is 10,000 pounds. This is the market price. If it is higher, then we can only find another way..."

Arthur didn't expect that a lion who followed the trend opened his mouth and really bit the meat. This has to be said to be a pleasant surprise. As for whether it will damage the reputation and glory of the Boleyn family, Arthur doesn't think it will. Of course the auction house must promise that those lots are not fakes.

"20,000 pieces, the halo bonus of our Bolin family's 800-year heritage of reputation and glory is absolutely worth the money!"

"...Okay, happy cooperation!" The other party pondered for a while, his expression kept changing, and finally let go, reached out and shook Arthur, and said with sincere emotion: "Dear Earl Arthur, you are a negotiator. Master!"

"You will get more, won't you?" Arthur just smiled slightly. In fact, he was a little excited in his heart. Unexpectedly,

It really sold.

"There are a total of five items that need 'identity'. They are absolutely genuine. We will pay you 60,000 pounds. Once the auction is successful, the money will be credited into your account together with your collection auction money..."

"NO, the 60,000 must be credited into my account first. Regardless of whether the auction is successful or not, these five items have already been stamped with the 'Boleyn Family' imprint. This is irrefutable. What do you think?" With a flash of slyness, he said with a smile.

"This... I need to make a call to report, please wait a moment."

"Please—"

Arthur smiled and reached out his hand to signal. After watching the other party nod, he took out his mobile phone and turned to walk aside. He couldn't help but glanced back at the other people who were registering and packing. Paul, the housekeeper who carefully supervised the whole process, seemed to feel something. , looked up at Arthur, Arthur smiled and nodded slightly.

After a short time, the person in charge of the auction house came back, with a helpless smile on his face, and said to Arthur: "Okay, Lord, we have agreed to your request, and we have a happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation!" Arthur didn't express how happy he was. He just smiled and reached out to shake hands calmly. Sixty thousand pounds was very happy in my heart.

An hour and a half later, Arthur's fingers were a little sore from signing on a large pile of documents, and he officially completed the handover. He personally took the butler Paul to deliver the people and all the classics packed into the car, watching the car far away. go.

"Lord, I still feel a little unreal now, I didn't expect those things to be worth two or three million pounds..."

Arthur heard the slightly trembling voice of the housekeeper Paul, couldn't help laughing happily, exhaled softly, looked at the beautiful scenery of the manor, and said very pretendingly: "I will support the burden of the family, You will see the Boleyn family restore the glory of the nobility and shine in England again!"

"It's my honor!" Paul the housekeeper stroked the bear with one hand a little excitedly, and bowed slightly to salute.

"Hehe, thank you, Paul, to be honest, I really can't imagine without you by my side..." Arthur turned to look at the agitated butler, stretched out his hand and patted his arm, and sighed sincerely .

"Willing to work for you!"

"Haha." Arthur laughed happily, and stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around the shoulders of the butler Paul, who had regained his calm and elegant smile, and walked side by side into the castle with some disregard of etiquette.

"This matter has come to an end, and the next step is to prepare to welcome the people from DUTV and the people from the bank... Hehe, I love autumn, the golden harvest, the heavy fruits, and the laughter that makes people return home with full rewards and rejoice!"

Listening to the joyful exclamation of his young earl, the butler Paul also showed a happy smile.