Regarding the boss's words, Oliver did not have the slightest slander, but nodded with deep conviction.

Although the so-called'help' of his own boss does mean to take advantage of the fire, for Cage, who is in debt crisis at this time, his own boss's shot is indeed a big favor to the other party. At least Cage has money. Repay the $13.3 million tax deduction to get rid of the biggest trouble he has to face.

"It can be said that you really helped him this time." Oliver looked at Arthur's somewhat puzzled expression and continued to smile and explained: "For an actor who was once worth 150 million US dollars, less than 14 million The dollar tax deduction doesn't seem to be a big deal, but according to my understanding, a Hollywood star with a status like Cage earns at least 30 million U.S. dollars a year to make ends meet.

These figures seem to be too exaggerated, but this is the fact. According to my friend, Cage’s real estate consultant told me the truth is that about half of Nicholas Cage’s previous net worth came from four movies, "60 Seconds Movie", "National Treasure", "Snake Eye" and "The Wind Whisperer" ". But that was a few years ago. In other words, the current Cage must take another film like "National Treasure" or reduce his expenses, so that he can get out of the debt crisis. "

"Ha, no wonder..." Arthur sighed, shaking his head and laughing. Cage’s indiscriminate filming in his previous life quickly made him degenerate into the world-famous "King of Bad Films", and he was nominated for the worst actor in the "Golden Raspberry Award" many times in a row, and he was even called "epic class" Box office poison". The price plummeted to 2 million U.S. dollars, which is not desolate.

"Seriously, the wealth of these celebrities comes and goes quickly, and they are all very luxurious, crazy consumption, chaotic investment, it is difficult to accumulate wealth." Oliver shook his head with emotion, and looked at his smiling owner. Said: "Boss, at 8:30 tonight, Nicolas Cage will be invited to attend the dinner you prepared at the Four Seasons Hotel restaurant. He also told his real estate consultant that he is looking forward to meeting you very much."

"Well, I'm looking forward to it too." Arthur smiled and nodded, but after Oliver's series of comments, fans' expectations for the idol became less enthusiastic.

Sending Oliver away, Arthur sat on the boss chair, pondered, and shook his head slightly and burst into laughter. No wonder the female stars like to marry wealthy businessmen. The fundamental reason is that the landlord’s family has no surplus.

Speaking of surplus food, the reason why Arthur appeared in the company's office despite the rainy weather was because of the precious antiques that had been handed over to the Dawei De auction house for auction in Asia.

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

It has to be said that just as Arthur had imagined, a British aristocrat who had passed on for hundreds of years, the aura of the earl family, made this batch of antiques be labeled with a preconceived and orderly inheritance label, and the return of overseas cultural relics will undoubtedly bring some large collections. The family is very willing to bid for these antiques at auction.

Of course, in the eyes of major collectors, the collections sold at auction houses will have a legal source certificate and a record of auction transactions, which is more convenient for future transactions.

Arthur took out his mobile phone to find out the email sent to him by the auction house again. Looking at the details listed above, Arthur had to sigh. No wonder it is said that in the antique market, the wealthy people of the celestial dynasty pay for the West every year. The international community has created hundreds of millionaires who "get rich overnight."

The Qing Dynasty painter Wang Jian's landscape painting album was £370,000.

The Twenty-Four Filial Piety Collection by Qing painter Wang Su was £50,000.

The Qing Dynasty painter Wang Hui's Ancient Landscape Book of 350,000 pounds.

The Wang Shishen Cordyceps album, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, the Qing Dynasty painter, sold for a shocking £640,000.

Twenty-eight square seal stones, in addition to the Bafang Soapstone, the remaining 22 squares, a total of 1.54 million pounds, an average of 70,000 pounds per square seal stone, and the total price of the Bafang Soapstone is more than 1.1 million pounds, each The price is over 130,000 pounds.

The reason why the 28-square seal can be sold at such a high price is mainly due to the influence of the current increase in the collection of seals. The sudden increase in buyers of seal stones drives up their market prices. The price of seal stone has generally doubled, like the blood stone in Arthur's hand, it has quadrupled.

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

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

A gilt double-eared double vase with engraved flowers made during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty was finally sold for Arthur's jaw-dropping £220,000. You must know that he only spent £4,750. . . This time it has increased 46 times!

£4.66 million!

"call--"

"Sure enough, the rich people of the celestial dynasty are not bad for money!" Arthur shook his head again and said with emotion, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth showed how happy he was at this time.

But when he was happy, he sighed and shook his head. In his previous life, he admired the behavior of the wealthy to go overseas to buy back national treasures. However, after some operations, Arthur understood the true meaning of it.

To say that you are 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 nothing more than gadgets that were lost by the road from an ancient eastern country, even if they were like that type. How many pieces of Yuan blue and white flowers supposedly "only 300 pieces" have been sold in in which year?

Arthur even suspects and firmly believes that the so-called Yuan, Ming and Qing official kiln porcelains will be left for decades. As long as the rich are not short of money, all kinds of laughter auction houses will never be out of stock, and maybe they will. The more they sell, the more. . .

As for what traditional civilization value is highly determined by Westerners. . . Treasure hunting overseas has made Westerners see our rise and are excited. . .

Now in Arthur's eyes, it was full of unspeakable meaning.

You must know that the things that can be bought back are not really fine products. The best cultural relics are still in the hands of foreigners. More real national treasures are still in foreign museums. Those things are not how much money you pay. Will sell it to you!

"Boom boom——"

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

"Boss, attorney James Cronin and the person in charge of the Grand Vader auction house are here..." The secretary who pushed the door reported.

"Invite them in." As he said, Arthur got up from the boss chair, pulled the slogan of his suit button, pulled the hem of his shirt, and walked around the desk with a smile, standing straight there waiting for the guest to push the door And into.

Soon, under the leadership of Secretary Jenny, Arthur's personal lawyer James and the person in charge of the Grand Vader auction house at Boleyn Castle last time walked in.

"Good morning, boss." Attorney James took the lead in greeting. Arthur smiled and nodded. He turned his gaze to the person in charge of the Grand Vader auction house and stretched out his hand to shake hands with the opponent who hurriedly stepped forward.

"Good morning, Lord..."

"good morning..."

After a little greeting, Arthur smiled and stretched out his hand to signal the two to take a seat, and asked the secretary to make a drink according to the requirements of the two. When Arthur sat on the boss chair, he naturally unbuttoned his suit and placed his hands folded. At the desk, he smiled and said, “I was very happy and pleasantly surprised after receiving your email from your bank. This was beyond my expectation. It seems that choosing your bank was the right thing to do.”

"Thank you for your appreciation. It is our honor to be able to cooperate with you. It is our pleasure to satisfy you. This is what we most want to see." The head of the auction house said with a smile.

To be honest, the other party didn't expect that the prodigal earl who sold the family collection before, suddenly turned into the hottest billionaire. This shocked the surprise and at the same time was glad that he did not show the slightest rudeness. , After all, it is not easy to develop a billionaire customer.

"Haha, I read the report. Your Asian autumn auction was very successful. Although it is a bit late, I still want to congratulate your successful autumn auction." Arthur said with a smile.

"Thank you, and thank you for the collection that you gave us to operate, which enriched our autumn auction collections, especially your set of 28 seal stones, which caused a great sensation and attracted many collectors. , Let our auction atmosphere become very warm." The person in charge of the auction house responded to Arthur with a smile, and spared no effort to compliment him.

"Really, that's great. To be honest, when I saw the amount on the email, I was really surprised. When I was feeling the professionalism of your bank~lightnovelpub.net~ I had to sigh now. The celestial dynasty is really revived." Arthur pretended to be surprised and relieved.

"Indeed, the current Chinese dynasty has indeed risen. Since its opening, it has created a large number of rich people. Although it feels like a nouveau riche, their investment in antique culture is really shocking. However, this is also easy to understand. Artworks and antiques are the most condensed wealth carriers and are easier to pass on.

I also have many friends who are wealthy in the celestial dynasty, and they have an almost fanatical pursuit of the ancient civilization and heritage of their country. . . "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 they don't understand, I appreciate and respect their high spirits. "

"..." Arthur smiled and didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "You admire them for being taken advantage of!"

"Look at me, I patronized the chat, and almost forgot about the business, Lord Arthur, this time your sale totaled 4.46 million pounds. According to our previous agreement, our bank will charge a 10% commission, 440,000. Thousands of pounds, this is a cheque for 4.014 thousand pounds, please have a look--" the person in charge of the auction house said, he took out an envelope from his briefcase and handed it to Arthur.