Chapter 135 Sotheby’s Auction House
Hong Kong is an international financial metropolis with complete urban facilities. There is nothing that Hong Kong does not have, except what one would not expect.

Auction houses are naturally included.

Sotheby’s auction house is the best auction house in Hong Kong, without a doubt, and it has a significant influence all over the world. It has branches in major international cities, such as London, New York, and Paris.

The first place Wang Sicong and Jiang Mingkai brought Li Li to was Sotheby’s.

“The antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and jewelry at the auction are all treasures. If you are interested, just raise your sign.” Wang Sicong whispered in Li Li’s ear.

Such an old-fashioned auction method, can’t it keep up with the times and use electronic equipment… Li Li complained in his heart.

Wang Sicong led the way and successfully passed the security in front of the gate.

Sotheby’s is spacious and luxuriously decorated. Customers on site are composed and sit quietly in their seats.

Several local wealthy people in Hong Kong came forward to greet Wang Sicong, and nodded awkwardly to the stranger Li Li with a bit of aloofness.

Wang Sicong couldn’t explain anything. He couldn’t just say to people’s faces, “This guy is richer than me, you’re all wrong.”

After the greeting session, Wang Sicong explained the identities of several people to Li Li.

Several people have assets at home, but they are not as good as Wanda’s. They are at T3 level, more than 5 million and less than 100 billion.

Li Li asked curiously what the complete ranking was.

Wang Sicong smiled and said: “There are 0 T10-level families, three Li families, one Zheng family, one Guo family, one Wu family, the He family, the Lu family, and the Liu family.”

“It is basically the largest family in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. It has been passed down for two to three generations and has monopolized the most profitable businesses in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, with assets of more than 100 billion US dollars.”

Li Li calculated that Wanda’s Wang family’s wealth was definitely over 100 billion US dollars, absolutely T0 level.

“T1 has quite a lot, including Mr. Huo, Mr. He, Mr. Ma, Mr. Cui, Ms. Yang, Mr. Cai, Mr. Luo… all of them have assets of more than 100 billion RMB.”

Li Li curiously asked about the positioning of stars from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, and Wang Sicong said frivolously: “Stars from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are basically T3 and below.”

“If you accumulate every two weeks, you can reach T2. This is the ceiling of the entertainment industry.”

Circle!

Li Li understood. In the eyes of real rich people, celebrities are at most workers with strong brick-moving ability. The upper limit of their industry is so high, and the industry output value is not as high as Wanda’s market value. It is really difficult for others to look down on them.

No wonder celebrities want to transform themselves into investors and become bosses.

The auction started with the two chatting.

The auctioneer was wearing a plain long dress and had a clear, crisp voice. The auction began with the sound of her hammer.

At the beginning, rare handbags, jewelry and watches were used as the opening items, with prices ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands of pounds. People gradually raised their hands to buy the items.

Jiang Mingkai bought two strings of jewelry for 1.3 pounds.

“Buy it and give it to your mother?” Wang Sicong said in a sarcastic tone.

“Wrong, it’s for my daughter.” Jiang Mingkai said with a smile, “It’s for the two little girls. I like them very much. I’ll keep them for a while.”

Li Li gave him a thumbs up.

“The next lot is [George Dyer’s Study], a work by the famous painter Francis Bacon, with a starting price of £50.”

As soon as the female auctioneer finished speaking, people raised their placards one after another. It was the fastest pace of placard raising in the live auction.

one million.

two millions.

five million.

Wang Sicong introduced the identity of the rich man, which family he came from and what his background was.

It was eventually sold for £700 million.

There is still no shortage of rich people in the world… Li Li sighed as he looked at the transaction price, how many times can one wash his feet with 700 million pounds?

“I thought you would make a move.” Wang Sicong looked at Li Li and said, “I’m not interested in art, or not interested in art now, but I might consider it in the future.” Li Li replied.

Wang Sicong was stunned. Li Li’s answer was beyond his expectations.

Afterwards, paintings by Chaim Soutine and Henri Matisse were sold for over 10 million yuan, but Li Li showed no interest in them.

“It looks like we’ll return empty-handed this time,” said Jiang Mingkai.

In his opinion, the two pieces of jewelry were not considered as auction items at all.

“It’s not the last item yet, why are you in such a hurry?” Wang Sicong retorted.

“You can’t afford the things in the front, but you can afford the things in the back?” Jiang Mingkai sneered.

“I can’t afford it? I just don’t like it!” Wang Sicong was angry.

“Haha, look at the eyes in the painting. They’re almost turning into a heart shape. You say you don’t like it?”

Wang Sicong: “!”

“The last lot for today is a luxury home on the Peak, with a starting price of 3 million pounds.”

In stark contrast to the previous auction, the female auctioneer said a lot, but the wealthy people in the seats suddenly calmed down and no one raised a sign anymore.

“Is there something wrong with this house? Why is no one holding up a sign?” Li Li suspected that it was a haunted house, otherwise why would no one hold up a sign?

“3 million pounds is enough to make any rich man calm down and think carefully about whether it is worth it. There is a high probability that the property will fail to sell at auction several times,” Jiang Mingkai commented.

Wang Sicong nodded in agreement.

The female auctioneer felt somewhat disappointed after her repeated persuasion failed.

It’s going to fail to sell.

If she can’t sell it today, she won’t be the one to host the auction next time. It’s not good news for her if the deal is sold to her colleague.

To the point that his face showed slight loss of control.

A little urgent.

When the female auctioneer raised the hammer but failed to sell the item, she saw the raised sign out of the corner of her eye.

“Number 8 bid million pounds. Is there anyone who can bid higher than him?” The female auctioneer smiled friendly, hoping that more people would raise their hands.

However, no matter how much she persuaded, the wealthy people at the scene remained indifferent, and the female auctioneer reluctantly dropped the hammer with a “bang”, completing the deal.

At the moment the deal was done, all the wealthy people present focused their attention on No. 8.

The price of 3 million pounds exceeds the funds available to everyone on the scene, and is not a small amount.

The owner of No. 8 is very young and no one knows him. But when we see Wang Sicong sitting next to him, we know he is a wealthy man from mainland China.

The reporter from the auction house pressed the button to open the door and recorded the scene before him.

In the center of the photo is a young man with a stern expression. Everyone’s eyes are focused on his face. The composition is very clever.

The reporters were very satisfied with the photos. The wealthy people at the scene were all well-known wealthy people in Hong Kong, or the second generation. Now all attention is focused on a wealthy man from the mainland, and the dissemination and public opinion are very good.

Hong Kong’s wealthy businessmen are all eyeing young mainland tycoons.

Another new media award, the reporter smiled with satisfaction.

Jiang Mingkai smacked his lips beside Li Li, “A real person doesn’t show his true face, and if he shows his true face, he’s not a real person. With this move, you’ve stolen all the limelight at the scene.”

Wang Sicong said on the side: “Who said we came back empty-handed? Isn’t this the glitz of the auction now?”

Jiang Mingkai: “Brother Li is buying things, you can show off, that’s fine.”

Wang Sicong: “NTMD!”

(End of this chapter)