Chapter 190： The first auction was successful!

It will be displayed one day first, and on the second night, a formal auction will be held for the jewelry displayed before.

If some jewelries fail to be sold, they will be stored separately, and will be put together for auction at the last auction.

During the seven days, rich people in need can choose to board the ship on any day, and then participate in the auction of their favorite jewelry. Because the auction order and auction time of all the lots will be announced on a website that only rich people who successfully apply to participate in the auction are eligible to visit.

In addition to the jewelry display, the service staff of the Independence of the Seas also prepared enough entertainment items. During these seven days, all the entertainment facilities on board will operate 24 hours a day. There is also a dedicated lounge area, as well as daily receptions and so on.

It can be said that this auction is not just a simple auction, but also provides conditions for many wealthy people to conduct social and business negotiations. Some Wall Street analysts believe that this auction will lead to cooperation projects worth at least US$5 billion.

Under such a premise, more rich and powerful people who were not prepared to participate in this auction before have also temporarily changed their itinerary plans and are going to try their luck to see if they can find a suitable partner. .

At the beginning of the first auction, after reviewing the qualifications and paying a sufficient deposit, the number of number plates taken away reached 173. Although it is impossible for each of these 173 people to take away a piece of jewelry, this is the first time There are no 173 jewelry items in the auction.

Before the auction officially started, Li Daniu took the stage to give a speech. As the new richest man in the world and the king of Tuvalu, Li Daniu's speech received a warm enough welcome. This is the benefit of having money and status.

After a brief speech, the first auction officially started.

People from the Blackwater Security Company put a lot on a special booth, and the large screens around the venue immediately displayed the appearance of the lot and the relevant identification certificate.

After the auctioneer came to the stage, he began to briefly describe the lot, such as what kind of gemstones were used, what level the quality of the gemstones reached, and so on. After the introduction, the auctioneer officially announced the start of the auction. The base price was 70% of the appraised valuation. Each price increase was set at 50,000 US dollars or 100,000 US dollars according to the valuation of each piece of jewelry. .

This pricing method is negotiated by Martin, the technical consultant of TC Jewelry, and the person in charge of the auction house. Li Daniu is not good at this, so he trusts these professional issues to professionals.

The first lot is one of the two most valuable pieces of jewelry exhibited this time. Li Daniu has perfectly inherited the plot of a good start. Therefore, in order to prevent the first lot from being sold, Li Daniu specially asked someone to act as a substitute. I bought a babysitter, and prepared to drive up the price when no one was asking the price, and then buy my own lot by myself.

This kind of behavior is very normal for the auction house. Otherwise, the valuation of some lots is obviously higher than the buyer's asking price. Is the auction house willing to sell at a loss?

As for recycling things into your own hands, what should you do?

Of course, after the limelight has passed a little bit, it will be put up for auction. There is no law stipulating that what someone bought can't be sold again, right?

However, it turned out that Li Daniu's worries were completely unnecessary. For those who came to the auction this time, not short of money is the most basic requirement, and the collection value of a piece of rare jewelry in the world is really not weaker than some antique calligraphy and paintings.

"Eighty million dollars!" The first person to raise the price directly increased the reserve price by five million dollars.

"100 million U.S. dollars!" The person who shouted the price was a rich Saudi tycoon, and the price was basically close to the valuation of this piece of jewelry.

After the price was called out, many people looked back at the Saudi tycoon. If the Saudi tycoon was not famous enough, some people would definitely think that the person who called the price was a child arranged by Li Daniu.

If Li Daniu knew what everyone was thinking, he would definitely reply in a very wronged way: "If the babysitter I hired is such an idiot, I will definitely not pay them a commission."

When the price reached the amount of 100 million U.S. dollars, the subsequent bidders were very cautious and only raised their placards and did not bid.

At the auction, if he just raises a placard, then his bid is the minimum price increase specified by the seller, plus the previous bidder's bid.

If you feel that this method of bidding by boiling frogs in warm water may increase the price of this lot above the estimated price, then you can directly call out a price that makes people afraid to continue to add money while raising the placard.

For example, the former Saudi tycoon directly shouted a sky-high price of 100 million US dollars, just trying to scare away other buyers with this attitude of "I've bought it."

However, what I didn't expect was that all the buyers were very interested in the first lot. Although not all buyers had this ability, the few people who were there were slowly making The price of this piece of jewelry was raised above the valuation.

"115 million once, 115 million twice..." the auctioneer yelled three times, and when no one raised his cards, he decisively knocked down the hammer representing the deal.

"Congratulations to our honorable Prince Chados of Saudi Arabia for obtaining the ownership of this rare treasure."

After buying this piece of jewelry at a price of about 10 million more than the valuation of this piece of jewelry, Chados, a Saudi tycoon, did not have the slightest remorse or excitement, stood up very calmly and bowed, and then arranged My subordinates went to the background to pay and handle the handover procedures.

Because the value of the lot this time is very high, Li Daniu's auction, in conjunction with the Blackwater security company, the insurance company, and even the bank, agreed on a door-to-door service.

If you feel that carrying a piece of jewelry with such a high value will have any safety problems, then Li Daniu can provide delivery services for the seller at a cost.

This kind of service attitude has also become a rule of TC Auction House in the future.

It's a pity that Chados, a local tycoon in Saudi Arabia, is very confident in his own security forces. Moreover, as long as he takes a helicopter to the airport and then boards his own private jet, there is no need to worry about security issues at all.

After getting almost the most valuable piece of jewelry tonight, Chados did not leave directly, but continued to participate in the next auction with great interest, and, at a price that also exceeded the valuation, bought Three other lots were sold.

For such behavior, Li Daniu is both fond of and jealous. I like it because they contributed more than 200 million US dollars in income to him. What I envy is that their money is like a strong wind blowing. Relying on Saudi oil resources, I can become an unexpected rich man lying down. Unlike Li Daniu, Inheriting a country not only does not have any available resources, but also has to work hard to develop its own country.

The three-hour auction finally came to an end. Of the 109 pieces of jewelry that participated in the auction tonight, 98 pieces were successfully sold, and the remaining few pieces were either unsold or bought by the childcare arranged by Li Daniu. of.

This achievement is considered very successfulBecause not every piece of jewelry will meet someone who likes it.

The 98 pieces of jewelry brought Li Daniu an income of nearly 3 billion US dollars.

The money will be transferred to an account in a Swiss bank, and then Li Daniu himself will personally arrange to settle the final payment with the "seller".

Of course, the so-called settlement is nothing more than Li Daniu using some money laundering methods to transfer the money to an account that no one knows except him. Then, when the money is needed, transfer the money, by some means, to an account that can be made public.

For rich people, especially those whose sources of money are unknown, there are really many ways to launder money. Moreover, with the ability that Li Daniu has learned in a place like the Nova Empire where black technology is everywhere, the computer system and application methods on the earth are really too low-level.

He has enough ability to transform these "unknown origin" money into money that can be used reasonably without anyone noticing.

Therefore, what Li Daniu needs to worry about now is, where will the money be used? (To be continued.)