The Smith family booked the hotel in advance, and when Mr. Smith and his friends flew to New York, they checked in directly.

Members of the Aline family, the Russell family, the Edward family and the Smith and Ferrari families also stayed in the same hotel.

The Roche auction is scheduled to be held on the evening of the 9th.

Classmate Le Xiao and a group of big guys rested in the hotel for a day. They packed up after half afternoon on the 9th and took the hotel's vehicle to the Roche auction site before evening.

Mr. Smith, Mr. Ferrari, etc. also have business dealings with the Russell family, and they all travel together.

The Rothschild auction was held at the Rothschild family's private villa in New York City. The villa is a castle that combines European medieval style with a very wide area and a private garden of more than three acres.

There are bodyguards at the entrance of the villa to check the invitation letters and release the entry letters. Vehicles and people without invitation letters will not be received. Those people can't even think of going overboard.

The vehicle enters the villa area and drives to a castle-like villa building. A bus boy is responsible for driving the car to the parking lot to park. Before entering the villa building gate, the invitation letter must be verified again.

An invitation letter is limited to four people, that is, people with entry letters are only allowed to bring three oil bottles.

Roberto only brought Milo, so one person from each of the Howard and Ferrari families can be considered as the personnel he brought.

The quotas of the Edward family, the Aline family, and the Russell family are all full, and not all of them are members of their own family. They have allocated one or two quotas for long-term business partners, which can be regarded as a kind of support.

After verifying the invitation, another waiter at the door handed each person a mask.

People participating in the auction wear masks. If they are not particularly familiar with each other, as long as they do not speak, they may not be able to recognize each other face to face. During the auction, no one knows who is bidding against them or who owns a certain collection.

Protect each other's privacy to a great extent.

After getting the mask, Mr. Le Xiao took a look and saw that his mask was a fox-head mask. Looking at the masks of other people, he saw that they were either fox masks, wolf-head masks, and eagle-head masks. There were only three types of masks.

The group put on masks and were led into the gate by a leading waiter, passed through a passage, and then entered a hall.

The hall is an exhibition hall, where the auction items to be auctioned that night are displayed.

There are a total of one hundred and six auction items, including porcelain, bronze, goldware, carvings, paintings, etc., which are either highly collectible works of art or antiques.

Among them are a meticulous painting from the Zhu Ming Dynasty of China, four pieces of porcelain from the Qing Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, an imitation Xuande furnace from the early Manchu Qing Dynasty, several jade products from the Liu Han Dynasty, and several older bronzes.

Most of the rest are ancient knowledge and works of art from Europe, America, and Africa.

Mr. Smith, Mr. Ferrari, Russell, the Howard family and other people carefully appreciated the exhibits, mainly to identify the authenticity or to evaluate the value.

If it were other people, it would be difficult to find companions if they got separated after wearing a mask. But for Le Xiao, it doesn't matter whether she wears a mask or not. Her black hair is the best identification mark, and she can be recognized wherever she goes.

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Milo followed the children closely to avoid losing himself.

There are already many customers who have arrived in the hall, all wearing masks and stopping in front of the auction items they are interested in. There are waiters wearing bear masks in every area of ​​the hall.

While admiring the auction items, Le Yun secretly observed other people and found that several people went to communicate with the waiter after studying the collection and asked to interview the owner of a certain collection. The waiter then took him away and went to other rooms to discuss transactions privately.

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She listened carefully and found that two private deals had been negotiated.

The deal was negotiated over there, and soon someone came to remove a certain item from the exhibition stand.

Others in the hall were not surprised.

Le Yun thought for a while, then went to the waiter and asked to communicate with the owner about a certain collection.

The waiter did not refuse and led the guest out through another door, through a passage, and into a small reception room with a computer.

The waiter found the contact number of the owner based on the serial number of a certain collection, and connected to the video. He sat in front of the video and was responsible for the negotiation, and the customer only bid.

Student Le Xiao sat aside and wrote the quotation on paper.

Opposite there was also a waiter wearing a bear mask. He asked the customer for the lowest price and then reported it to the owner of the collection. The seller disagreed and then reported it to the buyer.

The price was quoted three times in a row. Le Xiaoxiao quoted the highest price he could accept, and the seller also quoted the lowest price he could accept.

There is a price difference of half a million dollars between the two parties.

Classmate Le Xiao decided to give up.

The other side probably wanted to get rid of it, so they lowered it by 100,000 yuan.

The buyer didn't accept it, so the seller lowered the price by another 100,000. Still not settled, the seller lowered the price by another 100,000.

Classmate Le Xiao shook his head again and wrote a line of words on the paper.

The waiter raised it to show to the other side.

There was no response for a long time. After a while, the waiter answered on his behalf. The seller agreed to trade at the buyer's last quote, and the transaction amount was one million US dollars.

Both parties agree to the transaction and the cooperation is completed.

A few minutes later, a waiter brought a credit card machine to accept the buyer's payment. The Luo family collected the money on behalf of the seller and gave the buyer a payment invoice and an item transaction invoice. The buyer could take the items out of the country.

Classmate Le Xiao swiped his card and sat back to wait.

A waiter goes to the showroom to take the traded collection off the shelves, and then delivers it to the small hall where the buyer is. They pack it in front of the buyer, affix a seal, stamp it, and then paste a numbered receipt and give the buyer a receipt.

When the buyer leaves, he will collect the collection with the receipt.

The holders packed the collections and carried them to a special storage area for storage.

Classmate Le Xiao gave a cash tip to the waiter he represented, and then followed him back to the exhibition hall.

Milo always paid attention to the children, waiting for the children to come back, and quickly came over.

Student Le Xiao returned to the exhibition hall and found that there were hundreds of people in the hall, making it even more lively.

Roberto and others did not have any collections that they must buy, and they did not find anyone to trade them privately.

When the doctor came back, they went to another self-service hall with the doctor to eat desserts, fruits, and drink red wine.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Many guests went to the self-service hall after viewing the exhibits to communicate or have something to eat.

Classmate Le Xiao secretly conducted reconnaissance and found that many people who had met at the ladies' ball came later. The vampire family also came, including Bastian, Earl Ryan, the Mcvi family, the Zmich family, the Ka

A senior vampire of the Pardo family.

The auction items are displayed until seven o'clock, the exhibition hall is cleared, and the waiters pack the collections and transport them to the auction house.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the waiters informed the guests to go to the auction hall.

There were more than 400 wealthy people participating in Luo's auction.

A group of people followed the waiter, walked out of the hall, took two turns through the aisle, and then entered the auction house.

The auction hall is a hall that can hold concerts. The tables and chairs are arranged like a United Nations conference hall. In front of each seat there is a computer with a seat number and a bid price.

The computer is connected to the large screen behind the auction table, and the price quoted by the person with the seat number will be displayed.

Mr. Smith, Mr. Ferrari and others did not separate. They sat in the same row when they entered the auction hall. They sat in the bidding seat, slightly in front of the middle seat. They were neither in front nor behind, which was quite appropriate.

Leyun was next to Mr. Winston, and Milo sat on the other side.

After all the guests sat down, the auction stage, which had been surrounded by black curtains, was opened and the lights were brightly lit. Two rows of sexy beauties came out from the backstage and stood in various directions on the stage and off the stage.

Afterwards, twelve handsome young men and women came to the stage with a middle-aged gentleman in their arms. The middle-aged gentleman delivered a speech on behalf of the Luo family. After he bowed, the auctioneer came on stage holding the auction.

The auctioneer was a handsome young man. He enthusiastically talked about how many pieces there were in the collection. Before the auction started, he also pretended to be mysterious and said that there were unexpected works of art in the last part. He asked the guests to wait patiently.

As soon as those words were said, the place became agitated, with whistles and shouts coming and going.

The atmosphere was instantly there.

The auctioneer knocked on the table with a hammer to start the auction.

There were originally one hundred and six items, but seventeen items were successfully traded privately before the auction started, and eighty-nine items were finally put on the auction block.

There are many collections that are actually in average condition. After being introduced by the eloquent auctioneer, people immediately feel that their quality has risen several levels and their worth has doubled.

The giants wearing masks have a lot of money in their pockets, and they frequently quote and bid.

The Russell family and the Edward family took two collections respectively, and the Howard family and the Ferrari family also took a piece of art.

Whenever someone successfully bids, a waiter will hand over the serial number of a certain collection to the bidder, and then take the bidder's invitation letter information.

When the auction is over, the bidder goes to pay the money and take delivery of the goods with the receipt.

If someone fails to pick up the goods after a successful bid, the owner of the invitation letter will be blacklisted.

There are more than 80 pieces in the collection, and each piece takes nearly two minutes to complete, not to mention that it is impossible to finish a piece of art in one minute during the auction.

It was already 12:40 pm when the last collection went on the auction stage.

When the last famous flower in the collection has its owner and all the displayed collections have been auctioned, the final step begins - the auction of the secret collection.

In the past, secret collections usually consisted of one or two items, or at most three.

The auctioneer drank a glass of water, rested for five minutes, and then made a new opening statement passionately, using sensational words to arouse people's emotions, and then started the auction again.

The first secret collection is a Persian cloisonné enamel pot with a silver body. The pot body is inlaid with many gems, with exquisite shape and gorgeous colors.

It is a treasure among enamel wares. It was made during the mature period of cloisonné enamel technology and it is also genuine.

Persian cloisonné enamel has always been sought after, and the most expensive cloisonné enamel in the world's auction history is a cloisonné enamel made in Persia.

The cloisonné enamelware at Roche's auction is very old, dating from the late 13th century. It is extremely well preserved and has no traces of damage visible to the naked eye.

As soon as the product came out, the atmosphere in the audience changed.
To be continued...