Chapter 232: Before the Preview
The next morning, Sotheby's Manhattan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Ye Tian came here early in the morning with two beauties, completed all the preparations, and now wait for nine o'clock to come, the press conference officially began, followed by the preview of the lots.
David and an assistant also arrived at Sotheby's early, and he had a lot of roles today.
In addition to his duties as a lawyer, he also participates in press conferences, and if anyone questions the ownership of those two top-notch paintings, he can step in!
At half-past eight, Jason and Sophie came hand in hand.
As soon as they entered the hall, the two separated, Sophie went to Betty and the others, and Jason went straight to Ye Tian.
After approaching and saying hello, Jason immediately began to complain.
"Steven, why don't you call me when you're digging for treasure in your apartment? It's a shame to miss such a wonderful treasure hunt!
Your treasure digging video is so cool! It's been all over the internet, and from yesterday to today, a lot of people I've met are talking about it!
And those two top paintings by Paul Cézanne found in the sandwich wall are the envy of everybody! Those two paintings are worth $100 million, right?"
Ye Tian smiled proudly, and then explained:
"I didn't know what was wrapped in them until the two paintings were on display, whether they were treasures or empty joys, so I didn't call you over.
However, in order to avoid possible legal disputes and challenges, David had to participate as a lawyer, and Jennifer was at the right time to live with us.
I can't estimate the price of these two paintings, but they are certainly very high, at least $30 million each, and that's Paul Cézanne!"
"Wow! What a windfall!"
Jason exclaimed, his eyes wide.
Several people chatted, and the time soon approached nine o'clock, and the reporters began to enter the venue.
After looking at the time, Ye Tian and David walked to the interview seat, while Jason went over and stood with Betty and the others, waiting for the press conference to officially start.
At this time, all the work in the exhibition hall is ready.
Located in the heart of Sotheby's on the second floor, the showroom is the largest preview hall in the area, dedicated to heavyweight treasures!
The ones that can be previewed here are all the finale of each auction without exception!
And Ye Tian's rare piece of dog's head gold, as well as Paul Cézanne's two top oil paintings, are undoubtedly treasures of this level, and even heavier!
So although there are only three treasures, the auction house still put this preview in the largest exhibition hall, which shows the importance that Sotheby's attaches to these three treasures!
The security of the exhibition hall is very tight, and everyone who enters the exhibition hall must go through a security check, and no one is exempt.
Even Jason and Sophie came in and went through the security check, even if Ye Tian greeted him in advance, it was useless!
In addition to an airport-like security screen at each of the two exhibition halls, there are two heavily armed security personnel at each of the entrances, staring at everyone who enters the exhibition halls.
The security inside the exhibition hall is also very strong, with a total of three booths, each with three security personnel in suits and sunglasses.
Under a slightly wide suit, each of them was dressed in body armor and carried a pistol, which was enough for the vast majority of contingencies.
In addition, there were several security personnel pretending to be visitors.
They are constantly blending in with the crowd, both to monitor the movements of the visitors and to act as a backup security force in case something happens!
There's a reason why Sotheby's is so careful and takes the security of this preview so seriously.
First of all, of course, because of the extremely high value of the exhibits.
The two paintings on display, Doghead Gold and Paul Cézanne, are likely to fetch hundreds of millions of dollars, and the auction house must not be more careful!
If something goes wrong with these treasures, even Sotheby's Auction House can't afford such a huge loss, and they will definitely lose their muscles and bones!
More importantly, it is a heavy blow to the reputation of the auction house, which cannot be recouped with no amount of money!
The second reason is the incomparably strong smell of blood carried on this piece of dog's head gold!
When this piece of doghead gold was still in Dawson, Canada, it had already made huge waves, almost causing Steven and them to go to war with the Canadians.
With some clever cooperation, this piece of dog-headed gold came to New York safely, but what happened later made all New Yorkers tremble all night!
The Mexican Tijuana gang went straight to New York, and they fought a fierce street battle with Steven on 141st Street in Manhattan, paying a heavy price of six dead and one maimed!
This street battle turned 141st Street into a battlefield with corpses and blood all over the place!
Those Mexicans who died tragically on 141st Street came to New York for this piece of dog-headed gold!
It's just that they didn't expect to run into even more murderous, more insidious and cunning guys, Steven and those armed security guards, so much so that they lost their lives in this city!
Because of this, Sotheby's is extremely careful and spends a lot of effort on security.
What if the Tijuana gang in Mexico takes a desperate step and fights to the death!
The preview is their last chance, after which the exhibits will be returned to the lot warehouse and will not reappear until the official auction.
Security was bound to be tighter than ever, and there would be no loopholes to exploit.
In addition to guarding against the exploitation of the Tijuana gangs in Mexico, auction houses also have to watch out for the tricks of international art thieves.
Looking at all the top art thefts, many of them happen in broad daylight, in full view, and are stolen during public exhibitions!
If those art thieves are thinking of these two top-notch paintings, today's first public display is the perfect time for them to do so!
If they miss today, their hopes of success will be very slim.
In terms of armed security, Sotheby's has done it to the extreme, and any more is a bit too much!
For the rest, they can only use their brains in terms of hardware devices.
The booths that display the three treasures are all specially designed, very modern and very safe high-tech booths.
These booths have highly transparent and high-strength fully enclosed bulletproof glass covers, which can withstand the fierce strafing of automatic rifles, and cannot be forcibly broken in a short period of time.
In addition, in the event of an attack, the three exhibits would immediately sink, enter the interior of the booth, disappear from everyone's eyes, and be completely cordoned off.
These stands were three alloy safes, heavy and firmly fixed to the floor, making it impossible to move.
It's not practical to even punch through the floor slab from the first floor, which is the lobby of an office building, where no one can do anything.
No fool would move this idea, this is a top office building, not an ordinary apartment building, the floor slab is not ordinarily strong, unless it is blasted!
If you want to open these booths, it is even more impossible!
The digital password and fingerprint for opening the booth were in the hands of Larry and Simon, respectively, which was a double insurance.
And the most important iris recognition is Ye Tian's iris.
He didn't think anyone could force him to go on stage and let them loot his treasure!
In addition to the iris, there are also arms!
Underneath his beautiful Zegna suit, three pistols loaded with bullets were hidden.
Under the armpits on both sides are two M9s! In the concealed holsters on the back waist is a cz83! The firepower is strong enough! There is also an incomparably sharp German combat knife strapped to the calf, which can be used for hand-to-hand combat.
With these weapons, he and Sotheby's security have coordinated without any problems.
The main target of his defense today is the Tijuana gangs in Mexico, who knows what these madmen will do?
Of course, he didn't mind pulling out these pistols and hitting other scheming guys!
Nine o'clock sharp.
The exhibition hall was full of people, lively, and there were many reporters on the scene, but more of them were visitors, among whom there were many familiar faces of Ye Tian.
There were fellow treasure diggers in the New York warehouse auction world, Philip, White, and Haven, they all came, about seven or eight, and each guy's eyes were red, obviously jealous!
Alaska also got to know a lot of gold practitioners, Scott of Barrick Gold, a few guys from the Morgan Mining investment team on Wall Street, people from Newmont Gold, and so on.
The purpose of their visit today is undoubtedly that charming piece of dog's head gold! This is a treasure that they will never forget and cannot part with!
There are also former Wall Street colleagues, as well as current and former neighbors.
Of course, there is also a hateful and malicious gaze.
Mayor Rick of Dawson was in the audience, and there were three or four other people next to him, either from Dawson City or from Mines Canada.
These people all looked at Ye Tian viciously, their eyes spewing fire straight out, and they hated to tear him apart directly before they could relieve their hatred!
In addition, Ye Tian also saw many well-known collectors in New York, gallery directors, and several art appraisal experts he had met.
Obviously, most of them came for those two top paintings!
There are other people, although most of them don't know each other, but Ye Tian is very sure that there must be a lot of collectors and billionaires here, this is a way to explore!
After scanning the exhibition hall, Ye Tian immediately laughed softly.
"It's really moving in all directions! Dude likes this, the more people, the better, the more sensational the better!"
When the time for the press conference came, the clear voice of the host came into my ears.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Sotheby's New York, I hope you have a great time here and get what you want!"
"Bang Bang Bang"
Applause began to erupt, politely and enthusiastically.
Ye Tian and David stood on the stage, also applauding gently, while chatting in a low voice about the coping strategies for the meeting,
The reporters in the audience were already ready to move, and they all stared at Ye Tian, waiting for the time to ask questions.
"There will be two events in this hall today, starting with a press conference and then a live presentation of three top treasures,......
The host's voice sounded again, gradually bringing up the atmosphere of the scene!