Chapter 139: Net Worth Soars
For this auction, Li Anran originally didn't want to be on the spot. But after thinking about it, I haven't returned to China for a while, so I can take the opportunity of this auction to go back. Go to Hong Kong first, and after the auction is over, you can go around China and buy some things that would be more troublesome to buy abroad. Of course, the most important thing is to get together with his only relative at the moment, Hu Jing.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the auction house to engage in publicity, Li Anran flew in the Tang Dynasty again. This time, the destination is Changhua, Zhejiang, and as for what you are looking for, it is a bloodstone that is no less famous than Tianhuangshi. According to research, the mining of bloodstone began in the Song Dynasty and became famous in the Qing Dynasty. Emperors such as Kangxi, Qianlong, and Jiaqing appreciated Changhua bloodstone very much and used it as the chapter material of the treasure seal.
With the official position of the Holy Decree and the Observer Envoy, although this trip to find the stone was not as smooth as the previous Tian Huangshi, after spending some time, it still achieved its goal. However, Li Anran did not send the bloodstone to auction again, but screened out the best type of stone among the quarried stones and asked local well-known craftsmen to process them.
Like Tian Huangshi, bloodstone is a good thing, and it is used as a seal. Especially the top red robe, few people are willing to use it to carve large ornaments. However, for Li Anran, it would be too monotonous for so many high-quality bloodstones to be made into seals, so he took a few pieces of excellent bloodstones with a large volume and carved them into ornaments.
After the bloodstone is done, the auction of modern time and space is finally about to begin.
After saying hello to Zhao Er, Su Xiaomei and Xiangyun who were going to leave for a few days, Li Anran traveled back to modern time and space, and took Anne, who is a "Legally Blonde", to Hong Kong, China.
After half a month of publicity, there are indeed many rich people who pay attention to this auction. At least when he arrived at the scene, Li Anran had to admit that with the "development" of the economy, there were really many rich people in China.
Considering the particularity of his identity, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble. Li Anran just stayed for a while at the beginning of the auction, and then flashed with Annie.
With the previous reversal, although the relationship between the two has not changed much as Anne said at the beginning, but with the first, second, third, and nth push and push, it naturally happened.
For Anne. Li Anran's attitude is very clear, don't even think about it, as a man, he will not terminate the cooperative relationship with the law firm just because he has a relationship with the other party. And Anne, as a woman, will not think about "turning positive" because of this. The relationship between the two is a boyfriend and girlfriend, and it would be more accurate to say that it is "qingren".
Li Anran, who flashed people. did not rush back to China, but took Anne to Hong Kong's most popular shopping street and started shopping. Although it is impossible to give the other party an identity, or even to involve the other party in the development and operation of the island, as a man, after enjoying the other party's body, he will not be too stingy.
After some hard work, I found a good store and enjoyed the taste of Hong Kong. It's not finished here. Li Anran received a call from the auction company.
Since this was a special auction and there was plenty of time left for publicity in advance, the auction was very good. Whether it is mutton fat white jade or Tian Huangshi, they have been auctioned out by many rich and local tyrants at a price far exceeding the reserve price, and none of them have been unsold. Of course, this is also because the goods sent for auction are all superb.
After Li Anran returned to the auction company with his lawyer Annie, he quickly learned the final result from the person in charge of the auction. Even Li Anran was a billionaire before. But after hearing the total amount of this auction, I still couldn't help but feel dizzy for a while. Anne on the side, very calm.
After deducting the handling fee of the auction company, Li Anran, who was already in the ranks of billionaires in China, suddenly skyrocketed in value N times. After confirming through the guò network that the funds had been transferred to his personal account, Li Anran did not leave directly, but asked Anne to take out the prepared investment plan directly.
Christie's is just an auction company. However, the background is very strong, whether it is the development of islands or capital exchanges, or the handling of various procedures and local government agencies, etc., it has advantages that ordinary companies cannot have.
For Li Anran, he wants to use the funds from this auction to invest in an island. Then the plan to build a Tang style tourist resort, Christie's auction house has given enough attention. Not only did the corresponding person in charge fly to the Hong Kong branch very quickly, but he also brought with him a professional staff in various fields related to the investment.
In the face of the suggestions given by the auction company that are more in line with the interests of investors, Li Anran refused all the parts that touched the core content of his entire plan, which made these guys very depressed and speechless.
As for the purchase target of the private island, it was also changed from three alternatives to six alternatives after Christie's intervened. Not to mention, the three new private islands provided by the other party, both in terms of area and geographical location, are not only not worse than the three that Li Anran chose before, but even better in some aspects.
According to Li Anran's original meaning, he wanted to put his previous fancy about 40 miles in the Polynesian Islands of France. Brando bought the private island called Tetiaroa. It's a pity that this private island group of twelve small islands, despite the fact that the price was not high at the time, but if you want to buy it now, the price is ridiculously expensive.
In Tong guò Christie's with Marlon. After Brando's son, the current owner of Tetiaroa's private island, contacted him, the other party directly offered an outrageous price that made Li Anran, whose assets had just been inflated n times, speechless.
It is not that the proceeds of this auction cannot afford to buy this small island group, but the development after the purchase also requires a lot of money. Eventually, with Christie's help and help, Lee turned his attention to a group of six islands in northeastern Fiji.
Under the arrangement of the auction house, Li Anran took Anne to this small circular island group for a field trip.
It must not be admitted that although this small group of islands is not as large as the private islands of Tetiaroa, it is not inferior to the latter in terms of climate, land area, topography and natural resources. For Li Anran, the deepest impression of this crater is the intoxicating blue sea and sky.
The price of the ring-shaped island group is $750,000, which is also not cheap. However, to Li Anran's satisfaction, once the island is bought, he will have a permanent property right and can develop it as long as it does not violate environmental protection regulations.
After walking around the six islands of different sizes, Li Anran, who liked this place more and more, immediately expressed his intention to buy.
According to Li Anran's meaning, although the price of 75 million US dollars is not low, it is not a big amount for himself who has just made a lot of money. But Anne, as a lawyer, feels that this price is just an offer, and there must be a certain amount of water in it that can be "squeezed". As a result, the negotiation process dragged on for almost a week before it finally came to fruition.
$69.88 million was the price that Anne, a lawyer, finally negotiated, which was $5.02 million cheaper than the original offer. Taking advantage of the opportunity of negotiation, Ang Lee, who invited her sister Hu Jing, who was in China, to Fiji for a week, and after paying the advance, he sent a check with a face value of one million dollars to Anne.