Jiang Hao came to the library, found the librarian, and used his identity as a teacher to borrow a few rare editions of ancient Greek language books.

Ancient Greece is one of the main sources of Western civilization, ancient Greek civilization lasted for about 650 years, and the recorded literature, science and technology, and art in the West all began from ancient Greece.

The ancient Greeks had deep attainments in philosophical thought, poetry, architecture, science, literature, drama, mythology and many other aspects, and this civilization heritage was continued by the ancient Romans after the fall of ancient Greece, thus becoming the spiritual source of the entire Western civilization.

As a historian and an archaeologist, the languages that need to be mastered most are ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian, and in China, it is natural to master the pre-Qin script, but Jiang Hao once traveled to ancient times, passed the Juren examination, and is still good at ancient Chinese characters, and now he is strengthening the knowledge of these two aspects.

This knowledge may not be used now, or it may not be used in the future, but if it is used, it may not be a matter of life and death.

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Jiang Hao lives a full and leisurely life, and at the same time, he is constantly replenishing his knowledge.

Knowledge is always the most precious.

That's it

More than a month passed, and at breakfast, Steven said, "Mr. Jon, Charlotte Auction House is going to hold an auction today, the time is 10 o'clock in the morning, do you want to participate?" ”

"Is it an auction today, and you can prepare a suit for me later." Jiang Hao put a piece of bacon into his mouth and said.

"Yes sir."

Driving to Charlotte Auction House, when I arrived here, I found that it was already very lively, countless guests walked into the auction house building in twos and threes, there were three floors of security at the door responsible for security checks, Jiang Hao had the VIP pass sent by Charlotte Auction House before, and entered the venue smoothly.

found a place to sit down, next to Jiang Hao were two women in their thirties, dressed very sexy, posing a bit of a noble lady, Jiang Hao sat down next to him, seeing that it was an Oriental, the two did not say hello and knew each other, and continued to chat about their topic.

"Lisa, today is definitely a big scene, I listened to them discuss those three sculptures, and I'm afraid each one will not cost less than 100 million pounds."

"A hundred million pounds, my God, I really want to know the seller." The woman who was called Lisa said in a shocked tone.

"It's 300 million, haven't you seen that those big collectors and major museums have sent people here, I'm afraid it will exceed this price."

"What kind of person will he be, and will we have a chance to get to know him?" Lisa whispered.

"I guess it's a rich man, maybe a nobleman, and most of the consignor's auctions are anonymous, so I'm afraid we won't have a chance to meet the seller." The woman said with regret.

The auction officially began, opening with Alexander the Great's court gold, and as for the statues, they must have been placed at the end as the finale.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the pure gold incense burner of Alexander the Great's court, 25 centimeters high and 35 centimeters wide, with carved patterns on it, surrounded by a total of 32 precious stones of various kinds, weighing 13.47 kilograms."

"The starting bid is £4.8 million and now the auction begins."

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, the tag was raised one after another, and it didn't take long for the price to climb to £5.6 million, and the price did not appear to have peaked yet.

Jiang Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, compared with Eastern antiques, Westerners accept these Western antiques more, and the starting price is much higher, and now there are more people participating in the auction.

“570！”

“590！”

“600。”

The two women next to him whispered again, and the woman named Lisa said with great envy: "6 million pounds, these people are really rich." ”

The woman next to her smiled, "This is just the beginning, you look at it, when you get to those three sculptures, I'm afraid you will be scared to pee." ”

......

In the end, this incense burner of Alexander the Great was sold for 7.1 million.

The auction hammer fell, and everyone present applauded, and Jiang Hao also applauded, with a smile on his face, because the money belonged to him, he was naturally happier than everyone else present.

Like the incense burner just now, if it is directly absorbed, it is only equivalent to a 13.5 kilogram of gold, and now that it is sold for money, the money Jiang Hao gets can expand the space of that piece of gold by 20 times, which is equivalent to him earning 20 times.

"The second lot, the 'Golden Harp', a court artifact of Alexander the Great, is an ornament with an inscription of the sun god Apollo."

"Everyone knows that Apollo was the god of the sun, but also the god of music and poetry, and the instrument he used was the harp."

"The starting price for this golden harp is £3.5 million, and now the auction is open."

“350.”

“360.”

“......”

The price has been rising, and in people's constant surprise, the price has soared to 7.4 million, more than doubled, and everyone applauded warmly.

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Two pieces,

Three pieces...

Finally, all twelve pieces of gold utensils were auctioned, the cheapest was a plate, which was sold for 3.35 million pounds, and the most expensive was the harp, 7.4 million pounds, Jiang Hao silently calculated in his heart, a total of 12 pieces of gold, with a total price of more than 60 million pounds.

But this is just an appetizer, and then comes the finale, and most of the people here today are here for the three sculptures.

The auctioneer said in an excited tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, the next auction is the statue of Venus, the goddess of love, she is the work of Polycleitus, one of the three great sculpture masters of ancient Greece, collected by Alexander the Great, its artistic value is immeasurable, and the integrity of the statue is also amazing, after more than 2,000 years, there is almost no damage." ”

"Okay, I won't say more, I believe that many of you here have studied these statues in detail, so now the auction starts, the statue of Venus, the goddess of love, the starting price is 78 million pounds, and the price increase is not less than 1 million pounds each time, and now the bidding begins."

78 million pounds, this price is really sky-high, converted into dollars is exactly 100 million, but as soon as the auctioneer finished shouting, several people immediately raised the sign.

"79 million."

"80 million."

“......”

"85 million."

What money is, money is just a pile of paper, a pile of useless numbers, art is priceless, and in the hearts of some people, exchanging valuable money for priceless art, they are extremely happy in the process.

Jiang Hao agrees with their values.

Exchange my artwork for the money in your pocket, Jiang Hao is also very happy in this process.

"100 million, 100 million pounds, this guest No. 89 has come out with 100 million pounds, and is there anything higher, the statue of Venus, the goddess of love of Polycritos, there have been no such antiques in recent decades, who knows if the next time I encounter it, it will be decades later."

The auctioneer agitated and boasted with an indefatigable tongue.

"One hundred million and one million."

"One hundred and two million."

When the limit is broken, a new round of growth begins.

After another bidding, the 'Venus statue of Eros' was sold by the Louvre for £123 million.

The auction continues,

The second sculpture is 'Goddess of Victory', the goddess of victory has a high status in ancient Greece, she has a pair of wings, a fit body, flowing clothes, and wherever she goes, victory also follows, Alexander the Great is especially fond of this goddess, so the statue of the goddess of victory is used as a national gold coin pattern.

In the end, the statue fetched £118 million and was still sold by the Louvre.

The French are delighted,

The treasures of their previous three major museums, two of which are the Venus statue and the statue of the goddess of victory, are unfortunately incomplete, and the statue auctioned this time is a master's work, or the most complete version, which can be regarded as making up for some regrets.

But this made the British a little unhappy,

When the statue of Athena was auctioned, the Louvre made a bid, and this time the British Museum swore all the way to the price, and finally bought the statue of Athena, the god of war, for 134 million pounds.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The venue burst into warm applause.

The others withdrew, and Jiang Hao went to the president's office and found Garrison, who saw Jiang Hao with a smile on his face, "Mr. Jon, congratulations on your income of another large fortune, 440 million pounds, which is a wealth that countless people will not be able to get in a lifetime." ”

"You also make a lot of money, and the 10% fee is more than 40 million pounds." Jiang Hao said.

The smile on Garrison's face grows.

"Garrison, there's something I'd like to discuss with you, see if you can help me do that." Jiang Hao said.

"Tell me about it, Mr. Jon."

"When you pay for the auction, I want you to give me cash or help me exchange it for gold, and send it directly to my house, and I'm going to store it." Jiang Hao said.

Garrison was stunned,

"Storing currency and gold, so that it will be very troublesome to use in the future, it is better to put it in a bank account conveniently, you can withdraw it at any time if you need cash, and it is more convenient to use a bank card for large expenses." Garrison said in surprise.

"I have my own considerations." Jiang Hao insisted.

Garrison nodded and said, "It's not a difficult thing, I'm friends with the president of Lloyd's Bank, and the Crawford family also has a stake in Lloyd's, so I can withdraw the cash you need through Lloyd's Bank, and I can exchange a certain amount of gold for you." ”

Lloyd's Private Bank Jiang Hao has heard that it is one of the four major private banks in the United Kingdom, but he did not expect that the Crawford family also has shares in this bank, Jiang Hao sighed in his heart, these old aristocratic families, started early, earned countless wealth, and also have endless contacts, no wonder the social class will become more and more solidified, because of the strength they have, ordinary people are really extremely difficult to surpass.

A few days later,

Several large escort trucks drove into Jon's Manor, and one by one the sealed boxes were moved into the basement, filling one of the treasure troves to the brim.

After the move was finished, the others withdrew, and Garrison said to Jiang Hao alone, "There are 2 tons of gold here, and 300 million pounds in cash." ”

"Thank you, Garrison." Jiang Hao thanked.

Garrison blinked, "Mr. Jon, I have to warn you that it's not safe to keep so much cash at home, and it's easy to be remembered. ”

Jiang Hao smiled, "It won't last long." ”

It really didn't take long, and that night, Jiang Hao absorbed all the gold and cash, and then his space grew by nearly a cubic meter.

Depend on.

After a lot of hard work to go to the auction,

You might as well roll around the piles of gold treasures.

However, up to now, Jiang Hao's golden space has reached 16 cubic meters, and this volume should be able to put down a domineering Prado.

Jiang Hao smiled,

Ha ha

Our golden space, old and domineering!

.......

Life returns to calm, maybe the main theme of life should be calm, every day Jiang Hao reads, exercises, cultivates, and occasionally goes to class students, such days are very leisurely and very demure.

But peaceful days are used to break after all,

On this day, Jiang Hao went out and returned to the manor, and saw a sturdy figure running out of the villa, with long hair flying behind his head, and he jumped up two or three meters away from Jiang Hao, and jumped on Jiang Hao at once.

"Hahaha, Jon, I'm back, I miss you so much, do you miss me." Laura hugged Jiang Hao's neck and shouted loudly.

"I miss you, I think of you when I am sad, just as I think of the sun in winter; I think of you when I'm happy, like I think of the shade of a tree in the sun. Jiang Hao read a poem by Hugo.

Laura kissed Jiang Hao's lips all of a sudden, and the two kissed fiercely at the gate of the manor, intertwined with tongues and unwillingly.

Jiang Hao hugged Laura's buttocks and walked straight into the bedroom on the second floor, the clothes on the two of them became less and less, and they kissed and entered the bathroom, and after a while, a song sounded in the bathroom, "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water, Waves Sweeping Away Heroes......"

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