Chapter 461 Shifting Focus and Covering up the Real Purpose

After all, this painting is an imitation in the mouth of Virgil, an expert.

The value of this kind of art may or may not be high, but it depends on luck and how the biggest collectors will hype it up in the future.

Therefore, many people will indeed hesitate at this time, and will consider how long it will take to increase the price and bring profits.

At this time, a one-second gap can give Virgil a higher probability to say "deal" at a lower price and sell the painting to Bill.

Li Changheng watched Virgil put away the smile on his face, and took the price tag from Annie's hand.

Shouted directly, "100,000 pounds."

Then he didn't look at the surprised Virgil at all, but looked sideways at the bald man before, so as not to be seen by the old fox Virgil.

Then he hooked his fingers at the bald old man, smiled provocatively, and told everyone clearly that if you want to play, you can make an offer.

The bald man looked happy, and immediately quoted, "110,000 pounds."

Without even thinking about it, Li Changheng raised his sign and said, "200,000."

Now, Virgil and Bill, who was in charge of quoting, were shocked and didn't know what to do.

What kind of heavyweight antique dealer is Bill? After so many years, many people have already known.

If he dared to make an offer at such a time, and kept adding it, there would definitely be people who would doubt it.

Moreover, an oil painting is only a few thousand or tens of thousands of pounds, big newspapers are not interested in reporting it, and small newspapers have no influence.

The probability of experts and authorities seeing it is very, very small.

But if the price is hundreds of thousands or millions of pounds, it is likely to attract the attention of other collectors or appraisal masters.

If someone finds that there is something wrong with this painting, then Virgil will have no other choice but to retire directly.

Therefore, in the long run, if it is not sold at the auction, it can only be forgotten.

Besides, private deals are not out of the question.

Except for buyers who like it very much, the price increase of 30%, 50%, or even double is definitely a good deal for many collectors.

Of course, there are risks here too.

At least Billy couldn't be the one to buy, otherwise everyone would be wondering why Billy didn't join the ranks of competitors at the auction.

And to find another collaborator, for Virgil, it is tantamount to doubling the risk.

It's better to just give up and wait slowly.

As long as I stay in this industry, there will always be opportunities to meet my favorite oil paintings again.

And the final auction price also involves the agreement reached by Virgil and Bill.

Bill took the risk to do this, and the return must not be too low.

Therefore, the double bonus of the final auction price was given to Bill, which actually put a lot of pressure on Virgil.

Because in the past twenty years, dozens of oil paintings have only been purchased but not sold by Virgil, even if the auction house's business has been good.

But it is indeed a bit embarrassing for you to ask him to take out hundreds of thousands of pounds.

In this case, it is better to focus on other oil paintings encountered in the future.

Therefore, after Li Changheng called out the price of 200,000 pounds, while Virgil scolded Li Changheng in his heart, he didn't look at Bill again, so as not to give him wrong hints.

And to be honest, among the people present, no one can compare with Li Changheng who has more cash.

Because anyone who knows a little bit about him can roughly guess that he has absolutely enough cash in his hand after knowing how much calculators Intel has sold in the past three months.

And Frank Abagnale, who sits on the live telephone quotation table and provides telephone quotations for customers who don't want to show up.

Just scolding Li Changheng in his heart for not giving Bill a chance to bid at all, it means that he can't provoke the relationship between him and Virgil.

But a thought suddenly popped up in his heart, and a trace of fear for Li Changheng flashed in his eyes.

Just a little bit of imagination, I misunderstood that it took only one night for Li Changheng not only to find out which painting Bill and Virgil wanted.

It is also very likely that someone has identified and estimated the value of the painting.

That is to say, his power is really so great that he can easily enter the French bank vault, not to mention.

And let the people in the bank not be afraid at all, or not worry about being discovered?

The reasons for these two results were either that they spent a lot of money to buy them off, or they threatened the person in charge of the bank with their personal and family safety.

Thinking of this, Frank suddenly regretted that he went to see Li Changheng, and told all about Virgil and Bill like an idiot.

If that bastard is also tempted and starts thinking about Virgil and those oil paintings, then what's the matter with me?

Then Frank, who had no idea what to do, immediately felt that it was better to take the 40% profit as before.

But when I think about it at the beginning, I only got 20%.

The last time I was able to get 40% was entirely because I entered the Bank of England, so I took the biggest risk.

But this time against Virgil, it seems that his role is not as big as imagined.

The probability of getting 40% again is very small.

Frankie looked at the smiling Li Changheng depressedly, and in the end he could only think about talking to him again.

At this time, an old woman sitting in a wheelchair, Vivienne was the biggest collector of paintings.

After Li Changheng quoted a price of 200,000 pounds, he sighed in his heart and glanced at Li Changheng, then gave up the idea of ​​taking this painting.

This price has surpassed the previous highest auction record of 140,000 pounds for Vivienne, a 16th-century female painter.

In other words, in the eyes of everyone at the scene, it would take at least 10 years to buy this painting before it could rise to 200,000 pounds.

Li Changheng looked back at the bald man, and saw struggle and hesitation on his face.

But he wanted to be an ostrich, but the others didn't intend the show to end like this.

Although no one spoke, not even whispering accusations, most of them stared at him.

The meaning is obviously saying that if you only quote a price once, you want to surrender.

It's too embarrassing to say, and it will make others think that he is a stern and soft-hearted idiot.

He is even a fool who has no strength and no vision to provoke people who are stronger than himself.

Forced to do so, the bald man could only raise the price tag in his hand.

Virgil immediately called the man a real idiot.

Shout out 210,000, at least he can clearly tell others that he is just deliberately making Li Changheng spend more money.

But just raising a sign is equivalent to only adding 2,000 pounds, not only is it equivalent to falling directly into the mud.

It also makes it easy to know that this guy is not only courageous, but also a person like Grandet.

Li Changheng snorted mockingly, without looking at Virgil, he raised his sign and said, "300,000."

The comparison between the two immediately made everyone present feel.

Li Changheng is indeed spending money recklessly, but the money spent is not without some positive effects.

There are three more chapters to follow, which will be a little later.