Chapter 1681 Buying and Selling
After Chu Heng came out of the restaurant, he hailed a taxi and went to a warehouse near the lower reaches of the Potomac River.
He came to Citi this time for two main purposes. One was to sell the artwork bronzes in his hands, and the other was to meet Chrissie and talk to him about those novels. The matter of film and television adaptation rights.
The most important thing is naturally to get rid of bronzes.
Because he was worried about being picked on for trouble in the future, he did not plan to go to Adel, who was quite familiar with him, but planned to disguise himself and use other identities to trade.
After Chu Heng got out of the car, he first looked at the vast warehouse area not far away. It was dotted with warehouses of various sizes, and cars came in and out from time to time.
This warehouse is a very popular warehouse here at Citi called self-storage and self-pickup. The price is cheap and can be rented on a monthly basis. No matter what you store in it, no one will take care of it. Just pay your bills on time.
If the lease is not renewed at the end of the term, the items in the warehouse will be auctioned.
The purpose of Chu Heng coming here is to rent a warehouse and put the bronzes he brought there to facilitate subsequent transactions.
After taking a few glances at the warehouse, he found a place to carry people, dove into his personal warehouse, took the disguise tools and prepared them for half an hour before coming out again. .
At this moment, his appearance has changed. With blond hair, pale skin, high bridge of nose, and sunken eye sockets, he has become a white man.
“Not bad.”
After taking out a small mirror and checking it carefully, Chu Heng nodded with satisfaction, then put away the mirror and strode into the storage area. I found a staff member I knew well and spent 2,000 yuan to rent a medium-sized warehouse for a month, covering more than 500 square meters.
After completing the formalities and paying the money, he successfully got the key, and then went to the warehouse he rented alone and put away the more than 800 pieces of bronze art in the warehouse. Go in.
More than eight hundred pieces sounds like a lot, but things can be big or small. Even if they are packaged with wooden frames, after Chu Heng has stacked everything, there is still less than half of the warehouse of more than 500 square meters. remaining space.
"I almost died from exhaustion!"
At the door of the warehouse, Chu Heng, covered in dust, looked at the wooden boxes inside, full of expectations.
I don’t know how much I can sell this time...
Then he went into the portable warehouse to clean up the dust on his body, then came out of the storage area carrying a suitcase and took a taxi into downtown Washington.
More than thirty minutes later.
He got off the car near Logan Square, walked a few steps and stopped outside an auction house called Turan.
This auction house is also a private auction house. It is larger and more powerful than Adel Auction House. It not only undertakes auction services, but also acquires works of art.
This is also the reason why Chu Heng came to them.
He has a tight schedule this time and has no time to wait for the auction house to organize the auction, so he plans to sell everything in his hand. Although this will cause a lot of losses, for him It doesn’t belong to anyone, who keeps our costs low!
“Tap tap tap.”
Chu Heng walked forward with his suitcase, pushed open the heavy glass door and walked in.
The receptionist at the door looked up when she heard the movement, and her eyes quickly scanned him like a scanner.
Armani's suit, Louis Vuitton's leather shoes... Oh my god, is it an antique watch from Patek Philippe? !
Rich man!
"Hello sir, how can I serve you?" She immediately asked enthusiastically, putting on what she thought was the most beautiful smile on her face.
"I have something I want to take action on, and I want to meet the person in charge here." Chu Heng said calmly. "Excuse me, what is it? Have you brought it?"
"It is Chinese bronze wares. There are many of them. I only brought some samples today."
"A lot? Can you tell me the quantity in detail?"
"More than eight hundred pieces."
"..."
Such a large amount made the young lady at the front desk stunned for a moment, and then she quickly walked out from behind the table, respectfully invited Chu Heng, a big customer, to the rest area inside, and gave him After pouring a glass of water, he returned to his seat and called the auction house manager to report the situation.
Not long after, the auction house manager Saban Hunter hurriedly came down from upstairs. He was a middle-aged white man with brown hair, short in stature, and with a bulging beer belly.
Hunter first looked at Chu Heng at the door of the lounge, then walked in with a smile and shook hands with him: "Hello sir, I am Saban Hunter, the manager of Turan Auction House. May I ask? What do you call me?”
“Hello, Mr. Hunter, just call me Price.” Chu Heng spoke with a true London accent.
"Hello Mr. Price." Hunter let go of his hand and sat across from him, glanced at the suitcase placed at his feet, and asked with a smile: "Can you show me the items you want to sell?"
"No problem." Chu Heng put the suitcase on the coffee table calmly, as calm as an old dog.
Hunter immediately pulled the box in front of him, opened it carefully, and saw two small bronze items and three bulging document bags inside.
Seeing those two exquisite utensils, his eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly took out a pair of white gloves from his body and put them on. He held them carefully in front of him and looked at them. He praised them repeatedly and saw no problems at all.
“What a beautiful bronze, beautiful, really beautiful!”
Hunter watched obsessively over and over again, and after a while he put down his things. He looked at the document bags in the box and asked, "What are these bags?"
"Inside are photos of other bronzes." Chu Heng Dao.
He immediately picked up another document bag, opened it, poured out the photos inside, and carefully opened them one by one, with a few words of praise popping out of his mouth from time to time.
After looking at the photo in his hand for a long time, Hunter did not look through the photos in the other two bags. After he took the photo back, he asked Chu Heng with eager eyes: "Mr. Price, I don’t know how you plan to sell this batch of artworks? Auction or sell them directly to us?”
“I am in a hurry for money and want to sell it directly to your company. I don’t know if you have the ability to afford it. "Chu Heng said with a smile.
"Of course, our Turan Auction House is still very strong." Hunter's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Chu Heng with greed: "But there is one thing I need to tell you in advance. Our company Most of the purchased items are lower than the market price.”
"I already know this in advance." Chu Heng shrugged and said: "You only need to tell me now whether you will accept this batch of items or not."
"Happy cooperation!"
Hunter directly stretched out his right hand, his face was as bright as a flower, and his heart was extremely excited.
When these bronzes are obtained, they will raise the price and auction them off. The price difference is enough to make Tulan Auction House a lot of money, and he will also receive a large commission!
As for the origin of these things, does that matter?
In the face of absolute interests, even the law can be trampled on!
(End of this chapter)