Rebirth of the Wealthy American Chapter 374

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Soon Saturday, the members of the beach club came to Clinton Castle, as usual, for a weekly regular party.

It 's still different. Compared with the relaxed attitude of the past, today 's members have a much more dignified expression. They all know that the Rose Company 's auction will be held today. Although they are eligible to participate in the auction, they are embarrassed because they do n't know how much it will cost. It is all kinds of envy.

Yes, there is no hate, if there is, it can only hate itself.

I hate myself for not fighting, so I can't hold firmly when the opportunity comes up.

The auction venue is located in the banquet hall on the first floor. The display stand is set on a small stage where the band usually plays. There are twelve high-back chairs opposite the display stand, which means that only twelve people will participate in today's auction.

Regardless of the small number of people, everyone who wants to participate in the auction must pay a deposit of 500,000 US dollars in advance. This money is not a small number, and not many people can get it out.

What is certain is that the final transaction price will be much higher than 500,000, so few people are really qualified to sit in the venue.

Except for the twelve chairs, no seating was placed around the venue, so only these twelve people were eligible to sit down during the entire auction.

Since 7pm, members have begun to enter the venue. Although they are not eligible to participate in the auction, they can watch. Obviously no one is willing to miss the auction. Even just watching is a rare experience.

It is indeed rare, and no one believes it. The United States has not yet had an auction house in this era. Although Sotheby's and Christie's have been established, their businesses are still limited to the United Kingdom and have not expanded to the United States. The auctioneer was brought in from the United Kingdom. Li Mu chose Christie's, which is good at auctioning artworks, rather than Sotheby's, which is mainly engaged in book auctions.

Although Li Mu didn't like the British, he had to admit that the British were very experienced in doing this. The auctioneer hired heavily attracted everyone's attention as soon as he came to power, high silk top hat, black tuxedo, white There are fixed patterns for how gloves and even shirts should be folded.

The time is 7:30 pm, members are entering, and the twelve chairs in the middle of the auction are still empty, as if those people have already negotiated, important people always make their final appearances at the end.

"Don't you sit down?" Thanks to the hollow design of the ballroom, you can also watch it on the second floor of the ballroom. There are no chairs here, but there are railings to rely on.

Li Mu was standing at the railing on the second floor, holding a glass of ice-cold champagne provided by the club for free, and smiling at Rockefeller next to him.

"Why go? I don't want to be surrounded by people to look at monkeys." Rockefeller's words were very irritating. For one thing, the taste changed in Rockefeller's mouth.

Rockefeller serves rum, which is also offered for free by the club.

The beach club offers a variety of fine wines, from weekly rums to champagnes in Europe, and all kinds of fine wines in the east. This is one of the benefits of the club. Someone joins the beach club every week. To drink different wines, I haven't done it yet.

It is said that Li Mu should drink Maotai or burn a knife, but Li Mu does not like spirits, so champagne is more suitable for Li Mu's taste.

"You are a little far from the venue here, so you don't worry about what will happen? That way, your people may not be able to receive your information in time." Li Mu smiled and looked at the fearless Rockefeller with a smile in his heart.

"Rest assured, I will get at least three bids for this auction." Rockefeller is confident to be the biggest winner tonight.

"Then I wish you all the best." Li Mu was also confident. Twelve people divided up the nine goals. Of course, there would be three people who couldn't do the same. Rockefeller didn't say that he won the three goals.

Time was approaching eight o'clock, and finally someone popped up. The first one to sit in the chair, no doubt-Wall Street tycoon J.P. Morgan.

J.P. Morgan is also dressed up today, and his dress is just as formal as the auctioneer on the stage. J.P. Morgan sat down in the middle chair, and then pulled out his pocket watch without expression. Time, then put the pocket watch back expressionlessly to start closing your eyes.

A second person soon appeared, and Andrew Carnegie, a recent steel star rookie.

If there is any benefit in the economic crisis, Carnegie is undoubtedly one of them. Before the start of the economic crisis, Carnegie's steel mills were not very successful, but after getting the stainless formula, Carnegie's steel mills Finally, it skyrocketed. Just a few years ago, Carnegie's new plant was put into production, and its production capacity reached a new level. At the same time, Carnegie integrated the American steel center Pittsburgh, established the Iron and Steel Industry Federation, and officially established the steel industry leader Status.

Li Mu knows that Carnegie has been moving frequently, so it is estimated that there is pressure on the funds, so Li Mu did not inform Carnegie of this auction, but Carnegie considers himself a partner of Li Mu, obviously he cannot miss such a grand event, so Carnegie Ki took the initiative to register.

"Rim, we are the best partners. You shouldn't forget me. Now that I'm here, I'm going to stir up your auction!" Carnegie sat in a chair and punched Li Mu, who was standing on the second floor. Yes, you can have a loud voice.

Well, no one at the beach club dared to speak to Li Mu like this. Carnegie's words successfully caused a laugh, and the atmosphere was suddenly relaxed.

"Don't you come here for fun too? Really, if you want shares, why not go to Rem directly?" J.P. Morgan couldn't keep his aura and looked at Carnegie very dissatisfied.

"I came here to raise the price. As long as I am here, you want to get more money if you want to get the shares. If I do well enough, Rimme may transfer me some original shares. Then I can Make a big profit. "Carnegie didn't hide his purpose.

J.P. Morgan shook his head and muttered, Carnegie didn't hear clearly, but Carnegie didn't take it to heart. It wasn't a good word, Carnegie didn't mean to question.

One after another, many people are acquaintances, such as William Vanderbilt of the Vanderbilt family, Jay Gould, a railroad tycoon, Mickey Gilbert, head of the Boston Consortium, and Union Pacific Railroad The president, Dick Anderson, and so on, are all famous figures. They attach great importance to this auction and have come to the scene to express their position at all costs.

For the tycoons in the field, there are also several people who are unfamiliar. One of the fat men with a big belly has been looking at the information provided by the club. No one knows his name.

The other was a lean young man who wore a pair of rimless glasses and slowly moved his eyes around the venue. When he saw Li Mu on the second floor, the young man nodded and seemed to be very familiar with Li Mu.

The last one is Situ Lei. As a Chinese, this is the first time that Situ Lei officially appeared on a white-dominated formal occasion. Situ Lei wore a Chinese-made long gown and a white bowler hat on his head. Combined flavor.

"Which one is yours?" Li Mu asked Rockefeller.

"Guess?" Rockefeller was still wondering.

Li Muzheng wanted to start the mockery mode, and the auctioneer who hosted the auction finally stepped forward and officially opened his mouth with a smile on his face: "Gentlemen, welcome to this magnificent auction floor, I dare swear to God, I have never seen I 've had such a dreamy scene— "

This year's auctions are not very formal. Although the auctioneer is neatly dressed, he still has a lot of words. He doesn't talk about the business at first.

However, what the auctioneer said is also true. For ordinary people, the lighting facilities in Clinton Castle are a bit too luxurious. If you only talk about the number of light bulbs, it is estimated that there are not as many light bulbs in the Presidential Palace and Clinton Castle. The light bulbs are not only those that are transparent, but also colored lights that use stained glass. This kind of light bulb has not yet been put on the market. It is only used in Clinton Castle in the world, and even Li Mu's Governor Island has not been used.

Well, the reason Li Mu does n't use colored lights is that if the lights are too rich, it will affect the lighting. Li Mu usually does n't like flowers and flowers, which can be seen from Li Mu 's clothing.

Li Mu's clothes are either black or white, basically no other colors, except for the tie.

Su Xuyi spoke for five minutes, and the auctioneer finally turned to the topic: "——We will conduct nine rounds of the Rose Company's share auction today, the first eight rounds will be 5% each time, and the last round will be 5%. Nine, one per hundred is one hundred shares, so we are going to auction a total of 4,900 shares today-although Rose is a new company, I believe that everyone knows the potential of Rose. As far as I know, respect Mr. Riem will grant the British franchise of Rose Company's electric light, telephone, car and other projects, and we all know that for the last year alone, the above patents have earned more than 30 million US dollars in profits for the steed group. This is only in New York and Boston, and the Rose Company will obtain the franchise of the entire United Kingdom. Think about how many rich people there are in the whole United Kingdom. I have no intention of demeaning the United States, but the fact is that the number of rich people in the United Kingdom is far more than that of the United States The number of rich, especially those who are invisible, their families have accumulated hundreds of years of wealth, and I can guarantee that the value of those wealth must be less than that of Rose Value Wealth - "

The auctioneer is still very level, and the emotions are well set in place. With the exaggerated performance of the auctioneer, not only the people in the field, but also the members of the surrounding beach club can't help breathing.

"So, let's start the auction of the first share now. The Rose Company has five percent of the shares, with a reserve price of $ 1 million and a price increase of $ 10,000 each time. Now, is anyone willing to get it for $ 1 million?"

It finally started, and before the words of the auctioneer had fallen, Jay Gould's brand was raised: "Two million!"

"His--" There was a neat pumping sound in the venue. Everyone knew that the competition would be fierce, but did not expect that the first time the card was raised, the reserve price would be doubled.

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