At this time, the Western media and netizens were all discussing this matter loudly. Everyone was speculating about Helena’s intention in choosing to wear such a brooch on her chest on this incredibly important occasion today. If the letters C and W were truly the initials of a person’s name, who could that person be?In an instant, there were a lot of speculations on the internet, and even many Oskian netizens began to gossip.However, since everyone had the preconceived notion that if these two letters represented the abbreviation of a person's name, that person's name had to be an English name, Thus, they simply couldn't guess the correct answer.After all, aside from those people who appeared on Mount Wintry on the day of the Tomb Sweeping Festival, no one would have thought that those two letters would actually represent the initials of an Oskian person's name.And at this time, the live broadcast was still ongoing.Helena had already boarded the historic royal carriage w
As soon as they entered, Jasmine invited Charlie to sit on the sofa. She could not help but start to tease Charlie as she smiled and said, “Master Wade, did you watch the live broadcast of Helena’s coronation ceremony?”Charlie casually said, “I watched it.”Jasmine smiled brightly as she looked at Charlie and asked, “Master Wade, Helena must be using the live broadcast to profess her love for you on air through that brooch, right?”Charlie was helpless, and he questioned her in return, “Jasmine, when did you become someone who enjoys gossiping? It’s not like you at all.”Jasmine smiled slightly and said seriously, “I’m not someone who enjoys gossiping. It’s just that when I saw the brooch on Helena’s chest during the live broadcast, Nanako had already called me to tell me that the both of us have gotten another love rival this time.”Charlie asked her, “Did you tell Nanako that I was coming to your company?”“Of course.” Jasmine smiled and said, “It was Nanako who asked me to as
Charlie’s words caused Jasmine to instantly feel a surging excitement in her heart.She had always wanted to make their family’s business of collectibles trading and auction bigger and stronger, but she had never been able to find a suitable breakthrough point. It was also precisely because she attached great importance to this business that she had immediately befriended Charlie after seeing with her own eyes that he could use the lost cultural relic restoration technics to restore her family's antiques.She had originally hoped to recruit Charlie to Vintage Deluxe to work for the Moore family, but how could she have expected that Charlie, who was just a superfluous son-in-law at first, was actually the young master of the Wade family in Eastcliff, or that his own strength would be extremely powerful?Therefore, Jasmine’s wish to revitalize Vintage Deluxe through Charlie had long since fizzled out.Since then, Vintage Deluxe had not been able to find a better development opportu
Jasmine, who had been struggling to find a good opportunity, was suddenly supported because of Charlie and his Rejuvenating Pills. This made Jasmine feel deeply grateful toward Charlie in her heart, and at the same time, she could not help but feel extremely excited.This was because Jasmine was well aware of the value of the Rejuvenating Pill. Perhaps there were no other collectibles in this world that could be compared to the top-level divine medicine like the Rejuvenating Pill.Therefore, she could almost already foresee that the auction of the Rejuvenating Pill would definitely set a historical record.This was naturally a good opportunity for Vintage Deluxe to make a name for itself.It was equivalent to a third-tier starlet finally having the opportunity to perform on the same stage with the top stars in this world. It was definitely a great opportunity to rise to the top!Therefore, she was very excited and said to Charlie, “Master Wade, don’t worry. I will do my best to ma
Charlie did not expect that his mention of Vintage Deluxe would cause Jasmine to choke and hold back her tears.When he saw this, he thought that Jasmine was overwhelmed by the several ups and downs and tribulations in the past, so he hurriedly spoke up to comfort her, “The bad things are already in the past. You are the head of the Moore family now and so, you should be strong and look forward.”Jasmine nodded hastily and wiped her tears as she smiled and said, “Sorry, Master Wade. I’m embarrassing myself in front of you...”Charlie smiled heartily and said, “I don’t mind, but Mr. Cameron will be coming up soon. I don’t know what he will think if he sees you like this.”As he spoke, Charlie was surprised, and he muttered, “By the way, why is that guy taking so long to park a car?”Meanwhile, downstairs of Moore Group.Isaac took a puff of his cigarette. When he saw that the cigarette had burnt to the butt, he raised his hand, looked at his watch, and muttered in a low voice, “It
“No problem.” Isaac agreed without hesitation and said to Jasmine, “Miss Moore, I don’t know much about the specific antique auctions so I might have to rely mainly on you for this part. I will be responsible for the preliminary publicity, software development and launch, as well as the whole auction site support. You’ll still have to check on the specific process and execution of the auction.”Jasmine hurriedly said, “Mr. Cameron, you don't have to be so polite with me. I’ll really feel a little embarrassed if you’re so courteous with me.”As she spoke, she added, “As for the specific process and execution of the auction, I will definitely have no problem operating it, but what I’m most worried about now is the selection of the auction items...”Charlie asked, “What are the specific problems in the selection of the auction items?”Jasmine said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, “I'm not going to hide it from you, but although Vintage Deluxe’s reputation in the Aurous Hill ant
After Charlie had determined the details of the auction with Jasmine and Isaac, he became much more at ease with this matter. The next step was to wait for the Rejuvenating Pill to garner some attention and reputation in the upper-class society of Europe and the United States before releasing the news of the auction in the same manner.At this moment, Helena's royal carriage had just arrived at the Oslo City Cathedral which was located in the capital of Northern Europe. This old cathedral with a history of a hundred years was the largest and most magnificent church in Northern Europe with a medieval architectural style. It not only had a strong Renaissance temperament, but it also had a clever blend of Baroque style, which was the landmark of the capital of Northern Europe, which was Oslo City. Since its completion, this church has witnessed the coronation of several kings and queens of Northern Europe. Now, it would be welcoming Helena Elliot, the youngest queen in the his
However, since the modern era, the royal families of various countries had surrendered their real power, and after the implementation of the constitutional monarchy, these European royal families had lost their kingdoms, and they had become unusually united like a group that would huddle together to keep warm. As soon as there was a king or queen of any kingdom in poor health or even on the verge of dying, the royal family would send a secret letter to the other royal families so that the other side would know about it in advance and be prepared to come for the mourning. Those who would generally come to mourn would be the crown prince or a prestigious prince of the various countries. Otherwise, if anyone happened to be out of the country during this time, they would probably miss the funeral. So, these people had always felt that the old Queen of Northern Europe was already dying and was thus changing the heir to the throne. They thought that it would be the last thing that
No one except Raymond expected that the terms would be agreed upon so quickly.He was utterly confident in his judgment and even more so in his value appraisal.He was convinced that once they had a good look, any one of these collectors who could afford twenty million wouldn't miss this bargain.After all, an opportunity to secure an item worth millions more than the price they paid was very rare.In fact, when the other nine collectors heard that the first collector was buying it, it was only to be expected even if it left them all gloomy. They had all held the bronze sculpture in their hands—they knew it was definitely worth that much.However, no one in the room was more shocked than Trippy.He looked utterly flabbergasted, his eyes wide and bulging as he stared at the bronze sculpture while asking himself the same question repeatedly.Was that crap really worth twenty million? How?!While Trippy was still stunned, Raymond had already sent his payment details to the first
Unable to nitpick on the air stewardess' response, Elaine pouted, "Well, try to ask management to improve on your first-class cabins anyway. Maybe even make a premium-class or something since it's not like we can't afford it."The air stewardess quickly said, "We will definitely relay your message to the management."Nodding in satisfaction, Elaine waved her off. "Alright. You can go back to work now."Clearly relieved, the air stewardess bowed her head respectfully. "Always happy to be of service."After the air stewardess left, Jacob asked Elaine in curiosity, "Was the private jet that good?"Elaine rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see the stuff I posted in the chat group?""Not really," Jacob blurted. Elaine was ready to snap at him for not caring, but considering that they had made up now and she shouldn't fuss too much over the little things, she snorted, "Just remember to like and comment on all my posts in the chat group, otherwise, I will make you regret it!""No problem!"
While the ten collectors were taking turns studying the bronze sculpture, Jacob and Elaine were boarding their flight.As they were flying first-class, they had priority over the other passengers and boarded from the separate plug door at the first-class section.The capacity of the Boeing 777 was huge, and the wide-body aircraft could be connected to a special double corridor bridge where first class and business class passengers boarded separately from the economy class passengers.As the terminals to economy class and business class were connected, Elaine and Jacob were able to get through the first-class terminal unimpeded, but the passengers in economy class had a queue of over two hundred passengers. Even as she walked, Elaine was looking over her shoulder and exclaiming at Jacob, "Must be nice being rich! We used to have to queue like the rest of them, waiting for over thirty minutes just to board our flight." "In first class, we may be in the same plane, but we don't hav
Meanwhile, once Raymond had briefed everyone about the rules, he opened the door and invited everyone into Treasure Measure.It was not that wide but appeared spacious since the interior was mostly empty—it was not really crowded even with thirty-ish people.Then, locking the door from the inside, Raymond told them, "I can tell from everyone's faces that we are all veterans here, so I'm sure you understand the rules while appraising: no photos or videos, thank you very much."Indeed, there were many rules that governed the hobby, the most important being respecting the seller's requests and privacy.As the collectors listened, they knew that Raymond was selling but did not want the public to know too much about him.They all nodded, and those who had their phones out slid them back into their pockets.With that, Raymond took out the bronze sculpture that he had brought, leaving Trippy a little surprised.He had never seen the bronze sculpture with his own eyes before, only from
"Alright!" Trippy was at once fawning, tagging along behind Raymond like a little child.Around thirty people were waiting in front of Treasure Measure by now. The collectors came in twos or threes, and all ten numbers had since been taken.Before Raymond arrived, he had a brief look at the collectors' faces through the security cameras before walking over, and he was really relieved to see no familiar faces.Having traded Oskian antiques for years abroad, it was only natural that he was acquainted with some of the elite collectors in the country.He also knew that they were especially demanding with the quality of their collection and wanted almost flawless items. As such, the bronze sculpture which had been completely lost wouldn't interest them.Still, he was also a little concerned that amongst the elite collectors he knew, there might be some who were losing money and losing purchasing power in turn. If they happened to take an interest in the bronze sculpture on top of that,
Trippy grinned. "I mean, just look at my stall—ain't no way I'm getting any business here. Why not let me check out this item of yours? And see how interested they are? I'm really interested in learning and upping my game."Then, as if worried that Raymond would refuse, he quickly added, "Don't worry—I promise to stay in a corner and just watch."Still, Raymond could guess right then that someone must have sent Trippy to spy on him.It didn't matter whether it was Mick, Jacob, or Zachary either—they were all in this plot together, and one knowing meant all three knowing.Trippy was a gossiper in nature. If he was allowed to witness the whole process, everyone down Antique Street would definitely know before long.In fact, he could use someone like that right now, and Trippy had come straight to his doorstep.With that in mind, Raymond smiled, "Come join me if you're interested. It's not like there's anything to hide…"Pausing, he then warned Trippy, "But since you're going in my
After watching Mick's video, Jasmine's opinion of the man improved considerably.She was actually well aware that the decline of Vintage Deluxe was mostly due to Mick's incompetence.However, as Jasmine was now managing a billion-dollar company, she couldn't spare any time to ask many questions about Vintage Deluxe's performance. In her opinion, as long as Vintage Deluxe didn't lose too much money or ruin the reputation they had worked so hard to build, she wasn't interested in a regime change.It was the same mindset as Marianne Long, who begged her father to keep that lane full of food stalls in Hong Kong over sentiment.As such, seeing that Mick actually had some skill pleased her considerably.She couldn't resist checking out the comments of the video too.She saw that many were praising the manager of Vintage Deluxe for taking a tough stand against the scammer as well as how Vintage Deluxe's reputation was long-standing and without comparison.She soon noticed Jacob's comme
Soon, more collectors had gathered outside Treasure Measure even before Raymond showed up at Antique Street, with over ten of them gathered outside in no time at all.Since Raymond had only prepared ten slips, the rest left in disappointment seeing that they had no chance.Even so, the ten collectors who had gotten a number were nervous—save for the first man who had arrived.The details on the online sales post insisted that the price was fixed, and that first-come first-serve applies.If he bought the bronze sculpture, the other nine would have come all this way for nothing.However, if the seller decided to make it an auction, they would have a chance too, although their net profit would thin in turn. After all, they could have acquired the bronze sculpture for just 20 million, and that meant a solid 8 million in profit.An auction would at least raise the price to 27 million, and more would make it chicken feed.If they gave up at that point, it was a waste of a trip.If
Trippy naturally wasn't going to tell Mick everything word-for-word, so he said vaguely, "Uh, they were just being stubborn and refused to listen to anything I said. They kept saying that they wouldn't know until they saw the actual item."Mick got out of bed, staring at his phone as he mused to himself.This was getting a little ridiculous, was it not? A fool who was scammed, actually able to scam someone else? But if he really could sell it, wouldn't all their work be for nothing?With that in mind, he promptly called Zachary, who wasn't even up yet.Ever since he had started working for Don Albert, his daily routine was no longer the same as the days when he was a humble stall owner working on Antique Street, but a man of importance who slept late and woke up late.In the evening, he would be spending his time patrolling Don Albert's night entertainment properties as well as holding meetings with subordinates to decide on management policies and the like. That was why he wo