At the end of the auction, the rich happily signed checks and took away their collections.
However, Wang Bo cannot get the money for the time being. The money needs to go through the tax bureau account and the taxes and fees can be calculated before it can enter his hands.
However, since Lao Wang is lucky, he will not have to pay a lot of taxes because he has invested in a large amount of public infrastructure in the town, which is tax deductible.
For example, the last time "Psalms" was auctioned for more than 20 million, the tax he needed to pay was originally as high as 4 million, but in the end he only had to pay less than 1 million. This is unimaginable, but it is legal and compliant. : Just the investment and construction of a third-class highway has offset those taxes and fees.
Therefore, Lao Wang is very optimistic about this aspect. The investments in the town are all made in his private name. Although Sunset Territory has been changed to Sunset Town, it is actually not much different from his territory. It is used to deduct taxes. It could not be better.
After Christie's received all the finance, Adams immediately gave him an answer to this harvest:
The legendary pocket watch sold for the highest price of 38 million, the Indian-style complete set of jewelry sold for 16 million, the two gold statues together sold for 28 million, the three silver statues sold for 12 million, and the jade snuff bottle sold for 2.5 million, a rosewood cane sold for 1.5 million, and two ivory pistols that once came from the family of the chairman of the East India Company sold for a high price of 4 million.
The Japanese bone china gave Wang Bo a surprise, and it actually sold for 5.5 million, which was much higher than the original estimate of 2 million given by Adams and Lyle.
In other words, in total, the castle antiques were sold for a total of 107.5 million yuan in this special auction!
Beyond expectations!
Although Adams originally called Wang Bo the youngest billionaire, it was just a title, just like a person who earns 800,000 yuan a year can introduce himself as a millionaire.
According to the valuation of Christie's treasure appraisal experts, the total value of these treasures is around 90 million, but the final auction price was a full 15% higher.
However, this can only be said to be unexpected and reasonable. It is difficult to estimate the final transaction price of the auction, because these items are too expensive, and if the price of one or two of them fluctuates, then the estimate will be in vain.
In fact, at the world's top auctions, it is common for prices to fluctuate by 20% or more. If the auction fails, the price of an item can fluctuate several times!
Adams shook hands with Wang Bo and said eagerly: "Congratulations, young billionaire. I think today's auction will live in my memory for a long time. It is really a pleasure to witness the birth of a billionaire." thing."
Lao Wang smiled in a low-key manner, "100 million New Zealand dollars. If he doesn't develop the town and return to his hometown to become a rich man, he will not be able to spend so much money in his life, even if he feeds the young model to eat sea cucumbers every day."
It's a pity that he really wants to build a top-notch town. Besides, he can't let go of the territory now. Without the territory to provide the lord's energy, there's no telling what the lord's heart will become when the energy is exhausted.
Adams asked Wang Bo how he planned to use the money: "If you want to find a place to vacation or have fun, I think I can give you some ideas."
Lao Wang thanked him, then shook his head and said: "No, man, I am the mayor of the town. My town is still under construction. I don't have the opportunity to have fun yet."
After a pause, he added: "Besides, is 100 million New Zealand dollars a lot? As far as I know, just this section of Highway 8 passing through our town will cost more than 500 million New Zealand dollars to build!"
This is what he says from the bottom of his heart. Is 100 million New Zealand dollars a lot? Let’s put it into construction and see, I guess it won’t even be able to build the prototype of a small town.
Of course, the prototype of the town he was talking about was the prototype of a top town in the world. It would not take so much money to build an ordinary town.
Adams admires Wang Bo's attitude towards money, which is rational, open-minded and calm.
As an executive of a world-class auction company, he has seen many situations where people get rich overnight. Many ordinary people become rich because of a family antique or a treasure they acquired by chance.
Then, these people often cannot bear the pressure of getting rich suddenly and start spending money like crazy. After a period of squandering, they become poor again.
He has seen many such people, especially young people. Wang Bo is different from these people. He has a calmness that is rare for young people.
Confidence, huge sums of money, calmness, ambition, and the sense of responsibility he saw in Wang Bo made Adams interested in Wang Bo. He thought about it and said: "Hey, man, are you interested in joining Free Route? I I can be your recommender.”
Wang Bo didn't understand the Free Route Club yet, so he politely declined.
Adams is a human being. He understood Wang Bo's thoughts, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You can go and learn about this club. If you want to change your mind, you can come to me at any time."
The auction is over, but Adams still has a lot to do. First of all, he has to arrange for his subordinates to organize the auction records and save the consignment auction contract, auction announcement, auction instructions, special regulations, lot catalog, transaction confirmation, auction records, etc. in accordance with the regulations. material.
Secondly, he also needs to archive the bidder's information and send it to the headquarters database for filing for a period of more than ten years.
Finally and most importantly, he needs to confirm with the financial officer that the fund flow of this auction is safe, calculate the income, handling fees and commissions, and settle the accounts with the antique owners.
Christie's prepared a dinner at the castle, but not many people stayed to eat.
Half of the people left the castle and returned after the auction. Most of the remaining half flew to Queenstown, rested there for a night and then left. In the end, only a dozen rich people were left behind.
Adams had already anticipated this situation. When he originally prepared the dinner, he had arranged it according to the standard of thirty people.
Wang Bo sighed: "You are really clever."
Adams smiled bitterly and said, "I really hope I made a mistake. Do you know why they left? That's because my energy and connections are not enough to support this."
Wang Bo asked strangely: "What do you mean?"
Charlie, who was next to him, explained to him: "The gatherings of these wealthy circles are very particular. If you want to invite these people to a private party, you need a lot of face."
In this way, Lao Wang understood that Adams' face was not good enough to invite so many wealthy people to stay and join him.
After understanding this truth, Wang Bo couldn't help but feel proud: "Charlie, one day, I will hold another one here. At that time, I will call all the rich and powerful people in New Zealand. I want everyone to come by then." Proud of me!”
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