"This gold coin of yours... is indeed a George III gold coin. There is no problem. It not only has gold content, but also has a certain collection value. I don't know how many you have. If the quantity is not small, our auction house can completely eat it." He put down his hand. Holding a magnifying glass, the old man sitting opposite Jiang Hai nodded to the middle-aged man next to him.
Seeing that the old man had already nodded, the middle-aged man looked at Jiang Hai with a pair of keen eyes and said seriously.
"The quantity is not small." Looking at the old man's eyes, Jiang Hai laughed, picked up the tea cup in front of him, and couldn't help but take a sip, but in fact, he was already happy deep down. As for Moses sitting next to him - Adams also looked at his boss with some curiosity. He did not expect that this guy was so lucky.
Today is already the fifth day after Fuyuan left. Jiang Hai dug out the last box of gold coins yesterday.
Then he called Moses Adams. Of course, in addition to Moses Adams, he also called Phillips' people.
Although Phillips had cheated Jiang Hai a little on this manor, Jiang Hai now had no way to sell the gold, although he could just melt the gold and sell it.
But the price is not particularly high after all. The current price of gold in the United States is about $168 per ounce, which is about 28 grams per ounce. Jiang Hai has tested the gold content of these gold coins, although it is not as disgusting as 18K gold.
But it's not particularly high. The gold content of a fifteen-gram gold coin is about 13.5, which is 900 gold.
The two coins added together were not enough for one ounce. Jiang Hai spent half the night sorting out all the gold coins, a total of 43,817 coins. If he sold only gold, he would probably only sell more than 21,000 ounces, and stop at three or four million. , which Jiang Hai was very unhappy about.
Three or four million may seem like a lot to others, but to Jiang Hai, although it is not a drop in the bucket, it is not too tempting. However, if these gold coins are sold as antiques, even if they are not very valuable According to Moses Adams' original price of four hundred dollars for an antique, it would be worth sixteen to seven million dollars, which would be four or five times the price.
After learning that Jiang Hai had a batch of gold coins that needed to be sold, Phillips here was also quite fancy.
The gem that Jiang Hai sold to them was resold by them and they made a lot of money.
Now they are also looking forward to Jiang Hai creating some wealth for them.
Early this morning, their New York office sent someone over. The people sent over were one old and one middle-aged. The old man was responsible for appraisal, while the middle-aged man was responsible for negotiating business. On Jiang Hai's side, he and Jiang Hai Moses Adams.
When Moses Adams came, Jiang Hai had roughly told him how many such gold coins he had in total.
"To put it straight to the point, I have a total of 43,817 gold coins here, and I can guarantee that these gold coins were not obtained from the ship, so there is no dispute of interest. Now I can ask you to make a price first." Look. As Jiang Hai picked up the tea cup, Moses Adams directly said that he was very confident about such a deal.
After hearing what Moses Adams said, the two people sent by Phillips here had a look of uneasiness on their faces.
According to the principles of international salvage law, although ships salvaged on the high seas or in private fishing grounds belong to individuals, there are exceptions. For example, if the salvaged items come from warships, then This thing still belongs to the country, unless it is proved that the salvaged ship is a merchant ship, in which case it will belong to the salvage person.
There are many sunken ships on the high seas of the world, and many serious people among them have made a fortune from this thing.
But the boats that were fished out were worth at least 1.8 million, and at most they were worth hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars. How could the original countries of these sunken ships let go of such a piece of fat! Therefore, there will be back and forth wrangling in many salvage places on the high seas.
This is also a means that Phillips originally planned to lower the price, but now Moses Adams took the initiative to bring it up. They really can't talk about it anymore. Of course, because Moses Adams is a lawyer, this clause must be written into the contract. Yes, if there is a problem, it will be Jiang Hai's problem.
"Well, since Mr. Jiang Hai has a good cooperative relationship with our company, let's set a price first and round it up. Let's make up a round number, ten million US dollars, and package and take away all the gold coins. What do you think, Mr. Jiang Hai? "Now that Jiang Hai and the others have kicked the ball here, the middle-aged man from Phillips here also tried to quote a price.
"Send guests off." But as soon as Phillips finished speaking, Jiang Hai said directly.
"Hey, Mr. Jiang, don't be so excited. If you have anything to say, just say it." Seeing Jiang Hai stand up and send them away, the two people here also panicked. Although the number of George III gold coins in the world is not high, It's a small amount, but such a large number of gold coins is really a lot. If these gold coins are brought to Europe, there will definitely be many people willing to spend money to buy one.
However, they never thought that Jiang Hai would directly drive them away as soon as he said so, which made them a little passive.
"You also know that I have cooperated with your company, right... I bought this manor for 280 million. It was you who fooled me in the first place. Why did I spend 280 million to buy such a small place? It is already the most expensive in the United States. Okay? If I want a ranch, I go to Montana. I can buy one a hundred times larger than this for 280 million. If I want a fish farm, go to Florida or New Mexico. I can buy one a thousand times larger than this. , I can go to the Caribbean and buy an island, you know? For the same price, I can buy a mansion in Los Angeles that is much bigger than this one! This is what you guys tricked me into! But I signed the contract, I accept it, When I have business, I think of you first, but you gave me 10 million. Is this your price? You go!" Looking at the two people in front of him, Jiang Hai said with contempt.
The more they listened to Jiang Hai's words, the more embarrassed the two people's faces became. When the manor was sold to Jiang Hai, it was indeed a little overpriced. Well, not a little overpriced, but quite a bit overpriced...
After all, this manor was only sold for 150 million when it was sold to Phillips. This included the money he originally owed, and it was finally sold for 150 million, but it was sold to Jiang Hai. Two hundred and eighty million, nearly double the price.
In fact, here, everything is calculated, and the highest amount is 280 million. If Jiang Hai knew better at that time and found a lawyer first, the price may be lower than 200 million. After being cheated once, these guys still dare to come. , what are you waiting for if you don’t see the guests off
"Haha, Mr. Jiang Hai, you are a little excited. After all, I was not the one who sold your manor... How about this, to show my sincerity, fifteen million!" Looking at Jiang Hai, here The middle-aged man immediately smiled and said politely.
"My client is not willing to argue with you. Our price is 20 million." Seeing Jiang Hai regain control of his temper, Moses Adams here glanced at him. The contract has been signed, and the manor's money He will definitely not come back, but he will not let go of this gold coin.
"Twenty million? These gold coins are not worth this price. This price is equivalent to each gold coin being worth 456 US dollars and 44 cents. And the retail price of this kind of gold coin is only 400 US dollars or 410 US dollars in the United States. Between the swords, Mr. Jiang's gold coins are very large after all. Let's do it like this. I will decide 400 gold coins a piece, 17,522,800." Seeing that Moses Adams seemed to really know his stuff, the middle-aged man here The young man didn't show any signs of being dishonest, and he offered a fairly fair price.
Indeed, in the United States, gold coins like this are only worth this price. After all, during the First and Second War of Independence, the British army at that time used this gold coin to pay their wages, so this gold coin, The number in Europe may not be particularly large, because most of them have been remade, but the number on the American side is really quite large.
In fact, this price has already reached the psychological price of Jiang Hai and Moses Adams, but a good lawyer will not reveal his trump card so quickly. He rearranged his clothes, looked at the two people in front of him and said softly: "430 U.S. dollars each. I think if you bought these gold coins, they can't be sold in the United States, right? If you ship them back to Europe, I remember that the average transaction price of such gold coins in Europe is 410 euros, that is 447 U.S. dollars, of which one gold coin can buy you 17 U.S. dollars. For more than 40,000 gold coins, you can go back directly without the hassle of transporting a plane. More than 40,000 gold coins can make you more than 700,000 dollars. , not bad.”
Hearing what Moses Adams said, the two people across from him looked a little ugly. Afterwards, the two talked quietly together for a few words. After hearing the old man's words, the middle-aged man made up his mind again.
"We have two final prices. One is as you said, 430 US dollars per gold coin, but we need to sign a new agreement with Mr. Jiang Hai. I don't know how Mr. Jiang Hai owns these treasures. , I didn’t want to explore the secrets here, but if Mr. Jiang Hai still has such a treasure in the future, I hope Mr. Jiang Hai can sell it to our auction house first, and if he is not satisfied with the price, then go to other auction companies. If Mr. Jiang Hai does not sign this agreement, our final offer will be US$415 per gold coin." Looking at Jiang Hai in front of him, the middle-aged man said calmly.
Hearing his words, Jiang Hai also looked at him in surprise. It seemed that these people were a little surprised that they would get so many treasures, but it didn't matter if they were surprised. Even if they wanted to break their heads, they couldn't figure it out. , what happened to me.
Moreover, Jiang Hai is about to be upgraded at this time, and if he guessed correctly, it should be tomorrow.