Chapter 138: The Oligarch Who Was Slapped in the Face [Newcomer,
In the first half of the auction, Lu Ning, Istantin and Antonio did not participate. These antique cars with a large number of stocks were not the choice of a few people. Friedmansky bought several cars for more than 3 million. Every time he took one, he looked at Lu Ning proudly, as if he was showing off.
A few little kids, what's the use of a great family background? Will the adults in the family give you so much money? Come to the auction, a joke.
Friedmansky understood Lu Ning and others' inaction as being short of money.
No wonder, at the age of Lu Ning, the support at home is generally not strong.
Looking at Friedmansky's smug expression, Istantin and Antonio also sneered. The country bumpkin bought several antique cars with so many stocks at a high price, and they still think they are self-righteous.
Lu Ning directly ignored this financial oligarch, and said, in a few years it will be the end of your group of oligarchs. Now you can still come out and become exiled in a few years.
Competing with you like this will lead to price decline.
During the intermission, Friedmansky, who thought he had gained a lot, took out a cigar and walked to the cigar room with a pace of 20,000 or 50,000.
"Damn, I almost couldn't help it just now. When I saw that guy's face, I wanted to slap him." The first one to complain was Antonio, who had the hottest temper.
"Forget it, the first half was just an appetizer. You didn't notice that the auctioneer's face just now was almost laughing. Those cars that were not very good were taken away by this financial oligarch."
Istantin sneered, not knowing how to describe the oligarch's eyes. The waste in other people's eyes was regarded as a treasure in him. Istantin specially calculated it for him, and he was more than 100% premium. No wonder the auctioneer's face was filled with such a happy smile.
Who would be unhappy when you meet such a rich fool?
Friedmansky didn't know that in the eyes of everyone, he was already a typical representative of stupid people and a lot of money.
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The auction in the second half was the key point. The first car was the 1958 Ferrari 250GT SWB California Spyder.
This Ferrari 250GT was only produced in 1957 to 1962, with a total of 106 units, with 280 horsepower and a 4-speed manual transmission.
The first protagonist of this auction was truly on the stage.
Lu Ning also had a crush on this Ferrari 250GT before, but after listening to Istantin's words, he set his target on the last Ferrari 250 GTO.
"Everyone, the starting price of this car is $2 million."
The successor of this car is "Ferrari California", which is one of the classic Ferrari models. Of course, the price of the subsequent mass-produced car is completely incomparable to this Ferrari 250GT.
“3 million.”
“5 million.”
“5.5 million.”
The price is being hyped up faster and faster, but this cannot stop people from pursuing it.
"8 million." Friedmansky thought he was domineeringly reported a number, thinking that he would be as shocked by his heroism as before, and then he stopped and became the owner of the Ferrari 250GT.
However, the fact slapped Friedmansky hard.
“8.5 million.”
“9 million.”
The price Friedmansky quoted did not stay for 1 second and was surpassed.
Everyone sneered in their hearts, "The leopard, the previous car was not fooling people, so we gave it to you. I really think I am so rich? I just bought scraps at a high price."
The estimated price of this Ferrari 250GT is already around 12 million.
Who do you want to scare you for a price of 8 million?
"Hey, brothers, you don't have any demands, right? Then I'll go there." Seeing that the price was almost the same, Antonio greeted Lu Ning and Istantin and was about to take action.
"Ask." Lu Ning made a light gesture.
When Friedmans heard the conversation between several people, he sneered at him, "What are you pretending to be? Can you have the money to participate? Now it's almost over 10 million, not 1 million, what are you pretending to be. However, the next second, the price Antonio quoted surprised Friedmansky.
"15 million." Antonio was the first in the small group Lu Ning to raise his hand to participate in the quotation.
If you don’t take action, you will be a sky-high price of 15 million yuan at one move.
Friedmansky: Damn, are young people so arrogant nowadays? They can increase the price by 5 million at one's move? What about him, when is the US dollar worthless?
Antonio's first offer made most of the people present lose interest in bidding.
It has exceeded the estimated price of 3 million. If you buy this number back, it is another matter. If you want to sell it exclusively, it may not necessarily increase to this price without spending ten years.
This has caused many buyers who choose to resell or speculate to directly lose their desire.
After Anthony shouted the price, he glanced at Fredmansky. The meaning was very clear. You are not Hao, just keep up.
Friedmansky was stimulated and immediately shouted a price of 16 million.
However, as soon as he finished calling, Fredmansky regretted it. It was $16 million, why did he get impulsive?
The financial crisis in 1998 caused Friedmansky to be seriously injured. He finally managed to stop the bleeding and recover his money by selling two buildings.
Now, in order to breathe, he actually shouted a sky-high price of 1,600.
"16.5 million." Fortunately, Friedmansky was not worried for too long, and a Belgian car collector quoted a new price.
"17 million" Antonio is as stable as a mountain on the surface, but he is also quite anxious. 17 million is almost his limit.
Unexpectedly, I suddenly increased the price by 5 million and still didn't scare others.
"17.5 million." The other party was still bidding and added another 500,000.
"18 million." This is Antonio's last offer. No matter what price the other party offers, Antonio is not going to increase the price, otherwise he will have to eat dirt all year round.
However, unexpectedly, the other party, the Belgian collector, was at the end of his strength. After Antonio reported 18 million yuan, he shook his head and stopped bidding.
“18 million, the first time.”
"18 million, the second time, is there any bid?"
"18 million, the third time." The auctioneer reluctantly finally fell into the hammer in Antonio's cannibalistic eyes.
"Congratulations to bidder No. 7 for $18 million to get this 1958 Ferrari 250GT SWB California Spyder."
Amid the congratulations of Lu Ning and Istantin, Antonio stood up gracefully and returned the salute, and once again took a provocative look at Friedmansky.
However, this time, Friedmansky ignored the other party at all. The feeling of being hit hard by someone with money made Friedmansky very unhappy, but what can I do?
This is America, this is America where capitalism is supreme. Only with countless dollars can you have absolute voice.
Chapter completed!