Chapter 47 46. The Heart of the Ranch

So, Charlie went to put his arms around him and comforted him, "Don't be like this, brother, this is actually a good opportunity, don't you need money? Sir also left you a more important territory, you need money to develop the territory, so, Why not sell the hymns?"

Adams agreed: "I understand your thoughts, Wang, but obviously you need money to do more important things, so selling hymns is the best choice at present."

"When your territory develops, you can buy back the things you sold before." Auction Director Grego added.

After showing enough entanglement and psychological struggle, Lao Wang reluctantly handed the hymn to Greg, and then lay on the table with his face covered: he was afraid that he would laugh excitedly.

Greg led two experts to start the careful inspection. They spent a full two hours. In addition to studying the paper, handwriting, and ink, they even checked page by page.

Finally, Greg nodded to Adams, and Adams walked over. After the two exchanged a few words in a low voice, the latter's expression became serious.

Wang Bo's heart was also suspended, but don't tell him suddenly that this is a fake, he can't stand the blow.

Only 1,700 sets of the first edition of "Bay Hymn" were released, but many imitation editions appeared later. These editions were not intended to sell the real ones for money, but were reprinted by believers themselves because Luoyang paper was expensive.

It is precisely because of the large number of reprints that a large number of original "Bay Hymns" will be lost. Otherwise, most of the 1,700 books are in major libraries, and there will always be hundreds of copies preserved.

Most of the 11 remaining hymns in the world are preserved in institutions such as the Library of Congress in New York and the Harvard University Library. Among them, there are 2 copies in the Old South Church in Boston, USA, and 1 copy in the Library of Congress, Yale University and Brown University.

After Adams and Greg finished chatting, he shook hands with Wang Bo, shook his wrist vigorously and said emphatically, "Congratulations, Wang, you have the 12th "Bay Hymn" in your hand. As far as we know, this is also the first copy after 1947 , this book reappears in the world, God bless!"

Wang Bo pursed his lips and said, "Thank you for your congratulations, but I know this is the original version of the hymn, because my godfather's family is all devout Christians, they are old aristocrats, and the hymn in their collection must be the first edition. Originally, I had confidence in this.”

Charlie sighed from the side, the old jazz was too stubborn and closed, if he played on the Internet or cared more about the outside world, why would he be so financially distressed in his later years?

But then he thought again, with the old jazz's stubbornness and pride that he would rather borrow usury than sell the red box, maybe he wouldn't sell it even if he knew he had the hymn in his hand.

The two sides praised the Roberts family, and finally got to the point. Adams asked: "My lord, my buddy, do you have any thoughts about this hymn?"

He had a lot of thoughts, but he maintained a calm mind and said, "I'm in a mess right now, I don't have any ideas, how about you?"

Adams said: "I have two suggestions, one is that you sell the hymn to us, and we are willing to buy it at twice the starting price; There’s a spring auction coming up in New York, so it’s a great opportunity.”

Wang Bo rejected the first suggestion, and Adams gave twice the starting price. The last time this book appeared at an auction, the starting price was 6 million US dollars, and the final auction price was 14.16 million US dollars.

If you follow Adams' suggestion, it will be 12 million US dollars, so Pharaoh feels that he is at a disadvantage.

The second suggestion is good. He is not in a hurry to use the money. Besides, he has some money in hand, so the two parties can cooperate completely.

However, the matter is of great importance, with valuables close to 20 million New Zealand dollars, such cooperation requires the presence of a lawyer.

Wang Bo's most trusted lawyer was Mueller, but he obviously couldn't keep up, so he held a video conference, and Mueller participated in the meeting through a camera.

The final result was that he entrusted the hymn to Christie’s for the New York Spring Auction, but the price must be higher than US$12 million. If not, Wang Bo would withdraw the authorization and only need to pay Christie’s promotion fee of 50,000 New Zealand dollars.

As for if it is auctioned at a price of more than 12 million US dollars, then Christie’s will charge a commission fee of 7.6%—normally 9.8%. by 2.2 percentage points.

Christie's needed this auction opportunity because their biggest competitor, Sotheby's, just sold one of these books and they're going to hit back!

Witnessed by both parties, the book was sent to the safe in the headquarters of ANZ Bank in Christie's New Zealand region. compensation.

Lunch was an Adams treat, and the group had a big meal at the Green Olive Hotel.

During the meeting, Adams and Gregor popularized some knowledge and hidden rules of the auction industry to Wang Bo. They were very concerned about Wang Bo, because Lao Wang shamelessly claimed that his godfather also left him some other s things.

For this kind of news, Adams would rather believe it than believe it, so before parting, the two parties exchanged all the contact information they could get in touch with, and they reluctantly parted.

After lunch, the helicopter whizzed towards the direction of Sunset Town.

This trip to Wellington, Wang Bo did not expect to gain so much. If everything goes well, he will be a multi-millionaire in one month!

Suddenly turned into a rich man, Wang Bo was in a good mood. On the day he returned to Sunset Town, he cooked and prepared a few good dishes to celebrate. As a result, Charlie and Cowboy both had a lot of alcohol, and Lao Wang was drunk while drinking. Under the table.

Lying on the bed in a daze, Pharaoh habitually opened the sand table. When he found that the drawer had turned light green, he chose to use it. When the drawer turned, the pointer stopped on the heart of the territory, and immediately a "ranch" Heart' appears.

He was already in a daze at that time, and after seeing the Heart of the Ranch, he couldn't turn his head and fell asleep.

After waking up in the morning, Old Wang stretched comfortably, and immediately remembered the heart of the ranch he had drawn last night.

He was startled by this, and quickly opened the sand table. Fortunately, the heart of the pasture did not disappear, and a piece of palm-sized grass appeared above the sand table, and the grass grew neatly, and the wind blew the leaves.

There is no doubt that this is the heart of the ranch, like a neat and beautiful small grassland, it looks extremely pleasing to the eye.

Lao Wang thought for a while, and chose to install the heart of the ranch on the grassland in the south of the territory.