Chapter 661 Entrustment

Time was tight and the task was heavy, so Qin Heqing, who had completed the check-in procedures, did not hesitate. After taking a simple bath and eating breakfast on the ground, he immediately found the phone number of Sotheby's auction house and made an appointment with the other party At ten o'clock in the morning, he took the free car provided by the hotel to Sotheby's auction house and met the manager of the auction house.

"Hello, Mr. Qin, I'm Marion Cook, the manager of the auction house. I wonder if you have brought the lot you want to consign." Marion, dressed in a suit and leather shoes and dressed like a bank elite, introduced Qin and Qing to meet the guests. In the middle, he asked.

"I brought it here. It's in the box. Does the manager want to see it?" Qin Heqing patted the large suitcase beside his hand and asked back.

"if you do not mind."

"certainly."

Then Qin Heqing put the suitcase flat on the coffee table in front of him, unlocked the combination lock on it, and opened the suitcase——

Immediately, the golden light shone brightly, and a small pile of gold coins, some pure gold objects, and some pottery and stone statues with Egyptian characteristics came into view of Marion.

"It's really a beautiful work of art." Marion sighed with emotion on his face.

However, there was no hesitation in his actions, and he immediately took out his mobile phone and called the appraiser in the auction house.

"Are these all the auction items that Mr. Qin is going to consign?"

"No, this is only part of it." Qin Heqing shook his head.

"The rest..." Marion asked after hearing this, his heart moved.

As the manager of the auction house, he naturally hoped that Qin Heqing would entrust them with all the items for auction, which would not only improve his performance, but also increase his income.

Not to mention, if there are enough cultural relics, he may be able to use his authority to directly hold a so-called special sale of Egyptian cultural relics to improve the status of the auction house in the hearts of some customers.

With so many benefits in front of him, he just let it go without reason.

"That depends on whether your bank can offer conditions that satisfy me." Qin Heqing said with a smile.

After that, Qin Heqing and Marion didn't talk too much, and started talking nonsense.

It wasn't until the arrival of experts and appraisers of Egyptian cultural relics from the auction house that they began to firm up and evaluate the cultural relics that Qin and Qing took out.

The process is rather boring and not very interesting. If it were an ordinary person, he would not know where his thinking went astray, but Qin Heqing, a person who has been engaged in this field in his previous life, is very interested in this field. , so not only did he not feel bored, but he also joined in with great interest, listening to the identification and judgment of experts in related fields, and learning knowledge that he had never touched in his previous life.

Until all items are identified.

"Professor Mark, how is it?" Marion asked an old man in the expert team.

"We can talk about it." Professor Mark replied.

It means that these things are real, and the auction house can accept them.

So Marion didn't hesitate, and after most of the evaluation team left, he and another expert discussed the auction entrustment contract with Qin and Qingshang.

The two parties came and went, and it was not until half an hour later that the two parties came up with a contract that satisfied each other.

Then Qin Heqing signed a letter of intent with Sotheby's, and left various documents, pictures and video materials - after all, the cultural relics will be handed over to Sotheby's for safekeeping, although the other party's family should not make any trouble. , playing the trick of exchanging civet cats for the prince, but just in case, the other party sees money and wants to play tricks on him, some precautions are worth taking.

So the cumbersome procedures are a bit cumbersome, but Qin Heqing still endured it.

Afterwards, Qin Heqing watched the other party send the collection entrusted by him into the underground vault with his own eyes, and then returned to the hotel with Sotheby's experts to retrieve and appraise the remaining Egyptian collection in his hands.

The whole process took several hours, and it was not completely over until after three o'clock in the afternoon. All the things were sent to the underground vault of Sotheby's auction house, and the final handover was completed.

In this way, Qin and Qing's main business in Yingguo was completed, and after that, they only had to wait for the auction to start, and then get the money.

But that will not be possible until more than half a month later, in mid-November.

So Qin and Qing took a rest in the hotel, picked up the phone in the guest room, and called Brenda.

"Beautiful lady, would you like to walk along the Thames with me, admire Big Ben in the sunset, and then have dinner at a nearby Scottish restaurant?"

"Sure, why not?" Brenda chuckled.

...

In front of the city park on the south side of the east entrance of Westminster Bridge, Brenda, who was dressed in blue jeans, a brown sweater and a long black trench coat, walked quickly to Qin Heqing.

"Hi, Qin, I'm not late."

"No, I just arrived too." Qin Heqing said with a smile.

"Are you done with your work?"

"Well, now all that's left is to wait."

"Would you mind telling me what's going on?"

"Of course no problem." Then Qin Heqing did not hesitate, and simply told Brenda the purpose of coming to London.

"I really didn't expect you to be a capable adventurer." Brenda said with a look of admiration in his eyes.

"It was just a coincidence for me." Qin Heqing said with a smile.

In this way, the two chatted while moving along Westminster Bridge...

The broad Thames River flows quietly under the two people's feet. The setting sun is slanting, and a little bit of golden light is sprinkled through the dark clouds in the sky. Even against the fog, it looks beautiful.

But the good times didn't last long, and soon the sunset was shrouded in dark clouds, and as the sun set, it fell into the night.

The water vapor filled the air, and it shrouded London with a layer of mystery.

"The fog in London is really heavy."

"After all, it is surrounded by the sea, and with the presence of the Thames River, London is basically shrouded in this kind of dense fog for half of the year. Not to mention that it is still late autumn and winter, and the fog is even thicker. Foreigners will feel very uncomfortable when they first come to London.”

"That's true, the humidity is too heavy." Qin Heqing nodded in agreement.

Then the two quickened their pace a little, speeded across the Westminster Bridge, came to the Big Ben on the west side of the bridge, and briefly visited for a while-no photos were taken.

Because Qin and Qing are not the ones who like to take pictures. So after browsing, the two left and chose a good French restaurant nearby to have dinner together.

As for British food...

Even though Qin Heqing had never been abroad in his previous life, he had heard a lot about the dark dishes such as looking up at the starry sky, which is a special product of Yingguo, so he dared not try it. China's dark cuisine.

"After dinner, let's start trying to solve your problems." Qin Heqing said suddenly, holding a knife in one hand and a fork in the other, cutting the steak with substandard Western etiquette.

"OK."