Chapter 435 Auction
A few days later, Sunday reported that the Yellowstone base had been completely cleaned up and could be put into use at any time, but there was a problem that William needed to decide on his own.
William had a headache when he saw the video sent by Sunday. The person in the video was Tilde who was captured by Valentine and secretly imprisoned in the Yellowstone base.
The eldest daughter of Charles's younger brother Andrew was a real trouble, and even her whole family was trouble. Her father had a bad reputation, but Tilde's mentality was not bad. She probably had the talent of a homegirl. She was imprisoned for almost 20 days, but she didn't show any signs of collapse or madness.
Valentine probably had some ideas about Tilde, so except for being locked up and not allowed to contact the outside world, he met all the requirements that could be met. Tilde read magazines, watched football games, TV series, did her own beauty, and exercised every day. She lived a very enjoyable life.
Looking at Tilde who was doing fitness dance in the video, William took out his mobile phone and called Wilson. As soon as the call was connected, William asked directly, "Is your uncle still looking for his daughter?"
"Of course," Wilson said hurriedly after hearing this, "Do you know where Tilde is? Did Valentine do it?"
"Huh? How do you know?" William asked in confusion, "Did you suspect Valentine a long time ago, then why did you let him return to the United States?"
"Damn it, I knew that it was Valentine who kidnapped Tilde. If it wasn't for James, the old bastard, who proved to Valentine, Tilde left with the bodyguard halfway, we would have found a reason to arrest Valentine, God, just find him," Wilson breathed a sigh of relief,
Then complained, "You don't know, my uncle is almost crazy these days, during the day he either calls everywhere to find connections, or takes his men to look for nothing, at night he drinks and forces my grandfather and my father to call to find connections,
It's almost two rounds to find connections, and he has spent 3 million pounds on private detectives alone, not to mention the favors owed."
"Ha, now I know that no matter how bad a person is, he still has love for his own children," William laughed, "She is in my house. The only request is that although I found Tilde, I don't want to deal with your uncle. Do you understand?"
"Actually, my uncle is a good person."
"Stop, that has nothing to do with me. I don't want to get too close to your uncle and end up being implicated by him. Some things can't be washed away in a lifetime," William pouted, "Remember to drive a bigger car when you come, so that paparazzi won't take pictures of Tilde in my house."
"OK, I'll take care of it, see you later."
After hanging up the phone, William went to the basement and opened the portal to the base of Yellowstone Park. He carried Tilde, who was knocked unconscious by Sunday, back to the London Manor and put Tilde on the sofa.
Wilson came to the manor in a few minutes. Seeing Tilde lying on the sofa without any image, Wilson rolled his eyes at William, "Can't you be polite? She is a princess."
"She is your princess, not mine." He walked to the wine cabinet and asked, "What do you want to drink?"
"No, I'll take Tilde home first, so that my family won't worry." After saying that, Wilson wrapped Tilde in a blanket, picked her up and walked out. Before leaving, he turned to William and said, "I heard that there will be a Christie's special sale of Chinese antiques tonight. Are you interested in going to see it?"
Chinese special sale? William immediately became interested, "It seems that there are good things?"
"Yeah," Wilson nodded, "I heard that there are three bronze animal heads. My cultural relic consultant said that the Chinese seem to value these things very much, and many people are opposing this auction."
William immediately understood what it was. The bronze heads of the twelve zodiac animals, rat, ox, and tiger, seemed to be auctioned this year, but shouldn't these three be auctioned in Hong Kong, which is very popular?
Before William asked, Wilson said, "These three cultural relics were ready to be auctioned in April this year, but it seems that the owner of the cultural relics had a result in the bank loan at that time, so he withdrew the auction. Now they are sent to the auction house again. It should be that the capital chain has problems again."
"Very good, it's better if there is a problem," William smiled with narrowed eyes, "See you at the auction tonight."
"Well?" Wilson hesitated for a few seconds before nodding, "See you tonight."
He actually didn't want to go. There would definitely be people protesting outside the venue for this auction, and going there might not be a good thing for him, but on second thought, with William taking him, he made up his mind to just watch and not bid today, so there shouldn't be any problem.
If there really is a problem, Wilson plans to put the blame on William.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, after dinner, Lina heard that William was going to the auction, and she was a little worried and asked the four members of Antonov's team to follow him.
William was used to being alone, and he was about to refuse, but when Ivan, who was 2 meters tall and as strong as a giant bear, walked in, he changed his mind.
There must be a lot of people at the venue today, and he couldn't always appear alone in public, lest some little minions who didn't know how powerful they were, set their sights on him.
So William nodded and asked his mother and Abigail who was expecting, "Mom, are you interested in going to the auction house?"
"NO, I've been busy all day, so I'm not interested in going to any auction house, but if there is suitable jewelry, remember to buy it back," Lina said to Abigail who was expecting, "By the way, buy one for Abby."
"Let's go, Abby, let's go and see the newly delivered Latour."
"Okay, Mrs. Lina," Abigail looked at William who was silent with resentment. Seeing that William was just smiling but not speaking, Abigail couldn't help but glared at him fiercely, without saying a word, and only mouthed to William, "You sleep alone tonight."
Shrugged, and after Lina and Abigail left, William stood up and took Antonov and the other four to the parking lot.
Let Antonov and the other four drive the Mercedes-Benz large-size SUV first. A few minutes later, William drove an Aston Martin DB9 out of the back door of the manor. Before the paparazzi could react, he accelerated and got rid of the paparazzi and came to the auction venue.
No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!
As soon as the car stopped, Antonov and the other four walked to William's car and looked around vigilantly.
After observing for more than ten seconds to confirm that there was no problem, Antonov opened the door for William.
As soon as he got out of the car, William saw dozens of young people holding signs with slogans of opposition, standing in two rows outside the venue, shouting slogans against buying and selling to the guests who walked into the auction.
William pouted, shouting slogans was useless, and threw the keys in his hand to the parking boy and walked on the red carpet.
When William walked onto the red carpet, the reporters and spectators around the venue all exclaimed, "It's William Devonshire, God, why is he here."
"Are you an idiot?" The reporter next to him said contemptuously, "Haven't you heard those rumors?"
"What?"
"God, you look like a rookie. There have been rumors in our industry that William Devonshire bought tens of thousands of Chinese antiques worth 1 billion US dollars from someone,
The things are placed in the underground vault of the Bank of England. I heard that there are so many antiques that the entire vault can't hold them, and the Bank of England had to clear the second underground floor for him to use."
"Stop talking, William Devonshire is coming."