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Chapter 68 Sufficient preparation

What are these and what are they!

James' heart was collapsed at this moment. He never expected that Yan Fei would have taken out so many top-level artworks.

You should know that any of these artworks are top-notch goods worth more than tens of millions of dollars. Especially the portrait of Raphael's young man, this is the world's top-notch goods that the FBI treats as the top ten missing artworks! The estimated price starts at least 100 million US dollars!

So many top artworks, such high valuations. James, who has a gray face, now wants to ask Yan Fei, your import and export company is in the military and fire business, right? Did you sell big mushrooms or Nimitz? Or would you sell space shuttles? What kind of customers can use these things to pay?! You think I am second!

When another famous Botticelli painting was taken up for appraisers to identify, James could no longer sit still. After apologizing to Yan Fei, he stood up and went to his office.

Yan Fei slid the ashes casually, and sneered at James's back.

I used to be as if I could do a big business as if I was able to do a big business. Now I just took out a few things and scared you to look for my dad. No wonder I can only be the president of a branch!

Of course, James went to his office to call the police and said that he had many precious works of unknown art. If he really did that, not only would he be ruined, but he would also be smashed by Sotheby's reputation.

Are there fewer private transactions that cannot be exposed in this industry? It’s just that ordinary people don’t know.

If James dared to destroy Sotheby's reputation that he had spent at no cost to establish, he would not have thought of returning to Britain alive.

The reason why he ran over and called was to ask the head office for instructions on this matter.

After all, although he was very loud before, he was just the president of a branch. If Yan Fei only took out one or two pieces, or even several pieces of art, he would make the decision. But Yan Fei took out dozens of pieces at once, and each piece was a top-notch precious work of art. This was beyond the scope of his ability to make the decision.

After more than ten minutes, James, whose face changed from verdant to rosy, returned to the appraisal room. He smiled and chatted with Yan Fei, "Don't worry, Mr. Yan, our Sotheby's strength is the best in this industry. We will arrange these works of art properly. We will hold a special collection auction in London in a while, and I believe that it will inevitably be a grand auction that was extremely sensational."

Yan Fei complained in his heart that you were just getting permission from the headquarters. However, he nodded slightly with a constant expression on his face, "I believe in Sotheby's strength."

"These things." Yan Fei reached out to signal the stack of artworks over there. "I want to mortgage it directly like last time, and wait until the auction is over. Is it OK?"

"Of course there is no problem." James immediately responded with a smile, "I'll contact HSBC now."

With these artworks as collateral, HSBC is certainly willing to issue mortgages. They can earn high interest rates, and Sotheby's can also get high commissions after auctioning these artworks. Who would disagree with the fact that both sides make money?

Many people say that it is difficult to get a loan. In fact, what is really difficult is that you don’t have enough high-quality collateral when you borrow. If you have enough high-quality collateral, you are the bank’s VVIP. Otherwise, where will the bank make money?

Thirty-three oil paintings of different sizes and six sculptures exchanged Yan Fei a total of US$370 million in mortgage payments. The mortgage payments must have been lowered, but because Yan Fei mortgaged a very valuable work of art, HSBC gave the 80% valuation amount, which is already a very high number.

Of course, when the auction is officially held, the price will definitely be higher than the valuation. However, the higher price at that time was HSBC's interest and Sotheby's commission.

Of course, Yan Fei doesn't care about these artworks. These works of art were things he snatched from another moment. There was almost no cost to say except for spending a few days flying over oil and ammunition. The snatched things can be sold at a high price. All Yan Fei can do at this moment is to smile and stretch out his hand to "Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation." James smiled and said, "If Mr. Yan's customer still uses this kind of art to compensate for the payment in the future, please continue to hand it over to us Sotheby's for auction."

"Haha~~~ I have a chance." Yan Fei sneered in his heart, "I'm full of artworks, and the Sword of St. Langhinus! I'll scare you to death if I take it!"

Yan Fei is rich, and his overseas account limits are almost $400 million in deposits. Such a large sum of money has greatly alleviated many of his needs and troubles.

In addition to continuing to order tens of thousands of sets of bulletproof vests and storm helmets for such a large sum of money, Yan Fei was also thinking about equipping the musketeers with melee weapons.

The biggest hidden danger exposed during the Battle of Zhangjiakou is the lack of melee power. Once the musketeers are approached by the Qing soldiers and there are no bullets in the musketeers, they have no resistance except for waving muskets similar to those of the fire stick.

After some consideration, Yan Fei decided to use the Mitsubishi Baton as a melee weapon for the musketeers.

The flintlock rifles equipped by Yan Fei for musketeers are all unified models made in the modern world. You only need to use a sized slot when purchasing the Mitsubishi military baton to get stuck at the muzzle as a self-defense weapon.

The length of the flintlock rifle is more than 1.5 meters, and the length of the Mitsubishi military baton is already the same as the tied rifle during World War I and World War II. Moreover, the modern world has the most scientific and standardized bayonet tactical exercises that can be used for training.

The bayonet tactics that have been tempered in the modern world are definitely very powerful. If the modern world had not entered the era of information, networking and remoteness, the bayonet tactics could definitely shine.

However, they will not be buried at this time. Yan Fei will bring the bayonet tactics to the 17th century to make this tactic shine in that world!

Of course, the Mitsubishi Military Attack is of the best quality and the most reasonable price in China. Yan Fei is of course rich, so he has to make money from his own country.

But this kind of thing is a controlled tool, so you can't buy it normally. Especially Yan Fei's purchase volume of tens of thousands or tens of thousands of times. The only channel is the official export.

It was still the previous routine. Yan Fei ordered 100,000 Mitsubishi military aggressors from China in the name of Guinea in Africa. The average price of each was about 1,000 yuan, and the total cost of the bureaucrats at all levels in Guinea Africa was less than 100 million soft-girl coins.

This time, Yan Fei bought a truly authentic military product, the kind with a blood groove. Once it penetrates the human body, it is like a square hole being opened, and it will never be squeezed by musculoskeletons and cannot be pulled out.

It is difficult to stop bleeding even by the Mitsubishi Army. It can even be said that it cannot be bandaged and stopped. If you cannot be sent to the modern hospital for treatment in time after being stabbed, the mortality rate is said to be as high as 99%.

The texture is made of special alloy stainless steel, and the surface is phosphated and even contains a certain amount of arsenic. This thing is really dead and killed. Because it is too dangerous, it has never been cut before it is officially used on the battlefield. This shows how terrible the lethality of the Mitsubishi military assassin is.

When the musketeers fought against the 17th century army, they shot directly from a long range. If they wore body armor and storm helmets, they could not even shoot bows and arrows.

If you are in close combat, you can hang a Mitsubishi military baton, a bulletproof vest, a storm helmet, and an advanced bayonet tactic that will definitely stab all the Qing soldiers in close combat.

If you are stabbed by the Mitsubishi Army, you will lose your combat effectiveness on the spot. You can't even think about post-war rescue. There is even arsenic element on the Mitsubishi Army. Without Yan Fei's help, no one can escape death.

Now Yan Fei has armed his musketeers to his teeth. If he appears in the same melee as Zhangjiakou before, he will definitely not be the one-sided situation he had before.

In fact, it is one-sided. As long as the musketeers under Yan Fei's command are trained to follow, they will overwhelm the Qing soldiers when they fight each other in close combat with the Qing soldiers again.

In addition to these, a large number of goods ordered by Yan Fei have also begun to be delivered one after another. This is the many full sets of metal armor ordered from many processing factories before.

These were prepared by Yan Fei for the cannon fodders in the cannon fodder camp. In Yan Fei's opinion, even cannon fodders are valuable. It is not Yan Fei's style to be simply consumed on the battlefield. Cannon fodders must also show their greatest value.

These thousands of sets of all-metal armors are just steel processing prices in the modern world, and are just a drizzle expense for Yan Fei. However, in the 17th century, these all-metal armors represented the peak level of black technology-like top armor craftsmanship and artisticization.

The quality of steel produced in industrialized in the modern world is far from comparable to those produced iron made from coal containing a large amount of carbon in the 17th century.

The forging process of hydraulic presses is definitely not comparable to those made by craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty with hammers. From quality to craftsmanship, they are all in two worlds.

Finally, all of these armors were carved with gorgeous and beautiful patterns using engraving machines, and even a cooler quenching cloud pattern layer was retained. This is because Yan Fei ordered it in the name of purchasing imitation crafts. Of course, those processing factories were fiddling with them in a beautiful way.

If such a set of all-metal armor is in the 17th century, it will definitely be equipped with a general and a king level. It is rare for the soldiers to take a look at it, let alone equipment.

Craftsmen of that era may have been able to knock out similar equipment for years with hammers, but the quality is absolutely incomparable.

"What else is missing?" Yan Fei sat in his spacious office and raised his legs on the desk and frowned and pondered. "Soldiers, weapons, armor, melee weapons, food, medical supplies and equipment, transportation tools, and even the cannon fodder battalion are equipped with armor. What else is missing?"

Everything Yan Fei did during this period was to prepare for the upcoming northward annihilation of the Guanning Army and the Qing Dynasty.

In history, the Qing Dynasty went south in March and captured Beijing in April, and there was not much time left for Yan Fei.
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