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Chapter 90 Don't Believe in Your Ability to Hide Your Identity
"Honey, there's an art auction in New York tonight, would you like to come with me?" Locke said to Ashley after dinner on Friday morning.

"The auction in New York?" Ashley was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "I want to participate."

She likes this kind of occasion very much, that kind of luxurious upper-class atmosphere, almost all girls of this age can't refuse.

Then, she suddenly thought of something: "By the way, is Alice also together?"

"She'll be there too, but not with us, but with her classmate Janie," Locke replied.

Ever since she escaped from danger last time, Tang Wei felt that she should pay more attention to this girlfriend and persuade her to stay away from those harmful things.

Fortunately, the experience that night made Jane terrified. In addition, she had only just started to try, and she used ordinary sandwiches. If she made up her mind, she could still do it.

This auction was held by the largest auction house in New York, and several of the lots were anonymously provided by Locke through overseas accounts.

After the auction, he also agreed to trade with Damon and his daughter, so there are still a lot of things.

However, Peggy is not interested in things like auctions, nor is she in the mood to go to New York on weekends. She will stay in Meijing Town and Susan will take care of her.

The evening auction will be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Ashley has fallen in love with this city since her first visit to New York. There are many high-rise buildings on Manhattan Island, and the night scene is almost invincible in this era.

She once urged Locke to buy a "sky" villa with a lawn and a swimming pool on the roof in New York, but Locke was not very interested.

For Locke now, a house is not very practical. After all, he will not live in New York in the past three years. For the time being, the rented hotel apartment is enough for use.

When he arrived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in the evening, the auction hadn't officially started yet, so the staff quickly led him to the reception hall next to the auction hall.

The latest auction details were handed over to potential clients early on, and Locke also got a copy.

The auction company holds such an event every year. This time, there are more than 600 auction items, covering artworks from all over the world, such as samurai armor from Japan and exquisite stone carvings from Egypt. It is worthy of being the largest auction company in the world.

Among them, Locke provided [-] pieces. Because there were too many lots, it was impossible to complete the auction in one night, but it was divided into four days.

Among them, Locke also saw antiques from the Eastern Kingdom, enamel-colored porcelain from the third Qing Dynasty, a red underglaze plate from the Ming Dynasty, and a Longquan green-glazed jade pot and spring vase from Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. The prices are not high.

The 90s in the Asian collection is a niche auction, and you can’t buy it at a high price. The main reason is that you have not yet become rich and the strength of the buyer is limited.

At the first glance of the introduction and reserve price, Locke even had the urge to take a photo, but quickly gave up.

I have paid attention to antiques in my previous life, but like ordinary people, it is more because of its price, the idea of ​​wanting to buy it, and thinking that it will be very valuable in the future.

A real lover pays attention to the ancient art and the sense of time in it. Locke does not have such a mentality, so he has never been a real collector, nor can he become one.

As for collecting them and bringing them back to the Eastern Kingdom, Locke felt that it would be better to invest there to drive more development. Only when the country is truly developed can the value of these items representing culture be truly displayed.

There were not a few people who came early, and Locke saw Martin Channing who had seen him a few times before, with a girl in his teens beside him.

"Good evening, Locke." Martin Channing saw Locke and brought the girl over to say hello.

"Good evening, Mr. Channing." Locke shook hands with the other party, and then looked at the girl next to Martin Channing.

"This is my daughter, Carolyn, now attending a private high school in Manhattan."

"Hello, Miss Channing." Locke nodded towards the other party, looking at the princess-like Caroline in front of him, who would have thought of what would happen to her in the future.

"Hello, Mr. Locke, I like your book very much." Caroline had a decent smile on her face.

"It's my pleasure."

He can still hear the polite words. Most of the readers who like the Arcane Throne are men, and there are relatively few female readers. Caroline in front of him doesn't look like a girl who likes to read this type of novel.

Everyone chatted politely for a while, and then separated. Since Locke acquired Sky Fund Company, Martin Channing has stopped promoting his fund in front of him. It can be said that his enthusiasm has been greatly reduced.

"Alice, why did you come here?" After a while, Ashley saw Tang Wei and Miss Jane who was with her.

Seeing Jenny again this time, Locke didn't expect that this eldest lady was unexpectedly beautiful.

There is no way, the last time I saw Jane, her mouth was sealed with tape, her face was covered with tears and snot, and there were slap marks on her face, and her hair was disheveled. It was hard to think that she was the same person as the current Jane.

At this time, I looked carefully and found that she had a pair of cat eyes like Vivien Leigh. Not only was she very beautiful, she was also tall, with fair skin and an extremely pure face, but she exuded a lazy and charming style.

"You are Locke?"

Of course, Janey didn't recognize Locke as the Daredevil who appeared that night. Although she was shaken by Locke's high charisma value, she quickly looked at Locke with a look of a scumbag.

He obviously already had Alice, but there was still a blond stunner blatantly beside him, and he didn't know what kind of evil had fallen on Alice. I tried to persuade her several times, but he couldn't get her to leave Locke.

"Jane!" Sensing his best friend's hostility towards Locke, Tang Wei pulled her arm.

Shrugging his shoulders, Locke didn't care. High charm value is not invincible. Although Jane is beautiful, but the eldest lady is not easy to serve, and he doesn't need to please her.

There was nothing much to say about the auction. In the end, they bought a Tiffany necklace and a pair of earrings for $[-], which they planned to give to Ashley and Tang Wei.

Tonight, there is a collection that Locke took out from the treasure, and it was finally sold for 570 million US dollars, during which Locke also topped the price once.

After the auction was over, Locke sent Ashley and Tang Wei back to their hotel apartment in New York, then changed their equipment and went to an abandoned factory in the suburbs.

In the suburbs around the big cities in the United States, there are many abandoned factories in many places, and basically no one will come.

It is not obvious now, but there will be more and more abandoned factories of this type in the future.

Originally, the population was not large, and with the passage of time, more and more factories lost money, and the manufacturing industry became hollow. The original workers either returned to their hometowns or concentrated in the city center.

After observing the surrounding environment, confirming that there is no one there, and setting up the induction magic, Locke contacted Damon and his daughter, and at the same time took out the prepared equipment from the storage space.
About ten minutes later, the figures of Damon and his daughter appeared near the abandoned factory.

"This is the equipment prepared for you." Locke pointed to the two boxes in front of him.

The Damon father and daughter looked at Locke who was wrapped in a black coat and still had a mask on his face.

Minty couldn't help complaining first: "You are really cautious, and you are worried that we will know your identity?"

"Any secret is not a secret as long as the second person knows it. I may believe that you will not talk nonsense, but I don't believe in your ability to hide your identity."

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(End of this chapter)