Stark smiled and said to Pepper, "It's no secret that William likes Chinese antiques, and her mother should also be concerned about those family antiques that have been scattered."

Little Pepper immediately smiled and nodded, "I understand, I'll go find the antique middleman and ask."

But if they want to acquire antiques from the Celestial Dynasty, they won't have much of a problem, but if they want to acquire antiques related to the Devonshire family, it's not that easy.

For Lina, she has a son who loves Chinese antiques. He often brings antiques to home and museums to remind her,

She would never think of recycling any antiques related to the Devonshire family.

In addition, Abigail, the great housekeeper of the family, was the person in charge of the museum at the beginning, and both of her doctorates were related to cultural relics.

In the first two years of being together with William, in order to please Lina, she put a lot of effort into retrieving many objects related to William's grandfather, Henry Devonshire.

By the time Lina had collected almost everything she could find from his father's and grandfather's generation.

She then set her sights on the Devonshire family's objects from a more distant past.

Over the years, basically whenever an antique middleman came to her and the price did not exceed the bottom line negotiated by her and Abigail, she would buy it directly.

Even if some things related to her mother cost twice as much, Lina would not hesitate.

Therefore, there is a super villain, and everyone is covering up the antiques related to the Devonshire family in their hands.

Just waiting for Lina to buy an antique again at a price higher than the estimated price, the value of the items in their hands will rise.

Fortunately, Lina herself is not stupid, and there is Abigail as a consultant by her side. Otherwise, if she buys freely, it is possible to double, not double, but ten times.

Therefore, Stark thought that if he was willing to bid, it would be easy to buy an antique that was of high value and important to the Devonshire family.

But when he and Xiaojiao looked at the oil painting of Lena's great-grandmother in the virtual image, which was only 92-73 centimeters long,

Stark was extremely unhappy and cursed, "Are these people crazy? It's just an oil painting painted by a famous painter in England, and it's only a hundred years old.

Do you dare to ask for nine million US dollars?"

Pepper also said with a look of disbelief, "I, I asked someone to ask, and after asking, the real value of this painting may not even be 3.5 million US dollars.

But who, who told me that this painting belonged to Lady Lina's great-grandmother, and he was also the most famous painter in the Devonshire family who helped them paint."

"Then why is this painting still on the market?" After Stark said it himself, he suddenly understood, "Is it because William's mother herself thinks the price is too outrageous?"

"No, that's right," Pepper nodded helplessly, "When this painting first appeared six years ago, Mrs. Lina offered a price of three million US dollars.

But the owner of the oil painting asked for five million, and the stalemate between the two parties continued.

Six years later, the price has continued to rise to 9 million.

And the other party said that if we don’t buy it for nine million dollars, maybe after ten more years, as Mrs. Lina gets older and older, the owner of the painting may even dare to ask for fifty million dollars.”

"God," Stark covered his head and shook his head helplessly, "these bastards are really convinced that the older people get, the more nostalgic they become.

I think the price of 50 million US dollars is really not impossible."

Little Pepper hesitated and said, "Well, should I buy it or not?"

"Is there no other choice?" Stark said unhappily, "I would rather spend 20 million US dollars on something worth 15 million US dollars than be laughed at."

"Sorry, no." Pepper shook her head, "The Devonshire family is not famous in history, except for rumors that there were Templars in the first few generations.

The Earl of Oxford in the back is not wrong to say that they are unknown.

And the really expensive ones, except for some things that represent the history of the Devonshire family,

Everything else is related to Lena’s parents and grandparents.”

"count?"

Stark immediately thought of William's family, which was originally an earl, but it was not until William was awarded the title of duke.

"I hope William and his mother won't laugh at me for being a nouveau riche."

Stark looked at the Devonhill family artifacts that had been taken back by Lena over the years displayed by Jarvis, shook his head and said,

"Looking at the items and prices William's mother charged, we knew she must have found an expert consultant."

Pepper immediately smiled and said, "Before she went to England, Miss Abigail was the director of maintenance of the Declaration of Independence.

He also helped Mr. Devonshire build and fill a museum with artifacts.

"Forget it, just buy it." Stark envied William in his heart and shook his head helplessly. "Just think of it as compensation for knowing William for so many years but never giving his mother a birthday gift."

I bought the oil painting, but the series of procedures were not that quick.

In addition, he also had to hand over a bronze sword prepared for William. In order to avoid making any mistakes, Stark took several experts to finish the work. It was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

I found a star-rated restaurant for dinner with Xiaojiao, and we were planning to leave tomorrow evening. When we arrived in London, it happened to be the morning in London.

But I saw that the TV hanging on the wall, usually used to broadcast stock indexes and news without turning on the sound, was playing the news about the accident of the space station.

Some guests who were paying attention to Stark couldn't help but follow him when they saw him staring at the TV.

Immediately, waves of exclamations came from the restaurant.

Asking the waiter to turn on the sound, everyone soon understood that this was a private company called White Technology Group, which cooperated with American officials to launch a scientific research space station into space ten days ago.

The host on the TV was speaking in an anxious and worried tone at this time, hoping that William could send a spacecraft to help the United States rescue the scientists in the space station.

Stark and Pepper looked at each other, and under the gaze of everyone in the restaurant, they took out their mobile phones and dialed William.

"Beep, beep, beep" rang three times. William's voice did not come, but the voice of Sunday was heard.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Stark, Mr. Devonshire and Richard are on the phone."

Looking at the anxious eyes around him, Stark took the rare opportunity to explain, "Richard of England is on the phone with William. I can only wait for now."

When everyone heard this, they all nodded in understanding. After all, Richard's first call to William at this time must have been related to the rescue.

Stark, who thought he would wait a long time, only waited for about ten seconds before hearing William's voice.

He couldn't believe it, "Hello, hello, William?" he said again, and then he quickly asked, "Dude, has the spaceship been dispatched?"
Chapter completed!