Chapter 171
"How much?" William asked directly without looking back. He would definitely not let this shotgun go.
"This," Spencer faltered a few times, "Mr. Devonhill, there is one thing I need to explain to you first. This gun was custom-made by your great-grandfather in our workshop, and old Mr. Devonhill paid for it. A deposit of £210 was paid, but the shotgun was not ready and he sacrificed for his country.
My grandfather once talked to Mr Henry Devon Hill about the gun and he told Henry he only needed to pay the remaining £390 to take the shotgun, but Henry never responded,
So after my grandfather passed away, this gun sat in our warehouse and was forgotten, until today, 60 years later, when you called and we were looking for the right gift and found it in the warehouse, it didn't exist Now that you have a chance to see the light of day again, you only need to pay off the remaining £390 as originally agreed, and it will be yours.”
"Well," Spencer's words surprised everyone at the scene. I didn't expect this gun to have such a bizarre story. At the same time, I admire the reputation of the Spencer family. It has been waiting for the owner of the goods for 60 years. There are no plans to raise prices or secretly swallow them.
William stroked the shotgun with a sigh. He understood why his maternal grandfather Henry didn't respond to Spencer's grandfather. Henry had no money to pay 60 years ago. At that time, Henry was the poorest, and he almost couldn't inherit the title. No money for a shotgun.
Now the deal, which was 60 years late, is finally being completed. Money is not a problem for William at all, but William is not shameless enough to pay 390 pounds 60 years ago. He can't afford to lose this person. 60 years ago But on the gold standard, one pound is worth 7,322 grams of gold, and 390 pounds is almost 2,856 kilograms of gold.
At the current price of gold, it is almost 80,000 pounds, not to mention the currency and friendship over the years, so William shook his head and said to Gareth: "Man, you are an expert in this regard, you can help me estimate the value."
Gareth smiled and said, "No problem, but can I take a look at this gun?"
"Whatever," William nodded, shotguns are not fragile.
Gareth picked up the shotgun and looked at every part carefully, then assemble the shotgun directly. After dawdling for a while, he said in the eyes of everyone: "It's really a good gun, I didn't expect it to be preserved so well. In good condition, looking at the rifling in the barrel, this gun may have been shot except during testing, and it has not been used at all in the next 60 years,
William, I have to say you're lucky, it's very hard to find such a well-preserved shotgun on the market."
"Hehe, thank you," William was also secretly happy. After Gareth assembled this gun, he liked it very much. The steel part of the gun body is engraved with a lot of iris fine lines and coat of arms, and there are three high-horned deer on the bolt part. After reading it, Gareth handed it to William. William liked it even more after seeing the whole body of the gun. The part of the gun box actually had the secret words of the Devon Hill family.
The time was not right, so William didn't read the secret words much, and he didn't show any surprise on his face. He just waited for Gareth to speak with a faint smile as before.
After thinking for a moment, Gareth said: "If this gun did not have the family emblem and initials of the Devon Hill family, the market price would be worth at least 400,000 to 600,000 pounds, but with the family emblem and initials, the price is hard to say." .
After that, Gareth looked at William with a weird smile.
William laughed, "It's okay, Gareth, I know what you want to say, the Devon Hill family has fallen, and the family crest means nothing to others. If this gun goes up for auction, if I don't participate in the auction, the price will go as normal. , but if someone like me participates, it will be able to fetch a sky-high price, that's what it means."
Chapter 253 Hundreds of handmade shotguns as decorations
William's words made everyone laugh happily, but seeing that William was not at all angry, they all laughed softly in the end.
Gareth smiled and said: "Once this gun appeared in the auction, if I were the owner of the gun and saw you in the auction, I would definitely find someone to slaughter you and not take a shot or two. Millions of pounds will never give up, and even be bolder, maybe 5 million pounds is possible, because 5 million pounds is not as important in your eyes as the family emblem you grabbed."
"Well," William lowered his head and whispered to Garis, "Garis, I found out that you really know me well. It's not bad that you are the chairman of the safety committee. Are you observing and studying me?"
"Ha, don't you think this question is normal? As long as it's not a fool who has dealt with you, people who have dealt with you will study you seriously, or you won't know why," Gareth replied in a low voice.
"Hey," William said dissatisfiedly, "I never took the initiative to ask others for trouble. I had to fight back only when the trouble came to my door. Do you have to be at ease in the face of danger?"
"Hehe, it's as if you really didn't cause trouble," Gareth said when he saw William wanted to refute, and didn't give William a chance to continue: "Even if you're right, don't forget the obvious fact that, Wherever you stay, there will be trouble, melee and death, am I right?"
To your sister, William rolled his eyes, and William couldn't refute Gareth's words, because what he said was right.
William didn't want to discuss this with Gareth, so he turned to Spencer and said: "Mr Spencer, I will buy this shotgun for £600,000, and what I said on the phone before is valid, I hope you Can help me create all the classic gun shapes and patterns."
Spencer was frightened by William's words, and stammered: "This, Mr. Devonhill, is designed by our workshop.
There are seven or eight types of classic guns, plus other top-ranked classics, there will be dozens in total, and if you change the classic patterns, there will be hundreds of types.”
"Spencer" William interrupted without waiting for Spencer to speak: "Your workshop only produces 12 shotguns a year, and one is almost 100,000 pounds, right?"
"Yes, Mr. Devonhill," Spencer nodded suspiciously.
"Very well, Mr. Spencer, as long as your guns don't let me down in the future, I'll be placing orders with you in the next ten years or more, Spencer, my castle is huge and there are enough A place to put my favorite things, what you should do now is to go back and organize those classics and show them to me,
Then quietly tell the media, let them know that I want to be able to set the priority ownership of all your shotguns for the next ten years, and I don't need to remind you what to do after that."
"No, no, no, Mr. Devonhill, we know what to do." Spencer's face flushed with excitement after hearing William's words. William is allowing them to use William, the super rich, as an advertisement, although the output It can't be improved, but the price of shotguns will definitely follow if the fame goes up.
With the shotgun left by his great-grandfather in his hand, William didn't pay much attention to the shotgun sent by Phillips. After asking Spencer, a professional gunsmith to help check, he said to William: "Mr. Devonhill , These 3 shotguns are indeed John Van Zoe's shotguns, and they are all built in the past few years, they are very well maintained, and there is no problem with using them."
"That's fine, thanks, Spencer."
"You're too kind, Mr. Devonhill, if I have nothing else to do, I'll go back first, and I'll come to the door again after I've sorted out the styles and patterns," Spencer said.
"No problem, I welcome you at any time." After sending Spencer out of the castle, William returned to the living room to watch Gareth touch a few of John Van Zoe's shotguns and love it, "If you like it, pick one and take it home with you. , anyway, no one can find out about this thing."
Gareth thought for a moment and shook his head, "Forget it, the shotguns in my house are not bad either. Although they are not as famous as the workshops of John Van Zoe and Brother William, they are still famous, and I don't have much time to hunt. The shotguns are just too luxurious for me, it’s going to be a hassle to be known, and they’re going to be troublesome to maintain.”
"God, who told you to use this kind of gun every time you hunt, can't you collect it? This is a good thing that John Van Zoe can't buy with money. If Phillips robbed the collection of their bank president, I would add a few more. You can’t buy it at double the price, you have to think carefully, after today I will definitely hide these guns, and when guests come to the castle to hunt in the future, I will buy some mechanical shotguns for them.”
"Then you ordered dozens or hundreds of shotguns just for decoration?" Gareth asked.
"Hehe, of course, are you an idiot, Gareth, who would lend their guns to others, if it wasn't your first visit to the castle today, I wouldn't lend you a shotgun, and it's still worth it $250,000 shotgun," William pointed to the shotgun in Gareth's hand, indicating that it was $250,000.
William picked up a dark red poplar wood handle, a shotgun with a brown bear chasing deer pattern engraved on the case, and dozens of shotgun shells, "Let's go, I'll take you to change your clothes, then we'll go to the stables to pick up horses, I'm new to the north of the castle. The land I bought has more than 100 acres of forest, and there seem to be wild boars and foxes in it.”
After thinking for a long time, Gareth said helplessly: "Hey, I really like this shotgun, William, how about I exchange the revolver used by General Patton with you."
"Hehe, it's not so good. Your revolver must have only been touched by Patton. Do you think I'm an idiot? There are not many revolvers that Patton wears all the year round, and each one has a clear place there."
"Then how about I exchange a 19th-century Damascus Uzi steel machete with you?" Gareth said painfully.
"Wuzigang, huh, it's almost the same, you can bring the gun back first, but if I'm not satisfied with the machete, I will find someone to go to your house to get the gun back."
"Don't worry, I promise you will be satisfied. That knife is a chief's saber, and it is absolutely fine,"
The two of them changed into their knight uniforms, put the shotgun on their shoulders, buckled an ammunition belt around their waists, wore hats and long-legged shoes, and walked to the stable.
As for Phillips, after William invited Gareth to go hunting, he said goodbye to William with discernment, stopped William from sending him, and left with his men.
After Garris waited for Phillips to leave, he said to William with emotion, "This guy is really talented. He dared to call his own president's idea for the sake of clients. If I were the president of National Bank, I would definitely be mad at you and that guy Phillips."
Chapter 254 Only you can save me
"I see you've been asking some idiot questions since lunch today, I don't know if the president of the Swiss National Bank is going crazy, but I know you're going to get depression if you go on like this, relax, man, I'm all for it You promise, I'll take care of it,"
"Are you sure?" Gareth shivered a little when he said this.
"Garys, are you sure you're fine, but if it's really inconvenient, I'll book a private plane to take you to see a psychiatrist in Switzerland? Or invite the doctor to the castle?" William said with concern, this kind of spending a little money as a favor Something William is happy to do.
"No, I'm not that serious yet, as long as you get rid of the leak, I'll be fine right away."
William looked at the staff around the stable, "Don't worry, I'll take you to pick a horse first, and we'll talk in the forest if we have something to say."
Take Garis to see the red rabbit, there are more than ten days left
The Red Rabbit will go to the Doncaster Stadium in South Yorkshire to participate in the play-offs of the St. Richards Championship in England.
After paying a sponsorship fee of 100,000 pounds, Chitu qualified for the play-offs. Old Neil said that the number of horses participating in the play-offs this time reached 23 horses, which is the largest number of horses participating in the play-offs over the years.
Affected by the stock market crash, many horses that have passed the age of five have returned to the races. Horse owners hope to sell their horses at a high price after winning the first-level race to ease the economic pressure.
The horse that retired from the race was injured and retired because the owner had allowed the horse to participate in various first-level races one after another since May, resulting in the horse not getting enough rest.
William happily patted Chitu's neck and greeted Old Neil and rider Kenny who came over.
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