The diamond that Yang Jing put up for auction really caused a sensation at the cocktail party. Such a large and well-cut diamond is rare, even in the circle of top wealthy people.
Especially since this diamond was taken out by the mysterious Cole Smith, it made some of the wealthy people present more interested.
Finally, the cut diamond was bought by a man in his 50s from the West Coast for $3.8 million. Yang Jing later learned that the man was the boss of Northrop Corporation. Northrop has not yet merged with Grumman to form Northrop-Grumman, but Northrop is still one of the top arms companies in the United States.
The consortium behind Northrop was the New Heart California Consortium after World War II.
Obviously, this was the California Consortium trying to show goodwill to Yang Jing. Because just now in the cigar room, Alfred Lewis, the chairman and CEO of Bank of America, who came to the reception on behalf of the California Consortium, had a very pleasant conversation with Yang Jing.
As an emerging consortium that emerged after World War II, the California Consortium is closer to Yang Jing's ideas in some aspects.
"Hey, Cole, thank you very much for providing this precious diamond." After the interlude of the auction ended, Skaif, as the protagonist, immediately found Yang Jing and expressed his sincere gratitude.
The auction held during this kind of cocktail party would eventually donate all the proceeds to the Mellon family's charitable fund, and the diamond provided by Yang Jing was sold for 3.8 million US dollars, which was equivalent to Yang Jing giving 3.8 million US dollars to the Mellon family's charitable fund for free.
This figure would be a huge sum even thirty years later, let alone now?
The most important thing is that the diamond that Yang Jing took out is really rare, and the meaning behind it is naturally different.
In the eyes of many people, even the top leaders of the Mellon family, Cole Smith's taking out such a precious diamond was showing enough goodwill to the Mellon family. Naturally, the Mellon family would not let this goodwill pass by. They needed the olive branch extended by Cole Smith.
"It's nothing, Richard. Your grandfather is a person I admire very much. I just regret that I have never met this great old man in person."
Good words are free, and good words can also achieve better results. Yang Jing definitely doesn't mind saying a few good words at certain critical moments. Especially when these good words are to an old man who has passed away for a long time, Yang Jing will not have any psychological burden.
The good atmosphere allowed Yang Jing and Skef to continue their conversation for a long time, until the next stage of the auction began, when the two stopped talking.
The necklace provided by Bloomberg appeared in the auction at this stage. As expected, the necklace caused a sensation as soon as it appeared.
Yang Jing could even sense the sourness rising from those noble ladies who came to the cocktail party with their husbands.
The necklace did not disappoint Bloomberg's expectations and was sold for $1.7 million, more than double the price Bloomberg paid for the necklace.
"This guy is Harper Lawrence, chairman of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He's a disgusting guy!" Scaife whispered in Yang Jing's ear.
The person who took the photo of this necklace is a fat white man in his sixties. When he got the necklace, his face changed with excitement.
"Someone from the Boston Consortium?" Yang Jing asked Skaif beside him with a hint of disgust towards the fat man in his tone.
"That's right. The Boston Consortium stands behind this guy. To be exact, he is the core figure of the Lawrence family in modern times, and the Lawrence family is an important part of the Boston Consortium. This nasty guy had ideas about Monroe more than 20 years ago, but it was a pity that John was there at that time, and this guy could not compete with John." Scaife said with certainty.
Since the Mellon family and the Boston Financial Group are both from the East Coast, there will inevitably be some fierce competition. Now the Mellon family and the Boston Financial Group are only maintaining a superficial harmony, and what kind of competition between the two big guys in secret is unknown to outsiders.
As for John mentioned by Scaife, he is the famous President Kennedy.
Everyone knows about the things that happened between President Kennedy and Monroe, and the reason why Kennedy was able to become president is said to have a lot to do with the strong support of the Boston Consortium. The relationship between the Boston Consortium and the Kennedy family is very close.
But Yang Jing didn't expect that this fat man, as an important figure in the Boston consortium, would be obsessed with Kennedy's woman. And from the fat man's expression just now, it was obvious that what Scaife said was true. This fat man definitely had ideas about Monroe.
In this regard, Yang Jing could only sigh secretly - your circle is really chaotic!
"Thank you very much for providing the auction items, and thank you very much for your active participation in the auction. Next, I will take out three auction items provided by our Mellon family." The person speaking on the stage was Timothy Mellon, one of the fourth-generation members of the Mellon family. Compared with his father Paul Mellon, this guy was even more unreliable, and he hardly cared about the family business.
However, in this situation, he still behaved very perfectly, and he was not allowed to act like a spoiled brat in this situation.
Since it was an auction for the family's charitable fund, the Mellon family, as the host, naturally had to put out some precious items for auction.
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