Chapter 549: auctions

At this time, the auction was about to begin. Four slender girls in red high-slit cheongsam walked onto the auction stage, and then stood side by side. Then a fat middle-aged man walked to the auction holding a microphone with a festive face. station.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the Sulan Mediterranean Dragon Court auction. I am the host of this auction, Huang Tao!"

The host has a very good style, humorous and relaxed sentences, so many words will not be annoying, but rather interesting. In fact, this is the art of language. It seems that speaking is easy, anyone can do it, but if you want to say it well, you have to work hard to study it.

Soon the host entered the topic and started the auction, but at the beginning they were selling jewelry, diamonds and the like. Although they were expensive, they were not what they wanted in the middle of the week. Only antiques in the middle of the week.

After ten auctions, the first antique finally came out.

The host Huang Tao said with a smile: "Next, this lot is amazing. This lot was sent by a businessman from the East of France. It is said that his great-grandfather participated in the Eight-Power Allied Forces and took the pottery figurines from the Old Summer Palace in our country. There are many wealthy businessmen in the world who want this pottery figurine. Someone contacted the merchant in the East of France and asked him if he could sell it, including our Sulandi auction house. But this Frank The Eastern businessman’s reply was just one sentence. He wanted to return this pottery figure to the Chinese. Although he could not contribute it selflessly, he would sell it to the Chinese even if he sold it. So he sent it to us at this China Shipping auction. Shoot. So it’s a pity that the foreign friends in the audience can’t buy this item. This is an agreement between the French businessman and our Sulandi auction house. I hope you can understand.”

The host’s words immediately aroused everyone’s interest, but I didn’t expect that there will be such a story in the next lot.

Soon the host lifted the red cloth on the display cabinet, revealing the pottery figurines about a foot tall inside, which was beautiful, and everyone saw the pottery figurines covering their mouths in surprise.

The host continued: "This is a small pottery figurine of the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. It is similar to the terracotta warriors and horses, but its size is much smaller. It must have been made by a certain emperor on a whim. The object was then placed in the Old Summer Palace after the emperor’s favor. If you are interested, you must not miss it. The starting price of this lot is 8 million!"

Eight million? When many people heard this price, their heart was cold. When auctioning this thing, often the starting price at the beginning is not too high, and then the higher the bidding, so the starting price of an item can probably be judged by his final transaction price. Just like this pottery figurine, the starting price of 8 million yuan, I am afraid that the final transaction will get more than 30 million yuan! So many people dare not bark because they can't afford the price.

At this time, slightly behind the auction hall, there were a dozen people sitting here, old and young, among them Uncle Wu and the fat man. Next to Uncle Wu is an old man with a beard and white hair. He is the vice president of the China Overseas Antiques Association and has a high status in the China Overseas Antiques Circle.

At this time, looking at the pottery figurines on the table, the old man said with a serious expression: "Our task today is him, no matter how much money, we must take pictures!"

Uncle Wu flattered on the side and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Fang, our Jiangling Antiques Association fully supports the China Overseas Antiques Association. This time we have also brought a lot of activity funds and we will definitely win it!"

The old man nodded and said with deep eyes: "This pottery figurine is very valuable for our antique research, and the country attaches great importance to it. Yesterday, I talked with the deputy director of the China Overseas Cultural Relics Bureau and we must take it back. ."

While talking, three people have already bid, and the price has risen from 8 million to 8.5 million. At this time, Uncle Wu winked at the fat man, and the fat man immediately shouted arrogantly, "Nine million!"

As soon as this voice came out, many people looked towards this side. The auction thing is not like the movie. You can add hundreds of thousands in one go. In fact, those who come to the auction hope to use a slightly lower price. You can buy what you want at the price, so every time you use the lowest standard to increase the price. For example, this pottery figurine has a minimum price increase of 10,000 each time. The three people previously increased the price to 850,000. This is already a lot of people. But the fat man added 500,000 for this opening, so everyone looked back. To see him.

Fatty is very proud at the moment. He is a small owner of an antique shop. How can he be in such a high-class place before, especially when the task of bidding was given to him this time, which satisfied his vanity. The price shouting immediately attracted everyone's attention. In his mind, together, would these people think of themselves as big money?

"Nine million one hundred thousand." At this time, another merchant raised the price.

The fat man is not allowed to continue adding: "9.5 million!"

The man was not convinced, and shouted: "Nine million six hundred thousand!"

"Ten million!" The fat man stood up and shouted arrogantly.

That person didn’t expect the fat man to be so aggressive. He added 10 million without hesitation. In total, it’s not worth it to spend more than 10 million to buy this thing. Besides, it seems that the fat man is determined to buy it. He earned it, otherwise the price would be raised even if the auction came.

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With the fat man being so mixed up, other people are afraid to continue shooting. The host is not very happy. For such a precious collection, ten million is too low, right?

But according to the regulations, he still has to confirm it now.

"This gentleman bid ten million, is there any higher? Ten million once!"

"Ten Thousand Two..."

Before the voice was over, a lazy voice shouted: "Twenty million!"

hiss!

Suddenly, there was one after another in the auction hall, and everyone was looking around, trying to see who was calling this. Are you crazy! People add half a million in one breath, that's enough, you add 10 million! Is the money burning?

Many people sitting in front of him saw the middle of the week and frowned. They didn't know this young man. Wouldn't he be a novice to make trouble? But at the second glance they saw Kong Ziliang sitting next to Zhou Zhong. Those who were able to sit on the VIP sofa in front were all big figures in Zhonghai City who knew each other well. They were relieved when they saw Kong Ziliang sitting there. , Kong Ziliang's current status is extraordinary.

But the people behind didn't know Kong Ziliang, especially Wu Bo and Fatty. They were from Jiangling City, so they didn't know Kong Ziliang, the gangster in China.

Seeing that it was the middle of the week that the call was made, Uncle Wu and the fat man were immediately angry.

"Grass! It's Zhou again!" The fat man gritted his teeth with hatred. He was showing up in the limelight and was very hilarious. He didn't expect to be snatched away by Zhou Zhong.

"You know?" The old white-haired man asked the Fatty and Uncle Wu curiously.

Uncle Wu nodded and said: "Well, this kid is not a good person. In our antique street in Jiangling City, he secretly used despicable means to steal our customers. It was so bad that he was driven away by us. I did not expect to come to Zhonghai. Chairman Fang, you have to be careful with him. If you can't, you should chase him away!"

The white-haired old man heard that Uncle Wu said that he had secretly used means to steal business in Midweek, and he had a very bad impression of Midweek. He coldly snorted, "There are such despicable villains. Don't worry, I will treat him well. Yes, continue to bid!