Chapter Two Thousand and Forty-Nine: Smoke and Rain in the South of the Yangtze River

The first round of auctions ended with perfect results.

The little ones gathered at the front of the stage had scattered and were running back to their seats in high spirits to show off their achievements to their parents and receive praise.

As for their parents, needless to say, they were so happy that their mouths were cracked to the back of their heads, and their faces were full of ecstasy, and they didn't hide it!

For them, today's wedding banquet is really worth it, and it can be said that it is a full load.

The total value of the antique coins obtained before, plus the antique artworks auctioned by their own treasures, may be enough to cover the various expenses that their treasures need from now until adulthood, and there is even surplus.

For Ye Tian, each of them was grateful.

They also knew very well in their hearts that this was Ye Tian changing ways to help themselves, and they did it very skillfully, fully taking care of everyone's face, which made people feel warm.

As they praised and hugged their treasures, the top collectors and antique art experts in the banquet hall, as well as other professionals, stared at them.

In particular, the managers of several famous auction houses had extremely burning eyes, and their eyes were almost red.

Clearly, these veteran professionals in the industry are already playing with their ideas, or rather, the ideas of antique artworks that have just been auctioned and have caused one commotion after another.

Although those antique works of art are not priceless, they are also quite rare, valuable, and have their own characteristics, which are very collectible, how can these insiders be willing to miss it!

At this time, Ye Tian had returned to the center of the stage, standing behind the temporarily arranged auction table, and kicked off the second round of auctions.

"Hello everyone, this will be the second round of auctions, but before the second round of auctions starts, there are some things that I need to explain in advance to avoid some unexpected situations.

The people who participated in this round of bidding are all non-professionals, and they may not have participated in the auction of antique artworks before, so they are not familiar with the auction process, so I will still guide you.

In the auction of each antique artwork, in the first four rounds of the auction, everyone can only passively respond to the price, and I will call out the price of the relevant antique artwork, and you can decide whether to raise your hand or not.

In the last round, that is, the fifth round of bidding, you can bid freely, and the bid closest to the upper limit of the auction price I gave will be the winner, and the bid above the upper limit will be considered invalid.

I have handed over the upper limit of the transaction price of all antique artworks in this round to the notary, and for each piece auctioned, the notary will announce the upper limit of the transaction price of the corresponding antique artwork.

The reason for this is to be transparent so that someone doesn't say you're bidding higher, and why you're losing to a lower bidder because you're bidding more than the cap.

From the first round to the end of the fifth round of bidding, each round of bidding, each person only has one chance to respond to the price or take the initiative to quote, and cannot change it at will, otherwise it will be endless.

In the event of a final sale, if two or more people make the same bid, the antique will be jointly owned by them, as reflected in the auction contract.

Another point is that if anyone wins the bid and successfully auctions one of the antique artworks, then the other antique artworks should not be auctioned again, and leave a chance for others.

That's all there is to say, everyone must think carefully when raising their hands to respond to the price, especially in the last round of free bidding, everyone must be more cautious when shouting, because there is an unknown upper limit there"

Hearing this, the scene in the banquet hall suddenly seemed to be boiling, and everyone began to talk about it.

"I'll go! In the past, I only heard that there was an auction reserve price, and if it was lower than the reserve price, the auction would be lost, who would have thought that Xiaotian would actually make a transaction price ceiling, and bids above the upper limit would be regarded as invalid!

"When you are bidding freely, you have to be cautious, who knows what the upper limit of the transaction price set by this guy Xiaotian is, if you accidentally exceed this upper limit, then it will be no fun!"

While everyone was talking, many professionals who missed the second round of auctions and were in this luxurious banquet hall all gave Ye Tian a thumbs up.

Ye Tian's mind is too meticulous, his approach effectively avoids the emergence of vicious competition, and always takes the initiative of the auction in his own hands.

The non-professionals who participated in this round of auctions would not tear their faces apart in order to bid for a valuable piece of antique art, nor would they break the bank, thus affecting their lives and family harmony.

I don't know how this kid Ye Tian came up with this method, his brain structure must be different from ordinary people, and it can't be admired!

In the noise, Ye Tian, who was standing behind the auction table, motioned to his two employees to take out the first antique artwork on the auction and display it in public.

Next, the two museum personnel from the personal exhibition hall of the Forbidden City, according to Ye Tian's instructions, took out a brocade box from the boxes piled next to the auction table and gently opened it.

What they took out of the brocade box was a scroll, which was supposed to be a Chinese painting, the size did not look large, the paper was not very old, and the history was not too old.

"Open this painting, please take a good look at it and be a little more careful"

Ye Tian said aloud with a smile, gestured to the audience, and made a gesture of please.

The two company personnel nodded slightly, then untied the ribbon that tied the scroll, and the two cooperated to slowly display the painting in front of everyone's eyes.

This is a freehand Chinese painting of ink and wash, in the painting is a beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, a bewitching woman holding an umbrella, strolling in the alley of the slanting wind and drizzle, the painting style is light and elegant, and the meaning is timeless.

At the same time as the two company employees showed their paintings, a series of close-ups of this ink painting also appeared on the large-screen TV on the scene, and the picture was very clear.

With the appearance of these close-ups, the area where many professionals are located instantly boiled.

"Master Bouldering Zhai! I'm not mistaken? This is actually a painting by the master of Chinese painting Fu Baoshi, I can recognize the seal on the painting, and it has appeared in other paintings of Master Fu Baoshi!"

"That's right! This is indeed a painting by Master Fu Baoshi, the seal and signature on the painting are no problem, how can this kid Ye Tian be willing to take out such a precious painting for auction, it's too exaggerated!"

Just when these professionals were shocked and discussed, Ye Tianqing's voice had already come out of the stage and reached the ears of everyone on the scene.

"The ink painting you see now is the first antique artwork in the second round of auctions, and I believe some people have seen that this painting was made by the famous Chinese painting master Fu Baoshi.

The name of this Chinese ink painting is called "Wuyi Rain Alley", which is the famous Wuyi Lane by the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, to be precise, it is the Wuyi Lane in the rain, a beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.

According to my opinion, this ink painting should have been created in the mid-thirties of the last century, that is, the years when Fu Baoshi had just returned from studying in Japan, which was the early stage of Fu Baoshi's artistic career.

On this point, it can be seen from the rice paper used in this ink painting, the seal and hall number of Master Fu Baoshi, etc., and for the sake of time, I will not go into detail here!"

Hearing his explanation, the antique art appraisal experts and top collectors in the audience who have studied Fu Baoshi's calligraphy and painting art all nodded without any objections.

At the same time, these professionals also praised Ye Tian.

This guy is really omniscient and omniscient! It seems that there is no antique art that he does not know, that he does not know, and it is ten times more exaggerated than the legend!

Although the other guests at the scene did not know how to identify antique artworks and did not know much about appreciating ink and wash freehand Chinese paintings, they knew what beauty was.

In particular, this kind of ink freehand Chinese painting derived from traditional Chinese culture and unique Chinese characteristics is more likely to resonate with everyone's soul!

Undoubtedly, this "Wuyi Rain Alley" is very beautiful, and from a distance, it gives people a beautiful feeling of being in the water town south of the Yangtze River and strolling in the slanting wind and drizzle.

And the enchanting woman in the painting, holding an oil-paper umbrella and wearing a long skirt, seems to be walking in front of her eyes, curling and beautiful.

As for the authenticity of this ink painting, no one at the scene doubted it.

There is no doubt that this must be a work of the famous Chinese painting master Fu Baoshi in the early stage of his artistic career, and it is very valuable!

Ye Tian, who was standing behind the auction table, was still introducing this Chinese ink painting, and his voice kept coming out of the stage and clearly reaching the ears of everyone in the banquet hall.

"I picked up this painting by Master Fu Baoshi at a flea market in Lower Manhattan, New York, and it is unknown how the foreigner stall owner got the painting.

As you may have heard, I bought the famed Ellsworth Fifth Avenue mansion in New York, and after I bought it, I took a closer look at it.

In a diary left by An Siyuan, this "Wuyi Rain Alley" was mentioned, so it can be seen that this painting is likely to have passed through An Siyuan's hand, but it was lost for some reason.

Like the previous 10 antique artworks, I can also endorse this painting, so you can rest assured that you can bid without worrying about the authenticity of this ink painting freehand Chinese painting!"

Before he finished his words, the professionals in the audience had already whispered in exclamation again.

"No, this is actually a Chinese painting that Ellsworth once collected, no need to ask, the market value of this painting will definitely increase because of this!"

"Although this is a work from the early stage of Master Fu Baoshi's artistic career, with the endorsement of Ellsworth and Ye Tian, two top appraisal experts, it will definitely be worth much!"

While these professionals were talking, the auction had already begun.

"This is the end of the introduction of this "Wuyi Rain Alley", the auction starts now, this painting of Master Fu Baoshi's early artistic career, "Wuyi Rain Alley", the starting price is one yuan, which one should be the ,...... price"

In an instant, someone on the scene responded.

"Xiaotian, I'll start this first shot, buddy especially likes this scenery of Jiangnan water town, see if you can win this painting!"

It was Dawei's boy who said this, and he raised his arm at the same time.