Chapter 438: If you are willing to press the bottom of the box, don't think that I will give it away for nothing
"Dang, dang, dang", the sound of three wooden mallets hitting the table came, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Tang Ning, the auctioneer of this Celestial Dynasty Antiques Special Auction, first of all, thank you for the arrival of our Royal Highness Wilson, please stand and welcome, thank you."
Hearing the auctioneer's words, William couldn't help but roll his eyes, reluctant in his heart, but immediately said to Shen Cheng and several other guests of the Celestial Empire, "Please stand up out of politeness, friends, thank you."
After speaking, he took the lead in standing up and watching Wilson applaud, with a friendly relationship with Wilson's family, William would not slap the royal family in the face at such a time, but because the cooperative relationship should be maintained, it was applause anyway.
Except for the English, who would consciously stand up and applaud, the others first shook their heads, and then stood up when they saw William take the lead.
Wilson first froze, saw William standing up and watching himself applaud, reacted with a smile on his face and nodded to the surroundings, and kept saying, "Thank you, thank you", not daring to have any etiquette.
After the politeness, many people glared at today's auctioneer, if it weren't for him, how could everyone stand up politely and salute a young man who had just turned 18 years old, and even Wilson not only didn't feel him in his heart, but would blame him for many things.
"God, I'm most annoyed by this thing", William complained to Shen Cheng after sitting down, "Today's auctioneer must be an Englishman, and he is a supporter of the royal family, otherwise Wilson would not have enjoyed this kind of courtesy."
After saying that, William turned his head to Wilson, who was still excited, and teased, "Yes, Wilson, this is probably the first time you have been welcomed by everyone alone at a non-holiday moment."
"Haha, thank you, thank you very much", Wilson showed sincere thanks, and then grumbled with a smile, "Man, can't you stop debunking my dreams so quickly?"
"I'm sorry, my fault," William said in a serious, quirky tone, "Your Excellency the Duke of Cambridge."
As soon as he heard William's tone, he knew that he was unhappy, and Wilson responded with a smile, "God, be serious, Your Excellency the Earl of Oxford, it's public, and you and I are in the same group."
"Haha", everyone laughed very cooperatively, alleviating the embarrassment just now.
After the joke, the auction officially began, and the first auction was the official kiln of the Ming Jiajing Dynasty blue and white Yunlong Shou character pattern lid jar.
After starting to bid, many people will look at William, and Professor Guan, who came with Shen Cheng, saw that William was completely uninterested, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Devon Hill, this official kiln is a good thing that can be broken at a glance, aren't you interested?"
"Professor Guan, don't be so polite, just call me William."
Professor Guan nodded, and William nodded with a smile in response, "There are too many porcelains in the Jiajing Dynasty, and there are more than ten pieces of porcelain in my hands that are several grades higher than the current auction, and there are too many repetitive things, which really makes me not interested."
Okay, this made everyone choke immediately, and they couldn't help complaining in their hearts that you are a local tyrant, you are justified.
More than a dozen pieces of porcelain, calligraphy and painting were auctioned in dozens of minutes, but William did not raise a card, which disappointed the treasure owners who were expecting William, a super tyrant, to join.
After auctioning a few more antiques, the auction house staff took out the mutton fat white jade on a tray before William became interested.
This is a piece of jade is 10 years mined out of the top sheep fat jade, the treasure owner spent several years, looking for the top master carving, after the production has been collected has not been their own, no one has ever been interested in William.
The whole piece of jade goose egg size, round and integrated, without the slightest flaw, only eight horses are shallowly carved on the jade, which is very suitable for holding in the hand.
So as soon as the auctioneer said that the starting price was 200,000 pounds, William raised his card.
People who were attracted to this piece of jade saw that William raised the price without thinking about it, and they couldn't help but worry in their hearts, and when the price came to 500,000 pounds, no one would bid again if it exceeded the market price of this piece of jade by 6 layers.
"Is there anyone else bidding?" the auctioneer asked twice, and seeing that no one at the scene had the intention of bidding, he said a third time, and immediately knocked down the gavel in his hand, "Congratulations to Mr. Devon Hill for auctioning this Eight Horses Sheep Fat Jade."
Shen Cheng saw that the things had been photographed, and asked William in a low voice, "Do you buy things regardless of the price at all?"
"It doesn't matter what you do," William said with a smile, "it's a shame not to take it directly when you like it, and it's only 500,000 pounds."
"Okay, it's only 500,000 pounds, more than 6 million Celestial Dynasty coins," Shen Cheng crooked his mouth and laughed at himself, "The money I make in my life may not reach 6 million Celestial Dynasty coins, should I say that you are extravagant or do you treat money as 、、、?"
"Stop", William hurriedly stopped Shen Cheng's words, "Old Shen, you are not authentic, mutton fat jade is something that needs to be played with in your hand every day, if I hold it in my hand in the future, I will remember the word you said, then I will still play like this."
"If you feel disgusting, you can give it to me, I don't mind", Shen Cheng joked.
William pouted and smiled, "Haha, do you dare to ask for it?"
"Dare, why don't you dare, I really don't have any public office now, why don't you dare."
"you" William rolled his eyes, he hadn't gotten his hands on anything yet, and he would rather stay in the basement and not see the light of day.
The auctioneer tapped the gavel and said, "Alright, ladies and gentlemen, here comes the highlight of the day."
The three staff members came up with three trays covered with red cloths, put them on the display table and took down the red cloths, and the three animal heads were immediately displayed in front of everyone.
The auctioneer said loudly, "At the request of the treasure owner, we have temporarily changed the auction plan, the three beast heads of the monkey and the tiger will not be auctioned separately but in one set, with a reserve price of 2 million pounds, and each increase shall not be less than 100,000 pounds, please bid."
"Hell", the people who were interested in these three beast heads at the scene immediately scolded, and the price of selling the three together for 2 million pounds immediately made many people hesitate, and the price of the three together will definitely be much higher, and many people protested loudly.
"Bang bang bang", the auctioneer hurriedly knocked on the gavel on his hand, "In order to express his apologies for changing the auction plan, the treasure owner will make a profit of 5% after the transaction, okay, ladies, gentlemen are 2 million pounds low, does anyone bid?"
There was a 5% concession, and the participants on the scene felt better, and the resistance was not so strong, only Shen Cheng suddenly felt that his people were calculated, and turned his head to look at William suspiciously, thinking that the treasure owner's sudden change in the auction plan would not be made by William.
After discussing a few words with other companions, they had to accept it, it was best for them to buy all 3 pieces, if not, then they had to buy at least 2 pieces and bring them back, and now the three pieces together immediately disrupted their plans, and they didn't know the bottom of their hearts.