As he spoke, it was half past eleven in the morning.

In the largest banquet hall of the Beijing Hotel, it was crowded with people at this time, full of friends, laughter and laughter, and the scene was very lively.

All the guests invited to the wedding banquet have arrived, sat down in their seats, and everyone is chatting and laughing while waiting for the wedding banquet to begin.

Today's wedding banquet is relatively simple, there is no wedding ceremony, just a wedding banquet to connect feelings.

Because the ceremony has been held twice before at his home in Boston and Lishi Hutong in the United States, the ceremony has been canceled today.

However, under Ye Tian's instructions, the staff of the wedding planning company still arranged a stage full of flowers, and the procedures on some scenes still had to be gone after all.

When the time came to half past eleven in the morning, Ye Tian took the lead in coming out of the lounge on the side of the banquet hall and walked straight to the side of the stage.

There is no master of ceremonies or host for today's wedding banquet, and the person who presides over the wedding is Ye Tian himself.

With his appearance, everyone at the scene looked over, and the guests who happened to be sitting near the passage greeted him one after another.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian had already arrived in the center of the banquet hall, getting closer and closer to the stage in front of him.

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from the side.

"Ye Tian, can you accept this wedding gift? Since I brought it from Shanghai, it's a bit inappropriate to bring it back, right?"

Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately turned his head to look over.

The speaker was Mr. Liu, a top collector from Shanghai who was familiar with Ye Tian, who had rushed to Shanghai to help him identify his artworks during the Spring Festival last year.

On the table in front of him, there was a brocade box, small in size, but very delicate.

Obviously, what was in that brocade box was the wedding gift for Ye Tian and Betty.

Ye Tianchong nodded lightly, and then said with a smile:

"Mr. Liu, I appreciate your kindness, and thank you on behalf of my wife Betty, but I really can't accept this gift, I have informed everyone before that this wedding banquet does not charge money.

Although your gift is not cash, but an antique work of art, it must be very valuable, so I can't accept it, and if I accept your gift, won't it embarrass the other guests!"

Hearing his explanation, Mr. Liu couldn't help but nod slightly, and his expression was still somewhat regretful.

Without waiting for him to respond, Ye Tian continued:

"After this wedding reception, there will be a small charity auction where I will put up some antique artworks of decent value and quality for public auction.

Among these antique artworks, there are both outflows from our country and some antique artworks from the West, and the number of antique artworks in the East and the West accounts for half of them.

The starting price for all antique artworks listed for auction is 1 RMB, and I do not set a reserve price for the auction, but I will set an upper limit below the market price so that everyone can participate.

In today's auction, no matter what the transaction situation is and what the turnover is, I will donate all the proceeds of the auction for the protection of historical sites in China.

In order to ensure transparency, several staff from the Beijing Municipal Notary Office will be on hand to supervise the auction today, and the use of the auction proceeds will be tracked and made public afterwards.

Since you have brought an antique artwork here, you may wish to participate in this public auction and contribute to the protection of domestic monuments, I believe it is more meaningful."

Hearing this, the eyes of many guests at the scene suddenly lit up and shone brightly.

Everyone originally thought that this was just an ordinary wedding banquet to connect with the relationship, but who would have thought that there would be a charity auction after the wedding banquet, and the prices of all the lots were lower than the market price.

With Ye Tian's eyesight and rank, the antique artworks he took out for public auction must be of no different quality, and he may be able to find a treasure today.

If you can really find a treasure, then you will make a lot of money.

As soon as they thought of this, everyone suddenly became more excited, and everyone's eyes were full of anticipation.

Especially those famous collectors, antique art appraisal experts, as well as several antique dealers from Liuli Factory, as well as managers of several famous auction houses.

These guys are secretly gearing up, waiting for the auction to start, and then they will fight.

Without the slightest hesitation, Mr. Liu immediately smiled and nodded and said:

"Okay, Ye Tian, this is a good thing, count me in!"

"Well, then you can sit down and taste the food of the Beijing Hotel, and I'll go to the stage first."

Ye Tian nodded with a smile and said, then stepped out and continued to walk forward.

As soon as he left, another collector sitting not far from Mr. Liu poked his head over and asked curiously:

"Lao Liu, what kind of treasure is in this brocade box, can you take it out and open everyone's eyes?"

Not only the collector, but the rest of the people at the scene also looked at the brocade box on the table, and everyone was full of curiosity.

The guests sitting in this area are not only well-known domestic collectors, antique art appraisal experts and other insiders, but also several well-known domestic entrepreneurs, each of whom is worth a lot of money.

Mr. Liu turned his head to look at the collector, and then glanced at the crowd at the scene, and then smiled and uncovered the mystery.

"What is in this brocade box is a sketch by Master Lin Fengmian, the name of the painting is "Lotus Mandarin Duck", isn't Ye Tian married, so I want to give this painting to him as a gift"

Before his words fell, an exclamation rang out at the scene.

"Oh——! Lao Liu, you are really willing, the stroke is too big! That's a sketch by Master Lin Fengmian, you are ready to send it out as a wedding gift, I heard it right?"

"If Ye Tian's guy knows that this brocade box contains a sketch by Master Lin Fengmian, I don't know if he will have the courage to refuse this congratulatory gift and send it to the auction later!"

In the exclamation, Mr. Liu continued to smile and said:

"You must have heard that during the Spring Festival last year, Ye Tian went to Shanghai to help me identify several Western artworks, and during that trip to Shanghai, he saw through an art scam and let me escape.

It was also during that trip to Shanghai that he appraised and helped me to receive two paintings of Picasso's pastoral period, which are two of the most outstanding Western antiques in my collection.

A year has passed, and the value of those two Picasso pastoral paintings has increased a lot, so I took the opportunity to attend the wedding banquet this time to bring this sketch by Master Lin Fengmian over to show my gratitude!"

Before the words fell, the scene was boiling again, and almost everyone exclaimed in a low voice.

"Lao Liu, I've heard about this, but I didn't expect that you would receive two Picasso paintings that time, which is really great and enviable!"

"I'll go! Two paintings of Picasso's pastoral period are worth tens of millions of dollars, Lao Liu, you really make a fortune!"

In an exclamation, Mr. Liu nodded proudly and said:

"Yes, I did make a lot of money in that art deal, but please keep this matter secret and don't publicize it."

"Okay, Lao Liu, let's not talk about the two paintings of Picasso's pastoral period, you first take out this sketch of Lin Fengmian and let everyone open their eyes!"

"No problem, I'll take out this Chinese painting sketch and let everyone enjoy it"

As he spoke, Mr. Liu gently untied the ribbon that tied the brocade box, opened the delicate brocade box, carefully took out the paintings contained inside, and then slowly unfolded them on the table.

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on the painting, and everyone was very excited and full of anticipation.

On the other side, Ye Tian had already stepped onto the stage and reached out to take the microphone handed by the staff of the wedding planning company.

The next moment, his clear voice came from the stage.