The old men got up and went to the stage, and while they watched, Gao Tianyu continued to introduce:

"This is a bronze vessel from the Western Weekend Period, according to research, it should be a wine vessel given by King Xuan of Zhou to a minister - a bronze vessel. Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, said in "The Story of the Drunken Man's Pavilion": "Among the shooters, the one wins, the one who staggers, the one who sits up and makes noise, and the guests are happy", this "chip" is used to remember how much wine has been drunk, and this "tea" is a kind of wine glass, that is, this lot. ”

Several old men looked at it for a while, some nodded, some shook their heads, and seemed to have their own ideas.

Gao Tianyu's mouth is still not idle:

"As you can see, this is a beast-shaped whole, with a big belly and a tail, a four-legged bottom, a lid in the shape of a beast's head on the top, a large and round belly, short and stout feet, a thick and delicate cover, although there are traces of green patina on the surface, but you are also experts, how can there be a bronze that can maintain its golden color after a hundred years? That is not from the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was from last week. ”

The audience burst into laughter, and the old men returned to their seats and sat down.

Gao Tianyu saw that the time was almost up, so he said:

"The original owner of this bronze is in trouble and needs money urgently, otherwise he will not take out such a precious bronze for auction, so the price is not high, for you, it is just a small amount of money, I announce that the reserve price of this bronze is one million, and the price increase is not less than 50,000 each time. ”

Originally, among the few old gentlemen who got up to palm, two of them owed their bodies and wanted to make a move, but when they heard that the reserve price was only one million, they sat back in their chairs. The two shook their heads just now and smiled slightly, and the two who wanted to make a move couldn't help but secretly curse for looking away, it turned out to be a fake.

What are you kidding, the real bronze ware was popular in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, all of them have a history of thousands of years, and any one on the market is not tens of millions, and it has to be the finale at any auction, and it is very strange for the auction house to put it in the first auction.

is the same as talking about cross talk and singing in the theater, the first ones on stage are all actors of average level, which is called "mat field", and even in the early years, some amateur "ticket friends" would be found in some theater gardens to sing "mat play", because there was no need to spend money.

Auction houses also follow this rule, so the first auction is often the lowest value in the whole auction, and the lot that does not feel distressed if it is not auctioned.

This bronze was quoted by that Gao Tianyu and blew it to the sky, just because he was afraid that everyone would not be interested in this thing, which would lead to a failed auction. In fact, what is the need for a really good thing to brag so hard about? The more he emphasizes how precious this thing is, the more he seems to be empty-hearted.

Even if there are a few young men who don't know how to do it, they know that they don't know how to look at other people's faces and see those who know how to do it, so they are naturally happy to continue to whisper and flirt with the beauties around them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, such a beautiful bronze is unique on the market, miss this time, regret it for a lifetime, and the reserve price is only one million, this is the price of cabbage, the opportunity must not be lost, you must not miss it." Gao Tianyu saw that no one was bidding, so he planned to make another effort.

"Okay Xiao Gao, don't be useless, I see, like you said, it's from last week, don't take out a fake thing and be embarrassed, hurry up and move on to the next one. ”

"Old Wu, don't worry, don't look at its low bid, but didn't I also say it, the original owner was in a hurry to get rid of it, otherwise how could it be so cheap. "It was supposed to be a regular customer, and the auctioneer clearly knew him.

"Really, then why don't you auction it yourself? Don't tell me that you've been an auctioneer for so many years, and you don't even have a million in your hand?"

"Wu Lao just loves to joke. Gao Tianyu was a little embarrassed, of course he couldn't buy it with his own money, this thing was temporarily inserted by Manager Qian the day before, and it hadn't been identified at all, and nine times out of ten it was a Xibei product.

"One million!" A voice suddenly appeared from the audience, and the position of the voice was still in the back row, Gao Tianyu and the guests in the front row looked at the position of the sound, of course, they just wanted to see which fool was shouting.

Durin also looked sideways, and it was the white-looking man. Durin thought to himself, why did he shout the price?

Seeing someone shouting the price, Gao Tianyu immediately entered the state of an auctioneer,

"Well, the gentleman sitting at table twenty-six has bid a million, is there anything higher than that?

"Hey, you just hurry up, hurry up and drop the gavel, people really like it, and they can complete it." A man who looked like a big boss shouted.

"Don't worry, Boss Niu, the procedures that should be taken still have to be completed, one million ...... Second!" Gao Tianyu accompanied the smiling face, but he still fulfilled the mission of the auctioneer very dutifully.

"A million...... Three ......" Gao Tianyu hadn't finished speaking, only to hear another sound from the back row.

"One hundred and fifty thousand!" Durin shouted.

Everyone in the front row looked back to see where another fool had come.

He Wenyuan was drinking tea in the box, and when he heard Du Lin shouting the price, he shouted a sip of tea and squirted out. He didn't understand, what was this little five going to do? He, like everyone else, felt that the so-called bronze was definitely a fake, and with Du Lin's cleverness, it was impossible not to see it, but why did Du Lin still shout for it?

Durin naturally has his reasons for shouting prices, he doesn't know how to appreciate antiques, of course he can't tell whether this green thing is real or fake, but he can look at people.

Du Lin just studied the "Auction Instructions" on the last page of the auction manual, and he knew that if the auction was lost, the deposit paid by the original owner would be lost, and if someone auctioned it, the original owner would regret not selling, then the deposit would also be lost, but the auction house would pay half of the deposit to the buyer.

Therefore, for a large part of the auctions that are about to be unauctioned, the original owner will shout a reserve price, auction off his own things, and then regret not selling as a seller, and as a buyer, he can recover half of the deposit. Everyone thinks that this bronze piece is fake, and it is about to be auctioned, so who will shout at this time? There is no doubt that it is its original owner!

Before the auction, Du Lin noticed the white-looking man, who had an earthy smell on him, which was the smell of people who had been dealing with dirt for many years, and Du Lin had smelled this smell on another person—Zhu Laoqi (see Chapter 201).