It can be said that Jiang Chen's luck is simply stepping on shit luck, and he caught up with the large-scale auction once every three years.

Therefore, today's auction is extremely lively, and many dignitaries and nobles from all over the world have come here.

It stands to reason that Tiehu, a small gangster boss, can't reserve four seats at a time, after all, the status here is more noble than Tiehu, and I don't know how many there are, and I can't count them.

The good thing is that Tiehu and the owner of this auction often have transactions and economic contacts.

After all, this place belongs to the territory of the Iron Tiger, and the owner of the auction always needs to invite some gangster thugs to help take care of the auction and manage the normal order of the auction when it opens such a big auction.

It's because there are often transactions and I'm quite familiar with the owner of the auction that I was able to reserve four seats at a time.

Of course, it is an ordinary audience, and you are not qualified to want a VIP audience.

"I'm sure you can't wait, right? Then let's have an appetizer first, so that you can have a big appetite. ”

The host used humor to make the auction go smoothly as originally planned.

Auctions are often held to attract the interest of the audience, and the first and last auction items will always come out with an irresistible auction item.

Therefore, everyone was looking forward to this first auction item, and they all straightened their waists and stretched their necks to wait for the first auction item to be pushed up.

I saw that under the command of the host, two beautiful women wearing cheongsams pushed a small cart out.

There was a plate on the cart, and the antique on the plate was tightly covered with a red cloth, except for an object that protruded high in the center of the plate, an antique the size of a basketball.

No one knows what antiques are hidden under the red cloth.

"I'm sure you're looking forward to it, right? This first treasure is a bronze statue of a monkey's head from Huaguo!"

When the host unveiled the red cloth, the audience was in an uproar.

As its name suggests, this bronze statue of the monkey's head is a monkey head made of bronze artificiality.

Jiang Chen turned on the time system and looked at the monkey head on the stage.

"Treasure Appraisal Open!"

Item Name: Bronze Statue of a Monkey's Head.

Year of appearance: Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

Item function: furnishings, appreciating the role.

Item material: Red copper is handmade.

Item Details: During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor of Huaguo ordered the production of one of the twelve bronze heads of the Chinese zodiac, which was originally placed in the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens, but was later invaded by invaders and taken out of the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens.

Seeing this introduction, Jiang Chen suddenly understood.

Looking at this introduction, the memory of the original owner of the body instantly floated in my mind.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, China suffered an unprecedented invasion, which made China, which was still in the feudal system, instantly become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.

Many treasures and antiques in China were taken out of the country by foreign invaders at this time, and some of them were national-level antiques.

One of the most robbed invasions and plundering of its Chinese objects is called the burning of the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens, and seeing this, Jiang Chen also knows that this bronze statue of the monkey head was snatched away at that time.

Although the bronze statue of the monkey head is just an ornament, it is also something that belongs to China anyway, and if it belongs to China, it must be taken back, and antiques cannot be left outside.

All of a sudden, Jiang Chen's patriotic heart was stimulated.

Even though it has been less than a year since he came to this world, as time goes by, he has become more and more perfect in integration with this body, and he has completely regarded himself as a real Chinese.

Huaguo is his home, and he should take back what he has in his home.

"This bronze statue of the monkey head is one of the 12 bronze statues of the zodiac in the garden of Wanyuan in China, the starting price is 3 million, and each bid shall not be less than 500,000. ”

"Wow~"

"The starting price of the first auction item is 3 million!"

Hearing this price, some wealthy foreigners who did not have much liquidity in their hands withdrew their hands.

After all, three million bronze statues are not worth it to them.

For people who are not from Huaguo, this bronze statue is just a bronze statue with exquisite workmanship, and there is no special prominence in it, so I don't feel about this antique.

However, this is not necessarily the case for Chinese people.

"Auction begins!"

With the host's order, the start of the shooting.

"Five and a half million!"

The first to shout out was a wealthy overseas Chinese.

But as he finished shouting, his voice was soon muffled by the others.

"Six million!"

"Six and a half million!"

"Seven million!"

“……”

This price is constantly increasing.

Most of them are Chinese and a small number of foreigners participating in the auction.

The scene was instantly hot.

Those foreigners also want to get the bronze statue of the monkey head, whether it is to make the Chinese people eat or have too much spare money, it is unknown.

One by one, they fought for red faces.

Soon, the price rose to tens of millions.

Originally, the experts at the auction estimated that it would sell for about 10 million, but I didn't expect this price to reach the expert's estimate so quickly.

The host's eyes lit up as he watched the rising prices.

"Eleven million!"

"Eleven and a half million!"

……

"Twenty million!"

Suddenly, a voice rang out, and the audience fell silent.

The main thing is that others are all 500,000 and 500,000 increases, but suddenly a voice appears to break this rule.

The bronze statue of the monkey's head, which was originally auctioned for more than 11 million, instantly increased to 20 million, an increase of 8 million at one time.

Everyone turned their heads and looked behind them, following the source of the sound.

I saw a man in a black suit in the last row of the auction site, holding aloft the bidding board distributed by the auction.

The man was very mysterious, with a mask on his face, obviously not wanting others to see what he looked like.

The two men sitting next to him were also wearing masks.

Everyone was curious about the identities of those masked men, and even Jiang Chen was curious.

The group of people sitting at the back was very mysterious, and because of their wealth, they directly mentioned 20 million at a fixed price, which made everyone else daunted.

No matter how meaningful the bronze statue of the monkey head is, 20 million has far exceeded the highest expected price estimated by experts.

Looking at this price, those Chinese who wanted to compete for this bronze statue of the monkey head also gave up.

"Mr. 52 out 20 million, the first time!"

"Is there anything else to bid on?"

The host asked a special question.

Many Chinese people at the scene were unwilling, but they were unwilling to buy it at a loss of 20 million.

This group of mysterious people looked at the golden hair and knew that it was not Chinese, and sighed one after another.

It seems that this national treasure will continue to be lost. ’

Seeing that the audience was so quiet and no one wanted to bid, he continued:

"Mr. 52 out 20 million, the second time!"

"Mr. 52 out 20 million, No. ......"

"I'll give 40 million!"

Just when everyone felt sorry, suddenly a standard English sentence resounded throughout the auction site.

Wow~

Everyone heard the number '40 million' clearly.

Everyone followed the voice and looked at Jiang Chen.

Even Lin Jingqiu, Lu Shanshan and Tie Hu, who were sitting next to Jiang Chen, all looked at Jiang Chen in disbelief.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen, who had been quietly watching this auction from the side, suddenly doubled the price as soon as he exited, and suddenly increased by 20 million.

"Who is this person? Is it worth 40 million to buy such a bronze statue?"

"Fake, right, so torn up and down, so rich?"

"Sure enough, I'm not rich enough, and the real rich people are so low-key. ”

Everyone was surprised, but more of them were suspicious of Jiang Chen.

Even the host was stunned and forgot to speak all of a sudden.

"Hey, Xiao Li, host quickly, what are you still doing in a daze?"

The auction owner was stunned when he saw the host, and hurriedly reminded him in the audience.

The host came back to his senses.

"Mr. 36 out of 40 million, the first time!"

"Mr. 36 out 40 million, the second time!"

The host deliberately paused when he said this, and looked at the masked man who had just wanted to be auctioned off for 20 million.

After Jiang Chen spoke, the masked man never took his eyes off him from beginning to end.

The masked man looked at the other two masked men next to him and shook their heads at him.

Apparently they also thought that 40 million was not worth it, and gave up the bid.

"Mr. No. 36 paid 40 million, the third transaction! Please go to the backstage with the staff to pay the money. ”

The auction will prevent those troublemakers who suddenly don't want, or don't have money, and bid at will in order to slap their faces, so every time something is auctioned, the winner of the auction has to pay a fee.

Of course, you don't have to pay all at once, you can also choose to pay in installments and sign a contract.

Jiang Chen nodded and followed the staff to the backstage.

"Wait, if this poor boy can't afford to pay back, he will definitely be kicked out. ”

"The auction is not for everyone, just wait and see the show. ”

The people at the scene didn't believe that Jiang Chen could afford the money, and most of them were in the mood to watch the excitement.

Soon, Jiang Chen came back as if nothing happened.

Everyone watched as Jiang Chen walked under their noses.

Obviously, if he can sit here again, it means that he has paid the money.

"It seems that this person really has some money, but he probably doesn't have much on him, right?"

Everybody thinks so.

Indeed, Jiang Chen had already paid the money.

After Jiang Chen arrived at the backstage, he directly took out a bank card and gave it to the staff, and directly asked the staff to pay it off at one time by swiping the card.

I didn't expect that the two people who were responsible for collecting money were actually the two receptionists who greeted the guests at the door just now.

The two receptionists saw Jiang Chen's faces, especially the young receptionist, whose faces were even more white and red, which was very ugly.

"This ...... Sir, do you want to pay in a lump sum or in installments?"

The old receptionist came back to his senses and quickly asked respectfully.