Chapter 168: Gambling Stone
In the face of Jiang Bai's provocation, Duan Chen's expression was indifferent with a hint of disdain, and he waved his hand, as if he wanted to drive away the annoying flies, and turned his head away from paying attention.
Yan Zhen glanced at Jiang Bai, whose face was a little pale with anger, and said to Duan Chen in a low voice: "It seems that this richest man in Jiang still doesn't give up, and wants to press us again at the auction and don't let us take away an auction item!"
"Then don't take it, anyway, these things are dispensable to me. Duan Chen shrugged his shoulders, his face didn't matter, and he randomly gave up holding up the card, and the vase was gone.
It's not a necessity, and Duan Chen has always scoffed at the so-called dignity of the rich, what I value has to buy it no matter how much money it costs, such a theory is simply stupid in Duan Chen's opinion, so Jiang Bai's way of dealing with him doesn't work at all.
The next auction item is a landscape painting, the work of a famous master of the previous dynasty, Jiang Bai deliberately asked several dogs to take turns bidding, trying to attract Duan Chen to take the bait, but found that Duan Chen was not moved at all.
It wasn't until the highlight of the auction, when the rough stones were sent up, that Duan Chen's eyes widened and he looked at these rough stones.
There are a total of three rough stones, each numbered, not auctioned together, each with its own price, of course, you have a lot of money and want to wrap the round, it is not impossible.
The No. 1 rough stone is the size of a human head and has a price tag of three million. The No. 2 rough stone is half larger than the No. 1 rough stone, but the list price is five million, and the No. 3 rough stone is the largest, almost the same size as a winter melon, and the list price is also the highest, eight million!
According to the rules of rough auctions, these rough stones have been looked at before, and the valuations have been made, and the jade and water species that may be included in them have been evaluated, and then the auction price has been set.
There is a lot of risk in this, the appraiser is not clairvoyant, he can't see what is inside the stone, and he only makes an assessment based on his own experience, which must have a lot of moisture.
What's more, some people simply hire appraisers at a high price and deliberately sell an ordinary stone at a very high price! In fact, those who buy rough stones are gambling on their own luck when they suffer losses or make big profits.
Duan Chen whispered to Yan Zhen, "I'm going to shoot a stone!"
Yan Zhen said with a smile: "Okay, it shouldn't cost too much money, in fact, the people here like to see the moment when the stone is opened, and few people are willing to take pictures!"
This is not difficult to understand, most of the people who can sit here are billionaires, and if they want jade, they can go to the jewelry store to buy it, and they can afford it, and they don't need to come here to gamble their luck to buy rough stones.
Of course, it is not without wanting to be small and big, it is human nature to love to gamble, whether it is with the purpose of playing or wanting to earn, people who gamble on the rough stone will definitely have.
What really excites everyone is that they get the original stone, and the moment they open the stone on the spot and verify their luck, everyone becomes a witness, and they will hold their breath to watch that scene, which is the most exciting scene.
"No. 1 stone, 3.1 million!" Duan Chen raised his card, and was the first to quote the auction price.
"Cut!" someone behind him let out a disdainful sneer, and then made a few gestures to the VIP compartment.
This scene happened to be seen by Duan Chen, he turned his head to look at the dark-skinned middle-aged man behind him, smiled slightly, and said, "Jiang Bai arranged for you to sit behind me and monitor my every move?"
The black-faced man seemed to want to quibble, but after looking at Duan Chen, he smiled again, and said in his mouth: "As long as you want to get something today, it will cost several times more, do you believe it or not?"
Yan Zhen frowned slightly, looked at him and said, "Then what are you trying to do? I don't want it, but in the end, it was you who spent a lot of money to get the things!"
"You won't understand!" the black-faced man shook his head with a mysterious smile.
Yan Zhen's face was gloomy, he looked at the black-faced man, frowned and asked him, "Are you Song Huanghuang Song Boss?"
The black-faced man squinted and smiled, and said to Yan Zhen: "I didn't expect that I, a little person, could still be recognized by Yan Ye, what an honor!"
"Hmph!" Yan Zhen snorted heavily, turned around, and said to Duan Chen: "Mr. Duan, I'll take you to a friend tomorrow, he has a lot of rough stones, tonight, don't interfere, these people are doing the game!"
Since this black-faced man is Song Huanghuang, tonight's auction is completely a game. Because this is a brilliant auction house, this black-faced man is the boss here!
And he is Jiang Bai's person, when the two join forces, they can quote false prices and make fake transactions, and the people who don't understand the inside story are the ones!
But this kind of thing can't be seen through, unless you get the final transaction order, even if everyone knows about the relationship between the two, there is no way to prove that they are cheating!
What really made Yan Zhen angry was that in this way, no matter what Duan Chen photographed, the other party could raise it to a sky-high price, and in the end, it wouldn't cost a penny!
What's even more infuriating is that this is a charity auction, Jiang Bai made such a false price increase, the biggest gain is reputation, he will be reported by the media because of his "generosity", and the negative impact caused by the loss of power in the Chamber of Commerce, the media public opinion will help him make up for it! Even if he only makes a fraudulent donation in the end, or even just a small amount of money, he can maintain this reputation!
Seeing through the game designed by these guys, of course Yan Zhen would not let Duan Chen enter the game, but Duan Chen smiled slightly, shook his head and said to him: "If it doesn't exceed the price of my heart, I can try to shoot, if it's too high, I'll stop!"
Yan Zhen, who originally wanted to continue to persuade, closed his mouth, Duan Chen didn't need others to point fingers at him, since he already had a plan, then it was enough to support him silently.
Song Huanghuang behind him gestured to Jiang Bai in the VIP room, Duan Chen smiled slightly and ignored it.
"Three million eight million!" Duan Chen raised his card again, and the No. 1 stone, which had already risen in the bidding, seemed to hear the vibration of the mobile phone, took out the mobile phone from his pocket, and said a few words to the other side.
Even Yan Zhen next to him didn't hear what Duan Chen was saying, Song Huanghuang stretched his neck to listen, eager to pull off his two ears and put them on Duan Chen's mouth, but he still didn't hear a word!
Putting down the phone, Duan Chen looked at the quotation and was stunned for a moment, it was only less than two minutes, and the auction price of No. 1 stone had risen to 4.5 million!
This is obviously someone deliberately raising the price, and then raising the card again, but it is no longer the No. 1 stone, but the No. 2 stone, 5.5 million!
Obviously, the increase in this piece of rough stone is relatively small, if the No. 1 stone is so small that it has risen, it is better to have a large one, which is also the heart of most people, the price of the same thing, the larger one seems to be more affordable.
But then, Jiang Bai directly quoted 6 million! Suddenly raised the price of No. 2 Stone by 500,000!
Duan Chen's face showed a trace of anger, glanced at the direction of Jiang Bai's VIP room, and then raised the card again, No. 1 stone, five million!
Two stones, you have to let me get one! This time Jiang Bai didn't make a move, even if he was already in cahoots with Song Huanghuang, he didn't dare to do it too obviously, there was no stone fool sitting here, you raised the price sharply, it was not only Duan Chen who scared away, others also stopped, these three stones were still smashed in their own hands and couldn't be sold!
The proceeds of the auction will be charity, but the commission is not included here, the auction house will deduct the commission, the higher the auction price, the more the commission, this is the fundamental reason why Song Huanghuang is willing to cooperate with Jiang Bai, in fact, this is not the first time that the two have cooperated like this, and they have already formed a tacit understanding.
Just when Duan Chen smiled slightly, the VIP compartment quoted six million for No. 1 stone, directly raising one million!
Duan Chen raised his head, and Ma Bo, who had a sneer on his face, gave him a thumbs up first, and then slowly pointed down. Duan Chen's face was gloomy, as if he was hesitating whether to continue filming, or to continue chasing No. 2?
But at this moment, the No. 2 stone has risen to 7 million! And the three auctions on the field at this moment have risen to a situation of 6, 7, 8, and only 8 million for the No. 3 stone, which has not risen much from the beginning to the present!
Seeing Duan Chen pick up the bidding card for the No. 3 stone, Yan Zhen couldn't help it after all, and pulled his arm and said, "Mr. Duan, do you really want to shoot? Don't look at the big size of that stone, but most of such rough stones are just stones, and you can't cut anything at all! You really don't need to spend a lot of money to buy a stone here and go back!"
Duan Chen took a deep breath, shook his head and said to Yan Zhen: "My vision is not wrong, there are good things in this stone, I have seen it just now!"
"Do you mean it's so green? That's the most common method of obfuscation, it's just a piece of jade powder, only people who don't know how to do it will be this kind of low-level trick!" Yan Zhen explained to Duan Chen with some anxiety.
Unexpectedly, this sentence annoyed Duan Chen, he glared at Yan Zhen angrily, and scolded angrily: "Are you saying that I don't know how to do it? Or are you doubting my vision?
"Mr. Duan, I didn't mean that! I ......" Yan Zhen looked panicked, as if he didn't expect that Duan Chen's state today was a little different, and he would be provoked so easily.
In fact, no matter who you are, you will be targeted as soon as you come up, and no matter what you shoot, the price will be raised, and it will be difficult to maintain a good mood!
Yan Zhen didn't dare to speak more, Duan Chen also became a little crazy, seeing that Jiang Bai went to raise the No. 3 stone again, he turned to the No. 1 stone again, and then rushed to the No. 2 stone by the way!
After a full twenty minutes, the three original stones had all risen by more than 10 million! Duan Chen seemed to even have red eyes, and he raised his card again, No. 3 stone, 11 million!
Yan Zhen didn't dare to say anything more, just looked at Duan Chen, with a helpless look on his face. It seemed that he felt that he was too ruthless to this friend just now, Duan Chen took a deep breath, looked at him and said, "Don't worry, if you want to go up, you won't shoot!"
Eleven million, No. 3 stone shouted the price three times, and finally fell into the hands of Duan Chen, which made him breathe a long sigh of relief, and said to Yan Zhen: "Look, I still have the vision, take this biggest one, and make sure you don't lose money!"
"Hahaha!" the crowd laughed!
"It's the first time I've seen such a stupid thing, taking pictures of the rough stones, I knew this, I got those big stones in the quarry and let this Mr. Duan buy them!"
"People have a lot of money and are willing to spend 10 million to buy a broken stone, who can manage it?"
"Said that he is a novice, he still doesn't admit it! The more ordinary the stone, the higher the price, this is the unspoken rule of this industry, an obvious routine, he didn't know, and thought that he had picked up a big bargain, it was really laughing to death!"
Listening to the cynicism of the people around him, Duan Chen didn't say anything, and his face returned to that sad and joyless expression.
And at this moment, the bidding of No. 1 and No. 2 is also white-hot, and there may really be treasures in these two rough stones, after all, the bidders who joined later are menacing, and each of them is bound to win, and in less than ten minutes, the two rough stones have been raised to more than 30 million!
In the end, the No. 1 stone fell into the hands of one person for 35 million, but the No. 2 stone was auctioned by Ma Bo first at a price of 50 million!
The auction house consulted the consent of the three treasure owners, and the stone was opened on the spot! This was the most exciting moment, and everyone's eyes widened and they looked at the display table in front of them!