Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Trick
The woman standing on the stage was wearing a pink cheongsam, looking at the audience with a smile, speaking at a speed that was not fast or slow, and her beautiful voice made people listen like a spring breeze.
"First of all, on behalf of the organizers, I would like to thank everyone for taking time out of their busy schedules to participate in today's auction, and then we would like to invite our first lot ......"
The woman didn't say much nonsense, reached out and pressed the button on the platform, and the lifting platform on the side slowly rose, with a transparent glass box on it, and inside was a bronze short sword, from the big screen in front of him, Ye Tian could even clearly see the patina covered with the sword body.
The melodious female voice on the stage then sounded, "This bronze short sword, we have asked professionals to identify, 100% is antique, and it is from the Shang Dynasty, it may have been a sword in the hands of dignitaries and even princes, you must know that it is rare to find intact antiques in the market today." ”
"I won't go into details about its value, because I'm sure everyone here knows that this thing has a long history, so we will start bidding now, with a reserve price of 100,000 yuan, and each increase must not be less than 10,000 yuan. ”
As the female voice fell, the people around began to compete to raise the price, and for a while, the liveliness of the auction hall was comparable to that of the vegetable market.
Gao Santong was about to open his mouth to shout the price, when he saw Ye Tian shaking his head lightly at him, and then his face changed, thinking of the strangeness of the auction, he looked at Ye Tian hesitantly, and asked, "Is this thing fake?"
"This thing is the real thing, but it's ......" Ye Tian came back to his senses and glanced at the stage casually.
Gao Santong heard Ye Tian's last two words, and his heart chuckled.
"But it's real, but it's not that valuable. Looking at Gao Santong's restless appearance, Ye Tian dispelled the thought of selling Guan Zi and smiled slightly.
"Bronze swords are divided into two types, one is a dry pit and the other is a puddle, in which the sword of the puddle is rustless, and the value of the collection is also higher. ”
Ye Tian said unhurriedly, his tone became more and more relaxed, and he couldn't figure out what Ye Bin wanted to do, and he cooperated with the Tan family first, but the antiques were real, and he really didn't understand what conspiracy he had.
Gao Santong stretched out his hand and wiped the cold sweat on his head, he naturally believed Ye Tian's words 100%.
Then the bronze sword was triumphantly patted away by a fat middle-aged man, and the next lots were all decent antiques, and there were no particularly amazing objects, Ye Tian did not see anything unexpected in it, and a little doubt rose in his heart.
The auction was divided into morning and afternoon sessions, and there was a break at noon, when Gao Santong and Ye Tian just walked to the door of the hall with the crowd that had ended, they bumped into Ye Bin.
"I said earlier that I would invite Boss Gao and Xiaotian to have a meal together, I thought it would be better to choose a day than to hit the day, so why don't we go out together now?"
Ye Bin smiled, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "Xiaotian won't even give me this face." ”
"Of course not, how can I not go to Mr. Ye's treat?" Ye Tian glanced at Ye Bin, and agreed in one bite, wanting to see what the hell this Ye Bin was doing.
Then Ye Bin immediately politely took the two people to the hotel on the side.
Along the way, Ye Bin talked with Gao Santong with a smile, and cared for Ye Tian from time to time, Ye Tian just smiled and didn't talk.
The moment she opened the door of the box, she saw Yang Chengli change into a skirt with a little fragrance, and she lowered her head and played with her mobile phone.
Ye Tian smiled and took the lead in taking a seat, even if this meal was a Hongmen banquet, he had to break through.
After a while, the waiter rushed in and served all the dishes at once, Yang Chengli waved her hand with a smile and asked for three bottles of liquor.
"Ye Tian, we haven't eaten together for a long time, we must have a drink to celebrate. ”
Yang Chengli poured two glasses of wine to herself, put the extra cup in front of Ye Tian, blinked and said, "You have to give some face today, drink a few more glasses." ”
"Come, let's celebrate that we are together again. Yang Chengli raised her glass and looked at Ye Tian, as if she had forgotten all the unpleasant things before.
Ye Tian took it expressionlessly, tossing and turning in his abdomen, since Yang Chengli was willing to act, then he didn't mind accompanying her to act, so he didn't know what trick she wanted to play.
Ye Tian hesitated for a moment, but still raised his wine glass and drank it clean in one sip.
"Ye Tian, I will respect you again for this glass of wine, there were some things before, I couldn't stand you, so I hope you can forgive me. ”
Yang Chengli bit her lip, looking guilty, and reached out to fill Ye Tian with another glass of wine.
Ye Tian raised his glass again and drank it neatly, and then Yang Chengli toasted three more glasses of wine before sitting back honestly.
Just halfway through the meal, Yang Chengli went out to the toilet and Ye Bin happened to go out to answer the phone, and there were only two people left in the box, Ye Tian and Gao Santong.
"Brother, did you drink a little too much today?"
Gao Santong said hesitantly, Ye Tian's current appearance is really worrying.
"It's okay, don't delay the afternoon, I'll go out first to get some air. Ye Tian shook his head lightly and stood up again.
Ye Tian blew the wind in front of the window, felt his brain clear, and decided to go downstairs to the toilet by the way, and just walked to the staircase, he heard the sound of an argument coming from the corner.
"Otherwise, I'll just drug him, and I'll keep pouring him wine, when will I get him drunk!"
An angry female voice came from the corridor, Ye Tian didn't have to think about it to know whose voice it was, and the content of the words was even more shocking for him to dissipate his drunkenness.
"No, Ye Tian is very deceitful now, the possibility of being found by him is too great, everything is going according to the original plan. ”
"Remember, you must not let him leave this hotel, and you must not let him continue to participate in the afternoon auction, at all costs, or ......"
The male voice is not unfamiliar, even if it turns into ashes, Ye Tian can hear it, it turns out that the men and women in this corridor are none other than Ye Bin and Yang Chengli.
Ye Tian cautiously retreated from the corridor to the corridor, and a conjecture came out of his heart, there was no bright spot in the morning auction, which was unusual, plus Ye Bin attached so much importance to the afternoon auction.
Ye Tian boldly guessed that Ye Bin must have not stopped him from coming to the auction, so he could only urgently move the real antiques to the morning, and those old antiques with a "long history" were moved to the afternoon.
Ye Tian paid attention in his heart, pushed the door and entered the private room, deciding that he had to stir it up today.