Chapter 338: Guitar Auction
Xiao Yao said this, Shi Lingqiang had nothing to refute, so he could only pout his lips and close his mouth stupidly.
Seeing that Shi Lingqiang was silent, Xiao Yao smiled slightly, put his hands on the strings, and was ready to start playing, and the scene was quiet.
In order to show that Xiao Yao came on stage to play was improvised, the organizers did not connect the guitar to be auctioned with audio equipment, nor did they prepare a microphone stand on the spot. When Xiao Yao was talking just now, Lu Ke helped Xiao Yao hold the microphone, and now if he wants the guests in the entire banquet hall to hear clearly, he can only ask the host to put the microphone in his hand against the sound hole of the guitar to record and amplify.
Xiao Yao was sitting on the chair with the guitar in his arms, and Lu Ke's arms naturally drooped just enough to send the microphone to Xiao Yao's mouth, but to put the microphone in front of the guitar sound hole in a lower position, Lu Ke had to bend down. How can a song have three or four minutes, Lu Ke felt that it would be more tiring to bend over all the time, so he simply squatted down on the stage and raised the microphone diagonally in front of the sound hole of the guitar in Xiao Yao's hand.
Lu Ke's sudden squatting action startled Xiao Yao, and then he also understood, and then Xiao Yao stood up with his guitar, moved the mallet and base on the auction table, sat on the auction table, and said to Lu Ke with a smile: "I think it's more comfortable to sit on the table, and the chair is for you to sit on." ”
"Thank you!" Lu Ke smiled gratefully at Xiao Yao. Squatting on the ground didn't look very decent, but she really had to hunch over for a few minutes, and she felt that her waist couldn't stand it. This is the lot she is responsible for, and she also mentioned the idea, and she is embarrassed to ask Xiao Wei next to her to replace her. Although Xiao Yao's behavior of sitting at the table was not very polite and elegant, it was also a manifestation of his alternative gentlemanly behavior, so Lu Ke also accepted his kindness and got up and sat on the chair where Xiao Yao was originally sitting.
It is very impolite to sit at a table in public, let alone on an occasion like tonight? Xiao Yao's behavior also startled the guests at the scene, but then saw Lu Ke, who was originally squatting on the ground, sat on the chair that Xiao Yao was sitting on before, and raised the microphone in front of the sound hole of the guitar in Xiao Yao's hand, and everyone also understood what Xiao Yao meant. Not only did he not show any dissatisfaction, but he gave Xiao Yao's uninhibited character and gentlemanly behavior a round of applause.
When the applause of the audience fell, Xiao Yao's hand also gently plucked the strings, and a melodic guitar sounded.
This song "Wish" was created by the fingerstyle guitarist GIN in his previous life based on the movie "First Love", and it is actually a song about the ambiguous feelings between men and women with a slightly repressed feeling. But after all, this is a song that is a little sad and can make people feel warm, whether it is the love between men and women or family affection, or even the concern of ordinary people for the people in the disaster area, it is a kind of bond between people, under Xiao Yao's introduction, everyone can easily understand this song as his kind of care for the people in the disaster area, and it is more appropriate to play it on this occasion tonight.
Listening to Xiao Yao playing this ethereal and beautiful song, the guests at the scene felt like their souls were bathed in a layer of sunshine. After Xiao Yao's performance, the guests at the scene also gave Xiao Yao a warm applause again.
"Thank you!" Xiao Yao jumped down from the auction table, bowed to the guests on the scene, turned around and handed the guitar in his hand to the etiquette model standing aside, and was about to leave the stage.
"Wait," Lu Ke stopped Xiao Yao and said, "The song just now is so good, I am so moved to listen to it." I'm a fan of yours from today, can I hug you?"
"Of course. Xiao Yao nodded, smiled and opened his arms.
"Xiao Yao, I've been your fan for a long time, and I want to hug it too!" After Xiao Yao and Lu Ke hugged each other gently, Xiao Wei on the side also came over.
"It's been a long time, then why didn't you just come over to help your idol raise the microphone?" Lu Ke pouted.
"You think I don't want to?" Xiao Wei countered, "I just don't want to rob you of your performance opportunities, I don't even know for your sake? ”
"If it were you, I probably wouldn't want to sit at the table. Xiao Yao smiled.
"Hey, okay to give me some face, I should be squatting on the ground together?" Xiao Wei said dissatisfiedly, "Don't say I'm also your fan, we are all surnamed Xiao, five hundred years ago we were a family!"
There was some laughter in the audience, Xiao Yao also wanted to laugh, and quickly took the initiative to hug Xiao Wei hard, coaxing a child: "Okay, okay, don't be angry, give you a loving hug!"
In another burst of laughter, Xiao Yao let go of Xiao Wei and walked off the stage quickly.
"The auction for this guitar is now in earnest. Xiao Yao stepped down, and Lu Ke also pulled back the rhythm of the scene, and then introduced, "This guitar was made by Xiao Yao himself, and he said that he didn't know what reserve price to set, so it was undecided, that is, the lot was auctioned without a reserve price." Now that the auction is open, please feel free to bid. ”
"One hundred thousand!" As soon as Lu Ke's words fell, a voice raised a sign and shouted.
"The offer price is 100,000, it seems that you really don't need me to help you guarantee the bottom. Yin Xi said to Xiao Yao with a smile, turned his head to look at the offerer, and said with some surprise, "Isn't this the boss of Huayao Film and Television?
"I don't know," Xiao Yao shook his head, "but there seems to be an email in my work mailbox that Hua Yao asked me to invite songs." They recently invested in a TV series and asked me to help them write the theme song ending song, and I haven't replied yet. ”
"Write songs? I thought they were looking for you to act. Yin Xi said.
"Have you been lacking acting opportunities lately?" Xiao Yao said, "That TV series hasn't started filming yet, do you want me to help you get a role?" Although I don't know them very well, I can get familiar with them after helping them write songs, and I can recommend actors to them." ”
"Don't!" Yin Xi said, "It's not your own investment or directing and screenwriting work, so I don't want you to write songs for others to help me change performance opportunities." ”
"Okay, whatever you want!" Xiao Yao said indifferently.
"Two hundred thousand!" Yin Xi shouted.
"What's the matter, didn't you just say that you don't need to guarantee it?" Xiao Yao said unexpectedly.
"Who said I want to take care of your face? I can't take your guitar back and play it myself?" Yin Xi said.
"The recording studio is in your studio, there are a lot of guitars in it, if you want to play, just go to the recording studio by yourself," Xiao Yao covered his mouth and whispered, "Even if you want me to make a guitar, I still have it, just give it to you, why are you filming this?"
"I'm willing, you care!" Yin Xi said.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand!" someone quoted again.
"Huh?" Yin Xi looked up at the person who made the offer again, and found that it was an actress named Zhou Yuqing.
"I heard that her agency is ready to let her get involved in the music industry and develop in many ways, and has already helped her contact the album producer, and is helping her collect songs everywhere. Did you also invite you to sing?" Yin Xi asked Xiao Yaodao.
"Yes. Xiao Yao nodded, "There is indeed an invitation email from her agency in the mailbox. ”
"How many emails are there in your mailbox?" Yin Xi said in surprise.
"There used to be twenty or thirty letters, after "Singer", now there are two or three hundred. Xiao Yao said, "But writing songs doesn't mean that there is such a thing." People don't urge, and I basically don't reply. ”
"Didn't you say that there is?" you just went up and played an original new tune, and you are embarrassed to say this kind of thing now?" Yin Xi rolled his eyes and said.
"300,000!" After rolling his eyes, Yin Xi raised his card and quoted again.
"Five hundred thousand!" someone quoted again.
Yin Xi looked at the person who made the offer again. This time, there was no need to ask Xiao Yao anything, because she found that it was Li Ai who made the offer. She had expected that Li Ai might come forward to support Xiao Yao, but she didn't expect that Li Ai's price would be so high.
"That tennis sister really wants you to go to the scene to cheer her on!" Yin Xi looked at Xiao Yao and smiled.
"It seems that I really have to take the time to watch her match live and support her. Xiao Yao also smiled.
Knowing why Li Ai made an offer, Yin Xi didn't plan to rob Li Ai again this time, but someone at the scene still made a higher offer.
"800,000!" someone said again.
"Huh?" Everyone looked at the person who raised the offer this time, and found that it was actually Shi Lingqiang, and they all showed surprised expressions. The news that Xiao Yao and Yin Xi knew, and other people at the scene also understood, and the previous few people could be said to have their own reasons for Xiao Yao's guitar offer, and it was not surprising to participate in the auction, but Shi Lingqiang would bid for Xiao Yao's guitar, which was very unexpected. Judging from the scene just now, the most famous rich second generation is obviously a little bit at odds with Xiao Yao, the most famous second generation of stars, why is he bidding for Xiao Yao's things now?
"Why would he shoot your stuff?" Yin Xi was a little curious like everyone else, but what was different from her was that if she had any doubts in her heart, she could ask Xiao Yao in person.
"How do I know?" Xiao Yao shrugged, "but I can maliciously speculate that the price of 500,000 yuan has exceeded the final transaction price of many previous lots, and I will not be ashamed no matter what." Since it was something I made, maybe Young Master Shi wanted to shoot it back and smashed it to vent his anger. ”
"Really, he won't be that boring, right?" Yin Xi said with a glare.
"Didn't you say that those rich second generations did everything?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"Didn't you say that he wasn't like an ordinary gentleman, and he was more measured in his work?" Yin Xi also said.
"If he doesn't smash that guitar in public on the stage for a while, it's already very restrained and measured, can't he smash it at home and play it? People don't care about this 1.8 million yuan, spend this money to vent their anger. Xiao Yao smiled.
"Hmph, how can it be so easy?" Yin Xi snorted, and raised the number plate again, shouting, "One million!"
"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao said in surprise, "What about me just now, what are you fighting with him now?"
"Learn from you, let him let him bleed a little, even if he really slaps your guitar back and smashes it to play, it will make his heart hear a little louder. Yin Xi said.
"One and a half million!" Shi Lingqiang really raised the number plate again and continued to increase the price.
"People are just a little bit of a temper, and they are not brain-dead idiots, what if they don't play with you and smash your hands?" Xiao Yao said a little speechlessly.
"I'm measured, and I won't shout out the price. If he stops playing, I'll take the guitar back. Yin Xi said.
"Two million!" Yin Xi also raised the number plate again.
"Isn't this shouting?" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes.
"Two hundred and five, no, two million and six hundred thousand!" Shi Lingqiang raised the number plate, adjusted his offer, and then turned his head to look at Yin Xi.
"Alright. Yin Xi put down the number plate in his hand, looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Your guitar is today's standard king, and the price is higher than my necklace." ”
"Two million for the first time!" Yin Xi put down the number plate, and there was no new quotation on the scene, so Lu Ke began to announce the highest quotation on the scene to remind everyone.
"Two million six thousand for the second time!" Lu Ke repeated and picked up the gavel on the table, "Two million six hundred thousand third..."
"Three million!" another voice rang out.
"Why is she? Is IIG also going to enter the entertainment industry?" Due to the previous bidding, the people at the scene paid attention to the table of Shi Lingqiang and Xiao Yao and Yin Xi, and when they saw Yin Xi put down the number plate, most people thought that this time it was Shi Lingqiang who was going to pocket the lot on the stage, but they didn't expect that before Lu Ke fell the hammer, there was another accident. Everyone turned their heads to look at the voice of the quotation, and was quite surprised to find that the person who made the quotation this time was actually the president of IIG Asia Pacific, a legendary strong woman in the business world - Leng Qiuning!
IIG is one of the world's largest financial investment groups, and Leng Qiuning is the top head of IIG Asia Pacific. Although her net worth may not be comparable to the assets of Shi Lingqiang's family, the amount of wealth she can control and mobilize is better than Shi Lingqiang's richest father. It's just that IIG has never set foot in the entertainment industry in China in the Asia-Pacific region, and it should have no intersection with Xiao Yao, nor does it have any interests, and most of the people on the scene don't know why President Leng, who is purely a business person, suddenly bid for Xiao Yao's guitar at a high price.
Shi Lingqiang is not a good-for-nothing second ancestor, and naturally he also knows the head of the Asia-Pacific region of this top multinational group. This kind of person who holds a huge amount of wealth and dominating power, even his father will not be easily offended, let alone him? He didn't know if this Mr. Leng had anything to do with Xiao Yao, and if so, what was the relationship, so he had some scruples and doubts in his heart, so he fell silent.
Xiao Yao also looked at the guest who was bidding, and just as Leng Qiuning also looked at him, as soon as the two of them met, they both smiled and nodded, which was regarded as a greeting.
"You won't have a friendship with this Mr. Leng, right?" Yin Xi next to him looked at Xiao Yao in surprise.
Yin Xi is in charge of the operation of the studio and the brand, and naturally knows this kind of business person. On the contrary, Xiao Yao has always been the shopkeeper, except for designing a few performance costumes and looking for opportunities to advertise, he basically doesn't care about any commercial things. That animated film has not yet started external financing, and in Xiao Yao's experience, he and the business tycoon should not have any intersection, and they have never even met in person, let alone friendship.
"There was a one-sided relationship," Xiao Yao said, "but that was two years ago." ”
"Two years ago, weren't you still in high school at that time?" Yin Xi guessed, "You met when you were an exchange student in the United States?"
"No, in Huaxia Yanjing, I met in private. Xiao Yao said. "I did her a small favor casually. ”
"Can you still help her?" Yin Xi was even more strange, "Or casually?"
"I'll tell you later. Xiao Yao smiled, "It seems that Young Master Shi doesn't plan to fight with Mr. Leng." That's fine, at least Mr. Leng slapped my guitar back, and it definitely wouldn't be for smashing and playing like Young Master Shi. ”
"Three million for the first time!" Lu Ke waited for a while, and saw that Shi Lingqiang had not moved, so he could only remind him loudly.