Chapter 495: The Female Historian

In a few complicated eyes, the last collection of tonight's auction was personally pushed into the spotlight of the stage by Zhao Sheng, who had already disappeared from his seat.

"This collection, to be honest, is not mine, but from the collection of an overseas friend, dragged me to auction it out on behalf of me in tonight's charity auction night, with a starting price of 500,000 US dollars, and no matter how much the final transaction price is, he is also willing to donate 30% of the transaction price to the charity foundation according to the previous percentage of the transaction, and contribute a piece of his love to autistic children. ”

Zhao Sheng's tone was extremely humble, and after briefly introducing the origin of the item, he handed the microphone to the host, walked off the stage amid applause, and sat back next to Li Peizi.

"$500,000 is too low, isn't it?" asked Li Peizi, frowning.

"Is it low?" Zhao Sheng smiled.

"Didn't you tell me, can this "Female Historian" be worth the price of all the auctions tonight combined, or even higher? Starting at 500,000 US dollars, it is not even as good as the price of the first round of jewelry in the hotel, what are you going to do if someone takes it directly?"

Li Peizi didn't know the origin and value of "The Female Historian", but she only knew that this was a priceless calligraphy and painting, which was enough to make her really turn over and her worth skyrocketed.

"No, it won't. Zhao Sheng shook his head, "I learned that three days ago, two of our Mainland Diamond members of the Jockey Club were restricted in their personal freedom due to some things, and they could not communicate with the outside world......

Lai Pui Zi nodded, she is a member of the Jockey Club herself, and she used to occasionally come to Hong Kong Island to race horses when the Chen family had not yet had an accident, but her level was very low, and she did not qualify to participate in this charity auction.

So she knew very well what a terrifying fortune someone who could have a Diamond membership in the Jockey Club had in their hands.

It's just that horses have no night grass and no fertilizer, and people have no foreign wealth and no wealth.

Most wealthy people always have an unknown past history.

This makes their assets risky.

If you are not careful, loopholes and problems will arise, leading to irreparable consequences.

This is the norm at the Jockey Club.

"However, these two people actually appeared here today. ”

Just as Li Peizi was pondering, Zhao Sheng suddenly spoke.

"What?" Li Peizi was startled, her beautiful eyes widened, and she looked at Zhao Sheng incredulously.

"You're saying someone took their name for tonight's charity auction night?" said Lai, lowering her voice, a sense of foreboding welling up in her heart.

Zhao Sheng nodded, "Yes, I have already locked the people, and I have also confirmed their impersonated identities." ”

"What about that person? Why don't you arrest him? Is he still on the cruise ship?" asked Li Peizi anxiously.

"What's the hurry...... Don't you want to know, what are they here for, pretending to be arrested members?" Zhao Sheng said with a smile.

"For ......" Li Peizi was slightly stunned, and then said in a low voice: "Is it for this painting?"

Although she doesn't know the meaning of "The Female Historian", she knows its origin.

Otherwise, tonight's most important auction would not have been scheduled on this cruise ship, and then it would not have started until it was on the high seas.

"Yes, this painting is so eye-catching, every time it appears, it is accompanied by a global sensation, so it is inevitable that some people with intentions want to secretly take it away and send it to the place where it was originally born...... Zhao Sheng said lightly.

"But what does this have to do with us? Since the ship has sailed to the high seas, who will buy this painting or not? As long as the price is right, it will not hurt us, maybe these people may not be able to pay a higher price?" Li Peizi wondered.

"Who buys it or not?" Zhao Sheng shook his head, "What is your definition of this painting now?"

"Huh?" Li Peizi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Artwork." ”

"Yes. Zhao Sheng nodded, "But if it falls into the hands of these people, what do you guess it's called?"

"What?"

"Proof!"

Zhao Sheng said in a low voice: "Once he buys this painting and then flows the funds into the account, we will have nothing to do with this matter at all, in case we are convicted of selling national treasures without permission, you should know the consequences......

Li Peizi was stunned, when this painting was revisited by the Marquis of Charles, it still needed to negotiate and negotiate, but once it was contaminated with herself, the nature was completely different.

"But what are we going to do if tonight the bid for this painting is the highest of these two people?

"Hehe, selling is definitely going to be sold, doing business, the emphasis is on integrity, we hold an auction, they willingly bid to take it away, this is business, but once the painting is in their hands, whether it is true or false, whether it is lost or destroyed, it has nothing to do with us at all......" Zhao Sheng chuckled.

Li Peizi looked at him and asked in disbelief: "So you opened the auction price of 500,000 US dollars, and it was also for the Marquis Charles......

"After the Marquis Charles didn't want the matter to be revealed, all the spearheads of public opinion were pointed at him, after all, he was doing charity for public welfare, and if he had more money and less money, what did it matter......"

Li Peizi was shocked.

The Portrait of the Female Historian was privately kept in the museum by the Marquis de Charles and has always been a controversial topic in the global collecting community.

After all, of course, this thing was snatched from Huaxia.

To be a thief, you have to know how to sell stolen goods secretly.

If Charlie really reneged on the promise he had made in front of the global media for so many years to protect the world's historical and cultural heritage, he would instead sell it at a high price and enrich himself with the profits......

will inevitably push himself to the forefront and be criticized by others.

However, in the name of charity, the symbolic donation of 500,000 US dollars to the charity fund auction fully means that I am here to do charity, and it doesn't matter how much money you have, as for how much money you finally speculate, it has nothing to do with me, it is all the personal behavior of the bidder and the auction house.

Anyway, I'm using it to do charity for autistic children around the world.

Raising an antique calligraphy and painting to such a height, who can say anything?

"Ladies and gentlemen, this silk painting, which is also famous in Chinese history, depicts the deeds of female fans, including the story of Feng Yuan in the Han Dynasty who defended the bear and protected the Yuan Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the story of Ban Jieyu refusing to go with Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty to prevent Emperor Cheng from lusting for women and misleading the government...... If you like the VIP, you can start bidding, with a starting price of $500,000. ”

Just when Qin Fan felt that with the appearance of "The Female Historian", the scene would reach a climax, the host's voice sounded on the stage, which suddenly made Qin Fan a little confused, and he was very puzzled: What is he describing?

Of course, Qin Fan knew the origin of the things on the stage, but the noise of the on-site discussion clearly indicated that most people didn't know what the finale items that were auctioned on the high seas after a whole night, changing venues in a row, and driving to the open sea?

Cast a mist before somebody's eyes?

Qin Fan frowned, and with some hesitation considered whether to press the auction button, not to mention the origin of the item, not to introduce its original author and historical significance, just a simple description, which is not very common in the entire history of auctions.

"Is this going to let the people below guess for themselves?"

Qin Fan was a little undecided, feeling that the atmosphere at the scene was starting to be a little subtle, and in the more than a minute when the host shouted out, the entire hall was silent, and the atmosphere was not as warm as he imagined.

The host was a little anxious, the bidding for those objects just now was so hot, they were also Chinese ancient cultural relics, why did no one care about the highest calligraphy and painting that should be called? He coughed and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, it may be that Marquis Charles did not set the starting price too high considering that tonight's auction is to contribute to charity, but this can also fully prove that this item has absolute appreciation space, do you have any interested friends?"

"A million dollars!"

As soon as the words fell, the standard Mandarin bidding sound suddenly sounded in the dim hall.