Chapter 256: A Mysterious Invitation

This can be said to be a super-grade cultural relic, and it was actually put up for auction by Fang Xiaoruan and others in broad daylight, so high-sounding?

Zhang Ruiming's eyes were about to erupt with fire, and the bronze "Tiger Ying" that was identified as a "fake" was placed on the stage like this, and the auctioneer seemed to be a little flustered by Zhang Ruiming's eyes in the audience.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ This, our Lot 048, Owner: Anonymous, Auction Owner: Anonymous, and at the same time, because it has been identified as an imitation, our Carlsberg Auction House C08 clause applies, and the reserve price for this lot is ...... 0 yuan, there is no regulation on the price increase of each shouting auction, and there is no upper price limit...... Okay, now, the starting price is 0 yuan, and the auction begins. ”

As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, someone immediately gave the first shout.

"I'll give 10 million!"

The voice of these words was not so loud, but at this time, it clearly reached Zhang Ruiming's ears, because in the VIP seats at the scene, only he and Fang Xiaoruan, as well as the mysterious person sitting next to Fang Xiaoruan, were left, and at this time, it was the mysterious person who shouted the first beat of 10 million.

Zhang Ruiming felt more and more that these people really wanted to cover up, but now after all, people have put out the "imitation" brand, even if they want to do something, they are really not sure of these people's bottom line, if this bronze "Tiger Ying" is really an imitation, they are just removing irrelevant people, etc., so as to facilitate each other's bargaining, speculation and money laundering?

Thinking of this, Zhang Ruiming could only suppress the anger in his heart, sit there fixedly, and watch the changes.

"I'll give 20 million. ”

Zhang Ruiming didn't need to look back, he knew that Fang Xiaoruan began to cooperate with the other party and acted in this extremely clumsy drama. Now there are just the three of them at the auction site, and the man clears the rest of the people, which is nothing more than preparing to play the trick of changing the left hand for the right hand, but Fang Xiaoruan directly doubled the price as soon as he increased the price, and he really didn't take the other people on the scene too seriously.

Do you really think everyone else is blind?

The auctioneer, who was confused by Fang Xiaoruan's unreasonable rhythm of increasing the price and grabbing the auction, wiped the cold sweat on his head at this time, and quickly answered: "Okay...... Our export price is 20 million, is there anything higher?"

"30 million!" the mysterious man immediately said.

"50 million. When Fang Xiaoruan shouted out such a number, his expression was calm, as if this was just a cold number, everything in front of him had nothing to do with him, he did not hide his contempt for the auction rules, and he didn't care about Zhang Ruiming at the scene, he was like a very uncooperative extra, mechanically carrying out this rigid performance, just like the assembly line workers in the factory, stacking the numbers layer by layer, and then handing a lot of money with unknown records to the black hand hidden behind the scenes through this "fake" tiger Ying.

Everything is in order, the auction house, the lot, the owner who bought the lot, and the seller are all a complete closed-loop ecology, and everything is so natural. Hundreds of millions of funds are gathering and circulating from the hands of shareholders to the hands of these scum dressed as social elites!

"70 million!"

"I'm out 100 million. ”

"130 million!"

"I'll give 200 million"

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In this way, after more than a dozen rounds of bidding, as the final auction hammer fell, this so-called "imitation" bronze "Tiger Ying" was pocketed by the mysterious person next to Fang Xiaoruan at a sky-high price of 490 million. Seeing that today's most important task was completed, the auctioneer finally breathed a sigh of relief and announced with some embarrassment.

"Congratulations to our Mr. Bu Yujie, who finally picked up this unique "imitation" bronze "Tiger Ying" with unique artistic value, please Mr. Bu come to the stage to sign the auction book!"

Then, I saw the mysterious man get up and walk to the stage. This person looks very young, but the woman's name is a feminine and beautiful man, with fair skin, eyebrows and eyes, under the spotlight of the auction table, Zhang Ruiming found that his hair was dyed a rather fashionable dark brown, and his ears were shiny, as if there was a diamond earring.

Looking at him standing and sitting again, he has obviously been trained in a lot of manners, especially his gait and posture on stage, which is obviously skilled, Zhang Ruiming's wife Tang Shi has been dancing since elementary school, Zhang Ruiming has seen too many training and rehearsals for dance students since high school, and the two have lived together for so many years, Zhang Ruiming is very familiar with the temperament of this kind of person with dance skills.

Seeing that this young man actually took this lot with a sky-high price of 490 million yuan, Zhang Ruiming exclaimed incredibly, this man is not a rich second generation like Wang Qilin at first glance, looking at his tall posture, rounded shoulders, and very good figure, he does not seem to live an arrogant and lascivious life, but like an idol trainee with skills.

Besides, as a super-rich man who spends hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn, he is too young.

Bu Yujie?

Zhang Ruiming repeated the name over and over again, he was not familiar with the appearance of this beautiful young man, but he was faintly familiar with his name.

Where have you heard or seen this name?

Zhang Ruiming racked his brains, trying to connect this story about young people with this series of recent events.

Bu Yujie?

By the way, Zhang Ruiming had a flash of inspiration, and he suddenly remembered where he had heard this name, this is the legal representative of Feng Binbin's Meishen Era! After the destruction of the Nanhuizhu incident, Feng Binbin, in order to clear up the relationship, deliberately changed the registration information of the Meishen Times Film and Television Company in the industrial and commercial department, and changed the legal representative from himself to the Bu Yujie in front of him, and it took a long time, it turned out that this substitute ghost who was pushed out by Feng Binbin was him!

This kid is obviously an artist under Feng Binbin, and participating in this auction can be regarded as one of his tasks, to replace Feng Binbin, who is hidden behind the scenes, to be the representative of the era of the beauty gods, to take on the black pot of the Nanhuizhu damage case, and now he has to play this "capital operation" for her.

Zhang Ruiming is a little clear about the ins and outs of the entire auction, today's finale of the "imitation" bronze "Tiger Ying" is obviously a generous gift from Feng Binbin in order to please the original owner behind the scenes, no matter whether the 490 million spent is black money of unknown origin, and whether this "Tiger Ying" is a fake or not, the hundreds of millions sent by Guan this time should be of great significance to Feng Binbin in the current turmoil.

"Okay, today's [Carlsberg Xia Zhen] auction has come to a successful conclusion, thank you for your ......."

After signing the auction book, Zhang Ruiming knew that no matter how glamorous this person looked, he was actually just a small character who was manipulated, so he didn't care anymore.

His gaze was re-locked on Fang Xiaoruan, most of the reasons for today's auction were held for his series of operations.

Speculation to buy "Twelve Banners of Landscape" and help to speculate on the so-called "imitation" Huying are just a series of money laundering and money-trapping capital operations by him and his Zhongyou brothers.

Zhang Ruiming witnessed the pickling of these so-called celebrities, but he felt a deeper sense of powerlessness: letting him stay in this Huying auction, which was supposed to be cleared, is a big proof - even if you let you see it? What can you do with these big guys as a small section chief?

And now, after everything came to an end, Fang Xiaoruan walked straight to him, this famous director with vitiligo on his face and an ugly face, was looking at Zhang Ruiming condescendingly with his not too tall figure, covering his head with one hand, while pretending to be puzzled.

"Your name is that...... What did Zhang go?"

"My name is Zhang Ruiming. ”

Unexpectedly, the prosecutor, who had always been as annoying as a fly, actually confessed his name at this time, and did not hide his identity like before the auction, Fang Xiaoruan admired his courage a little.

"Yes, it seems to be the name, I'm sorry, I'm usually busy, and I really can't remember the names of some small characters. ”

In the face of this naked provocation, Zhang Ruiming's expression was quite calm, "It's okay, Director Fang Da will remember my name in the future, I promise." ”

As if infected by the blazing heat in the eyes of this little prosecutor, Fang Xiaoruan was stunned, he suddenly understood that the man in front of him did not seem to be the one he had dealt with in the past, this kid surnamed Zhang did not seem to be a character who would be easily coerced and seduced, from his eyes, Fang Xiaoruan saw a fiery gaze that he hadn't seen for many years.

He suddenly realizedβ€”it was the eyes of a legal man.

Contacting Zhang Ruiming's past handling of a series of major and important cases, such as Nanjiang Group and Tianjin Pharmaceutical Chemical, Fang Xiaoruan suddenly remembered what a friend of his in the judicial circles of Jingang City had reminded him.

"This Zhang Ruiming...... It's a character who bites and won't let go!"

Thinking of this, Fang Xiaoruan's hair suddenly stood upside down, and he slowed down his tone and said: "No, no, Zhang Jian misunderstood, I really didn't mean to look down on Zhang Jian at all, on the contrary, I have heard many friends mention you, saying that you are a rare young talent in our Tianjin and Hong Kong legal circles! Everyone praises you!"

"Where, no, I am a noble self-aware, I know that I don't have a good reputation outside, and I won't have anything good to say about me. ”

"No...... Zhang Jian is too modest, in this way, although I am usually busy, but tomorrow there will be a gathering between friends in my house between Tianjin and Hong Kong, and tomorrow I will also invite you Prosecutor Lu of the Intermediate Procuratorate of Tianjin and Hong Kong City to come over, if Zhang Jian has time, please have a face tomorrow."

"Oh, that's it, but Director Fang is talking about a gathering of friends in Jingang, I'm a small prosecutor, a figure who has taken out tens of thousands, how can I be friends with a big man like Director Fang?"

Seeing that Zhang Ruiming's words were thorny, he fiercely counterattacked Fang Xiaoruan's previous tone, but he didn't care.

"Today we are destined to get together at this auction, then we can be regarded as acquaintances, this is a kind of fate, besides, I never look at each other's identities when making friends. Status, just look at the right taste, if Zhang Jian is willing, come over with Lu Jian tomorrow, everyone is friends, there are more opportunities to take care of each other, what do you think?"

Fang Xiaoruan's words were quite meaningful, and Zhang Ruiming thought to himself: What is "just looking at the right taste"? Obviously, it depends on whether it is useful to you. But thinking that at tomorrow's party, he may be able to break into the interior of the entertainment industry, and he can't help but feel a little loose.

"Zhang Jian, really, I rarely take the initiative to invite people to get together, I have already taken the initiative to show my hospitality, Zhang Jian won't be so faceless, right?"

Hearing the flattering meaning in Fang Xiaoruan's tone, and then thinking of the stack of contracts handed over to him by Wang Baoyi, there are also many places to confirm, and he will definitely see many people in the film and television industry tomorrow, Zhang Ruiming nodded.

"That respectful is better than obeying his fate, tomorrow night, he will bother Director Fang. ”

"Good, good. Seeing that Zhang Ruiming had agreed, Fang Xiaoruan didn't say much, and left the auction site with a few assistants, Zhang Ruiming looked at the empty hall, the lights were still brilliant, the furnishings were always luxurious, and many people's exquisite books like works of art were still on the table, Zhang Ruiming walked in front of one of them, gently opened the heavy cover, and the first page was the priceless "Twelve Banners of Landscape".

Zhang Ruiming learned some landscapes with his father, and knew that Qi Baishi had focused on Chinese painting landscapes all his life, never had the desire to enter the office, was lazy to socialize, regardless of idle affairs, and had no quarrel with the world, and always immersed himself in the experience of art with a pure heart, immersed in the hometown of art, Qi Baishi's brushstrokes were extraordinary, in essence, it was the discordant ending between Qi Baishi's mentality and the literati of the past. When Qi Baishi identified himself as a farmer, the natural information stored in previous years flowed endlessly to the bottom of his wrist, tongue, and blade, turning into new artistic information, which created an artistic language and art form that expressed Qi Baishi's unique feelings. In his works, the sincere expression of the nostalgia, childlike innocence and peasant heart is the artistic expression of his sincerity and essence. It is also the central point of his essentialism. The artistic expression of self, change, change of mind and essence is the profound connotation of Qi Baishi's "decay and change".

And if the old man Qi Baishi knew that his paintings were now used by these young people as a shameless tool for money laundering and collecting money, he must have known about it underground, and he would also be deeply distressed.

Zhang Ruiming sighed with emotion, he covered the exhibition book, turned around and walked out of the bustling, copper-smelling hall.

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Zhang Qingcang waited for Zhang Ruiming on the Cayenne for more than 20 minutes, and when he got to the back, he asked the driver to go in and have a look, to see how this kid came out in the back half a day, and he didn't have a sense of time?

"What's going on?"

In the face of his father's question, Zhang Ruiming didn't know where to start for a while, what could he say, saying that today's auction was completely a scam? This is all a tool for these scum in the film and television industry to circle money and launder money? He can't say it, and there is no need to say this, how can Zhang Qingcang not understand this, but in business, after Zhang Qingcang left the procuratorate and took off his prosecutor's uniform, he was a thorough businessman, and everything he did was for the prosperity of this family and the accumulation of wealth. What is fair and just, public welfare and the overall situation, those words have nothing to do with him at all, so Zhang Ruiming didn't think to tell these things in front of him.

"It's nothing, it's just a little something, it's just delayed......"

Seeing his son's preoccupied appearance, Zhang Qingcang didn't speak, and told the driver to drive, and the two drove all the way home. Zhang Qingcang first returned to his current residence, and then asked the driver to send Zhang Ruiming back to the villa on the coast, Zhang Ruiming was thinking about his thoughts in the car, today is the night of the moon, the moonlight is like a cloud, he leaned on the comfortable back seat of Cayenne, looking at the bustling night scene outside the window, The vehicle was speeding away, just passing by the night market in Binhai District, Zhang Ruiming's mind was projected on the busy ordinary people outside the window, he couldn't help but think of Wu Xiaoqin's small box of ashes, remembered the soft eggs contaminated with cadmium that Wang Yuanchao had saved by frugality, and he recalled that he had recently seen this scene, 1.3 billion paintings, more than 500 million fake bronzes, luxurious and extreme life, and the big names in the film and television industry who turned their hands to stir up the world, the distance between the two is like a cloud of mud, why is there such a big difference between people?

Zhang Ruiming didn't know, and he couldn't solve this problem, since he started engaging in public interest litigation, he saw this tragedy, the more he contacted, the deepest he saw, he couldn't answer this question, and he didn't know how to answer it, so he could only blindly continue the road in front of him.

He comforted himself: If you have chosen the road, you have to go on, and first tear apart the ugly faces of these scum in the film and television industry in front of you.

The car soon arrived at the Binhai villa, Zhang Ruiming got out of the car and entered the house, the house was quiet without a sound, he tiptoed to the bathroom, took off his clothes, washed up, it was already twelve o'clock, he estimated that his wife had fallen asleep, and he was ready to quietly walk into the bedroom, just pushed the door open, but found that the bedroom light had been on.