Chapter 227: Auction of Cultural Relics
Zhang Chen secretly pondered: Before there was a clear and definite answer to effective action, he would not dare to take the initiative to talk to Xiao Qiusha anyway. If you are not careful, you will lose everything.
The auction on the stage was in full swing, and seven or eight pieces were sold one after another, except for the first piece of Pisces jade, the rest of which were three calligraphy and paintings, two pieces of porcelain and three pieces of wood lacquerware.
Xiao Qiusha still sat calmly in her seat, quietly watching the auction on the stage.
Zhang Chen, who was also watching the auction on the stage, suddenly had an inspiration: Wouldn't participating in the auction on the stage attract her attention! The auction here does not require a deposit, and if she pretends to participate, Xiao Qiusha will definitely look sideways. It's easy to do it any further. It's just that if no one participates in their bidding, it will be impossible to steal chickens and rice, and it will be difficult ......to ride a tiger at that time.
Zhang Chen whispered his attention to Kong Weiyu, Kong Weiyu heard Zhang Chen say this, thought for a while, and said to Zhang Chen in a low and serious voice: "If no one bids with you, you will buy the money you have?
"Let's think of going together, but if we don't do this, how can we get Xiao Qiusha's attention?" Zhang Chen said.
Nikonos saw Zhang Chen and Kong Weiyu talking in a whisper, and he also leaned over and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?"
Kong Weiyu repeated Zhang Chen's thoughts to Nikonos, Nikonos nodded yes again and again, turned sideways and said to Zhang Chen: "Everything is risky, you can't give up the child and can't trap the wolf, seize the opportunity to let go of Bo Yibo, the turning point is just around the corner." It's a big deal, and we're just walking out of the clubhouse with a disgraced face. ”
After Kong Weiyu and Nikonos swooped around like this, Zhang Chen's courage also increased, and the three of them paid attention and sat down in their seats again, just waiting for Zhang Chen to see the right time to bid and sing on stage, Kong Weiyu and Nikonos only need to cooperate to play a supporting role.
I only heard the bidding host on the stage say: "Tonight's auction has been halfway through, and now I will present a special lot for you to cheer you up!"
After the auction host finished speaking, he swung his left hand forward, and the staff behind the stage slowly walked over with a glass case. Under the illumination of the searchlight, Zhang Chen saw on the LED screen on the opposite wall that the competition pushed up by the staff was a bronze head.
Zhang Chen looked at the yellow and clear bronze face on the LED screen, and felt a sense of déjà vu, and couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.
Gazing at the bronze noodle head, Zhang Chen suddenly felt an agitation in his heart: Isn't this a gift from Jin Guodong? After going to Fengshawan to treat Jin Guodong's mother last time, he and Nikonos found the bronze noodle head that Jin Guodong had smuggled out of the country on the train.
At that time, it was inconvenient for him to carry it, so he temporarily stored it in Jin Guodong's hometown Fengshawan, and how could it appear here?
The bronze face under the glass cover seemed to be about to move under Zhang Chen's distant gaze, as if it would fly towards Zhang Chen again. Yes, it's it, it must be it, the bronze head of the predecessor Yi Zhong. Zhang Chen was 100% sure in his heart that the bronze face under the glass cover of the stage was the one he had touched.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen suddenly grabbed Nikonos's collar out of shape, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?
Nikonos saw Zhang Chen asking himself with a serious face, and he was also wonderful: "What's the matter? What's the problem? Why are you so fierce?"
Zhang Chen saw Nikonos' innocent look, and whispered very angrily: "What's the matter, the bronze head above is the bronze head that you and I found on the train last time. You were also present when I handed it over to Jin Guodong for safekeeping. What do you think is going on?"
Looking at Zhang Chen, who was angry, Nikonos innocently defended himself: "How can you be sure that the bronze head on it is the one kept by Jin Guodong? Besides, even if it is, how do I know that it will end here?"
Kong Weiyu looked at Zhang Chen and Nikonos in confusion, he didn't know why the two of them were fighting each other, his eyes glared at Zhang Chen, and then at Nikonos, not knowing how to help that person speak.
Seeing that Nikonos was indeed ignorant, Zhang Chen's anger suddenly disappeared by half, maybe Nikonos really didn't know, thinking that he was indeed too impulsive just now, thinking of the conversation between the two customers in the isolated position when they sat down in front of them, they also talked about the bronze head.
and Fuja Tajik, who brought himself and Nikonos and Kong Weiyu in, also intervened, and if the above one was really the bronze head of Yi Zhong's burial, he would have to find a way to bid for it. This thing, perhaps, is really not so simple.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen said apologetically to Nikonos: "I'm really sorry, I was too reckless and impulsive just now, please forgive me, but you also know that Yi Zhong's bronze face is quite important to me, which is tantamount to the three stones of ice and fire in my hand." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, don't take it to heart, I understand your feelings!" Nikonos shook his collar with his hand, and said to Zhang Chen pretending to be relaxed.
"Shhhhh Nikonos put his right index finger to his lips, shushed, and pointed to Zhang Chen and Kong Weiyu on the stage and said.
After letting a group of businessmen appreciate it, the auction beauty host said: "This bronze head, from the Western Han Dynasty, seems to be ordinary, but it has a unique place, I heard that the person who wears it will know a lot of medical knowledge unconsciously, it is because of its magic." Therefore, the reserve price of this bronze face is $10 million, and the price increase is $1 million each time. Let's start bidding......"
"This is too exaggerated, the price increase of each auction item in front of it is 100,000 US dollars, and it will become one million!" Kong Weiyu said in a low voice.
The bronze face head starts with a starting price of 10 million, and 11 million, 12 million, and 13 million continue to soar all the way up.
When he shouted 20 million, Zhang Chen heard a familiar voice, which was from the wealthy Tajik businessman, and he was sitting five tables away from Zhang Chen. Tajikistan shouted a high price of 25 million. It rose from 20 million to 25 million in one fell swoop, and the people suddenly stopped shouting, and no one raised the price to participate in the auction.
"Twenty-five million for the first time, twenty-five million for the first time, twenty-five million for the first time, twenty-five million ......" The voice of the bidding beauty host has not yet fallen.
Zhang Chen decisively raised his right hand, "Twenty-six million, is there anything higher than twenty-six million?"
Taking advantage of this moment, Zhang Chen glanced at where Tajik was sitting, and found that he was looking at himself fixedly, perhaps he didn't expect that it was his savior who was competing with him for the bronze face in front of him.
When the beautiful host shouted: "Twenty-six million for the second time", Tajik reacted quickly and immediately raised his right hand.
It seems that Tajikistan is determined to win, and Zhang Chen suddenly remembered what the two businessmen A and B had said. And so it was.
Zhang Chen didn't have time to think about it, he winked at Kong Weiyu, and Kong Weiyu understood what Zhang Chen meant. When the beautiful host shouted "27 million for the second time", she also quickly stretched out her right hand.
Tajik didn't expect that in addition to Zhang Chen's intentional bronze face, he would kill another dark horse, and he suddenly became angry in his heart, and directly shouted the words "30 million".
Hearing the Tajik shout of 30 million, Kong Weiyu raised his right hand again without thinking, Zhang Chen was too late to stop it, and secretly sweated for Kong Weiyu in his heart.
At this time, I saw Tajik sitting down in a dejected seat, until the beautiful host shouted "31 million for the third time", no one dared to raise his hand to compete with Kong Weiyu.
This time, it was Kong Weiyu's turn to be dumbfounded, and he was stupidly bidding for a high price of 31 million, and Zhang Chen, who was sitting on the side, also secretly complained in his heart: How did it end now? It's really self-defeating.
Nikonos on the side saw that Zhang Chen was so anxious, and comforted him on the side: "Don't worry, Brother Zhang, Kong Weiyu will lose the auction if he has no money to pay, after all, if you can't get the money, the seller won't be stupid enough to force you to take away the treasure that belongs to them without spending a penny!"
Thinking about what Nikonos said is also true, Zhang Chen's hanging heart finally let go, but the bronze face is still in someone else's hands, how can he get it back to his side?
Xiao Qiusha, who was sitting on the seat of the isolation table, had actually been secretly watching the actions of Zhang Chen, Kong Weiyu and Nikonos. Zhang Chen and the others spoke in a low voice, more or less reached their ears, many years of career in the rivers and lakes, trained Xiao Qiusha is not afraid of danger, Mount Tai collapsed in front of the face and the face did not change the calm mind.
Xiao Qiusha concluded that the three brightly dressed men in front of her were not real members, but who gave them their membership cards?
Just when Xiao Qiusha was hesitating whether to step forward to investigate, he saw Tajik in the distance, accompanied by his housekeeper Kony, striding towards Zhang Chen and the other three.
Zhang Chen saw Tajik and Kony walking towards them, he didn't know what Tajik's intentions were, and a trace of panic passed through his heart, what did they want to do?
Zhang Chen saw Tajik and Kony walking towards them, and was too anxious to think about it, Tajik smiled at Zhang Chen and said, "Doctor Zhang, was your friend who won the auction just now?" Congratulations on getting the bronze head, but the price is a bit big!"
Seeing that Zhang Chen was stunned, Tajik then explained: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, because I really want to have it, so the bid is a bit high." He's bidding for you, right?" Tajik finished speaking, pointing at Kong Weiyu.
"I remember he came in with you. Tajik then added.
Sure enough, it is a businessman who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and this trick can't hide from his eyes. Zhang Chen thought secretly in his heart.
Zhang Chen looked at the Tajik's face full of meat, and didn't know what to say for a while, and was about to say something to the Tajik. Unexpectedly, Tajik turned around and greeted Xiao Qiusha.
"Boss Xiao, it seems that you have gained a lot tonight, remember to inform me next time you have something I like, I'll go first!" Tajik said and stretched out his right hand to Xiao Qiusha, wanting to shake hands with her and say goodbye.
Xiao Qiusha smiled at Tajikistan and said in a wordy voice: "As long as you are willing to bring more money, there is always something that satisfies you!"
"Haha, okay! See you next time, see you next time!" Tajik shook Xiao Qiusha's hand vigorously, then turned around and glanced at Zhang Chen, Kong Weiyu and Nikonos and the others before leaving.
Tajik saw Zhang Chen looking at him, just nodded and left with Kony.
The bidding on the stage continued, Kong Weiyu saw Xiao Qiusha at the isolation table sit down again, and whispered to Zhang Chen with a nervous face: "What should I do if the staff comes to me to confirm the payment?"
Zhang Chen was thinking: Why did Tajikistan suddenly withdraw from the stage just now? Since he is determined to win the bronze face on the stage, why don't he continue to bid? Is there any hidden meaning in this?