Wu Wei learned from Old Jack that a colorful tea cup would be auctioned in three hours, and immediately rushed over by taxi.

When they arrived at the auction site at the Taj Mahal Hotel, the auction had not yet begun, and there was still more than half an hour before the gavel.

Wuwei hurriedly wanted to enter the auction venue, but was stopped by the guard at the door, asking him to show the invitation letter from the auction house, otherwise he could not enter.

This is not an ordinary shopping mall or supermarket where anyone can enter casually, many of the items auctioned here are priceless national treasures, the whole auction site is heavily guarded, the auction is only open to specific buyers, the auction house will pass the details of the subject matter to potential buyers in advance, and the guests who enter the auction site are invited.

Wuwei didn't expect that he would be turned away, he looked back at Ah Yu and Olina, and there was nothing he could do about it. Seeing that the time to open the hammer was coming, Wuwei was in a hurry to sweat.

At this time, Old Jack walked up to the guard, took out his power of attorney, and said to the guard: "This auction has the items I have consigned, and the three of them are friends I invited, come with me to watch the auction." ”

After reading Jack's proof of entrustment, the guard let them in.

Wuwei breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Old Jack, "Thank you." ”

Old Jack didn't speak, smiled at Wuwei, and the four of them walked into the spacious and luxurious auction site.

The guests attending the auction had almost arrived, the venue was full, only a few seats were scattered in the back, Old Jack and Olina sat down in the empty seats in the back row, while Wu Wei walked to the side of the aisle, he turned his face sideways, and walked along the aisle as he walked forward to inspect the guests participating in the auction.

The auction was attended by groups of two or three, most of whom were looking through the catalogue of the lot in their hands or whispering about the status of the object. Wuwei didn't know what he was looking for, he was just instinctively observing the guests participating in the cultural relics auction.

Suddenly, a familiar figure entered Wuwei's field of vision, and Wuwei suddenly understood that he was just looking to see if there was any appearance of this person, the desert eagle, he was looking for him, and he had a premonition in Wuwei's subconscious that he would meet this guy.

The Desert Eagle was still wearing a pair of wide sunglasses, the same as at the gaming table, his face was gloomy and expressionless, and unlike the other buyers, he had only one goal, the multicolored porcelain teacup, so he sat there silent like a lifeless statue.

The Desert Eagle saw Wu Wei jump into the sea with his own eyes, and he also thought that Wu Wei would never survive, so he paid one million dollars to Ruan Xingguo and left North America, he never dreamed that Wu Wei would live.

The Desert Eagle sent the Nine Dragons back to its headquarters on the shores of Lake Constance and then back to North America, where he was stunned for several minutes when he learned that Wuwei had rescued Olena.

It's unbelievable that he jumped into the sea after being shot several times and didn't die. And he also paid a million dollars for this, if he let the headquarters know that Wuwei is not dead, the boss must think that he embezzled that money, and the desert eagle can only knock out his big teeth and swallow it in his stomach now.

He didn't understand why Wuwei always followed him, he really couldn't figure out how Wuwei could get in touch with this Olena?

Although the Desert Eagle hated Wuwei to the core, he had nothing to do with him, the two most vicious gangs in North America failed to get rid of him, and the Desert Eagle learned from Zhanxiong Fei's mouth that Wuwei had joined the big gang, and with such a tough gang as the backing, this kid was even more difficult to deal with.

The only thing Desert Eagle can do now is to find the few other remaining teacups as quickly as possible to make up for it. The tentacles of the Flying Eagle Organization are located in the cultural relics markets in all corners of the world, and the appearance of precious cultural relics rarely escapes their ears and eyes, so when Old Jack's multicolored tea cup is about to be auctioned in Atlantic City, the Desert Eagle quickly gets the news.

He went to the auction house in advance to appraise the tea cup, and determined that this multicolored porcelain tea cup was exactly what he was looking for, so this time the Desert Eagle was determined to get it.

Today, the Desert Eagle came very early, and took a seat in the first row, sitting on his left was an assistant with a number plate, and the person on his right was Zhan Xiongfei of the Hualong Gang and several of his subordinates, including the skinny monkey Lao Qi.

Wuwei was worried that the Desert Eagle and his group would find themselves, so he hurriedly took a few steps back, Wuwei knew in his heart that the Desert Eagle must be a colorful teacup, judging from the current situation, they came prepared, but now they don't even have the opportunity to participate in the bidding.

There are still more than ten minutes to open the gavel, Wuwei is secretly anxious in his heart, and his brain is thinking about countermeasures quickly. Wuwei has always believed that as long as he works hard, there is no problem that cannot be solved, and this time he really can't think of a way.

Just when Wu Wei was at a loss, three people walked into the auction hall, and in front of him was a middle-aged Chinese, with a medium build, wearing a crisp dark blue suit, and most notably, he wore a large green jade ring on his finger. Behind him was a young man in his thirties and a white man carrying a briefcase.

Wuwei's eyes lit up, and he immediately recognized the Chinese walking in front, and there was a photo of the master and this person in the master's study.

The middle-aged man who walked into the auction hall was Cong Tianyu, a well-known private entrepreneur in Zhejiang, China, who is a new collector of antiquities in China and a new force in the international cultural relics market in recent years.

Zhejiang Province is one of the most developed regions in China for private enterprises, and in recent years there have been many billionaires who have spent their surplus money investing in cultural relics and art, and some have gradually become private collectors, all of whom have set their sights on the overseas market for cultural relics, targeting Chinese cultural relics that have been lost abroad.

These emerging private collectors invest tens of billions of yuan in the European and American cultural relics markets every year, rescuing a large number of precious cultural relics and national treasures.

In order to form a force that can compete with the transnational "cultural relics predators" in the top national treasure auction halls, and to let as many national treasures that have been lost overseas as possible return home, these private collectors have formed a foundation for the recovery of overseas national treasures and formulated an action plan to pursue overseas national treasures. This Cong Tianyu is one of the founders of this foundation.

The goal of the Treasure Hunting Corps organized by Zhou Gong and overseas Chinese is the same, which is to let China's national treasures "go home", so they often communicate and cooperate. Zhou Gong had a close relationship with these collectors in China, and he also introduced the situation of these collectors to Wuwei, so when Cong Tianyu walked into the auction hall, Wuwei recognized him at a glance.

He was followed by Dr. Lu Ming, his art collection consultant, and Wiseman, his agent and translator abroad. Wuwei knew that Cong Tianyu must have come to bid for cultural relics, and he had an idea in his heart.

Wuwei hurriedly walked over to Cong Tianyu, he walked quickly to Cong Tianyu and greeted him in Chinese, "Hello Mr. Cong, please stay, can I say a few words to you?"

Cong Tianyu stopped and looked at Wuwei, he didn't know this young man, but he listened to him speak Chinese, so he stopped and said politely: "Hello, is there something wrong?"

Wuwei hurriedly introduced himself, "My name is Jiang Wuwei, and I am Duke Zhou's apprentice, can I ask you to come to the side and talk to you about something alone?"

Hearing that Wu Wei said that he was Zhou Gong's apprentice, Cong Tianyu's face immediately showed a smile, "Oh, it turned out to be Zhou Gong's apprentice, no problem, why didn't your master come?" Cong Tianyu walked to the side with Wu Wei and talked to him cordially.

The two of them walked to the rest area on the side of the hall, sat down on a sofa where no one was, and said to Cong Tianyu: "Mr. Cong, I don't have time to elaborate because of the urgency of time, I want to ask you for one thing." ”

"Tell me something. Cong Tianyu said gently.

"I went to North America this time to find a set of colorful porcelain tea cups on the orders of the master, I just got the news a few hours ago, one of the tea cups is going to be auctioned today, but I have not had time to go through the procedures for participating in the bidding, so I want to ask you to bid on your behalf, I don't know if it can?"

"Oh, that's the case, I saw this tea cup in the promotional album of this auction, it is a product of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and it is a rare treasure if it is well-made. ”

"Yes, it's something from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and my master is doing in-depth research on this set of tea sets, so I really hope to get it. ”

Cong Tianyu pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Does your master know about this matter?"

Of course, Wu Wei understood the meaning of Cong Tianyu's words, such a valuable cultural relic is likely to fetch a high price, and if there is any accident, it will cause great economic losses, and the other party does not know him, in case he has a problem, where to find himself? Wu Wei hurriedly said: "Please Mr. Cong wait a moment, I will call the master immediately and let the master talk to you." ”

Wuwei took out his mobile phone and dialed the master's number, explained the matter concisely, and then handed the mobile phone to Cong Tianyu, "My master wants to talk to Mr. Cong." ”

"Hello, Brother Zhou. Cong Tianyu took the phone and said enthusiastically.

Wu Wei saw Cong Tianyu nodding while agreeing, and finally returned the phone to Wu Wei and said: "No problem, I will try my best to help Zhou Gong get this colorful tea cup, to be honest, I am also optimistic about this thing, but only this one piece can not be combined into a set of value will be discounted, and I will be an adult." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Cong. Wuwei said happily.

At this time, Lu Ming, Cong Tianyu's art consultant, came over, and he whispered to Cong Tianyu: "Mr. Cong, the auction is about to start, are you seated?"

"Come, let me introduce you to each other. Cong Tianyu pointed at Lu Ming and said to Wu Wei: "My collection consultant and manager of the company's art department, Dr. Lu Ming." ”

Cong Tianyu said to Lu Ming again: "You must know about Zhou Gong of the Overseas Treasure Raider Corps, this is Jiang Wuwei, Zhou Gong's apprentice, Mr. Jiang, you can communicate more with each other in the future." ”

"Hello Dr. Lu, I am a layman in this regard, and I can only run errands for my master. Wuwei said modestly, and at the same time took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Lu Ming.

Lu Ming held Wuwei's hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang is modest, Master Ling is an expert in archaeology, I heard the professor talk about him when I was in college, strict teachers produce high apprentices, strong generals have no weak soldiers, Mr. Jiang must also be outstanding." ”

"Haha...... The two of you are heroes, let's get down to business first, and we'll talk about it later when we have time. Cong Tianyu beckoned the two of them to sit down together.

After they sat down, the auction had begun, and the first auction item was a rhino horn cup, with a starting price of $100,000, Cong Tianyu didn't seem to be interested in this kind of thing, so he didn't shout the price. After several rounds of competition, the price of 130,000 was auctioned.

Cong Tianyu's collection is mainly based on ancient porcelain, and the third lot is a celadon beast pattern jar from the Yuan Dynasty, which is Cong Tianyu's goal this time.

The celadon animal pattern jar started at $300,000 and the price soared, with five or six buyers vying for bids, and finally climbed to $1 million, leaving two buyers, one Cong Tianyu and the other Chinese from Hong Kong.

Looking at Lu Ming's signs again and again, Cong Tianyu next to him was calm, his expression was stable, and he had a demeanor that was bound to win. Hong Kong people don't seem to be willing to admit defeat, and they raise their quotes again and again.

Wuwei felt that Cong Tianyu wanted to get the celadon beast pattern jar at all costs, and in the end he won the jar for nearly three million, nearly ten times higher than the initial offer, which made the foreign buyers present stunned, and they were shocked by the ability of the Chinese collectors.

In fact, the ability of these up-and-coming Chinese collectors to afford the high prices of their lots is also incredible. They find it difficult to understand that Chinese collectors see the return of national treasures to their homeland as a way to restore national pride, so they sometimes bid at the expense of their own money.

The multicolored porcelain Nine Dragons Tea Cup is the sixth lot, and the starting price is the price of $150,000 at the last Zhou Gong auction. Including Desert Eagle and Wuwei, there are three groups of people holding signs, and it seems that there are not many people who are optimistic about this thing.

After the price rose to 200,000, one buyer withdrew, leaving only Lu Ming and Desert Eagle's assistant still holding up the card.

Wu Wei thought that this must be a fierce battle, the Desert Eagle would not give up easily, and soon the price of the two exceeded 500,000 US dollars, which had seriously deviated from the actual value of the tea cup, and the buyers present were suspicious of the offer of the two groups of people, and no one could guess why they were fighting for this tea cup.

Wuwei was in the back row, so it was easy to observe the situation of the entire auction site, and he focused on the Desert Eagle. So far, the Desert Eagle has not made any moves, and still sits there quietly.

Suddenly, Wuwei noticed that a person standing in the aisle next to him walked up to Zhan Xiongfei and whispered a few words to him, and then Zhan Xiongfei turned his head and looked at Wu Wei and them.

Wuwei's eyes and Zhanxiongfei met unexpectedly, the two of them didn't seem to be too surprised, calmly looked at Zhanxiongfei and turned back, and then lay in the Desert Eagle's ear and said something, Wuwei guessed that Zhanxiongfei said that he was very likely, and he couldn't see the change in the expression of the Desert Eagle from behind, but Wuwei could feel that the Desert Eagle must be very surprised by his arrival, because he was different from Zhanxiongfei, Wuwei and Zhanxiongfei had no fundamental conflict of interests, and Desert Eagle and Wuwei were life and death enemies.

At this time, the Desert Eagle also knew the purpose of Wuwei's appearance, and he must have come to the colorful teacup, and Wuwei's behavior also made the Desert Eagle more and more puzzled, why Wuwei always jumped out at a critical moment to oppose himself, and the Desert Eagle secretly made up his mind in his heart that this time he would bid for this teacup no matter what.

Thinking of this, the Desert Eagle gestured to the assistant beside him, and his assistant suddenly doubled the offer, quoting a sky-high price of one million, and many international buyers present couldn't help but let out a slight exclamation.

The auctioneer has already begun to shout: a million for the first time.

Lu Ming, who was in charge of raising the cards on Cong Tianyu's side, hesitated for the opponent's offer all of a sudden, and didn't know if he would raise the cards or not.

Wuwei said firmly: "Add another 100,000 yuan, and you will definitely bid for it." ”

As soon as Lu Ming made a bid, the Desert Eagle immediately doubled it again, to 200,000, and quoted a price of 1.3 million.

Most of the people at the scene are experts, and they can see that these two groups of people are fighting at any cost, and they all feel that there is a good show.

The happiest was old Jack, who was so happy that he almost jumped up from his chair, the last time the teacup was sold for 150,000 yuan, he was already excited, and now it is really unbelievable that he has become a millionaire all of a sudden. He struggled to control his emotions, his right hand on his chest, soothing his pounding heart. Grabbed Olyna's hand with his left hand and muttered, "Olena, your uncle has become a millionaire, Olina, have you listened to ......"

Olena watched with excitement as the dramatic changes took place.

Dr. Lu Ming quoted 1.5 million, and the other party immediately raised it to 1.8 million, and in the blink of an eye, the price had exceeded the original offer by more than ten times, and everyone stared at these two groups of crazy buyers with wide eyes.

Auctioneers rarely encounter this situation, and now the price has obviously exceeded their predictions, and the auctioneer's mood has also risen, and the shouting voice has increased significantly.

Lu Ming was obviously a little hesitant, he was Cong Tianyu's collection consultant, and he had a deep study of cultural relics, he knew that the current price had greatly exceeded the value of the tea cup itself, and now he was fighting with the other party to a large extent, which was a taboo in the auction.

"Add another 200,000 yuan, and you must take a picture of the tea cup. Wuwei said with certainty.

After Lu Ming quoted two million, the other party did not hesitate at all, and quoted the price of two .55 million with confidence.

At this time, the entire auction suddenly became silent, and was shocked by the aggressive momentum of the desert eagle, only the voice of the auctioneer shouted, two million and five hundred and fifty thousand for the first time......

Lu Ming said resolutely: "We have to give up, we can't make any more offers, this is not bidding, but suicide......"

"Dr. Lu, please believe me, even if you make an offer, I will transfer myself to your account as soon as the auction is over......" Wuwei said anxiously.

"Two million five hundred and fifty thousand for the second time. The auctioneer's voice echoed through the hall, hammering like a hammer on everyone's heart, especially Old Jack, whose heart contracted with the auctioneer's shout.

"Nope. Lu Ming shook his head resolutely, "If you raise the card again, it will hurt you, I can't do such a thing, otherwise I will be condemned by my conscience." ”

"I have to get this teacup anyway, it's very important to me, it's not something that the price can measure......" Wuwei didn't know how to explain to Lu Ming in a hurry, he couldn't tell the secret behind the teacup, but he couldn't explain why he wanted to get the teacup at any cost, he could understand that Lu Ming was for himself.

"At present, this price has seriously deviated from the value of the tea cup, I have studied this porcelain, and its actual value is not more than 200,000. Mr. Jiang, because we are compatriots, I will never deceive you, so I advise you to give it up......"

"Two million five hundred and fifty thousand for the third time, good, the transaction ......" As the wooden mallet in the auctioneer's hand fell, the colorful Nine Dragons tea cup was pocketed by the Desert Eagle......