"Okay, Mr. Tang, are you going to participate in the auction in person, or do you entrust our staff to auction for you?" the consultant confirmed to Tang Xiang.

It stands to reason that it would be better for the staff to shoot on behalf of him, but Tang Xiang felt that it was more reliable for him to be on the scene.

"I'll attend the auction in person, and you guys will just pick it up outside. ”

He also wanted to see what the Sotheby's auction was like.

On July 1, the Sotheby's auction was held as scheduled.

In fact, the layout of the auction hall is quite simple, and even some valuables are not physical, and they are completely displayed on PPT.

This is not because Sotheby's is perfunctory, but because it is the most famous auction venue in the world, customers do not need to worry about authenticity.

After entering the venue, Tang Xiang sat in the back row, and at this time he wore headphones on his left and right ears.

The left ear is a simultaneous interpreter, although he can understand English, but so as not to miss the auction terminology, Tang Xiang still asked the consultant team to have a simultaneous interpreter.

The headphones in the right ear are more powerful, which is a real-time analysis of the on-site bidding situation by the consultant team, and the main task is to analyze which bidders may be the "trust" of Sotheby's.

Through these movements, Tang Xiang can judge when he should make the most suitable bid.

"Dear gentlemen and ladies, welcome to Sotheby's Paris Evening Sale. The host stood in front of the big screen and bowed to all the participants.

This was followed by a series of polite words that lasted for ten minutes, and after the opening remarks, the first lot was finally shown.

"This is a painting of the Garden of the Moon by the Impressionist master Jakar...... The price of Sotheby's professional appraisers is 822,000 euros, with a starting price of 500,000 euros and a price increase of not less than 10,000 euros each time, and the auction begins. ”

"550,000 euros. Soon, a Frenchman sitting next to Tang Xiang held up a sign.

"580,000 euros. ”

“......”

Tang Xiang had no interest in these modernist paintings, and when he looked around, he noticed that there were many Chinese faces in the bidders, and I am afraid that they were all the last rabbit heads.

Of course, these faces are not the tens of billions of bigwigs that Tang Xiang is familiar with, they will not come forward in person, but choose to ask someone to bid on their behalf.

In order to participate in the auction of rabbit heads and rat heads, Tang Xiang paid a deposit of 800,000 euros, and normally if he succeeds in the auction but does not pay, the 800,000 pounds cannot be returned.

Of course, this is for ordinary people, he who has the attribute bonus of the king of the auction and the auction benefits are not among them, and the game will automatically make a commotion to find a way to get the 800,000 back for him.

About two hours later, Tang Xiang finally heard the auctioneer drop the hammer for the last regular lot.

“...... 1.22 million euros twice!"

"1.22 million euros three times!"

"Deal!" the auctioneer dropped the gavel.

"Distinguished guests, these are all of our regular lots, and then there are two core lots, which are the last two lots of the day, and they are the most important of all lots. ”

As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, the photographer behind him crackled and began to take crazy photos of the scene, and at the same time, there was a commotion in the entire auction hall, obviously everyone knew what these two lots were.

I saw photos of two bronze heads and related information appear on the big screen.

Wow –

The original sigh in the hall turned into an uproar, but soon it was quiet again, Tang Xiang breathed a long sigh of relief, it seems that the influence of these two heads made of brass is not ordinary.

The auctioneer smiled and said, "It seems that everyone is very familiar with them, so we will not need to introduce them, so let's start bidding directly." ”

Tang Xiang smiled: Any auction is to introduce the historical background of the lot, especially the cultural relics, which must be described in detail, and this French auctioneer must also know the history behind it.

Of course, this is certainly what the auction means, not for the auctioneer to decide.

"These two bronze heads are auctioned at the same time, with a starting price of 5 million euros, and each price increase must not be less than 100,000 euros, and the bidding begins!"

However, as soon as the auctioneer's voice ended, a shrill voice broke the silence: "I protest!"

All the bidders hurriedly turned around, only to see a man of Chinese descent and a French woman, and the two bidders suddenly pulled out two bilingual banners from their clothes.

The woman jumped onto the table in two steps and scolded the auctioneer and the staff in French.

Tang Xiang did not understand French, but the Chinese traditional Chinese banner could be understood, roughly meaning a protest against banditry and demanding that Sotheby's end the auction and return the artifacts.

Tang Xiang rubbed his eyes: "What's the situation?"

He had only seen this kind of similar scene in foreign news, but he didn't expect to be on the scene now.

The on-site commander hurriedly ran out of the backstage after seeing the two protesting, and commanded the on-site security personnel: "Quickly clear the two of them out." ”

Immediately after that, more than a dozen people who looked like security guards grabbed the two of them by the waist, dragged them out, and picked up the banners by the way.

For a while, the atmosphere of the scene was a little awkward.

The auctioneer has been in the field for a long time, and she has encountered similar situations before, so she quickly reacted: "I'm sorry for the guests, it has affected everyone's experience, and then we will continue the auction." ”

There was a burst of boos from the audience.

"The two bronze heads are auctioned at the same time, with a starting price of 5 million euros and a price increase of no less than 100,000 euros each time, and the bidding begins. ”

The auctioneer wiped his sweat after speaking, obviously still a little nervous.

Tang Xiang narrowed his eyes: It seems that even if Sotheby's has a series of chain reactions such as the decline in stock price due to unsuccessful auctions, there is no need to bear any mental burden.

See how I play with you guys in a moment.

A Chinese on Tang Xiang's left took the lead in holding up a sign: "6 million euros." ”

Good guys, come up and directly increase the price by 1 million euros, and this auction will inevitably be very fierce after that.

[Dear players, the auction benefit has been triggered, and your actual payment can only be one-tenth of the bidding price]

"Mr. Tang, please increase the price by 3 million euros. Tang Xiang's right earphone came from the consultant's prompt voice.

Tang Xiang directly raised his card: "9 million euros." ”

After he directly added 3 million euros, a bidder in the front row increased the price by 500,000.

After that bidder made a bid of 9.5 million euros, ten bids appeared in the space of a minute.

"9.5 million euros!"

“......”

"14.8 million euros!"

"15.8 million euros!"

Tang Xiang took a deep breath, and now the price of the two bronze heads is more than 100 million RMB, which is already quite a terrible number.

"Mr. Tang, you have increased the price by 1 million euros now, and the price is far from the ideal price of Sotheby's, you can bid with confidence, and we will be able to determine who is Sotheby's trust right away. ”

Tang Xiang raised his card without hesitation: "16.8 million euros." ”

Sure enough, this time it was the person in the front row who followed Tang Xiang's last bid to increase the price by 300,000 euros.

"Mr. Tang, we have determined that the person who raised the price just now is the official price raiser of Sotheby's, how do you plan to deal with it?"

[Hello dear players, the King of Auction attribute has been triggered]