Chapter 233: The Scramble
The first lot to open the sale was a brooch made up of 24 meshed diamonds from Citibank, with a market price of around R$500,000.
"Alright, gentlemen and ladies, let's start raising the price, not less than a thousand reais each time. ”
After the host quoted the reserve price, many guests in the venue picked up the handheld remote control on the table and pressed it, and the number was constantly refreshed on the big screen next to the host.
The first lot at the opening was still very exciting, and even Murong Wan next to her picked up the remote control and pressed it twice. When the price rose to 350,000 yuan, it began to slow down, after all, supporting charity is also within one's means, and finally the brooch was bought by the Brazilian billionaire "Benson Batista" for 1.1 million reais.
Fang Yuanshan was not very familiar with many celebrities in Brazil, and when he heard the host say that this Batista was a rich man, he turned his head and asked Murong Wan softly: "This person is very famous?"
Murong Wan looked very excited at this time, and said with sparkling eyes: "Well, he is very famous, ranking forty-third in the world's richest list, and his worth is about 20 billion US dollars." ”
"Huh~ so rich?" a little exclaimed. But he also knows that these rich people don't have so much cash. It would be nice to have a tenth.
"Yes, he's a real rich man. ”
Seeing Murong Wan's excited look, Fang Yuanshan said disdainfully: "What does it have to do with you when people are rich, what are you doing with the excitement?"
"Hmph~ You're so boring, I won't tell you. With that, she twisted her head to look at the auction table in front of her, where a new round of auctions had already begun.
The emotions of the people in the banquet hall were well mobilized by this auctioneer. Many lots fetched at least double their original prices. Fang Yuanshan, the guest of honor, has Murong Wan to do it for him. I also took back a few gadgets. However, it is not as expensive as the first lot. Most are around tens of thousands of reais.
In the continuous auction, a famous soprano singer "Georgia Brown" in Brazil in the middle gave Fang Yuanshan a glimpse of what a high pitch is. The famous American singer Mariah Carey, who is a big lung singer, is nothing in front of this Brown.
After the soprano singer stepped down, Fang Yuanshan still looked shocked. At this moment, the auctioneer of Sotheby walked up to the high platform again, followed by two men, laboriously carrying an object covered with a red cloth.
The items to be auctioned below were provided by Mr. Taylor Smith, President of Hicklow Precious Metals Company. It is said to be an alien stone, and it has been tested for no radioactive material. ”
I saw the lack of interest of the guests below. The auctioneer smiled mysteriously and said, "The reserve price of this stone is 500,000, and each increase must not be less than 10,000 reais." By the time he had finished, the two men behind him had already removed the red cloth from the object.
"Huh"~ A whole black stone appeared on the big screen, and the bottomless black even flashed a faint black light under the illumination of the spotlights overhead.
"Well, how can this kind of stone be auctioned? ”
Fang Yuanshan, who was sitting in the audience casually, waited for the red cloth over there to be uncovered, and suddenly there were ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart, and he roared wildly in his heart, "This is mine!
Because there were too many people on the scene, the slightest feeling was not strong under his deliberate gaze. But as soon as he looked at it, the throbbing sensation in his heart was beating violently, and he even had a long-lost sense of cheer, and he wanted to swallow the stone immediately.
It was in the moments of his contemplation. There are already people quoting on the big screen, and the price is climbing very fast. 550,000, 570,000, 700,000, 900,000!
Murong Wan next to him may not be interested in stones. The remote control in her hand never clicked. At this time, Fang Yuanshan snatched it over, pressed it hard, and never let go of his hand.
There may be people at the scene who know that the extraterrestrial meteorite is very valuable, so the offer is still very active, and it has reached 1.3 million reais before Fang Yuanshan joined the competition.
The first time he participated in this kind of dinner with the nature of an auction, Fang Yuanshan had no experience at all, and after determining that this stone was bound to be won, his bid was very fierce.
"2 million, 2.5 million, is there anyone else bidding?"
At this time, the stone was already five times higher than the reserve price, and there were not many people on the scene who were interested in this stone. But there are still a few, and among them is that Batista.
Fang Yuanshan squinted his eyes and glanced at that Batista, seeing that his fat face was full of smiles, obviously this price was not enough to make him retreat.
"Paralyzed, rich, don't push me. ”
R$3 million......
R$4 million......
R$5 million......
When the price of this black stone reached 6 million reais, the audience was silent, and everyone stared at the big screen. Taylor on the next table was dumbfounded at this time, he didn't expect that a stone he took out casually was worth such a big price, and he must have regretted his intestines in the future~
At this time, there were only two people still fighting for this black stone, Fang Yuanshan and Batista. The numbers on the big screen are still beating, 7.6 million, 8.55 million, 9.32 million, 10 million.
When Fang Yuanshan pressed out ten million reais, Murong Wan, who was sitting next to him, was already dumbfounded, his little hands kept twisting, and his eyes were staring at the remote control in Fang Yuanshan's hand.
Fang Yuanshan's face was expressionless at this time, just like ten million reais was just a thousand yuan, just the hand holding the remote control was showing his agitated mood at this time.
10 million reais should be a hurdle, and Battista over there gave up the fight after being urged twice by the auctioneer.
Such a rich man never does things emotionally, since he has come up with a price of more than nine million, it means that this black stone is worth this amount, since he has given up now, it can only mean that this stone has exceeded his psychological estimate.
In the end, this black stone was taken by Fang Yuanshan for 10 million reais. Only then did he exhale heavily. To say that he is not nervous is false. If such a rich man is really willful. Money alone can crush him.
And the most important thing is that if such a stone enters the hands of these rich people, it will definitely be in and out, and if he wants to get it again in the future, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort.
Such a stone with a lot of weight, of course, it is impossible for the host to give it to him on the spot. After a round of applause, the auction continued, but never again at the same high price.
Fang Yuanshan's diamond was also sent up in the middle, and unexpectedly it was set with a ring. And the reserve price is also unusually high, up to 500,000 reais. The price is the same as the first lot.
Murong Wan next to him actually joined the auction after blinking a few times with his big eyes after knowing that this ring was given by Fang Yuanshan, and finally auctioned it for one million and forty thousand reais.
In order to thank Fang Yuanshan for his strong support for the charity dinner tonight, the host asked Miss Etiquette to walk to Murong Wan's side with a tray on the spot, and the lighting engineer in the venue immediately shone a spotlight.
Murong Wan picked up the ring and handed it to Fang Yuanshan, stretching out her index finger shyly. His head suddenly grew for a while, and when he saw Murong Wan's flushed face, he brought it to her after thinking about it.
"Papapa......" The banquet hall suddenly burst into earth-shattering applause.
In desperation, Fang Yuanshan could only stand up and bow to the guests behind him, and only sat down after everyone laughed good-naturedly.
After waiting for the auctioneer on the stage to continue, he lowered his head and whispered to Murong Wan and threatened: "You little girl wants to marry so much! We'll register tomorrow. ”
His naked words suddenly made Murong Wan's face blush, and the red tide that had just faded filled the entire white face again. It looks very charming.
The last lot, donated by the owner of a prominent Brazilian cultural company, is the posthumous work of a master of contemporary abstract painting, which was acquired by Batista for eight million reais.
The whole party was almost over here, and there was a dinner party prepared by Citibank below, but Fang Yuanshan had no intention of participating, his mind was all on that stone.
In the middle, Taylor, the old man, found him and agreed with him for a detailed discussion, and then Fang Yuanshan followed the staff to the backstage to pay the money and receive the stones.
After getting out of the Citibank office building, he couldn't wait for Yuan Gaoyang to drive back to Copacabana, and even ignored the abnormal behavior of Murong Wan on the road.
When he got home, it was already two o'clock, and he turned around and went back to his house after watching Murong Wan walk into the villa, and he never left his arms with the stone in the middle.
Locke and Arnold were waiting there in the living room, and when they saw them coming in, they immediately got up and walked over. Locke and the others worked in two shifts at night, and they didn't want two people, but Murong Wan and Roland lived over there, so he had to let Locke and them work harder.
Although everyone has met in Pingshui, they have been getting along quite happily recently. And one is a fellow countryman, and the other is brought by him, and Brazil does not ban guns, in case something happens, it will be too late.
After saying hello to the two of them, he carried the stone upstairs, and the frequency of his footsteps was as high as he stepped into the room.
He turned around and locked the door, closed all the curtains in the room, and went through it with the testing instrument just in case, and only when everything was all right did he stare at the stones on the table.
This stone the size of an adult's skull was about 150 pounds, no wonder two young men were needed to go up to the platform at that time! Fang Yuanshan exclaimed "so heavy" when he took it at that time!
This 10 million reais stone doesn't seem to have any abnormalities except for the darker one, and it doesn't look much different from the stone with "demonic energy" before him, it's just as heavy.
"Listening" to the sound of "calling" in his head, he stopped looking carefully, and gently put his hand on it.
(ps: Many brothers and sisters reward, vote for the month, and some have been insisting on voting for the recommendation of this book, I can only work harder! And after entering V, I basically have more than 3,000 words per chapter, which makes me suffer a lot, and there are a lot of things involved, so I won't go into detail one by one, in a word: you know!)
(To be continued.) )