Chapter 794: Discovering Another Wisp of Divine Soul
The next day, Zhao Baliang and Huang Weiwei finally waited for the auction, but they still didn't think of a way to inform Wu Songkai.
"Forget it, let's improvise. Zhao Baliang whispered to Huang Weiwei: "With the skills of the two of us, we can't take down these bandits without compensation!"
"As long as you can. With a blank look at Zhao Baliang, Huang Weiwei took Zhao Baliang's arm and walked towards the auction hall.
After finding their place, Zhao Baliang and Huang Weiwei sat down. There were already quite a few people sitting around, and of course, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, these people were wearing masks. After all, there are cultural relics in this batch of auction items, and if you don't wear a mask and hide your identity, who would dare to buy it?
Soon, the auction officially began.
After the host's brief opening remarks, the auction of the first lot began.
"The first lot is a bronze tripod from the Warring States Period" The host introduced the origin of the bronze tripod while showing the bronze tripod to the people present.
For big guys like bronzes, Zhao Baliang is not very interested. Speaking of which, in the ghost market in Yanjing before, Zhao Baliang spent money to buy the small Shennong Ding, and he has not found a use so far.
Because the origin of these cultural relics is questionable, and they cannot be seen in public, the auction price of these things will be much lower than the actual price. This is also one of the reasons why these people are willing to come here to buy antiques.
Of course, these things, after buying them back, can only be secretly seen by themselves, and they must not see the light, otherwise, the people from the relevant departments will definitely have to talk to you.
As the auction items passed one by one, Huang Weiwei's face couldn't help but become solemn, "What's the matter? Is there a mistake in the information?"
"What's wrong?" Zhao Baliang leaned into Huang Weiwei's ear and asked in a low voice.
"According to the intelligence, in this lot, there is a jade Buddha in the Western Han Dynasty, which belongs to the national first-class cultural relics. However, until now, the Jade Buddha has not appeared. If it's just these innocuous cultural relics, you can't sentence these people for many years. The most important thing is that our mission this time is to recapture the jade Buddha and capture the main figures of this cultural relics crime syndicate. Huang Weiwei said with some concern. Because so far, not only have they not seen any high-value cultural relics, let alone the main characters of this cultural relics crime syndicate.
"Good thing, it's definitely the finale, let's wait. Zhao Baliang comforted Huang Weiwei in a low voice.
At this time, the host's words attracted the attention of Zhao Baliang, "This painting is said to have been painted by Tang Bohu. The characters in the painting are the legendary Shennong."
Hearing Shennong's three words, Zhao Baliang couldn't help but cheer up and looked towards the auction table. When Zhao Baliang saw the lifelike portrait of Shennong, he immediately noticed the fluctuation of Shennong's soul on the portrait. This shows that there is probably a wisp of Shennong's soul on this painting.
Thinking of this, Zhao Baliang bid without hesitation, "500,000!"
"Six hundred thousand!"
Almost without thinking about it, Zhao Baliang went out to 700,000, and the other party was also in hot pursuit, driving to 800,000.
Zhao Baliang couldn't help but glance at the man, could it be that this person also felt the fluctuation of the Shennong's soul on the painting, this is impossible. Except for himself, others should not feel the relevant aura of the Shennong clan.
"One million!" Zhao Baliang made another offer.
The price of one million is already the highest price in this auction so far. Even the leader of this cultural relics criminal gang did not expect that a painting that they expected to sell for 600,000 yuan would actually sell for 1 million.
When Zhao Baliang came out to one million, the person who competed with Zhao Baliang finally chose to give up. The man gave up, which just showed that he didn't feel the breath of the Shennong clan, otherwise, he would never give up.
Since the other party didn't feel the breath of the Shennong clan, Zhao Baliang also breathed a sigh of relief.
"This last auction item is this blue and white porcelain bowl," the host showed a blue and white porcelain bowl to those present.
When they saw that the last auction item was not the Jade Buddha, Zhao Baliang and Huang Weiwei were stunned at the same time, what was going on? Could it be that the information they got was wrong? Otherwise, why didn't they see the Jade Buddha being auctioned?
"What should I do?" looked at Huang Weiwei, Zhao Baliang asked.
"Let's get up and leave. Huang Weiwei glanced at Zhao Baliang and said.
After a little hesitation, Zhao Baliang also instantly understood Huang Weiwei's intentions. This time, Zhao Baliang brought 20 million in cash, and he also won 2 million in the casino. In other words, Zhao Baliang had 22 million cash in his hand, minus the 1 million he had just spent, and there were still 21 million.
If the other party really had a top-level cultural relic like the Jade Buddha in his hand, he would definitely take the initiative to keep Zhao Baliang. After all, their goal is also to sell their artifacts.
Although the auction was not over yet, Zhao Baliang walked towards the outside of the venue with Huang Weiwei.
As soon as Zhao Baliang and the others walked out of the auction site, a waiter came over, "Mr. Zhao, the auction is not over yet, why did you leave?"
"I'm not interested in your last broken bowl. What a waste of my time, nothing. Zhao Baliang looked very disappointed and said, "You go and help me exchange the money out, I'm ready to leave." ”
"Mr. Zhao, wait. The waiter spoke immediately.
Looking at the waiter, Zhao Baliang asked, "What? Do you still plan to forcibly keep me? You don't inquire, who am I, Zhao Baliang?"
"Mr. Zhao misunderstood, although we are not doing a serious business, but we are all people who abide by the rules. I don't know when, a middle-aged man in a suit walked out. He also wears a mask on his face.
"Who are you?" I said you are so mysterious and sick, right?" Zhao Baliang completely showed his squirming side, looked at the middle-aged man, and said, "You are so tattered, are you embarrassed to invite me to the auction?"
"Mr. Zhao, let me introduce myself, I am Chang Bing, the organizer of this auction. Looking at Zhao Baliang, the middle-aged man, he spoke.
After looking Chang Bing up and down for a while, Zhao Baliang asked, "You are the Chang Bing who claims to be able to get any antiques?"
"It's all raised by friends in the circle, if anyone comes to ask me to get him "Qingming Riverside Map", I don't have that ability. Chang Bing said with a smile: "I still have some good things here that are not open to public auction, I don't know if Mr. Zhao is interested." ”
"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" Zhao Baliang said to Chang Bing with great interest.
Chang Bing glanced at the waiter, and the waiter left immediately. Then Chang Bing took Zhao Baliang and walked towards the other side of the villa.
"Boss Chang, there are good things, why don't you auction them?" Zhao Baliang followed behind Chang Bing and asked.
Chang Bing didn't look back, but said with a smile: "Boss Zhao, there are some things that he can't see." Since you can't see the light, you can only sell it to people who are worth selling. ”
"In that case, I'm the one worth selling, and it seems that I have to thank Boss Chang. Zhao Baliang chatted with Chang Bing, and at the same time thought of a way to inform Wu Songkai of them.
Huang Weiwei is also anxious, the mind of this cultural relics crime group has already appeared, and as long as she sees the jade Buddha in a while, she can start to arrest it. However, at this time, it was completely impossible to contact Wu Songkai and them.
After opening several doors, Chang Bing took Zhao Baliang and Huang Weiwei to a place similar to a secret room. When the light in the secret room was turned on, Zhao Baliang saw the jade Buddha placed in the center of the secret room at a glance.
In addition, there are several artifacts in the secret room that look very good. One of them was even an extremely precious piece of jade that had been lost in the provincial museum. Zhao Baliang didn't expect that these things were actually in the hands of Chang Bing.
"Boss Zhao, let's see if you have a fancy to it?" Looking at Zhao Baliang, Chang Bing said with a smile. Chang Bing will not auction these things publicly, he will only bring some people who can afford to buy these things to see.
As long as the price is negotiated, he will sell. This time, because Zhao Baliang had the most cash in his hand, Chang Bing was the first to invite Zhao Baliang to come.
"Boss Chang, you're all good things. Zhao Baliang said with some emotion: "If it weren't for the lack of money, I really want to buy it all." ”
"With Boss Zhao's financial resources, even if it is on credit, we absolutely agree. "Obviously, Chang Bing should have known about Zhao Baliang's situation.
smiled, Zhao Baliang did not answer. Instead, take a closer look at all the artifacts in it. If they are caught by the police, just these precious cultural relics here, the regular soldiers will have to sit through the prison.
"This Jade Buddha, I look good, can I please go back?" Looking at Chang Bing, Zhao Baliang asked tentatively.
"Absolutely. Chang Bing said with a smile: "This jade Buddha has a lot of origins. If Boss Zhao likes it, I'll give a friendship price, 10 million, how about it?"
"It's not expensive. Zhao Baliang smiled and said, "Is this all Boss Chang has?"
"What's the matter? Boss Zhao is still not satisfied?" Chang Bing was startled, Zhao Baliang's appetite was too big, right?
Hearing Chang Bing's tone, Zhao Baliang knew that Chang Bing still had good things in his hands. And Huang Weiwei was also surprised, it seems that their intelligence is really not accurate enough, and there may be other precious cultural relics in the hands of their criminal gang.
"Good things, of course, the more the merrier. Zhao Baliang said with a smile.
Smiling at Zhao Baliang, Chang Bing opened a small box again, took out a crystal cup from it, and said to Zhao Baliang: "I don't know Boss Zhao, are you interested in this?"
"This is the crystal cup unearthed from the Warring States Tomb in Shitang Village, Banshan Town, Hangzhou?" asked Huang Weiwei in shock.