Chapter 104: Competing for Bids
On the day of the auction, the scene was extremely lively, in addition to the guests who were invited before, more than half of them came temporarily, if it wasn't for Li Yang to inform Jiashi in advance, I'm afraid there would be a joke today.
Jiashi company today is quite grand, the venue is arranged in accordance with the large auction venue, there will be no situation that can not sit down, most of the people who enter the venue know, nod to each other and say hello, until everyone walks one by one to sit down.
Li Yang sat in a place that didn't look very conspicuous, except for a few glances that looked at him from time to time, everyone else didn't know Li Yang, but thought he was a rich second generation.
"Welcome to all of you, here on behalf of Jiashi company thank you, and then start today's auction. The host in charge of the master of ceremonies said.
The first to appear is the chief auctioneer of Jiashi, Wang Lao, formerly known as Wang Shixuan, is a well-known auctioneer in the auction industry, this time he made a special trip from the head office to Jinling, in order to make this auction to a higher level.
Wang Lao walked up to the stage, smiled and nodded to everyone below, and then said: "It's an honor for me to be able to preside over today's auction, to be honest, I didn't expect this auction to be so lively and attract so many people, I'm very happy." ”
Below, Wang Lao opened the list of auction items, raised his head and said: "Now the auction will start the first auction item, which is a pair of blood-colored jade jade bracelets, with a reserve price of one million, and start bidding." ”
Immediately, someone below raised a sign and shouted: "One million." ”
"One million and one million. ”
"One and a half million. ”
……
In the end, the jade bracelet was auctioned at a high price of 3 million yuan by a jeweler with a hobby of collecting, saying that it was a high price, because 3 million had vaguely exceeded the value of the jade bracelet itself, and if he didn't really like it, no one would spend this unjust money.
The auction went on in an orderly manner, during which several high-priced items were dispatched, causing a wave of enthusiasm, and half of the people in the venue had not yet bid, and even indifferent to the auctioned items, as if they had nothing to do with themselves.
Time passed, and everything on the auction list was auctioned off at a high price, and finally it was the end.
Wang Lao pondered for a while, and said loudly: "Now let's take a look at the last auction item, as the finale of this auction, it is a hosta, please take a look." ”
Wang Lao's hand pointed, the red cloth on the stage was lifted, and the thing below was revealed, it was a hosta, people who didn't know looked at it, shook their heads, don't think how such an ordinary hosta can become the finale auction item, can it be better than the hundreds of millions of collections just now?
"Everyone has seen that this hosta is called Fengyu hairpin, it is a thing in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not too far away from the current time, but I believe that its true value must be immeasurable, I believe that everyone here will wait, and the official auction will begin, with a reserve price of 10 million, and each increase shall not be less than 1 million. After Wang Lao finished speaking, he directly knocked the hammer in his hand.
In fact, Wang Lao had also seen the hosta in advance this time, and he didn't believe that he could sell it for a good price, if it wasn't for the supervisor's guarantee, he would never have said this.
As soon as Wang Lao's voice fell, the people below who couldn't wait immediately rushed to bid, and the price of the hosta soon rose to 20 million, and it has not stopped, and it continues to rise.
"Twenty million. ”
"Twenty-five million. ”
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Li Yang looked at these bidders and continued to close his eyes, because he knew that it was just an appetizer now, and the real powerhouses had not yet appeared.
The price of the hosta soon rose to 50 million, and by this time, those who shouted the price because of curiosity had given up, and now the bidders are some of the more famous companies in China, and there will be more or less family and sect shadows behind these companies, Li Yang knows that the fish have begun to take the bait.
Representatives of the major families below all contacted their masters by phone to report the latest movements so that they could bid in time, and there were more than twenty at the beginning.
But gradually, as the price continued to increase, the number of companies participating in the bidding began to decrease, and finally there were less than ten left.
"One hundred million. ”
It was a representative of the Mitsui Foundation of Japan who said the price, which immediately discouraged everyone present.
Wang Lao on the stage couldn't believe it, and immediately said: "Look, the price of the No. 10 guest is 100 million, is there anything higher, is there any, if not, then this hosta belongs to the No. 10 guest." ”
When Wang Lao was about to drop the hammer, suddenly a voice came from below: "110 million." ”
Li Yang opened his eyes when he heard this, and turned his head to see that the person who was asking for the price was a foreigner, representing a consortium in the United States, but no one knew who was really manipulating behind the scenes.
Next is a domestic company, also handed over a high price, the three companies began to chase each other, the price of hosta continued to rise, and finally rose to one billion yuan, shouting out the price of the Mitsui consortium, the remaining two consortiums chose to give up.
Wang Lao looked at everyone below with an excited face, and said excitedly: "It's incredible, to be honest, I never thought that this hosta could be auctioned at such a high price, it is the fastest appreciating thing since my current auction, a full fifty times, and finally congratulations to the Mitsui consortium for getting this hosta at a price of 500 million yuan." ”
The ownership of the hosta was finally settled after Wang Lao's three hammer drops, and Li Yang also knew that his goal had been reached, as for the hosta in the hands of the Mitsui consortium, whether they could keep the things was not something for Li Yang to worry about, after all, it was a hot potato thrown out.
The auction was held very successfully, and the cocktail party began to be held on time, Li Yang didn't buy anything, went directly to the table, poured himself a glass of red wine, and then sat in the corner to entertain himself, admiring the other people in the venue, to see how things would develop, and how much of a storm the game he set would cause.
The people of the Mitsui Consortium are undoubtedly the focus of everyone's eyes, whether it is because they are the highest shouting tonight, and also because the hosta in their hands is the key to opening the ancient tomb, the Mitsui Consortium is now also aware of this, fortunately, this time the representatives are accompanied by two ground-level junior martial artists, who can deal with emergencies.
Mitsui Katsui is the representative of the Mitsui consortium this time, he just got the hosta from the back, put the box on his body, and when he came to the meeting, he felt that countless eyes were staring at him, but those eyes didn't look at him as a person, but at what he was.
During the period, a few people came to clink glasses with Mitsui Sheng, Mitsui Sheng casually perfunctory a few words, and came to the side of the two accompanying masters, saying that the hosta had arrived, and he had to leave early, so as not to have a long night, and the Mitsui family had already sent someone to answer outside, and someone would escort the hosta to the Mitsui Consortium's branch in Jinling along the way.
When the music sounded, many people went to dance, and Mitsui Katsui and the two people around him took advantage of the chaotic crowd to sneak out of the hall of the venue and run down the stairs, because if you follow the elevator, you will be seen, so you can't go quietly.
Things went very well, Mitsui Katsui and they came downstairs, and met the people sent by the Mitsui family to answer at the back door, if Li Yang was present, he would be able to recognize one of them was the woman who grabbed the hosta on the train, Zhenko Yamashita who pretended to be a little girl, it seems that the Mitsui family spent a lot of thought for the hosta this time.
Li Yang found out that Mitsui Sheng left at the first time, but he didn't move, because he didn't care who the hosta ended up in, but just took advantage of this opportunity to see what the strength of the parties was, so as to deal with it in time, after all, when he finally entered the ancient tomb, maybe he would meet at that time.
But the others were not as leisurely as Li Yang, and after hearing the report, there were more than a dozen phone calls immediately, all of which sent people to intercept Mitsui Katsui halfway and snatch the hosta.
Although these people were silent on the surface, Li Yang could see from their eyes and mouth shapes that they had already made a move, so he put down his wine glass and chased him out.
When he came downstairs, he saw that several cars had already sped away, and he could only see the rear of the car, Li Yang smiled, and secretly said that he could finally come to the street today.
In order to deal with today's incident, Li Yang specially borrowed a car, got into the car, inserted the key to start, stepped on the accelerator, and the car rushed out with a whoosh like an arrow from Xuan.
On the highway, several cars of the Mitsui family shuttle quickly, looking calm, but crises are often accompanied by calm.
"Report, there is a vehicle tracking in the back, everyone be careful. The leader of the leader flashed a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, and immediately gave an order: "The tenth squad is responsible for intercepting, and the rest of the people continue to move forward, and rush to the branch as soon as possible, we will be safe, and they will not dare to attack the branch in broad daylight." ”
"Hi. ”
The two cars in the back braked and turned around and drove back, Zhenzi's eyes were slightly red, these people were going to die, and now the people who are staring at the hosta don't know how much, how can they stop it.
Suddenly, when passing a traffic light, a truck drove up in a rampage, knocking the car that was in front of the road into the air, and the truck stopped, crossed the middle of the road, and stopped the car behind.
A huge foreigner stepped out of the car, held the earphone in his ear with his right hand and said, "Do it." ”
In an instant, more than 20 men with the same huge body appeared on the road, these people all had weapons in their hands, and they shot at the car behind them, and the outside of the car was full of holes, and half of the people of the Mitsui family died on the spot, and the rest of the people immediately jumped out of the car and found a place to hide.
No one showed their heads, the foreign man stepped forward and gestured, and the gunfire stopped.
"You are already surrounded, I advise you not to resist, and to hand over your things obediently, otherwise don't blame me for being rude. ”
"I don't know you and I don't know what you mean. ”
The Mitsui family spent such a large amount of money here, of course, it was impossible to hand over the hosta easily, and Matsushita Zhu, as a high-level martial artist, would certainly not admit defeat easily, delaying time while gesturing to his subordinates to let them act at the opportunity.
"Of course you know, it's the hosta in your hand, don't lie to me, I've already investigated, the hosta was slapped by you, I'm Jix, the leader of the Grim Reaper, you can't escape." Gix shouted.