The fall auction starts at 4 p.m. on October 20.

The auctioneer was invited from Shanghai by Bao Puzhai, named Zhang Han, thirty-five or six years old, medium-sized, with a thin face, with glasses, looking very energetic, returning from studying in the United States.

The appraiser of the Bao Pu Zhai Autumn Auction is a team of experts specially invited by Bao Pu Zhai from the Palace Museum in Beijing, and they are sitting on the expert bench on the side of the venue at the moment.

This time, Bao Puzhai launched 26 paintings, most of which are the works of famous contemporary painters, and the finale is a picture of a hairpin lady by Tang Bohu in the Ming Dynasty.

Many collectors are here for this picture of Tang Bohu's hairpin lady!

Bao Pu Zhai's preparations are very good, printed in advance a very beautiful album, each painting is accompanied by a brief introduction, painting analysis, all who participate in the auction, each person has a book, so that everyone can understand in advance.

Because there are mines and many wealthy people, if properly guided and publicized, the potential for collecting is huge. After Chen Guan sat down at the venue, he saw many familiar faces. Needless to say, Guo Zhanshan has a few friends who Guo Zhanshan took to attend the opening ceremony of the Bai family compound.

In order to ensure the success of the autumn auction, representatives of major ministries and provincial enterprises in Shuiquan were invited to participate, not to mention the financial system and enterprises of Shuiquan City, every family sent representatives to participate, and even Xue Ming, director of Binhe Credit Union, sat in the venue, not to mention Jin Chenxiao, director of Shuiquan Gold Smelter, which was bound to be present!

Those who have money help a money field, and those who don't have money help a personal field, this is the rule!

Chen Guan sat in the most inconspicuous position in the last row of the venue.

No one expected that the auction would start with a climax.

The first painting to be auctioned is "Old Peasants in Northern Shaanxi" by Liu Wenxi, a famous painter in Xijing and a deputy to the National People's Congress. On the picture, the old peasants in northern Shaanxi wearing white towels, sheepskin jackets, puffing on dry tobacco pouches, and wrinkles on their faces like ravines are lifelike, fully demonstrating the vivid characteristics of Liu Wenxi's figure paintings. In the end, it was auctioned at a sky-high price of 350,000 yuan!

If you want to buy Liu Wenxi's paintings for 350,000 yuan after 20 years, it is all a joke, and you can't buy such a painting by multiplying it by 10. But not at this time, Liu Wenxi's painting market is 30,000 or 50,000 yuan, this is still his fame and good painting, for other contemporary painters, where dare to think of such a price!

Chen Guan himself couldn't imagine that this painting could be auctioned at such a high price, he was just meditating in his heart, after this autumn auction, I am afraid that the price of Liu Wenxi's paintings will go up a big step!

Not only Chen Guan couldn't imagine it, but the painter Liu Wenxi himself couldn't think of it!

What Bao Pu Zhai does is the distribution business of calligraphy and painting works, as long as the fame is big enough, no painter will refuse to cooperate with Bao Pu Zhai!

Xijing is very close to Shuiquan, that is, a few hours' drive, because Baopuzhai distributes the works of many painters of the Chang'an School of painting, coupled with Professor Yu Bai's fame in the field of ancient literature research, Liu Wenxi, who founded the Loess School of painting, personally led a team to Shuiquan, which is equivalent to the entire Chang'an School of Painting and the Loess School to suppress Baopuzhai.

At this time, Professor Liu Wenxi was not at the auction site, but was attending a symposium chaired by Wang Wenhua, deputy secretary of the Shuiquan Municipal Party Committee, and Li Lide, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda.

This symposium is actually one of the guest reception procedures for the opening of Bao Pu Zhai, the purpose of which is to let these famous painters come to Shuiquan and feel the deep friendship of Shuiquan people.

The symposium began at 3 p.m., and the painters and calligraphers ate fruits, drank tea, and spoke one after another, all of which revolved around giving advice to Bao Puzhai.

The news of the sky-high price of the first work was reported to Deputy Secretary Wang Wenhua, who was presiding over the symposium, by phone at the first time.

After answering the phone, Wang Wenhua interrupted the words of a calligrapher who was speaking, and said: "Painters and calligraphers, I have just received a call that the work "Old Farmers of Northern Shaanxi", a famous contemporary painter in China, the president of Xijing Painting Academy and Professor Liu Wenxi, was successfully auctioned as the first lot in the autumn auction, and the auction price was 350,000 yuan! ”

There was an exclamation in the conference room, followed by a round of applause!

Liu Wenxi was a little unconvinced, and when the applause stopped, he cautiously asked, "Secretary Wang, did you hear it wrong?" Yes 3. 50,000 yuan, right? ”

Wang Wenhua said categorically: "Dean Liu, there is no mistake, the report is very clear, it is 350,000 yuan!" ”

Liu Wenxi's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he was completely shocked!

At this time, the scene of the autumn auction was also boiling, and the guests participating in the auction were a little unable to sit still!

Auctioneer Zhang Han said in a timely manner: "Ladies and gentlemen, the first work "Old Farmers in Northern Shaanxi" was successfully auctioned, and the high price of 350,000 yuan was auctioned, which opened the first page of the autumn art auction of Baopuzhai, and will surely be recorded in the history of Baopuzhai!" From this moment on, the Baopu Jaejeong Autumn Auction will become an important art auction in my country! ”

Due to the successful auction of the first lot, the next round of climaxes will be set off in the Baopu Zhai Autumn Auction! Each lot goes through several rounds of bidding before the buyer gets it.

By the time the last lot, Tang Bohu's "Hairpin Lady", one of the four great talents of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty, appeared, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

From 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., it's enough to prove how popular the Bao Pu Saiqiu auction is!

Tang Yin and Tang Bohu are very famous, so big that Cheng Dù, who is known to women and children among the people. The common people all know the story of Tang Bohu's autumn incense, and they know that his handwriting and painting are good!

The painting was hung in the auction venue.

At this time, no one among the collectors and entrepreneurs at the autumn auction paid attention to the artistic level of the paintings, so they didn't need to think about it. Because Tang Bohu's paintings have been handed down to this day, each one is a fine product, and each one is a national treasure! Those collectors and entrepreneurs have to think about how much money they have in their pockets and how they can turn this painting into their collection!

Auctioneer Zhang Han said that this painting was brought back from the United States by a Tibetan friend, and after expert identification, it was confirmed that it was the authentic work of Tang Bohu, the head of the four great talents in Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty!

Chen Guan came back too late from the capital, and he didn't know where Hu Ming and Yu Bai found this famous painting!

At this time, Chen Guan, like other collectors, had a scorching light in his eyes!

If Tang Bohu's "Hairpin Lady" is placed in Baopu Zhai for storage and collection, I don't know how many visitors it can attract just by virtue of the fame of this painting!

The starting price announced by auctioneer Zhang Han is 500,000 yuan!

The auction began.

This time, Chen Guan did not hesitate at all, and asked Professor Yu Bai's wife, Mr. Li, who was sitting next to him, to also pick up the bidding sign in front of him, and waited for the last opportunity to make a move!

Because of the high starting price, the price increase for each round of bidding is limited to 50,000 yuan!

Rounds of price increases kept repeating with the shouts of auctioneer Zhang Han!

550,000 yuan, 600,000 yuan, 650,000 yuan, 700,000 yuan, 750,000 yuan, 800,000 yuan.

When the bidding reached 1.6 million yuan, the autumn auction was silent, and everyone was stunned, looking at the leather hammer raised high in the hands of auctioneer Zhang Han!

"Is there a price increase?"

"Is there a price increase?"

"1.6 million yuan at a time!"

"1.6 million yuan twice!"

Just when Zhang Han was about to shout "1.6 million yuan three times!" Chen Guan nodded to Mr. Li, then got up and left the venue!

Teacher Li held his fluttering heart with one hand, and held up the sign with the other: "1.8 million yuan!" ”

1.8 million yuan! O gods!

At this time, the salary of a section-level cadre is only a few hundred yuan per month, and a picture of Tang Bohu's "Hairpin Lady" was auctioned at a sky-high price of 1.8 million yuan!

Whether it was the collectors or entrepreneurs at the autumn auction, they were all stunned, and no one raised their cards anymore!

"1.8 million yuan at a time!"

"1.8 million yuan twice!"

"1.8 million yuan three times!"

"Deal!"

Mr. Li himself was so shocked that he didn't hear the words of congratulations to this Tibetan friend that the auctioneer Zhang Han said next, and after putting down the sign, Mr. Li actually lay on his back on the chair and almost fainted!

The auction has the rules of the auction, and those who participate in the auction must pay the deposit to the Baopu Zhai Finance before the auction to ensure that the money will be paid smoothly after the bidding is successful! It is impossible for a guest like Guo Zhanshan to come here at the moment, because he does not understand the rules of the auction and has not paid the deposit in advance!

The autumn auction will be held by Bao Pu Zhai himself, and Bao Pu Zhai cannot participate in the auction. The reason why Mrs. Yu Bai and Mr. Li were allowed to participate in the auction was arranged by Hu Ming, the purpose was to decisively raise a card to save the auction when there was no one bidding in the autumn auction and there was a cold situation! After Chen Guan came back, he heard Hu Ming say that he arranged for Mr. Li to participate in the auction, but he was reluctant at that time, saying that Hu Ming violated the rules of the auction game and directly determined that Mr. Li was his personal representative to participate in the bidding, which had nothing to do with Bao Puzhai!

Hu Ming wanted the autumn auction to be held smoothly, and he didn't care whether Mr. Li represented Puzhai or Chen Guan. However, Professor Yu Bai was a little worried, afraid that Mr. Li had never been involved in business or participated in auctions, so he would not be able to grasp the opportunity to raise his cards. That's why Chen Guan sat with Teacher Li.

There is another reason for Teacher Li to participate in the auction, that is, she is old, and she usually doesn't come to Hupu Zhai at all, but only takes care of housework at home, and there are no acquaintances in Shuiquan, so no one will doubt her identity!

With the final decision of auctioneer Zhang Han, the auction of Bao Pu Zhai came to an end. Those who didn't get their favorite paintings can only look forward to the Baopu Zhai Spring Auction next spring!