Chapter 311: Radish?
After breakfast, Liu Xing took the bus directly to the auction house, the reason why he took the bus was because Liu Xing had not transformed, just like a student, at such a dangerous time today, if he took a taxi to the auction house and was recognized by the group of killers, it might cause unnecessary problems.
After jolting on the bus for a long time, Liu Xing got off the bus at the platform next to the auction house, and after getting off the bus, he immediately found a hidden corner and transformed into John.
Today's auction house is very lively, as soon as Liu Xing entered the door, Zhao Ming, who was standing in the reception area at the door and waited for an unknown amount of time, immediately ran over and said, "Brother John, you are here, go, follow me to the inner hall, the auction will start in two minutes." ā
"Okay."
The time was discussed between Liu Xing and Zhao Yun, and those killers were still armed with sharp weapons, so in order to ensure safety, Zhao Yunjian yƬ Liu Xing arrived on time, or arrived late directly, but Liu Xing felt that it was rude to be late, so he decided to arrive two minutes early.
"There are a lot of people coming to this auction!"
Zhao Ming heard Liu Xing's emotion, showed a touch of joy, and said: "This is all for your thousand-year-old ginseng, brother, you don't know, the status of this thousand-year-old ginseng in China can definitely be called a life-saving medicine, this time I heard that there is a thousand-year-old ginseng auction, almost all the local tyrants in the province are present, and some people even come from the imperial capital." ā
"Oh, so many people know, it seems that the auction house has worked publicity, thank you Brother Ming for your help!"
"Where, this is what our auction house should do!"
The two chatted and arrived at the inner hall, which was a circular hall that felt similar to a movie theater, but the seats were spaced farther apart.
Zhao Ming directly led Liu Xing to the arranged seat, and then said goodbye and walked into the backstage.
"Hello everyone, I'm Yaqi, the auctioneer in charge of this auction, and now the auction starts!"
A beautiful woman in a long dress appeared on the platform, and as soon as the beauty came on stage, the hungry wolves below immediately stopped looking around and turned their heads to stare at the platform.
The first lot in the auction is a calligraphy and painting of a celebrity, this person seems to be alive, Liu Xing does not understand art, but he admits that this painting is very expressive, and the ink landscape gives people a sense of agility.
However, the reaction of the audience was not enthusiastic, this landscape painting was finally bought by a big fat man at a price of 60,000, and then it was a jade, this kind of thing has his basic value, so the auction price is okay, the third lot is still a landscape painting, but the foundation of this landscape is obviously not as good as the one just now, it can be said that the gap is far away.
But to Liu Xing's surprise, as soon as this painting appeared, someone shouted in the audience: "Miss Yaqi, one million, I want it!" ā
But before he could finish his sentence, another voice rang out.
"Two million, does Wang Fatzi think we are all blind?"
"Mr. Li, why are you always like this, if you see the quiet bidding, it's over, this time the opportunity to make a fortune is gone!"
The fat man showed a depressed expression, and Mr. Li laughed and said: "Don't come to this set, you are usually a treacherous kid, and nothing you say this time will not make your conspiracy succeed!" ā
Of course, there are people in the audience who are as confused as Liu Xing, and not far from Liu Xing, someone asked in a low voice: "What is the situation, this painting is far worse than the first one, why would someone pay such a high price?" Could it be that there is something wrong with my vision, and there are any highlights in this painting? ā
"The reason why this painting is of high value is that there is only one bright spot, you look at the signature over there!"
"Signed, Wang Tai, is there anything wrong?"
Liu Xing also looked at the signature at this moment and was puzzled, and at this time, the person who explained before spoke again.
"Hehe, Wang Tai is Wang Youren's pen name!"
"Wang Youren, boss, is the Wang Youren you said just retired from the second-line ********?"
"Yes, I didn't expect you to know that although this Wang Youren has retired, he has all the connections, not to mention anything else, that is, his own brother is now also a rising political star, they are not buying paintings at all at this time, but raising face for Wang Youren, but unfortunately, the liquidity in the company's account has been insufficient recently, otherwise I would not have missed this opportunity to please Wang Youren."
Liu Xing was not surprised by this result, this is the norm in ****.
Wang Youren's painting was finally bought by a local tyrant named Tan Zhongqi for a high price of 20 million, Liu Xing was amazed, this qiÄ is just to curry favor with a person who may be out of fashion, is it really worth it?
There was no big turmoil in the next auction, and Liu Xing didn't have much interest, and time passed slowly in the process of the auction.
"Next, we are going to buy a thousand-year-old ginseng, I have heard the name of the thousand-year-old ginseng since I was a child, but it is the first time I have seen it when I grow so big, this ginseng is well preserved, it is definitely a good medicine to save life, for this kind of artifact, I believe that everyone has their own opinions, I will not discuss it again, so as not to annoy me, now auction a thousand-year-old ginseng, the starting price is 10 million, and the price increase shall not be less than 1 million each time, and now the auction begins!"
Yaqi's voice fell, and only the sound of breathing could be heard in the auction house quietly, but no one shouted the price, they were all silent, Liu Xing looked back and forth at the people present, almost everyone stared at the thousand-year-old ginseng on the stage, and they were short of breath, which was obviously a table when they desperately wanted to get something.
The silence continued, and according to the rules of the auction house, if no bids were placed within three minutes, the item would be considered unsold.
Time passed by second, the closer the time was to the zero cut-off point of the unbeaten, the more rapid the breathing of the people present, of course, the most excited was Liu Xing himself, he had great expectations for this ginseng.
Ten seconds left in the countdown, a voice suddenly sounded.
"Eleven million, I want it, John, you too, a good viscount is not right, he came to sell turnips, and he almost lost the auction, and the face of our nobles has been lost to you!"
The person who spoke was in English, and even if the rich people present did not understand it, the secretaries around them could understand it completely.
Under everyone's gaze, a yellow-haired white man appeared at the door of the inner hall, this person Liu Xing knew, it was Jack, who had a deep grudge against him.
Jack looked at Liu Xing with a disdainful expression, and Liu Xing naturally fought back with a roll of his eyes.
"You still have a face and roll your eyes, you are still a baby with a radish, it's just a shame in your own family, you still get here, I can tell you, maintaining the dignity of the nobles is the basic criterion of being a nobleman, if you can't do it, I can apply for the cancellation of your aristocracy!"
Everyone present was paying attention to the tearing battle between the two foreigners, and the countdown to the auction on the stage was about to arrive, at this time the auctioneer Yaqi walked to the stage and asked in a tactful voice: "Millennium ginseng, the auction price is 11 million, is there a higher bid?" (To be continued.) )