After Robben called out the starting bid of $100,000, there was a brief gap in the audience.

Many of the people who participated in the auction began to exchange words, probably discussing something.

"One hundred thousand!" Finally, the first person held up a sign.

"One hundred and twenty thousand!"

"One hundred and fifty thousand!"

"One hundred and eighty thousand!"

After several bids, the price was finally fixed at $220,000.

"Thank you, Earl Downton, this enigmatic bottle of red wine belongs to you!" Robben bowed slightly to the middle-aged English gentleman who had made the last bid.

The Earl of Downton stood up and returned the same salute to Robben with the same traditional British classical aristocratic etiquette.

"Is that okay? What if it's really fake? Su Ming was speechless, maybe this is the real rich man.

Zhao Yun explained to Su Ming: "Mystery and the unknown are also a huge attraction, and sometimes spending money to buy it is a thrill, especially these old aristocrats who have been driven out in the power struggle, especially like to show their sense of existence in this way." ”

He took a sip of red wine and said lightly: "In fact, there are many factors that affect the final price, some are simply hype or secret bribery, but there are also real miracles." After all, there are still a lot of guys in this world who take money inappropriately. ”

The second lot is a bottle of champagne called 'Snow Blanc Champagne'.

The history of this bottle is not too long, at least compared to the previous rotten sweet white wines, the 1907 vintage is like a little brother in front of 1787, and the winery produced is not too famous, it is nothing more than the royal winery of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

The royal winery is mysterious and noble in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of real connoisseurs, it is only better than mass production, and the tsar's royal winery in the eyes of the traditional nobles of Europe, it is completely a second-rate winery that the barbarians of the ice and snow world insist on pretending to be elegant, where will there be any treasures.

But the bottle has a legendary backstory, when in 1916, a German submarine sank a Russian ship, one of which contained a case of 2,000 bottles of Snow White Champagne.

Together with the wreck, this box of snow white champagne was buried at the bottom of the sea for 82 years until 1998, when it was recovered and rediscovered.

Since Tsarist Russia was replaced by the Soviet Union in 1922 and the Royal Château was transformed into a private holiday villa for Comrade Stalin, Snow Blanc Champagne has since been called the swan song and also known as the 'Last Royal Dinner'.

"I'm not sure if this bottle of wine can be drunk, but even if I can drink it, with my meager income, I am absolutely reluctant to drink such history!"

Robben made a little joke, and a few chuckles came down before he continued: "The starting price of any of these two thousand bottles of wine is the same, 150,000 US dollars." ”

There were many more bidders this time than the mysterious red wine just now, and there was almost an endless stream of people holding signs, and the price was also rising rapidly.

"The third bid, $350,000! Deal! Robben's hammer slammed down, "Congratulations, Jacky!" ”

Jacky, who was photographed, seemed to have a good personal relationship with Robben, raised the wine glass in front of him, and smiled at Robben slightly.

"He's it?" Su Ming noticed that this Xiangjiang man named 'Jacky' was actually a very famous showbiz king-level figure, and Su Ming grew up listening to his songs since he was a child.

Zhao Yun whispered on the side: "This is Xiangjiang, you can often see celebrities from all walks of life, if you have a collection such as clocks and watches, maybe you can also see Dr. He." ”

Dr. He is the gambling king and Hung Sun, this man is a collector of clocks and watches, although he is famous for his gambling career, this old gentleman likes to be called 'Doctor'.

The next few auction items, one unsold, and the remaining ones, with prices ranging from 300,000 to 600,000 yuan, were all US dollars, not Huaxia coins that Su Ming had always thought.

The scene of the auction did not appear in Su Ming's imagination, slapping people in the face, on the contrary, the people who came to participate in the auction were all people with a certain status, and collecting was just a hobby, so as not to settle a grudge for hundreds of thousands of dollars, that is a child's business.

"The next collection is the first auction at Sotheby's, and even at auction houses around the world."

Robben's words immediately caused a whisper, Sotheby's has been established for more than two hundred years, what has not been sold? Not to mention the first time in the world!

It is said that during a period of war, a famous auction house even auctioned the sovereignty of a small country!

"Most of you live in Xiangjiang and must have some understanding of Chinese culture. Some of the friends here are also close friends with Mr. Jin of Xiangjiang Ming Pao......"

Everyone was a little strange, and they didn't know why they mentioned the old man Jin who shot white deer in the sky.

However, in view of the trust in Robben's professional level, everyone still listened to him patiently, and many people were even more curious.

Hearing this, Su Ming knew that his monkey wine was about to play!

Robben's Chinese is very fluent, if you close your eyes and don't look at his appearance, Su Ming simply thinks that he is an innocent Chinese.

"In Mr. Jin's book, there is a Linghu hero, this hero is a drunkard, no wine, no wine, and has tasted countless wines in his life. Among the wines drunk, if it is said that it is natural and self-contained, it is the essence of heaven and earth, and the meaning of nature is nothing more than a kind of monkey wine made from monkeys taking hundreds of fruits. The following lot is a bottle of monkey wine accidentally found in the Qinling Mountains of the mainland! ”

There was an uproar in the auction hall, and many Chinese even stood up directly, and the king-level superstar even asked directly: "Robben, aren't you joking, is there really monkey wine in this world?" ”

"Oh, Jacky has a crucial question, and I really can't give you an exact answer."

Robben shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Because there has been no monkey wine before, there is no real sample to compare, and at the same time, it is impossible to arrest the monkey who made the wine and interrogate it to make it admit whether this bottle of monkey wine came from it." ”

Robben's humor provoked a good-natured laugh, and he continued: "However, we asked several experts to examine it, and they all agreed that the brewing industry and raw materials of this bottle are indeed different from any known winemaking method, and at the same time, this bottle has a unique flavor and high nutritional value, and in terms of quality, it should have been fermented at least three times." In addition, although we did not catch the clever monkey, we found the tree where the wine was made, and after comparing it, we found that the bottle was indeed brewed from the heart of the tree. ”

As he spoke, a projection of the hollow tree was shown on the big screen behind him.

"So, unless a monkey makes wine to everyone's face, we can't be sure if it's monkey wine or not! I don't think there will be a second person in the world other than Tarzan of the Apes who will have the opportunity to see monkeys make wine with their own eyes.

If this is a real bottle of monkey wine, then it may be the only bottle of monkey wine that has been discovered by humans, and its value needs not be repeated! Of course, there is another possibility for anything, and perhaps, it is a strange bottle of inexplicable, but heartbreakingly tasty fruit wine. ”

Robben pressed down with both hands: "Okay, everyone, this bottle of the same mysterious monkey wine has a starting price of 180,000 US dollars!" ”

Jacky didn't hesitate to gather the sign: "Two hundred thousand!" ”

“220thousanddollars！” The Earl of Downton held up a plaque for the wine just photographed.

Without waiting for Jacky to raise his card again, another Chinese businessman called for a price of 250,000.

A Taiwanese guy directly raised his card: 300,000.

Jacky stretched out his hand and smiled at the Taiwanese Yankees, signaling that he was unable to compete, then turned his head and whispered to the assistant next to him with a smile and said, "I didn't buy that champagne if I knew it."

The assistant shrugged helplessly.

Monkey wine appeared in front of the world for the first time, it is an unattainable thing, unlike other alcohol, no matter how rare, there are always a few bottles in the world, but this monkey wine may be as Robben said, there will never be another again, so the asking price soon reached the 400,000 dollar mark.

As for what may be fake, these rich people don't care too much, hundreds of thousands of dollars, buy a hope, they can still afford it.

What's more, even Sotheby's prefers to think that it is real monkey wine, so who can say that this is not monkey wine.

After $400,000, there were finally fewer people holding signs. It's just a bottle of wine after all.

On the scene, the three who were still holding signs were all Asians.