Chapter 147: A Strange Auction
The charity auction is indeed in a small church, which is not comparable to Notre Dame Cathedral, but the environment here is very good.
There are very few people around, the church is quiet, and besides, it feels very comfortable. Xu Wenjie entered this church, without the depression of going to Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday, which made him a little strange.
"Perhaps, it's my own mental effect, that kind of ancient cathedral, which gives people a more depressing feeling." Xu Wenjie said to himself.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, I didn't say anything, I feel like this church is very good."
"Of course, it's good, the people here were praying at Notre-Dame Cathedral, but there were so many tourists there that a small church was built here," Lott explains. At that time, when the site was selected, it took us a lot of effort to decide to build it here. ”
Obviously, Lott was also involved in the construction of this church, and judging from his expression, he should be the main participant.
"You see, I put this statue with my own hands, and there are many trees here, many of which I planted with my own hands......"
"Lott is again promoting his 'glorious history,' didn't you tell them that you planted these trees three times before you brought them back to life. These statues are fixed by a machine and you just press the button. I'm thinking, what else did you do......"
"Old Harry, you dismantle my platform again, believe it or not, I will talk about your affairs in front of everyone."
Luna and Lingna ran towards the old man and shouted, "Hello Grandpa Harry, hello Grandpa Makki, hello Grandpa Balart. ”
A few old people should be familiar with Lot. And depending on the situation, the friendship is also better.
After a brief introduction. Xu Wenjie finally understood. Lott started his business by relying on these people. They have been in the capital world for most of their lives, and they have seen everything more thoroughly.
Of course, although Lot's family history has their help, another reason is because he is bold enough. If this were the case for many people, they probably wouldn't have achieved this now.
Because, not many people will take their full worth. Take a big gamble with no idea what the outcome will be.
At nine o'clock, the people who came to participate in this charity auction were almost there. Xu Wenjie also followed Lotte and met many people. Don't look at these people dressed casually, they look like roadside old men.
can really understand these people, Xu Wenjie knows the influence of these people. Some are worth more than Lot, and now they are just retired at home. If they use their influence, maybe the entire French economy will be affected somewhat.
Moreover, what Xu Wenjie didn't expect was. This kind of charity auction is considered an internal activity of theirs, and outsiders are not allowed to participate. Because there's some stuff in the auction. The value may be much more than an item auctioned by a large auction house.
But here, it is often at a very low price, and it is taken away by some of them. And the auction here is also subject to strict restrictions. Bidders will leave their names in a special booklet after they have taken them away.
Auction items are not allowed to be sold privately, and if you don't need them, or don't want them, some of them will buy them back.
Of course, because it is a charity auction, the price of the bidding items will not be too high, and there will be no malicious bidding, because the price is also strictly limited.
Xu Wenjie feels that this is not like an auction, but like an exchange meeting for items to be appreciated. It's just that these people want to give a little love and add some fun in this way.
Understanding the essence of the auction, Xu Wenjie felt a little bored, according to Jensen's words, they can bid for things here, but it is better not to do that. Otherwise, they will be blacklisted by these people.
Generally, those who can participate in the auction will provide a valuable thing to participate in the auction.
What Lott brought was a vase, Xu Wenjie didn't understand, but he learned from Jensen that it should be an ancient artifact, worth some money.
An old man sent his auction items up for auction, and the price was really not very high, only between tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Of course, for their currency, it is not like that for the yuan.
According to Jensen's words, with such a small amount of money, it is completely a dream to actually buy those auction items. They are auctioning to raise some donations, increase friendship and contact with each other, and exchange some antiques in their collections.
And this is also confirmed by Lot, many people come to the auction with this purpose.
Obviously, this kind of auction is different from that kind of charity auction to gain a reputation, and these people don't need to be famous.
Seeing that the auction items were bought by old men one by one, Xu Wenjie thought to himself, if this is a black-hearted guy who buys them all directly, these old men must not cry!
This price is definitely faster than robbing the bank to get money, and those antiques can be taken out casually, and the price may increase by more than ten or twenty times.
It's a pity that no one here dares to do anything, unless he doesn't want to live anymore. Watch as Lott holds a strange white jade statue. If he's not mistaken, this thing should come to China.
I just don't know that I came to France in that way. That humiliating history caused China to lose a lot of cultural relics, and Xu Wenjie thought that if he had the ability one day, he would see if he could get some of these cultural relics back.
"How about it, this white jade statue is good, I heard that the person named Zheng He brought it from the sea before. Unfortunately, there were two of them, and the other one was collected by a stingy guy who I always wanted to buy from him. ”
The auction was about to end, Xu Wenjie felt speechless, if he knew that this would be the case, he promised not to come to this auction, it would be too boring.
Although the things in the auction are very good, they have nothing to do with him, and this feeling of being able to see and not touch is not good.
Just as it was about to end, an old man suddenly stood up and walked towards the top of the platform. Seeing the old gentleman stand up, Xu Wenjie found that the atmosphere of the entire church changed, as if something strange was about to happen.
Judging from the changes in everyone's eyes and expressions, the identity of this old man should not be simple. Moreover, he gives people a great aura, and the eyes that look at things are also very strange.
Xu Wenjie wanted to ask who this was, but when he saw that the expressions of the people around him became serious, they were all looking at the old man, so he could only shut up and stop talking. (To be continued......)