Chapter 152: The Auction (I)
With the aftermath of the American heist still to come, many people in the United States are looking for the lost diamonds at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, some for the hefty prize money, and some for the sake of fishing in troubled waters for some benefit.
But all this has nothing to do with Wang Tianyu, Wang Tianyu is preparing to participate in the auction of Huaxia Auction House tonight.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, Wang Tianyu took Wu Luoyi, Concubine Ling Fei and others to the door of the Huaxia Auction House.
Wang Tianyu became high-profile again this time, and when his luxurious motorcade stopped at the Huaxia Auction House, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people.
Wang Tianyu and the others did not stay at the door for long, and soon entered the Huaxia Auction House, which is not large, and can only accommodate thousands of people inside. But even so, when Wang Tianyu and the others entered, it was empty, and there were almost no people. After Wang Tianyu saw this situation, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
But not long after Wang Tianyu entered the Huaxia Auction House, the people from the big families in Hong Kong also received the news one by one, and they were all speculating in their hearts that in an international metropolis like Hong Kong, there are several of the world's top auction houses, and why Wang Tianyu went to the Huaxia Auction House seems to be a little inconsistent with Wang Tianyu's identity.
Ordinary people go to auction houses to either sell items, but with Wang Tianyu's identity, if he goes to sell things, he can choose those big auction houses in Hong Kong, and he can sell them at a good price, but Wang Tianyu is not like a person who is short of money, and he will definitely not sell things. Then it can only be to buy things, and then think of the auction items provided by the Huaxia Auction House three days ago, they are all a little suspicious, is the Huaxia Auction House really going to auction those items? If that's the case, there are a lot of good things in it, even they will be moved when they see it, so they all walk towards the Huaxia auction, even if they can't auction those things, they can also get closer to Wang Tianyu, since Wang Tianyu closed the door, even they rarely see Wang Tianyu, how could they miss this opportunity?
Not long after Wang Tianyu, Wu Luoyi and others sat down in the front row in the center of the auction hall, there were many people sitting in the originally empty auction hall, and they sat very regularly, basically scattering around Wang Tianyu's position.
Everyone has curiosity, and after those big names in Hong Kong entered the Huaxia auction house one by one, countless people also flocked in, and immediately surrounded the originally not spacious hall.
There were still more than ten minutes before the auction, and the people from the big families beside Wang Tianyu were talking quietly on the side, and they also said a few words to Wang Tianyu from time to time.
"Mr. Wang, why did you come to this auction house?" Guo Mingde of the Guo family asked with a smile at Wang Tianyu.
"I saw that this auction house has a lot of good things, so I came over to have a look." Wang Tianyu said with a smile.
"Mr. Wang, don't be deceived by those propaganda, those people now can play any false advertising in order to attract people's attention." Liu Qixiang of the Liu family said on the side.
"Hearing is false, seeing is believing, so I came to see." Wang Tianyu still said with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Wang, you just returned to Hong Kong, don't be deceived by others, this Huaxia auction house has only been established for a few days, and the registered capital is only a few million, how can you take out those precious auction items, even other big auction houses in Hong Kong may not be able to get those auction items." Liu Qixiang continued.
"Maybe!" Wang Tianyu said lightly, and did not argue meaninglessly with Liu Qixiang.
The people of the other families did not dwell on this, after all, the purpose of their coming here was not only to auction, but whether there were any auction items or not, it would soon be revealed.
"Brother Tianyu, you're really early!" A familiar voice came from behind Wang Tianyu, and when Wang Tianyu looked back, he saw Wang Mary's naughty face, followed by a large group of young people.
"Why are you here too?" Wang Tianyu smiled at Wang Mary.
"Brother Tianyu, don't notify me if there's a commotion, not only I'm here, but even my grandfather is here, just behind." Mary Wang said with a smile.
Wang Tianyu followed the direction of Wang Mary's finger and found that Wang Bonian was also walking this way, Wang Tianyu smiled helplessly, he didn't expect that his small move would attract so many people, which was really beyond his expectations.
Wang Tianyu thought that the people from the Wang family would not come, so he did not prepare seats. However, the people next to Wang Tianyu are all human spirits, and they naturally know what to do at this moment, so that the younger generation of their family can give way to Wang Bonian and others, which can be regarded as respecting the old and loving the young.
"Grandpa, why are you here too?" Wang Tianyu asked at Wang Bonian.
"I'm an art collector, and there are so many rare art collections in today's auction, how could I miss it?" Wang Bonian said with a smile.
Soon, a young and beautiful woman walked onto the auction table, Wang Tianyu knew that the auction should start soon, and he didn't say anything more, and the others did the same, they all set their eyes on the auction table, looking at the woman wearing a cheongsam on the stage, many people were distracted.
"Good evening everyone, welcome to the first auction of Huaxia Auction House, my name is Du Shishi, I am the auctioneer of this auction, today our auction house in addition to the auction items that have been announced before, there will also be a mysterious finale item will be auctioned." The young woman standing on the auction table said in a very soft voice.
"The following is our first auction item, Qi Baishi's "Landscape Book", I think people who really understand art don't need me to introduce this work, the auction reserve price of this work is 10 million Hong Kong dollars." Du Shishi said to everyone with a smile, and then opened the painting and showed it in front of everyone.
When everyone in the audience heard this, they were all in high spirits, they had heard of Qi Baishi's "Landscape Book", which was auctioned off at a price of nearly 200 million, but there was no news behind it, it must have been collected, but I don't know how it appeared here.
"Ten million." As soon as Du Shishi's words fell, someone in the audience shouted.
"Twenty million"
"Thirty million"
……
"100 million"
The price was soon shouted 100 million, but no one continued to shout the price, one by one stared at the painting, trying to distinguish its authenticity, if it was in a large auction house, they were not worried about its authenticity at all, but in the Huaxia Auction House, they had to be cautious, the registered capital of the Huaxia Auction House was only a few million, in case the auction was over, it would be a heavy loss if the money ran away.
Wang Tianyu naturally knew what everyone in the audience thought, and asked Du Shishi, "Is your painting real?" ”
Du Shishi smiled at everyone in the audience and said: "This gentleman is good, the items auctioned by our auction house have been authenticated by the famous Hong Kong artist Tian Maolin. ”
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Tian." Du Shishi pointed to an old man in the corner and said.
After listening to Du Shishi's words, the old man walked up to the auction table and said to everyone in the audience: "Tian is here to assure you that all the items auctioned today have been identified by me, and all of them are genuine. ”
There are many people in the audience who know Tian Maolin, and Tian Maolin's reputation and appreciation ability in Hong Kong are well known, so when Tian Maolin said this, everyone in the audience let go of the doubts in their hearts, and began to scramble to shout the price one by one.
"200 million" Wang Bonian finally said, Wang Bonian is moved by this painting, naturally he will not care about the 200 million, it is difficult to buy a favorite.
The others saw that Wang Bonian opened his mouth, and shouted for 200 million, so naturally no one went to fight with Wang Bonian anymore.
"This gentleman shouted 200 million, is there anything higher." Du Shishi said in a very passionate voice on the stage.
"Two hundred million, the first time"
"Two hundred million, the second time"
"Two hundred million, the third ......"
"Two hundred and ten million." Before Du Shishi could finish speaking, a young voice sounded.