Founded in 1852, Drouille Paris is one of the largest and most important auction houses in France. It is an auction market dominated by the auction of paintings, art, and jewelry.

Drouille has more than 20 auction halls, at least 100 auction appraisers, and conducts more than 3,000 auctions every year, with more than 60 items sold.

The jewelry auction that Li Chen participated in was held in Hall 8.

Hall 8 is on the second floor, the hall area is very large, and the hall that can accommodate about 100 people is already full at this moment.

Many celebrities, businessmen, and Mrs. Kuo are in the ideal position in the front row, and at this moment, the auction has not yet started, and many people are still whispering.

Li Chen sat in the center of the second row on the left, accompanied by Sima Fei and Li Zhiqiu.

Seeing this kind of formation for the first time, Li Zhiqiu's face was full of nervousness, Sima Fei was an old man, his expression was calm, and he looked around from time to time, and his face showed appreciation from time to time, it seemed that he was very envious of the scale and conditions of the people.

Li Chen took a sip of the tea provided by the organizing committee while carefully feeling the atmosphere of this rare top auction.

After about ten minutes, the auction finally began.

First a tall blonde took the stage to walk the procedure, speaking French and English, after all, it was an international auction, taking into account more people.

Sima Fei and Li Zhiqiu can't speak English, it's basically like listening to a book from heaven.

Seeing Chen's indifferent face, Li Zhiqiu couldn't help but have the idea of tutoring his English well, after all, if he wants to help Li Chen in the future, he also needs to continuously improve his ability.

Soon. When the golden horse girl finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a crisp suit came up. His arrival on stage was immediately met with applause and even screams. He also smiled and waved to everyone.

Li Chen has already heard the introduction, this person's name is Mackins, he is a top auctioneer, judging by everyone's reactions, he should be experienced, well-known and loved.

After Mackins came up, he didn't talk nonsense, and first briefly read out the auction rules, such as the small number of cards on each table is the bidder. Each elevation represents a markup. Li Chen probably listened to the rest of the rules and had an impression.

Later, Mackins emphasized that there will be several finale treasures in today's auction, which immediately attracted people's attention.

Li Chen smiled indifferently, when he handed over the gem to the organizing committee yesterday, he was stunned by several so-called big-name appraisers. Although they tried their best to keep their composure to hide their shock, Li Chen still saw the value of their gems.

So Li Chen is convinced. His gem must be one of today's grand finales.

Of course, as for the tentative reserve price of $5 million given by the appraisal team, Li Chen didn't care too much, he knew. The best is at the auction.

Subsequently, an important part of the auction, the jury appeared. There's Bilis in it.

I saw that she was wearing a formal dress today, and her hair was pulled up. But it's more capable. After appearing, she deliberately looked at Li Chen's side. even moved his lips slightly, making a gesture of kissing in the air, which made Li Chen very helpless.

With a gavel from Mackins, the auction finally began.

Sure enough, it was a special auction of jewelry, and all kinds of jewelry came one after another. In the early days, they were all hot goods, the scene was not shocking, and the prices were very ordinary.

Most of the shots are ordinary people.

Those predators and giant crocodiles are all hiding "underwater" at the moment, quietly waiting for the appearance of the "prey" that is really worthy of their own shot.

Li Chen is not a predator, so it is very easy to watch coldly at the moment.

At the same time, I am also looking forward to what kind of excitement will be caused by the appearance of my gems!

The scene that Li Chen was looking forward to really didn't take long to come.

Not only was it deliberately arranged by the organizing committee, but the boiling point of the scene was too low, and after talking in a low voice with a staff member who came up to him, Mackins immediately announced that the finale baby would start filming ahead of schedule.

As soon as the voice fell, the audience became lively.

Many predators raised their heads one after another, and their expressions were also excited.

The attention of the audience immediately focused on a wooden box that had just been brought up from a tray.

Li Chen was slightly stunned, because he didn't expect his baby to come up so quickly, could there be a better baby than himself?

Li Zhiqiu and Sima Fei glanced at each other, especially Li Zhiqiu, his lips were a little dry, and he was obviously extremely excited.

"This is a natural emerald gemstone, the name is unknown, the origin is unknown, the weight is 805 grams, the starting price, 5 million US dollars, each time the card is raised, 500,000 yuan, the starting auction starts to ......"

As soon as he finished speaking, he had already opened the wooden box, and suddenly a huge gem that shimmered with a breathtaking light appeared on the scene.

The audience fell silent at this moment, and everyone looked at it intently, and even stood up slightly when they couldn't see clearly.

"$5 million?"

A young rich man made a voice of confusion. "Is it worth it? And it's so big, the information is not perfect, and we ask the jury to give an answer. ”

"Yes, we're going to take the jury's opinion too."

"That's right!"

The extra request from the crowd seemed to have been expected by Mackins, and he smiled and nodded, then turned to signal to the jury.

This is a common thing, in the general auction, there will be some auctioneers who are not sure about something, at this time, they will hope that these "expert experts" in the jury will give professional and pertinent advice.

"Okay, then I'll talk about it first."

The deputy head of the jury, a chubby old man, LeBron stood up.

The crowd fell silent.

Li Chen also learned about LeBron's information, this old man is a master of connoisseurship, and he is also a top jewelry master that Bilis respects and admires very much. He is seventy-three years old this year.

Everyone was surprised that he came out first, after all, some juniors used to speak first, and it was very rare for a "big name" like him to shoot directly! It also shows that this treasure is really extraordinary.

“…… As far as I can see, this emerald is at least 1,000 years old and extremely pure, surpassing all similar gemstones I have seen before, making it absolutely the best of the best......"

The old man's words were unhurried, but they reached everyone's ears clearly.

Li Chen also nodded secretly when he heard it, although he couldn't understand many professional terms and technical words, it did not prevent him from understanding the old man's extreme appreciation for this gem.

Although Sima Fei couldn't understand what the old man said, he was very confident in the value of the gemstones, and he could see that the old man must have said something very objective and fair.

Sure enough, after the old man's words, everyone's doubts subsided, and Mackins saw this and re-announced that the auction would continue...... (To be continued......)