Chapter 514: Auction
Like last time, when he came down, Sister Tao had already sent a car, or the two people borrowed him last time, and when they saw that he was the only one coming over this time, those two people were also stunned.
But without asking much, he put a blindfold on him and took him to the car.
The car drove out of the hotel's underground garage and circled around Central before heading out of town.
Jin Muchen carefully relied on his ears along the way to write down the places he passed, but because the route taken by the other party was very complicated, and he had not undergone special training, the effect was not very good.
After the car stopped, he took off his blindfold and got out of the car, and was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.
It turned out that the car was actually parked on a dock, and there were many cars coming around, and then a lot of people like him came down one after another, wearing various masks.
Everyone was taken to a small runabout, and then went out to sea, and finally I don't know how long I drove, and finally saw a cruise ship.
On the boat, Jin Muchen secretly laughed, he didn't expect that his colleagues in the East would actually use the same methods as when he was in Italy.
However, they were not in such a hurry as he did when he was in Naples, but first allocated rooms to everyone and let them rest, this ship is very large, Jin Muchen visually inspected it, and it is estimated that it can be about more than 10,000 tons, which is considered a small luxury cruise ship.
The ship's living and entertainment facilities were all available, and after everyone was assigned a room, they were notified that the auction would take place in the evening. The cruise takes place after entering the open sea.
It was done that evening. The next day will send everyone to Xiangjiang.
In line with the principle of what comes is safe. Jin Muchen settled down on the boat, but fortunately, the other party was interesting enough, their food and clothing on this boat were all free.
It's just that the gambling money in the gambling hall in the middle has to be paid by himself, and Jin Muchen also went there for a turn, and the arrangements there are very professional.
Dozens of gaming tables were opened, and each table was crowded with high-rollers who came to have fun. Anyway, these people are not bad for money, and they are very energetic, and they can't sleep in the cabin, so it is better to come here to gamble two for recreation before the auction starts.
Jin Muchen took a turn around where, just to get a general idea of the situation here, and he didn't have much interest in betting on two.
Looking at those guys gathered in front of the gambling table, all with red faces and thick necks, Jin Muchen was also relieved.
After all, he was on the ship for the first time. He has never been sure what the other party is thinking.
But here the gamblers. There may be a lot of people who have already been on this ship I don't know how many times.
Seeing them having so much fun, Jin Muchen knew that they should be very trustworthy to the owner of this ship, so he would feel at ease.
After a round in the gambling hall, he went back to his room to rest, and it was not until the evening that he came out for dinner.
Dinner was in a large open cafeteria, and many gamblers came here to eat.
In order to make these high rollers feel at home, the dinner was prepared very richly, and all kinds of abalone, lobster, and all kinds of expensive ingredients were made into a buffet as if they didn't need money.
Not only Chinese food, but also Western food, and also serving alcohol, it seems that Sister Tao's boss is also very willing to spend money.
Know how to entrap these high rollers, who have fun and eat on this boat, so that they will spend their money and be happy when the auction starts in the evening.
After dinner, Jin Muchen went back to his room to rest for a while, until the announcement in the room informed everyone that the auction would start at nine o'clock in the evening on the large dance floor in the middle of the ship.
He made a little preparation, and then went straight to the big dance floor in the middle.
By the time he got to the dance floor, it had already been renovated and made very formally, with a lot of chairs in front of and back.
At the front, there is a small stage with an auction table on top of it, but the auctioneer is not there at this time.
Some of the things that were filmed at night have been carried to the stage one after another by the staff wearing masks.
Many of the high rollers who participated in the auction also arrived in advance, and took the stage one after another, and began to check these things on the table.
Jin Muchen also followed the flow of people and stepped onto the stage and began to appreciate these auction items with everyone.
This is a very different auction than the underground auction he used to participate in in Los Angeles.
At the underground auction in Los Angeles, most of the lots that these guys took out were honestly not of very good quality.
There are even many fakes, and even if a few of them are genuine, most of them are not very precious, at best, they are tens of thousands, to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But this auction is different, he casually swept over, and he could see several shining jewels.
Most of these treasures are porcelain, and the age span of these porcelains is relatively large, and some of them have obvious exotic characteristics.
The so-called exotic characteristics are also relative to ancient China, that is to say, these things are not necessarily from the characteristic antiques of the areas controlled by China at that time, and there should be some antiques of foreign ethnic groups.
This point is also very easy to understand, after all, most of the things that Sister Tao and they have come up with are the things that have been excavated by the gang of tomb robbers who have robbed tombs in China in recent years.
And now, in China, because of the very strict control of cultural relics, coupled with the fact that there are more ancient tombs in He@ South, Shaanxi @ West and other places, the ancient tombs have basically been dug up.
Therefore, if these tomb robbers want to make a gain, they have to look a little further.
So in recent years, the number of tomb robbers in the area has increased dramatically when they go to Qing@hai, Gan@Su, and even Xin@Xinjiang.
In this way, it is not surprising that they dug up something exotic.
And it's not just that place, in fact, in recent years, the most rampant place for tomb robbers should be in the eastern part of Inner @Mongolia, and the western part of Liao@Ning.
Because according to the archaeological discoveries in recent years, many archaeological experts, according to the unearthed things, have defined the place as the birthplace of the Hongshan culture.
You must know that the Hongshan culture is a cultural circle that originated earlier than the Yellow River culture of our ancestors on the land of China.
It wasn't much of a priority before, but in recent decades, we've been proclaiming that we're 5,000 years old, and this cultural sphere has to be taken seriously.
Because if we really rely on archaeological evidence to prove the origin of our real Chinese civilization, we can actually find a little more than 4,000 years of historical evidence.
But after all, what we preach to the outside world is that we have a cultural heritage of 5,000 years, so where can we find the cultural inheritance of that 1,000 years?
In this way, many archaeological experts have thought of the Hongshan culture that originated in the northeast, because even if you search all over the land of China, there is only one culture that can make up for the 5,000-year historical fault of our Yellow River culture.
And in the eyes of those archaeological experts, the Hongshan culture is the ancestor of the Yellow River culture, and the most favorable evidence is that the Hongshan people like jade very much.
They made a lot of household items and ornaments out of jade.
For example, jade knives, jade axes, jade needles and other living utensils, as well as jade pendants, jade belt buckles, jade handles and a series of accessories.
The shape of these ornaments, as well as the carving techniques used on them, as well as the carved patterns, are also reflected in the jade ornaments of the later Yellow River civilization.
Therefore, many experts dare to say with certainty that Hongshan culture is actually one of the origins of our Yellow River culture......
It is precisely because of such a caliber and propaganda that the Hongshan culture has gradually become hot in China's archaeological circle in recent years.
And the treasures left by Hongshan culture are also becoming more and more loved by people in the antique circle.
It is precisely because of this that the ancient tombs left by the Hongshan culture have become the objects that tomb robbers like to patronize.
In recent years, there have been frequent cases of tomb robbery in the northeast, and although the police have also worked together to catch the thieves, many tomb robbery gangs have also been cracked in recent years.
But even so, more than 10,000 pieces of antiques from the Hongshan culture period are lost overseas every year.
Most of these things are mainly jade, such jade, when the tomb robbers make a move, often a dozen pieces can be exchanged for one million yuan, but once they are taken overseas, these jades can be sold for millions of dollars.
It can be seen from this that the loss of antiques in China alone can bring great losses to the country, and more importantly, those things belong to all Chinese.
What a mockery of our own Chinese treasures, who can't stay on our own land, and in the future, our children and grandchildren will have to go to museums on other people's sites to see the essence of the cultural relics left by our own ancestors?
And today, in this underground auction venue, Jin Muchen saw the most jade artifacts from the Hongshan culture period.
The texture of these jades may not be as good as the mutton fat white jade that was sought after by later generations, and the carving techniques are also very rough, and the patterns on the jade are even more shabby.
But even so, it can't hide the noble and proud natural breath that these jade objects only carry.
These jades, but when the ancestors of those Europeans were still drinking blood, our ancestors relied on their own wisdom to create, so although they look extremely crude, in the heart of every antique lover, the value of these jade objects is priceless! (To be continued......)