Chapter 37: Lighting the Sky Lantern [Asking for a Monthly Pass]

Zhao Fatzi also looked puzzled, looked at the president and person in charge who was kneeling on the ground and asked:

"Hey, let me ask you, which era of the rules in Huaxia are you?"

The president straightened up and looked at Yang Ning, and did not pay attention to Zhao Fatzi, explaining:

"The rules of the auction of nobles in the Qing Dynasty of China."

Yang Ning frowned, obviously didn't know much about this, but seeing that Zhao Fatzi frowned, Yang Ning also guessed something, didn't ask, and said indifferently:

"Got it, let's go, don't affect our meal."

"Sorry to disturb you." The person in charge stood up and saluted, and after retreating to the room, the kimono girl outside hurriedly closed the sliding door.

As soon as the person in charge left, the aura in the house instantly eased down, looking at the feast girl who was calming down, Yang Ning really doubted that this person in charge was so terrifying, it scared people.

"It's not good." Zhao Fatzi put down his chopsticks and said thoughtfully: "It seems that they have to let the team leader bleed!" ”

"What do you mean?" Yang Ning asked curiously.

Zhao Fatzi said solemnly:

"In the old days, there was a saying in the eight doors, in fact, it should be called "lighting the lamp", which is a kind of gambling skills, which means that if you find that someone on the gambling table is very bad luck, you will bet on him, he bet on the big you bet on the small, he bet on the idle you bet on the village, the gambling is not their own luck but the mildew of others, this bad luck people, is your "lamp", some people are born with bad luck, every gambling will lose, and will be specially invited to "light the lamp", small loss and big profit. ”

"During the Manchu Dynasty, in the circle of Jiangnan high-rollers, because the number of games was huge and uncontrolled, and those who were unlucky often lost their fortune in one night, so the word "lighting the lamp" on that occasion was not grand enough, and that kind of gentleman often liked to be angry with people, you see that I am not pleasing to the eye, I see that you are not good, and you have not yet gambled to take advantage of your mouth. ”

"Come and go, this is directly called lighting the sky lantern, in fact, this is appropriate, lighting the sky lantern is a fire to burn themselves to the light, just like they gambled on a night and went bankrupt, the real source is Manchu torture, that is, to put people in the fire."

"However, in the aristocratic circle of the Qing Dynasty, it is generally the method of the princes and nobles to pick up girls, which is very common in the Manchu Dynasty, and political marriages are all at the expense of money, anyway, it is a small matter to control the power money, so the princes and princes like to participate in an auction to increase their status in society."

"But sometimes it happens that the two county lords don't see each other, and Kaizi on both sides still have to fight the lanterns, which is not to see who has the highest price, but to see whose boyfriend can withstand it. The rules for lighting sky lanterns have also come out. ”

"Speaking of which, what does it mean to light a sky lantern?" Zhou Lingyun couldn't help it, and asked.

"To put it bluntly, I want this thing, no matter who pays how much money, as long as I light the lamp in this game, no matter what price others raise, I have to shoot this thing in the end."

"Damn, this is too unreasonable!" Zhou Lingyun reacted and said: "In this way, if a pair of slippers is lifted to 100 million, it will be too!" Other people's money is not blown by the wind, who can play like this? ”

"So there is a range of this asking price, and there is a cap every time the price is raised, and there is a time limit for a round of auctions, so most of the auctions are in Kaizi's extreme pain, but the cost is still within the affordable range." Zhao Fatzi explained the rules of lighting sky lanterns.

"Hehe, it seems that they really treat me as a Kaizi!" Yang Ning said with a smile.

"You know that, too!" Tang Yanru pouted and said: "The islanders are forcing you to light the sky lantern every round, so that the final price of each lot will definitely be flying all over the sky." ”

There was a crisp sound from the bidding on the side of "Ding Dong".

"The rules are out." Zhao Fatzi quickly got up and walked to the machine, looked at it and said:

"The rule is correct, each round of bidding is 10 minutes, and after 10 minutes, no matter how high the price is, the person who lights the sky lantern will sell the lot at a higher rule than the highest price."

"Holy, 10 minutes!" Zhou Lingyun was shocked again.

Zhao Fatzi wiped the cold sweat on his head, "Fortunately, each bid cannot be doubled, cannot be increased, and must be in accordance with the lowest bid standard, which is the same as playing with the landlord." ”

"There's malicious competition too!" Tang Yanru said with a displeased face.

"No way, who asked us to light the sky lantern, they want to see my courage, then I'll show them my strength, fatty, the auction will start in a while, you know?"

"Understood." Zhao Fatzi hurriedly nodded to show that he understood.

The four of them stopped talking nonsense and continued to eat, 30 minutes was fast, the preparations for the auction house were nearing the end, the four of them were still eating, and suddenly the lights in the room dimmed, and Zhao Fatzi was depressed, and scolded:

"Nima, what the hell?"

But just when the voice fell, the floor-to-ceiling glass in the room suddenly lit up, and the four of them knew that it was a transparent display, no wonder.

There are various prompt information on the monitor, and Yang Ning in other rooms does not know, but the display in this room is displayed in Chinese, and it is estimated that if there is Lao Mei in that room, the text of this display is English.

In the center of the display, there is an exhibit display map, the following is the introduction, there is a countdown in the upper right corner, and there are some options and hints around, for example, each bid is tens of thousands of yuan, the highest price now, light up, question, and so on.

Needless to say, the lighting option means that if you have doubts about the lot, or it feels like a fake, you can go down to the market to inspect it, of course, many rich people don't know how to collect, and the most they can inspect is to let the experts who come with them estimate the price of the lot.

As soon as the lots were on display, several rooms were suspicious, and they all went to the auction room to check the lots up close.

Yang Ning and Zhao Fatzi didn't go down to see the vase from a distance, the vase has been displayed in the center of the screen, and it has been rotating, the image is very clear and can be seen at a glance, and then look at the following introduction:

Ming, blue and white colorful dragon pattern jar, "Ming Wanli year" six-character two-line regular script, Wanli this dynasty can mouth slightly. Short neck, painted auspicious moire. Slip shoulders, painted lotus petal pattern. Drum belly, decorated with four equal light dragon patterns, different shapes, different from each other, its posture is vigorous, flipping and moving, the weather is thousands. The circle foot is painted with a leaf pattern throughout. The painting is smooth, the ornamentation is concise, colorful and gorgeous, with a typical style of the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty. The bottom book blue and white double circle six-character regular script "Ming Wanli year" paragraph. Jiajing to Wanli Dynasty is the peak period of Ming Dynasty color porcelain production, its products in both quantity and variety are more than any previous dynasty, this ware is the Wanli period of blue and white colorful standard.

Each increase is 100,000.

It is expected that there will be 4:32 seconds left in the auction, Yang Ning motioned to Zhao Fatzi to light the light, and Zhao Fatzi pressed the light-up button without hesitation.

In an instant, through the afterglow of the monitor, I saw everyone outside looking at this room, and after the lights were lit, there was a light outside their room, which immediately attracted the attention of all the rich people.

"This first round threatened to buy, who do you think you are!"

"Who's in this room?"

For a while, all the rich people had this question, but looking at their disdainful attitude, it is estimated that they would not let this Ming blue and white multicolored dragon pattern jar be cheaply obtained.

Yang Ning saw the boos outside, and asked with a smile:

"Fatty, give me an estimate, how much is this jar?"

"Normally, the market price is at least 4 million, there won't be much deviation, and malicious bidding doesn't count!"

The countdown to the first round of auctions began, and all the rich people returned to the VIP room to take their seats.

At the beginning of the auction, there was a price increase almost every second, and in an instant, the blue and white multicolored dragon pattern jar with a reserve price of 500,000 soared to 800,000, and the price increase continued.

Yang Ning took a bite of sushi disdainfully, and didn't look at what price the price had risen.

After 3 minutes, the blue and white colorful dragon pattern jar successfully broke through the 2 million mark, and everyone was still bidding, but the effect was obviously much slower than before.

Zhao Fatzi smiled hesitantly:

"I guess most people haven't understood the rules of lighting sky lanterns, and if they do, the price will definitely not slow down."

Indeed, seeing that the price increase has slowed down, the person in charge of the island country also frowned, if it continues at this rate, it is estimated that when Yang Ning finally gets this lot, it will not be more than 10 million in the end.

The person in charge lowered his head and pondered for a moment, whispered a few words to his relatives beside him, and went out quickly, and when the auction was 5 minutes, there was a 2-minute intermission, which was also the rule, and the final price was fixed at 3.3 million.

At the end of the intermission, the speed of improvement was faster again, Zhao Fatzi frowned and watched the price rise rapidly, and thought:

"No, this, why did it rise so fast, damn, it must have been a dog-day-to-man in secret."

Yang Ning still smiled indifferently, "Whatever, eat well, anyway, in the end, this thing is mine." ”

When the bidding reached 8 minutes, the price of the blue and white multicolored dragon pattern jar had been raised to 10 million, which was too much beyond the market price, but Yang Ning didn't care about the money, and still ate this thing indifferently.

Every time Zhou Lingyun saw the price increase, his heart dripped blood, the money was gone, and Zhao Fatzi also saw the pain in his flesh, and scolded while watching:

"Grandma, this is definitely malicious competition, more than 10 million, how fucking do you want, Lao Tzu will get you as much as you want."

Yang Ning suddenly looked at Zhao Fatzi coldly, and the temperature in the room dropped instantly, it is estimated that if it weren't for the woman lying on the table, Yang Ning might have slapped the chopsticks.

"Zhao Fatzi, it's best not to let me hear this again, if it weren't for people like you, the national treasure would not appear in the island country auction again."

"I was the wrong team leader, I won't say it again, I also learn what kind of tomb robbery TV series is played on TV now, and everything will be handed over to the state!"

Yang Ning retracted his aura and no longer paid attention to Zhao Fatzi, and at this time, the time was less than a minute, and the price was still rising rapidly.

When the final time came, the final transaction price of the blue and white colorful dragon pattern jar was 23.4 million, and Yang Ning won the lot with an extra 100,000 yuan and 23.5 million yuan.