Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Phaeton Auction House
The next day, Liu Xiong called Su Zhe and asked if he would be interested in going to an auction together.
Su Zhe thought it would be interesting to go to see the auction, and he also wanted to ask Liu Xiong for help with some things. So he agreed, and he asked Liu Xiong about the location and time of the auction.
Liu Xiong told Su Zhe that the time of the auction was today, and he would come over to pick up Su Zhe later.
During this time, Liu Xiong often had contact with Su Zhe, but most of them were on the phone. Su Zhe hung up the phone, and changed out of his pajamas and a set of casual clothes.
It didn't take long for Liu Xiong to call and say that he had arrived. Su Zhe said hello to An Xin and hurriedly went out.
Liu Xiong's car is still the Bentley Continental, but there is one more driver, looking at the driver's strong figure, Su Zhe estimates that this driver also serves as Liu Xiong's bodyguard, and Liu Xiong himself sits in the back seat.
After Su Zhe came out, Liu Xiong opened the car door and let Su Zhe sit up, and then the car started.
"Brother Liu, what are the main items to be auctioned in this auction?" Su Zhe asked.
"The items in the auction are varied, there is everything, there are famous paintings, antiques, gemstones, and there are also them." Liu Xiong smiled, "Because I went to participate alone, I was a little bored, so I went with my brother." Dude, you won't blame me, will you? ”
"How come, I'm glad that Brother Liu is too late, so I have the opportunity to increase my knowledge."
In the conversation between the two people, they soon arrived at the destination, the phaeton auction house.
Phaeton Auction House is the most famous and powerful auction house in the country, and there are branches of Phaeton Auction House in relatively large cities. With a high reputation and strong appraisal capabilities, there is rarely news that the items auctioned by Phaeton are fakes.
Liu Xiong and Su Zhe, led by the staff of Phaeton Auction House, came to a location closer to the auction table, which was specially arranged for Liu Xiong by Phaeton Auction House.
There were quite a few people in the auction hall.
Soon, a middle-aged man walked up to the auction table, he held a microphone, and said: "Welcome to the auction held by Huiteng Auction House today, I am today's auctioneer Ye Mingzhe, I am very honored to be able to preside over today's auction for everyone, this auction is in line with the principle of openness, fairness, justice, honesty and credibility, I hope that everyone will bid enthusiastically and wish everyone a good purchase!" ”
Everyone present applauded Ye Mingzhe, and waiting for everyone to finish applauding, Ye Mingzhe began to announce the auction rules and precautions.
After saying this in a cookie-cutter manner, Ye Mingzhe officially announced the start of the auction.
The staff on the side came up with a tray.
"First of all, the first item to be auctioned today is the topaz belt hook, the low price is 5 million, this topaz belt hook has been determined to be the Western Han Dynasty, now please bid." Not long after Ye Mingzhe finished speaking, someone began to bid.
"Five and a half million."
"5,800,000 ......"
"Six Million ......"
In the end, the topaz hook was successfully auctioned at a price of 10 million, and the transaction price was twice as high as the low price.
Liu Xiong also made a bid, but it seemed that he was not very interested in this topaz hook, and he stopped when he reached eight million.
Then the second auction item was a blue and white porcelain vase from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which was sold for 1 million yuan and finally sold for 3.5 million yuan.
One item after another was put up for auction, including porcelain, famous paintings, and diamond necklaces designed by masters. Every item was auctioned successfully, and there were no unsold items.
Su Zhe just watched quietly, he didn't offer a price once, he didn't have much interest in these things, and he didn't know how to appreciate them, and it was just a waste of money to buy them.
It's normal that he didn't auction the items, but after the auction of more than ten auction items, it was a little strange that Liu Xiong hadn't auctioned any of them, and Su Zhe came to the auction but Liu Xiong called him. Although Liu Xiong occasionally bids, the price is not high, and he completely holds the mentality of taking pictures if he can, and does not force them.
After the auction of an ancient painting, the staff did not bring out the auction items again.
"The next auction item is believed to be the target of many people who come to the auction this time." Auctioneer Ye Mingzhe said.
And Liu Xiong, who was not caring just now, heard this, and immediately sat up straight and stared at the auction table tightly. Su Zhe believes that the next auction item is Liu Xiong's target for the auction.
Ye Mingzhe didn't dare to sell the guanzi, and hurriedly asked the staff to bring up the auction items.
"Now the next auction item is this wild ginseng, which has been identified as more than 420 years old, weighs 72.6 grams, and has a low price of 6 million, so please bid now." Ye Mingzhe opened the box and held it up to show the people below.
"Eight million." A middle-aged man dressed as a businessman shouted, and directly raised the price by two million.
"I'll give 8.5 million." An old man with gray hair bids.
Although Liu Xiongbiao was very concerned about this 420-year-old wild ginseng at the beginning, after the official start of the auction. Liu Xiong calmed down and did not make a bid.
Soon the price broke through to 9.5 million.
This is someone shouting, "Ten million." Raise the price to the level of 10 million, except for the first one that reached 10 million, the others are below 10 million.
The bidder appeared to be a middle-aged man in his forties, about the same age as Liu Xiong. It depends on the situation, and the heroic spirit is compelling.
The middle-aged man looked in the direction of Su Zhe after bidding, and Su Zhe intuitively felt that the middle-aged man was looking at Liu Xiong.
And Liu Xiong also began to bid at this time: "Eleven million." ”
"Twelve million." The middle-aged man shouted, the middle-aged man's name is Wang Anguo, and this ginseng is bound to be obtained. His family business is engaged in medicinal materials, which is similar to Liu Xiong's, and is an upstart in the medicinal materials industry, and the biggest enemy at present is Liu Xiong's Liu business. Wang Anguo's industry does not have the heritage of Liu's enterprise as a century-old brand, and everything is inferior to Liu's.
In terms of wild ginseng, Liu's enterprise has more than 300 years of wild ginseng as the treasure of the town, while Wang Anguo's enterprise does not have more than 100 years of wild ginseng. Therefore, this year has 420 years of wild ginseng, no matter how much money it costs, Wang Anguo will take it.
"Thirteen million." Although Liu Xiong does not have Wang Anguo's imperative acquisition of this wild ginseng, if it is possible, he will not let go of this kind of good thing.
"Fourteen million." Wang Anguo then made a bid.
By this time, there were basically only the two of them earning, and no one else was involved.
Liu Xiong frowned, thought for a while before shouting, "Fifteen million."
"Sixteen million." Wang Anguo did not hesitate at all, and added another million.