Wang Chao participated in an auction held in New York with Suo Wencheng and secretary Du Nanxing in the United States, but what he didn't expect was to meet two acquaintances here, both of whom met at the underground cultural relics exchange meeting at Kong Weber's house in Hong Kong last time, one is called Hansen and the other is called George, and Qiao Zong also took the initiative to sit with Wang Chao, and even the two went out to have a meal at noon, which made Suo Wencheng a little surprised.

When the two returned to the auction site in the afternoon, Lao Suo and Du Nanxing had already arrived, looking through the lots in the afternoon auction, discussing which one to bid.

Seeing Wang Chao coming, Lao Suo glanced at him, Wang Chao nodded lightly, and motioned with his eyes to wait until he went back.

Lao Suo didn't speak, but handed him the exquisite catalogue of lots in his hand, and motioned for him to look at the two marked, indicating that they were his goals for this auction.

Then I looked at it suspiciously, and found that these two pieces were jewelry, one was a necklace, and the introduction was a string of jewelry from the Ming Dynasty in China, the main bead was a ping-pong ball-sized tortoiseshell, and the other a total of 108 pearls were strung together, which is said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, the pearl of Zhu Yunwen, who was taken from the throne, but the historical records of the Ming Dynasty did not recognize his history in those years.

The other is a diamond, a diamond from the English royal family, according to its introduction, it is the second diamond found in South Africa, named "Unika", which is after the first diamond "Eureka" was discovered, weighing about 23 grams.

In addition to these two pieces, the auction items in the afternoon were obviously higher than those in the morning, and there were many gold and silver jewelry, porcelain, famous paintings in the world, etc., among which one was said to be the key in the story of Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, and was the prototype of the "open sesame door" in the story.

Soon the afternoon auction began, and the first one was the string of beads that Suo Wencheng had a fancy for, and the white-headed auctioneer introduced the origin of this string of beads. The starting price was set at $300,000, and each increase was not less than $50,000, I don't know if it was intentional or not interested in the beads, Wang Chao always felt that the price of the beads was too low.

The audience called prices one after another, and the price climbed to $500,000 in a short time, seeing that Lao Suo's mood was high, in addition to his insistence on following the bidding, there were two other people who were also following the price, one was Ichiro Ueshima from the Japanese country, and the other was from Singapore. It's all familiar Asians with black hair and yellow skin.

It can be seen that most of the people who really like Chinese things are still these Asians, and Westerners do not pay much attention to Chinese antiques.

The price has been climbing to 700,000 US dollars, and finally it was pocketed by Lao Suo.

After the intermission, the first auction item turned out to be the diamond "Unika" that Suo Wencheng had a fancy, with a starting price of $1 million, and a price increase of no less than $100,000 each time.

Because this diamond is not only valuable but also historical, the second one found in South Africa, there are many bidders in the auction. In less than ten rounds, the price climbed to $2 million, which made Lao Suo hesitate, although he liked it. But if it exceeded his expectations too much, he was a little hesitant, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and followed until $2.6 million, and saw that there were still two people bidding. Give up decisively on your own.

At the end of the day, he's just a jewelry merchant, and he's left-handed. Right-handed dealers, not specific collectors, naturally will not have the determination not to give up.

Next is the key seen in the catalog, which is said to be the prototype of "Open Sesame" in the story of Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, but this key is surprisingly large, fifteen centimeters long, and the widest handle of the key is about four centimeters, and it is said that it is made of pure gold, the shape is simple, it should be an old thing, the starting price is 50,000 US dollars, and the price increase is not less than 10,000 US dollars per auction.

However, what the white-headed auctioneer didn't expect was that no matter how he fooled and boasted that this key was very commemorative and how high the gold purity was, there were few followers in the audience, and there was no "popularity" at all.

Just when Wang Chao was a little strange, suddenly George next to him touched him, "Mr. Wang, are you looking at this golden key bidding for not many people, in fact, everyone understands that this key may not be made at any time, and these participants only participate in the production of gold materials, otherwise just take the key and say what kind of antique it is, it's not the same as a joke, and the main thing is that this key doesn't have an appraisal certificate." If he advertised that this key could open the legendary treasure house, it would probably be a bit of a sight to behold, otherwise it would have been just a joke."

Wang Chao not only nodded yes when he heard it, it seems that Westerners are not as they imagined, even if they participate in this kind of auction, they are more sensible, not as emotional as Orientals, so he couldn't help but look up at the embarrassed appearance of the white-headed gentleman, and then glanced at the key on the table, but this look made his heart move, and he always felt that this key was not right.

So he held his breath and concentrated on looking through the past, "Ah", he found that through the key, the inside of the big key was actually hollow, and then he looked intently, and found that there was a small note similar to paper inside, which made him very interested.

At this time, there were only three people on the stage who were still holding signs, one was Ichiro Ueshima of the Japanese Kingdom, the other was a gold jewelry collector from Taiwan, his name was Liu Jinxiong, and the other was George next to him.

After three more rounds of sign-up, the price has climbed to $300,000, leaving only Ichiro Ueshima and George, and Wang Chao also raised his cards.

According to the regulations of the auction, if the sign is not quoted to prove that the price will be increased according to the minimum bidding price, Wang Chao has not reached the point where people are stupid and have a lot of money, so naturally he did not quote a high price.

However, even if most people quote a high price, it is also a bidding strategy, and the current one is showing the determination to win, scaring others from following.

Seeing that he was also holding up his card, George glanced at him suspiciously, and asked puzzledly, "Wang, do you also want this golden key?" ”

"Hehe, yes, I suddenly feel that I can't come in vain, except for it, the price of other antiques is too high, so in line with the purpose of saving if I can, I will take this picture, it is a small gift for my family" Wang Chao replied with a smile

"Oh, MyGod, you're humorous. Okay, that's yours, I'm not going to follow."

It seems that this person doesn't really want to collect, so much so that it seems to be about the same as Wang Chao's idea.

After two rounds of bidding with the island, he finally received $350,000 into Wang Chao's pocket.

Seeing that Wang Chao also bid for a piece, that Du Nanxing suddenly had a little Jiujiu in his heart, "This Wang Chao has been auctioned, should I also shoot a piece?" Otherwise, this trip will not come in vain? ”

Make up your mind and prepare to shoot one later.

I don't know if he actually moved his heart to compare with Wang Chao, which is not only a little funny.

Five or six more pieces of the collection were auctioned one after another, and it seemed that the end was near. Suddenly, a man sitting in the front row stood up and handed the white-headed gentleman on the stage a note.

After seeing it, the white head frowned, as if he was groaning a little in his heart, and then said to everyone

"Good news for you, I just got a message from this gentleman that his Atlantic salvage team has recovered a wrecked ship, found some antiques inside, and is going to surprise everyone at auction. What is it? Please wait and see."

There was a whispering sound from the audience, and this unexpected "spoiler" really hung everyone's appetite.

Although everyone knows that at the bottom of the vast ocean, mankind has sunk many ships over the millennia, especially some merchant ships. Therefore, many people also risk their lives to salvage, but most of the real ones that can be fished are in the shallow sea near the continental shelf or roundabout, and the deeper ocean is almost impossible to salvage, after all, it is too deep. Without advanced equipment, you are simply looking for death.

But this Atlantic salvage company is in a dominant position in the salvage industry of the world, if nothing else, because of its advanced equipment and the treasures that have been really salvaged. Let people be impressed by it.

This time was no exception, and the people in the audience were waiting for a miracle to happen.

After a while, a young man came up from Houtai, carrying a plate in his hand, and the plate was covered with a red cloth.

"Guess what's on this plate," the white-headed gentleman asked everyone to guess, apparently trying to whet everyone's appetite, because it would attract more attention.

Everyone was wonderful, and said it was jewelry, some said it was gold jewelry, some said it was porcelain, the white-headed gentleman smiled and shook his head again and again, in fact, Wang Chao had already found the hole cards through perspective, but he didn't speak, so as not to attract the attention of some people.

Seeing that everyone didn't guess correctly, the white-headed gentleman gently lifted the red cloth, and only later did he realize that the plate contained a plate of gold coins, or rather coins, because there were not only gold coins made of gold, but also silver coins made of silver.

Then a 60-inch LCD screen on the wall began to play some videos, which turned out to be a small clip salvaged by the Atlantic Salvage Company, of course, the shots of the coins coming out of the water, and the footage of the coin underwater, which was not released.

I saw that a large number of these coins were left from the "claws" on one of the salvage arms on the salvage boat, and the salvage ship next to it had been piled up like a hill of coins, and it seemed that the salvage was quite fruitful.

"Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to take a few minutes to tell you about the salvage. Our Atlantic Salvage Company is currently the world's most complete salvage equipment professional salvage company, this salvage is a late period of the United States Civil War a search for a wreck named "Republic", this ship was loaded with goods and a large amount of coins to New Orleans, ready to support New Orleans post-war reconstruction, but unfortunately it was a rare storm, resulting in sinking. Our company spent a lot of time and effort investigating, and then invested a lot of money in the sea to search the sea, and finally found the location of the wreck, and the coins were worn at the time."

The man paused and seemed to be raising words, "This time we will give all the proceeds of the auction to the captains, sailors and soldiers who died with this ship, after investigation, there were a total of 120 people on board at that time, more than 100 years have passed, they only have 73 descendants, we are ready to donate all the funds from this auction to them, as compensation for the death of their ancestors, okay, I will say here, I hope you will actively show your love." And I would like to say one more: if you have an auction that you like to collect, you can contact Atlantic Salvage, and we will be happy to welcome everyone to visit and buy."

After saying that, the man bowed and stepped off the stage.

The enthusiasm of the people in the audience was immediately aroused, and the white-headed gentleman whispered a few words to the man, and then stood on the stage to announce that there were a total of 73 coins, including 28 gold coins and 45 silver coins, and the bidding price was $10,000 for gold coins, and the price increase was not less than $1,000 each time; Silver coins start at $5,000 and increase prices at least $500 each time.

Due to the large number of coins, it is said to be a auction, but in fact it is similar to a purchase, and there is no enthusiasm to follow the auction.

George asked Wang Chao why he didn't bid for it, and Wang Chao smiled and said that he didn't have much money on him now, so he wouldn't participate.

In fact, he has his own plans: Why did Lao Tzu donate money to you, NND, more than 100 years ago, it was you robbers who entered our country to burn and loot, and now let me show my love, there is no door.

Although he did not participate in the auction, this incident gave Wang Chao a great inspiration: I didn't expect that there was still a lot of wealth in the ocean, and this estimate would not be less than being buried in the soil on land.

Although he doesn't have such advanced scanning equipment, don't forget that he has a clairing eye, and he can see through to a depth of more than 100 zhang underground, that is, with these eyes alone, he can see more than 300 meters underground, not to mention in water, the perspective depth will be deeper - after all, soil and rock are much worse than water transmittance.

After several rounds of symbolic bidding, the last batch of coins was bought by four Mi people, but to Wang Chao's surprise, there was Du Nanxing, who also bid for a gold coin, and seemed to show off to Wang Chao.

A total of $550,000 was sold.

After the auction, the winners handed over and settled with the auction company, and naturally Wang Chao was among them.

When I got the golden key, I held my breath and looked through the past, and sure enough, there was a note inside, but I couldn't see it on the outside, and it is estimated that no one had irradiated the key with X-rays and gamma rays, otherwise it would have been taken away by others.

Because everyone has gained, so the mood is very good, to the hotel simply asked the hotel to deliver food to the room, and asked for two bottles of 82-year-old Lafite to celebrate, which made Wang Chao call Lao Suo a loser - not to mention anything else, the two bottles of Lafite alone cost more than 5,000 US dollars, and the whole meal cost 6,000 US dollars, which if converted into RMB, the takeaway meal for three people is nearly 40,000 yuan.

The next day, Suo Wencheng accompanied Wang Chao for a day of shopping in New York and bought some gifts, and on the third day, Wang Chao returned to China. Suo Wencheng stayed in Silicon Valley for the time being because the company had other things. (To be continued......)

PS: People come and go, like silk, lonely like a passing year, in a small dust, the smoke and waves are vast, the vicissitudes of the sea, and they become memories in an instant; Summer comes and goes, in the red dust, quiet like a peaceful year, going around and around for another season, the sun is pouring into the city, the moon is like residual blood, and suddenly summer is gone; In his life, the youth sacrifice, if he is a teenager, he stumbles into the ink fragrance, he is full of economy, he cares about the world, and his wish in this life is enough!