Chapter 50: The Auction Begins

"Master, there is one thing I didn't tell you, I took over a lawsuit before New Year's Day, a man was accused of killing his wife, my law firm took his commission and helped him win, and the one who accused him was Xintong and their police station, and later it was found out that it was a suicide, not killed by his husband. But Xintong has some opinions about me, and it's nothing," Liu Chensheng said.

"Nonsense, your uncle is running a company, can't he take the commission yet? You should be a child, everything is up to you."

The old man said two words about his granddaughter and didn't say anything more

Talking and laughing, seeing that it was noon, Liu Chensheng stood up, "Master, two senior brothers, I booked a seat in the emperor and had a meal together, just to catch the wind for Wang Chao's junior brother, Xintong"

This Senior Brother Liu really knows how to do things, I thought of it.

The old man was not polite, as everyone stood up, those little young heads led the way, walked out of the courtyard, and Xinyue took Xintong's hand and walked out.

When I got outside, I saw a silver Mercedes-Benz RV, a bodyguard standing next to it, and three or four Buick and Crown cars parked on the other side, "Master, you and Senior Brother Wang can take my car"

The old man promised to get into the Mercedes-Benz, and then Wang Chao also sat on it, and several other people got into their respective cars, and the Crescent Moon sisters drove a red BMW sports car, and a group of five cars came out in a row.

On the way, Wang Chao called Suo Wencheng and said that a friend invited him to dinner, don't wait for him, although it was a little strange, but when he heard Wang Chao's voice talking, Suo Wencheng didn't say much, just told him to come back early in the afternoon and take him to visit a few friends, Wang Chao agreed and hung up the phone.

Soon arrived at the hotel, "Emperor Cuihua, is a famous hotel in Hong Kong, bring my brother to taste, Master and I haven't come here to eat for a long time, I remember the first time I saw Master when I was a child was at the door here." Hehe, I didn't expect it to be like this, we have known each other for almost 30 years."

"Morning sound, you remember, if you weren't naughty at the time, we wouldn't have known each other, hahaha"

Several people got out of the car, and then walked in, "Hello Mr. Liu, the room you booked is on the third floor, please come with me" The leading lady knew Liu Chensheng. Then she asked a few people to follow her to the elevator and went directly to the third floor.

Entering the private room, a few people sat down after cleaning their hands, a few apprentices brought by the senior brother and the son of the second senior brother sat at a table, and the older generation sat at a table, Xintong and Xinyue were not polite, and sat directly next to Wang Chao.

Immediately, the waiters began to serve the dishes one after another, and one after another delicious dishes were served, such as fish balls and pho, Wenchang chicken, oyster abalone, Australian lobster, etc. Two more bottles of Lafite came up.

Seeing that the dishes were ready, Yu Lao first picked up the wine glass to welcome Wang Chao's arrival, and then everyone pushed the cup to change the glass. Toasting to each other, zuihou is a few junior apprentices persuaded Wang Chao to drink, Wang Chao is also happy today, and those who come do not refuse. Using the ability to turn the wine into water in the stomach, one person drank two bottles of red wine, and the people at the table secretly smacked their tongues. The heart said that this junior brother from the mainland can really drink, but the atmosphere is out, and everyone is very happy to drink.

zuihou even Xintong drank a little too much, and stammered to Wang Chao: "Chao, Chao, Brother Chao, you are welcome to come to Hong Kong to play, find me if you have anything", then finished drinking, poured another cup and said to Liu Chensheng: "Little, uncle, what happened last time was that it was my fault, I apologized to you, no, no, but you should be cautious as a lawyer to take on cases, and don't fight for those bad guys, and fight lawsuits"

Liu Chensheng smiled bitterly, and said okay, Yu Lao saw that everyone drank a lot, so he stood up and said That's it, anyway, Wang Chao won't leave, invite him to drink another day, and go home to rest first.

"Uncle Shi, I still have friends to see in the afternoon, and I will come back to meet you when I am busy in the past few days."

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After pushing a few times, the old man saw that Wang Chao was resolute, so he didn't invite again, and then Liu Chensheng sent the old man home and asked another driver to send Wang Chao back to the hotel.

Wang Chao, who was like a dream, returned to the hotel, entered the room and called the master first, and left the phone when he left, and said hello to the master after dialing, and then told him about his meeting in Hong Kong

"Ah, you've met your uncle, great, how are they doing? Say hello to them for me, and invite your uncle or those senior brothers to have time to come to Yanjing, recognize the teacher, and move around often in the future and keep in touch more; In addition, if Uncle Yu doesn't mind, let the senior brothers in our door also go to Hong Kong to visit him when he is free."

Wang Chao agreed, and then the master and apprentice chatted a few more words, and then put down the phone.

"Wang Chao, this child, just arrived in Hong Kong and met the same door, it's good, more than 60 years and Hong Kong here uncles, brothers have never been in touch, it seems that this child is really right, and he will have to cultivate it well in the future." Not to mention the excited self-talk of Li Lao, let alone Wang Chao.

After making the call, I was just about to wash up, and the call came again, it turned out to be Suo Wencheng, and asked him if he had come back, if he came back to rest a little, he would go to the hotel in another twenty minutes, and then take Wang Chao to meet a few friends in the Hong Kong collection circle.

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"The eldest child, the second child, the fifth child, Wang Chao, this child is coming to our Hong Kong for the first time, you have to take care of him more, call him if you have nothing to do, see if there is anyone who needs help, he is not familiar with the place, if there is something, he is not willing to trouble us, so you have to take the initiative to maintain this little junior point"

"Master, don't worry, we are all brothers in the same sect, and it is right to help each other."

"That's good, I'll go rest, you all go back and get busy"

The three brothers came out and went home, and the Xintong sisters muttered at home:

"Xinyue, this Wang is so powerful"

"Yes, he is the apprentice of the head of Xingyi, and he must not be bad at kung fu, unlike us, practicing martial arts is a bit of interest and hobby."

"Well, no, I'll have to ask my colleagues at the police department to help me get my face back."

"Sister, don't toss around, Wang Chao is a member of our family, if you are really wronged here, when you go back, you will tell his master, and grandpa will not be able to explain"

"Yes, but he came to Hong Kong to participate in some kind of antique auction, you said that this person has a wide range of hobbies."

"Don't gossip"

"No, let's go see how about tomorrow."

"Don't go. Don't mess around, sister, besides, you're going to be on duty tomorrow."

"Go Xinyue, just go play with me once, I want to see what this Wang Chao wants to auction. I'm resting tomorrow."

Xintong begged for a long time, and Xinyue reluctantly agreed.

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In the afternoon, Suo Wencheng took Wang Chao to visit three friends in the collecting world, all of whom have been his business partners and friends for many years, and everyone was talking about tomorrow's auction, and said that they would exchange their collections with each other after the auction, and invited the two to visit their respective collections.

Wang Chao opened his eyes this time. Hong Kong's collecting scene is really a hidden dragon and crouching tiger, here is a collection of Eastern and Western culture and antiques, are usually rare treasures, but even the top collection, compared with the few pieces they brought, it is still slightly inferior, but it is also a rare good thing.

Among them, in the home of Dai Xiangbin, a cow head in the Old Summer Palace was found, saying that it was genuine. It seems that this is really a big collector, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this thing is a national treasure, although it is not very valuable in itself, but it has great symbolic significance.

The one Zuihou visited turned out to be Qiao Donghai of Qiao's Group. The two met at the auction last time, and they also had a meal, so they were not strangers, and Suo Wencheng was a little strange that the two knew each other. After listening to Wang Chao's explanation, he not only sighed at the smallness of Shijie.

Dinner was invited by Qiao Donghai to the two of them, and they made an appointment to get together after the auction was over.

The next day. The two got up early, washed up and went straight to the auction site. It officially started at 9 o'clock in the morning, and the two of them arrived at just 8:40 a.m., Suo Wencheng had an invitation letter and naturally went unimpeded, asked for two numbers, and prepared to participate in the auction.

At this time, foreign, Hong Kong, mainland collectors entered the venue one after another, Suo Wencheng pointed out to Wang Chao one by one, who is this, who is that, which introduced Mr. Ma Du, a famous collector in Yanjing, who is very famous in the mainland collection circle, and opened his own museum, is a leading figure in the domestic collection industry, I didn't expect him to arrive today, it seems that today's auction is a good thing.

However, what Wang Chao didn't notice was that his fifth senior brother from the same door in Hong Kong also arrived, and the senior brother also came, it turned out that the senior brother was still a special security guard for this auction, and the pair of sisters Hua Xintong and Xinyue also sneaked in in the name of the senior brother and sat in a corner that was not limited.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the auction officially began, the organizer of the company, Mr. Xia Wenhan, general manager of the company, delivered a speech, and then the auction's chief auctioneer Zhao Yixiang appeared, this person's original name was Zhao Yixiang, because of his great reputation in the auction industry, the industry gave this person a nickname Zhao Yishu, describing his auction will master the rhythm very well, and the hammer is simply down.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome all friends in the collection industry have the honor to participate in this auction, I am honored to serve as the auctioneer of this auction, there are many auction items, I hope you can be satisfied, get your favorite auction items, and the official auction will begin. The first is an Islamic-style pottery, called the Akaun plate, produced in 1184, which was made by the famous ceramic master Salimen at that time, and was sought after by the upper class society at that time, but there are only three pieces left in the world, this one is an unnamed Italian commissioned for auction, the starting price is 800,000 Hong Kong dollars, and those who like to collect ceramics can be auctioned, and the price increase is not less than 50,000 Hong Kong dollars each time"

"850,000"

"900,000"

……

Zuihou sold for 1.35 million, more than 60% higher than the auction price, and made a good start.

"The second is the Sicilian Communion Cup, which was given to the Protestant Church in New Netherland by the then German Emperor Freette I, made of gilded silver, with a starting price of 1 million Hong Kong dollars, and each increase is not less than 50,000 Hong Kong dollars"

"1,050,000"

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The bidding was fierce, and Zuihou was sold for HK$1.75 million.

"The third is ......"

Famous antiques from Shijie countries were auctioned off one by one, and the highest price was a gilded Buddha statue from India, which is said to have been auctioned by an Indian toast, and the auction price was 7.3 million.

"The following is China's "Illuminating the Night White Picture", which is a famous court painter Han Han of the Tang Dynasty in China, it is said that it is the painting of the emperor Tang Xuanzong's favorite horse to shine on the night white, please see, the horse in the painting neighing, full of the dynamics of life, the starting price is 6 million Hong Kong dollars, each increase is not less than 100,000"

The following is a lot of discussion, for Chinese ancient paintings, in recent years, there has been a wave of sought-after atmosphere in the shijie collection circle, not only domestic collectors like, but also those who like to collect oil paintings with big noses are gradually liking, and the price has been rising.

"6.8 million" This is a yellow-faced man

"7 million," a collector from the United States held up a sign

"7.1 million"

Bidding came and went, and Zuihou sold 10.2 million yuan, setting a new high in this auction.

Soon it was 11 noon, the morning auction ended, the afternoon was closed, and there was a night show in the evening, which was said to have more treasures.

The auction seems to be easy, but in fact it is not simple, whether it is the auctioneer or the bidder, they have taken out the spirit of 12 points, the brain is rotating at high speed, always calculating the price of the auction and the future growth space, and finally determine whether they participate in the bidding, so the short half a day is actually very brain-consuming, not in it is impossible to experience.

The auction Wang Chaosu opened his eyes, Shijie countries have all kinds of precious antiques, Sobifu is worthy of being a Shijie-level auction company, not only the auction process is skillful, and most of the items auctioned are treasures, the value is very high, of course, the price is also very high, only this morning transaction is more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and the night market is said to be higher.

"Xinyue, I see that this Wang Chao didn't raise his cards once, he won't just come to play."

"Sister, maybe people didn't like the right one, and besides, isn't there still at night?"

"Hmph, at night, the price of the night auction is more expensive, I think he guessed he really came to 'play soy sauce'"

The same thoughts not only exist in the hearts of the two sisters, but also in Liu Chensheng's hearts.

After eating, Suo Wencheng went back to the hotel to rest, and Wang Chao was just about to go back, when the senior brother Shan Haichuan invited him to go out, so he walked out of the auction house with him.

"Senior brother, what's the matter?"

"Wang Chao, I'm tired this morning, senior brother will take you to relax"

"Senior brother, you're welcome, I'll just go back to the hotel to rest."

"Hey, what's the hurry, in fact, a friend wants me to ask you, do you like to collect, he has something in his hand that he wants to sell, but unfortunately he can't get into the eyes of other people's Sobi Fu, and he is anxious to use the money, let me ask if you are interested in participating in this auction. You're the first to tell me, you go over and have a look, if you like it, stay it, and I'll find someone else for him for the rest."

"Oh, that's right, okay, I'll go and see, but is my brother far away? It's better not to delay too long."

"Don't worry, it won't be long, his house is very close"

After saying that, the senior brother drove out of the auction house and went straight to Yau Ma Tei. (To be continued......)