Chapter 335: Auction Turmoil
Fang Ling'er tugged at the corner of Jing Zhongzheng's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Are all the artworks so expensive now?" โ
Inakamasa nodded slightly and said with a smile: "That's right, the more people can't understand something, the higher its price, and this is called art." โ
"I really don't understand that you people who are engaged in art, aren't you just an ordinary wood carving? The starting price is 500,000 ......," Fang Ling'er still gasped and muttered.
At this moment, a pair of leather shoes suddenly stopped beside Inoakamasa, and the two looked up to see a man in a black suit with an indifferent face.
Gu Xingzhi glanced at Fang Ling'er with a squint, but Fang Ling'er, whose attention was on the auction, didn't notice his gaze at all, but instead Jing Zhongzheng bowed his head slightly, and returned him with a not so good look.
"Hmph." Gu Xingzhi snorted coldly, and found a position that was neither far nor close to sit down, and Fang Ling'er saw his familiar figure at this time.
"Do you know that person? I don't feel like it's something to mess with. Jing Zhongzheng felt Fang Ling'er's somewhat cramped and uneasy gaze, and couldn't help asking.
"Know...... Of course I know, he's my husband. Fang Ling'er thought about it, but still made her words clear.
"Oh? Husband? Jing Zhongzheng looked at Fang Ling'er in surprise, although he also thought that this girl was married, but he didn't expect that her husband seemed to be an upper-class person, although a suit or something could be rented, but the temperament and the sense of oppression that was invisibly revealed were not something that ordinary people could pretend.
"Not bad...... I've had a conflict with him recently, so it's like this, forget it, don't mention him! Let's just take it as if you didn't see it! Although she said this, Fang Ling'er's eyes kept glancing at Gu Xingzhi, her actions completely betrayed her thoughts, Jing Zhongzheng saw all this in his mind, but there was a trace of turmoil in his heart.
Fang Ling'er is a very attractive girl, and this kind of charm, even Jing Zhongzheng, who has always been clean and self-conscious, feels a little unable to compete, Jing Zhongzheng feels that his requirements for his partner are still very high, but at this moment, he suddenly realized that in front of Fang Ling'er, all the requirements are all empty.
"780,000 won once! 780,000 won twice! 780,000 won...... Three times! No one is bidding higher! Good! Congratulations to our gentleman who sat in the third row and was in fifth place for winning this wild carving. โ
The auction was still being held in full swing, but Fang Ling'er didn't have the heart to stay here now, what was Gu Xingzhi here for? Did you come here on purpose when you heard that you were here? No, no, someone like him would never...
Fang Ling'er's heart turned into a hemp ball, although Jing Zhongzheng saw it, but he would not say anything out of bounds, after all, at this time, he, an outsider, is not very easy to speak, in case Gu Xingzhi is provoked, although he Jing Zhongzheng is not afraid of trouble, but he also hates to cause trouble.
"The following is an antique bronze sword made by Zhu Xiangdong, a swordsmith from the East, please see, this sword..."
The host was presenting the auction items that had just been presented to the audience when a cold voice interrupted his enthusiastic and pompous voice.
"Two million." Gu Xingzhi cocked one leg and said lazily.
As soon as he said this, the focus of the audience was immediately poured into him, who is this mysterious young man? How can there be such a big deal?
"Uh... Well, two million dollars for the first time! Two million dollars for the second time! Two million dollars for the third time! Congratulations to this gentleman..."
"You're welcome, I've contracted the next things, and I'll buy them at three times the reserve price, and if you have any opinions, you can compare with me who has more money." Gu Xingzhi threw out a black shiny bank card from his trouser pocket and threw it at the feet of the host on stage.
"There is 100 million in this card, and if you look at it yourself, it will only be more, not less." Gu Xingzhi's cold voice resounded in the hall, but no one dared to speak, a hundred million... This is really too big.
Even Jing Zhongzheng's brows furrowed, Fang Ling'er's husband not only didn't look like a guy to mess with, but in practice, he was afraid that it would be even better.
"What a horrible man." Jing Naka sighed and said slowly suddenly.
"He, what does he want to do?" Fang Ling'er was stunned for a moment, in her impression, Gu Xingzhi had always had little interest in artworks, but this sudden move... What was his intention?
"If you don't read it, don't worry, someone will ask for you." Jing Zhongzheng suppressed Fang Ling'er's thoughts.
I saw that the host who was sweating on the stage was also very entangled, and now he can't accept it, and if he doesn't, if he does, won't he offend the other guests who are interested in participating in the auction, but if he doesn't accept it, the young man in front of him who is cross-legged and closes his eyes and pretends to sleep will never let him go, it's really a difficult choice!
"You can see that he is very embarrassed!" Inakamasa smiled and explained.
"This gentlemanโ" The host slowly picked up the bank card on the ground and whispered over to him.
"Huh? You haven't got things done yet? Isn't this auction too inefficient? It's just an auction, will anyone bid more than me? I've tripled the price, and you've not even doubled what you've sold, so hurry up and do something for me!" Gu Xingzhi opened his eyes and scolded angrily, and the host walked back to the stage with the black bank card in a gray manner.
"So.. I'm very sorry, but as you can see, this gentleman has contracted all the auction items, and he himself does have the financial resources, for which we are deeply sorry..."The host apologized to the audience while wiping his sweat, but the disgruntled eyes of the other guests still came.
"Slow, who said we can't pay for it, although we can't get all the works of art with our financial resources, but one or two pieces are still okay, since it's an auction, we have to go through the auction process, so hurriedly saved is over, what are we here for? Do you drink the northwest wind? "Voices of protest came from the crowd, and the situation was detonated.
"yes, that's it!"
"Why is he? It's not like we can't afford to pay! โ
"yes, what are you doing at auction?!"
The host was suddenly in a worse mood, and he could only wipe his sweat impotently on the stage.
"Then continue to drive as they say, if you don't die until you don't see the Yellow River, you won't shed tears if you don't see the coffin, then let them see the gap!"
Gu Xingzhi left down an arrogant sentence and then pretended to fall asleep to himself, as if this 100 million was just a small pocket money for him.
"Well... Since this gentleman has said so, the auction will continue! The presenter, as if he had been granted amnesty, hurriedly struck his little hammer and announced that the auction would continue.
"Portraits from famous Western sculptors..."
"Five million." Gu Xingzhi didn't care about the feelings of others, and he was the first to shout, and everyone frequently looked at him, but they were helpless.
After all, if you have money, you can really do whatever you want in this society, Gu Xingzhi knows this well, and if you are rich... It can indeed settle a lot of unnecessary things.
"Five million for the first time... The third time! Congratulations to this gentleman! โ
No one dared to speak, just a portrait carved by a not-so-famous master was okay, but Gu Xingzhi's high price was not worth it.
"Ten million!"
"Eight million."
"Three million."
Next is Gu Xingzhi's personal show time, but as long as the auction item is lifted up in the first ten seconds, he will open his mouth to report a ridiculously high number, beating everyone's hearts up and down, and the host is also blushing and thick-necked, he has presided over dozens of auctions, large and small, but it is the first time to meet such a tyrant of the gold owner, presumably after this hosting, he will get enough commission for him to spend four or five years.
"This is our last auction item, a temporary shaft, a portrait of a woman, but in every sense of the word, it's a perfect work of art." The presenter slowly walked out from behind the curtain with a painting covered in a red cloth, believing that the finale would definitely sell for a very high price.
"I never thought that there was such a beautiful woman, and such a beautiful woman was so meticulously portrayed on this, please see!"
The red cloth was removed with a bang, and in the exclamations of everyone and Fang Ling'er, the painting from the hand of Jing Zhongzheng was placed on the auction table in a grand manner.
"That's, that's mine!" Fang Ling'er wanted to jump up and shout all of a sudden, but was held down by Jing Zhongzheng.
"Wait a minute, Miss Fang, don't worry, it's useless for you to shout that it's yours now, after all, your name is not written on that painting, even if you break your throat, the organizer won't give this thing back to you." Jing Zhongzheng explained lightly, and Fang Ling'er had no choice but to sit back in the chair.
"You can also see the good things about this painting, just the right color, the darkness of the background sets off the beautiful reverie of this woman's future life, it can be said to be the most beautiful portrait of this century, of course, according to our investigation, the owner of this painting should be from a master surnamed Jing, but this master died five years ago, and this one may be his masterpiece left in the world." The host looked at the boiling crowd below, and only hoped that Gu Xingzhi would not smash his signboard again, if the finale product that was suddenly transported over was handled well, it would not be able to sell for a sky-high price.