Text Chapter Seventy-Seven: Sky-high! (Four more!) )
Time passed quickly, and soon, the day of the auction arrived.
Zhang Tian and Li Dongcheng entered the auction hall of Tianbao Pavilion, their eyes suddenly brightened, and at the same time, the noisy sound also came into their ears, at this time, there was still about half an hour before the auction began, and there were already nearly a thousand people sitting in the auction.
Above the venue, there is a huge chandelier four or five meters high, layered on top of each other, looking like blooming flowers, hanging in the center of the hall, soft light emanating, shining in all directions, in addition to this main lamp, at intervals, there is a delicate slightly smaller lamp on the wall, which illuminates the entire auction venue at a glance.
The venue is progressive, divided into three floors, each floor is a row of seats, the order is Lingran, the space on the first floor is the largest, the second floor is second, the space on the third floor is much smaller, of course, the first floor is a more ordinary seat, the second floor is the VIP seat, the third floor is the supreme seat, the space and comfort of the seat on the third floor are far better than the seats below.
As the eldest and youngest of the Li family, of course, the two came to the supreme seat on the third floor and sat down, Zhang Tian also saw that there were many foreigners around, it seemed that this black diamond was really attractive.
In less than half an hour, on the eve of the auction about to start, the entire auction hall was almost full, and such a scene was also very rare for Tianbao Pavilion.
Soon, a middle-aged man of about forty years old walked onto the stage, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and his appearance was even more neat, he was a famous auctioneer in Tianbao Pavilion, and the price of each item auctioned in his hands was one or two higher.
The auction began.
Of course, the things that were auctioned at the beginning of the auction were used to warm up the field, and the good things naturally had to be the finale, and the first auction item was displayed on the stage, which was a colorful Changjin porcelain, about one meter five in height, which looked smooth as jade and very gorgeous.
"This is a blue and white vase, it is porcelain produced in Jingdezhen, ....... by the master carver," the auctioneer began to introduce, with a loud voice, introducing the porcelain information in detail and clearly.
This first auction item is a modern handicraft, not an antique, and the auction house cannot auction a very valuable antique in the whole field, so it is generally auctioned some handicrafts, and it is not worth much, as long as the appearance is exquisite and good-looking, these are just a warm-up entertainment for everyone.
Soon, after the introduction, the auctioneer began the auction, and in the end the price of the porcelain was sold for 28,000.
Immediately afterwards, ordinary auction items appeared one by one, the starting price was not very high, and the competition on the spot was not fierce, but the transaction price was three or four times higher than usual.
Of course, there are a few good antique auctions, the highest of which is a painting from the Tang Dynasty, which was sold by an old man for 28 million.
Gradually, the atmosphere on the field also became active, the auctioneer suddenly stopped, took a few deep breaths, saw his expression, the auction hall suddenly fell silent, all realized something, no one was speaking.
This is not a cold field, all the people are like a rhythmic volcano, waiting to erupt.
The auctioneer took a deep breath and then shouted, "Next, it's the finale of this auction!" Rare treasures! Pale Black Diamonds! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the auction table in front of him descend, and soon, there was nothing on the rostrum except the auctioneer.
Immediately after that, all the lights dimmed, and then a strong light formed a pillar-like shape, illuminating the place where the auction table had just been, and then, in everyone's eyes, a small auction table slowly rose.
Everyone couldn't help but breathe tightly, and their eyes looked at the diamonds on the auction table.
At the same time, a magnified photo of the diamond was also placed on the big screen around it.
At this time, everyone was in an uproar, all stunned, and almost didn't believe their eyes.
I heard the auctioneer shout excitedly: "This diamond is an extremely rare black diamond, and it has a natural round appearance, weighing 4,306 carats, which is unique and unparalleled in the world......"
"Now I announce that the auction of light black diamonds will start now, with a reserve price of two billion, and each increase shall not be less than one million!"
As the auction began, the scene suddenly became enthusiastic.
"Two and three billion!"
A person sitting in the middle of the venue on the first floor raised the sign in his hand, directly increasing the price of 300 million, and at the same time setting off the fierce competition in the auction.
But, here, no one will be intimidated by these two or three billion.
"Two billion billion."
"Two and a half billion."
"Three billion."
......
The auctioneer's expression was very excited, the price had risen to three billion, which had reached the expectation in his heart, but looking at the scene that was still very intense, the auctioneer felt that today's pale black diamond would definitely fetch a sky-high price, and he, as an auctioneer with a sky-high price, would have a higher reputation.
"Three and seven billion!"
I saw a foreign dignitary on the third floor holding up a sign.
"Good! Thirty seven billion for the first time, thirty billion for the second time, the opportunity cannot be lost, the loss will not come again, this light black diamond, a rare treasure not to be missed, three billion seven billion third.."
"Four billion!"
An old man held up a sign and looked like he wanted to make a final fight.
"Four and one billion!"
"Four hundred and fifty million!"
"Four and a half billion!"
"Okay, now the price has come to 4.5 billion! Does anyone else increase the price? Have it? Forty and five billion for the first time, forty and five billion for the second time, forty and five billion for the third time! The auctioneer's face was flushed, his heart was beating, his expression was very excited, and after shouting three times, he decisively knocked down the auction hammer in his hand.
"Deal!"
Light black diamonds, at a sky-high price of 4.5 billion, sold!
After the auction, all the participants began to leave, although there are many people who are interested in the diamond and do not get their hands on it, but it is worth seeing this amazing auction.
At this moment, the members of the Li Family Police Station began to take action, monitoring the suspicious people around the Tianbao Pavilion in all directions.
However, after the auction ended, no one came to withdraw the money that day.
The next day, it was a little weird, at the end of the day, there were dozens of women in and out of Tianbao Pavilion, and Tianbao Pavilion did not notify them that the money was taken away, and after the surveillance personnel checked all the women, they found that they were just people who came to Tianbao Pavilion to store auction items,
However, at dusk on the third day, fifty or sixty women suddenly ushered in front of the door of Tianbao Pavilion, and after half a ring after entering, Tianbao Pavilion informed the Li family that the money had been taken away.
In an instant, all the monitoring personnel were busy, checking every woman who came out, but they didn't find the bank card.