The auction hall of the Shide Auction Center is very spacious, which can accommodate hundreds of open halls on the second floor, and the front of the first floor is the VIP seats and the guest seats, the back of the guest seats are separated by a fence, and the fence is behind the spectator seats, and the main side seats have about 100 seats. The second floor is the VIP box, and there is a large glass in front of each box, from which you can see the VIP seats and some of the guest seats, and the windows are blocked by floor-to-ceiling curtains.

When choosing the VIP seats and VIP boxes, Lu Shiming once introduced the comprehensive structure of the auction center to Zuo Jiang, Zuo Jiang took into account the problem of Tao Fei's high-profile appearance, so he chose the VIP seats, so Zuo Jiang also had the idea of feeling the atmosphere of the auction scene, he had never participated in the auction, and he had seen it in movies and television, and those secret operations that hid in the VIP box and did not dare to show their faces were not attractive to him.

When there were still 15 minutes before the auction began, Zuo Jiang and Tao Fei walked into the auction center, at this time, the auction hall was full of people, the VIP seats and the spectator seats were almost full, leaving Dalong and several staff members on the sidelines, Zuo Jiang and Tao Fei, Zhang Yaping, Li Juncheng, Zhang Tianlong and five people walked towards the VIP seats, at this time Zuo Jiang had already seen Lu Shiming and his men sitting there.

Although the organizer of the auction forbade Ji to enter the auction hall for interviews on the grounds of "strengthening the management of the auction site", although Tao Fei and Zuo Jiang also received extreme attention as soon as they entered the venue, Tao Fei accepted a high-profile interview with the media, her beauty has long been familiar to everyone, and the noisy hall suddenly quieted down, and her eyes were focused on her face.

Under the guidance of the staff, Zuo Jiang and Tao Fei came to the VIP seat, because they remembered the VIP box introduced by Lu Shiming, Zuo Jiang looked back at the VIP box on the second floor before sitting down, the windows of the box were tightly blocked by curtains, and they couldn't see the situation inside, Zuo Jiang thought when he sat down, those so-called mysterious rich businessmen may be sitting behind the curtains!

At the beginning of the auction, some porcelain antiques and European medieval oil paintings were sold, but Zuo Jiang was not interested in these things at all, and basically ignored them. But with the auction of these porcelain antiques and oil paintings, the atmosphere of the scene began to warm up, and after the porcelain and oil paintings were auctioned at a high or low price, they finally looked forward to the appearance of the bronze beast of the Old Summer Palace.

After the seller of porcelain and oil paintings who had just been auctioned off the market, a middle-aged man wearing a black dress, a bow tie, and glasses with a white face walked out, and he walked up to the rostrum and introduced himself with his hands on the table, saying: "Greetings and ladies and gentlemen, everyone! I'm Andy Hu, the auctioneer at Christie's, and the collection I'm going to auction next is the bronze statues of the monkey, the ox and the tiger among the twelve bronze beasts of the Old Summer Palace! ”

After speaking, the auctioneer Di made a gesture of please to the side of the rostrum, and as soon as a door on the side of the rostrum opened, a concierge lady wearing a red cheongsam pushed a small car covered with gold velvet cloth and walked out, rushed to the side of the auction table and stopped, standing behind the car with a slight face.

The auctioneer pointed to the car and said, "The first collection to be auctioned below is the bronze statue of the cow in the bronze beast statue of the Old Summer Palace, please take a look!" As he spoke, he gestured to the concierge with his hand.

The concierge lady smiled and stepped forward to lift the golden velvet cloth cover on it, and a lifelike antique bronze statue of the cow was displayed in front of everyone, and the scene was suddenly a sound of amazement, Zuo Jianghe's position was very real in the front, and the people sitting in the back guest seats, some of them even stood up and wanted to see the bronze statue clearly.

Auctioneer Woody said: "Cow beasts, monkey beasts and tiger beasts. It is originally placed in the front of the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace 12 zodiac bronze statues in the middle of the ground. Designed by European missionaries. Made by Qing court craftsmen. It is an art treasure that shows the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures. The design fully takes into account the local folk culture of China. The 12 seated statues of the Chinese zodiac replaced the human sculptures commonly used in Western fountain design. The body of the bronze statue of the zodiac is carved in stone and dressed in robes. The head is in a realistic style. The casters are fine. The subtleties such as the folds and fluff on the beast are clear and realistic. The material selected for the casting beast was the red copper refined by the Qing court at that time. The exterior is deep in color and the inside is beautiful. After 100 years without rusting. It's a must. According to research. At that time, the bronze statues of the 12 zodiac animals were arranged in a figure-of-eight shape on both sides of a pool in front of Haiyan Hall in the Old Summer Palace. It was called the "hydraulic clock" by the people of the time. Daily. The bronze statues of the 12 zodiac signs will take turns spraying water. They represent different time divisions of the whole day. It's noon. Twelve images will shoot out at the same time. ”

Speaking of which, Auction Juandi paused and glanced at the scene. Then he continued: "This bronze bull statue has been missing since the disappearance of the heads of the twelve beasts in the Old Summer Palace in 1860. The first bronze statue of a beast in 130 years! ”

There was a commotion at the scene of the "uproar ......"!

Juandi said in a loud voice: "Announce it below." The reserve price for this bronze bull statue is HK$70,000. Each increase shall not be less than HK$10,000. Please don't miss this incredible opportunity. You only get one chance. It's up to you to get there! ”

"Let's start bidding!" Juandi raised the auction gavel in his hand and struck it vigorously on the auction table and said, "Please bid!" ”

Juandi's voice just fell. A middle-aged man held up a number plate at the guest seat. Hu Andi said loudly: "Now this gentleman in No. 38 is bidding 760,000 Hong Kong dollars. Yes

Please hurry up and raise the card, the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again! ”

"Oh! This gentleman paid 770,000 Hong Kong dollars! Is there a higher price? ”

"Oh! This lady is out of 780,000, out of 780,000! Good! This gentleman out of 790,000, 70,000! Yes! This lady is out of 800,000, 800,000! Is there a higher price? ”

Although there are 5 people bidding in a row, but each time the price is increased is only 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, everyone is cautious, Zuo Jiang does not feel the movie at all, the kind of atmosphere that throws a lot of money at the auction site, I can't help but be a little disappointed, it seems that the reality is not as fictional as in the movie, everyone is very cautious every time they bid, and they secretly glanced at Lu Shiming over there in a hurry, and saw that he had picked up a red fountain pen in his hand.

Lu Shiming picked up the red pen, of course, it was to imply that Tao Fei had increased the price significantly, Zuo Jiang just wanted to touch Tao Fei next to him to hint at her, at this time Tao Fei had already raised the number plate and said: "10,000!" ”

Hearing that Tao Fei added 200,000 Hong Kong dollars at a time, the scene suddenly fell silent.

When the auctioneer Hu Andi heard this, he was a little moved and said loudly: "This lady has come out with 10,000!" 10,000, is there any higher, and is there still higher! ”

Obviously, 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is far from reaching the bottom line of the hearts of those who participated in the auction today, and before the auctioneer reported the number, a man in his 50s in the VIP table held up the number plate and said: "1netbsp; Tao Fei raised the number very quickly this time, and when the auctioneer Hu Andi had not repeated the gentleman's price of 050,000, Tao Fei said: "1.2 million!" ”

Seeing that Tao Fei immediately added 150,000 to suppress it, the man was obviously a little excited, and immediately raised his card and said: "1.25 million!" ”

As soon as the man's words fell, Tao Fei immediately raised his sign and said: "1.5 million!" ”

Tao Fei continued to raise the price of the card, put on an inevitable frame, and the price of 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars came out, and the audience was amazed! The man was obviously a little unwilling, and he was about to raise the card again, but a very rich middle-aged beautiful woman sitting next to him held his hand and shook her head slightly, and the man's rapid breath gradually calmed down, and finally did not raise the card again.

In just ten minutes, the price of the bull bronze statue doubled, and the auctioneer Hu Andi was obviously very excited, and he said excitedly: "This beautiful lady has already sold 1.5 million yuan!" 1.5 million! Ladies and gentlemen, is there anything that pays a higher price, and is there any? Let's create a miracle together! ”

Zuo Jiang carefully studied the excited expression on Hu Andi's face, but he couldn't see anything, he didn't know if he was really excited, or pretended to be excited!

The scene was silent for about 1 minute, and no one bid again, and Juandi finally raised the auction hammer and said: "1.5 million for the first time, is there a higher price?" ”

At this time, a middle-aged beautiful woman on the side of the third row of the VIP seat raised the number plate in her hand and said, "150,000!" ”

Tao Fei quickly held up the number plate and said, "1.6 million!" ”

The middle-aged beauty did not hesitate, and immediately raised her sign and said: "16.11 million!" ”

This time, Tao Fei did not immediately raise his bid card, but pretended to be pensive according to the setting in the bidding plan. Hu Andi smiled secretly in his heart when he saw Tao Fei's contemplative appearance, and immediately said loudly: "This lady has paid 16.11 million, do you have any higher prices?" After the first sentence was asked, he didn't ask the second sentence without asking the second sentence, and said: "16.11 million for the first time, 16.11 million for the first time!" 1.61 million for the second time! "There's a big deal about to fall under the gavel!

At this time, Taufei held up the number plate and said: "1.7 million!" ”

The middle-aged beauty seemed to hesitate for a moment before holding up the number plate and saying, "17.11 million!" ”

This time, Tao Fei did not hesitate any longer, and immediately raised the sign and said: "1.8 million!" ”

The middle-aged beauty didn't raise the price immediately this time, and looked hesitant. Hu Andi's voice was a little hoarse: "This lady has 1.8 million yuan!" There are still no price increases, and there are no price increases? After asking several times and seeing that no one raised the card, he hesitated and said: "1.8 million for the first time, 1.8 million for the first time!" ”

Lu Shiming had already picked up the black pen and signaled that Tao Fei, a middle-aged beauty, was the secret hand of the auction company, and Zuo Jiang looked at the auctioneer Hu Andi when he saw it, seeing that his hesitant appearance seemed to be conveying some information to the middle-aged beauty.

When Juandi shouted 1.8 million for the second time, the middle-aged beauty finally raised the number plate in her hand and said, "18.11 million!" ”

As soon as Lu Shiming heard it, the blue pen he picked up immediately showed Tao Fei, Tao Fei shook his head and leaned back on the back of the chair with a helpless look, and Ren Auctioneer Hu Andi was indifferent when he shouted 18.11 million for the second time.

When the auctioneer Hu Andi shouted 18.11 million for the second time, seeing that Tao Fei had not reacted, the fine sweat on his forehead came out! After hesitating for a while, he finally reluctantly shouted 18.11 million for the third time, and then raised the auction hammer high but did not fall for a long time.

After the sound of the "......" electronic device, the red light on the auction table flashed. When Lu Shiming was about to raise the price of the card, someone in the VIP box increased the price, and the price on the electronic display board was 1.85 million Hong Kong dollars!