Because of the charitable nature of this auction, it was arranged at the Palais Royal. It was once the property of the Duke of Orleans and was once the most important source of the French Revolution. After the Duke of Orleans had his head cut off, the palace was nationalized and later converted into a theater during Napoleon's reign as First Consul.

After rounds of newspaper warm-ups, the auction finally began.

The first passenger train had a total of 12 passenger cars, and under normal circumstances, only one of the passenger train's carriages was a first-class luxury car. The remaining eleven cars consist of 4 second-class and 5 third-class carriages, as well as two dining cars.

But because it is understood that many wealthy people wanted to get a seat on the historic first passenger train, the car formation of this train changed. Considering that the vehicle would not run for too long, one of the two dining cars was removed. All 4 second-class cars were removed, and two third-class cars were removed, leaving only three cars. These removed carriages were replaced with luxury carriages. If it weren't for the fact that these three carriages were too close to the locomotive, when the windows were opened, it would be easy for soot to drift in, and after all, some elementary and middle school students would be put on a show, I am afraid that these three carriages would also be removed and replaced with luxury carriages.

It stands to reason that with so many carriages and so many tickets, it should be considered that the supply is sufficient. Under normal circumstances, it should be able to meet the demand. However, when the auction began, everyone found that the situation seemed to be somewhat surprising. Because the auction is not sold one by one, but one by one.

It's actually not a big deal, and it's even supposed to be, there are a total of nine carriages, each carriage has sixteen positions, if you shoot one by one, then when the newspaper reports, even if the name of each ticket buyer is reported, so much, who will really read and remember? In this way, the advertising effect is not outstanding enough. And when selling one car by one, there are far fewer buyers, and the amount of a single transaction is much higher, so that the report can attract attention. Advertising is also better – both for buyers and sellers.

The first auction was the number five luxury car. After the start of free bidding, the situation became more and more hot. Because the No. 5 luxury car is too close to the front of the car, there is still a certain chance that there will be a problem of soot drifting in, so his reserve price is the lowest among all luxury cars. But the auction continued fiercely, and soon the price was 8,000 francs.

At this time, a young man gently held up the sign in his hand: "Ten thousand francs." ”

"Ten thousand francs? What is 10,000 francs? Lao Tzu ...... "President Russell of the Wine Federation was about to come up with a higher price, but his assistant gently tugged at his sleeve.

"It's Louis Bonaparte." The assistant whispered.

"What?" Russell was taken aback, "Do you see clearly?" ”

"Yes, Louis Bonaparte." The assistant said.

"Ah, then let's not fight him." "But, no matter what, be sure to take a picture of car six!" ”

Since Louis raised the sign of ten thousand francs, no new offer has been made. Even the auctioneer's movements suddenly became faster.

According to the auction habits, the auctioneer will always delay as much time as possible, so that more people have time to make up their minds and make higher bids. Sometimes, between "XX Yuan for the first time" and "XX Yuan for the third time", he can drag out for ten minutes.

But this time, the auctioneer spoke almost at the speed of the weather forecast broadcast by CCTV in the future Chitu Kingdom, and quickly finished saying "the first, the second and the third time", and when he was still saying "the second time" in his mouth, he had already knocked down with a hammer.

The next auction was the No. 6 car. This carriage is a little better than the number five carriage. But it's still not the best car. But the price of this carriage rose rapidly, and as soon as the reserve price of 1,000 francs was revealed, many signs could not wait to be raised, and in the blink of an eye the price rose to 30,000 francs, and the rate of rise did not mean to fall in the slightest. Louis just lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, and when he looked up, he saw that the offer had become fifty thousand.

"If they knew who was sitting in this car, they wouldn't know if they would regret it." Louis couldn't help but think.

Louis knew that the reason why these guys, especially the guy named Nathan Rothschild, who had repeatedly bid for it, were willing to spend so much money on this carriage was because they believed that Bonaparte and his fellow were sitting in this carriage. They hoped that they would have the opportunity to get in touch with the Bonaparte family. It's just that he photographed this carriage, and it was really not for his own family......

The price continued to rise, and soon it reached eighty thousand. By this time, most of the bidders had already withdrawn, and only a few Jews or foreigners were still competing with each other. In the end, it was Nathan Rothschild who was more willing to spend money and took the carriage for 102,000 francs.

Perhaps it took too much effort to compete for the sixth carriage, so that when he crossed the back carriage, although theoretically the conditions were better, the price began to drop markedly, and by the time of the last carriage, Monsieur Grandet even took him down for only 20,000 francs.

As soon as the auction was over, except for Louis, who immediately did not know where to go, the rest of the merchants who had successfully bought tickets consciously stayed to be interviewed by reporters from various newspapers. In the interview, they all expressed their love for France and their support for charity.

"Mr. Rothschild, as far as I know, you are not French, why do you ......," a journalist asked Nathan Rothschild.

"Ah, journalist, you may be mistaken about one thing, and that is that, just last month, my application for naturalization to the French immigration authorities was approved. So now, I'm a glorious Frenchman. Nathan Rothschild immediately replied in a mouthful of French with a hint of Italian. It is said that in order to be able to speak with this accent, Nathan Rothschild put a lot of effort into it.

"Is that so? So I'm going to congratulate you first. The reporter quickly asked, "Why did you want to become a French citizen?" ”

"That's because, of course, France is the most democratic and liberal country in the world." Rothschild replied, "I am a man who loves freedom, and where there is freedom, there is my homeland." ”