Chapter 99: Sky-high price!
"Whether this picture is true or false, you don't need to worry about it at all, this is Jinbi Building! It's a secret treasure conference held by the United Chamber of Commerce! Who dares to sell fakes at the Secret Treasure Conference? Secret Treasure Conference, how can you accept fakes?! The presiding officer's words were sonorous and powerful.
When everyone heard what he said, they all quieted down, in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that the things at the Secret Treasure Conference could not be fake, but such an inconspicuous landscape painting was said to be a drawing of a master like a public loser? It's just a little unbelievable.
The host looked around with his eyes and took in the expressions of everyone, and then said: "The seals on this picture, the handwriting and ink of the inscriptions, have all been carefully examined by experts, and they are indeed from the hands of a public master!" ”
Listening to the host's explanation, everyone will naturally no longer have any doubts in their hearts.
Someone couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Yu, can you let the waiter hold that picture and show it to everyone?" ”
The host's surname is Yu, because he presides over this secret treasure conference every year, and he also has some prestige among businessmen from all over the world, and "Mr. Yu" is a kind of honorific title for him.
"Somebody wants to say sorry to everyone." The host shook his head and refused: "This public loss of the master's drawing, too precious, out of the half point pool, the seller requested, before this thing changed hands, not through the hands of others, this request, I can't meet everyone." ”
This is also normal, after all, this is not an ordinary antique calligraphy and painting, there are still secrets hidden in this painting, before it is sold, how can it be casually wiped for people to see?
Everyone did not raise any more objections, and the host cut to the chase, "Now, the auction begins, this public loss of the master's drawing, the reserve price, 10,000 taels of silver!" ”
The reserve price of 10,000 taels is really not low!
Under the booth, there was a low gasping sound, and some medium-sized merchants who were originally ready to try their luck heard this reserve price, and they planned to give up and no longer participate.
Soon after the host's voice fell, someone began to bid:
"Eleven thousand taels!" This is a merchant sitting on the elegant seat on the first floor, and when he came up, he added the price of 1,000 taels of silver.
"Twelve thousand taels!" Immediately, someone was not to be outdone.
"Fifteen thousand taels!"
"Sixteen thousand taels!"
"Eighteen thousand!"
"Twenty thousand taels!"
“……”
The price came and went, and the time was not long, and the picture rose to 30,000 taels of silver!
After 30,000 taels, in the hall on the first floor, there are fewer people who follow the price, and many of the people sitting on the elegant seats in the hall are just ordinary businessmen, and the businessmen are very profitable, that is, they took pictures, and they are also ready to sell them.
The next to follow the price were mostly some powerful people, and in some boxes on the second floor, the number of people participating in the bidding began to increase.
"Thirty-five thousand taels!"
"Thirty-six thousand taels!"
“……”
"Childe, shall we follow the price?" The riverbank was a little eager to try.
The other stewards also had their eyes shining, looking at Cen Xiyan hopefully.
Lose the drawing of a master! As a disciple of the Yuanyin Sect, how can you not be moved!
Cen Xiyan is able to understand and experience their psychology, and the history of time and space began to deviate from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the historical records before the Northern and Southern Dynasties are the same as those in the textbooks she studied in modern times.
Gong Lose, that is, Master Lu Ban of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the master who was called the "ancestor" by the carpenters of later generations! The legendary man who was good at creating inventions and made outstanding contributions to architecture and machinery!
"The male loses the bamboo and wood and thinks it is a magpie, and it flies for three days." This is Mozi. According to Lu Wen", the wooden bird made by Lu Ban can fly high in the air by the wind and do not land for three days! Such a magical technique, how can the disciples of the Yuan Yin Sect not want to see it?
Cen Xiyan was used to fly over the triangular wings of the Raya Snow Mountains, and many disciples in the sect believed that she was inspired by the Gongyi Master to make it.
The disciples of the Yuanyin Sect have great enthusiasm and interest in the drawing of the general master, and it may only be the yearning and pursuit of exquisite craftsmanship, but what about the powerful people of various countries who play the idea of this drawing? Fear...... What they are more interested in is the use of the Gong-like trick in the military! Before his death, he helped the Chu State to make weapons......
Cen Xiyan sighed secretly in his heart, and then said, "Follow!" ”
They participated in the Secret Treasure Conference in the name of Yaqu, as we all know, Yaqu is a carpentry business, and it is not surprising that they are interested in the drawing of the public loss, but it is strange if they do not participate in the bidding!
After receiving Cen Xiyan's instructions, Jiang An immediately followed the price loudly, "Three thousand nine thousand taels!" ”
Yaqu's price did not attract much attention, because it was soon surpassed by the later bidding.
Of course, perhaps someone has noticed the elegant movements.
The bidding continued, and soon, it broke through 50,000 taels!
There are almost no people who follow the price in the hall on the first floor, and the price follow-up in the box on the second floor has still entered a white-hot stage.
When it reached 60,000 taels, Jiang An still wanted to open his mouth, but was stopped by Cen Xiyan, "Don't follow, let's stop!" ”
"Don't follow......"
Jiang An looked regretful, and the expressions of the other people were similar.
However, they also know in their hearts that the people who are asking for the price now are probably all people from the power centers of various countries, and it is not surprising that those people are bound to win the public loss-like drawing, but although Yaqu is dealing in wooden tools, it is only a merchant, and it is a little strange that such an exaggerated price is still so closely followed.
When the bidding reached 70,000 taels, Cen Xiyan noticed that on this day, in the No. 13 box, which had never auctioned an item, and had never even participated in a bidding, someone followed the price, "Seventy-two thousand taels!" "The voice is loud and rough, and the accent is a bit like that of a northerner.
"It's the caravan from the crossbow country." Jiang An glanced at the box and whispered.
"Hmm." Cen Xiyan nodded, she guessed.
"Seventy-five thousand taels." This came from Box Nine.
It's an acquaintance again! It's Wei San's voice, and they finally made a move!
"Seventy-eight thousand taels." In box eleven, someone also spoke.
It was the box where Yang Si Li and Yang Si Yanlin were, but the person who opened the price this time was not Yang Si Yanlin, but Yang Si Li himself spoke.
"Eighty thousand taels."
The lazy voice came from the guest in Box 17, the mysterious man who auctioned two wood carvings at a high price.
"100,000 taels ......"
The warm and moist voice immediately came from the box next to Cen Xiyan......