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There are about five or six pieces on a record, and the total length is about half an hour. As Sparrow changed the record, the host's young lady, eighteen-year-old Diana Jacobson, walked in. The little girl asked, a little embarrassed, "Mr. Sparrow, can you tell me the name of that piece of music?" ”

Sparrow picked up the package of the record and handed it to the little girl, "The first piece is called 'The Blue Danube', and according to the Chinese, it is the work of an unknown Austrian musician. The full title of this piece is 'Waltz by the Danube in Beautiful Blue'. The title of the song is taken from the repetition of the last line of a poem by the poet Carl Beck: You are sentimental, you are young, you are beautiful, you are docile and kind-hearted, like gold in a mine, and there your true feelings are awakened, by the Danube, by the beautiful blue Danube. The sweet flowers soothe the shadows and wounds in my heart, the flowers still bloom in the barren bushes, and the nightingales sing and chirp, beside the Danube, by the beautiful blue Danube. Listening to Sparrow's poetic commentary, Miss Jacobson's mind was always in her mind, what a good musician could have written, and only a romantic man could write such a romantic music, and the young girl began to imagine what the composer of the "legend" looked like. "Mr. Sparrow, do you know what country this composer is?"

"Those Chinese say you're Austrian." What Spyro knew was what Wu Fu told him. After listening to a wide range of opinions, the Governing Board decided that no survivor could name the author of a literary or artistic work except with the approval of the Governing Council. If the survivors are allowed to steal other people's works, there may be a large number of Li Ghost crashes, and there have been several literary youths who have stolen Taizu's poems in front of the indigenous readers, but fortunately, in the middle of the nineteenth century, there are not many poems that can be stolen, otherwise the survivors do not know how many talents will appear in the seven-step poetry. As for the works of foreigners, it is also strictly forbidden to steal them, and if they need to be displayed to the outside world, they cannot be answered by the name of the author. For example, when Spyro asked about the author, Wu Fusheng told him that it was a work by a young Austrian composer, and that someone in the Liberation Army met him on a business trip to Europe, and after listening to his performance, he thought it was good, so he bought this piece, and now the author himself can no longer find it. This is mainly because, if this is written by Chinese, no one will believe it, and there are still a few survivors who can draw Western, but none of them can compose, and this kind of lie that will be exposed at any time is really not necessary. Besides, Johann Strauss is only in his thirties now, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a young man, and "The Blue Danube" will not be written until nine years, and even if it is exposed to Westerners in the future, the Liberation Army cannot be accused of lying.

"I wonder if I'll be able to meet this composer in the future?!" Miss Jacobson wistful.

With the addition of the gramophone, this banquet is a little more exciting. A series of works by Johann Strauss, such as Waltz on the Story of the Vienna Woods, Waltz for Enjoying Life, Waltz for the Place Where the Lemon Tree Blossoms, Waltz for the Life of the Artist, Waltz for the Rose of the South, Waltz for the Sound of Spring, Waltz for Spring, have all been published in advance. These pieces were all composed by him about ten years later, and the "Waltz of the Sound of Spring" and "Waltz of Spring" were written in 1883, so the origin of these pieces will not be revealed, such as "Chatting Polka" and "Spark Polka" written in 1858 and other pieces were not sold by Wu Fusheng. A series of famous songs entertained the guests for the ears, and the feast was talked about for several days until Captain Jack Sparrow's auction.

In the eagerness of the city's residents, after five days of waiting, the auction finally took place. In order to make the auction more successful, Spiro borrowed the large conference hall of the city hall from the governor, which he did not have such a big face, and finally gave him a Shanghai brand mechanical watch worth more than 100 silver dollars, and the governor spoke and rented the conference hall to him. After the banquet at Jacobson's house, the nobles of Singapore received Sparrow's invitations, and most of the people who received them came. Everyone came for the gramophone, and if it weren't for the merchandise displayed at the banquet, the auction wouldn't have received so much attention.

At 1:20 p.m., ten minutes before the auction began, the guests who received the invitations were almost all there. Because there were so many people coming, the whole conference hall was full, and people who knew each other asked for news and wanted to know more about it. The Governor and the two consuls were big shots, and of course there was no need to squeeze together with ordinary guests, they had special VIP seats. Located at the front of the conference hall, it is not only spacious enough, but also has drinks and fruits specially prepared for them by the hosts.

When the clock in the conference hall struck twice, the auctioneer in charge of the auction got up and entered, and the guests who had been chatting immediately fell silent. The auctioneer was a middle-aged American in his forties, with a slightly bald head and a pair of small eyes behind the lenses of his glasses that shrewdly sparkled. He has been in this business for more than ten years, and he has seen many rare treasures, but he is still shocked by today's auction items. Taking a deep breath, he told himself to do the same as usual, stood in the doorway for a moment, and then stepped inside. When he stood on the stage, everyone in the audience looked at him with eager eyes, and then some people applauded. The auctioneer didn't expect to be so "popular", so he could only smile slightly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have already felt your enthusiasm, which flatters me." On this sweltering afternoon, everyone gathered, of course, for the novelties from China, not for me, a half-old man, and I still have that self-knowledge. The auctioneer's self-deprecation made everyone laugh, "Even so, I have to say that I am very fortunate and grateful to Mr. Sparrow for giving me such an opportunity." Of course, you also need to thank Mr. Sparrow, such as Sanzang Chinese welcome your visit, any search engine search "Sanzang Chinese" can quickly enter this site, this site permanently no pop-up window to provide free boutique reading and txt format download services! Without him, everyone would not be able to see this batch of novelty goods today. As you can imagine, many of today's auction lots are first for the Western world, and their significance is extraordinary, and as the person who handled them, maybe my name could be written into the history books. ”

After another round of applause, the auctioneer continued, "Alright, I think you're tired of waiting, so let's take a look at the first lot of the day," as he spoke, a male servant came in with a tray the size of a book, the surface of which was covered with a layer of velvet. The servant placed the box on the table in front of the auctioneer, and the auctioneer opened the box under the gaze of everyone, and there was a men's watch inside, which the auctioneer held in his hand so that the people behind him could see it clearly. The person who went to the banquet of the Commissioner of Customs was, of course, what was this, and some people who did not have the time or qualifications to go needed someone next to him to explain it to him. The auctioneer showed the box to the people below, and said, "The first item is a Shanghai-made watch with a date made in China. This new style of watch, which the Chinese call a wristwatch, refers to an instrument worn on the wrist to keep time/display the time. Watches are usually made of leather, rubber, stainless steel, etc., and the 'watch head' that shows the time is attached to the wrist. This way of wearing is more convenient, you only need to raise your hand to see the time; It's also safer, and I'm sure a thief won't be able to steal the watch from your wrist. Moreover, the Chinese's watch is smaller and more delicate, and the time is more accurate, I believe everyone knows yesterday's gamble, and Mr. Hoffman verified this with fifty pounds. So, it's definitely a commodity worth having. "The merchant's bet with Sparrow was revealed yesterday, and when the watch was taken out of the safe, the hands were still spinning in circles, and the calibration error from the large clock in the customs house was only three seconds. Hoffman simply conceded defeat, and now he is also sitting in the audience, listening to the auctioneer's words, many people are looking at him, and he can only smile bitterly.

After everyone had seen the watch, the auctioneer placed the box on the high platform in front of him, and then knocked on the small gavel, "Today's auction will be from this Shanghai brand with date watch." The reserve price is thirty-eight pounds, and the price is two pounds each time. As soon as his words fell, someone couldn't wait to raise their hands.

"Thirty-eight pounds, thirty-eight pounds," the auctioneer pointed to the first person in the audience to raise his hand, "has anyone ever been oversized for thirty-eight pounds, oh!" Forty pounds. "Very, the second bidder appeared, followed by the third, then the fourth...... "Fifty pounds, Mr. Hoffman offered fifty pounds, and was there anyone higher than fifty pounds?" …… Fifty pounds at a time...... Twice...... Three times, deal! As the auctioneer's gavel struck the table, the first item was sold for fifty pounds, and the buyer was Hoffman, who had just lost fifty pounds in his bet, and it was not known whether he wanted to save face. The item was only twelve pounds above the reserve price, which was not a success from an auction point of view, and could only be regarded as better than the unsuccessful sale. But Sparrow's heart blossomed, and the purchase price of this watch was only two hundred and forty silver yuan, which was about twenty pounds, and he had already made money by selling it at the reserve price, not to mention twelve pounds more.

The sale was off to a good start, and the dozen or so watches that could not be picked up were sold at a price of more than ten pounds higher than the reserve price, until the appearance of two Perpetual watches brought a small climax. The absence of winding was a nice boo, which stimulated everyone's desire to buy, and the reserve price was seventy-five pounds and eighty-eight pounds, and the final price was one hundred and sixty pounds and two hundred and forty pounds, which made Spiro's heart even more excited.

In fact, in the original history, the first wristwatch was made by Patek Lifei in 1868 for Countess Kosco z of Hungary. But this form of clocks was not popular at the time. The popularization of the watch was postponed until the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1904, Louis François Cartier, a French jeweller who dealt in jewelry, received a complaint from his pilot friend Aberto Santos Dumont that it was difficult to get his arms out of his pocket when flying an airplane, and he was asked to help solve the problem so that he could see the time during the flight. So Cartier came up with the idea of tying a pocket watch to his hand with a belt and buckle to solve his friend's problem. And this pocket watch strapped to the hand is today's wristwatch.

Spiro's watches can be sold at such a high price, more because of the beautiful appearance, variety of forms, and accurate timing of the watch to attract customers, so it can be sold at a "high price" of tens of pounds, which is at least a cut higher than the cup watch.