006 The Young Marshal's Auction
When Huang Ke was about to hang up the phone, the phone at home was answered by his mother. Mother Sun told him that the young master and Miss Su went out early in the morning.
Huang Ke nodded and said, "Forget it, let him call me back when I get home." ”
He didn't expect that his sons Huang Zhengzhong and Su Hui were going through a lot of trouble.
In the past few days, Su Hui returned to Nanjing, and together with Huang Zhengzhong, she was going to attend a donation conference for the anti-Japanese war charity performance organized by the people. Since the Anti-Japanese War, donations from non-governmental organizations have also increased. Of course, there were some despicable people who used these donations to defraud, but this chaos was improved by the fact that the Central Executive Committee issued a decree clearly stipulating that private organizations were not allowed to raise funds for the war of resistance, and that all donations must be disclosed to the public and where they were received.
However, such regulations have also hindered some donations, after all, once they encounter the approval of government departments, it is easy to be delayed, and the relevant departments are prevaricating, and it is normal for the door to be difficult to enter and the face to be ugly.
Despite this, the enthusiasm of the private sector for donation is still high. In addition to ordinary people, celebrities are also happy to organize various donations, auctions and other activities, and patriotism aside, there are some practical reasons why they are keen to do so.
First, the outbreak of war also had an important impact on them, they had a lot of wealth in this city, so they hoped from the bottom of their hearts that China could win; Second, organizing or participating in such activities can increase your social visibility and gain a good reputation.
Today, Su Hui and Huang Zhengzhong are participating in such an event. However, compared with the previous organizers, the organizers of this event have a great background, because this time the organizer is Zhang Xueliang, a young marshal who is one of the standing members of the Central Executive Committee.
After Lin Zuoda took over the command of the Northeast Theater, Zhang Xueliang led the remnants into Mongolia for repairs, preparing to be used as a reserve force in the future counterattack against Japan. However, the more than 100,000 troops under his command suffered heavy losses in the war against Japan, and it will take time to repair.
Zhang Shaoshuai couldn't sit still after staying in Guisui for a while, after all, Guisui was relatively backward, and Nanjing formed the Central Executive Committee and included him in the list of members, so Zhang Xueliang simply took Miss Zhao Si and her party to Nanjing.
The struggle between various factions in Nanjing was fierce, and Zhang Xueliang, a member of the committee, was purely suspended. Zhang Xueliang, who is well versed in high-level politics, can naturally put his position clearly, so he has no intention of getting involved, so he simply does his own thing. Except for occasionally attending the meeting of the executive committee and caring about the telegram sent by Guisui, Zhang Xueliang mostly participated in various social activities and donated money and materials to support the Anti-Japanese War.
Today's event is the largest one organized by Zhang Xueliang in recent times, not only celebrities from the business and political circles, but also actress Hu Die, Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang and others are invited to attend, and it is said that they will also hold charity performances to donate.
With such a famous actor coming together, it can be seen that Zhang Shaoshuai's appeal.
As a reporter who has been in the limelight recently, Su Hui is naturally also invited. Of course, Huang Zhengzhong heard that his Uncle Zhang was going to hold this charity donation meeting, so he naturally called and asked for an invitation ticket.
When the day was about to go, Huang Zhengzhong also brought over the 10,000 yuan he had saved and prepared to donate it at the right time. Su Hui brought one of her own cameras, and she was going to donate it to auction, and the money was also donated.
The donation was held in a well-known hotel in Nanjing, and everyone was seated at a round table, with a band and host in the middle of the stage. It looks like a big private party.
The invitation ticket was verified at the door, and the waiter led Su Hui and Huang Zhengzhong inside. At this time, Zhang Xueliang, who was chatting and laughing with others, saw the two of them and walked over happily with a wine glass.
"The eldest nephew is here?" Zhang Xueliang smiled.
Huang Zhengzhong said politely: "Uncle Zhang is good, Miss Zhao is good." ”
Zhang Xueliang patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile as if an elder cared about the junior: "You kid, this beautiful woman next to you must be Miss Su Hui, right?" ”
Then, he said to Su Hui: "Miss Su contributed to the Anti-Japanese War, I am deeply grateful!" ”
Su Hui also smiled and replied, "Where is it, General Zhang said that he was smiling." ”
After a few words of greeting, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Si went elsewhere, after all, there were too many celebrities, and most of them still had to say hello. After Zhang Xueliang left, Su Hui asked Huang Zhengzhong in a low voice, "Zhang Shaoshuai is your uncle?" ”
Huang Zhengzhong couldn't help but be stunned, he calmed down later and smiled: "Yes, yes, I used to know my father and had a good relationship, so I call him uncle." ”
"Oh!" Su Hui replied with understanding.
After the two found a corner and sat down, the party also kicked off. First of all, the host of the party came to the stage to announce the start, and then the organizer General Zhang Xueliang took the stage to deliver a speech. Subsequently, Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, actress Hu Die, famous architect Liang Sicheng and his wife Lin Huiyin successively took the stage to auction items.
Because they are all celebrities, and the items themselves are expensive, they naturally fetch a lot of money. Of course, the highlight is still in Zhang Xueliang's here, after everyone auctioned off the items, Zhang Xueliang signaled to carry out one of his collections, and lifted the curtain Everyone was surprised, it turned out that Zhang Xueliang wanted to donate the auction was a series of historical sites in his own collection, including the Ming Dynasty painter Xu Wei's "Grape Picture", Chen Hongshou's "Lotus Mandarin Duck Picture", the Qing Dynasty Zheng Banqiao, Shi Tao and Ren Bonian and other famous works of the real works.
These things are all priceless, and while people are amazed at the authenticity, they also feel that the young marshal is really a generous collector.
Zhang Xueliang stood up and pressed his hand and said, "Everyone, these are all genuine works. Most of them were brought by me in Beiping's "Rong Bao Zhai" a few years ago, you can rest assured that if there is a fake, you can find me Zhang Xueliang in the future. ”
After the young marshal finished speaking humorously, everyone smiled. As a result, the collection began to be auctioned off one by one, and the starting price was not low, and the price of the natural auction was not low. After a while, the first collection was auctioned off for hundreds of thousands.
With the first one as an example, the following collections were also auctioned at high prices. Unlike the previous national action, this is simply a huge vanity fair, 100,000 fiat currency can only be regarded as the starting price, and after a while, all the items will be auctioned to a total of 10 million.
Huang Zhengzhong didn't bid for anything, but just donated the 10,000 fiat currency he brought. Next, the bidding session of the bigwigs is over, and it is the turn of ordinary people to bid for items.
The host said enthusiastically: "Thank you for your great support for the great cause of the war!" We know that the Chinese people are united in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and many overseas Chinese abroad are also concerned about and support this War of Resistance, which shows us the unity of the Chinese nation. Today, we are fortunate to have Ms. Su Hui, a Chinese journalist covering China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression! ”
In the applause of everyone, Su Hui stood up. She smiled slightly and walked from the corner to the middle of the stage. Taking over the microphone in the host's hand, Su Hui bowed deeply to everyone.
She said slowly: "I am very grateful to General Zhang Xueliang for inviting me to participate in such a meaningful event today, here today, I have not only gained knowledge, seen so many works of art, but also seen the determination and confidence of the Chinese people in the War of Resistance!" Of course, I also have an auction item to take out, and naturally there is no way to compare it with your collection, but this auction item of mine is unusual for me. ”
As she spoke, Su Hui took out the camera in her bag. This is the latest model camera produced by Zeiss in Germany, with beautiful construction and exquisite lenses, and the market price is certainly expensive, but for the bigwigs present, it is nothing more than a toy.
"This was the first camera I bought when I was in the United States, and the first camera I used to take photos of the Anti-Japanese War in China. The market price has been used for a period of time, I hope the starting price is 3000 fiat currency, and I hope everyone will donate generously to support the war of resistance! ”
After Su Hui finished speaking, she bowed deeply and faced everyone.
"5,000 yuan!"
"8,000 yuan!"
"10,000!" …… At this time, someone at the bottom began to increase the price. The price of a camera is rising.
At this time, General Zhang Xueliang whispered a few words to Miss Zhao Si next to him. Miss Zhao Si also held up the sign and shouted: "50,000 yuan!" ”
After Miss Zhao Si shouted the price of "50,000", the scene fell silent for a moment. Everyone can see that Zhang Xueliang intends to photograph this thing, and it is obvious that he is determined to get such a high price. So everyone else is interested in not bidding anymore. Coupled with the fact that a camera costs more than 50,000 yuan to buy, it is obvious that their money is not enough to be washed by a flood.
At first, everyone thought that the merry young marshal had fallen in love with this overseas Chinese girl again, but Miss Zhao Si was not jealous at all, she understood that in fact, the young marshal's idea was very simple, this woman came with Huang Zhengzhong, Huang Zhengzhong is Huang Ke's biological son, so she naturally has to be entertained well. Besides, he Zhang Shaoshuai is not short of these 180,000 in his hands.
After a moment of silence, the host happily announced that the camera had been taken by General Zhang Xueliang. Zhang Xueliang was just about to stand up and thank the others, when a voice came: "I paid 500,000 fiat currency to buy Miss Su Hui's camera!" ”
These words exploded like a thunderbolt in the flat ground, and everyone looked back. I saw a young man in a white suit and white leather shoes standing there, swaying at Su Hui.
Who is this person? Where did he come from?