Chapter 41: A Strange Disease
The dance music is over, and the highlight of the night, the auction officially begins.
Tonight's auctioneer is an old man with a white beard and a black tunics.
The old man slowly walked up to the auction table, holding a small golden hammer in his hand - the auction hammer, looking at the powerful and rich people in the capital on the stage with a beaming expression, I don't know if there will be a scene of breaking hair and grabbing the best in tonight's auction? He's looking forward to it.
Li Siwen sat in the first row on the right side of the auction hall, sitting in the middle of Mu Yuanyuan and Mu Qingfeng, while Chu Tianqiao and Zou Lili sat in the fourth row on the left, obviously those who could sit in the front row of the auction were all great figures in the capital, but Li Siwen's dress was so incompatible with these people, Zou Lili looked at Li Siwen with disgust, because this person stood in the position she wanted to stand in the most, whether it was jealousy or envy, Zou Lili scolded Li Siwen thousands of times in her heart.
Of course, Li Siwen didn't know these scoldings, and he didn't want to know, for Zou Lili, he only thought she was an eyesore, and she was not at the same level, so why bother.
"Now let's ask for the first lot in tonight's auction, a bronze triangular wine bottle."
The auctioneer quickly put on his gloves and gently held the wine bottle in the tray in his hand very carefully, the light in the hall dimmed, and a strong light hit the wine bottle, under the strong light, you can clearly see that the Qingtong wine bottle is covered with pale green patina, which is a witness of time.
"Mr. Li, what do you think of this wine bottle?"
"Look at the rust spots on the wine bottle, it is a utensil from the Warring States period, but the time is a little farther, it can be preserved so well, it is a rare treasure at the level of a national treasure." Li Siwen replied.
"Oh? Does Mr. Li still have any research on cultural relics? ”
"The more you see, the more you know." Li Siwen replied.
Mu Yuanyuan was a little surprised when she heard this, what does it mean to understand when you see more, Brother Wen, do you think that the national treasure-level cultural relics are counterfeit varieties produced by the assembly line in the processing plant? How many things are called national cultural relics throughout the country?
"Brother Wen, are you interested in this wine bottle?" Mumumu asked.
"I'm not interested."
"Mr. Li, if you like it, don't think about money, Mu will give you away, the little granddaughter has not thanked you well for saving her life, so Mr. Li doesn't have to be polite to Mu."
"You misunderstood what I meant, if it is something I like, I will find a way to get it without the help of others, and although this thing is expensive, it is not the best, because I already have a wine bottle from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it is still made by Qingyu."
As soon as these words came out, Mu Qingfeng smacked his tongue, the green jade wine bottle in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, oh my God, what kind of price is it, I am afraid that it is really a treasure that no matter how much money you can't buy, a priceless treasure.
This Mr. Li is really hidden.
Li Siwen ignored Mu Qingfeng's surprised expression, smiled faintly, and continued to watch the auction.
In his previous life, he also participated in auctions, but they were all small, informal auctions, and I really haven't seen such a national treasure like tonight's first auction item.
Good objects are things that celebrities from all walks of life must compete for, and it seems that there will inevitably be a bloody competition tonight.
Now the auctioneer began to introduce the origin of the wine bottle, and sure enough, the oral content is exactly the same as what Li Siwen said, the Qingtong bottle unearthed during the Warring States period is a rare treasure in the world.
"The starting price is 100 million, and the card is 1 million at a time, and the bidding will start now."
The auctioneer's small hammer knocked on it, and the people in the venue began to discuss, but no one raised the card for a long time.
"Grandpa, why don't they hold up their cards? If the first lot goes unauctioned, it's not a good thing. Mu Yuanyuan said worriedly.
But Mu Qingfeng's expression was very natural, with an expression of indifference.
At this time, the door of the back field opened, and a young man in a black mink coat walked in and shouted directly: "One hundred and eighty million."
There was another exclamation in the venue, and 80 million was added directly up, and it was 80 million, not 80,000.
You must know that 80 million is enough for the turnover of the last small business for several years, so refreshing, who is the person who came?
"Grandpa, why did you call Shen Jie here, I was annoyed when I looked at him, he looked like an outburst, and he grabbed good things when he saw them, which was really annoying."
Mu Yuanyuan glanced at the visitor, revealing a look of disgust.
The person who can make the little girl hate seems to be a very annoying person.
"The God of Wealth is here, and we want to welcome it at that time." Mu Qingfeng replied while raising the sign in his hand and shouted at the stage: "Two hundred million." ”
200 million, 200 million, the audience was in an uproar.
"Mr. Mu bid 200 million, is there anything more? This sake bottle is a rare treasure unearthed during the Warring States period, is there anything more? ”
Shen Jie waved his hand, and the heel behind him immediately found two chairs for him.
Shen Jie lifted his coat, sat on the chair with his buttocks, his feet cocked, looked at Mu Qingfeng, snorted coldly, and raised the sign in his hand without hesitation and shouted, "Two hundred and fifty million." ”
"Stinky and showy, if you have the ability to put the money you have won into auction, you will only use the money from your family, what kind of ability is it." Mu Yuanyuan underestimated.
"Little girl, who is this person? I start wearing a mink coat in the early season, and when I enter the winter, don't I have to wrap myself in a quilt? Li Siwen teased.
"Who else could it be, the three major families in the capital, the third young master of the Shen family, one of the three sisters and brothers of the Shen family, Shen Jie, a self-righteous guy, coveting the beauty of my cousin Zou Yun, and bent on marrying my cousin, looking like no one in his eyes, wearing a mink everywhere he goes, it makes people annoying to look at."
"I don't think he hates it, but I'm worried about whether he will panic and get heat stroke." Li Siwen said.
"Haha, Brother Wen, I appreciate you more and more, you really have a level of harming people."
There was a lot of discussion in the venue, the price was already very high, no one increased the price for the time being, the auctioneer tapped the small hammer head and said, "Has no one increased the price?" 250 million once, 250 million 200 million ......"
"Two hundred and sixty million." Mu Qingfeng raised the sign in his hand again.
"Grandpa is so good, beat Shen Jie, a nasty guy, so that he can't shoot his heart's content."
As soon as Mu Yuanyuan spoke, Shen Jie raised the sign again.
"Three hundred million."
"Wow, the son of the Shen family, he is arrogant, and he has directly increased to 300 million."
"What is the third son of the Shen family, are you blind and didn't see Old Man Mu sitting in the battle in person? This time, this bronze bottle must be the old man Mu. ”
"Don't say that, I've heard that the Shen family is going to hold a major marriage in the near future, and the object of the marriage is the third son of Shen, as for the woman, although it is rumored that she doesn't know the information, but the woman's identity must be either rich or expensive, and when the time comes, the Shen family will be even more powerful after the marriage, but I am afraid that the Mu family will not be taken into account at all."
"Hey, I think the capital is going to change."
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The chatter of these wall grass drifted into Mu Qingfeng's ears, and seeing that the old man who was used to the changes in the wind and clouds just smiled lightly, he turned his head to ask Li Siwen, and said, "Mr. Li, don't you really think about this wine bottle?" If you like it, Mu will take a picture and give it to you directly. ”
"Elder Mu, don't want it. I pay for my own things, and I have to fight with the juniors with a red face and a thick neck, so it's not necessary. ”
"Heh, it seems that Li Siwen's eyesight is really good, we old guys are old, and we don't have the youthful demeanor of the year for a long time, so if you give up your heart, you have to make a lot of money, right?" Mu Qingfeng replied without hesitation.
By the way, he gave the auctioneer a look, and the auctioneer shouted in understanding: "Shen Gongzi bid 300 million, does anyone still want 300 million?" ”
The venue was completely silent, and everyone held down the sign in their hands, for fear that if they raised their hands slightly, they would ruin their families.
Shen Jie sneered, with a smug expression that was bound to win.
"300 million once, 300 million twice, 300 million three times, the transaction, this Warring States bronze wine bottle was auctioned at a sky-high price of 300 million, creating the highest price of bronze, congratulations to Shen Gongzi."
The auctioneer invited Shen Jie to the stage and prepared a pair of white gloves for Shen Jie, but Jiu Jie directly picked up the wine bottle and made a contemptuous gesture in the direction of the Mu family.
Mu Yuanyuan looked at Shen Jie's proud appearance on the stage angrily, and said very unhappily: "Grandpa, how can you let this person take a picture of good things?" Why not increase the price? It's okay to add a million, but you're going to have to press him anyway. ”
"Yuanyuan, you said that he is a loser, isn't it normal for him to lose 300 million at one time? Mr. Li is missing, Mu still has something to do, you and Yuanyuan have a good time, if you see anything you like, just take a picture, and the money will be paid by me. ”
Mu Qingfeng owed a debt to Li Siwen, stood up, and left with Zhu Ziming.
Tonight is not easy here, Li Siwen has already felt a dangerous aura, an invisible powerful air pressure is accumulating in the sky above the red wine estate.
Mu Yuanyuan saw that her grandfather was gone, and she looked annoyed.
Li Siwen touched her head and said softly: "Little girl, don't be angry, I can tell you a secret, this wine bottle originally belonged to your Mu family, but your grandfather doesn't seem to like it too much, according to the previous market value, your grandfather should have spent less than 100 million when he bought this wine bottle, and now it is 300 million when it changes hands to Izumo." ”
"Brother Wen, do you mean that Shen Jiebai gave us the Mu family 200 million?"
Mu Yuanyuan was woken up by Li Siwen's words, it turned out that her grandfather was also calculating, although the hatred of the adult world was not written on his face, but when he met, it was a dark sword that hurt people.
Shen Jie took the bronze bottle and walked quickly towards the backyard, he was going to see Zou Yun, his wife who was not yet engaged.
"Pervert, I went to my cousin again to ask for credit, and I was disgusted when I looked at it." Mu Yuanyuan tugged at the hem of her skirt and said angrily.
Li Siwen looked at Zou Lili sitting in the back row, one is the fake daughter of the Zou Group, the other is the genuine daughter, and today she appeared in the red wine estate at the same time, only separated by a wall.
Mu Yuanyuan then explained to Li Siwen that in the past two years, the Zou Group still looks so beautiful on the surface, but in fact, the group has been in turmoil, just because Zou Youwei, the chairman of the Zou Group, and his wife Lan Xizhen, who is Mu Yuanyuan's aunt, have a strange disease, and the reason why this strange disease is called a strange disease is an unsolvable disease in the medical community in the world today.
The object of the illness is Zou Youwei and Lan Xizhen, who are aging quickly without knowing it.
Two people who are less than fifty years old, and they are very healthy, are aging quickly.
The speed of aging is very fast, and the two of them have grown into old men and women in their eighties and nineties overnight.
Not only did the skin lose its elasticity and dry up, but at the same time, the body organs of the two people also declined to the level of eighty or ninety years old overnight, and now if it weren't for the use of medicine to save the lives of the two of them, I am afraid that Zou Youwei and Lan Xizhen would die at any time.
And it's been two years since this strange disease, and Mu Qingfeng has used various connections to collect information, but he still doesn't have a clue at all.
Zou Yun blocked everything, but Zou Youwei left more than one seed outside, and he didn't see Zou Youwei appear for two years, Zou Youwei's woman outside took his son to Zou Yun to ask for money, and it was annoying, if Zou Youwei died without a will, these sons would enjoy the corresponding inheritance rights in law, and when Zou Yun's shares were split, the Zou Group would be over.
In the past two years, Zou Yun has been working hard to manage the Zou family, and it can be said that he is haggard to find a way to save his parents' lives.
At this sensitive time, the Mu family is ready to announce the relationship with the Zou family to the outside world, so tonight Mu Qingfeng will set the auction venue at the Zou family's red wine estate.
But why did the Mu family not disclose their relationship with the Zou family before, and it had to be made public until now? There is only one possibility, that is, the condition of Zou Youwei and Lan Xizhen has deteriorated to the point where it cannot be replaced.
Tonight, the third son of Shen came uninvited, indicating that someone wants him to appear, and this person is even ready to expose the in-law relationship between the third son of the Shen family and Zou Yun, but who will be eager to break this secret, of course, it is Zou Yun, who is the beneficiary, then this Zou Yun is not simple.
So Li Siwen said to Mu Yuanyuan: "Little girl, your cousin is not simple. ”
"Huh? Brother Wen, do you want to get to know my cousin? Mu Yuanyuan interpreted Li Sizhu's kind reminder into another meaning.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and the grandfather said that the only person who could save the Zou family was to rely on his cousin's future husband, and Cousin Naguo and Brother Wen became husband and wife, so wouldn't Brother Wen be able to save the Zou family?
Thinking of this, the little girl couldn't wait to match Brother Wen and her cousin immediately.
"What's wrong with the little girl, you got your brother Wen's idea?" Li Siwen replied: "I'm not interested in the affairs of men and women, but I can get to know your cousin." ”
"Okay, when the auction is over, I'll take you to the backyard."
Li Siwen followed the direction of Mu Yuanyuan's finger and looked at the clouds, behind a white lacquer door was a dark night, and there was a strange aura in it, Li Siwen immediately closed his eyes and used the technique of stealing the sky to spy on what was hidden inside.
There was actually a complete set of formations hidden inside.
Li Siwen was startled and was about to drag Mu Yuanyuan to the backyard, when a painting of a lady on the auction table attracted Li Siwen's attention.