Chapter 42: The Painting of Ladies
The auctioneer asked for the last lot of the night, which was a painting two meters long and one meter wide.
Two men with white gloves carefully sent the painting up, standing in the center of the auction table, slowly unfolding, the soft light hit the canvas, a lifelike lady on the canvas showed in front of everyone, it was a girl wearing a red gauze skirt, slender fingers lightly pinched the handle of the fan, and the thin fan half covered the face of the girl, and then took a closer look, the corners of the girl's eyes were slightly upturned, the pink lips chuckled, and there was a little shy taste in the smile. The eyes of everyone on the field were straight.
"All the magnates and tycoons present in the capital, the auction is nearing the end, I believe that all the gentlemen and ladies have made some gains, this is the last lot of our auction, from the Tang Dynasty painting saint Wu Daozi personally painted the lady picture, it is definitely a rare true work in the world, because the source of the lot belongs to the seller's personal privacy, please forgive the old decay can not be revealed, please come to the stage to appreciate, the famous painting is not easy to preserve, the old rules can only be seen, can not touch, please understand."
All the people who came to the auction hall today are people with heads and faces in the capital, they haven't seen anything, even if it's really a rare treasure, they don't bother to raise their hands, but this painting is different, just the three words 'Wu Daozi' are enough to attract everyone.
Legend has it that Wu Daozi's death has always been a mystery, in his later years into the temple to paint, there are rumors that in a closed temple, Wu Daozi, who painted all night, disappeared mysteriously, and when the little novice who delivered the meal appeared, he found that there was an extra picture of a mortal entering the immortal on the wall of the temple, so the folk rumors that Wu Daozi's painting skills moved the world and flew into immortals, and then Wu Daozi's paintings left in the world had a few more mysterious colors, and the price was also rising.
After the auctioneer's introduction, five or six brightly dressed men and women stood on the auction table, holding magnifying glasses, blue flashlights, and glasses, and looked at the paintings very carefully.
"Brother Wen, look at the color of this painting, the yellowing of the skin takes away the light, how does it feel like a fake casually placed on the road, it is the kind of old painting that specializes in deceiving the old man and the old lady." Mu Yuanyuan said.
"If the girl's words are heard by your grandfather, but she will vomit blood angrily, the auction he hosted, actually brought a fake painting that even you can see as a fake painting to the stage, do you think it is possible?" Li Siwen replied.
"Of course grandpa won't take it out to make an ugly show knowing it's fake, but what if grandpa is also deceived? It's hard to say, after all, the knowledge of antiques is very deep, you see that there are often people who claim to be experts in news reports, and they end up buying fakes at high prices, which is not to blame. Mu Yuanyuan retorted, she didn't allow anyone to say that her grandfather was not.
"Heh, little girl, I see you know a lot. Even if the painting can be old, but the rhyme of the brush can't be imitated, and it can't be printed, so let me tell you, even a calligrapher can't write two identical words, understand? β
Li Siwen's professional statements made Mu Yuanyuan listen even more, but fortunately, Li Siwen added at the end that this painting is genuine.
Mu Yuanyuan understood these five words.
"Since it's genuine, I took a picture of it and gave it to my grandfather as a birthday gift, and it just so happened that my grandfather's birthday was approaching."
"Don't be afraid, this painting was originally your grandfather's collection." Li Siwen said.
"Impossible, grandpa likes calligraphy and painting the most, if it is really his collection, he is reluctant to take it out and sell it, Brother Wen, let me tell you, the calligraphy and painting in grandpa's study he has always been very precious, even I don't let me touch it, the owner of this painting is really grandpa, he is absolutely reluctant to sell it."
Li Siwen thought in his heart, even if this painting is not Mu Qingfeng's, then whose painting will it be? This painting is not simple, the woman in the painting is not just looking beautiful, the person who owns it, without a certain amount of cultivation, can not resist the temptation of this painting, it is to be short-lived.
The tasting was over, and only the staff were left on the auction table.
The auctioneer said: "This picture of a lady, according to legend, is a painting of the saint Wu Daozi's own handwriting, the market price of the last painting of Wu Daozi is 50 million, which belongs to the treasures of the treasures, this painting is Wu Daozi's very few single ladies in the picture The starting price is 20 million, and the price increases by one million each time, and now the bid is starting to bid." β
"Thirty million" Mu Yuanyuan raised the sign in her hand.
"Thirty-one million." Someone in the venue continued to bid.
"Thirty-five million," Li Siwen shouted.
Mu Yuanyuan pouted and said, "Brother Wen, why do you want to come and rob me?" β
"Believe me, your grandfather can't ask for this painting, even if you send it over, it will only be bad for your grandfather and not half good, because he can't shake what is hidden in this painting."
"What else is there in the painting besides a beautiful woman with a fan?" When Mu Yuanyuan was asking, someone made another offer.
"36 million"
"37 million"
Li Siwen raised the sign in his hand again, and the auctioneer helped: "This Mr. Li in the first row bid 37 million, is there anyone else bidding?" β
Mu Yuanyuan looked at Li Wensi, who was bound to win, put down the brand in her hand, and thought to herself that since her brother Wen had taken a fancy to her, she would not take advantage of others, 37 million, the market price was 50 million, and if she sold it after she got it, Brother Wen could still earn 13 million, which was very cost-effective.
The sound of bidding in the field stopped, because although everyone knows that the paintings of St. Wu Daozi are very rare, and the pictures of single ladies are also very precious, but there are no so-called rare products that have appeared in the market, and the market is really hard to say, or do sellers not necessarily like single ladies and women like Wu Daozi's multi-person ladies pictures? Therefore, the collection value is not necessarily rare and expensive, and there are also rare but cheap sayings.
"Auctioneer, there is no one bidding on the field, you are about to knock on the little hammer, what are you waiting for?" Mu Yuanyuan said to the auctioneer.
was mentioned by Mu Yuanyuan, and the auctioneer began to announce the price.
"Thirty-seven million once."
"37 million two ......"
"Wait, 40 million"
When I heard this voice, it was none other than Zou Lili's fiancΓ©, Chu Tianqiao.
Chu Tianqiao shook the brand in his hand proudly, looked at Li Siwen, and scolded in his heart: Stinky driving, I actually want to be able to do it on this occasion, I just want to take a picture of something and give it to the little chick of the Mu family, Lao Tzu just won't let you get your wish tonight, you have the ability to compare your wealth with my son, you add it to the top of the family, and you can't get the money, see how you make a fool of yourself.
"Forty-one million." Li Siwen did not hesitate to shoot again.
Hearing this sound was like a slap on Chu Tianqiao's face, it was a little painful.
"Fifty million." Chu Tianqiao was already a little angry, why did this stinky driver fight with him, and what qualifications did he have to fight with him.
Zou Lili beside her was like a black squid, clinging to Chu Tianqiao's arm, looking like she was bound to win.
"Well, five hundred and one million." Li Siwen held up the sign and said lightly.
This is the competitive scene that the auctioneer is most happy to see, there are two bidders in the field, competing for the first bid, and in this case, unless one of them actively withdraws from the competition, the price of the lot will become higher and higher, and it is even likely to exceed its own value to reach an outrageous sky-high price.
And the better the lot sells, the more famous he is as an auctioneer, and the more famous he is, the more auction fees he charges.
When the auctioneer saw Chu Tianqiao, he looked a little nervous, most likely because the money in his hand was almost up.
But the auctioneer didn't want to miss the good scene of this scramble, so he pointed to the position where Chu Tianqiao was sitting and said, "This gentleman, do you want to continue to increase the price?" 51 million was called by this gentleman in the front row, do you continue to add it? β
Chu Tianqiao did not react.
With a "poof", the auctioneer knocked on the small hammer head and said, "Five thousand and one million once"
"Fifty-one million twice"
The voice dragged on for a long time, and the rhythm of his speech slowed down, in order to leave time for Chu Tianqiao to increase the price, but Chu Tianqiao really raised the sign in his hand and shouted: "Five thousand, five thousand five million." β
There was applause at the scene, and this price broke through the highest price in the market.
However, at this time, Chu Tianqiao's palms began to sweat, five and five million, his entire net worth combined, at most sixty million, including real estate and stocks, as well as all the money in the fund account.
Just now, in order to shoot an agate bracelet for Zou Lili, he had already spent two million, and now the bid has reached 55 million, and he is about to touch his upper limit.
Chu Tianqiao's eyes stared at Li Siwen, and he prayed in his heart that Li Wensi, a poor ghost, would not raise the price any more.
"Fifty-six million." Li Siwen raised the sign in his hand again, and at the same time, he didn't forget to look at Chu Tianqiao with a sense of provocation.
Does this guy really have that much money? Can a poor start-up driver really come up with more than 50 million? Zou Lili didn't believe it, so she said to Chu Tianqiao: "Tianqiao, continue to increase the price, so that the poor ghost can't shoot anything." β
"You support me?" Chu Tianqiao asked.
"Of course I support you, I fully support you."
With Zou Lili's words, Chu Tianqiao suddenly came to his senses and said: "Wife, why did I forget you, behind you is the entire Zou Trade Group, only tens of millions, we joined forces to beat this guy down casually." β
As soon as these words came out, Zou Lili was entangled in her heart, she was an impostor, what kind of daughter of the Zou trading group was there, their family's income was at most a middle class, not counting real estate, dozens or more than a million can be taken, but tens of millions, how can you take it out.
At this time, Chu Tianqiao did not know Zou Lili's true identity, but always believed that this woman was the rich daughter of the Zou family among the three major families in the capital, and he firmly believed that Zou Lili would help him pay for this painting.
So Chu Tianqiao stood up with great confidence, raised the sign in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Seventy million." β
Wow.
Suddenly, more than 10 million went up, the whole audience ate melons, and it was very enjoyable to watch the show, the auction opened with Mu Qingfeng and Shen Jie bidding for a Warring States wine bottle, and the auction was a sky-high price of 300 million, and at the end of the auction, there was the son of the Chu family, and Mr. Li, the guest of the Mu family, two people bid for a painting of Wu Daozi, the starting price of 20 million, and the price of 70 million was directly auctioned, tripled, will it reach 80 million?
Of course, the auctioneer hoped that this painting would be auctioned for 80 million more than any audience, so he waved the small hammer in his hand again, pointed to Li Siwen and said: "Sir, the gentleman in the back row has sold 70 million, do you increase the price or choose to give up?" β
Generally, a man with a little bit of blood will not choose to back down at this critical time, even if he fights for all his net worth, he has to fight for face.
Mu Yuanyuan saw Li Siwen hesitate, so she said: "Brother Wen, increase the price, don't be afraid, grandpa said before, as long as it is something you like, he will pay for you, add it, don't give the two people in the back row a chance, slap them in the face, the harder the better." β
It seems that the little girl really came out of the emotional wound, and it was only one night later, and she actually recovered with high morale.
Mu slowly spoke in a voice that was not lowered, and everyone in the audience heard the content of Mu Yuanyuan's words, and the content in this sentence was too simple to interpret, it was nothing more than that the little brother who was a little chubby sitting next to Mu Yuanyuan, no matter what was filmed tonight, the family that paid for it was the Mu family.
With such a big backer as the Mu family, who dares to compete with him, isn't that looking for death? Unless you are also one of the three major families in the capital, and you can be on an equal footing with the Mu family in terms of wealth, otherwise it is boring to be self-deprecating.
Zou Lili saw Li Siwen's hand move, and immediately stood up and pointed at Li Siwen and said: "At the auction, you must use your own money to auction your favorite, how can you be embarrassed to use other people's money to buy things, and you look at ease, what kind of person is this?" β
Li Siwen smiled and ignored Zou Lili's words, raised the sign in his hand, and said, "Seven thousand five hundred and one thousand." β
When this number was reported, the auctioneer was a little confused, didn't he say it, every time he raised the card, the price would be increased by one million? What does this plus 10,000 mean?
Zou Lili sneered and said, "Mr. Li, even if you don't have money, you can't bid like this, the auctioneer just said, every time you call add 1 million, what do you mean by adding 10,000 at this time?" Shut up if you don't have money, don't fight with us"
"Miss Zou, don't get me wrong, I was originally going to add one million when I held up the sign, and I personally have this strength, but I suddenly thought of a question, do you have the ability to pay 75 million? If you two don't have any money and just come to make fun of it, and deliberately want to raise the price with me, wouldn't I suffer a lot? Li Siwen said.
"What do you mean?" Chu Tianqiao shouted.
"What do I mean, didn't Master Chu hear clearly? I think this painting is left with me and you to bid, so please suspend the auction, ask the notary to check the personal capital first, whoever has not enough money, take the initiative to withdraw, it is better than some people are slapping their swollen faces and filling up the fat, and it is not good to raise the market price, do you say Mr. Chu? β