Last time, I accompanied Wan Lao to appreciate calligraphy and painting in the city museum, and the harvest of blue sky and rain was great. Those precious calligraphy and paintings, he also used the identity of Wan Lao disciple to appreciate them one by one, and after the altar absorbed the spirit and treasure of these calligraphy and paintings, the white light became even richer.

At the end of the tour of the Municipal Museum, although the altar has not yet reached the level of emitting red light, it is not far from this stage.

Chen Zengqing, who has just passed the year of the Mandate of Heaven, is a well-known authority on antiques, especially good at porcelain and calligraphy and painting. His father and Wan Lao are extremely close old friends, therefore, Director Chen is very respectful to Wan Lao, because of this relationship, although Lan Tianyu and Director Chen met for the first time, they are very close in conversation.

"The birth of "Jiufang Gao" shook the whole country, as far as I know, there are really a few rich people who are not bad for money for this oil painting. After all, the acquisition funds that your museum can come up with are limited, and I don't think you have much hope. Rather than end up with nothing, it's better to focus on the other collections that your museum lacks, as long as it's not for those expensive treasures, you have a good chance of succeeding. "The acquisition funds approved by the Municipal Museum are limited, and Wan Lao is not optimistic about them.

"Even you don't think about us, it seems that "Jiufang Gao" really has no chance with our city museum, but I still have to try my best to fight for it." Chen Zengqing had been mentally prepared for this for a long time, but until the last moment, he would definitely not give up.

Nanzhou Province as a key cultural relics province in the country, the historical legacy and unearthed precious cultural relics are countless, the city museum is the largest in Nanzhou Province, the largest collection of museums, they approved the acquisition of funds for other museums is already astronomical, but to shoot "Jiufang Gao", Chen Zengqing knows in his heart that his chance is very small, maybe not even the opportunity to raise a card.

Lan Tianyu and his party walked into the auction hall and took the position in the first row.

It was half past nine o'clock, and the bidders and some special guests with number plates had already arrived, and after Wan Lao and others were seated, the auction officially began.

Wan Lao and the others whispered below, and the auctioneer began to read out the bidding rules. After the reading, the first lot of the morning began to be displayed.

In this monthly auction, Gu Yun collected nearly 200 lots, including a special session for jewelry and jade miscellaneous items in the morning, and a special session for ceramic calligraphy and painting elixirs in the afternoon. The first lot in the morning, after repeated discussions, was determined to be a strange stone ornament - Lingbi Stone Shanzi.

Lingbi stone since ancient times, the first of the four famous stones in China, since the Warring States period as a tribute to the imperial court.

Du Juan of the Song Dynasty collected 116 kinds of stone products in the "Yunlin Stone Spectrum", and Lingbi stone ranked first. "Lingbi is a stone in the world, and the sound is like bronze and jade." This is the Song Dynasty poet Fang Yan's heartfelt exclamation at the Lingbi Stone. Ming Wen Zhenheng wrote "The Chronicle of Long Things", saying that "the stone is on the spiritual wall, and the stone is secondary". Emperor Qianlong even enshrined the Lingbi Stone as "the first stone in the world". Since ancient times, the famous stone collectors have also hidden the treasures of the Lingbi, among which the famous ones are Su Shi's "Little Penglai", Fan Chengda's "Little Emei", Zhao Menghuang's "Five Old Peaks" and so on.

The Lingbi stone on display is black and naturally formed. Looking at its shape, it looks like a steep and difficult mountain, and the majestic shore is proud; It is like clouds floating, dreamy and ethereal. Quietly looking at it, it makes people reverie, it seems to imply a strong and unyielding character, and it seems to imply the fickle world, which is ancient and full of charm. Taste it slowly, revealing the artistic conception of the ancient rhyme of the Song Dynasty; Lightly buckle its walls, making a clanging sound, with a long aftertaste.

At the same time, this Lingbi is equipped with two different shapes of mahogany base, which can be changed to furnishings, which can be said to be a peak on the side of the ridge, which is very rare, placed on the desk, independent into a scene, and has a unique interest.

The choice of this Lingbi stone as the first auction is to consider that the Lingbi stone has always been loved by literati and scholars, and the bidders participating in this auction are not a few real scholars, and vassal elegance is everywhere. The first auction of Lingbi Stone will definitely not have the risk of unsuccessful auction, which can fully mobilize the bidding enthusiasm of most of the bidders present, and will not make the scene too hot, so as not to cause a cold scene later.

The starting price of this Lingbi stone mountain is 100,000 yuan, and the auctioneer has just announced the start of the bidding, and there is an endless stream of bidders.

"One hundred and three thousand!"

"One hundred and five thousand!"

"One hundred thousand!"

"Fifteen thousand thousand!"

The auctioneer was always able to catch the highest bid in the noisy bidding, and the price of this Lingbi stone mountain began to climb rapidly.

After the price exceeded 200,000 yuan, Chen Zengqing, who was sitting next to Lan Tianyu, said: "This Lingbi stone mountain is naturally interesting, and I like it very much. I think the bidding is still very hot, why don't I put a maximum price, maybe I can shock the others in one fell swoop, and there should be a lot of hope of winning this lot. If the plan fails, I'll be completely dead and don't have to continue bidding. ”

"Brother Chen, despite the bid, I will exempt you from the commission for the items you personally auctioned, no matter how high or low the price is." The two sat together and talked, and the relationship was already very close, and at Chen Zengqing's request, Lan Tianyu changed to call him eldest brother.

"I'm still relatively wealthy, and there is no need for you to waive the commission payable by yourself, do you see if you can waive all the commissions of the buyers of our museum?" Chen Zengqing didn't see it, and immediately opened his mouth.

Seeing Lan Tianyu's stunned appearance, Fan Qingfeng revealed with a smile: "Now the little junior brother is embarrassed, right? You don't know Lao Chen well enough, you must keep a good distance from him in the future, he is really conscientious as the director, and it can even be said that he is a little crazy, no matter what the benefits are, he wants to draw them to the museum. Now I want you to waive the commission, and when I see that you have any precious collections, I want to persuade you to donate. Master and I, we have not been fooled by him, don't be deceived by him again. ”

Worried that Lan Tianyu would be affected by Fan Qingfeng, Chen Zengqing hurriedly explained: "Lao Fan is a knife-mouthed tofu heart, obviously he voluntarily donated it, so he has to push the credit to me." If it weren't for his own noble sentiments, would I still be able to rob him? ”

"Brother Chen, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to waive all commissions, after all, our previous series of publicity costs a lot of money, and what your museum looks at must be treasures, so in doing so, the loss of our ancient rhyme is a bit too great. In my opinion, in this way, half of the commission of your museum will be exempted, which can be regarded as a little bit of my support for the protection of cultural relics. ”

Chen Zengqing was originally a lion's big mouth, there were dates and no dates to hit a shot first, but he didn't expect that there was really a harvest, and the harvest was not small, he was naturally very satisfied, and nodded again and again: "I know that Tianyu is not a stingy person, if there is anything that needs the cooperation of our city museum in the future, you can just open your mouth, if you encounter problems in identification, even if you come to me, you will not be pitted by other people's fakes." ”