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Mid-May, New York.

"Crunch, crunch."

With a slight sound of wheels clattering, a Ford limousine slowly stopped in front of a building.

The car door opened, and Zhou Chao, dressed in a decent suit and white shirt, Charlotte in a black bandeau evening dress, and Lala, who was playfully dressed in a black gothic skirt, got out of the car.

This is Sotheby's auction house, and the reason why Zhou Chao, Lara and Charlotte appeared here was precisely at the invitation of the organizers to participate in this boutique auction. Because in this auction, the porcelain of the Tang Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty sent by lawyer Zhou Chaotuo and others to the auction is about to be taken out for auction.

Charlotte and Lara grabbed Zhou Chao's arm and walked into the Sotheby's auction house together.

"Sir, is there anything you can do to help you?" A man who looked like a waiter greeted him and asked.

"Please take me here." Zhou Chao raised his hand and took out the invitation letter from the inner pocket of his suit and handed it to the other party.

"Please follow me." The waiter took the invitation in his hand, opened it and looked at it, then put his hands together, leaned forward in the appearance of an English waiter, and invited.

Zhou Chao nodded, and walked towards the further interior of the Sotheby's auction house under the guidance of the waiter.

Led by the waiter, the three of them took the elevator to the third floor, walked through a corridor covered with red carpets, and finally came to a large room.

The space of the room is very large, about 200 square meters, and the seats are neatly placed in a row of ten, and there is a walkway for two people to walk side by side in the middle, which is directly connected to the rectangular platform at the innermost end of the room, which is about eight centimeters above the ground. On the platform was a wooden podium table more than one person wide and half a person high, with a movable microphone and stand and a pair of hammer flats. It is used by the host who is presiding over the auction.

On the wall behind the platform, a huge LCD screen 40 inches away hangs on, playing dynamic videos of exquisite ancient porcelain, jade, Chinese paintings and calligraphy, and some European historical antiquities.

Obviously, the exhibits that will appear in today's antiques-themed auction are playing above. Because just now, Zhou Chao saw the items of the Sui Tang era that he was familiar with.

There are also four LCD screens of the same size hanging on the walls on the left and right sides of the room to help guests who are located far away from the front desk.

"Sit down, please. The location is arbitrary, and there are no fixed requirements. At this time, the waiter spoke.

Zhou Chao nodded when he heard this. He walked to the front of the hall with Lara and Charlotte, and finally found three chairs connected in the third row in front of the podium and sat down.

"Here's the information." Charlotte picked up the booklet placed on the chair and looked at it twice.

"What is this?" Lara picked up a small wooden sign that looked like a spatula with numbers written on it and wondered.

"This is the price that was used at the auction, and the numbers on it represent our numbers." Zhou Chao said.

"Oh, here you go." Lala suddenly handed the bidding card to Zhou Chao.

"You take it, and you can bid for me when the time comes." Zhou Chao said with a smile.

"Okay." Lara said happily.

"Charlotte, how much money do we have left on our account?" Then, Zhou Chao turned his head to look at Charlotte beside him and asked.

"Probably less than 30 million." Charlotte stretched out her hand and tapped twice in the void in front of her, and said.

"Thirty million...... Enough less. Zhou Chao muttered quietly.

Charlotte, who heard Zhou Chao's muttering, suddenly gave him an angry look. Just these 30 million yuan, she used several factories as collateral to borrow from Citibank to help Zhou Chao buy those construction materials, and some of the funds are still of great use. The Zhou Dynasty could not be allowed to squander indiscriminately, otherwise it would not be long before the companies under their names applied for bankruptcy protection.

However, it can also be seen from here that the current pattern of the Zhou Dynasty is indeed different, and I want to be at the beginning. He was very excited when he earned millions of yuan, and he felt like he had turned over as a serf and sang, but now. 30 million dollars is not enough to spend as a pocket money...... Sure enough, how bold man is and how productive the land is, or how bold man is, how big his feet are (big hands)?

Then, after another twenty minutes or so, the auction hall was full of people, and a middle-aged white man in a black suit immediately walked onto the platform, stood beside the podium, stretched out his hand and waved a wooden hammer, attracting everyone's attention, and after making some opening remarks, he announced in a loud voice, "...... The auction begins. ”

"Below is the first lot, a bronze statue from the Roman era!"

To be honest, Zhou Chao really didn't have any feelings about antiques, he didn't see where the beauty was, and he couldn't experience the sense of historical vicissitudes or other inexplicable and wonderful feelings, so he expressed his lack of interest in the auction, and even if it wasn't for his first time participating in the auction, he wanted to experience the novelty, and there were his own things on display at this auction, and he wanted to see the price for the first time, he really wouldn't be able to come to a place like the auction.

However, unlike him, Charlotte and Lara were very interested in the auction table, and they both looked at the cold bidding that was going on in the hall with bright eyes, and they didn't know what was worth their attention here. Could it be that Charlotte, like Lala, is just watching the fun?

In this state, the auction proceeds in an orderly downward direction.

Then at this moment, Zhou Chao's expression suddenly changed, and he looked up at the goods on the booth with a somewhat strange expression.

It is a necklace with extremely exquisite shape and craftsmanship, with round and full white pearls running around the body, and a red gemstone with an irregular surface but roughly forming a heart as a pendant hanging at the bottom of the necklace, reflecting a magnificent brilliance under the illumination of the light.

It can be said that almost as soon as it appeared, it attracted the attention of all the women present, including Charlotte. The real proverb that came out of an unknown novel - a woman's pursuit of gems is comparable to a dragon, perfectly displayed.

At this time, I listened to the host's introduction, "This exhibit is called 'The Heart of Raphnara', which comes from the Middle Ages, and is said to be an item obtained from the hands of a certain witch, which has magical powers, and it is said that those who get it can get a beautiful love." Of course, this is just a legend. Exactly how it was not known, but one thing we know for sure was that its previous owner was the last Empress of France——。 ”

"This chain is made of 32 pearls with gold and silver wires, and a ruby pendant hangs underneath, which has been authenticated, which is a gemstone texture identification certificate."

As he spoke, the content of the LCD screen in the venue changed, revealing a paper document with a large number of jù written on it.

"It's so pure." Charlotte said.

"Really? How much can it be worth? Zhou Chao, who didn't know much about gemstones, asked from the most secular point of view.

"If this gem alone, if it is operated well, it should be able to sell for a price of about 8oo thousand." Charlotte thought for a moment and replied.

"It's so expensive......" Zhou Chao said in amazement.

"It's not expensive, if this gemstone is a little more pure. It's not surprising that it sells tens of millions. Charlotte commented.

"The starting price of this necklace is 1.25 million yuan, and the minimum amount of each price increase is 1o million yuan, please ask for the price!" At this time, the auctioneer raised his hand to pick up the hammer and announced with a muffled "bang".

"Lala help me hold up the cards." Zhou Chao said.

"Okay." Lala did not hesitate and held up the wooden sign with the number 22 written on it in her hand.

"No. 22, 1.26o million!"

"No. 45, 1.31o million!"

"No. 32, 1.41o million!"

"Number 25. 146o million! ”

“……”

In the midst of this flurry of bidding, the necklace named Raphnara's Heart was quickly called to the level of 2ooo million.

Seeing this, Zhou Chao frowned, and began to think about whether it was worth spending 2ooo million for an inexplicable necklace.

Yes, inexplicably. This is how this necklace called Raphnara's Heart gave Zhou Chao, and the reason is because the moment this necklace appeared, Zhou Chao felt a breath similar to a magical item from it. Coupled with its origin, which came from the hands of a witch, the Zhou Dynasty had reason to believe that this was a real magical item. Therefore, he was originally not interested in auctions, so he joined this 'battlefield' where only women lived.

"Forget it, let's take it as evidence to verify whether the Overworld really has zài magicians!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Chao looked at it certainly, reached out and took the wooden card from Lala's hand, raised his other hand high while raising the wooden card, and raised his index finger.

This in the auction means a price increase of 1oo thousand.

"No. 22, 2.25o million, is there anything to increase, and is there anything to increase?" The auctioneer shouted excitedly, mobilizing the emotions of the auctioneers present.

"No. 46, 2.35o million! 2.35o thousand, there is still no one, and there is no one! ”

Zhou Chao turned his head and glanced at the position of Centaur No. 46 behind him on the right - in an instant, the figure of a gorgeous woman with a long flaxen hair came into his eyes, and then as if he felt something, the latter also turned his head to look at Zhou Chao.

Zhou Chaochong nodded slightly, then withdrew his gaze, and raised the price again.

"No. 22, 250,000!"

"You're crazy, it's just a necklace, what are you buying it for?" Charlotte shouted at Zhou Chao in a low voice with some puzzlement.

"It's just a matter of validating a few things." Zhou Chao said with a smile.

However, the next moment, his expression was stagnant, and he couldn't laugh. Because at this time, the auctioneer called out a new price. And it's a price he can't fight.

"No. 46, 3ooo million! 3ooo million! There is no one to shoot, and no one is ......"

Zhou Chao was stunned and turned his head to look at the other party again.

The other party didn't look at Zhou Chao again, just quietly looked at the auctioneer above.

"Boom!"

"Congratulations 46, now Raphnara's heart is yours." The auctioneer announced loudly.

"Damn." Zhou Chao scolded in a low voice, and the expression on his face looked a little depressed.

"I knew that I could encounter such a strange thing at the auction, so I had to prepare more money for anything!" After a pause, Zhou Chao said secretly, "It seems that I have nothing to do in the future, I really have to save more money in case of unexpected needs that may arise at any time." ”

After that, there were no more surprises in the lots, and the auction ended smoothly.

Among them, the four lots sent by the Zhou Dynasty were sold for a total of less than 10 million US dollars, which made the Zhou Dynasty's enthusiasm for making money with antiques fall to the bottom in an instant.

It's too little, and when he has that time, he might as well pick up some gems and sell them. If nothing else, just get a ruby of the same grade as the pendant of Raphnala's Heart is enough to pay the total price of the four porcelain lots sent this time, not to mention other gems that are more expensive, even starting at hundreds of millions of dollars.

Although gemstones of this quality are difficult to find...... But there are so many worlds that can't stand Zhou Chao's running, I can't say which world I ran into the gems of the rotten street.

Like the perfect gem of the Dark World.

World of Warcraft's enchanted processing gems.

Flawless gems of the DND world, etc.

Then the three of Zhou Chao and the people from Sotheby's Auction House went through the handover procedures, collected the money, and left the auction house, got into the car sent by the parking boy, and went to the hotel where they lived.

It didn't take long for the car to pull onto an arterial road.

At this moment, only a few fierce and piercing brakes sounded, and the four black sedans flicked their tails and made a cross, intercepting a red sports car not far from the road in the middle.

Then the windows opened, revealing several guns, and the flames were sprayed at the vehicle in the middle.

"Dada......"

In just a few moments, a dense network of metal craters appeared on the body. It's just that it's not deep, it's just a shallow layer, and it's obviously done with special bulletproof treatment.

Then the car that was stopped in the middle of the road slammed into the front position of the two cars in front of it, and then with a loud "bang", it forced its way through the middle of the two cars and rushed forward quickly.

The other four cars also quickly stopped shooting and immediately drove after them.

"Wow, that's intense." Lala said with wide eyes and no heart.

"I've only heard that New York is chaotic and has a high crime rate, but I didn't expect it to be like this." Charlotte sighed.

"I didn't expect that either." Zhou Chao shrugged. It was the first time he had seen a real shootout scene in the Overworld, which was a surprise to him, but it also gave him a new feeling. - It turns out that this thing is not far from me.

Zhou then re-drove the car, bypassing the obvious road closure site, and returning to the liquor spot by another road, guided by Jarvis's satellite map.

"Huh? She also stays in this hotel? Zhou Chao, who walked into the wine hall with Charlotte and Lala, took a step forward, looking at the gorgeous woman in front of him who was about to walk into the elevator room in surprise. (To be continued!)

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