Chapter 4: That Man Is Beautiful (3)
"Are we going to make a bid? The booster shouldn't be in the hands of outsiders, right? Yichen tilted his head slightly and asked Andre behind him, his eyes flashing with eagerness.
Billion! I'm going to raise the price by 10 billion!
"What's the price? Can you die if you save me some money? Believe it or not, I let you get married? Without waiting for André to speak, Gorman was the first to speak, whispering a reprimand.
"Uh-" Yichen's face was dumbfounded, and he was speechless.
"Don't worry, someone will take a picture." Andrei looked in one direction, where sat a young man in a suit and leather shoes, "Guy who is richer than us." ”
As the three of them spoke, the price of the booster had been auctioned to $1.4 billion, nearly sixfold, and the atmosphere of the entire auction was stimulated, and the bidding enthusiasm of many VIPs was also stimulated.
"1.41 billion." Doria gritted his teeth and shouted out this price, which is difficult for even a rich man to earn in his lifetime, and now, he doesn't dare to increase the price at 20 million and 20 million.
"Mr. Jayron's offer is 1.41 billion!" There was a hint of excitement in Widona's voice.
The old man opened his mouth, but finally closed it, and he gave up.
1.4 billion, which is already more than one-third of his property, and if the auction continues, once his company makes any changes, he will not be able to return to the sky.
After all, he did not have the courage to go bankrupt, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, grandson...... There is a large family behind him. Only by relying on his fortune can this extended family survive.
Seeing the old man give up, Doria was obviously relieved, the competition had reached this point, and only he and the old man had not quit.
The old man withdrew, and there was no doubt that the enhancer was his.
1.41 billion dollars, he paid a fifth of his fortune, which undoubtedly cut a large piece of flesh on him, but only to get an enhancer, all this is acceptable.
The hammer has been dropped twice, and the third time has been raised.
"1.51 billion." Just as Vidona was about to ring the third auction gavel, the young man in the suit and leather shoes made a bid, and he added 100 million as soon as he opened his mouth.
He deliberately waited until the third gavel to raise his bid, not to target Doria, but to make sure there were no other bidders.
"Mr. No. 4 quoted 1.51 billion yuan, and directly increased the price by 100 million, Mr. No. 4 fully showed us what is wealthy, and is there a VIP price increase?" Widona's words turned to the youth.
She is not ashamed of her words, "grass on the wall", this is the definition she gave herself from the moment she became an auctioneer, and it is also a beacon of ideas that she can get to where she is today.
After a brief moment of consternation, Doria in the third row looked back at the black-gloved youth with angry eyes, unaware that he clearly thought that the youth was targeting him.
From Doria's gaze, the young man knew that he had been misunderstood, but obviously, he was not going to explain that it was not worth it, and it was still not worth it.
"1.51 billion once." The auction hammer falls.
"1,510,000,000 twice." The auction gavel fell again. 、
"Fifty one thousand ten million three-"
"1.52 billion." When Widona was about to finish shouting for the third time, Doria gritted her teeth and made a bid, and the fire of anger burned in her heart, that guy made him spend an extra 110 million!
Doria misunderstood the youth again, and the intention of the youth was not to make him spend more, but to make him not spend money.
"1,720 million." The young man raised his card again, but the price increased by 200 million, and he could only raise his card and shout the price by himself when he participated in the auction alone.
"You!" Doria glared angrily, he could feel the stares around him who were watching the show, and he was embarrassed.
Ignoring Doria's gaze, the young man sat down in his chair with his legs crossed and bowed his head to Widona on the auction table.
Widona understood what the youth meant—you could keep hammering.
Money can really do whatever it wants, sighing inwardly, Widona kept a charming smile and began to hammer the gavel.
"That guy is so arrogant." Chen Yuetong smacked her lips.
"The Augustinian family, which one of them doesn't spend a lot of money?" Gorman snorted lightly, and the young man's approach made him, an unrelated person, look painful, "You can't spend money like this, it's really ...... A master of losers. ”
André didn't join the discussion, he lowered his head slightly, and contacted the grid through the micron headphones: "Help me connect, Wells Augustine." ”
The moment the phone was connected, the young man also lowered his head slightly.
"Director Brown, I'm auctioning, can't I wait until the auction is over?" The voice of the youth came out of the micron headphones.
"There's no time after the auction." Andre lowered his voice, "Tell me what's going on, why is the Mine Liquid Booster here?" Pirate problem? ”
"Yes, there has been a recent incomprehensible group of pirates in the North Atlantic who have robbed the family's ship carrying the booster." Wells went on to say, "It's all over, those pirates have been dealt with by the 'Electric Silver Hand'. ”
"Why didn't you report it?"
"Because it's not necessary, when the mallet falls, all the lost boosters will be recovered, and this is the last batch." Wells added, "In addition, the seller is not a pirate, he bought the booster from a pirate, and after brainwashing the 'Electric Silver Hand' will let the person go." ”
After a few seconds of silence, Andre said: "Although it was an accident, it is still a reminder for me that the booster is not allowed to be sold privately, and no one can afford that kind of price." ”
"I'll tell the patriarch what I'm saying, but Director Brown, don't be so unkind, or you'll be my cousin's father-in-law."
"You're only bidding to recover boosters?" Andrei did not pay attention to the words of the youth.
"It's just a piggybacking thing, just like Lord Lixuan wants to piggyback on the painting that the Louvre lost. What are we going to do...... It's the same as Director Brown. Wells smiled.
Andrei frowned: "Can't let it?" ”
"Even if I let it, no one else will. So the Augustine family took it, and it was good for the rookie club. Don't forget, we're a partnership. Wells politely declined.
"It's not a trivial matter, the Augustinians let you come alone?"
"Needless to say, Director Brown, I'm not interested in the family heir. This time it was supposed to be my cousin, but my cousin has more important things to do, and so does the patriarch and the old patriarch, you know. ”
"Yes, it does matter." André said, apparently aware that Adam was about to become Lord of Thunder and Lightning, "Regarding the issue of sword breath, I will find a time to confirm with Lord Augustine afterwards, it is likely to be related to another important matter." ”
"You don't have to tell me, I'm just here for the auction." Wells said.
The phone hung up three times when no one answered, and the booster was auctioned off by Wells for a whopping $1.72 billion.
The first lot fetched a high price of $1.72 billion, which is a rare occurrence and has not been seen in almost any major auction.
"Miss Helworth, who is the seller of the enhancer? Do you still have the goods in hand? I want to buy some, and it's very sincere. "Doria is fighting for the last hope.
"Mr. Jaylen, this question has actually been asked to the seller, and he said that the enhancer changed hands several times before it came to him, and this is already all the amount." Widona suggested, "If Mr. Jaylen really wants to, he can talk to Mr. Four after the auction." ”
Doria stopped talking, looked at Wells with anger in her eyes, and even squeezed out a smile on her face.
Buying a few boosters from the young man at twice the price or even higher and asking the seller about the previous seller through elegance are the two paths in front of him, neither of which is good, but they can all walk around.
Doria also had the same idea as the old man, who more than once turned his gaze in the direction of the youth, who preferred to buy boosters from the youth.
He just wanted to continue his life, and a few boosters were enough, so he was more desperate to get boosters than Doria, and he could even pay a higher price for this. So in his opinion, the possibility of the youth selling him enhancers is very high.
The next second lot is not as expensive as the fortifier, after all, the first lot is used to stir up the atmosphere and arouse enthusiasm, and the price should be set in a moderate position, not more expensive than the finale, nor cheaper than most lots.
The second lot is exactly what Wells called the goal of the Lord of Arcadia, The Shepherds of Arcadia, an oil painting by Nicolas Poussin, an important painter of the 17th-century French Baroque period and the founder of 17th-century French classicism.
"The Shepherd of Arcadia" has a history of nearly 500 years, originally collected in the Louvre Museum in France, but was stolen on a stormy night 40 years ago, the thief's stealing techniques are extremely superb, and even the equipment and technology used for stealing are very advanced, resulting in the loss of more than a dozen cultural relics in the Louvre that night, fortunately, most of them were recovered through various channels, and now only this last one is left.
It's a pity that the thief fled, stealing more than a dozen cultural relics in the heavily guarded Louvre Museum in France, and fleeing under the siege and interception of hundreds of French policemen.
The starting price of "The Shepherds of Arcadia" is only 50 million, which is much worse than the booster, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of the VIPs for the auction. It must be a wonderful feeling to hang an artifact that was once in the Louvre Museum in France in your own home, and many people have this idea.
Few of the guests present knew the identity of the young woman with long fuchsia hair, so the bidding for "The Shepherds of Arcadia" was quite fierce, and the price soared all the way and soon exceeded 100 million.
However, after Li directly increased the price by 30 million, several bidders who were still on the battlefield re-evaluated the value of the lot and withdrew one after another.
In the end, Lee sold a second lot, The Shepherd of Arcadia, for $150 million, and after the auction, the famous painting, with its unrealistic pastoral and sad mood, will reappear on the Louvre's display wall.