Chapter 5 Ben (1)
"Mr. Monkey King quoted 3.1 billion! Is there any other VIP who wants to increase the price? Widona's excited voice echoed through the empty auction floor.
It's a bit embarrassing to shout "Mr. Monkey King", but she can't care about it anymore, $2.1 billion, which is very close to the highest price in auction history.
With this lot alone, she can get a lot of auction fees.
Although the auction fee is a small amount of money compared to any other lot, it is not something that a poor person can earn in a lifetime.
This is the twelfth lot and the last lot except for the finale, which is called "Goat in the Woods" and is an artifact excavated from the Sumerian civilization in the valley of the two rivers.
The Sumerian civilization was part of the Mesopotamian civilization that the Mayans speculated to have appeared on Earth.
Although the Maya were in the Neolithic Age and backward in technology, they had extremely high achievements in astronomy, mathematics and other fields, and they speculated that there were five civilizations on the earth, and the Mesopotamian civilization was the second civilization, known as the civilization of the two rivers.
And the civilization we live in is the fifth civilization - the emotional civilization.
"Goats in the woods" is popularly understood as "goats climbing trees", and from the outside, it looks like a goat climbing a tree with its front feet on a metal tree.
The realistic appearance of the artifact makes it easy to wonder if it is an artifact from more than 4,000 years ago, but after expert identification, the artifact is composed of lapis lazuli, copper and gold, and is indeed an artifact of the late Sumerian civilization.
But the only value of such a thing, in addition to ornamentation, lies in research, and the Sumerian civilization and even the Mesopotamian civilization are studied at all points.
"Thirty-one...... 100 million, it's crazy. Yichen's expression was exaggerated, and he turned his head to look at Mr. Sun Wukong with the mood of worshiping the big guy.
Is the love of art so crazy for rich people? He really doesn't understand the world of rich people!
Today's auction was an eye-opener for him, just now, the bronze statue of Shiva the Dancing King and the scepter of the Egyptian pharaoh were sold for 1.8 billion and 2.3 billion US dollars, respectively.
That's right, the bronze statue of Shiva, originally housed in the National Museum in New Delhi, India, and the pharaoh's scepter, which has been missing, are in this auction.
Of course, the Shiva bronze statue was not elegantly snatched from the museum, the bronze statue was also stolen, the same person who stole the Shepherd of Arcadia.
The two artifacts were stolen only three months apart, and apparently, the thieves took care of the Louvre in France and then the Museum of India.
The bronze statue of Shiva, the dancing king, is the most mysterious sculpture art that Yichen has ever seen, created in the 11th century AD, the sculpture of Shiva dances gracefully, the left foot is lightly raised, the right leg is independent of the flame halo symbolizing reincarnation, and the foot is a small person, showing the meaning of "time conqueror".
Thunder Booster, Shepherd of Arcadia, Bronze Statue of Shiva, Pharaoh of Egypt, Goat in the Forest...... Although there were only thirteen lots, each one of them sold for more than $100 million, which was definitely the most "expensive" auction ever!
However, compared to what he did next, it was all puffy clouds.
Billion! What's more exciting than a direct price increase of 10 billion is probably only a price increase that exceeds this astronomical amount!
"They're all crazy! A madman who takes money not for money! Gorman looked distressed, as if the guests who had taken the lot had spent all the money he had spent.
On the other side, feeling that there was a gaze coming, "Sun Wukong" looked up at Yichen, and the mouth on the hood was magically bent, putting on a smile that couldn't tell whether it was cute or weird.
Then, "Monkey King" waved his hand in a friendly manner and greeted Yichen, as if he had been a good friend for a long time. Immediately afterwards, "Monkey King" broke off the largest one from the hanging banana and signaled to Yichen.
Is this to give bananas to yourself to eat? Yichen smiled stiffly.
probably felt that there was no obvious refusal to accept, and as soon as "Sun Wukong" moved, the banana drew a parabola in the air and threw it towards Yichen.
Yichen was stunned, he couldn't imagine that "Monkey King" really dared to throw it, he thought that in such a serious and tense occasion, "Monkey King" was just a symbolic expression.
The banana was not thrown in front of Yichen and was kicked away by Andre close to three meters. As a "bodyguard", the head of the command department has an obligation to protect his "boss".
Holding the seat handle with both hands, and kicking out his right leg with a backflip, Andre easily returned the banana to "Monkey King" "intact". can be the head of the order department, and his skills are naturally not bad.
Glancing at "Monkey King" with a warning meaning, Andre patted the suit that did not fall into the dust.
"Monkey King" caught the banana, and was not annoyed by the old acquaintance's behavior of pretending not to know each other, and peeled the skin by himself.
"Hand backflip, awesome." Gorman gave a thumbs up to Andre, who had sat down again.
"Die." Andrei scolded in a low voice.
"Mr. Sun Wukong, please be quiet, the auction is not over yet." In the face of such a large customer, and a large customer who has shelled out $3.1 billion, Widona's tone is as tactful as possible.
Seeing "Monkey King" peel off the banana that she just threw out, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, in this society that is not completely peaceful, it is not that there are no terrorists who like to pretend to be dolls, and it will be unlucky to meet them.
Fortunately, the elegant security forces have always been sufficient, and even the terrorists who are attacked can hold out until the police arrive.
Besides, a top billionaire who can casually shell out $3.1 billion will be a terrorist?
"Monkey King" maintains a cute or weird smile, two big words "sorry" appear in a pair of eyes, and the text composed of LED lights shines a conspicuous light.
That's kind of ...... Smile apologetically? Good self-control allowed Widona, who wanted to cry and laugh, to keep a charming smile.
"Monkey King" nodded, indicating that he would be quiet in the next auction.
After three times no one responded to the price, the hammer was sold, and the "goat in the woods" was auctioned by Sun Wukong at a sky-high price of 3.1 billion US dollars.
Throughout, Widona never said a word to induce a price increase. At this level of auction, it is very naïve for the auctioneer to induce a markup. Not to mention her as an auctioneer, even the bidder's team is unlikely to influence the bidder himself.
Who can become a top rich man, which one is not the best of the best? The only thing that can affect them is their interests and themselves.
With twelve lots finished and the auction halfway through, Widona's entire face was flushed with a seductive glow.
She was very satisfied and excited about the first half of the auction, and the auction value of more than 10 billion US dollars could not only get an expensive auction fee, but also make her famous among auctioneers.
Even in the history of auctions, she and the auction volume of more than 10 billion can leave a glorious mark.
As for why the first half of the auction was only held after the auction of twelve lots, it was naturally because of the next finale.
The starting price of this finale lot alone far exceeded the combined price of the first 12 lots.
That's right, the starting price of the finale lot exceeded 10 billion, and it far exceeded 10 billion.
Ten billion dollars, what concept? She hadn't really thought about it, it was definitely a hill.
"Here is the most important part of this auction, the auction of the finale." Widona tried her best to calm her excitement and slowed down her speech, "To be honest, if possible, our chairman would prefer to keep this lot for himself, but Mr. Seller's words woke up our chairman, and that sentence was 'you can't swallow'." ”
After a pause, she continued: "That's right, Elegance can't swallow it, and Mr. Seller strongly insists that this lot must be sold in the form of an auction, so it has a chance to appear here." If you can't swallow it elegantly, you naturally have to find someone who can swallow it. ”
"Miss Helworth, stop beating around the bush and get your things out quickly. If things are good, there are naturally people to shoot, and the most important thing here is the rich. A VIP said.
"yes, take it out, I'd like to see what's so hard to swallow." There are VIPs who echo it.
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There were not a few dignitaries who spoke, and it was clear that these people felt that Widona's words had provoked them, or rather the status of money.
"What the hell is this finale?" Yichen put his hand to his mouth and whispered to the two directors behind him.
"Can you look like a boss? Sit down! Andre reprimanded in a low voice, and said, "You'll know what it is later." ”
"Don't forget what I told you." Gorman solemnly reminded that his eyes glanced at the black in Yichen's hand from time to time. card, for fear that he will accidentally lose the card.
"I can't forget it, I can't forget it in this life." Yichen hurriedly said.
Just kidding, 10 billion 10 billion price increases, how could he forget such a thing against the sky?
directly increased the price by 10 billion, which would probably become the craziest thing he had ever done in his life.
"Since all the VIPs are in a hurry, then I won't sell them anymore. Next, we would like to invite our Vice Chairman Mr. Coster to appear with the finale lot! Widona took the lead in applauding and looked behind the stage.
A well-mannered middle-aged man walked onto the stage, smiling and radiant, with a freshly combed back and a straight suit, and a new tie and handkerchief.
It can be seen that for today's appearance, the middle-aged man specially dressed up.
Behind the middle-aged man were four heavily armed security guards. Miss Manners was replaced by a security officer, and she was a security guard with a loaded gun, which shows the importance that Elegance attaches to this finale.
"There are many familiar faces, and there are many unfamiliar faces, and it's a pleasure to meet you here, I'm Youde Koster, Vice Chairman of Elegance, and the auction below will be co-hosted by Miss Helworth and me." The smile on the face of the middle-aged man is no less than that of Vidona.
"Mr. Coster, Miss Helworth's eloquence can't be learned from you, is she?" Said a VIP who had complained before.
The implication is: Mr. Koster, you won't talk nonsense again, will you?
The people present are basically human spirits, and you don't need to think about it to understand this sentence.
Youde naturally understood this, and he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Stan, I have always been a direct person, and my personality is straightforward, and I will naturally not drag my feet in the auction." ”
He knew the guest who was talking, otherwise the other party would not have made such a joke with him, but although it was a joke, there was an obvious urging in it.
"Let me introduce the finale of this auction—"
"I guess Elegance wouldn't mind having one more bidder." As the solid wood door was pushed open, a magnetic voice entered the auction floor, interrupting Youde, the elegant vice chairman.