Chapter 19: Sotheby's Southeast Asian Treasures Auction
Half past five in the afternoon.
Zheng Jing came to the Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok with the invitation.
As soon as he walked into the hotel, a Sotheby's staff member walked up to him.
"Hello sir, are you here for the auction?"
Zheng Jing took out the invitation letter and said, "Yes."
The staff took the invitation and opened it for a look.
"It turns out that you are Mr. Zheng, Mr. Zheng, please come with me."
Zheng Jing took a look and found that many people had already come here.
It can be seen from the invitation letter in their hands that they were also invited.
These people were men and women, old and young, and when they saw the staff taking Zheng Jing in, they all guessed whose son this was.
Enter Hall 3, where chairs are already arranged.
He took a general look, and there should be more than a hundred chairs here.
He followed the staff to the door of a room.
I saw the staff open the door and said, "Mr. Zheng, our general manager said that this is the place where you rest, you can sit for a while, and the auction will start soon."
If anything happens, you can let me know that there is a bell ringing in the room. ”
Seeing the staff leave, Zheng Jing closed the door and sat on the sofa in the room.
There were very few things in the room, just a sofa, a table and a TV.
Poor lack of things.
The TV is turned on, and the screen shows the scene in Hall 3.
He looked at the upper left corner, and it turned out that this was the live broadcast screen.
For this auction, Sotheby's specially launched a live broadcast on the international version of Doushou.
Now more than 300,000 people have watched the live broadcast room, and the number is still increasing.
"Knock knock!"
"Hello Mr. Zheng, let's meet again."
With a knock on the door, Roman walked in with his beautiful secretary.
Zheng Jing stood up and shook his hand, glancing at the booklet in his secretary's hand.
"I haven't seen you for half a month."
Roman took the booklet in the secretary's hand and handed it to him, and said, "Mr. Zheng, take a look, these are all items to be auctioned today."
The two items entrusted to you, many people today are here for those two Buddha statues, especially the glass imperial gold jade Buddha statue, there are many top rich people calling to ask.
Now that imperial golden jade Buddha statue has spread all over the world.
Here I would like to congratulate Mr. Zheng, you will be a billionaire after today. ”
Ever since they advertised the auction items, many of the world's wealthy Buddhists have called him to inquire.
Roman is well aware that now the young man in front of him is already a billionaire and can no longer treat him with the same attitude as before.
Anyway, others are billionaires after today, and he is just a wage earner.
Seeing Roman's attitude, he was secretly refreshed, but he was still silent on the surface.
"Thank you Sotheby's, too, if it weren't for your publicity, my two items wouldn't have attracted so much attention." Zheng Jing said with a smile.
Hearing this, Roman was very comfortable, indeed, without their propaganda, his two Buddha statues would not have attracted the attention of so many people.
He is now more certain that Zheng Jing will be unlimited in the future.
With his words and calm personality, he definitely has his name on this list of the world's richest people.
At this time, Roman was already thinking about deepening his relationship with him.
Because there were many rich people who came over this time, Roman and Zheng Jing talked for a while and left.
Before leaving, he also said that he could auction what he saw and wanted, and it didn't matter if he didn't have money, and he would settle it together after the auction was over.
Seeing Roman leaving, Zheng Jing opened the item book and looked at it.
This time, the theme is the Southeast Asian Treasure Auction.
It is true that the contents of the booklet are all items from these countries in Southeast Asia.
For example, he saw a Burmese jade Buddha statue.
This jade Buddha statue is not of very high quality and not large, only about ten centimeters.
In addition to this Buddha statue, there are also Thai wood carvings, totemic masks of Indonesian ethnic minorities.
There are a lot of items, but most of them are Buddha statues, after all, there are really not many good things in Southeast Asian countries.
Only Buddha statues are prevalent here, so the most items in this auction are Buddha statues.
However, he did not see anything better than his two Buddha statues.
As the time approached, he saw that the auction was about to begin.
The chairs in the hall below were already full.
On the other side of the hall, there are staff answering the phone, which is why some people can't come to the scene and call to make a quote.
There are also people in the private rooms upstairs, who also call them and ask them to quote.
As the picture turned, I came to the stage.
Roman walked up with the microphone.
"Thank you for participating in our Sotheby's Southeast Asia Treasures Auction, for hosting this auction we..."
The next thing Roman is talking about how to hold this auction.
Finally: "We prepared a dinner upstairs and wanted everyone to go and have a few drinks when the auction was over."
When Roman went down, a male auctioneer came up with a white glove and a gavel.
Seeing the auctioneer come up, there was applause at the scene.
Auctioneer: "Welcome to the auction."
"The first item to be auctioned is an ice jade Buddha statue from Myanmar, which is eleven centimeters high, beautiful and well-preserved, and is a rare and superb jade Buddha statue.
The starting price is 3 million, and the price is increased by 50,000 each time, and the auction starts now. ”
Seeing that the first item was this Buddha statue, Zheng Jing nodded.
The quality of the items this time is really not very good, and if the first item does not prepare a good thing to ignite the atmosphere, it will definitely not be easy to proceed next.
The people on the scene and those who quoted by phone saw this Buddha statue and began to quote one after another.
"No. 193 bid 3.1 million"
"No. 326 bids 3.3 million"
"Call 66 offers 3.5 million"
……
Seeing the on-site offers, the auctioneer was a little speechless.
Fortunately, the price of this Buddha statue is very high, and some people just watch the excitement.
Zheng Jing looked at the hot scene and felt that it was worth the trip, it turned out that the auction scene was like this.
After a fierce offer, the last mysterious person made a phone offer to photograph this ice jade Buddha statue.
The price of this Buddha statue finally came to 7.2 million.
Seeing that this jade statue of the ice species could be auctioned for seven million, Zheng Jing was already thinking about how much the final price of his two Buddha statues would be.
Roman, who was on the other side, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this opening.
As long as the start is good, then he just waits for the final finale.
As one item after another was auctioned off, it finally came to the last two items.
The auctioneer rested for a moment, and then said to the people at the scene: "I think everyone knows about the items to be auctioned next, and I won't sell them anymore."
The next item to be auctioned is the 'Theravada Golden Buddha Statue', a Buddha statue from Myanmar, 32 centimeters high and 13 centimeters wide, made of gold as a whole, weighing 13.2 kilograms, the Buddha statue has a beautiful appearance, no bumps, no scratches.
Authenticated by our Sotheby's appraisers, this Buddha statue was made in 1864 by craftsmen at Ananda Temple.
Okay, without further ado, guests who like this item can be ready to bid.
The starting price is 10 million, with an increase of 1 million each time, and the auction is now open. ”
The audience, who was already a little drowsy, instantly woke up when they heard the auctioneer's words.
Zheng Jing looked at the familiar Buddha statue, and he was looking forward to how much the final price of this Buddha statue would be.