Chapter Twenty-Six: The Auction
After Li Wei was busy with Wang Qi's side, the news came that Dr. Hank was born in 1991 and has a bachelor's degree in agronomy from Moscow University, a doctorate from St. Petersburg University. However, due to the fact that the newlywed Yan'er was not very satisfied with the teaching position offered to him by St. Petersburg, the monthly salary of the famous teaching post at St. Petersburg University was 70,000 rubles
At present, I have applied for a number of companies, but the treatment is not very ideal.
Looking at the file in front of me, I thoughtfully decided to introduce it to Dr. Harvard tomorrow.
Along with Hank's back, there was also an invitation to an auction, but he never expected that the injured person was sick, but the complaint was canceled, and the auction gave Wang Qi several tickets to the auction.
Looking at the admission ticket in hand, Li Wei smiled bitterly, is there still a need to go to this kind of black-hearted auction house?
There was really a need to go, and early the next morning, Jun Ji Na clamored that Levi was going to the mall, so scared that Levi took her directly to the auction house.
"Oba, do I look good in a formal outfit today?" Jun Ji Na is wearing a very formal dress today, a red dress that is both playful and cute, and dignified and generous.
"Beautiful." This sentence Li Wei replied very simply, Jun Ji Na is definitely the best aesthetic person Li Wei has ever seen, and she can always put simple items very brightly.
"Oba, what art did you just say on the phone that you want to buy, what is it?" Jun Ji Na asked curiously.
There was no art to buy, Levi was just afraid to go to the mall to spend, and just happened to have this auction to kill time, so he casually made up an excuse.
"You'll know in a moment, but you don't know if there's not enough money." Levi said deliberately in order to show that he really had no money.
Taking out the invitation card and walking out of the auction house, Li Wei found that this place was very different from the tall auction house he imagined, there were rows of chairs in the venue, and the guests who arrived in advance were discussing today's collection in groups, and Li Wei also asked for an introduction list of the lots as if it were a thing.
In fact, although St. Petersburg is located in Europe, it was not popular in St. Petersburg before the auction industry, which had been prevalent in Europe for a hundred years, until in recent years, as the value of oil paintings has gradually increased, and Russia, as a major country of oil paintings, has gradually developed in the auction field.
Most of the lots in today's auction are oil paintings, which are beautiful, but Levi doesn't see anything surprising in them, but the starting prices are higher than the other.
Soon, a distinctly Chinese-style work appeared in front of Li Wei's eyes, and an ink painting that was only half left was also put on the auction list.
The painting was apparently hit by a fire, and only the right half of the painting remained, and even the remaining half was a little blurred by the smoke from the fire.
As soon as he saw the introduction of Li Wei, he became popular, and it was written in both Russian and English: "The royal treasures from the Huaxia Imperial Palace in 1900 are from a veteran who returned home from victory." ’
Jun Ji Na keenly noticed that Levi clenched his fists and the rate of his breathing changed.
Putting the things snatched by the invasion on the shelves in a grand manner, and being embarrassed to indicate it next to it, can not help but be an insult to the Chinese people or to the word civilization.
Levi couldn't help but think of a sentence that the more decaying a country like Russia, the better.
Forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Levi took Jun Ji Na to find a place to sit down.
"Don't be angry, is this the lot you want to take?" Jun Ji Na said, pointing to the burned painting.
Levi didn't speak, just nodded slightly.
Jun Ji Na didn't know why he felt that the man in front of him suddenly occupied such a big place in her heart.
He was young and golden, sunny and handsome, dared to stand up in the crowd to save people's lives, and most importantly, this man loved his country so much despite being in a foreign country.
In Jun Ji Na's eyes, Levi's image is getting more and more perfect, looking at Levi's frowning and very resolute face, Jun Ji Na hugged Levi's arm in her arms tighter.
After calming down, Li Wei carefully looked at the rules of this auction, all products have been shouted by the host 3 times, there is no minimum price increase limit for each price increase, if the goods that no one is willing to auction after three bids will be lost, the unsold goods will be exhibited after the auction, and customers who are still interested can communicate directly with the seller.
As soon as the auction began, some foreign sellers were frantically selling the oil paintings, which were bought at a very low price and sold for a price of 10,000 or 20,000 euros in Europe.
Levi, on the other hand, was just a spectator and knew that an oil painting that did not appear on the list of lots caught Levi's attention.
The landscape of the painting is very ordinary, and Levi doesn't see anything out of the ordinary, but a sculpture in the background catches Levi's attention.
Isn't this the one that painted the aura of wood carving!' Although Levi's heart was already turbulent, he was still very calm on the surface.
The fact that the painting did not appear on the list of lots shows that its author is not well-known, and judging from the reactions of these art dealers in the audience, the 'artistic' value of the painting is certainly not high.
After three rounds of bidding, this oil painting actually became the first unsold item in this auction.
After a long wait, Levi finally waited for the half-burned oil painting.
Li Wei knew in his heart that this painting could be auctioned best, or he would definitely not be able to get it if he had too little money to use.
When the painting was put on the auction table, Levi suddenly had a faint feeling, very similar to the way he felt about the wood carving that day when he was cleaning up the room, and it seemed that he was going to try to fight for this painting.
But what did not turn out to be Levi's wish was that there was a bid for the painting from the beginning.
An old Russian man raised the price by 10,000 yuan, raising the painting with a starting price of 5,000 yuan to 15,000.
Li Wei obviously got on the bar with him, and kept raising the price of the painting to 100,000 yuan, Li Wei's heart began to waver, he was already very imprudent to spend that money yesterday, could he spend 100,000 yuan just with his own ethereal feeling?
Reason told him that even if he paid a lot of money for this painting, it would not change the arrogance in Russia's heart towards Huaxia, but Levi's heart told him to follow his own feelings.
Since leaving China and coming to Russia, Levi has found that his love for the motherland has deepened, and if he can't even satisfy his heart, what is the purpose of making money?
Levi really doesn't value money, he can choose to give up all his inheritance for nationality before, he can also carry the so-called debt and spend the previous year's salary to buy clothes for himself, and even willing to buy a bag for Jun Zhina, who has known him for a short time, this is because he knows that money is not saved at all, so why worry about having no money when he has ancient books in hand? This is the reason why the so-called daughter is scattered and comes back.
Thinking of this, Levi grabbed Jun Ji Na's small hand and raised it to continue bidding.