Chapter 80: The Auction
Yang Guang did not deliberately conceal the matter of the envoy of the Wa State, so it spread quickly, and the ministers in the court knew about it, although everyone may not know where the Wa State is, but this behavior is rude in their opinion.
It was quickly discussed, but news came from the palace that the emperor had convicted the envoy of the Japanese State for the great crime of rebellion, and before it could be spread, it was considered a conclusion, and the emperor acquiesced in the matter of Yang Guang's private detention of the envoy of the Japanese State.
The eldest brother arrived at the Jin Palace, as the crown prince of Xiliang, he estimated that he would have to live in Chang'an City for a long time, there were no major restrictions, and he could move freely in the city, so he came to see his sister.
Yang Guang welcomed him into the house and met Xiao Menglan directly, as his brother Xiao Cong loved Xiao Menglan very much, and asked when they met: "Menglan, it's okay to come these two days." ”
"Thank you for your concern, His Royal Highness King Jin treats me very well."
Looking at the ruddy and shiny complexion, and the smile on the corner of his mouth when he speaks, he knows that it is not the appearance of acting.
"That's good."
Wang Yi came to Yang Guang's ear and whispered a few words, Yang Guang said apologetically: "Menglan, uncle, I made an appointment today to talk about the auction, I want to go out first, you talk first." ”
Hearing about the auction, Xiao Cong was interested: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, what is the auction?" ”
"A model of bidding together to buy and sell precious goods, if my uncle is interested, you might as well go with me to have a look, today will be the first one."
Xiao Cong took a sip.
Yang Guang glanced at Xiao Menglan: "Menglan, come with me." ”
"May I?"
"Nature."
Yang Guang set off this time with Xiao Menglan, Xiao Menglan sat in a carriage, and Yang Guang and Xiao Cong rode horses and came to the market.
Yun Dingxing, as the organizer on the bright side, has prepared a lot of matters at this time, a big room, the front is the auction table, the middle is the hall, and there is a box on the side, and yesterday sent an invitation to invite celebrities in the city to come to participate in today's auction, and the invitation card also comes with the main commodities to be auctioned today.
This is a new model, the whole process is instructed by Yang Guang, but the specific operation is Yun Dingxing.
The renovated hall can accommodate 100 people, limited by the original scale so it can not continue to expand, check the identity at the door, receive the number plate, and someone led Yang Guang to the box.
Along the way, the corridor is full of exquisite exhibits, and there are a lot of ceremonial women, orchids and Silla maids.
The box is temporarily built on the second floor, and the privacy is very poor, in fact, it is decorated with wooden boards.
But the first time it was understandable.
Looking down the hall, many people flock to the exhibition area before the auction begins, viewing the exhibits, tasting tea, mingling, etc., and the auction staff will promote the items to be auctioned on the spot, which will arouse everyone's interest. As the auction approaches, the crowd will gradually gather and the atmosphere will become more and more enthusiastic.
Xiao Menglan looked at the scene here curiously: "Your Highness, all the people who come are noble people, this auction is like a large banquet, but the theme is not a happy event, but buying and selling items." ”
"Well, it can be understood in this way, but I am not satisfied with this, it is not high-end enough, the decoration, and the process are not enough to make people feel high-end."
"Why do you want to be high-end?"
"Only the high-end can make these people spend money for it."
Xiao Menglan seemed to understand whether she understood or not, but Xiao Cong felt that it was tasteful, and looked at the list of goods in her hand, these works of art and antiques have no absolute value in themselves, people's love and attention to this product, and the story behind the product, can bring the identity value of the owner to enhance its value.
The more high-end the auction will be, the better the story told, and the higher the value.
People like to show off, but you can't show off things that have no basis and no reason, go to your home, you have to show off calligraphy and painting, you have to say which masterpiece is a masterpiece, you have to show off antiques, you have to say which historical celebrity left it.
Pretending to be forced is a rigid need of human beings, and as long as the demand for pretending is there, the value of artworks will be higher and higher.
Why prosperous antiques, troubled gold?
Because gold is the absolute value, and antique calligraphy and painting is the value of pretending, the better the social development, the more money people have, and the higher the demand for rich people, the more valuable these things are.
People kept entering, Yang Guang saw Yang Yong, Yang Yong also saw him, walked up to the second floor and sat on the other side.
At the beginning of the auction, a beautiful woman with an excellent figure walked on the stage, which caused everyone to exclaim as soon as she appeared on the stage.
Yang Guang didn't understand, and Wang Yi on the side explained to him: "Your Highness, this is the Oiran of Yunya Pavilion, Nanxi girl, I think Yun Dingxing spent a lot of money to invite it." ”
"Oh." Yang Guang nodded slightly, and then looked at Wang Yi suspiciously: "How do you know?" ”
"Your Highness has never eaten pork, but you have always seen pigs run."
"Look less at things you shouldn't."
At this time, the Nanxi girl below spoke, her voice was soft, worthy of being an oiran, a natural charm, and a group of old men in the hall looked at her and smiled slightly, many of them were also his old customers.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to this auction, I am the host of tonight, Nanxi, and I am very honored to serve you. ”
"Tonight, all the people who come are people who understand art, what is art? Art is the pursuit and love of beautiful things for human beings, and our auction will present a series of unique and precious lots, which contain the precipitation of traditional culture and history. ”
As her voice fell, an object covered with a red cloth was lifted, and it looked like it was a meter square.
"Shi Eun should be the ruling Jinwu, and when he married his wife, he should marry Yin Lihua."
The Nanxi girl muttered, mobilizing everyone's emotions.
"When the Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu and the queen Yin Lihua love story can sing and cry, after the death of the two, thousands of years of praise, one of our friends found the Han Guangwu Emperor personally for Yin Lihua painted the image, has found the masters together to identify, the seal is the national jade seal."
In fact, this thing is still very good to confirm in this era, because the jade seal of the country is in the palace of Yang Jian, and there are many holy decrees that have been covered, just compare it, and a painting is covered with the jade seal of the country, which shows how much Liu Xiu, who painted, attaches great importance to it.
When the painting unfolded, Yang Guang took a closer look at the painting, the painting was actually very ordinary, and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty did not pass on his poems and paintings, but this is even more precious, because the number of paintings of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty is small, and even maybe just this one, plus it represents the ancient saying that marrying a wife should marry Yin Lihua, the value has increased several times, especially for people who need to please their wives at home.
Isn't it better to send this painting than to send 1314?
The emperor was not present today, which was a big loss.
Nanxi girl's voice came: "The starting price is 300 yuan, and each price increase shall not be less than 20 yuan. ”
"100 taels of gold!"
When the voice of the Nanxi girl fell, Yang Guang's voice on the second floor rang out, holding the number plate confidently.
This startled everyone, people 300 yuan, you jumped directly to 100 taels of gold, this price is too ruthless.
Xiao Menglan and Xiao Cong on the side were startled, and Xiao Menglan hurriedly whispered, "Your Highness, your bid is too high." ”
Yang Guang said loudly with a smile: "The hand-me-down work of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and the jade seal seal, painted for his wife with his own handwriting, the price is right, 300 ......"
Yang Guang shook his head: "I have insulted the identity of Emperor Guangwu." ”
At this time, Yang Guang is the center of everyone, Yang Yong was surprised to find that this is still such a good place to pretend to be forced, as long as you shout a high price, everyone will look at you, just Yang Guang said, full of style, quite an artist's style, Nanxi girl looked at him with admiration.
Once the level of art reaches the nobility, this thing is the face, and it is a superior sense of superiority.
Money is a number for them, but the auction house can show its own money and artistic accomplishment at the same time.
The world is focused on you.
Life in the world, just a few decades, today there is wine and today drunk, when the head is out, if you don't pretend to be forced in this life, it is better to go home and raise pigs.
"150 taels!"
Yang Yong immediately raised his number plate, and everyone's eyes looked at him again, Yang Yong also learned Yang Guang's words: "The story of Emperor Guangwu and Yin Lihua is moving, and it should be worth the price."
"Second brother, this painting is really not for my brother to rob, but I really like it, so don't grab it for my second brother."
"Brother Huang, this is a bad word, auction you and I bid, the highest price will win, 200 taels."
"250 taels!"
Xiao Cong looked at the two Great Sui princes who did not give in to each other, and couldn't help but sigh that the Great Sui prince was really rich, and he was so blatantly competing for a painting, and he even thought to himself, how much property did his brother-in-law embezzle from Daxing City.
"300 taels!"
"350 taels!"
When the price was called 350 taels, it stopped, and Yang Guang stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Huang, don't hurt the harmony, since Brother Huang wants it so much, I cut my love." ”
Yang Yong had a triumphant expression on his face: "Then you're welcome to be a brother." ”
Some people are noble in front of everyone, and some people are sacks of money behind them.
This painting was a gift from Yun Dingxing in order to please Yang Guang, and it was resold by Yang Guang and put at auction, and after deducting the transaction money, the money went into Yang Guang's pocket, and part of the transaction money will go to Yang Guang, who made Yang Guang the biggest shareholder behind it.
The auction continued, Yang Guang whispered to Xiao Menglan that the painting was actually his, Xiao Menglan laughed softly after hearing it: "Your Highness, you ......." ”
When Xiao Cong heard this, he asked at this time: "Your Highness, this auction is also organized by you, can you allow me to ask more, why did Your Highness hold this auction?" ”
"The auction is just the beginning, you also see that our Dasui country is rich and strong, restaurants, entertainment industry is becoming more and more prosperous, this will be one of the largest economic income in Daxing City in the future, today is to test the water, see everyone's reaction, I plan to plan a special place in Daxing City, called Entertainment Square, Auction, Big Restaurant, etc.
"Casino?!"
"Nice, call it gambling."