"20.2 million US dollars!"

"Good! The guest on the 16th bid 20.4 million US dollars! ”

It wasn't until it broke through 20 million US dollars that the speed of bidding gradually slowed down.

However, the range of asking prices has not been reduced, and it is still up at 200,000 and 200,000.

Li Jinglin and Luo Shiyao glanced at each other.

There is only one meaning expressed in the eyes.

[Money, nest, a lot of money. 】

The Guarnelli cannon in Li Jinglin's hand, which won from the Paganini Violin Competition, is indeed worth 200 million.

If it is at auction, it is indeed very likely to ask for 30 million US dollars.

But you must know that this cannon is carrying a huge historical significance.

This is the devil's violinist, an important figure in the development of the subsequent Romantic violin, Paganini's piano.

The humanistic value that Paganini gave to him accounted for at least half of it.

If this violin is not related to Paganini, it is likely to be in the early 100 million.

It is conceivable that the value of this "savior".

"20.9 million US dollars!"

"221,000!"

"21 million once!"

"21 million twice!"

Look around.

Tolia nodded.

There is no longer any desire to continue bidding.

Immediately, he smiled slightly.

"21 million for the third time!"

"Deal!"

"Let's congratulate the No. 9 guest, for the price of 21 million US dollars, photographing this Stradivari - the savior!!"

Bang Bang Bang!

The audience burst into applause.

Li Jinglin glanced at this savior with emotion.

Take a sip of grape juice with alcohol.

Gluttony, that's real gluttony.

But it's also really expensive.

21 million US dollars, which is not something that everyone can afford.

Li Jinglin's budget is actually about this number.

But. It's not a knife, it's a network coin.

Applause.

Tolia nodded.

glanced at Li Jinglin who was in a state of envy without a trace.

He clapped his hands.

Employees launched a show car.

Among the exhibit cars is a very different violin.

Compared with other violins, the color of this violin is really bright red.

Actually, it should be dark red.

But under the lights of the auction car, it flashed a very bright red light.

Red to translucent, and in such light conditions, it looks not even a bright red, but magenta.

"Next, you will witness an event that may be enough to be called a historical icon."

Tolia shrugged.

"At least the history of music."

Step off the auction table.

Around the perimeter of this bright red violin, open your mouth gently.

"Look, this is a different, beautiful violin, made by Maestro Stradivari himself in 1708."

"It has been used by many masters and is the most shiny antique instrument."

"This is Stradivari - Ruby!"

Many rich people narrowed their eyes slightly.

I immediately understood Tolya's thoughts.

Immediately, his eyes looked at Li Jinglin.

The No. 9 guest who just photographed this "savior" is a child of the Lin family from Xiangjiang, Lin Rong.

At this time, the excitement of photographing the "savior" has disappeared.

Lin Rong took this violin in order to give it to Li Jinglin to play.

After all, this act was done by the Lin family thirty years ago.

At that time, the Lin family also gave away the famous foreign piano to musicians from China for free to play.

The Chinese violin industry, and even the Chinese music industry, can achieve status and influence in the world so quickly, and these rich people who are all over the people and continue to contribute are also inseparable.

In Lin Rong's opinion.

The person who gave the violin to Li Jinglin must be a Chinese person!

Tolia's sudden work.

It really made Lin Rong a little unhappy.

"Every piano has a soul, then, this piano has a rich sound quality, pure, elegant, it is a gentleman's piano."

"As we all know, there is a difference between the Stradivarius and the Guarelli in the violin."

Tolia shrugged.

It begins to tell the history of the famous piano.

Although the auction is over, it is theoretically possible to leave.

But still no one moved.

Everyone knows that there may be big events next.

"The former is pitched, ethereal, responsive, but very difficult to navigate."

"And Guarnelli, low, generous, and easy to pick up."

Speaking of which.

Tolia suddenly spread her hands.

"The famous writer, Ruggie Ricci, once said that Stradivari, like a holy maiden, for Guarnelli, you can just go straight to it."

"Hahaha!"

A brief burst of laughter rose.

Yet, amid the laughter, Tolia shook her head.

"But this ruby is very special."

"It's bright and powerful, it's ethereal and sensitive, but it's generous enough."

"That's the most fascinating thing about rubies, it's more like a combination of the two."

Speaking of which.

Tolia suddenly looked at Li Jinglin, who was sitting in the middle of the first row.

"We have a legendary musician in this auction."

"He amazed the entire music industry at the age of 20, and at the age of 20, he not only won the gold medal of the Paganini Junior Mention Competition, but also won the right to use the Guarnelli cannon."

Syllable!

The light was directly called to Li Jinglin.

Li Jinglin was stunned.

"What's more, he has become recognized as an international number one in the industry!"

"It's like Paganini was born!"

Tolia opened the cabinet and walked over with a violin in hand.

Li Jinglin also had to stand up.

Although the body is active, the brain is still wooden.

Immediately.

Tolia made the big announcement.

With the most solemn look, he said the most unbelievable decision!

"This piano will be jointly decided by the Stradivari Famous Piano Association and Tarisio Auction House, and this Stradivari Ruby will be presented to Mr. Li Jinglin for free to perform!"

"And, the gift is really a gift, from now on, the ownership will be directly transferred to Mr. Li Jinglin, that is to say, Mr. Li Jinglin can own it for life, and leave this piano to his descendants!"

"Wow!!"

"Shet!! This!! ”

"Ownership?! Did I hear me right?! ”

"Oh Mai Ka"

In an instant, the entire venue exploded.

Even Lin Rong, who originally wanted to give the "savior" to Li Jinglin to play, was stunned at this time.

The venue directly overturned all the dullness.

burst

No!

This is no longer something that can be described by an explosion!

This kind of piano is really a bad one, and a famous piano is priceless.

Because, experts know, there may never be a violin like Stradivarius again, just as the music world is waiting for another Mozart, and luthiers are waiting for another Stradivari to appear.

This is not something that can be compared to modern craftsmanship.

Perhaps in terms of mass production, when the modern process was completed, it was difficult to surpass it in terms of the quality of the piano.

Machinery, still difficult to replace the real top craftsmanship.

And this act of giving the piano.

It's even more explosive.

Violin, in fact, is a very popular investment method for the top rich.

Yes, the way to invest.

Once, the University of Cincinnati Research Institute at Lighthouse did a study.

Compare the value of these three investments: lighthouse treasury bonds, lighthouse stocks, and antique violins.

From 1960, the investment in 5000 meters knife to calculate.

Then, after 36 years, the appreciation of the lighthouse treasury bond is 40,007 and the appreciation of the stock is 50,002.

The value of antique violins is 242,000 US dollars!

This is not something that can be explained by money or hype.

And it is indeed a common value-added phenomenon, and almost every antique violin has this exaggerated increase.

A long time ago, a bigwig in Xiangjiang once bought a piano from a bigwig who had a collection of 16 Stradivari and 8 Guarnelli, and the transaction price at that time was 350,000 US dollars.

Then, decades later, the piano was sold to the vice president of Microsoft.

The price has increased 25 times.

The price of antique violins is so expensive, which naturally brings a contradiction between art and capital.

A truly young violinist cannot have it, but the owner is a serious waste of resources.

It's as if one of the owners of this "ruby", the rich woman Mary, is the one who learned the violin since childhood, but after owning this "ruby", Mary still wonders why she still plays so badly?

Knowing that she was not talented enough, but her love for rubies was beyond possessiveness, the rich woman Mary contacted her friends and wanted to try to give some of her famous violinists to young and promising violinists.

Since then, there have been many famous artists who have received all kinds of sponsorship from the rich woman Mary.

Mary got her wish.

These famous instruments were not buried, and they and the performers achieved each other, and bloomed with the light of art that made Mary extremely excited.

And what about Mary?

In addition to letting his piano shine and helping many famous artists grow.

The piano in his hand, because of the performance of many artists, is constantly appreciating.

Precisely because of this.

Other violin collectors are also giving artists to play such acts, and more and more of them are beginning to appear.

The performer only needs to pay the insurance, and the ownership is owned by the owner of the instrument, so that the continuous performance of the famous musician can not only make the value of the instrument more appreciative, but also make the famous instrument shine, so that young and promising performers can use the famous instrument.

This was the birth of the Stradivari Concert Association.

But.

It doesn't matter if you donate a piano or sponsor a concert.

This ownership may never be gifted.

Gift ownership?

But there has never been such a precedent!

And now, this "ruby" has chosen to give away all the ownership.

What is the difference between this horse pedal and giving away a luxury villa?

"We have no other requirements, we just hope that Mr. Li will be able to make the ruby truly shine in the world's music in the future."

Tolia spoke sincerely.

And, reach out and pick up the Stradivari violin.

Facing Li Jinglin, his attitude was very sincere.

"In 1802, a Livorno merchant known as Livron, after enjoying the performance of the Paganini masters, excitedly presented the [Guarnelli Cannon] to the 20-year-old Paganini."

"Since then, Paganini has never been separated from this violin, and has carefully protected it, and has gone through a full 40-year artistic career that has spread throughout Europe."

"And more than 200 years later, when another Paganini, Mr. Li Jinglin, is about to return the cannon within the time limit, we at Tarisio Auction House and the Stradivari Piano Association will also decide together."

"Just like when Livron gave Paganini a cannon, now, we have decided to give this ruby to Mr. Li Jinglin!"

"Huh?"

Although this "ah" is not expressed, it is simply an inner activity.

His expression remained tense.

But Li Jinglin was still dumbfounded, and his brain was buzzing.

In fact, a long time ago, Li Jinglin also thought about whether someone would give him the piano.

But when I think about it, I never pinned my hopes on this.

After all, there is a time limit for gifting the piano.

Let's say "cannons".

I came to participate in this auction mainly to buy a similar one for myself, but I didn't expect that the first piano of this horse riding horse was of this grade, and it was getting more and more outrageous later.

I didn't even think much about giving away the piano.

Not to mention the "gift of ownership" thing.

If anyone said this to Li Jinglin, even if it was Henrik, Li Jinglin would have to laugh at it.

[Wake up, dreams don't do this, blind thinking can be outrageous, but it can't be unscored]

You can give it away.

The direct ownership has been given away?!

What kind of stupid calf does this have to be?

“.”

But I never expected it.

That's exactly what happened.

"Mr. Lee."

looked at Li Jinglin and was slightly distracted.

Tolia laughed.

Opening.

"The Stradivari Piano Association only needs you a promise, promising that in the future, Mr. Li Jinglin, or your future heir of the property, wants to sell this instrument, the Stradivari Piano Association has the right of first refusal to bid and purchase."

“.”

This scene made the surrounding rich people can't help but talk about it.

This is probably the largest personal investment in the literary and artistic world in recent decades!

Obviously.

The Tarisio auction house and the Stradivari Piano Association have shown their courage and financial resources.

The event alone is enough to make it hugely profitable.

Young performers in their twenties!

As Tolia said.

The gift of Li Jinglin's rubies and the gift of Paganini cannons that year can almost be said to have completed a closed loop.

What's more, this Li Jinglin, who is also one of the users of the cannon, is known as Paganini of the new era, another devil violinist!

"Bang bang bang!"

So far.

The audience applauded.

Li Jinglin came back to his senses.

With a somewhat complicated face, he took the Stradivari ruby.

The beautiful red lacquer finish, the unique texture, and the fretboard is still smooth after 300 years.

It really made Li Jinglin love it.

"Whew"

I thought about it carefully in my heart for a long time.

After raising his head again, Li Jinglin's eyes became very serious.

solemnly took this antique violin.

Bow slightly to Toria.

"Thank you to the Tarisio auction house, and to the Stradivari Piano Association."

Turn around.

Holding a ruby in your hand.

Li Jinglin solemnly spoke.

"I'll make rubies, in modern times, shine again."

I lie to you, the violin is an instrument that can reach the artistic realm in terms of craftsmanship.

It is fundamentally different from some other musical instruments.

The appreciation is indeed a real data, but it is not a hype artwork, and it is indeed difficult to surpass the craftsmanship of the antique and famous piano in modern times.

The reason why it is difficult to surpass, in addition to the problem of craftsmanship, is also a problem when the violin is completely vibrated by years of use, after decades and hundreds of years of performance, the violin will form a unique vibration gap, so even if the craftsmanship is comparable to the golden age, time is also a disadvantage, and the sound quality and performance feel are still slightly inferior.

(End of chapter)