Chapter 16: Ritual Objects at the Auction
Because of the Dongwen Pavilion auction, the Peninsula International Hotel is not open to the public today, and the people present are invited guests except for the staff.
Yang Jian and Fang Lan came a little early, and the auction had not started yet, but there were quite a few VIPs who were invited. The standard of Dongwen Pavilion auction has always been the highest, and today anyone who can appear in this hall can hit ten people with a brick, nine of them are bigwigs worth more than 100 million, and one is an unlucky Dongwen Pavilion staff. All for these bigwigs, this is not only an auction, but also a social meeting!
Since the auction starts at noon, Peninsula International Hotel has also prepared a variety of exquisite pastries, after all, for them, everyone present may be an important customer in the future!
However, instead of enjoying these exquisite pastries, more people choose to hold a glass of red wine or champagne and talk to the people around them.
Compared with these big shots, Yang Jian doesn't have such scruples. Before he ate breakfast, he was taken by Fang Lan as a hanger, he was the little scum on the second floor of the Qi training period, he was still a long distance away from Bigu, and he was already hungry.
Yang Jian sat on the seat, took a bite of the secret osmanthus cake with his left hand, and drank more than 100,000 bottles of champagne with his right hand. And Fang Lan stood aside quite helplessly, if it wasn't for Yang Jian who accompanied her, she would have thrown her hands and left.
It's so embarrassing!
Now not only can he not leave, but he also has to hand a plate and pour champagne to the uncle in front of him, Fang Lan has already noticed several strange eyes.
It's the first time I've grown up so humiliating!
Fang Lan glanced at Yang Jian without a trace, and then silently refilled Yang Jian's cup.
Fang Lan suddenly made a decision, next time the auction was held, she had to prepare a few separate boxes!
Fortunately, soon the auction will officially begin!
After a few brief words from the mature hostess in a red dress, she got into the topic.
The first item to be auctioned was the famous Chinese painting master Zhang Daqian's "Poxian Red Cliff". Zhang Daqian is the most legendary master of Chinese painting in the 20th century, whether it is painting, calligraphy, seal carving, poetry is all-encompassing, in the Western "art world" has the reputation of "Oriental brush"!
According to the hostess, this piece was brought to the United States by collectors from Treasure Island in the second half of the last century, and it has not been revealed. This time it was also brought back to China by chance.
After the introduction, the hostess announced the starting price, 2 million!
Yang Jian didn't study the paintings much, and he didn't plan to buy these things, but he was quite willing to watch them. The price of this painting was not raised quickly, and when the 100,000 was added to 4 million, there was no longer follow, and finally the painting was taken into the pocket by a bald old man.
The first auction item is usually just used to warm up, and the later things are, the better. Many people at the scene were waiting for the good things in the back while chatting in a low voice with the people around them. Soon, when a blue and white porcelain was auctioned for a sky-high price of tens of millions, everyone present was in good spirits and began to look forward to the baby below.
The young lady in the cheongsam held a black wooden box and gently placed it on the soft satin on the table. I saw the hostess open the box, took out a pen holder from the box and introduced while displaying: "This is a white jade carved landscape character story pen holder, carved from Hetian white jade, set high relief, bas-relief, line carving and other techniques in one, for the jade above the product." ”
"The whole instrument ornament carves the three smiles of Huxi, unfolds in the background of the landscape, the cliffs are steep, the mountains and rocks are numerous, the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the ancient pines and trees stand between the mountains, or oblique out of the cliff edge. Under the pine tree on the edge of the cliff, the monk Huiyuan sat opposite each other with Gao Shi Tao Yuanming and Taoist Lu Xiujing, and the three of them seemed to be talking about the scriptures or high theories, and their excitement was strong. In the distance, under the cliff, a child is kneeling and cooking tea. The water by the river is rippling, and the Zhoushan Captain sleeps soundly on the deck, showing a magnificent and magnificent picture of landscape figures. ”
"This pen holder shows the characteristics of the carving process of the Qianlong period everywhere, and it is a rare jade treasure at that time. Starting price, 20 million!"
As soon as the words fell, some bigwigs began to raise their cards.
"Twenty-one million!"
"Twenty-five million!"
"Thirty million!"
......
The price soared, and finally this Hetian white jade pen holder was won by a wealthy merchant in Xiangjiang at a price of 80 million!
Yang Jian didn't speak the whole time, he really didn't have any interest in these antiques, and he didn't know about them. With so much money, he would rather buy a few more pieces of high-grade jade to accelerate his cultivation.
Just when Yang Jian felt a little bored, the next lot caught Yang Jian's attention.
This is a square seal of Tian Topaz, on which are carved four lifelike dragons in different postures. The most important thing is that Yang Jian felt a strong aura fluctuation on these four dragon jade seals.
This means that this piece of jade seal is very likely to be a magic weapon before!
This was the first time Yang Jian had seen a genuine magic weapon, and he couldn't help but sit up straight. Seeing that Yang Jian was so serious for the first time, Fang Lan knew that he wanted to buy this jade seal, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Yang, this jade seal was carved during the Tang Dynasty, and the estimate given by Dongwen Pavilion is more than 100 million!"
Tian Huang is known as the "Stone Emperor", and has been sought after by literati and scholars for hundreds of years, and his value has skyrocketed. All of this price, although expensive, is reasonable.
After the female host on the stage finished the introduction, she said the starting price, 50 million!
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from behind the VIP seat.
"100 million!"
Directly doubled!
Everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to see a young man sitting on the seat with a number plate in his hand, this is the first time he raised a card today, and he broke the temporary record tonight in one fell swoop!
Some people have some impression of this young man as the one who ate and drank before the auction began. Unexpectedly, it was a real person who did not show his face, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was twice the starting price, and it went directly to 100 million!
"This gentleman bid 100 million, is there anything you want to increase?"
The hostess knocked on the small wooden hammer and asked, but no one in the audience responded. Since Yang Jian can shout out an offer of 100 million, it is naturally inevitable to get this jade seal, which one of you is not a human spirit, naturally she will not offend such an unknown but powerful person for this!
The hostess secretly complained, although Yang Jian gave 100 million in one go, but it only reached the budget that the owner gave herself. Generally speaking, there should be a premium!
There was no way, seeing that no one was bidding anymore, the hostess knocked down the small wooden hammer and said: "100 million yuan transaction! Congratulations to this gentleman for winning the treasure!"
Yang Jian didn't stand up like the others to thank him, and his eyes were all on the jade seal on the stage.
Treasures?