Chapter 119: It's Up
Wang An arrived, but did not recognize Wei Li.
In other words, it was obvious that he had long forgotten Wei Li, the opponent he had once defeated to the point of incompleteness.
As former victors, they don't focus too much on their own defeats, but instead focus on the opponents they are currently facing.
The guests arrived, and before long, the crowd was almost there, and the auction was about to begin.
Qiao Yuhan sat beside Wei Li and quietly introduced the guests to Wei Li.
Those who can come to this auction are either the rich or the socialites with distinguished status.
And the status of these people can basically be judged by their seat.
Sitting in the first row are some wealthy families with backgrounds.
The second row is slightly lower than the guests in the first row, and so on.
Wei Li knew it in his heart.
Soon, the auction finally began.
The host is an old man in a suit and leather shoes, and looks like a gentleman.
After the old man walked up to the auction table, he looked at the audience with a smile and began to talk a lot of words: "Distinguished guests, welcome to this large-scale auctionγγγγγγ Finally, I announce that the auction has begun!"
The audience burst into warm applause.
The old man paused and continued:
"First of all, the first lot!
The first lot is a Ssangyong rhino horn cup provided by the collector, with a starting price of 8 million!
As soon as the host's voice fell, it immediately caused a sensation in the audience.
The starting price of this first lot has already reached 8 million, so wouldn't the price of the next lot be higher and more precious?
"Eight and a half million!"
As soon as the host's words fell, a rich man sitting in the second row had already raised a sign to bid for the price.
"Nine million!"
Another wealthy man in the second row also participated in the bidding.
"Ten million!"
A wealthy man in the first row also participated in the bidding.
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In the end, the lot was sold by a square-faced rich man in the second row for 17 million.
"The next lot is Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain from a mysterious collector!
This type of blue and white porcelain is very rare, and the amount handed down is very rare!
Of the two known pieces of the same kind, one is in the British Museum and one is in the National Museum.
This piece of porcelain can be called a national treasure! The starting price is 60 million! Each bid must not be less than 5 million!"
A fine Song porcelain was carefully placed on the table by two auction staff, and the host talked eloquently.
As soon as his words fell, the scene became a sensation again.
"Precious porcelain at the level of a national treasure! I didn't expect there to be such precious antiques in this auction!"
Everyone was whispering, staring feverishly at the glazed Song porcelain on the stage.
Wei Li's expression moved slightly, he didn't expect that this second lot would be one of the boutiques he offered.
At this time, the host had already announced the start of the auction, and the participants on the scene raised their cards one after another, and the price was pushed to hundreds of millions at once.
When the bidding price exceeded 100 million yuan, the number of people participating in the auction gradually decreased, and when the bidding price exceeded 150 million, Wang An and another rich man in the front row were left bidding for this porcelain.
However, this rich man is obviously inferior to the Wang family in terms of financial resources, and after bidding twice in a row, he was finally frightened off by Wang An's price of 190 million, shook his head, and reluctantly withdrew from the auction.
"190 million once, 190 million twiceγγγγγγ β
Just as the host was about to raise the hammer and announce that this lot belonged to Wang An, Wei Li suddenly raised his card: "200 million!"
As soon as this price came out, the atmosphere of the scene was ignited again.
When everyone saw that the person holding the sign turned out to be a handsome young man with an unknown name, they were all surprised.
But when they saw this young man sitting with Qiao Yuhan, they all guessed that this young man should have something to do with Qiao's family.
The Qiao family and the Wang family are both the three major families in the provincial capital, and the two have been rivals for many years, and it is not uncommon for them to bid against each other for a collection.
Therefore, everyone wants to see if Wang An will continue to follow up.
At this time, Wang An looked at Wei Li with some surprise, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Wang Qian whispered two sentences in Wang An's ear, which suddenly made Wang An have a feeling of sudden realization.
"Wei Li, I haven't seen you for many years, I can't imagine that you are walking with the Qiao family!
You're just a small character with no background, and you want to use the Qiao family to fight me?
Back then, I toyed with you, trampled you under your feet, discredited you, expelled you from school, and took away the woman you love!
In my eyes, you're just a loser!
It was so before, and it is the same now!
I'll let you taste it again, what it's like to be trampled under my feet!"
The corners of Wang An's mouth hooked, and he smiled sadly, and then raised his card to quote another price: "220 million!"
After quoting the price, Wang An also deliberately looked at Wei Li with a provocative look.
He finally recognized Wei Lilai.
This reminded him of the scene when he snatched Chi Xuejing from Wei Li's hand and dealt a blow to Wei Li, a rival in love, so that he could only leave the school with scars all over his body.
"Two hundred and thirty million!"
Wei Li ignored Wang An's provocative eyes and asked for a price again.
Qiao Yuhan glanced at Wei Li with some surprise, she knew that Wei Li had a holiday with Wang An, and she also understood that Wei Li wanted to make Wang An have some blood through bidding.
But this lot was originally his, and if Wang An didn't follow up the bidding, then Wei Li would need to buy his own lot.
Although this is not a big loss for Wei Li, he only needs to pay a commission to the auction house to get the collection back.
But this result is not what Qiao Yuhan wants to see.
After all, if something is put up for auction, it is the best result to be able to auction it out.
At this time, Wang An saw that Wei Li had quoted another price, and glared at Wei Li again with hatred.
This is a national treasure-level collection, and the Wang family has a lot of money, so they naturally want to pocket it.
"Two hundred and fifty million!"
Wang An gritted his teeth and quoted another high price.
But this time, Wei Li smiled and didn't follow up.
This collection was naturally auctioned by Wang An at a high price of 250 million.
However, because of Wei Li's disturbance, Wang An suddenly had an extra 50 million before he finally won the collection, which made Wang An very unhappy.
And Wei Li just raised his card a few times, and Wang An lost 50 million, and he was in a very comfortable mood.
In the next auction, several more pieces of Wei Li's collection appeared, each more precious than the other.
In this process, any lot that Wang An raises a card, regardless of whether the lot is Wei Li's own or not, Wei Li will raise a sign to compete with Wang An.
It was not until Wang An quoted a price that satisfied Wei Li that Wei Li would give up.
Wang An paid hundreds of millions more for this before he got what he wanted.
For this reason, Wang An already hated Wei Li so much.
Wang Qian and Sun Yu also swept their eyes towards Wei Li with anger on their faces at this time.
Everyone present could see that Wei Li and Wang Anmao were on the same page.