Chapter Ninety-Six: Three Options

After the host just quoted the price, someone held up a sign behind him, "Twelve million!"

"Thirteen million!"

"Fifteen million!"

"Twenty million!"

The numbers displayed on the big screen were refreshed this time, and the prices were raised again and again, and the bidders died down after bidding all the way to 35 million. This price is not low, for a small porcelain bowl, this is already the highest price in auction history.

"Mr. 563 bid 35 million, about this Qing Kangxi imperial carmine ground enamel color lotus cup, I just want to emphasize one sentence, unique, unique. ”

The auctioneer is very demagogic, and in just one sentence, he points out that the greatest value of this carmine ground enamel lotus picture cup is uniqueness, which is also the most attractive part.

"Thirty-eight million!"

"Forty million!"

"Forty-five million!"

The bidding reached a small climax, and the price climbed all the way to 45 million, which stopped all bidders.

"Forty-five million, forty-five million, this unique carmine ground enamel lotus bowl will soon belong to Mr. 563, and there will be no bids? 45 million first, 45 million 2nd, 4500 thousand"

"Sixty million!" Li Zeju shouted out a super high price.

The agent No. 563, who had just participated in the bidding outside the market, shook the phone in his hand and informed his client of the situation at the scene, but the principal obviously felt pressure on the price of 60 million, and after hesitating for a while, the agent put down his hand and announced that he would give up the competition.

"Sixty million for the first time, sixty million for the second time, sixty million for the third time, deal. ”

Li Zeju's bid was a successful bid for this carmine ground enamel lotus picture.

After hearing the news of the successful bidding, Li Zeju bowed his head and said to Wu Ziyu, "My father likes this bowl very much, so I must bid for it." ”

Wu Ziyu sneered when he heard this, this bowl can't be eaten or drunk, the person who buys it must be an idle egg, who spends 60 million to buy a bowl?

Probably seeing the disdain on Wu Ziyu's face, Li Zeju explained, "My father likes to collect porcelain, saying that the size of this bowl is just right for eating. ”

"Huh. Wu Ziyu was silent, eating with a bowl of 60 million, I don't know if it is a person eating, or a bowl of rice?

For Wu Ziyu, an object without aura, no matter how expensive it is, he can't look down on it.

Sotheby's Hong Kong's first auction was a great success, and the price was much higher than expected, "Next, let's take a look at the second collection tonight,"

The auction continued, but Wu Ziyu was interested, although these ancient objects have historical value, but for Wu Ziyu, they are simply boring, I really don't know why these people spend so much money to buy a dead thing, Wu Ziyu can only attribute them to the panic of having money to burn.

The auction continued, Wu Ziyu had long lost interest in watching, he was looking forward to the Buddha's relics, perhaps because the relics outside the Buddha's relics shielded the energy fluctuations of the relics, so although Wu Ziyu calmed down and released his innate true qi, he still did not detect the slightest trace of the relics.

"I tell you that this Sotheby's auction was originally intended to auction this Qianlong carmine ground enamel lotus picture cup as the finale, but then I don't know where to get a piece of Shakyamuni's finger bone relic, as the finale, I believe that the competition for this Buddha relic will be very hot. ”

"Oh, Buddha relics, Shakyamuni, how is this possible?" Wu Ziyu asked, pretending to be surprised.

"There is nothing impossible, because the Buddha relics are so shocking that they have not been sent to the auction house now, and it is said that they will not be delivered until the day of the auction. ”

Li Zeju said mysteriously.

"So it's really a Buddha relic?"

"Of course, this has been identified by many experts, and James, the old fox, has also seen it, he is very familiar with the history of the Ashoka Dynasty, quoting scriptures, and telling a story, but I am not interested, I don't remember much.

It seems that Emperor Ashoka believed in Buddhism, and in order to spread Buddhism all over the world, he distributed tens of thousands of Buddha relics that were left behind when the Buddha passed away to all parts of the world.

However, at that time, Buddhism was only a corner, and no one took the relics seriously, and now Buddhists are all over the world, and this relic is said to be the only one left with a real body relic, which is of great significance to Buddhists.

Those who believe in Buddhism want to be with the Buddha all the time, and those who do not believe in Buddhism also want to use the Buddha's real body relics to give him luck. ”

Wu Ziyu pretended to be very interested in what Li Zeju said, "Actually, I also believe in Buddhism." ”

Wu Ziyu's words made Li Zeju's eyes widen instantly: You also believe in Buddhism? I think you are an asura who kills people like hemp.

It is said that in order to protect the safety of this Buddha relic for a day, Sotheby's specially hired the world's top mercenary company, the Blackwater Company, and spent 10 million to protect the safety of the relic. Although the starting price of this relic is only 50 million, it is inferred from past experience that the transaction price of this relic will definitely exceed 500 million, according to Sotheby's commission regulations, they will have to pay 12% of the auction if it exceeds 500,000 US dollars, and the commission of 500 million is 60 million, and it is reasonable to spend 10 million to hire Blackwater. ”

Li Zeju is a wealthy person in the upper class, and many of these people in the upper class often believe in Buddhism, and the news about the Buddha's relics is the fastest to circulate in this circle.

Of course, this is also due to Sotheby's, in order to create the influence of the Buddha's relics, they had to hype it up, and they did it in high society, so that the rich people who were interested in the relics gathered at the auction site and let the relics fetch a high price.

Sotheby's propaganda skills are truly unparalleled in the world. In just two days, the upper class society in Hong Kong already knows a lot about the Buddha's relics, and Li Zeju's explanation also made Wu Ziyu a little dumbfounded.

Even if you add Yan Lu, all the money of the two of them together is only 250 million, if it is really according to Li Zeju's statement, the transaction price is more than 500 million, then there is really nothing to do with yourself.

What should we do for now? There is only one way to rob it.

Wu Ziyu is not a legalistic person, he has long had the idea of robbery in his heart, but without finding out where the relics are, if he can buy them with money, then he will not have the idea of robbery.

Anything that can be solved with money, that's not a problem.

But now there is no way to solve it with money, and Wu Ziyu can't let the relics fall into the hands of others, so he can only rob them.

Wu Ziyu's brain was spinning fast. To grab relics, there are three schemes.

First, when the relics did not enter Sotheby's, the owner of the relics was found and robbed, of course, there is a premise for this, if things are really according to what Li Zeju said, because according to the convention, as long as it is entrusted to auction, there will be an auction house for unified custody.

There are still two days left for the first way, because the whole auction will last for three days, and the relics will be handed over to the auction house on the third day at the latest.

The second plan is to snatch the relics at the auction site after the relics are handed over to the auction house. If the whereabouts of the relics are not discovered, there is naturally no way to know the time when the relics were handed over to the auction house, so there is no way to know the process of this handover, so we can only wait until the auction site and display the relics to carry out the robbery.

But this second plan is very dangerous, in order to protect the relics, Sotheby's spent 10 million to invite the most awesome security company, it is conceivable that these people are equipped with guns, and the security scene, there must be high-tech anti-theft measures, whether it is infrared or what light, anyway, if you want to snatch out the relics unconsciously, it is basically impossible, the only way is to fight hard, after grabbing the relics openly, and then kill all the way out.

That's the danger of this scenario. Let's not talk about whether we can open the mechanism where the relics are stored, let's just say that those mercenaries of the security company are definitely not given in vain.

10 million a day, this money is not spent in vain.

If both of these options fail, then there is a third option, which is to track down the person who has bid for the relics and find his delegates. In this kind of large-scale auction, the bidder is generally appointed by the consignor, because the consignor does not want the details to be discovered by others.

Such a client is usually slippery, and it may not be too easy to find. However, Wu Ziyu can keep an eye on the agent and follow the vine, and he should be able to find a bidder.

The third option is the least dangerous, because the bidder will feel the dust settle and relax his vigilance after the relics are in hand, and this is the best time to snatch them. Of course, there is also a condition, that is, the premise of being able to find a real bidder. And after the bidder buys this Buddha relic, he will not publicize it everywhere, and will definitely collect it, if the relic is placed in the relic letter, then even with his own innate true qi, even if the relic is close at hand, it is difficult to find out the storage of the relic.

Therefore, the third option seems to be risk-free, but in fact, the risk is potential, and once the relics are hidden, it is not easy to find the relics, which is a problem.

There is also a problem, according to Li Zeju's statement, Wu Ziyu speculated. If the influence of the Buddha's relics is really so great, and Sotheby's propaganda is so loud, so the people in the mainland who pay attention to the relics are also very large, just like many Taoist priests, Buddhists, and people like Liu Hanyan in the rivers and lakes, they will be very concerned about the relics, so it is difficult to guarantee that these people will not hear the news and move when they hear the news.

Once there are too many characters like Thunderbolt or Liu Hanyan, even though Wu Ziyu is now in the middle stage of refining qi and transforming gods, I am afraid it will be difficult to please him.