The host asked if anyone continued to bid, and the Wanwan people did not raise the sign again, holding the sign in their arms, looking sideways at the ceiling in the upper left, and their posture was obviously dissatisfied.

After three interrogations, the wooden hammer fell, and Chen Wen obtained the lot.

Chen Wen did not have such a strong desire for national performance as Keita, he didn't want to take the initiative to go on stage to give a patriotic speech, so he directly followed the staff to the backstage to handle the payment and handover.

The key is that Chen Wen doesn't know what the origin of this little camel is, and he can't say why he came to the stage, he simply likes the shape of this little thing is very cute.

Han Cunshui and Zhou Wenchang rushed to follow Chen Wen to the backstage. Both of them are big boys in their 20s, and they used to come to the auction house mostly to watch the excitement, occasionally buy something from the backstage, and follow Chen Wen to participate in the auction is also a big girl on the sedan chair.

Sotheby's reception area.

The trio met Keita, who was in the process of handing over.

The bodyguard subconsciously stood between the three of them and Keita.

Keita patted the bodyguard on the shoulder and whispered, "This is my classmate." ”

The bodyguards didn't make any more moves. Keita warmly hugged Chen Wen.

Chen Wen introduced Han Cunshui and Zhou Wenchang to Keita, and Keita hugged the two in a friendly way.

Knowing that Chen Wen had photographed a Chinese antiquity, Keita said happily: "Congratulations, my friend, you can also take home a piece of historical relics from your motherland." I am sure that your people will thank you. ”

Chen Wen said with a smile: "My compatriots and I are the people of our motherland, and they are not my people. ”

Keita bared two rows of white teeth and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm used to talking like that. ”

Chen Wen wanted to invite Keita to lunch with him, but Keita said: "I'm sorry, I've already made an appointment to meet with people from the Ethiopian and Egyptian embassies at noon. I look forward to seeing you again at the gym next week. ”

Although Ethiopia is one of the least economically developed countries in the world, Keita is obviously the son of the country's top figures, and he is a noble person in doing things and talking, and he eats with people from embassies of various countries at every turn, and he opens his mouth to be "my people".

Chen Wen knew that he would not dare to speak on behalf of the Chinese people no matter what.

Keita said goodbye to the trio, led the bodyguards, took the pendant of the chieftain from two hundred years ago, and left Sotheby's.

Chen Wen and the three sat for a while, and the staff completed the handover of the lots of several other buyers and notified Chen Wen to pay the fee.

Chen Wen had already paid a deposit of 10,000 US dollars before, and this time he paid the balance of 23,000 US dollars, and successfully obtained the copper gold-inlaid camel and its auction certificate.

The staff told Chen Wen: "Since this handicraft is not a rare cultural relic, you can take it out of the French customs, you only need to take this certificate and declare the handicrafts to the customs." ”

Chen Wen put the box containing the bronze and gold camel and the certificate into the bucket bag, and wanted to go home immediately and play with this lovely antiquity.

Zhou Wenchang proposed to continue to return to the auction house to see the most expensive lots being traded.

The trio returned to the trading floor, re-seated, and caught up in the auction for the last three pieces.

The most expensive piece, and the finale, is the scepter of a monarch in the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is inlaid with 7 gemstones of various colors, and the starting price is 1 million US dollars.

Chen Wen had read a lot of news reports in his previous life, and he was used to hearing tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of US dollars, but the number one lot in today's first auction in front of him was only 1 million US dollars, and Chen Wen really felt that it was cheap.

He regretted it a little, and it seemed that he should also go through the bidding procedures for this lot and pay a deposit.

But soon, Chen Wen was slightly ashamed of his lack of knowledge, but fortunately, no one knew that Chen Wen was ashamed in his heart, because this was just his inner thoughts.

The scepter began to be auctioned, with a price increase of $100,000 each time.

More than 20 buyers in the VIP area competed in a swarm and took turns to raise their cards. Within a few minutes, the price was shouted to $5 million.

Chen Wen was ashamed, he still had 3.7 million US dollars left in his card, and it was really not enough to see this lot.

When the book is used, Chen Wen has a feeling when he took the high school entrance examination in his previous life, that time was the most impressive exam in Chen Wen's two lives, there were a few big questions he didn't know how to do at all, and he just made up the number of words.

Now the auction of this scepter, even if Chen Wen participates in the competition,

His money is not enough, and it is not enough to dig out his mind to slap a swollen face and become fat.

Like Zhou Tong's complaint when Chen Wen went to apartment 207 last night, this will Chen Wen scolded in his heart: It's really good to be rich!

After a long period of bidding, the auctioneer finally smashed the wooden hammer, and the scepter was auctioned by a balding white fat man for a high price of 6.5 million US dollars.

Zhou Wenchang muttered in a low voice: "People from the Krupp family." ”

Chen Wen didn't know who was from the Krupp family, but he had heard of the Krupp cannon and hurriedly asked, "That German arms dealer?"

Zhou Wenchang nodded.

Chen Wen remembered the textbook, and the Qing Dynasty minister Li Hongzhang once bought more than 2,000 cannons a year from the Krupp company.

The Krupp family had been making such a big deal a hundred years ago, and today one of their descendants has auctioned the most expensive lot in a single sale at Sotheby's Paris in 1992.

Chen Wen realized that even if he had 7 million US dollars, it would be impossible to take this scepter today, because the heirs of Krupp would definitely continue to increase the price of what they liked, 7 million, 8 million, 9 million, or even tens of millions of US dollars.

Unless Chen Wen's final price made the heir of the Krupp family feel that it was too high, the other party would definitely not let go.

The price that amazes the heirs of the Krupp family, how much should it be? Chen Wen didn't have time to continue fantasizing, and Han Cunshui reminded him that it was time to go.

The three brothers chatted about how much money the Krupp family had, and left the Sotheby's Paris building.

Han Cunshui proposed: "Today, Brother Chen got the camel as he wished, and we should have a big meal to celebrate." ”

Zhou Wenchang said: "It's rare to come to the city center, if Brother Chen hasn't been to 'Little Paris', why don't we go to the Seine to have two beers and eat some local food." ”

Of course, Chen Wen has no opinion, he has been in Paris for a month and a half, the Alpha Tower has no chance to ask the girl to climb, and he is too lazy to expose his lack of knowledge in the Louvre, the ancient and charming "Little Paris" is close in front of him, how can he not go to eat, drink and have fun.

The accumulation of cultural relics knowledge is very poor, is Chen Wen still afraid of eating, drinking, and having fun?

There is no need to pick up the car, anyway, the distance is not far, walking, and after driving the car, it is quite difficult to find a parking spot.

The three brothers walked and chatted all the way to the banks of the Seine.

The urban concept of Paris is actually very similar to the imperial capital of China, and the pattern is one ring after another.

'Little Paris' is the core area of Paris and the foundation of Paris's development from ancient times, with a small area, which is slightly larger than the second ring road of the imperial capital.

Beyond 'Little Paris', there are circles of districts, named with numerical numbers and ending with "department". The 93 province where Chen Wen bought second-hand cars has a relatively high crime rate is almost the fifth ring of Paris. As for Charles de Gaulle International Airport, that place can be considered outside the Sixth Ring Road.

Walking on the road, Chen Wen asked Zhou Wenchang: "Brother Zhou, you seem to be very familiar with the wealthy nobles of Europe. The son of the Krupp family won the lot today, and as soon as he stood up, you were able to recognize his identity, you are very knowledgeable. ”

Zhou Wenchang said frankly: "I'm not familiar with him at all, I just happen to know him." ”

Han Cunshui said with a smile: "Brother Zhou and I came to see the Sotheby's auction for the third time today, and we have also been here for last year's autumn auction and this year's spring auction, and we happened to see a grand occasion, and one of the protagonists is the heir of the Krupp family today." ”

Under Chen Wen's curious questioning, Zhou Wenchang explained the process with a smile.

In the spring auction of 1992, the son of the Krupp family met a fierce rival, a tycoon from a Jewish consortium, who seemed to have some kind of revenge and deliberate competition, and desperately bid with the Krupp heirs, resulting in a lot with a starting price of 1 million US dollars, and finally sold for more than 8 million US dollars.

Of course, the last person to win the lot was the Krupp family.

Chen Wen asked: "The person who can pinch the Krupp family must also be a very rich person." What kind of family is that tycoon of the Jewish consortium?"