Chapter 273 [Auction]

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Activities such as charity auctions are nothing more than a large amount of consumption for a good reputation that the rich are keen on. ***

In this society, you have no money and are looked down upon. But when you have money, you will be abused for various reasons. You will be scolded if you hold the money for your own use, and you will be accused of writing a bad check if you donate money. So if you have money and don't donate and get scolded by others, it's better to donate and get some benefits.

However, the Liu family's charity auction is not purely for fame. The Liu family has its own auction house, that is to say, many of the auction items are genuine and worth buying.

Therefore, many rich people present came to this party for one or several things.

Following the guidance of the priests, the guests walked into the side hall one after another, which is not so much a side hall as another conference hall.

It's just that there are neat tables and chairs in the venue, which are already full of fruits and fermented wine, as well as number plates of various colors.

According to the number on the invitation, Yang Chen followed Lin Ruoxi to the table specially prepared for the two of them and sat down.

It just so happened that the two people's seats were right behind Mrs. Yuan's fù. As soon as they sat down, Yuan and Mrs. Wei who were sitting in front turned their heads and smiled kindly at Yang Chen and Lin Ruoxi.

Lin Ruoxi was very puzzled why Yang Chen was so familiar with the members of the Yuan family. Last time, although Yang Chen said to celebrate Yuan Ye's birthday, Lin Ruoxi knew that in such a big family, the social network of the son and daughter was different from that of the parents, at least Knowing your son before taking over the position of head of the family does not mean that your parents have a good relationship with you.

No matter how I think about it, I don't think Yang Chen has a reason to know Yuan and Mrs. Wei, but although she is curious, Lin Ruoxi doesn't intend to ask Yang Chen.

Yang Chen intentionally or unintentionally looked around, and saw the sisters of the Cai family sitting at a table in the first row, and the few foreign guests who caught Cai Ning's attention were sitting relatively close to each other. At the next few tables, people were talking with a smile and yínyín, looking relaxed.

The Liu family's auction house is a formal large-scale company, and the items to be auctioned this time will naturally not be ordinary products. When an auctioneer in a white tuxedo stepped onto the stage, he immediately began to display the first item for sale.

On the huge LED display screen, a 3D rotating pattern of celadon porcelain appeared.

As soon as this collection appeared, it immediately attracted a lot of exclamations from the audience, obviously quite a success.

The auctioneer introduced in a loud voice: "Dear distinguished guests, the first item that our Liu's Auction House sells today is a Yuanqing hua, 'green hua tangled branch peony jar'. Many of the people sitting here are It is a famous collector of antiques. I don’t need to say more about the value of this collection. Yuan Qinghua is the least surviving celadon porcelain, representing the period when our ancient Chinese plain porcelain turned to colored porcelain. The painting style is magnificent, majestic and bold, with complicated layers. Each piece is a rare treasure.

This collection is well preserved, and it was provided by foreign friends. The starting price is five million Huaxia coins, and the bidding begins! "

With the sound of "start", many antique lovers present rushed to hold up their number plates.

"Six million!"

"Eight million!"

"Nine hundred and eighty thousand!"

"I offer 12 million!!"

...

There were voices shouting the price one after another, and soon, the price of this Yuan Qinghua broke through 20 million.

Yang Chen listened to a group of rich people joining in the fun shouting the price like throwing blank paper, he smiled and asked Lin Ruoxi who was silent at the side, "Honey, why don't you make a sound, this item has great value-added potential."

Lin Ruoxi said lightly: "Not interested."

Of course Yang Chen knew that this girl didn't have money, but she was probably shy and embarrassed to ask the price in front of so many people to participate, so she didn't say anything else.

In a blink of an eye, someone has already shouted a high price of "43 million", which is equivalent to the total assets of several small businesses!

Although this Yuan Qinghua can be sold for a sky-high price of hundreds of millions, after all, this piece is a collection of upper-middle quality, not the most representative famous pieces, so many collectors and big bosses present have some regrets I put away the brand without thinking that there is no need to compete again.

The fact that those present can come represents the affirmation of their social status. There is no need to make everyone unhappy just for this little money.

The auctioneer began to shout, "Customer No. 57 bid 43 million, 43 million once... 43 million..."

Before the auctioneer could continue shouting, Yuan Hewei, who was sitting on his seat and watching others bid, suddenly raised his card, and said solemnly, "I'll offer fifty million."

With this yell, the guest who originally called for 43 million fell silent immediately, not to mention whether there was any funds to add it, at least, if he went to grab something with the Yuan family, it was clear that he didn't want to hang in Zhonghai.

Besides, Yuan Hewei paid 50 million yuan, not because this collection is really worth that much, but as a symbolic participation, buying the first collection at a high price, and showing the demeanor of the largest family.

Unsurprisingly, everyone chose to remain silent. After the auctioneer called three times, Yuan Hewei accepted the first collection with 50 million yuan.

When the first round was over, Yuan Hewei turned around and smiled at Yang Chen: "I don't know anything about antiques, so I guess many people will laugh at me for being taken advantage of."

Yang Chen shook his head, "It will be worth fifty million in a few years, let's keep it at home."

"Oh, do you know this?" Yuan Hewei asked curiously.

Lin Ruoxi and Yang Jieyu also looked at Yang Chen suspiciously.

Yang Chen smiled lightly and said: "I used to study a little when I was bored abroad, and I've been taught a lot, and I don't know much about it, so I'm probably the only one."

This is of course a lie. Yang Chen knows the prices of quite a few antiques, but because many people gave him some Yuan Qinghua, he remembered some knowledge about Qinghua porcelain. As for where those things were placed, Yang Chen didn't pay much attention at all, someone must have put it away for him.

"Haha, it's not ignorance, it's all culture," Yuan Hewei said with a smile: "Many people here rely on their sense of smell to do business until today, and coming here to participate in this kind of auction is actually a waste of money. To gain fame, they also envy the so-called 'ignorance'."

While chatting, the auction continued.

The second and third collections were successively put on the screen.

Ruby jewellery, masterpieces of western medieval oil paintings, and ancient Chinese calligraphy scrolls are all famous products worth tens of millions.

However, after accepting the first collection, Yuan Hewei didn't bid any more, and Lin Ruoxi remained silent as usual, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Yang Chen feels slightly bored. The rich people's games are actually extremely monotonous. The money that doesn't know where it will flow will only bring them a moment of pleasure, leaving only a greater emptiness.

To put it bluntly, it is not as exciting as netg cigarettes.

However, when the collection reached the fifth item, Yang Chen instantly felt that the holy king of Wudong Qiankun made the holy king, kill the gods at night, ask for the throne of the gods, and ask for the demons, the world's strongest, the strongest abandoned young man, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, the king, the king, kills the gods at night, and asks for the throne of the gods. Demons are proud of the world, the strongest abandonment of the ninth heaven, the king of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, the martial arts, the heavenly general, kill the gods and the gods, the throne of the gods, the king of the demons There was a trace of strangeness from the young Zhou royal family.

All I saw on the big screen was a small dark gold wine glass. This kind of Gothic style wine glass usually holds wine.

The shape of the wine glass is roughly cylindrical, the mouth of the cup is relatively wide, and the bottom is round and tall. The body of the cup is simple and unsophisticated, with some blurred lines and a few metal scratches, but overall it can be distinguished that it should be a noble wine cup mixed with rare metals such as gold and silver.

Yang Chen suddenly realized something, no wonder Cai Ning would come, no wonder those white people had such weird auras.

On the Internet, what Macedonian said appeared to be true, but they never expected that this legendary "Holy Grail" would happen to appear at this charity auction!

Almost at the same time, Yang Chen felt a faint cold movement in the back of the venue, that kind of surging abyss-like energy movement, Yang Chen immediately determined the identities of those white people.

"Tsk tsk... What a big deal, there are so many people here..." Yang Chen said to himself.

"What did you say?" Lin Ruoxi thought Yang Chen was talking to her, and asked with a frown.

Yang Chen giggled, "Good wife, this glass is not bad. Drinking a glass of wine at night can help you sleep and improve your beauty. You should buy it back."

"If you want to buy it yourself, the starting price is two million, it's not expensive anyway," Lin Ruoxi said indifferently.

Yang Chen curled his lips, he has no money.

At this time, the auctioneer introduced: "Everyone, this collection was provided by a seller who asked to keep it secret a few days ago. It is roughly estimated that it is a wine glass from the first year of the AD. It has a long history and a mysterious origin. It is the biggest feature of this collection. No one can give the specific name. The starting price today is two million, but the real value is difficult to estimate. I hope everyone seizes the opportunity..."

Before the auctioneer could finish speaking, sitting at the back of the store, a blonde woman in a dark red evening dress with a hot figure shouted in jerky Chinese: "Ten million."