Chapter 189: Ability to Be Handsome

"The starting price is £10,000." Fiore struck the gavel.

"20,000." Foreigners were not very interested in bronze wares during this period, and only those who were also interested in the history of China would pay attention.

But for Li Zitao, it doesn't matter if there is a buyer or not.

20,000 yuan, the first bid shocked the audience. Those who knew it showed a clear look after seeing him, and those who didn't know it had already whispered to each other.

Not because of his bid, but surprised that this price appeared on a piece of copper.

Well, if the long history is not included, in the eyes of foreigners today, it is not even worth 1 pound.

"20,000 pounds, is there anyone else who wants to bid? ... the first time" kuang.

"From the ancient oriental country, the royal family 3,000 years ago, the precious bronze flagon, has a very high collection value... 20,000 pounds for the second time." Kuang.

Looking at the gavel that was about to hit the gong, Li Zitao showed a winner's smile.

"25,000," said a voice.

"25,000 pounds, this gentleman bids 25,000 pounds." Now it was Fiore's turn to smile.

The copperware bought for 200 pounds has been multiplied a hundred times, which is not a small gain.

"50,000 pounds." Before the first drop of the hammer appeared, Li Zitao raised his finger.

"55,000." This time Li Zitao finally saw the bidder, a middle-aged white man sitting in a corner.

When he found Li Zitao looking at him, the other party politely bowed his head and took off his hat, smiled and saluted, and looked at Adelaide beside him by the way.

"100,000." Li Zitao smiled lightly, refreshed the quotation again, turned to look at Sasha and asked, "Do you know him?"

"I'm not sure, he looks changed a lot, maybe I've made a mistake." Adelaide looked back suspiciously.

"Boom, it's a deal." The other party didn't compete any more, and Li Zitao won the auction smoothly.

Fiore even looked at Li Zitao frequently, gaining a better understanding of his wealth and generosity.

The only thing that makes him feel awkward is that every time he introduces him, he insists on saying "The tiger eats the wine pot..."

"Next, I invite you to the last lot in this auction, the Sea of ​​Light." The auction reached its climax, and some people stood up excitedly.

Adelaide's red lips parted slightly, and she looked at Li Zitao in unexpected surprise.

"Here comes your gift." Li Zitao smiled affirmatively.

Knowing that the 'Sea of ​​Light' was the gift Li Zitao mentioned, Adelaide was elated, and looked expectantly at the square wooden box on the stage with wide eyes.

"Wow—" The moment Fiore opened the box, the lights dimmed, and only a beam of light lit up in the middle of the auction platform.

A light red gem the size of a woman's fist instantly attracted everyone's attention and attention.

Everyone who saw it couldn't help holding their breath, as if they couldn't bear to disturb this sacred moment.

The same is true for Li Zitao, a pink diamond the size of a woman's fist, the gorgeous color seems to be able to light up the whole world, mysterious, noble, and elegant.

It's like seeing all the beauty in this world, you can use it to symbolize everything.

"The 17th Mughal emperor of India got this rare light pink diamond and regarded it as a symbol of wealth,

In order to better own it, the Mughal emperor ordered craftsmen to polish it into a rose-shaped diamond weighing about 300 carats.

And specially build a crown, set it on it, set off its beauty and uniqueness..."

Fiore used an emotional voice and a passionate tone to highlight its value and tell its origin.

"As Persia captured the Mughal King City, the Sea of ​​Light also fell into the hands of the Persians. As for why it appeared here,

Because some privacy is involved, please forgive me for not being able to tell, but I assure you that it comes from a legitimate channel and will not cause any trouble for the buyer.”

Seeing the eager eyes below, Fiore smiled with satisfaction, raised her gavel and said, "The base price is 5 million pounds.

Start bidding! "

Bang!

As the gavel sounded, there was still no movement below, and everyone was waiting for others to make the first move.

"10 million pounds!" Seeing everyone's humility, Li Zitao was willing to be the first person to eat crabs.

He doesn't have time to compete with these guys for thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of pounds.

10 million pounds, this price is enough to make 99% of people lose their minds, and the rest are those who really have the strength to bid.

Sitting behind Li Zitao, the man who didn't raise his head in a normal auction raised his hand and said, "10.5 million."

"11 million." "11.5 million." "13 million."

...

...

The scene became lively in an instant, and there was an endless stream of bidding sounds.

One hundred thousand or even hundreds of thousands of pounds is as cheap as a few pounds at this moment.

Those rich people who raised their hands frequently before and thought they were worth a lot, now stared at the low-key dressed bidders with strange looks with wide eyes.

Raising their hands again and again, shouting out the sky-high price that made them shudder.

The price soared all the way to 18 million pounds, and the pace finally slowed down, leaving only 4 people who continued to bid.

Li Zitao, the middle-aged man who had previously competed with him in the tiger-eating cannibal, the low-key young man sitting in the second row behind him, and the middle-aged man in the fourth row on the right.

Except for the white man who seems to know Adelaide, the other two have a common characteristic, low-key.

"Proxy shoot." Li Zitao realized something in his heart.

While Sotheby's assures the diamond that there will be no trouble, the best way to avoid trouble is to make it 'disappear' again. '

As long as no one knows its real buyer, there will naturally be no trouble.

"119 million, English, pound." The middle-aged man in the corner said with a slightly stuttering tone.

"Oh, it's really him." Adelaide seemed to recognize him suddenly, and said softly; "That's Prince Albert, the second heir to the king of Country Y."

"Our Royal Highness likes to collect diamonds very much?" Li Zitao laughed. He didn't really believe that a prince could come up with 19 million pounds.

"It seems so now." Adelaide pursed her lips.

"Don't worry, it only belongs to you." Li Zitao stood up calmly.

"25 million, if there are still bids, no matter how much, I will pay 1 million more until I buy it."

Handsome, Li Zitao is so handsome at the moment.

Even Fiore on the auction stage looked at him with a bit of confusion.

Such a willful person with superpowers, why doesn't he belong to him?

"£25m...for the first time."

"……the second time."

"Deal, congratulations to Mr. Li for obtaining this unique Sea of ​​Light. This auction is over."

As Fiore drew the curtain for the auction, there was warm applause from all around.

Although the most eye-catching lot, Sea of ​​Light was won by Li Zitao.

But the crowd was not stingy with friendly applause and congratulations, especially when it was known who the diamond would belong to.

"Where should such a big diamond be used?" Adelaide was a little worried about gains and losses at the moment, and the surprise came too suddenly.

A diamond as big as her fist, like the Mount of Light inlaid on the royal scepter of Windsor...

No, it is even more dazzling than it.