Chapter 148 The Best Auction

The recognized leader of Linhai's entertainment industry is the owner of the city's largest chain of bars, Wei Yixiao.

He has a useless son named Wei Fuguang.

Because of this son, he was dragged to participate in a small auction in Linhai.

If he didn't participate, his son would sever the father-son relationship with him.

In fact, this is a good thing for him, but he also has a father, who is a generation apart from Wei Fuguang. If he doesn't come, his father will also sever the father-son relationship with him.

So he can only come with a pinched nose.

Along the way, Wei Fuguang kept telling the old man of the Wei family how different this auction is, and it will definitely not be as boring as the ones he attended before.

Wei Yixiao sneered at this.

As a fairly successful entrepreneur, he has participated in many large auctions.

None of them is as enjoyable as described in novels.

Like this year's Sotheby's spring auction, although the Ru kiln sold at a sky-high price of 294 million yuan, he didn't feel any excitement at the scene.

Playing the pig to eat the tiger? Slap in the face? It doesn't exist.

Just hearing the antique dealers and art institutions constantly offering prices makes people feel sleepy.

"I hope this auction can end soon. I have an appointment to play mahjong tonight."

Wei Yixiao thought to himself, holding the number plate handed over by his son, and prepared to enter.

The staff took the No. 66 card, checked the identity, and asked politely:

"Hello, Mr. Wei, are you in a group?"

"Group?" Wei Fuguang, who was in the back, came up and said, "Yes, we are a family, together."

"Are there any hidden benefits for participating in a group?"

The staff was stunned for a moment, shook his head to show that he didn't understand, and pointed to the seating map and explained:

"Sorry, there are no benefits you mentioned."

"But in this auction, in order to ensure that every customer has the best auction experience, we have divided the seats into four areas."

"Leek area, rich second generation area, rich first generation area, ordinary area, everyone can sit freely according to their own situation."

"If you want to sit together as a family, it's best to go to the ordinary area, there are more empty seats there, and the first three rows have a better view."

"No need to sit together." Wei Yixiao waved his hand: "I'll go to the rich first generation area."

"Ahem, what about me?" Grandpa Wei asked faintly from the back.

"Grandpa, come with me to the leek area. You like to play with antiques, so it's definitely right to go there." Wei Fuguang said excitedly.

He is knowledgeable and knows where the atmosphere is good.

Wei Yixiao was overjoyed to be able to leave the grandparents and grandchildren alone. He found a middle seat in the rich generation area and began to look at the auction list.

People sat down one after another around him.

"Eh? Mr. Wei?"

Someone around him lowered his voice and greeted Wei Yixiao. He looked up and recognized that the other person was the owner of a famous antique shop in Linhai.

One of the protagonists of the auction - the antique dealer, showed up.

But the place where he appeared was a little strange.

"Why did you come here in person? Isn't it usually commissioned by phone?" Wei Yixiao asked curiously.

Big customers of auction houses like antique dealers all look in the VIP room and then call the brokers below to make an offer.

How could they come here to raise the sign by themselves?

"I don't know what's going on this time." The antique shop owner shook his head and whispered to Wei Yixiao: "Yongxing didn't invite us this time."

"I didn't know that there was an auction in Linhai until I saw someone promoting it in WeChat Moments."

"I asked in the circle, and those institutions that cooperated with Yongxing didn't receive an invitation. The few that came were like me, voluntarily."

Wei Yixiao looked around when he heard this.

There were all kinds of people at the scene, and there was even a live broadcast on the second floor.

But I didn't see those brokers who were specifically responsible for accepting remote commissions.

"Will everyone hold up their own signs later?" Wei Yixiao asked in confusion.

"Isn't that right? This auction feels like the last century."

The antique shop owner raised the number plate in his hand, No. 555. He came too late, and this was the most auspicious number he could pick.

...

The auction began, and auctioneer Ding Qiang, dressed in a white suit, walked onto the stage and greeted everyone.

There were nearly 600 people in the audience, but there were only 88 items for auction.

These 88 items were obtained after Zhang Yang and Master Wang discussed and took out some of the collections of Hailin Museum to supplement.

Compared with the number of people on the scene, there were more people than porridge, so there was no worry about selling.

"Now we will start the display of item No. 1, please look at the big screen."

On the screen, a familiar handsome face appeared in front of everyone.

"Dear auction friends, please allow me to introduce to you the opening work of this auction, the Ming Dynasty ivory carved lady plaque..."

"The fine ivory carvings of the late Ming Dynasty, even if the carpenter emperor of that year came to carve it himself, it would only be at this level..."

The first item was a handed-down ivory, and a treasure friend in the leek area shouted:

"The thing is really bad!"

"Hahaha~"

The scene suddenly rang with joyful laughter.

"What's so funny about this?" Wei Yixiao asked the antique shop owner next to him.

The latter told him with a smile: "I don't know why others are laughing, but I just remembered that many of my competitors got themselves into trouble by playing with ivory."

"Then why are you laughing?" Wei Yixiao asked another friend beside him.

The other party also smiled and told him: "Maybe it's because my wife gave birth to a baby."

Wei Yixiao: "..."

After a thirty-second short video, Lot 1 was introduced, and the atmosphere at the scene became completely lively.

Enter the exciting auction session immediately.

[Starting price, 200,000! 】

【No. 144...what? Okay, No. 144 Leek bids 400,000! 】

Ding Qiang did not expect that the buyers in the Jiucai District were so individual, but the customer is God, and the request to change the name must be met.

Wei Yixiao was stunned after hearing this.

No. 144, this number is so familiar to him.

Isn't that person with an excited face and holding a sign high the "evil obstacle" in his family?

What is it? Will you auction it and double it?

This time it was the owner of the antique shop's turn to ask Wei Yixiao: "Boss Wei, why are you sitting there?"

"I heard that that's where Director Zhang's personal friends sit."

"Really? What's the explanation for this thing? Can you tell me a little bit about it?"

"There's a bullshit theory." Wei Yixiao shook his head and said angrily: "I'm not familiar with him."

"Not familiar?" The owner of the antique shop nodded as if he understood, and immediately raised the number plate in his hand.

This means: No. 555, an increase of 5,000!

After he added the price, he whispered to Wei Yixiao again:

"Boss Wei, you didn't even bother to tell me the reason. Then I will buy this ivory card within one million,"

"There's really no reason. It's just Wei Fuguang's own interest."

Wei Yixiao explained very seriously, but no one would believe this statement.

[Leek No. 144, 420,000]

[No. 555, bid 425,000]

[Leek No. 144, 500,000]

[No. 555, bid 505,000]

At this time, in Jiucai District, Wei Fuguang was communicating quietly with his grandfather.

He asked the old man: "Shall we add more?"

"Add, add anything within one million."

"Why?" Wei Fuguang asked while holding up the sign: "I remember that grandpa, you only know about Wenwan. When did you understand Xiangtu too?"

"I don't understand ivory, but I understand auctions." Mr. Wei explained.

"The number 555 who is competing with you is sitting next to your father. He is the owner of an antique shop. If this brand is not worth the price, will he follow?"

"That's right..." Wei Fuguang nodded.

"Awei, what your grandfather said makes sense."

Chen Yanguang extended a thumbs up from behind the Wei family and raised his own number plate at the same time.

[Leek No. 8, bid 550,000! 】

When Wei Fuguang heard the auctioneer's words, he turned around in surprise:

"Fuck, brother, you stabbed me in the back?"

"Don't talk nonsense, this is normal business behavior."

Chen Yanguang waved his hand and hugged his fiancée beside him.

"Look at your future sister-in-law, she is so beautiful, wouldn't it be too much to wear a Ming Dynasty lady's medal?"

"You not only stabbed me in the back, but also stuffed dog food into my mouth? I can't bear it..." Wei Fuguang said sternly.

[Leek No. 144, bid 555,000! 】

Many treasure friends in Jiucai District witnessed this scene.

Some people were whispering to their friends in private:

"Should we bid?"

"I searched and found that the price of this kind of ivory plaque from the Ming Dynasty in other auctions is more than one million."

The friend replied: "I was still hesitating just now. But now, after Emperor Ji takes action, I think it's better to forget it."

"After all, he didn't make any money when he bought something."

After three-party bidding, the price of Lot 1 soon exceeded the one million mark.

It was finally bought by Wei Fuguang for 1.25 million.

[Congratulations to Leek No. 144 for winning the first lot]

[Let’s move on to the next lot, the Kangxi six-character exclusive model, blue and white general jar]

"Congratulations, Mr. Wei." The owner of the antique shop congratulated Wei Yixiao beside him.

He withdrew from the bidding when it reached 1 million. In the end, young people from the Jiucai District and the Rich Second Generation District raised the bids from each other, and finally the price reached 1.25 million.

"We have been friends for such a long time. Tell me the truth. Is this thing, at this price, worth it?"

The deal was done, so Wei Yixiao didn't hesitate. He was already considering how much money he would lose.

Seeing Wei Fuguang's excitement, he knew that this ivory plaque would definitely not be the last one.

"If the item is really from the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be worth this price." The owner of the antique shop replied: "Ivory is too difficult to preserve. If it is old, the price will naturally be high."

"I'm afraid this thing is only worth a few thousand yuan if it's made in modern times."

"Just now, the organizer of this auction should be the deputy director of the Hailin Museum. Didn't he say that this thing is authentic?"

Wei Yixiao recalled what Zhang Yang said in his introduction video.

"Real or fake? Can the people from Yongxing Auction Company allow this?"

The owner of the antique shop found this statement a bit incredible.

He didn't watch the video carefully just now because this ivory brand was not on the pre-order list he made after attending the preview yesterday.

Just at this time, in the introduction video of the second lot, Zhang Yang said something similar:

"This is a Kangxi celadon from the Great Open Door. We guarantee the age of the lot."

Is it a verbal guarantee or a written guarantee?

The owner of the antique store really wanted to stand up and ask, but at this time, someone in the Jiucai District was already holding a sign.