A small table nearly one meter high was placed in front of the curtain, with an auction hammer placed on it.
When he entered, Cheng Yu received a number plate. The number was No. 37. The receptionist told him to take his seat according to the number on the number plate.
Of course, there were not more than thirty people in the venue. The reason why Cheng Yu was given such a backward number was undoubtedly because Cheng Yu was a new face and no one knew his strength, so he was naturally placed further back.
The frontmost seats are reserved for those who are wealthy enough to take photos. Those people have been assigned the best seats even before they arrived at Mong Cai and just expressed their willingness to participate on the phone.
The seats are all the simplest folding chairs with different numbers on the backs of the chairs.
Cheng Yu took a general look and saw that there were seven rows of seats, with eight chairs in each row. This meant that there were only fifty-six seats in total. If the seventh master did not reserve any seats for his people, this would
An auction can only accommodate fifty-six bidders.
According to the number, Cheng Yu's seat was in the fifth row, so Cheng Yu found the seat belonging to number 37 and sat down.
There were constant sounds of footsteps coming from the door behind you. When someone came in, corresponding greetings would be heard in the venue. It seemed that most of the people who would come to this auction were acquaintances.
"Mr. Xue, are you here again? What lot number are you here for this time?"
Hearing this greeting with a strong Guangxi accent, Cheng Yu raised his eyes and saw that it was the voice of a fat bald man in his thirties with ridiculously white skin who was greeting him from the direction of the door. He twisted his face slightly.
, Cheng Yu confirmed that the person who walked in was Xue Zhenghao.
While Xue Zhenghao responded to the greetings of the fat white man, he walked to the front row. He glanced around the whole place as if he was inspecting the whole place. He paused for a moment at Cheng Yu, and without stopping too obviously, he walked to the white man.
Next to the fat man.
"Hello Mr. Bai, we meet again. I don't have any purpose today. I just happened to come over to look at the goods. I heard Mr. Qi mentioned that there was an auction, so I came over to have fun. It seems that Mr. Bai came with a purpose this time.
Tell me, what kind of thing caught Mr. Bai's attention?" Xue Zhenghao sat down in seat 3 with a smile and exchanged greetings with Fatty Bai.
Fatty Bai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a sneer, "I can't tell you that. If I let you know, what if I get snatched away by you again?"
"Hahaha, Mr. Bai is so powerful that you still worry about me snatching your things? Just kidding. Don't worry, Mr. Bai, no matter what you fancy today, I will definitely not snatch it from you."
"Mr. Xue is really here to play today!"
Cheng Yu listened to a few words and realized that they were just useless greetings, so he continued to lower his head.
After a while, the seats in front of Cheng Yu were filled with people, but the seats after No. 38 remained empty.
Could it be that I am the last number today? But that doesn’t make sense. Where is Mr. Cheng? If he comes, he shouldn’t have a reserved number in front of him, right?
Cheng Yu felt something strange, so he couldn't help but stood up and walked towards the door, while turning his face to observe the people seated in the venue.
Confirming that there was no sign of Cheng Fu, Cheng Yu was full of doubts.
"I'm going to the bathroom." Cheng Yu said to the receptionist at the door.
The receptionist looked at his watch and said quickly in a low voice: "Sir, please hurry up. We will officially start the auction at two o'clock. After that, this door will not be opened again."
Cheng Yu nodded, indicating that he understood, and quickly left the auction site.
After coming out, Cheng Yu looked around and didn't see anything unusual. Walking to the edge of the corridor, with his hands on the handrails, Cheng Yu looked downstairs, but still didn't see anything like Cheng Fu—
—That is, a figure similar to Qin Chuan.
This is strange. Could it be that Master Cheng really had an accident near Yao Village and couldn't get here? If so, then the mission was too easy this time? Wouldn't it mean that he would go in and take the Fengguan and after the transaction is completed?
Take photos of the inside of the phoenix crown, and then hand the phoenix crown to Xue Zhenghao. Will the task be completed when Xue Zhenghao returns to the country?
Cheng Yu felt extremely unbelievable.
With only five minutes left, Cheng Yu returned to the auction venue without making any further stops.
As soon as he sat down, a young woman wearing a cheongsam walked over gracefully and handed Cheng Yu a book with a black cover and gilt edges.
"These are all the items for tonight's auction. Sir, you can take a general look at them first."
Cheng Yu thanked the woman and flipped open the booklet in his hand.
After flipping through it casually, Cheng Yu found that there were nine items in tonight's auction, which meant that among the thirty-seven bidders at the scene, no more than nine were actually people who would not participate in the auction. Of course, it is also possible that someone
Each person who provided the lots took out more than two items, or some of the people who provided the lots did not appear at the auction site at all, but just stayed in the backstage behind the curtain waiting for the final deal.
The door behind him was closed heavily and slowly. Cheng Yu looked back and saw that someone had locked the door, which meant that from now on, no one would be able to enter the auction site.
Cheng Fu didn't show up. Cheng Yu didn't know what happened, or perhaps Cheng Fu's plan didn't require him to appear at the scene in the first place.
A woman walked up to the stage. She first said a few cheesy opening remarks, and then invited the auctioneer out.
After the auctioneer took the stage, he didn't have any time to spare and directly announced that he would invite the first lot.
Cheng Yu was still flipping through the brochure in his hand casually. The first item on the lot was a pair of tiger charms. The brochure said that based on the style and other considerations, it belonged to the mid-Qing Dynasty and the eighteenth century when the Qing Dynasty was stationed in Vietnam to participate in the war to support Li and exterminate Ruan.
of tiger talisman.
Although the phoenix crown is valuable, it does not seem to be the most important lot today, because among the nine lots, the phoenix crown is only the third to last lot.
The penultimate lot is a plum vase, and the introduction says it is Yuan blue and white.
Seeing this, even Cheng Yu, who didn't know much about antiques, probably knew that this was probably a piece of porcelain worth tens of millions.
The last item on the lot, which is a large scroll, is a cyan porcelain piece. The longest point is 103 millimeters and the widest point is 76 millimeters. To put it bluntly, it is a piece of porcelain about the size of a girl's palm.
Cheng Yu couldn't quite understand why a piece of porcelain could become the final axis.
He looked at the introduction, and it said that this was a piece of porcelain from the bottom of a firewood kiln porcelain, with half the word "Chai" on it, but he was not entirely sure that it was a real firewood kiln because the appraiser had never seen it.
Firewood kiln.
Cheng Yu was confused. He knew nothing about this. After taking out his mobile phone to check, he found out that Chai kiln refers to the official kiln built by Chai Rong, the second emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period.
There is a saying about porcelain that "after the rain, the sky is clear and the clouds are shining, the color of the porcelain will be the future." But now there is no porcelain from the firewood kiln handed down, so there is also a saying that even if you have a huge family fortune, it is not as good as a firewood kiln.
The reason why Cheng Yu didn't know about this thing was because the firewood kiln could not even determine its location. Therefore, there was no firewood kiln among the five major official kilns and the eight famous kilns. However, among the people, the firewood kiln has always been revered as the top official kiln.
It is called the first generation of official kilns, but Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of Zhou Dynasty, only reigned for six years, and the Chai kiln produced very little, so in the end there was no porcelain handed down from generation to generation.
Because there are no samples handed down from ancient times, none of the three major museums in China has a piece of wood kiln. Therefore, although some "firewood kiln" porcelain is circulated among the people, it is never officially recognized. It is even more difficult to say whether this piece of porcelain is a firewood kiln.
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Looking at the information searched on the Internet, Cheng Yu estimated that if there was a piece of Chai kiln porcelain that could be recognized by the authority, it would be worth tens of millions, and it would be worth hundreds of millions. This kind of thing is so unique that it is outrageous.
ah.
On the auction stage, the first lot has been sold.
Cheng Yu was completely immersed in the information about the last piece of Chai Kiln porcelain that was unknown as to whether it was authentic or not. There were people like Cheng Yu and Xue Zhenghao.
Xue Zhenghao also did not expect that this kind of firewood kiln porcelain pieces that could not be determined to be authentic or fake would appear in this auction. Although most of the people attending the auction were like Cheng Yu, they did not know the specific items on sale until they got here.
Since Xue Zhenghao can know in advance that the phoenix crown he wants will appear in this auction, he can naturally know what all the other auction items are. In the information he originally received, there was no such so-called firewood kiln item at all.
Porcelain pieces.
Xue Zhenghao actually didn't have much interest in this thing. The reason why he was immersed in it was because he thought of a possibility.
First of all, this piece of porcelain from the firewood kiln was undoubtedly recently added to the auction. It may even have been just added today. This booklet was also temporarily reprinted. Although Xue Zhenghao came to Mang Street this time,
I have not met Master Qi, but I still talked to Master Qi on the phone when I arrived yesterday. Master Qi did not mention this piece of porcelain from the firewood kiln on the phone at that time. Xue Zhenghao believed that if it was confirmed yesterday that he would use this piece
Porcelain pieces were included in today's auction, and it was impossible for Mr. Qi not to mention them.
Secondly, it is clearly written in the brochure that the appraisal experts are not sure whether it is authentic or not, but Master Qi still regards it as the last item to be auctioned. This shows that from the perspective of dating, etc., this thing should be roughly an object from around the Five Dynasties, otherwise the age
There is too much difference, Master Qi will never put this kind of thing at auction to destroy his own brand.
The reason why Master Qi will charge a commission ranging from 30% to 50% for the auction is that in addition to the auction being managed by him, Master Qi will be responsible for the appraisal of all objects at the auction. In other words, as long as it is done by Master Qi,
The things sold at the auction, Qiye will keep true to them.
Today is the first time at Qi Ye's auction that items whose authenticity cannot be completely determined appear.
Based on the above two points, Xue Zhenghao had to suspect that this was the result of some mysterious force influencing the auction.
Although a blue and white plum vase from the Yuan Dynasty is extremely valuable, and the transaction price will almost certainly be higher than Fengguan, but plum vases come in pairs, and a single plum vase may not be the most popular object for the auctioneer. It can be said that even if it is not
The number of people who understand the possible hidden secrets behind the phoenix crown and set their sights on the phoenix crown may not be less than those who want to win the plum vase.
Now there is a firewood kiln. Even if it is true or not, it is enough to attract the attention of almost everyone. Then the number of people who are interested in Fengguan may be reduced.
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