The Imperial Treasure Hall was planned by Zhao Yun, and it would be his future money bag. Today was the first official auction. Zhao Yun was very concerned about it. He came to the Imperial Treasure Hall today and watched in the room to see what the results were today.
Through the window, he saw merchants and officials coming and going below, and the crowds were crowded. Zhao Yun was also very happy and asked Gao Shi, who was in charge of the management of the Imperial Treasure Hall, about the situation.
Gao Shi looked through the accounts and said, "Your Majesty, two hundred and thirty-seven people paid credit deposits and received a total of two hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars."
Zhao Yun nodded with satisfaction, and was slightly surprised in his heart. He thought that money can come from this thing quickly. If all these dozens of treasures are auctioned, a mountain of gold will come out.
"Gao Shi, the Imperial Treasure Hall will become more and more important in the future. It must be managed well. You should take care of it first and see if there are any areas that need improvement."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Gao Shi respectfully agreed and went down.
Zhao Yun continued to look at the crowd below, looking for familiar figures. Soon, Zhao Yun saw Han Hong, Zheng Qingzhi, Zhu Zhu, Zhen Dexiu and others.
However, Wei Liaoweng didn't see it. Zhao Yun looked at the credit account and found that Wei Liaoweng's name was not there. Zhao Yun felt a little bit in his heart.
Zhao Yun once ordered Zhang Chu to check the family backgrounds of these senior officials to see their approximate family assets.
Finally, it was discovered that all the princes in the imperial court generally had rich family assets, countless acres of land, numerous shops, beautiful manors, and groups of slaves, and they lived a good life.
But there are also ordinary ones, such as Wei Liaoweng. He has such a straightforward personality that even when Zhao Hong's wife went to him for help, it was too late for others to hide. He really dared to help, which shows his character.
Moreover, he is not good at getting food and asking for cards. Naturally, he does not have rich financial resources. The price of the treasures here is too high, so of course it is difficult for him to participate.
Zhao Yun silently gave Wei Liao Weng points in his heart. This man was beyond words loyal and his character was good. He could be trusted in the future.
When the auction started, the participating guests were taken to separate rooms on the first and second floors. Each room was marked with information. The guests themselves did not know who was in which room, but everyone in the Imperial Treasure Hall knew it.
Each room has a window to see the auction outside, and if they want to bid, they only need to deliver a note outside and someone will deliver it.
In this way, except for the insiders of the Royal Treasure Hall, no one knows who made the bid or who finally bought the treasure, so customers can be kept confidential.
The first item to be auctioned is the ivory pagoda, with a starting price of 5,000 guan, and each increase in price is 100 guan, or an integral multiple of 100 guan.
Zhu Zhu had long been interested in this treasure, and the price was acceptable to him, so he was the first to bid 5,100 guan.
Soon, the auctioneer received the quotation and announced the price of the ivory pagoda. He said that someone was bidding 5,100 gold. Is there anyone else bidding?
This price did not stand firm, and the price quickly changed. Someone even directly bid as high as 6,000 yuan!
Zhu Zhu's heart suddenly thought, "Who is this? The price is big enough, so he directly raised the price of 6,000 guan. If you add more, it will cost more."
Zhu Zhu was a little annoyed and offered another 6,200 guan, but soon someone else offered 6,500 guan, which seemed to be a dead end.
Zhu Zhu angrily took a sip of tea and thought to himself, who is this, dares to target him like this, no matter what, he offered another 6,800 yuan, and wanted to see if anyone else would bid for it.
Zhu Zhu was full of confidence and thought that his price could be stable, but he didn't know that soon someone offered seven thousand gu, which lowered Zhu Zhu's price.
"Eight thousand strings."
Zhu Zhu immediately became angry and directly added a thousand dollars, which was considered a bad breath.
However, he didn't know who was bidding. Maybe it was one person competing with him, maybe it wasn't one person, which made him feel like he had nowhere to vent his anger.
The price stood still for a while, but soon someone continued to bid, eight thousand five hundred dollars!
Zhu Zhu didn't continue to bid now. After all, he didn't have much cash in cash. If he bid again, he would have no money to pay the bill.
Finally, after several rounds of changes, the price of the ivory pagoda was fixed at 9,300 yuan, and it was successfully sold.
Zhu Zhu was a little regretful, but he did not increase the price. There were several competitions later, but Zhu Zhu knew that no one was deliberately targeting him, which made him feel a lot more comfortable.
After withdrawing from the bidding, he picked up the tea cup and drank slowly. Zhu Zhu felt much more relaxed. He knew that the treasures in the future would be very expensive, and he already knew that he had no chance to play.
But he didn't leave, because he wanted to see how the Five Oxen Picture and the Peaceful Poster were auctioned. These two items were rare treasures in the world. The price they fetched was the price.
After that, the thirteen treasures were auctioned one by one, but three of them were taken back without any bids. The others were sold successfully with a lot of price increase. The transaction price was generally more than double or even several times the starting price.
During the auction, everyone went to a nearby restaurant to have a drink and socialize, which added a lot of business to the restaurant.
As dusk approached, we finally arrived at the last two treasures, Han Huang’s Five Oxen Picture and Wang Xizhi’s Peace Note.
This is a rare treasure in the world. Zhao Yun used the mysterious publicity before the opening and the high-ranking officials to build momentum. The news that these two paintings were discovered has spread to the world. Zhao Yun believes that there will be a big collection today.
The wealthy family took action.
The first was Han Huang’s painting of Five Oxen. The starting price was 50,000 guan. Just after it started, someone bid 55,000 guan, and an additional 5,000 guan was added!
Many people were in an uproar. Zhu Zhu sighed and cursed angrily: "Who the hell is this? The price increase is 5,000 guan. Isn't this money for co-writing?"
Yes, in front of top treasures, money is really not money, it is worse than paper.
Soon, someone else bid 58,000 yuan. It was obvious that these two people were very powerful, and the price increase was staggering.
When everyone was surprised, the price was refreshed again, and someone offered another 60,000 yuan. Although we don't know who the bidder is, from the continuous increase in the price, we can see that someone is bound to win.
Subsequently, the price kept rising. Every time the price was refreshed, it was two thousand guan, three thousand guan, and five thousand guan. The price had already exceeded the affordability and cognition of ordinary people.
In the end, the quotation remained unchanged at 163,000 yuan, and no one offered a higher price. The final price was sold, and the Five Oxen Picture was auctioned, with the price more than three times the starting price.
Han Hong and his son Han Chengfu were sitting in the room. Han Chengfu was surprised. Han Chengfu said: "Father, if they increase the price like this, I'm afraid that the price of Wang Xizhi's peace note will be much higher than we expected."