The car didn't drive for long before we arrived at the Bohai Auction House.
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Bohai Auction House is the largest and most powerful auction house in northern Beijing. Mr. Qiu and Zhang Shengye, the boss here, are also old friends.
When they came to the auction house, Mr. Qiu and Zhen Minglang were also arranged in the VIP seats in the front row.
After asking for Zhen Minglang's opinion, the auction house also planned to put the unveiling paintings of the remaining collection provided by Zhen Minglang in the second auction.
As the guests entered the auction house and sat down, the door leading to the auction house from the outside was also tightly closed.
Because the exhibits that were about to be auctioned were all treasures, the security at the auction was also very good. When Zhen Minglang came in, he found many policemen with electric batons and security guards, who had already densely surrounded the auction house.
Zhen Minglang knew that as the owner of an auction house, he would naturally take both black and white. Without these relationships, he would not be able to have such a large amount of funds to run the auction house so well.
The door closed, and a gentleman walked out of a door inside the auction house.
With his chest puffed out, wearing a suit, and his hair slicked back, Zhen Minglang guessed that this guy should be the host of this auction.
"Hello everyone, welcome to Bohai Auction House. Today our Bohai Auction House will display five treasures. You will also feast your eyes on today's auction. I won't go into details about the rules below. The auction will start soon. First,
The first piece…"
After the man said something, a man came out from the room just now. This man held a suitcase in his hand. When he arrived at the booth, he opened the suitcase and took out the treasure inside.
This thing is a long-eared bronze jar with a lot of rust on the surface. It is old, 50 centimeters high, and does not look beautiful.
"This is a bronze from the Warring States Period. Our base price is two thousand yuan. Each bid will be increased by one thousand yuan. Now the bidding starts. Is there anything higher than two thousand yuan?"
After the man said it, several seniors also shook their heads slightly. Generally, at this auction, the treasures bid for are getting better and better. The first piece of bronze jar is just an introduction and is not worth bidding at all.
But Zhen Minglang, who had no experience in this field, still wanted to take a look at the bronze jar and cast his eyes on the bronze. Indeed, this bronze was an item from the Warring States period, but just like its base price, it was not something from a wealthy family.
The casting is rough and the shape is simple, so it is not worth bidding on.
"Three thousand yuan."
Everyone has their own preferences for radish and green vegetables. Zhen Minglang doesn't think this bronze jar is very good, but some people have a special liking for it.
But such people are in the minority after all. When he called out three thousand yuan, no one answered for a long time.
"Three thousand times faster."
"Three thousand yuan twice."
"Three thousand yuan...deal."
Just as he watched the hammer fall in the man's hand, Zhen Minglang also looked at the successful bidder.
Not bad, we won the first battle.
But at this moment, Mr. Qiu nudged Zhen Minglang with his elbow, leaned into Zhen Minglang's ear and said, "Huh, Minglang, I say you are good at appraising treasures, but you don't understand the auction house thing. That person just now
In my opinion, he was the one who was hired by the owner of this treasure, and this bronze jar fell into their hands."
"oh?"
Zhen Minglang was curious. He was not an auctioneer?
"Do you think auctions are just people bidding in the sky? That situation is very rare. Who doesn't want to buy the most valuable things with the least money. The so-called people who blindly drive up the bidding are their own people or the auctioneers
People in the industry are trying to raise the price of this auction item. If it is the owner of the auction item who is driving up the price, then it is natural for him to get more profits. If it is done by the auction house, then the auction house itself also wants more dividends.
But looking at the current situation, the bidder for this bronze jar is one of us. Not only did he fail to achieve the expected results in the auction, but he will also have to bear liquidated damages if he fails to fulfill the contract signed with the auction house to purchase this item."
After hearing what Mr. Qiu said, Zhen Minglang suddenly became enlightened. He looked at the bidder again. Indeed, he paid 3,000 yuan for the bronze pot. His face was very serious and there was no joy at all.
Haha, I didn’t expect that auctions have such great knowledge.
"The second exhibit is a good show among our auction items today. I wonder if you have heard of Yu Meiren in the Qing Dynasty. His Luoyang Fu and pictures of ladies are so wonderful and lifelike. And his
Landscape painting is also a masterpiece. The item we are auctioning today is Master Yu Ji’s landscape painting."
The man said this, and then the man who had gone down just now came up to the stage holding Master Yuji's landscape painting.
Compared to the quiet time when the bronzes were displayed just now, when the man presented the painting to the people sitting down, the audience became noisy for a while.
This is indeed the authentic work of Master Yu Ji...
Yes, the unveiling painting is a painting within a painting, and it has a very high collection value. This painting is also a rare authentic work by Master Yu Ji. It is indeed good...
Everyone's comments reached Zhen Minglang's ears, and Zhen Minglang also knew that there was nothing wrong with bringing Master Yu Ji's paintings here.
"Everyone has seen Master Yu Ji's paintings. Now we are going to start bidding on this extinct landscape painting. Our base price is two million, and the bidding is 500,000 per time. Is there anything higher than 2 million?
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Although everyone said they liked the remaining paintings, when the man shouted out that the lowest price was two million, there was no movement within ten seconds.
Zhen Minglang felt a little shy for a while. Mr. Zhuang wanted to sell this painting to him for at least two million, but he wouldn't price it so high all at once.
The base price of two million will probably scare others away.
"Two and a half million..."
As a middle-aged man's voice sounded, Zhen Minglang's heart dropped. Two and a half million was a lot.
The middle-aged man shouted out two million and a half million, and there was indeed an arrogance in his eyes that he was determined to win. But before he could shout for three seconds, a woman's voice rang out from somewhere in the back row.
"three million."
Excited, Zhen Mingliang became even more excited. Three million is a sky-high price. Naturally, the value of Master Yu Ji's landscape paintings cannot be measured by price. For collectors who like him, their interest in collecting can far ignore the price.
Zhen Minglang knew that the two were at loggerheads.
"Three and a half million." Men are not used to women. When a voice came out, everyone in the room turned their attention to the man from before.
That's what it means to be rich and powerful. Five hundred thousand dollars can fly out of your pocket in a second. It feels like this. If it weren't for someone with a lot of money, who would dare to be so arrogant?
When he mentioned 3.5 million, the woman from before hesitated. Is this man just a dick? He didn't even look at whether the landscape paintings in the remaining episodes were worth that much money. Is this just trying to fight against himself?
"Three and a half million once."
"Three and a half million twice."
Everyone in the audience paid attention to the relationship between the man and the woman. At this time, everyone felt that if the woman did not speak, then the landscape painting would naturally belong to the man.
The man was arrogant and had a slight smile on his face.
Just when this crucial final decision was made, Mr. Qiu winked at another old man, who then raised the bidding auction in his hand.
"I'll pay four million."
"I offered four million to buy this painting from Yu Ji."
The old man looked unstoppable. Originally, the man thought he could capture this treasure, and then he seemed to be sarcastic about the woman, but who would have thought that an old man would suddenly show up now.
The people who had been looking at the man before now looked at the old man to express their admiration, but the man felt a sudden loss in his heart and became extremely uncomfortable.
Aren’t you four million?
Come, I will play with you.
Dare to fight with me.
"I'll pay five million. I'll buy this painting for five million. Who else can snatch it from me?"
The man stood up excitedly, and the hall was in an uproar at this moment.
Five million, Yu Ji’s paintings?
Crazy, this world is too crazy, the mouse is the bridesmaid to the cat.
Mr. Qiu signaled to the old man that it was okay, and then the old man said nothing, and everyone clapped and applauded this ** for being so courageous.
"Five million times."
"Twice five million."
"Five million deal."
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