When this series of questions appeared in Liu Qingyu's mind, Liu Qingyu's doubts became more intense.
Liu Qingyu once again resurfaced the feeling he had for Murong Qianxue before. Murong Qianxue was definitely not as innocent and simple as she appeared on the surface. Otherwise, how could she, a woman from the Murong family, appear in such a situation? It was at a charity gala of a certain level, and it happened to be at a time when both Shen Hongfei and himself were going to attend.
Thinking of this, Liu Qingyu simply gave up thinking about this issue again, because Liu Qingyu decided to adopt a very simple logic to deal with this matter. No matter what Murong Qianxue's plan was, he only needed to put the relationship between him and her together today. Once the relationship is handled clearly, it will be OK.
7:30 has arrived.
After Huang Lihai and Shen Hongfei said a few words, they stepped onto the rostrum and said with a smile on their faces: "Welcome to my leadership, all friends from the business community to come to this charity gala. Today's charity gala is organized by our Nanhua Municipal Committee and 'Everything Jointly organized by the Public Charity Fund, the main purpose of our charity evening today is to donate money to the impoverished mountainous areas of Nanhua City, and to use it to build charity primary schools in the impoverished mountainous areas of Nanhua City, and to fund various impoverished primary schools to ensure that students can Get a delicious meal at school for free.
The provincial leaders attach great importance to this charity gala. Vice Governor Du came all the way from the provincial capital to support us at this charity gala. Let us give our warmest applause to invite Vice Governor Du to speak for us. .”
After Huang Lihai finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding.
After Huang Lihai finished speaking, Du Xueshan walked up to the podium and first said a lot of official words in a very official tone that sounded warm and motivating but were actually useless. At the end, Du Xueshan smiled. Said: "In order to participate in this auction, I specially brought my most proud calligraphy work. As the auction item, I can make some contributions to the children of Nanhua City."
After saying that, Du Xueshan waved, and two staff members immediately walked up to the rostrum with a set of words in their hands. They stood next to Du Xueshan and unfolded the words. Liu Qingyu looked intently and saw that the work was a five-note poem. An ancient poem: "It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard work."
Liu Qingyu just glanced at it from a distance, then smiled and remained speechless.
At this time, Huang Lihai walked onto the rostrum again, and as he approached, he shook his head and said with a tasteful look: "Good calligraphy, really good calligraphy. Governor Du's calligraphy is definitely full of beauty, every stroke is perfect." Meat has profound skills and is rare. Next, we will invite Mr. Wang Chongming, the chief auctioneer of the Provincial Art Auction Company, to come to the stage to officially auction the calligraphy of Governor Du. Let’s see how much such a good calligraphy work will eventually cost. Whose family will it fall on?"
At this time, a thin, middle-aged man wearing a suit and bright eyes walked up to the podium with an auction gavel and hammer plate in his hand. This man was Wang Chongming, a famous auctioneer in the province.
After Wang Chongming came to the stage, he immediately said loudly: "I am very grateful to Governor Du for his contribution to Nanhua City's charity, and also very grateful to Governor Du for his leading and exemplary role. Before the auction, I also want to announce something , feeling the selfless dedication of Governor Du, I decided to donate all the auction fees from our company today."
After Wang Chongming finished speaking, the scene immediately burst into warm applause. Vice Governor Du Xueshan also applauded, with a hint of admiration in his eyes. He could see that Wang Chongming was still a good person. In just a few words Not only did he praise himself, but he also promoted their company.
At this time, Wang Chongming said loudly: "Now, we will start the formal auction. From my perspective as a professional auctioneer, Governor Du's work is written very smoothly, and the structure of the characters is also very particular. It is quite bookish and bookish." But it also contains a sense of concern for the country and the people, and lofty ambitions. It can be said that it has both form and spirit. It is a rare work. I think the auction reserve price of this work is 10,000 yuan. Every time Increase the bid by at least 1,000 and start bidding now."
"30,000." Someone immediately raised a sign.
"36000."
"48000."
"52000."
As the auction progressed, people kept raising placards.
Liu Qingyu sat in the corner, silently watching the people holding signs at the scene. Judging from their temperament, Liu Qingyu could basically conclude that these people were basically people from the shopping mall.
At this moment, a wealthy businessman with a big belly suddenly raised a sign saying, 100,000 yuan.
As the wealthy businessman raised his sign, others fell silent.
Although everyone is not very proficient in art, they have talents for commodities that are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Everyone knows very well that no matter how well Governor Du writes calculation formulas, if we really talk about market value, it will be enough to reach the auction minimum price. Very good. As for other price increases, it is basically to build a relationship with Vice Governor Du. When it reaches 100,000 yuan, it has basically reached the psychological price of most businessmen. After all, the owner of this painting is only a deputy governor. It's just that he is not a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, so it is not worthwhile to spend more than 100,000 yuan in order to build a relationship with the deputy governor.
In the end, Vice Governor Du's work was sold for 100,000 yuan, which was a good start.
Afterwards, the items donated by other wealthy businessmen were put up for auction one after another. Some could give away hundreds of thousands, and some could give away twenty or thirty thousand. The entire auction presented a lively scene.
Liu Qingyu couldn't help but frowned while sitting in the corner. He couldn't help but become curious. Logically speaking, Huang Lihai invited him over today, so he should entertain himself at least, but he didn't, and since it was a charity auction, Huang Lihai didn't either. Telling himself what he should do, he barely gave any information and just asked him to come over. Could it be that Huang Lihai just asked him to come over to watch the excitement.
Suddenly, Liu Qingyu was filled with doubts.
At this time, the auctioneer said loudly: "Next, our auction item is an ancient painting donated by Mr. Shen Hongfei, the deputy director of a certain ministry in Yanjing City. This saying is one of the eight great masters of the Republic of China. One of Huang Binhong's works, "Mist and Rain in the Western Mountains", has been authenticated by authoritative experts. Director Shen bought it from a street stall for 2,000 yuan. The expert's appraisal of this painting and calligraphy work is: The brush used in painting is like a seal script. It is concise and solemn, powerful and powerful. Where the brush strokes are careful, there is a strange vertical and horizontal style. It is dark, dense, thick and heavy, which is closely in line with Huang Lao's painting style. It is Huang Lao's typical representative work. This painting is about 2 square feet, and the auction reserve price is 600,000. Please bid now."
After Wang Chongming finished speaking, there was a sigh of relief immediately. Many people here did not know much about calligraphy and painting, so they were all shocked when they heard that such a small painting had a reserve price as high as 600,000.
At this time, Wang Chongming also seemed to see everyone's doubts, and immediately said with a smile: "Maybe some friends don't know much about the market for calligraphy and painting works. I can explain here. According to the statistics of our company, Huang Binhong has been The market price of works has been rising, never falling. You must know that even the works of master Qi Baishi have gone up and down, and have gone up and down. However, Huang Binhong's works have only gone up, not down.
Therefore, from the perspective of art investment, as long as the Huang Binhong's works purchased are genuine, then I can only send you six words: congratulations, congratulations, buy more, and the base price of 600,000 is compared to today's Huang Binhong paintings. Compared with the market price, it is already a very low price. The reason why the reserve price is set so low is because Mr. Shen Hongfei hopes to use this painting to express his support for Nanhua City’s charity. I think we are very We need to applaud Mr. Shen Hongfei again for his broad mind."
After Wang Chongming finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding, and there was a round of warm applause again. Everyone knew that there were three protagonists in the meeting today, one was the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Huang Lihai, the other was the Vice Governor Du Xueshan, and the other It is Shen Hongfei. Although Shen Hongfei has the lowest rank among the three, he has the deepest background. The reason why many businessmen have traveled thousands of miles from Liaoyuan City, the provincial capital, to come to Nanhua City is to find opportunities to make friends. After all, if we can really establish a relationship with Shen Hongfei, then the strength of the Shen family will be a huge help to their business expansion.
Therefore, after Wang Chongming said these words and officially started the auction, the excitement at the scene exceeded everyone's expectations.
The reserve price of this work soared from 600,000 to 700,000...800,000...1.2 million. Finally, it was sold at a price of 1.8 million. The auctioneer was Lu Yuanzhi, a real estate businessman from the provincial capital.
At this time, Wang Chongming said with a smile: "Now, I would like to ask Director Shen to personally hand over the work to Mr. Lu Yuanzhi."
Shen Hongfei walked up to the podium, handed the painting to Lu Yuanzhi with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, after the auction is over, please don't leave in a hurry. We must have a good drink." , thank you very much for your contribution."
After everyone heard what Shen Hongfei said, their hearts suddenly moved. Some people began to regret it. Although Shen Hongfei only said that he would have two drinks with Lu Yuanzhi, there were many things that could be discussed while drinking. If you can really take this opportunity to get on the line with Shen Hongfei, not to mention spending 1.8 million, even 18 million is worth it. You know, for a person like Shen Hongfei, even if you take money I must be able to find a way to connect with him.
Lu Yuanzhi was naturally very excited at this moment. He shook hands with Shen Hongfei very excitedly, and then turned around and stepped down from the stage very wisely.
At this time, Shen Hongfei deliberately smiled and waved to everyone, then cast his eyes on Liu Qingyu, deliberately stunned for a moment, then looked at Liu Qingyu, waved and said: "Hey, that friend , if I see it right, you should be Liu Qingyu."
Seeing this guy's coquettish behavior, Liu Qingyu knew that he was in trouble.
