The auction hall of Dingsheng Auction House is quite large, with an area of five to six hundred square meters, like a conference venue. It is also magnificently decorated. In addition to the front being reserved as an auction table, teahouses are arranged around it.
, each tea seat is filled with snacks and other food and wine glasses filled with red wine.
When Chen Ran and Bai Lei entered the auction hall together, the auction was about to begin. The guests also sat down in their respective seats. Each of them held a number plate in their hands. This number plate was also the payment number.
You get the deposit, and you usually take your seat according to the number on the license plate.
When Chen Ran came in, since the guests were taking their seats one after another, he walked in with Zi Qilin. Apart from attracting a small amount of attention, it did not cause much alarm.
They noticed the person, but didn't pay much attention. They probably thought Chen Ran was the young master of some family. They had seen such people many times, so naturally they didn't take it to heart. Instead, they all focused on Zi Qilin.
After a while, it was obvious that they could see the extraordinary nature of Zi Qilin at a glance.
"Xiao Ran, you are really not in a hurry at all. If you don't come early or late, you'll be here just in time." Bai Lei took Chen Ran directly to the teahouse where Mr. Bai was.
Chen Ran was impatient and Bai Lao laughed.
"Lao Bai. Mr. Jiang, you are here too." In addition to Lao Bai, Mr. Jiang was also at the tea seat. When he saw Chen Ran coming, he smiled at Chen Ran and nodded. After Chen Ran greeted Lao Bai,
, and quickly said hello to Mr. Jiang. The two masters, who were jealous when they met, sat together angrily, which surprised him.
"It's about to start, please sit down." Bai Lao chuckled and waved for Chen Ran to come and sit next to him. As for Bai Lei, he was ignored by the old man. As soon as Chen Ran sat down, Zi Qilin also rushed over. Bai Lao saw
After that, I was suddenly surprised.
"Hey, why did you come in with a big guy?"
"Grandpa, don't touch it, it's very powerful." When Bai Lao was young, he was also a stubborn person, not to mention flowers, birds, and crickets. When he saw the purple unicorn rushing over, he was surprised and couldn't help but stretched out his hand.
He wanted to touch Zi Qilin's head, but Bai Lei was so frightened that he quickly screamed.
"Lao Bai, it's okay..." Chen Ran smiled and shook his head, reaching out and patting Zi Qilin to make him be more honest. As soon as Zi Qilin was patted by Chen Ran, he lay down at Chen Ran's feet.
Then he reached out and touched Zi Qilin's head.
"This guy is pretty good." After touching it, Mr. Bai nodded and commented.
"That's right. It's so majestic to take it out with you. Grandpa, you can also get one for me to keep..." Bai Lei was extremely envious of Chen Ran's majesty just now. Hearing what Mr. Bai said, he was very excited.
Said with a straight face.
"You think this is cabbage, just get it if you want. This thing is just like antiques. It depends on chance, but it can't be bought with money..."
Bai Lao glared at Bai Lei angrily and cursed with a smile. With his old man's eyes, he could naturally see that Zi Qilin was not an ordinary Tibetan mastiff. He didn't object to Bai Lei playing this. In his eyes, as long as Bai Lei didn't spend any time
It’s a waste of money, but it’s money well spent, and you can play whatever you want.
Just like Bai Lei also wants to raise one, he not only does not object, but actually supports it. At this point, Mr. Bai is still very open-minded. I am afraid this is also the reason why Bai Lei does not go home and has always stayed at Bai Lao's place.
Bar.
"Don't come to me about this, go to Xiaoran. Xiaoran is lucky. Haha, okay, let's not talk about it for now. The auction has started."
Bai Lao put the blame on Chen Ran, which immediately made Chen Ran smile bitterly. He actually wanted to get one for Bai Lei. After all, this boy had helped him a lot during this time, and it was all for this boy.
In return, the key point is that he has no connections. Besides, since he wants to get one for this kid, he must at least get a purebred Tibetan Mastiff. Even if he has connections, it is not easy to get a purebred one. Zhu Feng
It was a fluke that he was able to get the purebred Chigu cub, let alone him, so Chen Ran could only pretend not to see the eager look from this kid...
Bai Lei didn't bother Chen Ran. He attracted his attention right from the beginning of the auction there.
After all the guests were seated, the first person to appear was a female emcee. Chen Ran didn't know this female emcee, but he had better hearing. From the whispers of other people, he could tell that
This female emcee is a big star named Cai, who seems to be quite famous.
Chen Ran didn't take it seriously either. No matter what ceremony is held these days, a big star must be invited to attend. Not to mention such private occasions, even official ceremonies often require celebrities to be the spokesperson.
None of the people present were ordinary people, so the appearance of this very popular star did not cause much of a sensation.
The big star said a few greetings such as welcoming the guests, and then highlighted a few important guests. These important guests are indeed heavyweights.
Some were from the Mainland, some from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and they were all celebrities and authoritative experts in the collection industry. Chen Ran got to know them a bit and gained a lot of knowledge.
After a few brief words, the big star announced the start of the auction.
"Gentlemen and ladies, I am Ma Chao, the auctioneer who is hosting this auction. I am very happy that everyone can come to participate in this special auction of Dingsheng Artworks..."
After the female emcee stepped down, a middle-aged man wearing white gloves walked up to the auction table and spoke an opening statement expertly in standard Mandarin with passionate emphasis. After he finished speaking, the audience burst into enthusiastic cheers.
The applause can be regarded as adjusting the atmosphere of the whole place.
"The first item we are going to auction today is a painting, a later imitation painting, but this imitation painting is more valuable than the original painting..."
Ma Chao is the chief auctioneer of Dingsheng Auction House. He has a strong ability to adjust the atmosphere of the whole place and is very skillful in speaking. Although everyone comes here for the Flower God Cup, they are also attracted by him.
The words aroused interest and desire to auction.
The auction house did not directly put the Flower God Cup up for auction. This was expected by Chen Ran. The auction house's usual method is to always arrange some other auction items with prices ranging from low to high before the final item is released.
Conducting an auction can not only highlight the preciousness of the final lot, but also gradually warm up the anger of the scene. It is mainly used to adjust the atmosphere. It is like playing cards or mahjong. At the beginning, two or five yuan is too much.
But after playing for a while, no matter whether you lose or win, you don’t care about the five yuan.
In addition to the grand finale, Dingsheng Auction House's other treasures are obviously also very outstanding. Not to mention other things, this warm-up item is comparable to international auctions. It can be seen that for this auction, Dingsheng Auction House is also selling
All the money was spent.
Ma Chao only said the first half of what he said, but he deliberately paused the rest of what he said, causing everyone to speculate. Accordingly, it caused a commotion in the venue.
The situation in front of me is the standard of the knowledgeable guarding the door, the ignorant watching the excitement, the knowledgeable after listening to Ma Chao's words, basically guessed who made this antique painting, and the ignorant if there are acquaintances around them, just ask.
If you ask, those who don’t know anyone can just stare and watch the excitement.
When Chen Ran heard Ma Chao's words, he knew what this antique painting was about without even thinking about it. In the field of ancient calligraphy and painting, there is a person whose imitation paintings are more valuable than the original ones.
This person is none other than the famous Zhang Daqian.
When it comes to the Chinese painting circle, there are two people who are very famous. They are Nan Zhang and Bei Qi. Nan Zhang and Bei Qi respectively refer to Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi.
Zhang Daqian's imitation paintings are more valuable than the original paintings. This does not mean that Zhang Daqian's painting skills are better than those of the original painter. If the painting skills are good, imitation paintings may not be valuable. Since they are imitations, they must be compared with the original paintings.
Naturally, the better.
Zhang Daqian's imitation paintings can almost look real, especially his imitation of Shi Tao to the extent that they are exactly the same in form and spirit. As we all know, Shi Tao's paintings are the most difficult to imitate, and only Zhang Daqian can imitate them successfully.
It is precisely this kind of skill that makes Zhang Daqian's imitation paintings more valuable than the original ones.
"I will pay 650,000..."
Ma Chao had just announced the auction reserve price of this imitation painting by Zhang Daqian at 600,000 yuan. Someone immediately started bidding. Once the first person made a bid, the venue became lively, and the guests present raised their prices frequently.
Hands on, the competition is fierce.
"I'll pay 700,000."
"Seven hundred and fifty thousand."
"Eight hundred and fifty thousand." "I will pay nine hundred thousand..."
Zhang Daqian's imitation paintings are still relatively popular. Not to mention other people, Chen Ran originally wanted to bid for it. Ma Zhiyuan asked him to look for ancient calligraphy and paintings. Zhang Daqian's imitation paintings can definitely be acquired, but he
Unexpectedly, there were so many people bidding. In the blink of an eye, the price was over one million.
A million dollars is not worth it.
Chen Ran thought about it and let it go. He asked Ma Zhiyuan to give away more than one million ancient calligraphy and paintings as gifts. Maybe someone would investigate him. Of course, this was not the main reason. The main reason was that Chen Ran suddenly thought of selling it at an auction.
All the items have auction records, and anyone can check them. It would be too high-profile for Ma Zhiyuan to give them away.
"I bid 1.65 million..."
When the bidding reached 1.65 million, no one bid again.
"One million six hundred and fifty thousand, is there anyone else who bids? If no one bids, it will be a deal... Okay, one hundred and sixty-five million yuan, congratulations to this gentleman..."
Ma Chao encouraged the auction several times with a passionate tone. When he saw that no one was bidding anymore, he picked up the auction mallet and knocked it down hard.
"The sign is good." After Ma Chao called out the deal, Bai Lao said happily.
Mr. Jiang also smiled and nodded.
The purpose of the two of them coming to this auction was naturally for the Flower God Cup. Although they had no intention of taking a photo, they both regarded Chen Ran as their nephew. This set of Flower God Cup is
What Chen Ran made was not much different from what they made. They all wanted to witness the auction of the Flower God Cup with their own eyes...
Chen Ran couldn't help but feel a little excited. The imitation painting by Zhang Daqian in front of him was not considered a high-quality product. It would have been good if it could have fetched one million at an auction during normal times. But now it actually sold for 1.65 million.
Yuan can be said to be very expensive.
The first auction item fetched a high price, which is undoubtedly a good sign. Needless to say, when it comes to die-casting, the results will be great.
"Let's proceed to the second auction..."
After the first one was sold, Ma Chao took out the second lot. The second lot was a piece of chicken blood stone. The blood redness of this piece of chicken blood stone was more than 70%. It was considered rare and valuable, not to mention the others.
, Chen Ran was a little moved. If he didn't know that his financial resources were limited, he would not be able to get it even if he took action. This made him secretly regret that he had spent so much money lavishly, so that now he saw good things.
Can't take action either.
After regretting for a moment, Chen Ran couldn't help but smile. No wonder most of the items at the auction fetched high prices. Others must have the same idea as him. It's no wonder they couldn't fetch high prices.
"I bid 1.2 million!"
What Chen Ran was still thinking about here was that the bidding over there had already begun. After a young man sitting in the cafe next to him made a bid, a fierce competition arose.
"One million and three hundred thousand!"
"I bid 1.45 million!"
"I will pay 1.5 million..."
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After a period of fierce bidding, the chicken blood stone was finally sold at a high price of 1.95 million. This price was also very high, and Chen Ran couldn't help but feel more energetic. Chen Ran was quite calm, like this guy Bai Lei.
I was already smiling and extremely excited.
"Let's start the auction of the third item..."
After the second lot was sold, Ma Chao's voice rang again... In the following process, a total of five or six more lots were auctioned. Each one was a treasure, regardless of the price. Gradually, the atmosphere became...
was highlighted.
"Okay, my friends must have been waiting impatiently. You must be scolding me in your heart for wasting everyone's time. Now let's auction the last item, which is..."
When he said this, Ma Chao suddenly paused, and the atmosphere in the audience suddenly became tense due to his pause, and his breathing became a little short.
Although the auction hadn't started yet, the whole place suddenly became quiet. No one made a sound. Everyone held their breath and their eyes widened with bloodshot eyes, as if they were trying to muster up all their strength to bid.
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[It seems to be the Mid-Autumn Festival. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone, eat more moon cakes. I would like to ask weakly, does anyone give out moon cakes... Many thanks to my parents and the two brothers, the mythical beast Pig Head, for the reward. I will use these two hundred yuan to buy moon cakes.