"Considering the trouble that the bronze tripod auction may cause, this final auction will be conducted secretly!"
"Secret shot!"
"Secret photography is good, at least it's confidential enough!"...
Listening to the discussion in the audience, the auctioneer knocked on the table, "Please be quiet, everyone, in order to ensure the safety of the final winner and avoid trouble! This bronze cauldron will not be displayed this time...!" But not yet.
After saying that, someone disappeared below.*
"What, don't show it? If you don't show it, we know whether what you just said is true or false?"
"Yeah, how can we bid if we can't see anything?"...
Faced with everyone's dissatisfaction, the auctioneer quickly knocked on the table and said, "Quiet, everyone, please be quiet! We are doing this for everyone's safety in the future. As for the authenticity of this tripod, the person who finally gets the treasure will do the appraisal.
If it is identified as genuine, you will pay according to the auction price. If it is identified as fake, you can choose to return it, and our auctioneer will not have any objection."
The auctioneer's words gradually calmed down the people around him. Those who can come here have a net worth of tens of millions. No matter how the money comes from, it also means that these people are not fools. They can learn from the auction.
The master could hear the auctioneer's confidence in this national treasure-level cauldron.
If this is the case, there will undoubtedly be more people buying this big cauldron.
"Old man, do you bid?" Liu Dong asked.
At this moment, the old man was twisting his head and his face looked a little solemn, but after hearing Liu Dong's question, he still nodded.
"It's up for auction. Of course it has to be up for auction. If this cauldron is fake, that's all. If it's real, then it must be taken down. It's troublesome, but national treasures like this must stay in the country!
"
Listening to the old man's categorical words, Liu Dong nodded. He also particularly liked pre-Qin bronzes, so he would not be left behind in his secret bidding this time.
"Such a big cauldron is 100% the result of tomb robbery, but the tomb where such a national treasure-level cauldron can be found must belong to a prince or aristocrat. I think this cauldron should not be the only good thing unearthed!" Liu Dong secretly thought.
think.
"We'll take down this big cauldron later, and then try to see if there are any other bronzes!"
With his mind made up, Liu Dong also took over the bidding book provided by the auctioneer's staff. Although it was called a book, it was actually just a piece of white paper with the same specifications. You only need to write your bidding number on it.
And the number of bids is enough.
Everyone has their own standards for how much money should be invested, and Liu Dong used his relic Yuanguang to 'see' the numbers of everyone's bids.
"Xiaodong, aren't you still going to vote?"
"Old man, please go ahead. I'll think about it later!" Liu Dong replied with a smile. To be on the safe side, he was determined to pay attention to the last bid.
"Okay, I'll go over first!" After saying hello, Mr. Ma took his bodyguards and personally dropped the tender documents into the glass box on the central table.
"Are there any more bids?" the auctioneer asked loudly after looking at his watch.
"Wait a minute! There's me too!" As he said that, the man holding the bidding sign No. 9 asked the bodyguard beside him to put the bid in for him.
Seeing that he had finished bidding, Liu Dong also quickly wrote "9.8 million" on his bid, which was only 100,000 more than the price of bidder No. 9.
After placing the bid, Liu Dong returned to his position under the gaze of everyone.
"Is there anyone else who wants to bid? If not, this secret bidding will end here!" Then the auctioneer asked three more times. When no one answered, he waved to a black man standing next to him.
Man in clothes, moved the bid box down.
Although most of the people who participated in the underground auction today participated in the bidding for the final lot, all the bids added together were only fifty or sixty, so in less than two minutes, it will be decided who has the highest bid.
got the result.
Just after the man in black walked up to the auctioneer and said something in his ear, the auctioneer nodded. Then he said loudly: "Now I announce the end of this auction. I invite collectors who have won the collection to come and collect it."
Pay the bill!”
"What, it's over like this?"
"Hey, you haven't told us who won the bid?"
"Yes, yes! You can't just let us leave in a daze!"...
Facing the dissatisfaction of everyone around him, the auctioneer smiled and said: "I'm very sorry. In order to ensure the safety of the winner of the final lot, we will not announce the results in public. I hope you can forgive me!"
This explanation is certainly unsatisfactory, but no matter how dissatisfied they are, they cannot change the auction house's decision. Moreover, the people behind these underground auction houses are complex, and they are basically involved in gangs, and some of them even murder people. Therefore, everyone expresses their opinions.
I was dissatisfied for a while, but after seeing that it had no effect, I gave it up. Then I walked to the front desk, paid the bill, picked up my things, and left.
Liu Dong believed that he must be the final winner, but no one from the auction was coming at this time, so he simply remained calm.
"I didn't expect that this underground auction is quite humane. It knows how to consider customers!" Liu Dong secretly laughed in his heart. Although he thought this way, he also understood that if it was not to maximize the price of the final item, the auctioneer would not
will do so.
Because Liu Dong and Ma Lao sit relatively far back, they naturally queue at the back when paying to receive things. In addition, the old man and Liu Dong seem to both dislike crowds and are afraid of trouble, so
They simply stayed until the end, basically the old man was second to last and Liu Dong was last. Of course, the reason for this was Liu Dong's special persuasion.
After the old man paid the bill, he asked the bodyguard to walk aside with the items in the photo, obviously wanting to wait for Liu Dong.
Seeing this, Liu Dong didn't say anything. He first handed over the cash check of more than 20 million yuan to the man in black who collected the money. However, after seeing more than 40 items next to him that he bought from the auction,
, but Liu Dong looked troubled.
Because there were too many things, he couldn't carry them.
"Sir, let me help you!" At this time, a man in black clothes and a mask walked over and whispered.
Seeing this, Liu Dong's heart moved, and then he nodded in agreement.
Then, he first took the most precious authentic calligraphy work of Dong Qichang's "Back and forth Red Cliff Ode" in his hand, and then reached out to lift the box containing three rhinoceros horn cups. Liu Dong took the man in black behind him who was carrying things to him.
He walked away in his Porsche sports car. Of course, because Mr. Ma had few things, he also asked Liu Dong to take two items.
With the help of Mr. Li, his bodyguard, and two people from the auction house, it took Liu Dong five trips to get all of Liu Dong's things, stuffing Liu Dong's Porsche to the brim. Of course, if Liu Dong hadn't secretly collected a lot of things,
If you enter your own mustard space, I'm afraid the trunk and front seats of these two Porsches alone won't be able to fit so many things.
Of course, at the end, Liu Dong also had a small note in his hand. There were not many words on the note, but it made him understand the auctioneer's plan.
"Xiaodong, where do you live?" Mr. Ma asked.
"Old man, do I live at Chongwenmen in the Second Ring Road?" Liu Dong opened the car door as he spoke.
"Oh, then we may go different ways!" The old man does not live in the city but in a villa in the suburbs. So he is in two directions from Liu Dong who is going to the city.
"It's okay, you should go first! You're tired after a long night, go back and rest early!"
…
After seeing Mr. Ma off, Liu Dong drove his Porsche out of the gate. After driving a hundred meters, he turned to the side of the road. He first got out of the car and put the stuffed antiques and cultural relics into the mustard space, and then got back into the car.
After waiting for half an hour, Liu Dong turned around and drove back again.
At this time, this driving school that sells dog meat with sheep's heads had already closed its iron gate.
Seeing this, Liu Dong blew the whistle three times as the note said, and the big iron gate slowly opened, and Liu Dong drove in.
At this time, the small square that was originally full of cars had become empty except for one or two Mercedes-Benz cars and two Jinbei Bread cars.
"It seems that you still can't trust us, sir?" After Liu Dong got out of the car, a middle-aged man with a thin face and about thirty years old came over.
Looking at this man, although he took off his mask, Liu Dong still recognized at a glance that this middle-aged man was the auctioneer just now.
"Haha, I'm cautious by nature, and I'm alone here. It won't be a bad thing to make more preparations. And I don't think this mask will hinder normal transactions between us!" Liu Dong smiled.
said.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded. In fact, he was surprised that Liu Dong dared to come back alone. He felt a little surprised, so he naturally wanted to test it out.
"You dare to come back alone, aren't you afraid that we will take advantage of you?" As he spoke, the middle-aged man showed a slight smile on his face.
"Haha, since I dare to come back, I am not afraid of your deception. If you don't believe me, you can try it!" Liu Dong smiled lightly. From the moment he came in, his relic Yuanguang had already figured out everything here.
It is clear that in this so-called driving school, there are only more than thirty people together. Even if there are twice as many people, they are no match for him.
After listening to Liu Dong's words, a look of surprise flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, and he was quite unsure of Liu Dong's origin. Moreover, the mask on Liu Dong's face also prevented him from obtaining more useful information.
"Haha, sir, please don't worry. I just made a little joke with you. Although our auction house is not very formal, it is also reputable. Your safety will be best protected here. I believe that the auction just happened
You will have seen it when you meet!”
"I hope so!" Liu Dong said calmly.
"Please come with me, things have been prepared for you!"... (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!