This auction is quite famous in Yanjing's wealthy circles. It is a private and small auction, with only thirty or fifty people invited.
Yanjing grabbed a lot of those who could afford antiques, but anyone with two bucks in their hands didn't have a few interesting things worth several houses.
But those who can play with antiques in today's market are really rich. Maybe the ring on your finger is worth about the same as the Qianlong jade ring. A piece of ten thousand-year blood jade in your neck can buy a truckload of 2
Hundred grams of gold necklace!
It is said that the emerald watermelon in the home of some eminent experts is even better than the one buried with the Empress Dowager Cixi.
Therefore, the people who come to this small auction are either rich or noble.
It was not a simple matter to get the admission pass, but even so, Zuo Meiyan still did it.
She felt that letting Xu Yun see these new things would definitely help him relax.
Xu Yun has been under a lot of pressure recently.
In addition, Zuo Meiyan also wanted Xu Yun to get to know someone. This person was the number one screenwriter in China in Zuo Meiyan's eyes, and Xu Yun would definitely appreciate him.
This person is also keen on collecting antiques. Although he does not have so much spare money to collect too many top-notch items, he is still happy to take a look at these top-notch items.
Because his social status is relatively high and his publicity is relatively high, it is still possible to come here to get an invitation letter.
It's just that things in the world are unpredictable, and Zuo Meiyan's arrangement didn't work out as she wished. Just the night before the auction started, the screenwriter suffered a brain congestion and went to the hospital.
Therefore, Xu Yun's decision to come to Yanjing to make friends this time can only be put aside for the time being.
How exquisite this auction is, you can tell just by looking at the ostentation.
Xu Yun, who drove a big Cayenne, really gave people the feeling of a "local" tycoon, but the word was really derogatory in this context.
Not elegant at all!
Nowadays, when I think of Cayenne, I believe the image that appears in most people's minds is that of a man with a chain around his neck and tattoos of dragons and tigers on his body.
And it’s really not expensive to throw this car into this place.
This place is filled with Rolls-Royce Phantoms, Wraiths, Ghosts, or Bentley Mulsannes and Flying Spurs.
They are all cars with drivers!
The ones I drove here were all Bentley Continentals, as well as the new Aston Martin Lagonda Taraf, which costs more than 8 million!
So a Cayenne in front of these cars is just a grocery cart.
But Xu Yundao really doesn't care about this. He is not a wealthy person like this family who started to be rich a few generations ago. This car is very good in his eyes.
Don't talk about it, even the domestic A6 with four wheels is pretty good.
Everyone has his own ambitions.
Because Qindao had no one to leave, Zuo Meiyan and Ruan Qingshuang didn't have time to accompany Xu Yun. Lin Ge's side happened to be on Fang Ya's vacation, so Xu Yun didn't take up his time.
So only Qiu Yan came with Xu Yun.
After the two got off the car, they took the passes and entered the private club where the auction was held.
The clubhouse is splendid, and some blue and white porcelain vases from the Qing Dynasty can even be seen everywhere in the public areas.
There are some "antique-level" toys on display directly in the corridor hall.
Just because of this, the owner of this club must be a super collector.
Xu Yun and the others were taken to their location by the person responsible for reception. There was a special auction hall here.
The venue surrounded by a zigzag shape is surrounded by individual rooms, and there is no hall or the like.
Each room is independent and has people serving tea.
There are two floors of individual rooms on site. There are about twenty-six rooms on the first floor, while there are fewer rooms on the second floor, with only sixteen rooms.
Obviously, the people in the room on the second floor are more sophisticated than those on the first floor.
This arrangement is based on strength.
After Xu Yun was brought into the room, someone immediately brought him an order for tea. A pot of tea often costs thousands or even thousands, which is really not something that ordinary people can afford.
However, at this moment, someone called out that Lord Dongcheng Jiu was in a good mood today and sent a pot of fine Longjing to every room present.
Although Xu Yun didn't know who Lord Dongcheng Jiu was, this cool and generous man was obviously not a simple person.
There are forty-two rooms, and a pot of Longjing here costs 8,688. With a word of mouth and a good mood, 400,000 real gold and silver are thrown out.
Is this something that ordinary people can do?
Obviously absolutely impossible.
"Yanjing is probably the city with the most hidden dragons and crouching tigers on the planet." Qiu Yan couldn't help but sigh: "I really don't know what kind of business this Lord Jiu of Dongcheng is doing."
Xu Yun was so polite that he drank the tea when it came: "Whatever, let's try this tea first... Tsk, it tastes good, but if I buy it over there in Suhang, how much do you think it costs per pound?"
Qiu Yan has been living with Feng Qiansui in Suhang, so she is definitely no stranger to Longjing tea.
Qiu Yan tasted it: "I'm afraid it's not more than a thousand yuan."
"That's not bad." Xu Yun said.
This pound of tea leaves can brew at least a dozen pots, right? For more than forty rooms, only four pounds of tea leaves cost 4,000 yuan, and can be sold for a hundred times the price. What a profit...
The process of the auction was the same, there was nothing to say, and the scene became quiet after it started. Except for the eloquent auctioneer, there was no other voice.
Xu Yun regretted not bringing Ma San'er with him. If he had come, he would have come.
Xu Yun didn't have much interest in these things, so he listened casually.
It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty Golden Crown appeared that his interest was aroused.
Think about how hard it would be for a eunuch to get the golden crown rewarded by the emperor.
After this golden crown weighing one kilogram was placed on the exhibition stand, it immediately caused an uproar in the audience!
Really good stuff!
It is 25 centimeters high and 18 centimeters in diameter. The craftsmanship skills have really reached their peak! They have reached the level of proficiency!
Looking at this crown, you can't find any joints or solder joints with the naked eye.
The crown is divided into three parts: vestibule, breast and gold folded corners. The entire crown is made of extremely delicate gold wire weaving!
The gold wire is woven into the lantern hollow pattern, which shows how skilled the craftsmen at that time were. The pattern was not only uniform in hollow space and consistent in density, but also had no joints or broken wires!
There is no trace of its origins at all, it is like a gauze, the wings of a cicada are light and transparent.
On the semicircular Mao Shan, there are two pieces of gold mesh, with a pearl hanging high between the ears. Two golden legless snakes look towards Mao Shan, looking up at the pearl from the front.
Snake!
If this were replaced by a dragon, it would be no different from the Wanli Yishan Golden Crown.
It can be seen that the emperor really valued the eunuch! The emperor himself was a dragon, so he made a snake for the eunuch! It was really not easy.
"This is really not a simple toy." Xu Yun smiled: "I'm afraid most people really can't afford it."
"Then you just want to take a look?" Qiu Yan said.
Xu Yun nodded: "Otherwise, if I have the money to buy a shabby hat, I might as well build a few hope primary schools in the valley, which can at least solve the problem of hundreds of children going to school."
Qiu Yan smiled, she liked the straightforward way Xu Yun spoke.
When the waiter in their room heard Xu Yun's words, his face showed no expression at all. I'm afraid what he was thinking in his heart was: How did such a person get into this place?!