Chapter 243: The Confidence of Newbies in the Auction House
There are a total of 100 pieces of wool in the marked auction area now, no more, no less, and we are going to sell all these wools this afternoon. On the stage, there is already an auctioneer in his fifties, speaking Chinese, presiding over the auction.
This is a warm-up auction.
It was now dinner time, and many people had not returned from dinner. There were only a few dozen merchants checking the wool, but judging from their expressions, they were all quite excited.
Li Qingyun went over and took a look. It turned out that the price was very low, and most of them were made of wool with the windows open. It was considered a half-bet. The little area that was exposed had green or fog patterns, which looked very attractive.
Li Qingyun wanted to make Qin Mingyue angry, so he carefully searched for good woolen materials. These one hundred pieces of woolen materials seemed to have been carefully selected by experts. There were actually six or seven pieces of good materials, none of which were too big, weighing only thirty or forty kilograms.
Although the prices of these bids are low, the starting price has reached more than one million, which is not suitable for Li Qingyun's financial situation. In the outermost corner of this area, there is an inconspicuous black stone with the number 4 and the sign says
The weight is 32 kilograms, and the starting price is only 90,000 yuan.
Li Qingyun just touched it casually at first, but when he touched it with his left hand, the old wound immediately became hot, and he could clearly feel a strong aura that penetrated the skin.
Such a strong aura reaction was several times stronger than the piece of wool he bought at Wu Zhongxing's store. This strange feeling made his heart beat faster, and he wanted to use his small space ability immediately to put this piece of wool into the small space.
space.
But with the last bit of rationality, he didn't do anything. He just let the spirit body enter the stone for a final exploration. As soon as the spirit body entered the dark wool, it felt a green color, making the whole spirit body feel alive.
With vitality, he got into the center and sucked in the spiritual energy inside. The somewhat tired spirit suddenly became energetic. It seemed to have grown stronger instantly, becoming tough and powerful, and its sense of touch with the outside world also improved a lot.
At once, you can feel the detailed shape of this piece of wool. You can know where the top quality jadeite in the wool is, how big it is, and even its color can be clearly felt.
This was Li Qingyun's first attempt to let the spirit body absorb the ethereal gas in a place with sufficient spiritual energy. It actually succeeded. The spirit body also took advantage of it.
However, after the spirit body took a few sips, most of the vitality in the green center immediately disappeared, and the green color was no longer so obvious. Li Qingyun did not dare to let the spirit body take any more breath, for fear of sucking this top-quality jadeite into waste.
This piece of top-quality jadeite is located to the right of the middle line of the wool. It is about the size of the mouth of a soup bowl, oval in shape, and the size of two adult fists. If you cut it from the middle line, it will just scratch the edge.
After Li Qingyun let the spirit body return to the original body, he could also feel how powerful he was. A strong energy was injected into his body. He felt that he had endless energy and was in great spirits. When he was exploring other materials, he could just put his hand on it.
Find out what's going on inside.
However, among so many jade-containing wool materials, except for the clearly marked wool material numbered 004, which allows the spirit body to absorb the spiritual energy inside, only No. 056 has a similar situation, but it contains more absorbable spiritual energy than No. 004.
It only took five or six puffs and then it completely disappeared.
"Brother, are you sure? I saw you were so excited about touching it that I didn't even dare to disturb you. My cousin was still watching our jokes in the bidding area. Let's not talk about anything else. When I took a picture of a piece of green woolen material, I
I'm satisfied." Wang Chao followed Li Qingyun and said with some embarrassment.
"I'm not touching your cousin, how can you tell that I'm excited?" Li Qingyun was so excited that he seemed confused when he spoke.
However, Wang Chao was not angry, and said with a weird smile: "If you really dare to touch her, it will be my turn to be excited. She is a tigress among our peers, and we don't dare to mess with her!"
"Haha, let's go. I've already spotted a few pieces of wool, and I'm somewhat confident. They've already set the price."
It turned out that while they were joking, the auctioneer had already sold the first piece of wool at a price of 1.8 million. For every ten pieces, there was a special master in the stone cutting area to cut the stones uniformly. The order of the auction was based on the number, and the first piece was auctioned according to the number.
Three pieces, everyone was very enthusiastic, and the bids were higher than the last. The third piece of wool was bought by a businessman from Zhejiang for a high price of 3.95 million.
Because the fourth piece is relatively small and has no obvious discharging characteristics in appearance, many people are not optimistic about it. The starting price is 90,000, with a minimum increase of 10,000 each time, and there is no limit to the amount.
At the beginning, a businessman from Guangdong offered 150,000 yuan, ready to make the final decision and take down this inconspicuous piece of wool.
Li Qingyun was very coveted for this piece of wool, so he raised his card once, increased the price by 10,000, and asked for 160,000. However, Qin Mingyue next to him laughed at him and said that he would not increase the price, but if he liked this piece of wool, he would increase the price.
Some people are afraid to follow. If the price is increased by 10,000 to 10,000, it will only make everyone fall into the quagmire of following the price. Even if they succeed in the end, they will buy it at a high price, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Li Qingyun didn't take her ridicule seriously and pretended not to listen. The Guangdong businessman was really annoyed and directly asked for 260,000 yuan, and even looked back at Li Qingyun provocatively.
"Two hundred and seventy thousand!" Li Qingyun took his time and raised the sign again.
This time, Wang Chao was also anxious. He scratched his head and said, "Brother, can you do it? If you like it, we will directly add 500,000 to scare the Chaozhou guy to death. I have seen that damn fat guy.
I know Wu Zhongxing, so damn, he saw me and he actually dared to increase the price."
As Wang Chao spoke, he glared at the businessman fiercely and bared his teeth in a threatening manner.
The businessman snorted coldly, gritted his teeth, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Four hundred thousand!" Obviously, he didn't give Wang Chao face. Although he had met and chatted with each other, and even had a friendship, at the auction house, he also
There is no intention of giving in at all.
Li Qingyun smiled mysteriously, with a calm expression, and raised his placard again to quote: "Four hundred and ten thousand!"
At this time, many businessmen laughed, thinking that these two people had a grudge and were just having fun. The auctioneer was very serious and shouted enthusiastically: "The gentleman with the admission certificate No. 298 bids 410,000.
Is there a higher price than this? Although this piece of wool is inconspicuous, it comes from authentic Laokeng stone. It is genuine and has been authenticated by our experts. After cutting it, surprising miracles may happen!
Four hundred and one thousand twice... If there is no higher price than this, this piece of wool will belong to Mr. No. 7798."
None of the businessmen sitting here raised their placards, they just looked at the Guangdong businessman with a smile. The businessman glared at Li Qingyun angrily, feeling that there was no need to be as familiar with this stupid young man. A piece of raw material that could cost more than 100,000 yuan.
. He actually raised the price to more than 400,000 yuan. If I make another bid and the other party doesn't accept it, wouldn't it be a huge loss?
The businessman turned around and glanced at Li Qingyun, and saw that he was smiling too much and his expression was too calm. His heart suddenly felt cold. He felt that the sign in his hand was as heavy as a thousand pieces, and he couldn't lift it no matter how hard he lifted it.
"410,000 for the third time!" With a bang, the auctioneer knocked the hammer. With a final word, "The woolen material numbered 4 has now belonged to Mr. No. 298."
There was a burst of good-natured laughter from everyone. Only the businessman from Guangdong turned red with anger and felt a little regretful. He felt that for the sake of face, he should grab this piece of wool.
Wang Chao also looked a little sad and said: "Brother, you can't shoot like this. If I had known earlier, I should have called Lao Wu over. With his face, the Chaozhou guy wouldn't have pressed so hard. It turns out that more than 100,000 stones were forced to be taken.
You took more than 400,000 yuan."
"Didn't I already take the photo? Haha, since the photo has been successfully taken, what's the problem?" Li Qingyun didn't take it seriously. He took the relevant information and prepared to go to the backstage to swipe his card and settle on the stone, and then unify and cut the stone.
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When you get to the backstage, your own staff will help you sign various agreements, swipe your card, and press your fingerprints. All procedures are completed. Regardless of whether the jadeite is cut out or not, with these procedures, the organizer will help you ship it to the country for free.
When Li Qingyun came out, the top ten woolen materials had already been snatched up. However, Qin Mingyue sneered and said, "The lowest piece of inconspicuous broken stone only cost 180,000 yuan. I also took a picture of it."
, spent 220,000, we can compare it when we cut the stone later. Haha, even if we cut it across, I can still pay less."
Li Qingyun ignored her, took Wang Chao, and went directly to the stone cutting area to wait. Ten stone cutting machines were placed in the stone cutting area and placed in the middle of the venue for everyone to watch. In the public courtyard, as soon as they heard that someone was cutting stones, everyone immediately gathered around
Come up here to see the excitement.
Due to time constraints, ten pieces of wool were placed on the stone cutting machine almost at the same time, some were large and some were small. The master who cut the stone asked the owner of the wool how to cut it. If they did not draw the line themselves, they could help draw the cutting line based on their experience.
At this time, Wu Zhongxing appeared with his assistant. He had already placed the secret bid. Hearing that there was on-site stone cutting here, he immediately ran over with great interest. When he arrived at the venue, he saw that there was a piece of stone taken by Li Qingyun. His hands were itchy.
, I have to do it myself and help him unravel the stone.
As for Qin Mingyue's piece, she was also a novice in marking it, but the hard work of cutting was left to a master she brought with her.
Li Qingyun also picked up the pen, casually drew a stroke in the middle of his piece of wool, and said: "Boss Wu, cut it in half from the middle."
Just one sentence made Wang Chao roll his eyes, thinking that Li Qingyun's piece of wool was useless, and hundreds of thousands were wasted. But Wu Zhongxing hesitated, seeing that Li Qingyun had already drawn the lines, he didn't say anything, and just put it on the stone cutter
, start cutting.
The sound of stone cutting on site came and went. The owners of the wool were all paying attention to their own wool. They were nervous, excited, and calm with a nonchalant expression...for example, Li Qingyun.
Qin Mingyue muttered to the side: "It's true that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. Let's see how long you can be proud of it! And that ungrateful cousin, don't just look at the Anthropoid Stone and forget to place a hidden bid."
"There are still two or three hours, enough time, hehe." In fact, Wang Chao wanted to wait until the piece Li Qingyun photographed was cut out before making a judgment on whether he wanted the huge piece of wool recommended by Li Qingyun.
Soon, several small stones had been cut, including Li Qingyun's and Qin Mingyue's. Everyone opened their eyes wide and waited for the stone cutter to open up the cut layer of stone skin so that people could see the cut.
Is there any jadeite on the surface? (To be continued...)
ps: The next chapter ends the stone gambling plot. The protagonist returns to China and continues to live his life as a second-generation farmer...