No matter in his previous life or in this life, what Lin Chen hated most was banana people like Li Tiancheng.
It would be fine if the two of them had nothing to do with each other, but this guy had been constantly provoking Su Ningyu and offending Lin Chen from the moment they met.
If you don't deal with this kind of person, you won't be able to make Lin Chen's thoughts clear.
Su Ningyu was obviously unhappy with Li Tiancheng and asked, "How do you plan to trick him?"
Lin Chen then whispered in Su Ningyu's ear.
After that, the auction continued. Su Ningyu followed Lin Chen's suggestion and did not deliberately reserve funds. She repeatedly took action on the lots that Su Wuyi had chosen in advance.
The Su family is rich and powerful, and most of the people participating in the auction are targeting the "Sleeping Venus". The competition for the other lots is not fierce, so Su Ningyu succeeds time and time again, basically hitting every target.
However, as a result, she has spent nearly 100 million US dollars in total, and there is not much remaining funds.
If nothing else happens, it is basically impossible to compete with others for the "Sleeping Venus".
At least that's what most people at the auction thought at the time.
Soon, the auction is coming to an end, and the highlight of this auction is about to take place.
"Dear gentlemen and ladies, next, we will welcome the last auction today, "Sleeping Venus" by the great 16th century painter Giorgione! I believe many people have seen this in the German Art Museum.
A work, but what I want to say is that this "Sleeping Venus" is not the German one."
"The Sleeping Venus" currently collected in the German Art Museum is a work jointly completed by Giorgione and the great painter Titian. Before completing this painting, Giorgione died of the plague and Titian completed it.
His legacy."
"But what we are going to auction today is "Sleeping Venus" which was completely completed by Giorgione independently! This painting was found in an old castle in Europe. This old castle previously belonged to a Nazi Germany official.
A high-ranking official, he collected countless famous paintings stolen from all over the world during the war. After the war, these famous paintings were returned to their original owners, but recently someone discovered a hidden oil painting in the basement of this castle. This oil painting,
This is the painting we are introducing today, "Sleeping Venus"!"
In the introduction of the auctioneer Yingguo Lao, "Sleeping Venus" was carefully pushed onto the auction table by the staff.
"Everyone, the reserve price of this "Sleeping Venus" is US$80 million. The minimum bidding price for each auction is US$5 million. Start bidding now."
As soon as Ying Guoguo finished speaking, someone immediately started bidding.
"Eighty-five million!"
"Ninety million!"
"Ninety-five million!"
Bidding sounds came one after another, and the bidding price soon exceeded the US$100 million mark!
This is already the highest bid for an oil painting at this auction.
However this is only the beginning.
Many real big guys didn't take action, including Li Tiancheng, who had shouted loudest before.
They are all waiting for the opportunity to take action.
Experts around these big guys estimate the value of such rare and heirloom products at well over 100 million U.S. dollars. They will have to wait until the price reaches 150 million U.S. dollars before they take action.
"One hundred and fifty million!"
When the quotation reached 150 million, the bidding suddenly stopped.
But the Eagle Country Auctioneer on the stage knew that 150 million was still far from reaching the peak.
The higher the price of the auction item, the more share he can get, so the eagle countryman started his own performance.
"One hundred and fifty million for the first time, ladies and gentlemen, "Sleeping Venus" originally stored in the German Museum of Fine Arts was valued at one hundred million pounds a few years ago! It was just an unfinished work by Giorgione.
So the price of this real Venus should be much higher than that."
"Such a great work, do you think it is only worth 150 million?!"
Nonsense! Of course! Give me the hammer quickly, you bastard!
Below, a collector from an island country who had just shouted out a price of 150 million had his eyebrows knitted together.
The islanders have always admired Western culture, so this man spared no effort to win over this oil painting.
It's a pity that the island country's economy has been in recession in recent years, and 150 million is already his limit.
"One hundred and eighty million!"
At this time, Li Tiancheng finally took action. A ghost guy next to him raised a sign and called out the price.
Hearing this, the islander suddenly twitched his mouth, and then lowered his head in frustration.
Li Tiancheng's bid was like a clarion call for attack, and the big guys who had been holding back before finally began to take action.
The price exceeded again and again, and soon exceeded 200 million, reaching 250 million!
Upon hearing this price, many people began to whisper, and some people picked up the phone to ask for instructions. This price has exceeded many people's expectations. They must ask the real boss behind the scenes before they can decide whether to follow up.
"Two hundred and sixty million!"
"Two hundred and seventy million!"
Soon, these people had their results. Some people sat down sadly, while others raised signs.
However, Li Tiancheng had no scruples.
"Three hundred million!"
When they heard Li Tiancheng's bid, the whole audience was shocked, and no one dared to follow up.
Li Tiancheng looked around with a smile, as if he had already won.
But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from the scene.
"Three hundred and ten million!"
Li Tiancheng's eyes widened and he turned to look behind him.
The person who just called out the price was surprisingly Su Ningyu.
Li Tiancheng was a little surprised when he saw it was her, but he quickly made another bid: "Three hundred and twenty million!"
"Three hundred and thirty million!"
"Three hundred and forty million!"
The two people made bids one after another. On Su Ningyu's side, Fang Han was so nervous that he broke into a cold sweat.
Three hundred and forty million US dollars is more than 2.3 billion yuan!
This amount of money is already close to one-fifth of their family’s total assets!
Beads of sweat also broke out on Su Ningyu's forehead.
Three hundred and forty million US dollars, this price is actually already higher than Su Ningyu's budget.
And in fact, Su Ningyu had no intention of actually spending the money to buy "Sleeping Venus".
The current price increase is just a trick used by Lin Chen to deceive Li Tiancheng!
Just now, Lin Chen came up with a way to trick Li Tiancheng, which was to deliberately bid with Li Tiancheng to increase the cost of the painting he finally bought.
The more money Li Tiancheng spent in the end, the deeper he was trapped.
But there is a risk here. If Li Tiancheng suddenly lets go when Su Ningyu bids, the oil painting that Lin Chen identified as problematic will fall into Su Ningyu's hands.
Li Tiancheng gritted his teeth, stood up, and turned to look at Su Ningyu: "Ningyu, I didn't expect that it would be the two of us competing in the end... But I am bound to win this painting! Three hundred and fifty million!"
"Three hundred and sixty million!" Su Ningyu ignored him and continued to bid.
Li Tiancheng immediately followed: "Three hundred and seventy million!"
"Three hundred and eighty million!"
"Three hundred and ninety million!"
"Four hundred million!"
When Su Ningyu shouted out the price, the Eagle Country guy on the stage almost jumped with excitement.
"Four hundred million! Four hundred million dollars! Li Sheng, do you still want to follow?"
"I……"
Just as Li Tiancheng was about to speak, a ghost guy next to him suddenly stood up: "STOP! We need to rest for 10 minutes!"
"Okay, take a 10-minute break."
The auctioneer also knows that the current situation is very tense. Even the largest wealthy family in Hong Kong needs to consider the huge sum of US$400 million.
After getting permission, Li Tiancheng was immediately taken away by the ghost guy. The two started arguing halfway through, as if they were debating whether to follow up.
Seeing the two of them leaving, Su Ningyu said to Lin Chen worriedly: "Lin Chen, will Li Tiancheng give up?"
"No." Lin Chen said confidently.
He has calculated that Li Tiancheng's final bottom line is US$700 million! Before US$700 million, the probability of him following up is always 100%!
700 million U.S. dollars. As long as Li Tiancheng finally buys this painting at this price and the truth is finally revealed, even if his family is the most wealthy family in Hong Kong, it will definitely suffer a huge loss.
"Small, let's see if grandpa doesn't trick you to death!" Lin Chen sneered in his heart.