An accidental auction ended like this. Although I didn't get any treasures, it was good to have a capable person again. Seeing that the time had reached seven o'clock in the evening, Qiao Meng decided to go back to the hotel first, and then go back to the hotel.
Call Li Tianyuan and Ge Yuling.
"Brother, the things in this auction are too luxurious. I will definitely come here again when I have money." Lan Hai said excitedly.
"This is not nonsense. Can the black market be the same as other places? Even the ordinary trading items there may have things you can't imagine. We will definitely have more money in the future. Don't worry if you follow me." Qiao
Meng knew what Lan Hai wanted, so he gave him another reassurance.
After the two came out, the car was also sent over and they quickly returned to the hotel.
Without saying anything else, he went to Tianlao and Baidu's room to say hello. After that, Qiao Meng went directly back to his room. After closing the door, he went to the bathroom and made a call.
The first call was to Ge Yuling. Since there wasn’t much to say, it was better to settle it first.
"Hey, Sister Yuling, why are you so slow to answer my call?" Qiao Meng complained.
"Oh, I was taking a shower just now." Ge Yuling replied without thinking much.
Hearing this answer, Qiao Meng's mind suddenly became hot, and he thought of all the ambiguous scenes with Ge Yuling before, and his whole body began to have indescribable fantasies, and he was temporarily confused in them and couldn't extricate himself.
Ge Yuling, who didn't hear Qiao Meng speak again for a long time, asked in confusion: "Qiao Meng, what are you doing? Why aren't you talking?"
"Ah? Do it, why don't you do it? No, I'm not doing it. Well, there was someone knocking on the door just now, so I went to open the door and didn't hear what you said." Qiao patted his head hard and woke up quickly.
come over.
"Okay, I'm calling because I'm concerned about your master. I'll give him the phone later when I change clothes and go out." After Ge Yuling finished speaking, she put the phone aside.
Qiao Meng couldn't calm down anymore. Hearing the voice on the phone, he couldn't control himself, "Sister Yuling is actually taking a shower in my bathroom now."
After changing her clothes, Ge Yuling picked up the phone again, "Qiao Meng, are you still listening? I gave the phone to your master."
"Oh! Okay, are you master? My place is very good, the competition went very well, just wait until I win the district championship..." When talking to Blind Liu, Qiao Meng immediately returned to normal and said impassionedly.
Blind Liu, on the other hand, ignored the nonsense he said and only asked him to pay attention to his own safety. In fact, he had already felt that many people around him were staring at him recently. Although he could not see it, his hearing was extremely sensitive.
He also knew that it must be Qiao Meng who arranged the guards, but because of this, he was even more worried about his apprentice's safety. If there was no danger, how could he arrange it like this?
After the chat, Qiao Meng didn't dare to say anything more to Ge Yuling, so he hung up the phone early. When he was about to call Li Tianyuan directly, he called him first instead.
"Hey, why did you call me first?" Qiao Meng asked.
"I know I want to know if there is any new progress in your investigation." Li Tianyuan said very directly.
"You asked the right question, but it's not that my investigation has made any progress, it's that others came to me and told me their identities." Qiao Meng was very angry when he said this. He didn't expect that he would be blatantly exposed by the other party.
provocative.
"What? Are you okay?" Li Tianyuan asked anxiously.
"Of course it's okay. It's just that the ones who exposed their identities were my opponents at the treasure appraisal conference. I don't know what their purpose is. You might be able to find out something by checking the Antiques Association in Tianwaitian." After Qiao Meng finished speaking, he spoke again.
Hang up the phone, there is nothing more to say.
"This guy just hung up on me again." Li Tianyuan could only shake his head helplessly, so he dialed another number and conveyed the name of the association that Qiao Meng just mentioned.
This struggle seemed to be coming to the surface faster and faster, but because the speed was so fast, Qiao Meng had to feel that something was wrong. Maybe this was a smoke bomb, but that was all he could do at the moment.
The contrast between waking up at around eight o'clock the next day and yesterday was very obvious. Qiao Meng stayed in bed with his eyes open in a daze until almost six o'clock in the morning before falling asleep. If Baidu and the others hadn't come to call him
I guess today just passed in bed.
I arrived at the venue in a hurry. Since I hadn’t slept well, I wasn’t very interested in the fans’ enthusiastic cheers. I entered the venue like a zombie, and even when I reached my seat, I still wanted to sleep.
"What do you think happened to Master Qiao today? He looks listless." Fans outside the venue were very confused.
"What else can I do? Maybe I didn't sleep well," one of the fans said.
"Ah, do you think Master Qiao did some indescribable exercise last night?" said a relatively delicate-looking woman.
"Stop talking nonsense and watch the game."
This was a very serious thing to say, so he was quickly stopped by his companions. If word got out, Qiao Meng's reputation would probably be ruined. The current Internet age is very scary.
Today the host seems to have the same problem of insomnia as Qiao Meng. He is still wearing the same blue suit and is not very energetic. Even the encouraging opening remarks did not appear as usual.
This makes many people wonder, did these two people do something together last night? It makes people wonder.
In fact, the host didn't do anything. He just accidentally had a bad stomach, so he stayed up all night. It happened that Qiao Meng was in this state again. Maybe everything was the best arrangement.
"Well, everyone, I won't say much. Please read the rules before the competition starts. I will make the official announcement in ten minutes." When the host said this, it felt like he was trying to force himself.
The rule cards slowly rose up, and Qiao Meng squinted to see them.
"A total of sixty people have been eliminated in this round and will advance as single players. Those with incomplete teams will be reshuffled to form a team in the next round."
"Everyone needs to select the one they think is most valuable among the next two hundred and forty treasures and return it to their position. Eventually, they will be eliminated directly based on their price ranking. If the selection is too slow, it will be very dangerous.
You may be overtaken by your opponent, and you may make mistakes if you go too fast, so please consider yourself.”
After reading the rules, Qiao Meng felt very bored. He didn't know why it seemed so casual when he entered behind you. Maybe he couldn't think of any new tricks, or maybe he was just playing with the rules, starting with easy things and then getting harder.
"Then the competition starts now! There is no time limit until everyone gets a treasure." The host finally regained some energy.
Then the center of the field began to change. First, a space was opened, and a new lift platform brought up the two hundred and forty treasures.
At first glance, it looked like a dazzling array of things. It was like an antique market, and there was no shortage of high-quality items. Those porcelains, jades, and bronzes just looked very impressive.
"Wow, although there were many times when each person had one piece, the feeling of seeing them together is really different. It is much more attractive to see them this way." Many people were talking about it.
Di——
Following this sound, everyone immediately rushed to the treasures and began to hurriedly select them, starting with the ones closest to them. It was basically a form of sweeping by the wind.
Qiao Meng was not in a hurry, but he did not slow down. After all, there were only twelve treasures that could allow players to advance. He didn't care about Baidu and Bai Feili, he had to advance himself first.
His speed in getting started was extremely fast. Basically, he would touch one item with each hand and switch to another within five seconds. Repeatedly, in just a minute or so, he found a treasure worth more than 30 million.
In fact, there is a method for this. Basically, what he chooses to quickly identify are ancient paintings and the like. As long as they are genuine, they will not be much cheaper. Although porcelain may also be worth 40 to 50 million,
But the number of pieces is still too many in comparison. If you are unlucky, it may be best to touch it. Maybe others have chosen that piece, which would be even more unlucky.
In fact, this round of the competition is the real one. No one is sure of winning the first place. They can only have a rough idea of whether they can advance, unless they identify which treasure is worth a sky-high price, such as Tang Bohu's "Autumn Wind Fan".
Of course, there is nothing to say about the category. Even if you are not first, you can still be in the top three.
The painting that Qiao Meng first learned about was an incomplete painting, probably cut out for preservation at that time.
You must know that in ancient times, many famous paintings were fought over. Many people only valued their value and did not pay attention to the true meaning of each. This is something that many painters or ancient painting lovers cannot tolerate, so
They tried every means to make the paintings pass down in a truly meaningful way.
Cutting is one of these methods, and it is the most common method.
The half of the painting in Qiao Meng's hand is not the half with the author, so most people cannot understand it and it is difficult to know its true value.
Through his treasure appraisal ability, he learned that this painting was made by the Emperor Zhao Ji of the Southern Song Dynasty, and that it was the right half, but the location of the inscriptions on the left half was unknown.
This painting is called "Picture of Bamboo Birds". The coloring on the silk is 33.8 cm in length and 55.5 cm in width. The brushwork is delicate and fair, and the branches, leaves and thorns of the bamboo are all dyed without outlining. The painting on the cliff stone
You can see the depth of his skills from Fa Jing.
The staggered thickness of the lines in this painting shows the exquisiteness of Zhao Ji's painting skills, which is undoubtedly first-class. It is a pity that the other inscriptions are missing, otherwise the value may have been nearly doubled.
"I didn't expect that Song Weizong's paintings are really well-deserved. He is indeed the first person to carry out art in the field of ancient and modern emperors." Qiao Meng admired Zhao Ji's skills.
But he didn't stop appreciating other treasures there, because it was very likely that the next one would be of higher value, and even if it wasn't there, he would have to be steady.
What's more, Baidu and Bai Feili don't have a clue yet. If they don't help find it, it wouldn't be boring if he was the only one to advance.