Becoming the richest man in the film and television world Chapter 438: I'd rather press the bottom of the box and don't think I'll give it away for nothing
Chapter 438: I'd rather press the bottom of the box and don't think I'll give it away for nothing
"Dang, Dang, Dang", the sound of three gavels hitting the table came, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Tang Ning, the auctioneer of this special auction of Tianchao Antiques. First of all, I would like to thank our Highness Wilson.
Come, please stand up to welcome me, thank you."
Hearing the auctioneer's words, William couldn't help but roll his eyes, feeling reluctant, but immediately said to Shen Cheng and several other Celestial guests, "Please stand up out of courtesy, friends, thank you."
After speaking, he took the lead and stood up to look at Wilson and applaud. With his friendly relationship with the Wilson family, William would not slap the royal family in the face at this time. Instead, it was because the cooperative relationship should be maintained. Anyway, he just applauded.
Everyone in the audience, probably except for the English people, stood up and applauded voluntarily. Others were stunned for a moment, and when they saw William taking the lead to stand up, they also stood up and applauded.
Wilson was stunned for a moment. When he saw William standing up and looking at him and clapping, he stood up with a smile on his face and nodded to everyone around him. He kept saying, "Thank you, thank you", not daring to show any courtesy.
Inaccessible places.
After being polite, many people stared at today's auctioneer. If he hadn't been polite, everyone would have stood up and paid attention to a young man who had just turned 18. Even Wilson not only didn't feel for him, but would have felt strange.
He is nosy.
"God, this is the most annoying thing," William complained to Shen Cheng after sitting down, "Today's auctioneer must be an Englishman and a supporter of the royal family, otherwise Wilson would not be able to enjoy this kind of courtesy."
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After speaking, William turned to the still excited Wilson and teased, "Right, Wilson, this is probably the first time you have accepted everyone's welcome alone at a non-holiday moment."
"Haha, thank you, thank you very much." Wilson expressed his sincere gratitude, and then complained with a smile, "Man, can't you stop ruining my dream so quickly?"
"Sorry, my fault," William said in a serious and weird tone, "His Excellency, the Duke of Cambridge."
Hearing William's tone, he knew that he was unhappy. Wilson responded with a smile, "God, be serious, His Excellency, Earl of Oxford, this is in public, and you and I are in the same group."
"Haha", everyone laughed cooperatively to relieve the embarrassment just now.
After the joke was over, the auction officially began. The first item to be auctioned was a blue and white covered jar with clouds, dragons, and longevity patterns from the official kiln of the Jiajing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.
After the bidding started, many people looked at William. Professor Guan, who came with Shen Cheng, saw that William was completely uninterested and asked with a smile, "Mr. Devonshire, this official kiln can be dated at a glance.
Aren’t you interested in things?”
"Professor Guan, don't be so polite, just call me William."
Professor Guan nodded, and William smiled and nodded in response, "There are too many porcelains from the Jiajing Dynasty. I have more than ten pieces that are several grades higher than those currently auctioned. There are too many duplicates, and it really makes me think twice.
Not interested”.
Well, these words made everyone choke up immediately, and they couldn't help complaining about you rich man, you must be reasonable.
More than a dozen pieces of porcelain, calligraphy and paintings were auctioned in a few tens of minutes, but William did not raise a card once. This greatly disappointed the treasure owners who had expected William, a super rich man, to join the auction.
After bidding on a few more antiques, William became interested when the auction house staff brought out the mutton-fat white jade on a tray.
This piece of jade is the top-grade suet-fat jade mined over the past 10 years. The owner spent several years finding the top masters to carve it. After the production was completed, he kept it in his collection and never got it himself. No one had ever tried it, so of course William was interested.
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The whole piece of jade is the size of a goose egg, perfectly round, without any flaws. Only eight horses are lightly carved on the jade. It is very suitable for holding in the hand and playing with.
So as soon as the auctioneer said the starting price was 200,000 pounds, William raised his placard.
People who were interested in this piece of jade couldn't help but worry when they saw William raising a sign to increase the price without thinking. When the price reached 500,000 pounds, it would be six levels higher than the market price of this piece of jade, and no one would bid again.
"Is there anyone else bidding?" the auctioneer asked twice. Seeing that no one was interested in bidding, he said a third time and immediately knocked the gavel in his hand, "Congratulations to Mr. Devonshire for bidding on this piece."
"Eight Horses Mutton Fat Jade".
Seeing that the items had been photographed, Shen Cheng asked William in a low voice, "Do you buy things regardless of the price?"
"Why do you care so much?" William said with a smile. "It would be a pity not to just grab the one you like. Besides, it's only 500,000 pounds."
"Okay, it's only 500,000 pounds, more than 6 million Tianchao coins," Shen Cheng said with a smile to himself, "The money I have earned in my life may not reach 6 million Tianchao coins. Should I say you are extravagant or do you value money?"
like,,,"
"Stop", William hurriedly stopped Shen Cheng's words, "Old Shen, you are not honest. Mutton-fat jade is something that needs to be played with in your hands every day. From now on, if I hold it in my hands, I will think of the word you said.
, then still play like this."
"If you feel disgusted, you can give it to me, I don't mind," Shen Cheng joked.
William curled his lips and smiled, "Haha, I'll give it to you. Do you dare to take it?"
"Dare, why don't you dare? I don't really have any public office now, so why don't you dare?"
"Fuck you." William rolled his eyes. He hadn't even gotten hold of the things yet. He would rather leave them in the basement and never see the light of day than give them away for nothing.
The auctioneer knocked the gavel and said, "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, the highlight of today is here."
Three staff members came up with three trays covered with red cloth, placed them on the display table and took off the red cloths. The three animal heads were immediately displayed in front of everyone.
The auctioneer said loudly, "At the request of the treasure owner, we have temporarily changed the auction plan. The three animal heads of monkey and tiger will not be auctioned separately but as a set. The base price is 2 million pounds. Each increase in price must not be less than 10
Thousands of pounds, please bid.”
"Damn", people who were interested in these three animal heads immediately cursed at the scene. The price of selling three pieces together for 2 million pounds immediately made many people hesitate. The price of selling three pieces together would definitely be much higher, and many people shouted loudly.
Protest.
"Bang bang bang", the auctioneer quickly knocked the gavel in his hand, "In order to express his apology for changing the auction plan, the treasure owner will make a profit of 5% after the transaction is completed. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, the low price is 2 million pounds.
Is anyone bidding?"
With a 5% profit transfer, the participants at the scene felt better and their resistance was not so strong. Only Shen Cheng suddenly felt that these people were being plotted. He turned to look at William in confusion, thinking about Bao
The Lord's sudden change in the auction plan couldn't have been caused by William.
After some discussion with other companions, they had to accept that it was best for them to buy all 3 pieces. If that didn't work, they would have to buy 2 pieces and take them home. Now that the three pieces were shot together, their plans were immediately disrupted, and they felt unhappy.