treasure hunter

Backstage, Cao Xiaojin looked at Pei Miao with a smile and said, "Do you know why the price is so high?"

Pei Miao asked suspiciously, "Did you ask?"

"No." Cao Xiaojin raised his eyebrows and smiled triumphantly, "When I found out that the original owner of that pocket watch was Li Hongzhang, I spent a lot of effort and asked people around, and finally found Li Hongzhang's descendants..."

Pei Miao was taken aback when she heard the words, and asked, "Is that woman in number 85 a descendant of Li Hongzhang?"

"Yes, but..." Cao Xiaojin nodded with a cheap smile, "but not all."

"What do you mean?" Pei Miao looked at him suspiciously.

Cao Xiaojin chuckled and said, "The number 27 is also a descendant of Li Hongzhang."

"They are all descendants of Li Hongzhang?" Pei Miao asked puzzledly, "Since they are all descendants of Li Hongzhang, why are they arguing, and the price is too high."

Cao Xiaojin said: "Because they have separated a long time ago. Although they share one ancestor, they have been separated for more than 70 years. It is no exaggeration to say that the 27th and the 85th have no blood relationship for a long time. No problem sleeping through the night."

Wang Xiaoshuai on the side smiled cheaply and said, "Why are you driving at every turn?"

Cao Xiaojin laughed and said, "I'm just giving you an example."

Pei Miao said: "That is to say, both No. 27 and No. 85 want to get back their ancestors' things, so they compete with each other?"

Cao Xiaojin nodded: "Yes, I don't know how many families Li Hongzhang's descendants have divided into, but No. 27 and No. 85 are the richest among Li Hongzhang's descendants, so I invited them over. He opened a factory in Tianjin, with almost tens of millions of assets, No. 27 is in Kyoto, and he is an office worker."

"Are you saying it the wrong way?" Wang Xiaoshuai couldn't help but said, "Opening a factory on the 27th, she is a boss with tens of millions of assets, and the woman on the 85th is just an office worker, who can spend 1600 million to buy Li Hongzhang's pocket watch? "

Pei Miao also looked at Cao Xiaojin with puzzled eyes.

Cao Xiaojin said: "I didn't say otherwise. Although the 27th has tens of millions of assets, the assets are assets, not liquid funds. Moreover, even if they are liquid funds, they are still public funds. If they are used for private purposes, they will have negative impact on his factory. The woman on the 27th is different. Although she is only an office worker, she has eight houses for rent within the Fifth Ring Road. Going to work is just idle and boring. The most important thing is...she There are also two sets of courtyard houses, and personal deposits exceed 3000 million.”

Pei Miao and Wang Xiaoshuai looked at each other, and said in unison: "So it's the renter..."

At the venue, everyone was still discussing the pocket watch and the crazy price, Hou Lanhua on the stage interrupted everyone's whispers: "Maybe everyone expressed doubts and puzzles about the price of the pocket watch just now, and felt that the price was inflated , but it’s always like this when buying things. As long as you meet something you like, and if you don’t need money, no matter how high the price is, you will buy it. There are still many good things waiting for the auction, so we won’t waste it It's time, please invite the second lot."

After Hou Lanhua finished speaking, she took a few steps back, and then another beautiful woman walked onto the stage from the backstage with a tray in her hand, came to the desk, put the tray on the desk, and when the camera pointed at the tray, the beauty pulled The red cloth covering the tray was removed.

Seeing the objects under the red cloth, many people in the audience exclaimed. The thing in the tray was a half-opened bright yellow scroll. That's right, it was an imperial decree.

Hou Lanhua walked to the front of the case and said with a smile: "Just now I heard someone from the audience exclaiming. It seems that this lot surprised everyone. Yesterday's preview was a bit short, and there may be many people who didn't see it at the preview. Seeing this lot, I will explain it to you a little bit below. This is the imperial decree of the 12th year of Yongzheng's hand-picked champion. There is a carbon [-] test certificate from an authoritative organization to prove its authenticity. From the perspective of collection, the ancient imperial decree is very collectible. Valuable, and it is also very rare, and there are many kinds of imperial edicts. Those who have watched TV dramas should know that there are imperial edicts of dismissal and devaluation, imperial edicts of condemnation and conviction, imperial edicts of ransacking families, and imperial edicts of promotion and rewards, etc. , and among these imperial decrees, the most valuable for collection is the imperial decree of hand-picking the champion of the new department, because it means auspicious and is very rare. Below, I will unfold this volume of imperial decree and bring the camera closer, so that everyone can see the content of this imperial decree. All the details."

After Hou Lanhua finished speaking, she put on her gloves, and carefully unfolded the imperial edict scroll to the left and right, revealing all the text and seals on it, and the cameraman also moved closer to the camera to capture the details of the imperial edict.

This process lasted about 3 minutes. The cameraman adjusted several angles to present the details of the imperial decree. However, the auction time is very tight and it is impossible for everyone to watch it all the time.

Hou Lanhua spoke again, and said, "Okay, I believe everyone has seen the details of the imperial decree. Next, we will start bidding. The starting price is 300 million, and each increase must not be less than 10. The auction begins!"

As soon as the words fell, there were nearly a hundred people raising placards to quote. For a while, the scene almost got out of control, and even Hou Lanhua was a little confused. It was hard for her to hear the prices quoted by these people.

Maybe you all know that it is invalid if the price is low, so many people raised their voices, and Hou Lanhua finally heard some people's quotations. In less than five seconds, the price has reached 580 Ten thousand.

Hou Lanhua said: "No. 99 bid 580 million."

"600 million!"

"650 million!"

"700 million!"

"800 million!"

From the initial 50 per plus to 100 per plus, and then to 800 million per plus, the bidding broke through [-] million, and the voices of quotations were still coming and going, but it was not as chaotic as before.

In this way, the price rose rapidly for one million plus, and in the blink of an eye, it broke through the 100 million mark, and there were still more than a dozen people bidding in the audience.

Pei Miao asked with a smile in the background: "Cao Xiaojin, you won't invite the descendants of the number one scholar here this time, will you?"

Cao Xiaojin said: "I really went to look for it, but I found that the descendants of the number one scholar have long since fallen. Think about it, if their family hadn't fallen, they would definitely pass down the imperial decree as a family heirloom. How could they sell the imperial decree?"

Pei Miao said: "That means that the group of bidders outside really like this edict."

Cao Xiaojin said: "As expected, this is an imperial decree, which represents the supreme imperial power. For rich bosses, who still play with collecting, please invite friends to look at their collections at home, and take them out to have a look. The imperial decree is more face-saving." , how can you pretend to be x, can't you?"

Wang Xiaoshuai nodded: "This is really not an ordinary act."

While they were talking, the bidding for the imperial decree had reached 2300 million, and the estimated transaction price of this imperial decree was only 2000 million, and 2300 million had already exceeded the estimated price.

Cao Xiaojin said happily: "Oh, our first auction is absolutely shocking. The first and second items will directly detonate the whole audience. It is difficult for the total price of the auction to exceed 4000 million. Our two The auction price of this item has reached [-] million.”

Wang Xiaoshuai said: "It's just to earn some fame, our auction house can't earn a dime, these two things belong to Pei Miao."

Pei Miao said: "What's wrong with mine? No matter who owns something, as long as it is put up for auction, you have to collect a commission according to the rules. As a shareholder, I have a 5% discount, but there is still a lot of money to be made. These two items, The commission alone is in the millions."

Wang Xiaoshuai asked suspiciously: "You sell things in your own auction house, and you still have to pay a commission?"

Pei Miao said, "This is not an auction house run by me alone, everything has to be done according to the rules."

Wang Xiaoshuai nodded and said, "Well, that's good, you have to follow the rules."

Now, the price of the imperial decree has soared to 3000 million, and there are only 5 people still bidding.

At this moment, Ma Chenggong, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly raised a sign: "4000 million."

He suddenly added 1000 million, and the audience was in an uproar.

As one of the most well-known entrepreneurs in the country, Ma Chenggong is sitting on hundreds of billions of assets and has been on the top of the domestic rich list several times. Who dares to compete with him for more money?

Of the five people who were bidding before, four of them chose to give up, but a fat businessman was unconvinced and raised his placard again: "5 million!"

Before Hou Lanhua had time to speak, Ma Chenggong had already raised his placard and said with a blank expression: "5000 million!"

The audience was in an uproar again, looking at Ma Chenggong's posture, he must win this imperial decree.

The fat businessman probably knew that he was no match for Ma Chenggong, and there was no need to raise the price. It would not be wise to offend Ma Chenggong for nothing, so he chose to give up.

Hou Lanhua began to speak: "In the imperial decree of the Yongzheng period, Mr. No. 12 offered 5000 million yuan. Is there anyone else who can offer a higher price?"

No one answered at the scene, Hou Lanhua began to count down: "5000 million once, 5000 million twice, 5000 million three times! Deal!"

The gavel fell, and the deal was done.

Immediately, a staff member stepped off the stage with a tray in his hand, and delivered the imperial decree to Ma Chenggong, who swiped his card to pay.

Now, everyone in the audience has forgotten about the pocket watch just now, and they are discussing this imperial decree with relish. Antiques worth tens of millions, the price of ordinary antiques is only hundreds of thousands to several million. You must know that antiques worth tens of millions are very rare. If they are national treasures, they cannot be traded. Today they What an eye opener.

Soon the transaction was successful, Hou Lanhua chatted with the guests as if chatting, and immediately began to invite the next lot.

It was still the beautiful woman holding the tray, which was covered with a red cloth.

When the red cloth was torn off, a snow-white suet jade teapot appeared in front of everyone.

Next, Hou Lanhua began to give a brief introduction to this jade pot. This is a jade dragon pot made by Lu Zigang for Emperor Wanli during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

Hou Lanhua introduced Lu Zigang, a master of jade carving in the Ming Dynasty, by the way. How could he highlight the value of this jade pot if he didn't make Lu Zigang more awesome.

As soon as everyone heard that this jade pot was made by Lu Zigang himself, and that it belonged to Emperor Wanli, they immediately guessed that this teapot must be of great value.

Soon, the auction of Zigang pot began, with a starting price of 200 million, and each increase should not be less than 10.

As soon as Hou Lanhua finished speaking, everyone raised their placards to bid. Just like the imperial decree just now, the audience was still in chaos.

Unlike auctioning imperial edicts, it seems that many people who don't know much about antiques also participated in the auction, but this time, those laymen did not participate, but all those who knew and dabbled in antiques all participated in the bidding.

The imperial decree is that it looks awesome, but what is the concept of Zigang jade? Lu Zigang's life and death had a lot to do with it, so how could it not tempt those who like to collect antiques, their desire to buy is even stronger.

The price of Zigang teapot is soaring rapidly. In just thirty seconds, it has already soared to 1500 million.

Twenty seconds later, the price broke through 2000 million, and there were still nearly 20 people bidding in the venue, and now they have become 50 plus.

Backstage, Wang Xiaoshuai asked: "Cao Xiaojin, what is the estimated transaction price of this pot?"

Cao Xiaojin said: "3000 million, Mr. Huang has a very high evaluation of this pot."

Pei Miao said: "Of course, this is Zigang jade. Only those who really understand antiques know how precious this pot is."

Wang Xiaoshuai worried: "I'm afraid that there are few people in this group who understand antiques."

Pei Miao said: "There are quite a few people who understand antiques, but... I'm afraid that those who understand antiques don't have enough money."

Soon, the price of the Zigang teapot reached 3000 million. Cao Xiaojin breathed a sigh of relief, and the estimated price was reached.

3000 million is indeed a hurdle. After reaching this price, more than half of the people chose to give up.There are 6 other people bidding. These six people obviously know about antiques. Of course, these six people also have money.

The remaining six people were not in a hurry to increase the fare, it was still 50 per increase, and everyone else watched their performance silently.

After more than a minute, the price soared to 4500 million, two people gave up, and there were still four people bidding.

These four people are still 50 a plus, not impatient.

More than a minute later, the price soared to 6000 million, and there were only two people left to bid.

As a result, the bidding speed slows down.

Three minutes later, the price was fixed at 3 million, and another old man who bid was in a state of hesitation. After all, the price had exceeded his psychological price by too much.

After Hou Lanhua repeated the price once, she began to count down: "7820 million once, 7820 million twice, 7820 million..."

Hou Lanhua had already raised the small wooden hammer, and the old man suddenly raised a placard and shouted: "8000 million!"

A sudden increase of 180 million was his last desperate move.

Another old man bidding slowly raised his sign: "8020 million."

The old man who bid 8000 million said helplessly, "I give up."

After Hou Lanhua asked if there was anyone who offered a higher price, she began to count down. After counting down three times, the hammer fell and the deal was concluded.

So far, all three lots have been sold at a super high price of more than 1.46 million yuan, and the total auction price of only three lots has reached [-] million yuan. Even if all the people present are rich people, their cognition has been completely refreshed.

Cao Xiaojin clenched his fists excitedly in the background: "Yeah! Our first auction will definitely shock the whole country!"

Taking advantage of the transaction time, the guests whispered to each other, Hou Lanhua stood on the stage and could vaguely hear many people saying: "It's crazy, this auction is too crazy, I've never seen such a crazy auction meeting……"