[198] Luther raises the sign
The bronze dragon-patterned beast goblet in the Western Zhou Dynasty was obviously the highlight of this auction. The host did not give the lowest price at the beginning, nor did he start introducing it endlessly. Instead, he made high-definition photos of the dragon-patterned beast goblet on the screen, allowing everyone to quietly enjoy it for a few minutes.
Many people can't pronounce the word "gōng" alone, but it is much better to put it in the idiom "gōng", which describes the lively scene of many people drinking and feasting. Gong is an ancient wine utensil, which is mainly used as pouring wine rather than directly drinking. Its positioning and size are a bit similar to a teapot.
So Lin Guangzheng planned to spend a lot of money to buy the dragon-patterned beast goblet for drinking Romani wine. He first poured the wine into the goblet, then poured it out, and put it in a container such as wine, so that he could finally drink it.
Lu Se believes that such behavior is purely a person who takes off his pants and farts, is full and has nowhere to spend money.
However, Lin Guangzheng's boredom cannot reduce the elegant beauty of the dragon-patterned beast goblet. This goblet is like a squatting beast. The beast has two horns and six eyes, and it opens its mouth and wants to roar. It has several sharp teeth in its mouth. The gap can be used to inject wine. The beast's head is connected to the dragon's back and forms a long arc-shaped lid, which can be removed like a teapot lid to pour wine into the goblet.
"Dear guests! This unique bronze wine utensil was unearthed in Anyang, Henan, China. It is called "Dragon Pattern Beast Gourd" in Chinese. The age test proves that it was cast in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Please see this thick historical sense and exquisite craftsmanship dragon tail cloud pattern! Beast Gourds were only popular between the late Shang Dynasty and the middle Zhou Dynasty. Such people who are well preserved and have no flaws are rare!"
"This monster that looks like a dragon but not a dragon is different. Even the Chinese archaeological community has different opinions and is not determined. Some people even believe that this is influenced by the ancient Babylonian dragon culture... Any language of human beings is pale and boring in front of this rare treasure. Please see the arrogant and majestic nature of this bronze ancient beast. Just lift its tail and the wine will slowly flow out of the beast's mouth..."
The fat man with a shiny face interrupted, "Wouldn't we just drink its vomit?" After saying that, he laughed twice, but found that no one agreed, so he made a fuss about himself and stopped talking.
The scene was quiet for a while, and you could hear occasional whispers. Lin Guangzheng asked An Shurong beside him:
"How? Compared with the one collected by the state, which is prohibited from being exhibited abroad, who is more valuable than the one in the country?"
An Shurong stared at the high-definition large picture on the display screen. His eyes first opened to the limit, and then slowly narrowed back, as if he had instantly traveled to the same era as Jiang Ziya. It was not until Lin Guangzheng asked about it that he suddenly came to his senses.
"Lin, Mr. Lin, I am a little afraid that I will be wanted by the state... You see, there is an inscription on the bottom of this beast goblet, which means that its user may be a nobleman in the country. It is similar to the dragon-shaped goblet with the only one in the country. Although its patterns are only treated with a single layer, they are deliberately sought to work. From the perspective of the time, it is extremely gorgeous and exquisite, even in the category of bronze ware. In my opinion, its value should not be lower than the bird-shaped goblet collected in the Ferrier Art Museum in the United States..."
"Very good," Lin Guangzheng waved his hand and said that An Shurong said this was enough. "You don't have to be afraid of the Cultural Relics Bureau. Didn't you keep your family confidential? I didn't reveal it? I bought the dragon-patterned beast goblet and drank at home without going out to show off. Why should the country cause trouble for me, a patriotic entrepreneur?"
An Shurong said with a fearful look: "The cultural relics value of this thing is not just the Cultural Relics Bureau... Someone once stole a Liaojin iron pot belonging to a second-level cultural relic. He was sentenced to ten years after selling it for only 400 yuan. This time..."
Lin Guangzheng winked impatiently, An Shurong stopped lying and knew that what Mr. Lin wanted must be obtained, and it was useless to persuade him.
The host just finished saying "the base price is 10 million", and Lin Guangzheng raised the sign and said, "I will pay 0 million."
Lin Guangzheng frequently goes to and from major auction houses around the world, and likes to wear suits without tie or buttons. He is very recognizable. Those who are capable of bidding have already known that the holder of the bid is Lin Guangzheng. He understands that he is bound to win, and there is no need to raise the price. He may not be able to grab it at that time, and he offended the chairman of the Lin Group.
So no one spoke for a whole minute after Lin Guangzheng raised the sign. Although the fat man in the second row was not convinced, he could not compete with the money in Lin Guangzheng's pocket, so he had to hug the two rabbit girls even tighter to vent his dissatisfaction.
Lin Guangzheng was quite surprised to buy a national treasure-level heavy weapon, dragon-patterned beast goblet with 0 million. He thought that there would be that inexplicable guy to compete with him, but he didn't expect that he would give face to him.
Speaking of which, the biggest move is the muscular man who bought the real cross for 10 million yuan, but he took his assistant lady to do his good deeds, which invisibly left Lin Guangzheng with a heavyweight opponent.
Lin Guangzheng was satisfied and put down the number plate and waited for the host to announce the auction results. The host raised the mallet and said, "Guest No. 1 bid 0 million! 0 million once! 0 million twice!"
However, just when Lin Guangzheng felt that he was sure to win, the boy sitting in the last row with a little high hairline with a weak hairline suddenly raised his No. 1 plate and said loudly without any hoarseness:
"This thing looks quite interesting, I'll pay 40 million!"
English, which is not fluent, is like the result of rote memorization, but it is enough for those present to hear it clearly.
"Puff!" Ren Hongde on Lin Guangzheng's left was drinking water. Hearing the boy he had seen before, he actually shouted a high price of 40 million US dollars and choked directly.
"Cough cough cough cough cough...what did he say? Whose child is he? He can easily take out 40 million!?"
Lin Guangzheng, An Shurong, and most bidders looked back at the masked Lu Se in the last row, but they didn't understand who the sacred was.
Many Europeans and Americans are extremely blind to Asians. Two European and American bidders who came together whispered: "Who is that young man? Is he Wang Sicong dare to seize food from Lin Guangzheng's mouth?"
In the equipment room, the first mate who saw and heard everything from the surveillance screen was immediately distracted.
"What's going on? Mr. Luther, you'd better explain it. You said that this is necessary for repairing the facial recognition system. And your companion was just attending the auction, so I let him in through the relationship of the old captain! Can he really give out $40 million?"
"Hey? Why is this kid..." Lu Se grabbed his hair and seemed to have never expected it. "I said I could just let him listen and see, how could he dare to raise the sign?"
The first mate said seriously: "Mr. Lu Se, although the midnight auction is different from other auctions, you do not need to pay a deposit in advance, but if you do not settle the payment in time after buying it, you will never be allowed to board the ship on our blacklist. If it is proved that there is no ability to buy at all, it is purely malicious trouble, then we do not rule out throwing him into the sea to feed the sharks..."
Chapter completed!