Chapter 9 The Rich Man's Game
Xiao Gongyun nodded with a smile, spread his palm to the blue and white porcelain plum blossom bowl facing the countertop, and instantly closed the smile on his face, saying seriously: "Song Qingbai Glaze Plum Blossom Blossom Blossom, absolutely authentic. The items fired in Hutian Kiln are intact, with a base price of two million, and the price increase is no less than 100,000 yuan each time. If you are interested, please come forward to verify the instrument."
Being able to say the word "absolute" from Xiao Gongyun means that this blue-white glaze porcelain bowl is 100% genuine, and two million is just a starting price. Song porcelain such as this kind of intact quality can easily be sold for more than five million at international auctions, or even higher.
When the people here saw the authentic Song porcelain, they couldn't sit still. They started to leave their seats and went up to check them. Of course, they couldn't play with their hands. At best, they could only enjoy the pleasure of seeing each other. This is the rule. If you really like to spend money to buy it, even if you hit the wall and listen to it, no one would say a word.
"Two.2 million...no, add 100,000 more, 2.3 million." Finally, an old man in Tang suit offered a price, which increased by as much as 300,000 at one time.
"Two and six million..." Another middle-aged man in a suit and tie quoted a price and went straight up another 300,000.
"Three million." This time the price was an old man with all his hair and beards. He pulled an integer as soon as he opened his mouth. Only three people raised the price by one million, which was enough to prove the value of this object.
In fact, no matter what auction it is, don’t rush to bid for what you take out at the beginning. According to common sense, the auctioneer will leave the best things to the finale. However, this private auction is obviously contrary to common sense. At the beginning, I took out a fine piece of Hutian Kiln Song porcelain, and the lowest price is so low that it makes people feel like they have a flaw. Many people are secretly speculating, I wonder what kind of mystery is contained in this?
"Three million and five million." The first old man in Tang suit was offered. This time he added 500,000 yuan, which was very impressive that he would never give up the porcelain.
"Old Man Zhuang, you are too stingy. Why don't you let me add some ingredients for you?" The old man with silver beard who had just bid. He smiled and glanced at the old man Tang suit, pointed to the plum blossom bowl on the platform and said, "I paid five million, and even if I threw it into the auction house, it would be the same price."
"Old man Sun, you tremble as a bird, you are born to be a grandson like a bear. Just remember it, eight million."
A porcelain bowl was raised by two old men who were at least 150 years old in several rounds, which made those who had the mentality of picking up bargains completely lose hope and could only shake their heads and voluntarily withdraw from the battle between the "coffin boards".
The two old men who buried the yellow earth in their necks slammed each other. Isn’t it a fight between coffin boards? The happiest thing is Xiao Gongyun and the owner of the collection. I wish these two old men could slap this Song porcelain bowl to a sky-high price. This auction is more than half successful.
"Is eight million a lot? I'll pay 10 million. It's good to buy this bowl as a cat food bowl." Old man Sun is nearly 70 years old, but he still has a temper that is unwilling to give in.
He added two million yuan directly, and even secretly put an old man Zhuang in his hand, clearly saying that he bought this bowl to feed the cat, and even if someone robbed it, he just robbed a cat food bowl.
"Hmph! What a big deal. Do you think you are the only one who raises a cat at home? I will pay 11 million." Old Man Zhuang did not show any weakness and opened his mouth and added another million.
"One Thousand Three Million." Old Man Sun glared and added another two million. The price had far exceeded the value of the antique itself, and it turned into a battle between the two old men.
Everyone in the hall began to look forward to Mr. Zhuang raising the price again. Most of the people present knew that the Zhuang and Sun families were old rivals who had been fighting in the mall for decades. It was reasonable to fight each other in such occasions. The reason why the organizer invited two old men with hot tempers at the same time was probably because they wanted them to fight each other.
Just as everyone was waiting with the mentality of watching the show, Old Man Zhuang smiled and spread his hands, Shi Shiran walked back to his seat, and said slowly: "Congratulations to your cat, for having a good food bowl."
At the critical moment, Old Man Zhuang actually chose to give up rationally. This result was unexpected for everyone. The old man slowly drank tea with his feet raised, his face full of pride, as if the real winner was him.
On the other hand, Old Man Sun's face turned a little ugly. He gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, took out a check book from his arms and wrote a few strokes, tore off one and slapped it directly on the stage.
Xiao Gongyun smiled indifferently and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Sun for winning the Song porcelain plum blossom bowl. After the auction, someone sent the items you took to the mansion."
Old Man Sun nodded expressionlessly, walked back to his seat, and finally glared at Old Man Sun fiercely.
Xu Qing's sleepiness was mostly gone at this time, and his eyes were fixed on the porcelain bowl on the stage. He never thought that an object like this could be sold at a sky-high price of tens of millions. It was simply incredible.
"Brother, let me tell you a little secret." Young Master Tang turned his head and blinked at Xu Qing mysteriously.
"What?" Xu Qing leaned back to the side. Young Master Tang covered half of his mouth with his palm and whispered: "This Song porcelain bowl was also bought by my father for 600,000 yuan. Together with the broken fake bottle, it cost 1.2 million yuan."
Xu Qing's heart was slightly shocked. It was a big deal, right? The problem was that one broke, which was equivalent to 20 times more. This money came faster than robbing a bank!
At this moment, Xiao Gongyun had already asked someone to collect the porcelain bowl on the table. He bent down and took out an object from the box at his feet and placed it on the table. It turned out to be a 20-centimeter-high three-legged bronze jungle. It was covered with copper rust on the surface, but the shape was clear, which was considered a rare fine product.
Xiao Gongyun spread his palms and pointed his fingertips into the bronze lord, saying in a hurry: "A bronze lord from the Shang Dynasty has a minimum price of 300,000 yuan, and the price increase is no less than 20,000 yuan each time. If you are interested, please come forward to verify the instrument."
"Brother, let's go and have a look?" Mr. Tang was a little interested in this bronze lord and casually invited Xu Qing to come forward to verify the equipment.
"Okay, just go to the museum to visit." Xu Qing was not pretentious and walked to the stage with Master Tang and Mr. Wu walked up to the stage without any haste. Mr. Tang was not anxious and followed. He naturally had to go up to identify the authenticity of the object that Master Tang was interested in.
“Thirty-five thousand.”
Before Xu Qing and Master Tang could see clearly the appearance of the bronze lord, someone had already made a offer.
Chapter completed!