Professor Liu Yu took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his face hard. Although the temperature inside was not very hot, for him, his whole body felt hot because countless hot eyes were looking at him, as if he was a beauty and was performing a lovely program on stage.

But in fact, he just said one thing, saying that he wanted to bid 13 million to buy this Song version of "Three Character Classic".

His words were undoubtedly super shocking for others, but for him, it was the result of careful consideration.

That's right, he knew that he was not qualified to participate in this auction, but there was no famous article rule for him not to participate in this auction. It was just that everyone tacitly thought that only the four major collectors in Jinling could participate, and others could only watch the fun.

In addition, he knew more clearly the true value of this "Three Character Classic". Why, because he is closest to this book, he can clearly see many subtle parts.

So what did he see?

He saw two small characters in the preface of this book, very small characters, very inconspicuous characters that will be ignored, that is - the first draft.

What is the first draft?

As the name suggests, it is a manuscript printed for the first time. It is equivalent to the current first version and is the one with the greatest research value and collection value among all versions.

Professor Liu is an ancient book expert. He also has many good rare ancient books in his hands, but this is the first time he has seen the first draft of the Southern Song Dynasty. So when he realized this, his pupils were directly dilated, and he found that everyone around him, including the four auction collectors, seemed to have not realized this.

His heart immediately became hot.

You should know that the first drafts of the Song Dynasty were unique, and they were sold at auction at tens of millions. Moreover, this was a rare butterfly dress, a rare ephedra paper, and a rare collection of books by Prince Yuan Second!

The mentality of picking up a bargain was like a ball of fire, burning in his chest. He took deep breaths, took deep breaths, and after thinking, he directly bid for a price of 13 million!

As he imagined, the people around him were shocked by his bid, and even his employer Lin Yi looked at him.

Lin Yi was very surprised. Professor Liu was too devoted to his work. In order to increase the price of this book, he actually took it on his own. Lin Yi, who had picked up countless bargains, did not know what Professor Liu was thinking.

Seeing that everyone was surprised, Lin Yi felt that he needed to stand up and ease the atmosphere, so he smiled and said, "Sorry, Professor Liu may be too excited and forgot that he is not the one who participated in the filming... Of course, as the four major collectors of Jinling, I will respect your opinions. If you allow Professor Liu to participate in the filming, I don't mind... What about others, what do you think?"

Lin Yi's words are both attacking and defending, but the four major collectors are embarrassed. If they do not agree with Professor Liu's participation in the filming, then they appear to be narrow-minded and even more afraid of the price offered by Professor Liu. However, if he is asked to participate in the filming, it will break the rules. After all, the batch of books provided by Lin Yi is for them.

Thinking of this, as the representative of the four major collectors, Mr. Lu San said, "We are very curious, curious why Professor Liu offered such a price? 13 million is not a small amount. If you insist on participating in the auction, we will not refuse, but we need a reason."

This was very tactful, but he handed the ball to Professor Liu himself, meaning that he would give him a reason to participate in the filming.

Professor Liu has a headache. What is the reason? Can you tell you that I discovered the new secret of this book? It is a rare first draft of the Southern Song Dynasty...

Professor Liu's mind was fighting with heaven and man. In the end, his noble character defeated the mentality of wanting to get a bargain. He sighed and said, "Sorry, everyone, I was ugly just now... The main reason is that I can't help myself with this book. You may not realize that in addition to being a butterfly costume in the Southern Song Dynasty, this book is also a first draft!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

"What? This is the first draft?!"

"No, my god, how is that possible?"

"The first draft of the Southern Song Dynasty? Isn't that the giant panda in ancient books? No, it's more precious than the giant panda?"

...

People all started to talk, as if Professor Liu released a time bomb, blowing everyone up.

As the four major collectors who bid for the auction, Lu Sanye and the others were also stunned, and even the military advisors next to them were stunned and blushed.

Needless to say, I was shocked by this news; as for the red face, they were all experts in ancient book identification hired by others for high salaries, but they didn’t find that the slightest flaws were found. It was not obvious that this book was actually the first draft of the butterfly costume from the Southern Song Dynasty!

What does this mean? It means that your skills are not deep enough.

In fact, let alone them, even Lin Yi was a little stunned and even regretted it.

He was used to picking up bargains and even more used to being invincible. Every time there was a treasure, he could see through its true face as soon as possible, but this time, he actually took out such a rare book for auction.

At that moment, Lin Yi even had the urge to withdraw the film directly, but reason stopped him.

Because he knew what he meant if he did that, it meant that he regretted, it mean that he had a slap in his eyes, and it mean that his minimum principle of honesty was destroyed.

Lin Yi sighed in his heart and was thumping his eyes. Unexpectedly, his geese were pecked by them all day long. A rare Song version of the book was taken out for auction by him.

Looking at the atmosphere at the scene again, it was very strange.

Finally, Lin Yi, who calmed down, said first: "Everyone has heard Professor Liu's reason, so do you think he is qualified to participate in the auction?"

Before the four collectors could speak, Professor Liu suddenly shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I was really too impulsive just now. In fact, I was greedy and wanted to find a gap in it, so I only paid a price of 13 million yuan. Now, I think about it, I'm quite embarrassed, so everyone just thinks it's a joke, a not very funny joke--I no longer ask to participate in the filming."

Professor Liu's sudden confession made the atmosphere at the auction even more weird, and it was a bit funny. Some people even speculated whether Professor Liu had specially invited "funny" by Lin Yi, but the level of this funny guy was a little higher, and he would be 13 million.

The four major collectors led by Master Lu San were embarrassed to say anything else. They admitted their mistakes and withdrew from participating. But who will accept the price of 13 million?

As soon as this question came out, the most flexible Ding Qi said generously: "That 13 million is mine!"

Damn! Snatch the show!

Do you think we can't afford 13 million?

Just as the others were about to continue to increase the price, an old and familiar voice said, "I will pay 18 million!"

Everyone saw that it was not Mr. Lu San who was.

Mr. Lu became angry and took the money directly and didn't use it as a money. He actually increased the price by 5 million!

This is really the buzzword - being rich is really willful.

But for other collectors, this is not willfulness, it is a cheating father.

5 million is not a small amount.

Mr. Zhang Si, Mr. Feng Wu, and Mr. Ding Qi, look at me, I see you, and you are all thinking about whether to continue to raise the price to pursue.

The military advisors next to them were not just a good meal. They just walked away and blushed. Now they have to make up for their merits and save their face again. So they raised their keyboards again---

Some auction records about the Song version on the computer, among which the earliest existing collection of poems and essays of the Northern Song Dynasty, "The Collection of Lotus Society in Zhaoqing Temple, Hangzhou West Lake" was sold for 16.1 million yuan in the recent auction, setting a world record for Chinese ancient books auctions and breaking the highest auction record for Song versions.

.This book is the earliest Northern Song Dynasty engraving in addition to Buddhist scriptures and is also the earliest collection of poems and essays. It has extremely precious documentary and version value, and is of great significance to the study of Chinese printing history, calligraphy history, printing history and papermaking history.

Now this "Three Character Classic" has reached a sky-high price of 18 million yuan, which can be said to be the "Collection of Lotus Club of Zhaoqing Temple, West Lake, Hangzhou".

Do you need to continue to increase your investment?

The other three collectors all thought deeply.

Time is slipping away quietly, the three-minute delay of the auction has almost arrived, and the countdown begins--10,9,8,7,6,5,4...

With a sigh, all three collectors gave up!

There is no way, money is strength in auctions.

18 million, transaction!
Chapter completed!