dkrc Chapter 534 The auction begins
Chapter 534 The auction begins
Chapter 534 The auction begins
Luo Chen took off his tuxedo, and immediately felt a burst of relief. The strict formal attire really made him feel a little inconvenient.
Then Luo Chen pulled off the coat from one of Kiel's men and put it on himself. At first glance, there was no difference, but the difference in skin color could be seen at a glance.
But Luo Chen wasn't worried about this either. At the end of the day, Luo Chen noticed that some of Kiel's subordinates were of yellow race.
After Luo Chen changed his clothes, he tidied up his things, and then walked to the entrance of the secret room.
Yu Wenjie came to Luo Chen's side and told him to be careful.
Luo Chen said yes, and asked Yu Wenjie to board here, and she would come down after giving the signal.
After everything was ready, Luo Chen looked at the dark passage, felt the situation of the underground secret room again, and then walked in slowly.
Yu Wenjie looked at Luo Chen, whose back was slowly disappearing into the passage. In this atmosphere and environment, she couldn't help feeling a little nervous.
The auction venue on the third floor of the White Building.
What is being displayed is the first auction item, an authentic painting of a famous Renaissance painting.
Fang Yi looked at the huge LCD screen hanging above his head, which showed close-ups of the auction items on the booth. He was not very interested in these things, so he didn't pay much attention to them.
His gaze moved to the venue below him.
There were nearly 200 people in the venue. If you count the VIP area, more than 200 people came to participate in this auction.It can be said to be a very grand auction. In the packed venue, Fang Yi found Hu Tianjian who was sitting in the front seat.
The narrator has already started.Introducing this item to all the guests, clear voices sounded from all over the auction venue.
"Dear guests, next to me is the first auction item tonight, the authentic work of the famous Renaissance painter Raphael, the wedding of the Virgin. The starting price is 300 million US dollars, so please bid enthusiastically!"
"500 million!"
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, someone bid immediately.
Baimian tilted his body and said to Keir.
"Mr. Keir, I've always been curious, are these paintings of yours really real?"
Kiel laughed.
"It's absolutely true! If it's not the real thing, why would my auction have so many people participating?"
With that said, Keir was very proud, and he patted his white face.
"That's because I can buy things that I can't buy at all, as long as I can afford the price, not to mention this painting, even the real Mona Lisa's smile, I can get it."
Baimian was also unavoidable, and he gave Kiel a high look.
"As expected of Mr. Keir, I have long heard that Mr. Keir's underground auction is the best in Europe, and today I saw it and it really lives up to its reputation."
The auction has always been Kiel's pride. Hearing Baimian's praise at this moment, he couldn't help but feel even more proud. He waved his hand, and the waiter behind him took the expensive red wine and poured half a glass for Kiel Baimian and Fang Yi. .
Kiel raised his wine glass and invited Bai Mian to clink glasses.
"Mr. Baimian, let's celebrate our happy cooperation in advance."
Bai Mian smiled and clinked glasses with Kiel.
"Pleasant to work with."
After clinking glasses with Baimian, Keir turned around and invited Fang Yi to clink glasses.
"Brother Fang Yi, I'm very glad that you can come here today, come on, let's have a drink."
Fang Yi was the first person Keir met when he was in the DA Alliance at the beginning, and he received a lot of care from Fang Yi and was helped a lot by Fang Yi. Therefore, it is rare for Fang Yi. A bit of the sincere affection of a friend is in it.
Fang Yi nodded with a smile, and touched his glass with Kiel.
At this time, the bidding in the audience has become extremely heated.
Fang Yi saw that Hu Tianjian had followed for three rounds, and had raised the price to as high as 2000 million US dollars, but the last mysterious rich man bid 3000 million US dollars in one breath, and the audience fell silent. It's not that everyone else can't afford the 3000 million Ten thousand, but this painting is far from worth the price.
Hu Tianjian did not follow Fang Yi's instructions.
Because it is impossible to get in touch with Luo Chen who is in the underground secret room, Fang Yi cannot know which item Luo Chen will enter the room in the underground secret room when the auction is held. To be on the safe side, Fang Yi told Hu Tianjian Commodities grasp the time, and how long the time can be delayed.
Of course, this auction also has some strange rules formulated by Keir, that is, a person can only bid for three rounds at most, and now Hu Tianjian can't follow even if he wants to.
The narrator strikes with a hammer.
"3000 million once!"
"3000 million times!"
"Four million three times!"
"make a deal!"
"Let us congratulate this gentleman, he will get this painting, the wedding of the Virgin, at a price of 3000 million!"
There was a burst of applause in the venue.
The spotlights were turned on and gathered on the winner of the painting.
Many people looked over with curiosity, wanting to see what kind of person was willing to pay such a ridiculous price for a painting that could not be called very famous.
The rich man of the mysterious man was smiling, and he was wearing a mask that covered most of his face, making it difficult to see his specific appearance.
Most of the guests are not surprised by this.
The auction held by Kiel is an underground auction. It is famous for its ability to bring out many rare and valuable things for auction. Among the people who come here especially, there are also many rich people from the gray forces. These people usually make too many enemies. Many, so in such a more complicated situation, they will pay great attention to protecting their identity.
The first round of auctions ended, and then the second round of auctions began.
The painting on the booth had already been taken down, and a square hole was opened in the floor in the center of the booth. After a while, the elevator sent a person and the second auction item to the booth.
The commentator came to the side of the table where the second auction item was placed. He reached out and touched the glass cabinet. Inside the glass cabinet was a fist-sized blue bead.
Immediately, there was a burst of cheers in the venue.
The narrator was very satisfied with the reaction of the scene, and his tone became excited.
"Presumably many distinguished guests already know what this auction item is."
"That's right! This auction item is—Yelan Pearl!"
"More than 200 years ago, the righteous army formed by the great British Empire and its allies went to the East and provided humanitarian assistance to the East at that time. This night pearl was a gift from the Eastern Dynasty at that time!"
Hu Tianjian couldn't help hearing this, and complained to his brothers on the left and right.
"Fuck, this gringo is really shameless. He obviously snatched it, but he still said it was humanitarian aid. We gave them a gift? I'm so stupid!"
Hu Dikun and Hu Renjie also agreed.
The invasion of China by the coalition forces at the beginning was an invasion that cannot be ignored in history. Now they are still talking about it and publicly auctioning off their own country's treasures, which made the two brothers feel a little bit righteous.
Hu Tianjian was so angry that he asked the brothers beside him in a low voice.
"Are you all ready for the bomb?"
The old Er Hu Dikun nodded solemnly.
"Get ready, big brother. Thanks to Boss Fang Yi's management, we were able to bring the bombs in. The third child and I have already placed the bombs in the four corners of the venue, but those bombs are not too powerful, so we probably won't be able to cause damage. What an impact."
Hu Tianjian smiled coldly.
"That's enough."
The bomb is too powerful. If the Bailou is directly blown down, there will be nowhere for them to run. It is better if the power is lower. Luo Chen in the underground secret room stalled for time.
"This night pearl is made of oriental specialty jade. It is said that it was born in a tribe called Tubo, and it has a history of thousands of years. And the most magical thing about this night pearl is..."
The narrator gave a signal to the staff, and the lights on the booth went out one after another.
"Look, distinguished guests!"
On the pitch-black booth, the Yelan Pearl in the glass case slowly emitted a light blue soft light in the darkness. Those lights came and went one after another, it was really beautiful, and it caused cheers in the venue.
The booth lights turned on again, and the commentator's voice sounded again.
"Then which VIP will be able to take such a treasure? Let's wait and see!"
"Yelan Pearl, the starting price is 3000 million US dollars!"
"5000 million!"
As soon as the commentator's voice fell, there was a bidding from the VIP area, and a price of 2000 million was raised immediately.
The whole venue was silent for a while.
Fang Yi looked at the venue indifferently, rubbing his thumb and index finger on his lap, and he was estimating the progress of Luo Chen's actions.
Bai Mian also had his own thoughts. He carefully observed the venue to see if there were any suspicious people. If Yu Wenjie was really still in the manor, he might have mixed in the venue to try to get news about Fang Shi.At the same time, Baimian also asked from time to time, if there was any news from the subordinates in charge of monitoring Kiel's study.
Compared with the two of them, Keir was much more innocent. He was just happy now, so happy that he couldn't help sharing his joy with Fang Yi.
"Brother Fang Yi, it is true that the treasures of your country are more valuable than ours. Take the painting just now as an example, its value is only 300 million, but this night pearl is really precious, even more than that." 3000 million."
As soon as Kiel finished speaking, the bidding was refreshed again.
Someone asked for a price, and it reached 7000 million.
"look!"
Thinking that these were all his own money, Keel couldn't help squinting his eyes happily.
"As expected of a great oriental country with vast land and abundant resources!"
Fang Yi just smiled along with him and didn't say anything. He really couldn't be happy with such a compliment.
Seeing that the price of 7000 million made the venue fall into silence again, Hu Tianjian decided to call out his first bid.
He held up the sign marked with his own number and shouted loudly.
"One hundred million!"
After the price was called out, there was a commotion in the venue.
Even Kiel and the others set their sights on Hu Tianjian at this moment.
Bai Mian took a closer look, and found that he had no impression of the man who offered the exorbitant price.
The second son Hu Dikun and the third son Hu Renjie never dared to expect to hear such astronomical sums of money from their eldest brother. Their lifetime wages combined would not be able to reach this price.
"Brother, do you have so much money?"
Hu Tianjian laughed.
"Don't worry, someone will reimburse you."
The person who was reimbursed was naturally Luo Chen.
After Fang Yi told Luo Chen that he would let Hu Tianjian participate in the auction to attract Baimian's attention, Luo Chen promised that he would let Hu Tianjian bid casually, and all expenses would be his own.
And Hu Tianjian also relied on Luo Chen's backing to really have a blast at the auction.
After calling out a bid of [-] million, he immediately felt that the people around him looked at him differently.
The commentator was also shocked by Hu Tianjian's bid, and he recovered after a few seconds, picked up the hammer and struck it.
"One hundred million times!"
"One hundred million times!"
"One hundred million three..."
Just when the commentator's voice was about to fall.
At the VIP seat, the person who bid 5000 million just now offered another astonishing price.
"Two hundred million!"
After the price was quoted, the venue could be described as boiling.
Everyone in the VIP area has seen the world and is still calm.
But in the meeting place, many people who are just a little rich have already started talking about it. They all raised their heads, wanting to see who is the one who bid [-] million yuan.
However, because the line of sight was blocked by the guardrail, the people in the venue on the third floor could not see the people sitting in the VIP area on the fourth floor.
The narrator was very shocked. You must know that the highest transaction record in the history of the auction is only [-] million US dollars.
That was two years ago, and the auction item was a complete mural unearthed from a large mausoleum.
And now, for a night pearl, it has reached a sky-high price of [-] million before several biddings, which is really unimaginable.
The hammer sounded.
"Two hundred million once!"
"Two hundred million times!"
Baimian curiously moved his eyes to the person who bid [-] million bids not far away, because he was also on the fourth floor, he could see the appearance of the bidder, but Baimian also didn't know this person, so he asked What is the identity of Keir.
Kiel told Baimian that this man is an ordinary businessman, but he is usually low-key, but his assets are ranked high in the world.
Bai Mian nodded his head knowingly, thinking that really awesome people usually don't show off their mountains or leak water, and look ordinary, which is exactly what the saying "big hermit lives in the city".
Seeing that this night pearl was about to be taken by the mysterious rich man at a sky-high price of [-] million, Hu Tianjian clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, raised his sign and shouted loudly.
"Three hundred million!"
In the venue, there was an exclamation.
Because most people often participate in Kiel's auctions, they know that the current auction record is [-] million US dollars!
There has been no breakthrough record in a few years. Today, the second auction item was evenly bid by two people in less than three rounds, and judging by the posture, there is still a possibility of breaking it.
Keel was overjoyed when he heard this number, but he quickly calmed down again.
Although the Yelan Pearl is precious, Keel put it in the second auction item, which means that it is still not as good as the latter.
And such an auction item almost broke the transaction record at the auction, which made Kiel wonder if there was something wrong with it.
He has seen the rich man in the VIP area, so what is the origin of the person who dares to bid with the rich man?
Kiel scrutinized Hu Tianjian, who was sitting in the venue on the third floor.
Not only Kiel, but even Bai Mian began to look at Hu Tianjian again.
He also felt that such a reckless bid was not normal.
(End of this chapter)