One Thousand and Fifty-Six. Shooting at the Corner

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Top-level auctions are similar to secret meetings, and photography and video recording are not allowed throughout the process. This is to protect the rich and wealthy participating in the auction. After all, no one wants to be kidnapped as soon as they go out.

Therefore, ordinary people seldom see photos of auction news afterwards, and most of them are pure text records. Even if there are photos, they are of the auction items and white-glove auctioneers, not the bidding scenes of rich people.

Rich people are free to take photos, but they will not provide these photos to news organizations, because there is no need for that, and they participate in the auction only because they are impressed by the auction items in the publicity, not for hype.

Those who can enter the auction are all invited by Ritchie's Auction House, and they have full confidence in them.

It can be seen from this that Little Black has made a big setback for Qin Shiou. If there is no problem, then Qin Shiou is the first person to participate in the auction through mobile phone video.

There may be rich people who don't have time to attend the auction and have assigned assistants or friends to come, but the contact between them is by phone, not video.

Just because of this, Qin Shiou should be proud.

The broadband speed in Canada is very fast and the video is connected. Qin Shiou saw a huge small-leaf red sandalwood bumper placed in front of a small auditorium. Behind the bumper was an auctioneer, and there were densely packed people in the seats around it.

"There are so many people." Qin Shiou exclaimed.

Little Black said proudly: "Of course, buddy, you don't even look at who is in charge of the publicity work. But to be honest, Qin. We have to thank you for the rapid expansion of our auction business."

Qin Shiou understood what Little Black meant. Since Ricci's Auctions started in the spring of the previous year, he provided the finale treasures of the next few big auctions, which was of great help to the auction.

One of the things little Blake is most proud of. It was when Qin Shiou learned that he had the statues of Perseus and Medusa in his hands, he came to negotiate in person and won the friendship of the other party.

This is also one of the reasons why he has been promoted so quickly within the family. After getting the corner this time, such important business activities as the spring auction were directly handed over to him, making him the most anticipated member of the family. Tomorrow's star.

Hear what Little Blake said. Qin Shiou summed it up with a classic sentence: "This is the result of our joint efforts. There is half of me in the military medal, and half of you."

The two chatted a few words,

The auction started, and the auctioneer first introduced the bumper: the flagship belonging to King John of Norway 500 years ago, the material is rosewood lobular, the devil nicknamed the king, etc.

Now the horn is no longer the water-drenched look when it was just fished out of the sea. Ricci’s auction house has maintained and tidied it up. Some rough edges have been re-polished, and the rotten and broken places have been filled with the same material of small-leaf red sandalwood, and even a layer of wax has been applied on the outside.

Looking at the angle of impact from the camera, the surface exudes a crystal luster, and the inside is made of noble and elegant purple-black material. The shape is mighty and domineering, and it is absolutely high-end and elegant.

And that's just from the phone. It's even better if it's on the spot.

The auctioneer doesn't even need a long introduction, after he briefly tells. Immediately start the auction: "The base price is 45 million US dollars, and the price increase in each stage is an integral multiple of 1 million. Now the official start, 45 million..."

"Forty-six million!"

Immediately, someone raised his hand and shouted loudly, Qin Shiou could hear it from the phone. Little Black shifted his perspective. Qin Shiou was surprised to find that this was an acquaintance, the most handsome little prince in the Middle East, Harmandan.

And there were two acquaintances sitting on the left and right sides of the little prince. One is Lori Princess Samara and the other is Afef.

The little princess sat dignifiedly on the auction stand. In fact, it was very boring, with a straight upper body, but his little head turned around, and he yawned a little when he couldn't find anything interesting.

As soon as Harmandan made an offer, a tall, fat white man also raised his hand to make an offer. This man's voice was relatively low, and Qin Shiou couldn't hear what he quoted. It was Little Black who repeated it for him: "One million is raised. , forty-seven million."

The price climbed rapidly. Qin Shiou noticed that all the people participating in the bidding were Jews and wealthy people from the Middle East, and he wondered whether all the wealth in the world is now concentrated in the hands of these people.

Little Black said how could it be, now there are several wealthy Russians who are also actively bidding, and it depends on the final result.

The bidding for the previous lot was completed quickly, and Qin Shiou opened the video for five minutes, and the bidding was still going on, but these rich people were very sensible, including the princes and princes in the Middle East, and each time the price was increased by one million, everyone seemed to be more patient. .

But after all, time is at stake, even if the base price is only increased at one time, the price will still increase by 20 million after five minutes, climbing to the terrifying 65 million step by step!

Qin Shiou looked at the calm rich people, and couldn't help feeling in his heart, how big the gap between the rich and the poor is in this society, tens of millions of dollars, in the eyes of the rich, it seems to be just a number, they throw out high prices one after another lightly, No stress!

Big waves washed the sand, the price increased, and bidders kept shaking their heads and quitting. In the end, only a few wealthy Jews and big local tyrants in the Middle East remained.

The decisive battle is always at the last moment. After the price rose to 70 million, even Harmandan and Afef became cautious, while the other rich Middle East tycoons who came together had already withdrawn.

The atmosphere of the subsequent auction became heavy, and the voice of the auctioneer repeating the price became softer and softer, instead of becoming more passionate, everything was abnormal.

After two price increases, it was 72 million. When an elegant Jewish middle-aged man quoted the price, Afef shook his head first, and the little princess Samara pulled Prince Hamandan beside him, who was unwilling Glancing at the middle-aged man, he finally shook his head.

It can be seen that the handsome prince was not reconciled to not being able to take down the giant ram of the lobular red sandalwood.

At this moment, the auctioneer became full of energy again, and he repeated the price three times in a calm and thick voice, drop the hammer!

When the blow sounded, Little Black also let out a sigh of relief, and said excitedly, "Seventy-two million! Seventy-two million!"

For world auctions, this price is nothing. There are even more exaggerated prices, especially in Christie's and Sotheby's auctions, where there may be several transactions worth over 100 million US dollars at a time.

For example, last year, Picasso's oil painting "Women of Algiers (version o)" was sold for a sky-high price of 179 million US dollars in the "Looking into the Past" evening auction at Christie's in New York.

However, for Little Blake, these works of art do not belong to him. No matter what the auction price is, he can at most take a commission, but the angle is different. He has a dividend, and the transaction price is more than 70 million US dollars. , he can get close to 10 million! (to be continued)