Chapter 310

Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty-Eight

"Dang, Dang, Dang," came the sound of three gavels hitting the table, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Tang Ning, the auctioneer for this special auction of Chinese antiques. First of all, I would like to thank our Highness Wilson Come, please stand up and welcome, thank you."

Hearing the auctioneer's words, William couldn't help but rolled his eyes, feeling reluctant in his heart, but immediately said to Shen Cheng and the other Tianchao guests in action, "Please stand up out of courtesy, friends, thank you".

After speaking, he took the lead and stood up and watched Wilson applaud. With his friendly relationship with the Wilson family, William would not slap the royal family in the face at this time.

Except for the English people who would spontaneously stand up and applaud, everyone in the audience froze for a moment, and when they saw William taking the lead to stand up, they also stood up and applauded.

Wilson was stunned for a moment. Seeing William standing up and looking at him applauding, he reacted with a smile on his face and stood up and nodded to the surroundings. He kept saying, "Thank you, thank you", not daring to be polite. out of reach.

After being polite, many people stared at today's auctioneer. If it weren't for him, everyone would stand up politely and pay attention to a young man who had just turned 18. Not only did Wilson not feel him, but he would blame him. He is busy.

"God, this is what annoys me the most," William complained to Shen Cheng after sitting down, "Today's auctioneer must be from England, and he is a supporter of the royal family, otherwise Wilson wouldn't be able to enjoy this kind of courtesy." .

After speaking, William turned his head and teased Wilson, who was still excited, "Right, Wilson, this is probably the first time you have received everyone's welcome alone at a non-holiday time."

"Haha, thank you, thank you very much," Wilson showed his sincere thanks, and then complained with a smile, "Dude, can't you stop ruining my dream so quickly?"

"Sorry, my fault," William said in a serious and eccentric tone, "His Excellency, the Duke of Cambridge."

As soon as he heard William's tone, he knew that he was upset, and Wilson responded with a smile, "God, be serious, Your Excellency the Earl of Oxford, it is a public event, and you and I are in the same group."

"Haha", everyone laughed cooperatively to ease the embarrassment just now.

After the jokes are over, the auction officially begins. The first item to be auctioned is an official kiln blue and white jar with Yunlongshou pattern from the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.

After the bidding started, many people would look at William. Professor Guan, who came with Shen Cheng, saw that William was completely uninterested, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Devonhill, this official kiln can be dated at a glance. Are you not interested in anything?"

"Professor Guan, don't be so polite, just call me William."

Professor Guan nodded, and William nodded with a smile in response, "There are too many porcelains from the Jiajing Dynasty. I have more than ten pieces that are several grades higher than the ones being auctioned now. There are too many duplicates. Not interested".

Well, this made everyone choke immediately, and couldn't help complaining in their hearts, you local tyrant, you have a reason.

A dozen pieces of porcelain, calligraphy and painting were photographed in tens of minutes, but William did not raise his cards once, which disappointed the treasure owners who had expected William, a super local tyrant, to join.

After taking a few more antiques, the staff of the auction house put them on a tray and saw William, the white suet jade, became interested.

This piece of jade is the top suet jade mined in 10 years. The treasurer spent several years looking for the top master to carve it. After the production was completed, he kept it in his collection and did not try it himself. No one has tried it. Of course William is interested. .

The whole piece of jade is the size of a goose egg, perfectly round and without any flaws. Only eight horses are lightly carved on the jade, which is very suitable for holding and playing with.

So as soon as the auctioneer finished talking about the starting price of 200,000 pounds, William raised his placard.

Those who are interested in this piece of jade can't help but worry when they see William raise the price without even thinking about it. When the price reaches 500,000 pounds, no one will bid more than 6 floors above the market price of this piece of jade.

"Is there anyone else to bid?" The auctioneer asked twice, seeing that no one at the scene really wanted to bid, and said a third time, and immediately knocked down the gavel in his hand, "Congratulations, Mr. Devinhill, for bidding this piece Eight Horses and Suet Jade".

Seeing that the item had already been photographed, Shen Cheng asked William in a low voice, "Do you buy things regardless of the price?"

"Don't worry about what to do," William said with a smile, "It would be a pity not to win the one you like, and it's only 500,000 pounds."

"Well, it's only 500,000 pounds, more than 6 million Chinese coins," Shen Cheng laughed at himself, "I may not even earn 6 million Chinese coins in my life. Should I say you are extravagant or that you value money?" like,,,"

"Stop", William quickly stopped Shen Cheng's words, "Old Shen, you are not authentic, suet jade is something that needs to be held in my hand every day to play with, from now on, if I hold it in my hand, I will think of the word you said , then play like this."

"If you feel disgusted, you can give it to me, I don't mind," Shen Cheng joked.

William curled his lips and smiled, "Haha, do you dare to take it for you?"

"Dare, why don't you dare, I really don't have any public office now, why don't you dare."

"Fuck you." William rolled his eyes. He didn't even get started with anything. He would rather stay in the basement and see the light of day than give it away.

The auctioneer tapped the gavel, "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, today's highlight is coming."

Three staff members came up with three trays covered with red cloth, put them on the display table and took off the red cloth, and immediately displayed the three animal heads in front of everyone.

The auctioneer said loudly, "At the request of the treasure master, Niu,

We have temporarily changed the auction plan. The monkey and tiger heads will not be auctioned separately but as a set. The base price is 2 million pounds, and each increase should not be less than 100,000 pounds. Please bid."

"Damn it", people who were interested in these three animal heads immediately scolded. The price of three pieces sold together for 2 million pounds immediately made many people hesitate. The price of three pieces together will definitely be much higher, and many people shout Protest.

"Bang bang bang", the auctioneer hastily tapped the gavel on his hand, "In order to express my apology for changing the auction plan, the treasurer will pay a profit of 5 after the transaction. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, the low price of 2 million pounds, someone Bid?"

With a profit of 5, the participants at the scene felt better, and the resistance was not so strong. Only Shen Cheng suddenly felt that these people were being calculated by others. He turned his head and looked at William suspiciously, thinking of the treasure master The sudden change of the auction plan couldn't have been done by William, right?

After discussing with other partners, I have to accept it. For them, it is best to buy all 3 pieces. If not, they should buy at least 2 pieces and take them home. Now shooting three pieces together immediately disrupted their plans. Bottom up.

Chapter 439 Some things are really enviable

The three pieces were auctioned at the same time, and the price was 2 million pounds. There were quite a few people who were able to buy them on the spot. What they are fighting now is that they are reluctant to give up the price that exceeds expectations and are not optimistic about the prospect of the appreciation of the antiques of the Tian Dynasty.

The venue paused for more than ten seconds, and soon someone began to hold signs.

Seeing someone bid, the auctioneer breathed a sigh of relief, and said happily, "2 million, 2 million, the bid on the 32nd is 2 million pounds, is there any other bidders?"

"2.1 million pounds," Shen Cheng glanced at his companions, and saw that everyone nodded and raised their cards.

A few minutes later, the price reached 3.6 million pounds. The price has exceeded 20% of the estimated value of the three animal heads, and there are not many bidders.

And this price was close to Shen Cheng's bottom line. This time they only brought 50 million Celestial Coins. As long as the auction price exceeds 4.2 million pounds, they will not have enough money.

The price exceeded expectations, and the auctioneer shouted excitedly, "3.7 million, customer No. 14 bid 3.7 million, is there anyone going to raise the price?" In today's auction, the average price of the antiques that have been auctioned has exceeded the expected 30. After the end, his commission can be quite a lot.

In just a few rounds, under Shen Cheng's worried mood, the price quickly reached 4.3 million pounds. Before they hesitated to ask the group for help and instructions, the price rushed to 4.5 million pounds.

"Forget it, there is no need to ask for instructions anymore. It is impossible to win without 5 million pounds. More than 60 million Chinese coins are completely beyond the price we can accept."

Mr. Liu, who had been silent all this time, finished talking to Shen Cheng and the others, and then said to William, "Mr. Devonhill, now it's up to you. Instead of letting other people take pictures, I would rather have these three treasures in your hands." superior".

William suddenly said, "How about we make a deal."

"What?" Seeing that things had turned around, Shen Cheng hurriedly asked, "What deal?"

William didn't answer his question, but raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and said to the auctioneer, "5 million pounds."

"Fk", the hearts of those who were still fighting for it immediately thumped, and William, who had been inactive all this time, finally came on the stage.

Regardless of the sudden uproar at the scene, William said to Shen Cheng, "I'm more interested in things like jadeite, bloodstone, Tianhuangshi, suet white jade, huanghuali, sapphire, etc. I'll give you 5 yuan if you buy them for me. How about the normal commission of the company?"

"Huh, 5? You thought it was auctioned by an auction house. As far as I know, the normal commission is at least 10." Shen Cheng stared at William and mocked, "You really deserve to be a capitalist. You must fight for every penny. The commissions are all trying to get it out of the hands of those of us who earn hard money."

"10 is 10", William didn't look embarrassed at being exposed, "But I only want the best things, and I won't accept ordinary things.

By the way, if you can help me find the top gemstones over 100 carats, I will give you a commission of 1 million pounds, and then I will help you photograph these three animal heads. How about deducting the money from future commissions? ".

"This", it is very difficult to find top-level gemstones, but if you have contacts, you may be able to find out who has them if you know a lot of people, but this kind of thing can't be done 100%. Don't want to sell it?

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