Chapter 238
The auction starts at 10:30 a.m.
Lin Xiao arrived at ten o’clock, registered, received the number plate, and found an inconspicuous position to sit.
He looked left and right, and there were more than 130 people present, and there were still people entering.
He didn’t see a familiar figure.
At half past ten, the auction began.
The person in charge of presiding over the auction was a man in his thirties, slightly chubby, wearing a light gray suit.
He stood on the stage, the LCD screen on the back displaying information about the items to be auctioned.
After a brief opening, the host said: “The first lot, this is a 7.07 ct yellow diamond and diamond ring by Van Cleef & Arpels, with a starting price of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars. ”
As soon as the words fell, someone held up a sign.
“No. 13, 100,000 Hong Kong dollars!”
“Number 22, 120,000 Hong Kong dollars…”
In this auction, a 258 markup was used.
That is, the reserve price is 100,000, the first price increase is 120,000, the second time is 150,000, the third time is 180,000, and the fourth price increase is 220,000, subject to the tail.
This yellow diamond ring was eventually sold for 550,000 Hong Kong dollars.
The opening was all jewelry lots, a total of 70 pieces, no first-class auctions, and the auction process took only half an hour, which is quite fast.
Next, there’s porcelain.
Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing…
Porcelain from all five dynasties.
“This is a blue and white wine glass during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, with a starting price of 800,000.”
“Number 120, 800,000.”
“Number 10, 820,000…”
Soon, 2.
Then came some porcelain, the price of the drop hammer is not high, and the most expensive piece is only 7 million.
Under normal circumstances, it is normal for auctions of this scale to have auction items with a price of several tens of millions.
During this period, more than a dozen pieces of porcelain were photographed.
The porcelain that was photographed, Lin Xiao had seen, was all fakes.
Explain that the buyers participating in the auction have seen it beforehand.
However, some fakes were bought.
Soon, Lin Xiao’s interest came.
“This is the blue and white cloud dragon pattern flat bottle from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, with a starting price of 3 million!”
Lin Xiao looked at this dragon pattern flat bottle and quietly waited for the opportunity to strike.
As long as it can be won within 66 million!
His plan is that when the price is shouted to 20 million, he directly mentions 25 million.
This method has a certain effect, if you are lucky, maybe you can buy it for 30 or 40 million.
However, what made him feel strange was that after the host’s introduction, the auction fell into a brief cold.
No one raised a card.
What is this situation?
Lin Xiao looked left and right a little blankly, and he really didn’t even have a card.
Nobody is interested in 203 fun?
Hold the grass, no one buys?
This…
Lin Xiao couldn’t understand a little.
The host was not embarrassed, it seemed to have been expected, and after waiting for a while, the screen on the back was replaced with a picture.
This piece of porcelain, streamed and photographed.
Lin Xiao: …
He was a little dumbfounded at the moment.
This is a stream shoot?
Such a baby, streamed shot?
Are you teasing me?
Lin Xiao was a little shaken, and immediately, he regretted it.
I didn’t even raise a card!
The opportunity to win with a starting price of 3 million, missed it!
It doesn’t matter, wait until the auction is over, find them, and buy them directly.
Items that are auctioned are generally returned directly.
At this time, if someone proposes to buy it, contact the buyer, it is basically no problem.
This kind of genuine auction has happened, and quite a few.
Like the Qianlong shroud he bought at the beginning, if he hadn’t asked the old man to raise his cards, the final result would have been a stream auction.
“This is a pen wash from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, with a starting price of 4 million.”
The host introduced the next lot, which Lin Xiao also wanted to buy, and the system stock price was 43 million.
Just buy it within this price range.
He calculated in his heart that he had to set aside at least 10 million to buy the porcelain that was auctioned later.
However, he suddenly found that the atmosphere of the scene was a little wrong.
This piece of porcelain is still unwanted.
Lin Xiao was lost, really lost.
Does this thing look a lot like a fake?
For the first time, Lin Xiao questioned the professionalism of the system.
Could it be that something went wrong with the system?
In doubt, this lot was also lost.
Lin Xiao: …
Well, missed again.
But he was not in a hurry at all at this time.
If you are lucky, you may be able to win it at a lower price than the starting price.
Soon, the next auction item appeared.
“This is the blue and white pot during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and the starting price is 6 million.”
Lin Xiao discarded the crankiness in his head and looked around.
After the host’s introduction, the venue remained quiet and no one held up signs.
With the previous two porcelain examples, Lin Xiao guessed that, if nothing else, this blue and white pot also had to be auctioned.
This piece of porcelain is a piece that Lin Xiao really wants to buy, because it is too rare, and the price exceeds 100 million.
I thought there was no chance, who thought about it, but faced a stream of shooting.
Lin Xiao is entangled, do you want to raise a card?
Raise a card, there is a high probability that 6 million will be won directly.
Don’t raise cards, shoot and buy afterwards?
Seeing that he was about to shoot a shot, Lin Xiao raised his card.
“Number 78, 6 million!”
The host was smiling.
But soon he couldn’t laugh because there was no second person to raise the card.
“6 million for the first time.”
“6 million for the second time.”
“6 million for the third time, congratulations to No. 78, this Yongle blue and flower pot is yours.”
Lin Xiao’s expression was faint, there was no change, but his heart was ecstatic.
6 million, the starting price is won, it is like a dream.
“The next lot, this is the glazed red years cold three-friend pattern plum bottle during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, with a starting price of 8 million!”
Bonhams auction, among the items auctioned this time, there are three pieces of porcelain with more than 100 million.
In addition to the blue and white pot that Lin Xiao had just taken, there was also this old cold three-friend plum bottle, and another one.
Lin Xiao’s heart beat slightly fast, and he was observing the atmosphere of the scene.
When the host finished speaking, he waited for three seconds, and his emotions had accumulated to a certain extent.
This one, no one is interested in either!
Seeing that he was about to shoot away, Lin Xiao held up his card.
“Number 78!”
The host felt a little familiar, and it seemed that this one was the one who just raised the card.
Waiting for a long time, no one raised the price.
In the end, this plum bottle, worth more than 100 million, was taken down by Lin Xiao.
Three pieces of porcelain worth more than 100 million, Lin Xiao has already won two.
“This lot is a Yuanqinghua embossed sea dragon pattern elephant ear vase, with a starting price of 8 million!”
The venue was quiet for more than ten seconds, and Lin Xiao held up his card.
A minute later, the third piece of porcelain, worth more than 100 million, was taken down by Lin Xiao.
He felt that it didn’t matter if he couldn’t buy the next things, three national treasure-level cultural relics were bought by him at a price almost like a cabbage, and it would be too much to ask for so much.
However, good luck is still with him.
Next, the remaining more than ten pieces of porcelain did not fall.
If it weren’t for Lin Xiao, these porcelains would all be the fate of the stream.
And the number 78 also appeared frequently in these ten minutes.
It once attracted the attention of many people.
Most of the people who participated in the auction were agents, and very few were present in person.
So it’s almost all young faces.
But these young faces have seen a lot, and big people have seen a lot.
During this period, many people looked at Lin Xiao’s side, curious who this one was.
At the same time, he also muttered secretly in his heart, this money laundering is really a little too blatant.
It’s good to get a few real things, all of them are fake, but if there are careful people to check it, they will find out for you in minutes.
However, it is not ordinary people who can launder money in this way.
As long as you don’t die and offend some people who can’t afford to offend, no one will take the initiative to trouble you.
Some people have the intention of making friends, thinking that when the auction is over, they can get to know this person.
Soon, the last piece of porcelain was sold.
There are 16 pieces in total, and in addition to these 16, there are two more pieces, which were streamed.
But Lin Xiao doesn’t care anymore, if he doesn’t shoot or not, what impact does it have on him?
No impact.
Even if you can’t buy those two, it doesn’t matter.
These 16 pieces added up cost Lin Xiao less than 50 million.
And its total value is close to 2 billion.
Lin Xiao never dreamed that he could pick up such a big leak at the auction.
He really wondered now if he had read it wrong.
After all, these porcelains are professional, and you can determine whether they are real or fake at a glance.
But the reality is that no one cares.
It is understandable that one person cannot see it, and two people cannot see that there are extenuating circumstances.
With nearly two hundred people participating in the auction, didn’t one of them see it?
This matter is so absurd that Lin Xiao’s mind is now chaotic. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) )
With his IQ, he can’t analyze what this is all about (AIAC).
The auction was nearing its end, and the finale was the Song edition book.
Lin Xiao originally wanted to mix, but the price of the Song edition book exceeded the system’s valuation, so there was no point in buying it again.
The auction is over.
Lin Xiao followed the staff to leave, pay, and take things.
Instead of paying cash, he paid in Bitcoin.
He can take the things himself, or they can be sent by the other party to his designated place.
If it was just a few pieces, he would have taken it himself, but there were too many for him to take alone.
So he asked the other party to help deliver it to the hotel, and he followed the whole process.
Such a valuable thing, he can not worry about giving it to the other party.
Although the reputation of such a big auction house is guaranteed, the devil knows if the accident will happen to him.
After paying, Lin Xiao said, “There are a few pieces of porcelain that are auctioned, and I am quite interested.” ”
As soon as the man on the other side heard this, he immediately asked, “What did Mr. Lin say?” ”
Lin Xiao said, “Blue and white cloud dragon pattern flat bottle and another pen wash.” ”
The man took out the atlas and quickly found these two things: “Are these two things?” ”
“Yes.” Lin Xiao asked: “If I want these two things, how much can I deal with?” ”
The man said, “Mr. Lin, wait a minute, I need to ask Mr. Huang.” ”
“Hmm.”
The man left the room and contacted Mr. Huang.
A few minutes later, the man returned to the room and said, “If Mr. Lin likes it, these two can be bought at the starting price.” ”
“Starting price…” Lin Xiao hesitated for a few seconds and said, “Okay, help me wrap it up together.” ”
“Okay.”
Lin Xiao continued to pay with Bitcoin, which was convenient and fast.
A few minutes later,.
An hour later, he returned to the hotel.
And the porcelain he bought was also sent to the hotel.
Now.
In the hotel, Lin Xiao sat on the sofa in the room, looking at the porcelain on the ground that had been put on the ground through flexible packaging, and couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
A total of 18 pieces of porcelain, less than 60 million, bought them all.
He really can’t figure it out, and he can’t figure it out even if he breaks his head.
What went wrong?
Why didn’t anyone buy it?
At yesterday’s dinner, he remembered Xu Jianmin saying that these things were probably used by someone to deliberately launder money.
But the fact is that if you don’t raise your cards, you will directly shoot it.
The theory of money laundering is self-defeating.
However, in the eyes of those who participated in the auction together, he was the protagonist of the money laundering.
Lin Xiao was a little crying and laughing, I was a money launderer.
He got up and walked over, unpacked it, took out the bottle of Sanyou Mei from the Hongwu Dynasty, and looked at it carefully.
He really thinks that it will not be his own eyes.
Holding it in my hand at the moment, I carefully read it over and over again, and the information of the system was also read over and over again.
This thing, one thousand percent is a real thing.
“I don’t understand…”
Lin Xiao was too lazy to think about it, it was true, why do so much.
It seems that the quality of buyers on this side of Hong Kong Island is generally not high.
The same low quality, there are specialists over here.
Look at the experts in the interior, as soon as the eyes are set, and when they are touched, it will not take thirty seconds to distinguish the true from the false.
Thinking of Xu Jianmin’s speculation yesterday, Lin Xiao couldn’t help but feel funny.
Fakes, money laundering …
What a laughing statement.
……
Xu Jianmin talked about this at the dinner yesterday, and he paid special attention to it.
After the auction ended today, he got the news that almost all of the fakes had been sold.
And it was purchased by the same person.
He secretly said that it was indeed money laundering.
However, when he learned the identity of the buyer, he was surprised.
The buyer turned out to be Lin Xiao!
He was really surprised, how could it be him?
What money is he going to launder it?
He suddenly thought that Lin Xiao had more than 100 million bitcoins, and his heart suddenly struck.
Is this to wash the Bitcoin money and get it out?
However, it is said that those things add up to less than 60 million, and if he remembers correctly, Lin Xiao’s account seems to have more than 100 million bitcoins.
“Chengchang International, Times International… There seem to be quite a few fakes at the auction these two days. ”
The other three auctions, he also went to see, there were a lot of fakes.
“He arranged it too?”
“Is he going to wash the money?”
Xu Jianmin felt that he had touched the truth, and at the same time he was a little envious.
It’s a shame to be able to pick up a secret account that leaks bitcoin at a stall in the night market.
……
In the hotel, Lin Xiao was talking to Tu Weimin on the phone.
“Director Tu, what’s going on in the museum?”
“I’ve already contacted the Forbidden City, almost.”
“Do you want liquidated damages?”
“Yes.” Director Tu was slightly embarrassed, Dean Tao was not used to him, you could take it if you wanted, go according to the contract, and pay the liquidated damages.
However, there are not many liquidated damages, and Jinling’s side does not care about this little money.
Lin Xiao didn’t ask much, and said: “I bought something on Hong Kong Island, how do I ship it back?” ”
“Relics?”
“Hmm.”
“It’s very simple to ship it back, just provide the purchase contract and report it to the customs in advance.”
Tu Weimin asked, “What good things did you buy?” ”
“Quite a few good things.” Lin Xiao said, “Does Curator Tu want to come?” ”
He is not familiar with the procedures for reporting, so it is good to have someone to help him do it.
Tu Weimin said: “Not in the past few days, there are a lot of things to be busy on my side now, and it will take at least two or three days in the past.” ”
“It’s okay, it’s the same when you’re done.”
“Well, then you wait for me.”
Tu Weimin was a little curious about what Lin Xiao bought.
He held back and didn’t ask, and he would know when he passed.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiao also ordered a meal.
He looked at these boxes in the living room, and it hurt a little.
Although Hong Kong Island is safe, he is not afraid of 10,000 just in case, he cannot stay in his room 24 hours a day.
After thinking about it, he called his father.
At the critical time, it depends on Dad, the most faithful guardian of cultural relics, and it is none other than Dad.
If you move faster, Dad will be there the day after tomorrow.
After the call, the doorbell rang and the meal was delivered.
This afternoon, Lin Xiao did not go out.
The original plan was to go around Hollywood Road again, but with so many treasures in the room, bear with it.
He calculated his balance, which was about 200 million or so.
He originally thought that the balance would be emptied today, but he did not expect that it was only less than 60 million.
In this way, tomorrow’s auction of Chengchang International can also go around, and there are also a lot of good things over there.
[Ask for a custom booking, ask for a monthly pass, ask for flowers].