v3 Chapter 961： Shocking dark horse (5000 characters

Some Hong Kong rich locals who had not participated in the auction in the first three days also showed up at the auction on this day.

There is only one result of the gathering of bigwigs, that is, lower pass rate and higher transaction price.

After the four special sessions in the morning, the total transaction volume reached 31.2 million Hong Kong dollars!

At 3:45 pm, the penultimate auction session ended with an intermission of 15 minutes.

Xia Yu came down from Ren Decheng's office upstairs to the auction hall on the second floor.

The huge auction hall is densely packed with five hundred stools with backrests, and the crowd is full of human heads.

No way, for ordinary auctions, even if there are more than 100 people participating, the number of people in this auction of ancient books has tripled or four times, so the originally spacious auction venue appears to be crowded.

However, the people who came to the auction were rich and powerful, and the purpose was to auction the treasures, and they didn't care about these small flaws.

In addition to the seats provided for bidders in the lobby, there was also a special circle around the periphery, and some stools were placed for dozens of media reporters to sit on.

Seeing the rarely seen tycoon come to the scene in person, the reporters who were fortunate enough to come are all excited, and although the last auction has not yet started, they have already pressed the shutter.

Wearing sunglasses, Xia Yu walked into the hall with the flow of people, glanced around, and found many acquaintances, such as Bao Yugang, Li Zhaoji, and Zheng Yu in the front row.

Perhaps wearing sunglasses makes it harder to be recognized. Only a few people noticed that Xia Yu came in. They smiled at Xia Yu to indicate, and Xia Yu responded with a smile.

Later, Xia Yu came to Huashengshi's side.

For this auction session, Huashengshi’s seat number is 65, while Xia Yu’s seat number is 66.

Originally, Ren Decheng wanted to arrange Xia Yu to sit in the eighth seat in the middle of the first row, but Xia Yu stopped him and directly chose the sixty-sixth, which was located in the front of the venue, but it was not particularly conspicuous.

As time gradually approached the opening, all the photographers who went out to breathe or went to the bathroom returned to the arena.

Cai Keming, the chief Chinese auctioneer of the Sotheby's auction, wore a black tuxedo and came to the auction table vigorously and began to warm up with humorous words.

At four o'clock, the last auction of ancient books officially began.

The first lot should generally be selected carefully. The price of the transaction will affect the subsequent series of lots, so it must be attractive enough, but it must also have enough weight.

Taking into account the superstitious atmosphere of Xiangjiang, especially rich people prefer to believe in Buddhism.

Therefore, the first lot at Sotheby's auction is the Five-Dynasty block-printed "Song of Diamond Sutra by Fu Da Shi of the Liang Dynasty".

After introducing the information of this lot in a succinct and humorous manner, Cai Keming said: "...The Five Dynasties period printed copy of "The Diamond Sutra of Fu Da Shi of the Liang Dynasty", the starting price of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, the auction begins!"

As soon as Cai Keming's voice fell, many people held placards at the venue, some held up placards, and some directly shouted the price of 300,000.

The bidding is endless!

"Thirty-one thousand!"

"Three hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Three hundred seventy thousand!"

...

"Eight eight hundred and eighty thousand!"

"Is there a higher price?"

"The first time of eight hundred and eighty thousand...well, this gentleman quoted nine hundred thousand!"

With a smile on his face, Cai Keming suddenly raised the volume to arouse everyone's emotions.

The rich man who just quoted a price of 880,000 accelerated the speed of pulling the beads in his hand. He seemed to be determined to win the "Liang Dynasty Fu Da Shi Song Diamond Sutra", his face resolutely raised the placard again, and shouted a value that would increase the atmosphere of the venue.

"one million!"

"The first lot in this special sale exceeded one million..."

...

"One and two million... the third time!"

"Boom!"

With the sound of the hammer hitting the ground, it means that the price has fallen. This Five-Dynasty engraved copy of "The Diamond Sutra of Fu Da Shi of the Liang Dynasty" was bought at a price of 1.2 million.

The transaction price exceeded the minimum estimate twice, which greatly excited Ren Decheng, who was watching behind the scenes.

If anyone is more excited than him, it is undoubtedly the collector who provided the Five Dynasties printed copy of "Fu Da Shi Song Diamond Sutra of Liang Dynasty". This collector happily shook hands with Ren Decheng to thank him, and bluntly chose Sotheby's auction to be his wisest choice. His choice, the future Sotheby’s auction will be his first choice.

...

The first lot was sold at a price twice as high as the lowest estimate, which changed the mentality of the wealthy who participated in the auction.

Sure enough, the next second piece "Fifteen Volumes of Appendix Compilation of Yi Benyi", the third piece "Buddha Sutra of Maitreya Sutra", and the fourth piece...none of them went unsold, and the transaction price exceeded the lowest estimate. A lot.

This situation makes the auction atmosphere more heated.

Unconsciously, the auction has come to an end, the atmosphere of the venue has reached a peak, and many people are looking forward to it.

Cai Keming’s voice became agitated. He said loudly, “Next, it’s a moment of great interest. I know that all the VIPs at the scene are coming to it. For so many days, everyone knows more than me. I I won't make any trouble!"

"The Jiajing copy of "Yongle Dadian", a total of one hundred and twenty-two volumes, the starting price of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, the lowest price increase of 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, the auction begins!"

"Boom!"

The hammer was knocked down, but the scene was silent.

As soon as the price of two million Hong Kong dollars came out, many people's faces changed. Obviously, they didn't expect the price to be so high, and the psychological plans of all those who wanted to participate in the auction were disrupted.

For example, Liu Shaoquan, who came with Zhuang Siping, had a very ugly face. He did not expect that the two million Hong Kong dollars specially approved by the Ministry could only meet the lowest starting price. Even if he participated, he would only have one chance to bid. Have to bid before everyone else.

Fortunately, he has a powerful help.

With lingering fears and secretly rejoicing, he looked at Zhuang Siping, Bao Yugang and others beside him.

Now I can only pin my hopes on these people!

After all, the silence for a moment was only because it was too unexpected. Fortunately, the people present were not ordinary people, and they reacted quickly.

Just the first person to bid made the faces of many people ugly.

I saw an island nation in the sixth row holding up a placard and quoted a price with a strong island accent: "Five million!"

There was a little restlessness in the venue, and some people talked about it and learned that this kid is the representative of the island nation’s East Asia Library.

A local Hong Kong tycoon who couldn't see the arrogant appearance of the island people in Xiangjiang, brazenly raised a sign and said: "Six million!"

"Seven million!"

The representative of the East Asian Library of the island country showed firm face and immediately chased prices in a lame mandarin language, revealing the attitude of certainty.

At this time, the representative of the Metropolitan Museum in New York also raised a placard and quoted in English: "7.5 million!"

"7.6 million!"

"Seven million eight hundred thousand!"

...

The bidding boom suddenly broke out, and many rich people made bids. Although it seemed a bit chaotic, it was undeniable that many people were enthusiastic.

It can be seen from the expressions of surprise on the faces of the surrounding reporters and the constant pressing of the shutter.

The price soon exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

Some people with insufficient strength can only clenched their fists unwillingly.

At this time, some truly powerful people in the venue finally moved!

"One and a half million!" This price was quoted by Malaysia's richest man, Kuok Henian.

"Eleven million!" Qiu Deba, the richest man in the star country, offered a placard.

"One and a half million!" from the representative of the island country East Asia Library.

"Twelve million!" Ma Jincan of Dasheng Bank offered with a placard.

...

"Mr. Zhuang, are we still not bidding?"

Seeing the price increase gradually, while Zhuang Siping beside him was still indifferent, Liu Shaoquan became anxious, and he asked with a nervous expression on his face.

Zhuang Siping said with a smile: "Dean Liu, don't worry, it's less than half now, and the price will soon exceed 20 million. At that time, we won't be too late to bid. Don't worry, we are confident."

Zhuang Siping's calmness and calmness affected Liu Shaoquan. He settled a little bit, nodded and said, "Okay, it's up to you, Mr. Zhuang."

Time passed quickly in the fierce auction, and the auction price reached 19 million Hong Kong dollars.

And this price has scared away most people, they can only watch big guys perform.

Except for the East Asia Library of the Island Country and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the remaining four are all Chinese.

"19.5 million!"

The representative of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA, held up the placard again with a solemn expression, and he felt a lot of pressure on the auction to such an extent.

Their bottom line is 5 million U.S. dollars, which is just over 22 million in Hong Kong dollars.

The price is already high!

What's more, they prefer old European artworks and modern paintings. They don’t place too much emphasis on Chinese cultural relics, or because "Yongle Dadian" is the title of the largest encyclopedia in the history of the world, let alone five million. The dollar budget, even if it is half a million dollars, they will not necessarily come out, and they will never come.

"Twenty million!"

Ma Jincan of Dasheng Bank gritted his teeth and quoted the last price. Then after watching Kuo Henian’s offer of 20.5 million, he immediately shook his head and put down the sign with a bitter smile. He stopped following.

Seeing the big collector Ma Jincan give up, and many people lamented that the competition was so fierce that the real big brothers couldn't bear it, Zhuang Siping finally joined in and raised his placard decisively.

"Twenty-one million!"

"That's Mr. Zhuang Siping from Nanyang Commercial Bank. I didn't expect him to make a move at this time. Haven't heard that he likes collecting antiques?"

"Who knows the thoughts of the big guys, keep watching, I don't know if there are other big guys who have not taken action yet."

"Isn't the ship king next to him? Everyone knows his wealth, he has more money than Mr. Zhuang, he doesn't seem to have overpaid yet, right?"

"Hey, it's 22.5 million. Judging from the appearance of the Americans, it seems that you don't intend to follow along?"

...

Many people in the venue have turned into melon-eating crowds and started to gossip.

When the price rose to 28 million, Qiu Deba also gave up to continue to increase the price.

The competition is only between the representative of the island country East Asia Library and Zhuang Siping.

"28.5 million!" The representative of the island country East Asia Library made a solemn offer.

"Twenty-nine million!" Zhuang Siping didn't change his color, and immediately followed the offer.

"thirty million!"

The representative of the East Asian Library of the island country gritted his teeth, showing a fierce look, and once again brazenly raised his placard.

"30.5 million!" Zhuang Siping remained unmoved, and only increased the price by 500,000, which made the representative of the East Asia Library of the island country very upset.

However, the island country belongs to the category of the Chinese cultural circle and is deeply influenced by the Chinese culture. The pursuit of Chinese cultural relics in the island country is not comparable to that of the Americans. Moreover, in this era, the island people are not bad for money, so although the price is already so high, the island country East Asia library The representative of can bear =, is to continue to follow.

"Thirty-one million!"

At this time, in seat No. 65, some uncomfortable Hua Shengshi touched Xia Yu, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Xia, are we still not bidding?"

Xia Yu glanced at Zhuang Siping, and slightly nodded at the prosperity of China.

The latter immediately understood.

When the representative of the East Asia Library of the island nation increased the price by 500,000 again, it exceeded Zhuang Siping by 32 million.

Hua Shengshi suddenly stood up and raised a sign and shouted: "35 million!"

"Wow!"

Hearing a burst of restlessness in the court, everyone focused on Hua Shengshi.

When they discovered that it was not an already rich man, but a strange old man, many people whispered, wanting to know who this brazenly killed old man was. They actually took the shot at this time and increased the price by three million. A super dark horse properly!

Didn't you see that the representative face of the East Asia Library of the island nation is black?

Even Zhuang Siping, who has been in the dark, frowned.

"Mr. Zhuang, who is this person?"

With sweaty palms, Liu Shaoquan asked Zhuang Siping and Bao Yugang nervously.

Neither of them answered Liu Shaoquan, but continued to look back at Hua Shengshi.

It's just that unlike Zhuang Siping looking at Hua Shengshi, Bao Yugang's gaze was fixed on the face of the young man with sunglasses sitting beside Hua Shengshi.

He didn't notice Xia Yu when Xia Yu entered the door just now, but now, based on his familiarity with Xia Yu, even if Xia Yu wears sunglasses, he still recognizes it at a glance.

He looked at Hua Shengshi again and felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it once in Xia Yu's house.

So Huashengshi’s offer was actually instructed by Xia Yu?

This is troublesome!

He knows that Xia Yu's financial resources are definitely the first in Xiangjiang. If Xia Yu wants something, no one can fight it.

But Xia Yu didn't know their plan. They were separated from Xia Yu for a while, and they couldn't communicate with each other. What can I do?

Bao Yugang recognized it, and Huo Yingdong, who was sitting next to him, recognized it too. He pulled Bao Yugang's sleeve, and the two looked at each other, and both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Thirty-five million for the first time!"

"Is there a higher price?"

Seeing that there was some chaos in the venue, but no price increase for a long time, Cai Keming immediately increased the volume and said.

"Thirty-six million!"

The representative of the East Asia Library of the island nation sweated on their foreheads and shouted again.

Most of the people in the venue looked at Huashengshi again, and some looked at Zhuang Siping.

When Zhuang Siping hadn't made an offer yet, Hua Shengshi did not change his face, raised his placard again, and shouted loudly and powerfully: "Forty million!"

"Uh..." The representative of the East Asia Library of the island country that wanted to continue to increase the fare was as if being choked, choked by Huashengshi's offer.

"Mr. Zhuang!"

In the first row, Liu Shao looked anxious and shouted to Zhuang Siping in a low voice.

After regaining his senses, Zhuang Siping discovered the difference between Bao Yugang and Huo Yingdong. He patted Liu Shaoquan’s hand, and then asked Bao Yugang in a low voice, “Mr. Bao, do you know this person? What is his background? Why is the bid so fierce?"

Bao Yugang said to Zhuang Siping with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhuang, his background is really not small. Look at the old man wearing sunglasses on the right hand. It is Xia Yu. He should be making an offer for Xia Yu.

A look of shock flashed in Zhuang Siping's eyes, and he looked next to Hua Shengshi. Sure enough, a young man wearing sunglasses was sitting and looking closely, it really looked like Xia Yu.

Realizing that someone was looking at him, Xia Yu followed his feelings and found that it was Bao Yugang and Huo Yingdong, and Zhuang Siping. Xia Yu smiled and nodded at them.

"Sure enough, it's him, this..."

Zhuang Siping also felt a headache.

"For the first time for 40 million Hong Kong dollars!"

At this time, Cai Keming saw that no one offered an offer for a long time, and he began to repeat the offer.

"Mr. Zhuang, shall we stop bidding?"

"Who is Xia Yu? Is he rich?"

Liu Shaoquan asked nervously.

"It's not an ordinary rich!"

Zhuang Siping smiled bitterly at Liu Shaoquan.

Then he looked at Bao Yugang, Huo Yingdong, and Wang Kuancheng. The expressions in his eyes were very obvious. What should he do? Add or not?

If he is replaced by someone else, he is not afraid, but when the opponent is Xia Yu, then it is another matter.

Xia Yu can donate 100 million Hong Kong dollars twice to build a Jiuding University, and donate 30 million Hong Kong dollars each to Xiangjiang University and Xiangjiang Chinese University. The shots are not generally domineering and generous.

Even banks that are comparable or even stronger than his Nanyang Commercial Bank can be acquired one by one. The British-funded consortium has been swallowed by Xia Yu one after another. Xia Yu's financial strength is obvious to all in Xiangjiang.

Now Xia Yu's face is not changing his face and raising prices on a large scale, making it clear that he will win. He doesn't know where Xia Yu's bottom line is, or whether there is a bottom line?

"If the little devil doesn't continue to fight, I think we'd better give up. It's best to go to him in private after the filming.

Bao Yugang suggested.

"I agree with Lao Bao's suggestion. We don't know Xia Yu's purpose. He doesn't know that we are together. We won't know when we will be heads after this fight. It will only be outsiders who pick up the bargain."

Huo Yingdong said in agreement.

Zhuang Siping looked at Wang Kuancheng again.

Wang Kuancheng's strength is the weakest. He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "After the auction is over, communicate in private. If Xia Yu is willing, then we can solve it in private. We will make up for him. If he is not willing in private, then we will fight now. If you have a bloodshed, you will lose in the end."

Zhuang Siping is silent, this is indeed the truth.

Contending with Xia Yu will only be unnecessary competition.

"Forty million second time!"

"Is there a higher price?"

Cai Keming's voice sounded again The atmosphere on the scene was extremely tense, and most of the people looked at the people from the East Asia Library of the island country and Zhuang Siping.

It's just that the people from the East Asia Library of the island country sat with a black face and apparently gave up.

Liu Shaoquan also listened to the quiet conversations of Zhuang Siping, and he also knew that things had become very complicated.

He turned his head and took a deep look at Hua Shengshi and Xia Yu wearing sunglasses, and then at Zhuang Siping.

What responded to him was Zhuang Siping's apologetic smile and comforting words: "Dean Liu, don't worry, we will go to him privately after the auction is over."

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