Chapter 356 Sky Auction 1

The auction hall of the Dingsheng auction house is still quite large, with five or six hundred square meters, like a conference venue, and the decoration is also magnificent. In addition to the front reserved as an auction table, there are teahouses around, each of which is full of snacks and other food and wine glasses filled with red wine.

When Chen Ran and Bai Lei entered the auction hall together, the auction was about to begin. The guests also sat down in their respective positions. Everyone held a number plate in their hands. This number plate was obtained by paying the deposit and usually took seats according to the number of the number plate.

When Chen Ran came in, because the guests happened to be seated one after another, he came in with Zi Qilin. In addition to attracting a small range of attention, it did not cause much shock.

I noticed and didn't care much about it. I guess they all regarded Chen Ran as the prince's brother. They saw too many such people, so they naturally wouldn't pay attention to it. Instead, they all kept their eyes on the purple unicorn for a long time. Obviously, they saw the extraordinary purple unicorn at a glance.

"Xiaoran, you're really not in a hurry at all. You won't come sooner or later, just in time to come." Bai Lei took Chen Ran directly to the teahouse where Mr. Bai was located. Seeing Chen Ran walking slowly with Bai Lei, he laughed.

"White old. Mr. Jiang, you are also here." On the teahouse, in addition to Mr. Bai, Mr. Jiang was also there. When he saw Chen Ran coming, he nodded to Chen Ran with a smile. After Chen Ran and Mr. Bai greeted him, he also hurriedly greeted Mr. Jiang. The two men who met and sat together with peace, which surprised him.

"It's about to start. Sit down." Bai Lao smiled and waved to Chen Ran to sit next to him. As for Bai Lei, who was directly ignored by his old man, Chen Ran just sat down, and Zi Qilin also rushed over. After Bai Lao saw it, he was immediately surprised.

"Oh, why did you come in with a big guy?"

"Grandpa, don't touch it. It's awesome." When Mr. Bai was young, he was also a stubborn master, a flower and bird scalli. After seeing the purple unicorn rushing over, he couldn't help stretching out his hand and wanted to touch the head of the purple unicorn, which made Bai Lei scream quickly.

"Old Bai, it's okay..." Chen Ran shook his head with a smile and reached out to pat Zi Qilin to make him be honest. Zi Qilin was patted by Chen Ran and lay honestly at Chen Ran's feet. Bai Lao reached out and touched Zi Qilin's head.

"This big guy is good." After touching it, Mr. Bai nodded and commented.

"It's good. It's really majestic to go out with you. Grandpa, you can also get me one to raise..." Bai Lei was very envious of Chen Ran's prestige just now. Hearing Mr. Bai's words, he said with a calm face.

"You think this is cabbage. You can do it if you want. Like antiques, this thing depends on chance, but you can't buy it if you have money..."

Mr. Bai stared at Bai Lei angrily and laughed and scolded. From his old man's eyes, he could naturally see that Purple Kirin was not an ordinary Tibetan mastiff. He did not object to Bai Lei playing this. In his eyes, as long as Bai Lei did not waste money, he could play anything.

Just like Bai Lei also wants to raise one, not only does he not object, but in fact he is quite supportive. At this point, Mr. Bai is still very open-minded. I'm afraid this is also the reason why Bai Lei does not go home and has been staying here.

"Don't look for me about this. Go to Xiaoran. Xiaoran is lucky. Ha ha, okay, let's not talk about it. The auction has begun."

Old Bai pushed the matter on Chen Ran's head and immediately made Chen Ran smile bitterly. He wanted to get one for Bai Lei. After all, during this period, this boy helped him a lot and regarded it as a reward for this boy. The key is that he has no way. What's more, since he wants to get one for this boy, he should at least get one. Only purebred Tibetan mastiff, even if there is a way, it is not easy to do. Zhu Feng's purebred red ancient cub is lucky to get it, not to mention him, so Chen Ran can only pretend that he can't see the eye-catching eyes thrown by this boy...

Bai Lei did not pester Chen Ran, and the auction over there also attracted his attention at the beginning.

After all the guests took their seats one after another, the first person to appear was a female master of ceremonies. Chen Ran did not know the female master of ceremonies, but he had a good hearing. From the whispers of others, he heard that the female master of ceremonies was a big star surnamed Cai, which seemed to be quite famous.

Chen Ran doesn't care. Nowadays, no matter what ceremony is held, a big star should be invited to hold the venue. Not to mention such a private occasion, even official ceremonies often require a star to be endorsed.

All the people present were not ordinary people, so the appearance of this very popular star did not cause much sensation.

The big star said a few congratulatory messages such as welcoming guests, and focused on a few important guests, who were indeed blockbusters.

There are mainlanders, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, all celebrities and authoritative experts in the collection industry, which also let Chen Ran know him and gain some insight.

After a few short words, the big star announced the start of the auction.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Ma Chao, the auctioneer who presided over this auction. I'm glad that you can come to participate in this special auction of art..."

After the female master of ceremonies stepped down, a middle-aged man wearing white gloves walked to the auction table and skillfully said a proficient opening speech in standard Mandarin. After he finished speaking, there was warm applause off the court, which also adjusted the atmosphere of the whole audience.

"The first auction item we are going to auction today is a painting, an imitation painting of later generations, but this imitation painting is more valuable than the real one..."

Ma Chao is the chief auctioneer of Dingsheng Auction House. He has a strong ability to adjust the atmosphere of the whole audience. He speaks skillfully. Although everyone came for the Flower God Cup, his words also aroused interest and desire to auction.

The auction house did not directly take out the Flower God Cup for auction. As Chen Ran's expectation, the auction house's usual means is to arrange some other auction items from low to high before the final auction *. In this way, it can not only set off the preciousness of the final auction, but also gradually anger at the scene. The warm-up is mainly to adjust the atmosphere. It's like playing cards or mahjong. At the beginning, two and five yuan is too much, but after playing for a while, whether it's winning or not, five yuan doesn't care.

In addition to the final auction, other treasures are obviously excellent. Not to mention anything else, this warm-up can be comparable to the international auction venue. It can be seen that for this auction, Dingsheng auction house has also made a lot of effort.

Ma Chao's sentence only said the first half, but the latter words deliberately paused and did not say it, which made everyone guess. Correspondingly, it also caused a period of ** in the field.

The current situation is the standard gatekeeper. Those who don't know how to watch the scene. Those who know how to listen to Ma Chao basically have guessed who made this antique painting. If there are acquaintances around them who don't know how to ask, and those who don't know can only stare at the fun.

When Chen Ran heard Ma Chao's words, he hardly knew what was going on with this antique painting. In the line of ancient calligraphy and painting, there is a person's imitation painting that is more valuable than the real painting.

This person is none other than the famous Zhang Daqian.

When it comes to the Chinese painting world, two well-known people have to say that this is South Zhang Beiqi, and South Zhang Beiqi refers to Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi respectively.

Zhang Daqian's imitation painting is more valuable than the original painting. It does not mean that Zhang Daqian's painting is better than the original painter's painting. The painting is not necessarily valuable. Since it is an imitation, it naturally needs to be compared with the real work. The more similar the imitation, the better.

Zhang Daqian's imitation paintings can almost be fake and true, especially the imitation of Shi Tao has reached the same level. As we all know, Shi Tao's paintings are the most difficult to imitate, and only Zhang Daqian can imitate successfully.

It is this skill that makes Zhang Daqian's imitation painting more valuable than the real one.

"I pay 650,000..."

Ma Chao just said that the auction price of this imitation painting was 600,000 yuan, and someone immediately began to raise the price. With the first person to raise the price, the venue became lively. The guests present frequently raised their hands and the competition was very fierce.

"I'll pay 700,000."

"750,000."

"850,000." I'll pay 900,000..."

Zhang Daqian's imitation painting is still relatively popular. Let alone others, Chen Ran originally wanted to buy it. Ma Zhiyuan asked him to buy a pair of ancient calligraphy and paintings. Zhang Daqian's imitation painting could definitely be sold, but he didn't expect that there were so many people bidding. In the blink of an eye, it was more than a million.

million is a little worthless.

Chen Ran thought about it and asked Ma Zhiyuan to give gifts with more than a million ancient calligraphy and paintings. Maybe someone would check him. Of course, this is not the main reason. The main reason is that Chen Ran suddenly thought that the items auctioned at the auction have auction records. No matter who can find them, Ma Zhiyuan will give them away. , undoubtedly too high-profile.

"I bid 1.65 million..."

When the price was shouted to 1.65 million, no one offered anymore,

"150,000, if there is any bid, no one will bid, the deal will be made... OK, 1.65 million yuan, congratulations to this gentleman..."

Ma Chao agitated several times with a tone full of **. Seeing that no one was shouting again, he picked up the auction mallet and knocked down heavily.

"Good omen." After Ma Chao shouted for the deal, Bai Lao said happily.

Jiang Lao also nodded with a smile.

The purpose of the two of participating in this auction is naturally for the Flower God Cup. Although they did not have the intention to auction, they both regard Chen Ran as their nephews. This set of Flower God Cup was made by Chen Ran, which is not much different from what they made. They also want to witness the Flower God Cup with their own eyes. This moment of auction...

Chen Ran can't help but be a little excited. It's good that Zhang Daqian's imitation painting in front of him can't be sold for millions at the auction at the usual time. Now it's a high price of 1.65 million yuan.

The first auction was sold at a high price, which is undoubtedly a good omen. When it comes to die casting, the result goes without saying.

"Let's make the second auction..."

After the first transaction, Ma Chao took out the second lot, but the second lot was a piece of chicken blood stone. The chicken blood stone was more than 70% red, which was also valuable. Not to mention others, Chen Ran was a little moved. If he hadn't known that his financial resources were limited, he would not have been able to take it down. It's about to take action, which makes him secretly regret spending so much money so that he can't take action when he sees something good now.

After regretting it, Chen Ran couldn't help smiling. No wonder most of the auction items can be sold at a high price. Others must be similar to his mind. It's strange that they can't buy a high price.

"I bid 1.2 million!"

Chen Ran is still thinking about it. The bidding over there has begun. After a young man sitting in the teahouse next to him bid, it caused a fierce competition.

" 1.3 million!"

"I bid 1.55 million!"

"I pay 1.5 million..."

......

After a period of fierce bidding, the chicken blood stone was finally sold at a high price of 1.95 million yuan. This price was also very high, which made Chen Ran feel a little excited. Chen Ran was still calm. Like Bai Lei, a boy had already smiled and was very excited.

"Next, we will start auctioning the third auction..."

After the second auction was also sold, Ma Chao's voice sounded again... In the following process, a total of five or six auctions were auctioned, each of which was a treasure. Regardless of the price, the atmosphere was gradually set off.

"Well, I think my friends are already waiting. You must have scolded me in your heart for wasting everyone's time. Next, let us auction the last auction item, that is..."

When he said this, Ma Chao suddenly paused, and the atmosphere of the whole audience was also made nervous by his pause, and his breathing was a little short.

Although the auction had not yet started, the whole audience suddenly became quiet, and no one made a sound. They held their breath and their eyes widened like congestion, as if they were going to shout for a price...

[It seems to be the Mid-Autumn Festival. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone. Eat more moon cakes. Weakly ask, does anyone send moon cakes... Thank you for going back to your mother's house and the two brothers, the mythical beast pig head, and taking these two hundred oceans to buy moon cakes to eat.]