Chapter 44 Fierce Dog

"The fiercest wild dog gets the fattest bones!"

Although his voice was not loud, Henry still heard Mr. Chen's words in front of him. When he heard this, he couldn't help smiling. It is most appropriate to describe the rich Jews in Shanghai in this sentence. They are all the fiercest wild dogs.

Looking at his background, Henry suddenly lost interest in holding cards. He shook his head at the associate beside him, and then looked at Chen Moran with interest. He wanted to see how the man with his legs and feet were a little uncomfortable, but he held Ji Li grabbed the fattest bone from the mouth of the group of Jews.

Although Henry is British, he does not have any good impression on the Jews. The reason is very simple. Thirty years ago, the reason why he came to Shanghai was that he came to Shanghai after being attacked and bankrupt by the Jews, and his business in Shanghai was squeezed by the Jews. The combination of the two can smile at the people of Sassoon. Yes, in Henry's opinion, it is already his greatest tolerance.

However, Chen Moran didn't know that behind him, a 60-year-old Englishman was eagerly waiting for his action. Instead, he looked down at the auction book sent by the waiter, which recorded what was going to be auctioned today.

After turning a few pages, Chen Moran saw something.

"Yongle Ceremony..."

As soon as he saw these four words, Chen Moran couldn't help but be shocked, because he had seen the program of pursuing the "Yongle Canon" in the exploration program in later generations. He more or less remembered that this book was often catastrophe after self-cultivation. Most of them died in the war and survived less than 800 volumes.

The real disaster of this ancient Chinese encyclopaedic book is that the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Yanjing in two years and clashed with the Boxer Rebellion that besieged the British embassy. The British Embassy is adjacent to the Hallym Academy and has become a battlefield in the conflict. During the conflict, someone threw torches into the Hanlin Academy, and the Hanlin Academy suddenly caught fire, and the endless collection of books suffered an unprecedented catastrophe. The Jingyi Pavilion, which stored the Yongle Ceremony, was also burned. In the dragon-style pool and the well, all the letters were abandoned by people. There are gorgeous books with silk faces, all of which are hand-made, and there are also words written by good books, which are all moved at will. Most of the Yongle Ceremony was burned in this catastrophe, and some of the rest were repaired, and some were built in the manger, this one.

"Volume 2382!"

Although it is not very clear about the list of coupon books introduced in them, as soon as he saw this number, Chen Moran couldn't help taking a breath. This... Only more than 800 volumes survived in later generations, and now 2,382 volumes are auctioned here. Could it be said that Chen Moran vaguely guessed that this might be the Eight-Nation Alliance. After someone stole it, it arrived in Shanghai for auction.

"Wei Yang, go and ask who sold this set of Yongle Ceremony!"

With a twist, Chen Moran ordered Xiao Yuren. However, Xiao Yu's face showed a difficult look.

"However, this... the rule of Sotheby's auction house is... to keep the identity of the holder confidential."

Although he had not participated in any auctions in the past, Chen Moran also knew that it was a rule, but looking at the words "Yongle Canon" in this manual, Chen Moran frowned.

If he spends money to buy these Yongle Canons that were robbed by robbers, Chen Moran only feels that his heart is blocked. It's like being robbed and he has to buy back his own things from the robbers. But if he doesn't spend money and let these priceless treasures representing ancient Chinese civilization be lost overseas, he can't bear it.

Spend money, unwilling, don't spend money, let it lose overseas, and finally disappear into history.

The words from the front made Henry smile.

"Owen!"

Henry whispered to Owen, and Owen left the auction hall.

At this time, when the auction price of Fuli Garden reached 1 million yuan, the bidding gradually fell back. Some of them even smiled proudly. Obviously, their purpose was nothing more than to raise the price and make others wrong.

"One million yuan, the first time!"

"Is there a higher bid?"

When the auctioneer held a hammer in his right hand to ask for the bid, he saw that Chen Moran was a little distracted, and Xiao Yiren turned his head to ask.

"Yes!"

Looking at the Yongle Ceremony on the book, Chen Moran nodded. The house was far more attractive than these classics.

"Add 100,000!"

Xiao Yiren raised his card and spit out a sentence.

"One hundred and one hundred thousand!"

After hearing someone shouting about the highest price increase in today's auction, everyone was stunned and hurriedly turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound. Compared with the person who just added 10,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan at a time below, this price increase was too exciting, which showed the man's wealth. The roughness and the fortune of Fuli Garden are bound to come.

"It's him!"

After seeing the person holding the card, Shason, Matt and others looked at the people around him and immediately recognized the person. Chen Moran, just when the auction was going on, they had already got his name from the auction house manager. Since the auction, he has not said a word, but now the price increase is far more than The price.

Charlie's eyes almost glowed when he turned his head and looked at Chen Moran. Originally, a million was enough to take down this rich garden by himself, but now, this damn Chinese pig, especially when he saw Ji Li, remembered Catherine's rejection in his mind, and he was even more angry.

"One hundred thousand for the first time..."

"Boss!"

When the auctioneer began to calculate the price, the assistant's voice sounded in his ear.

"Price increase!"

The associate next to Charlie raised the card and added 10,000.

"One hundred and eleven thousand!"

After hearing the quotation, Chen Moran, who had been paying attention to the manual, nodded again, and Xiao Yiren raised the card again.

"One hundred and one hundred and fifty thousand."

This time, Xiao Yiren did not increase the price by 100,000 yuan, but increased the price by 40,000 yuan.

"One hundred and two hundred thousand!"

Charlie, with an angry face, gritted his teeth and raised the price in person.

Seeing this scene, everyone knows that he will never give up so easily with Charlie's surname. Everyone in Shanghai knows that in addition to greed and lust, Charlie's fighting is also his surname.

After hearing that a new round of bidding began, Xiao Jianren couldn't help but feel a trace of frustration. According to the original agreement between the two, he originally planned to make a high price and stunned the people below first, but he didn't expect to meet Charlie, and he could only sigh that his luck was really bad.

"Now the bid is 1.2 million. Is there anyone higher than this bid? Fuli Garden is..."

While the price soared, it seemed that someone was on the top. The British auctioneer in his fifties began to introduce the benefits of the rich garden. For him, the higher the transaction price, the more returns.

"Yes, let's give up!"

Looking at Charlie with an angry face and thinking of the rumors about Charlie, Xiao Yu said softly.

Chen Moran shook his head. Money is not a problem. What is used here are silver dollar transactions. Even the current price is only hundreds of thousands of dollars, even less than what he earns in an hour.

"Add 300,000!"

Xiao Jiglu was stunned, and Henry in the back seat was even more shocked. His eyes when he looked at Chen Moran also changed. If the eyes that looked at him before were curious, then now it is the greed of the merchant when he saw Jinshan.

"Flap!"

At the urging of Chen Moran, Xiao Yiren raised the sign in his hand helplessly.

"One million!"