Chapter 137 Underground Auction 2
With the appearance of the host, the auction officially begins.
Moderator: "The items in this auction come from a large tomb that has just been excavated from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Because the quantity is relatively large and our time is limited, except for some high-value exquisite bronzes, the remaining items will not be individually Auction. Ten items are randomly formed into groups. One group for each auction.”
"Finally, let me remind you that this auction will only accept gold at the end. The quotation is money, and when the final payment is made, the equivalent price of gold will be paid."
Hearing what the host said, the people below immediately started talking.
He Yuzhu looked at the stall owner: "Selling in groups? Are you doing wholesale?"
Street stall owner: "Sometimes there are too many items and the value of the items is not high, so some unsold antiques of little value will be bundled with some of slightly higher value antiques. A group of 10 is still good. Yes. It’s all about the sack.”
He Yuzhu: "As for the sack transaction? Isn't this detrimental to the buyer?"
Street stall owner: "It's not bad. We can always find buyers for the things we have."
The stall owner didn't tell He Yuzhu clearly, but He Yuzhu also understood what he meant. Isn't it just to fool some novices who pretend to understand? He Yuzhu is also a member of Xiaobai.
"Quiet, quiet." The host signaled everyone to be quiet: "Now, please invite the first group of auction items."
An assistant pushed the first set of 10 bronzes up on a trolley.
This group of items includes some common bronze wine jugs and somewhat incomplete bronze tripods.
Host: "Due to limited time, I won't invite everyone to come and see them one by one. The auction guarantees that these are genuine. Okay. Interested friends can bid."
He Yuzhu was not interested in these junks, so he chatted with the street stall owner: "I won't even let you look at them. What if there are fakes in the photos? They are all covered up, where can I find them?"
Street stall owner: "Be careful. We are still on their territory. Their reputation is still good. We have been operating since the Republic of China and there have never been any fakes."
He Yuzhu: "So powerful?"
Stall owner: "That's right. They have many treasure appraisers. Anything they can't determine will not be put up for auction."
While He Yuzhu was chatting with the street stall owner, the auction was going very quickly. A group of lots came up and the ownership was decided within a few minutes. By this time, several groups of items had been sold, and of course several groups had failed to sell.
Seeing that the items delivered were all ordinary goods, He Yuzhu felt that this was a waste of his time. A little impatient: "Why are they all junk stuff? If they are all like this, then I won't accompany you. It's a waste of time."
Stall owner: "It's really a waste of time. It wasn't like this before."
Not only He Yuzhu and the stall owner were impatient, but others were also impatient.
Someone in the crowd loudly interrupted the auction: "Host, if the rest of the auction is like this, I won't be with you anymore. This is a waste of everyone's time."
Although I am a little scared of the auction organizer, after all, they have guns in their hands. If a riot breaks out, people like myself will definitely suffer if they don't have weapons. I can only hold it in. But someone started it, and everyone began to take the opportunity to vent their dissatisfaction.
"That's right. If only they were all such rags."
"We are here to buy antiques, not collect rags."
"We came because of your reputation, but you used these rags to fool us. If you don't take out the treasures, we will leave. We will never come back again."
"That's right, aren't you using these pieces of junk to smash your own signs?"
Host: "Quiet, quiet. Please keep quiet."
No matter how much the host shouted, the crowd could not be quieted down. I had to ask the assistant to ask the person in charge to make the decision.
The noise from the crowd made He Yuzhu realize a problem. So many people gathered together to make noises, but the auction organizer didn't stop them immediately. Aren't they afraid that the noise will cause dissatisfaction among the people around them and cause work safety issues?
He Yuzhu: "If you make such a fuss, it won't cause workers' safety, right?"
Stall owner: "Don't worry. There were noisy events at the previous auctions, but everything was fine."
There was such a big movement, but nothing happened. That means that the organizer of the auction has controlled the people around him, or to put it another way, the people around him are all the organizers of the auction, and the local industrial safety office has been bribed.
He Yuzhu is becoming more and more interested in the auction organizer. This person is much better than Mr. Gao. Young Master Gao just took advantage of his good family background. Made some money. How powerful has this person become since he started his business in the Republic of China? His treasure trove must be spectacular, right? If you can find it, you will definitely get rich.
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a Chinese tunic suit walked onto the stage. There were also a few more people around with guns on their waists.
Middle-aged man: "Everyone, I am the person in charge of this auction. Please be quiet and listen to what I have to say."
Everyone became quiet when they saw someone coming on stage, who seemed to be of high status and didn't dare to make too much noise.
Seeing that everyone had become quiet, the middle-aged man continued: "First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone for wasting everyone's time and giving everyone a bad experience." After that, the middle-aged man bowed to everyone.
Middle-aged man: "This auction is a special auction, and the lots belong to the same family. The seller requires that all the lots be put up for auction. That's why it has caused inconvenience to everyone. After urgent negotiations between us and the seller, we decided to proceed directly to the auction." Treasures. The other lots will be put in the yard, and when the auction ends, interested people can take a look. Well, the auction will continue."
After saying that, the middle-aged man went down and the host took over the auction again.
Now that the goal was achieved, everyone stopped making noise and calmed down honestly. It's okay if it's not quiet. The few people with guns around are watching eagerly. Who dares to take the lead at this time?
He Yuzhu: "Then the middle-aged man is the person behind the auction?"
Stall owner: "I don't know. We are just a small-time guy, and our status is too low to reach those big guys."
Host: "Okay, no more nonsense. Let's go straight to the auction."
This time what the assistant pushed up was no longer tattered, but a pair of lotus and crane square pots.
Finally, a serious auction item came up, causing competition and the price continued to rise.
As exquisite bronzes came up one after another, the auction quickly became lively, with bids coming one after another.
Street stall owner: "Why don't you take action? You don't like these?"
All bronzes were prohibited from being bought and sold in the future, let alone these newly unearthed bronzes of unknown origin.
He Yuzhu: "No one is interested. Let's take a look. Why don't you take action?"
Street stall owner: "I am just a street vendor. Are these suitable for my stall? Moreover, the price of these is too high, and it is difficult to sell them back. I will wait to see the ones with lower prices after the end. I will pick some and sell them." "
