The auction in the live broadcast room went very smoothly.
Xiao Ran opened the last quotation private message and looked at the quotation in the private message.
At the same time, this quote also appeared in the live broadcast room, in front of everyone.
“3.2 million yuan is another invalid offer.”
Xiao Ran shook his head and said.
The auction reserve price he set for this pair of Yongzheng Ji blue-glazed celestial vases is 5.2 million yuan, which is a little lower than the valuation given by several appraisal experts.
Among the more than 200 private messages sent before, there were more than 40 valid quotes, and the rest were invalid quotes.
After reading the last bid, Xiao Ran immediately announced the bidding results.
"The winning bidder is Wukong, with a quotation of RMB 8.25 million."
As he announced the results, the live broadcast room suddenly became noisy.
"Okay! Wukong, who has been silent all this time, is actually so powerful. He really doesn't show his true face!"
"I'll go! How many great gods are hidden in our live broadcast room? It's so scary!"
Listening to the exclamations one after another, Xiao Ran couldn't help but chuckle.
Others don't know it, but he knows very well how powerful this fan nicknamed Wukong is.
This guy had purchased a lot of luxury goods from him before, but he just didn't want to make it public, so no one knew about it.
Finally, when he encountered this pair of Yongzheng Ji blue-glazed celestial sphere bottles, this guy who had always been low-key finally couldn't hold himself back and exposed his fox tail!
For Xiao Ran, he was very satisfied with the transaction price.
It's a pity that the bottom money of this pair of blue-glazed celestial sphere bottles was taken out, which is considered a major damage.
Otherwise, their transaction price will definitely be more than 8.25 million yuan, and it will be no problem to increase it by five or six times.
Next, Xiao Ran began to auction the pair of antique Tiffany lampshades.
The auction method is the same as before, still private message bidding, but the number of participants is much smaller.
After a while, the results were revealed.
This pair of antique Tiffany lampshades only cost 80,000 yuan and was bought by a beautiful fan.
Then came the auction of those antique watches, which once again set off a climax, and almost everyone participated.
This round of auction also lasted the longest, lasting until midnight before ending.
The transaction prices of those antique watches are very good. They have basically doubled, and some watches have even tripled.
Even so, compared with the prices in the domestic market, they are much cheaper, even half cheaper.
From this point of view, fans who take pictures of antique watches are just picking up a small leak.
Xiao Ran did not auction off all the antique watches. He kept an antique Patek Philippe watch as a reward for himself.
After the auction, he packed everything in boxes and stored them in the Consulate General.
After the situation has basically calmed down in two days, these things will be flown back to China as soon as possible, and then delivered to the fans by their families.
Xiao Ran has also made arrangements for the family in Beijing to pick up the goods.
While he was dealing with these matters, his name was spreading rapidly across the country.
It has even spread across the ocean to the international student community in the United States, and even spread throughout Los Angeles and the Chinese community in the United States.
Of course, that includes all of UCLA.
A series of incidents that happened to him, including the incident of picking up big leaks one after another, were dug up by people and spread everywhere, even to the point of being miraculous.
Hearing these things, everyone felt very shocked and envious, and also felt very incredible.
The fact that he photographed the stolen national treasure in Los Angeles and sent it to the Consulate General immediately attracted countless applause in the country, and almost everyone praised it.
But overseas, there is a lot of noise and even personal attacks.
Xiao Ran didn't pay attention to these annoying noises at all and turned a blind eye.
What makes him more depressed is that he will no longer be able to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger. Everyone knows him now!
As he quickly became famous, the number of netizens who applied to join his personal live broadcast room has been overwhelming, and there is no time to review them.
Fortunately, Xiao Ran has not yet opened the channel to join the live broadcast room, so he does not have to deal with this trouble for the time being.
Of course, this also attracted criticism from some netizens.
…
In the blink of an eye, it was already noon the next day.
In the morning, David called to tell Xiao Ran.
Elaine can leave, she is an outsider and there will be no trouble.
After confirming this, Xiao Ran immediately told Elian the news.
This French beauty was obsessed with the authentic Chinese food at the Consulate General in Los Angeles and had to have lunch before leaving.
After lunch, Xiao Ran and Fang Yufei sent her downstairs to the apartment.
Before parting, Xiao Ran suddenly smiled and said:
"I transferred $50,000 to your bank account, Elaine, as a reward for attending the auction with me yesterday!"
"ah!"
Elaine exclaimed and was stunned.
Then, she said in surprise:
"Didn't we agree on two thousand dollars? Why did it suddenly increase so much? Do you have any evil intentions?"
Xiao Ran shrugged helplessly.
"It seems you should not be too nice to others, otherwise people will always misunderstand you and think you have ulterior motives."
"Don't worry, keep it. This 50,000 US dollars includes both the reward for participating in the family auction yesterday and the compensation for you taking the risk with me!"
"If it hadn't been for your strong recommendation yesterday, my determination to bid for Braque's Cubist oil painting might not have been so firm."
"That way I will probably miss a huge leak. This $50,000 is mainly to thank you for your professional advice."
Before he finished speaking, Elaine suddenly stepped forward and gave Xiao Ran a warm hug.
"Thank you Sean, you are such a generous guy, this is the most money I have ever made in my life."
"It seems that as long as I continue to follow you, I will become a millionaire soon!"
This is exactly what Xiao Ran wants to hear.
He didn't even have time to appreciate the sexy body in his arms, so he nodded quickly and said:
"If you are willing to continue to work with me, that would be great. I need your professional aesthetic vision!"
Without any hesitation, Elaine immediately nodded in agreement.
"Well, you will be my boss from now on. Anyway, I have nothing to do now."
"The Hollywood film industry is in a slump. Even if I write a good script, no one will take it."
“Just experience life, it’s fresh and exciting, and you can make a lot of money.”
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, then continued:
"This is a job that is always full of freshness. Maybe you can find inspiration from it and create a good script."
Hearing this, Elaine's eyes suddenly became brighter.
After chatting for a few more words, the beauty said goodbye and left, returning to her apartment near UCLA.
As soon as she left, Fang Yufei immediately came over and whispered:
"Isn't it ecstasy to hold such a sexy beauty in your arms?"
Xiao Ran smiled awkwardly.
“The French are so polite and always so welcoming.”
"If everyone hadn't been wearing masks, there would have been a goodbye kiss!"
With that said, he turned around and ran into the apartment building as if to escape.
"Goodbye kiss, the thought is quite beautiful"
Fang Yufei said disdainfully, and then walked into the apartment building.
…
Three days later.
Fang Yufei also left the Consulate General and returned to the University of Southern California.
With the mediation of the Consulate General in Los Angeles and David, the matter was quickly settled.
Americans who get certain benefits will act as if the incident never happened.
The Los Angeles police who originally came for Xiao Ran and were stationed outside the Consulate General and downstairs in the apartment were all withdrawn.
For the U.S. government, as long as it can collect taxes, that's fine.
As for those stolen cultural relics from China, since they can no longer be intercepted, it is better to sell them well and be a favor.
Once those things came out, they were originally going to be returned to China.
The purpose of the US government or the Los Angeles authorities is mainly those priceless treasures, not Xiao Ran.
If you can hold those priceless treasures in your hands, they might be of great use in the future.
The result now is that this is no longer possible.
Under this situation, there is no point in dealing with Xiao Ran anymore. Instead, it will cut off a tax source, which is not worth the loss.
Because of this, the matter was quickly settled.
