Yang Xiong seemed to be really at odds with Zhu Yu, raising his hand and making an offer:
"Thirty-five and a half million!"
This time, other people also noticed that these two Chinese Americans were fighting!
Many people looked at the two men holding signs as if they were joking.
Mike was slightly unhappy.
Because Zhu Yu provided two rare and famous paintings, and during the auction, if you want something, you will bid for it, and if you don't want it, you won't bid at will.
Compared to Yang Xiong, who made a high-profile offer but could hardly hold on to the end, Mike admired Zhu Yu's character more.
Therefore, Mike was not happy about the two people raising the price - more because of Yang Xiong's publicity.
But then, as the bidding price increased, Yang Xiong felt a bit pressured.
"Forty-five million dollars!"
Zhu Yu didn't care at all about the increased price. No matter what happened today, he knew that his trip here was a dead end.
The two paintings can bring him a huge amount of income. Even if he invests everything, as long as he can get back the tiger-eating man-eater, it will be worth it!
His money came easily and he gave it away easily, without blinking an eye.
But Yang Xiong is different!
His money was earned through hard work and doing many things in the past few decades.
Now, except for his annual pension, he basically has no other income, so he tries to find ways to enter certain circles and find some opportunities to make money.
However, he was really hesitant to invest a fraction of his assets into buying a bronze that he didn't know if it could maintain its value.
After all, it was the company group's money that was spent in the past, so of course it doesn't matter. If it makes a profit or loses money, it's the company that pays the bill.
But now he pays the bill himself. If he pays too much, Yang Xiong will naturally feel heartache.
When the bidding price rose to 45 million, Yang Xiong began to waver. He hesitated and shouted the price of "45.5 million".
However, Zhu Yu didn't pause at all, and immediately shouted out the high price of "fifty million US dollars"!
It was as if the money in his hand was not money at all!
This makes Yang Xiong very depressed!
Yang Xiong could already feel the eyes of people around him looking at him, which made him very uncomfortable.
There was some malice and contempt in his eyes, which made Yang Xiong feel more and more that he couldn't let Zhu Yu off easily!
He felt that all other people's malice was because of Zhu Yu!
So, he gritted his teeth and quoted a high price:
"Fifty-one million dollars!"
When the report came out, although his face was smiling, his heart was bleeding - this was his pension for five or six years!
I used to think that this year's pension alone is money that ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime, which is quite a lot.
But here, you can't even buy one-fifth of a bronze!
But that young man who was much younger than himself paid such a high price without blinking an eye!
Yang Xiong now guesses that if he insists on raising the price, this young man can even quote 100 million US dollars!
But is it worth it for this bronze?
Yang Xiong doesn’t think it’s worth it!
Forget it, why bother fighting with this young man? The money belongs to you, so it’s not worth it to spend so much money to buy a bronze that may not necessarily appreciate in value!
So after quoting this price, Yang Xiong decided that as long as Zhu Yu raised the price again, he would never follow him again!
"Fifty-five million dollars!" Zhu Yu followed without hesitation, his eyes just looked at Yang Xiong, full of provocation!
Yang Xiong avoided Zhu Yu's gaze and looked forward.
After more than ten seconds, seeing that Yang Xiong didn't speak and the others stopped talking, Mike felt that it was almost done and said:
"Are there any offers? If so, please make an offer. If not, this bronze tiger that eats people will belong to Mr. Zhu Yu!"
He deliberately translated "tigers eat people" as "tiger eats people", which caused some people to chuckle.
Zhu Yu felt relieved.
Seeing the bunny girl move this national treasure bronze statue, which was thirty to forty centimeters high and weighed less than ten kilograms, in front of him, Zhu Yu couldn't help but get started.
He first looked at the body of the bronze vessel carefully, then he held it down and lowered his eyes to the bottom. He wanted to see the words written at the bottom.
Most inscriptions on bronze vessels are usually engraved on the body or inside.
It is not at the bottom of the vessel like porcelain.
It is extremely rare to see a tiger-eating man-eater with an inscription on the bottom of a bronze vessel.
Zhu Yu's actions caught Mike's attention. He did not proceed to the next auction, but asked Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu Yu, did you find something? As far as I know, you are a very powerful treasure hunter. Did you find anything related to the treasure at the bottom of this bronze?"
Zhu Yu shook his head and did not answer.
Regarding Zhu Yu's seemingly rude behavior, some other people showed displeasure on their faces.
The jealous light in Yang Xiong's eyes flashed away!
If I could get such a question in front of these people, no matter what, I would seize this opportunity and talk freely, and I would never say nothing!
What a waste!
Such a great opportunity!
In fact, Yang Xiong was not like this before. It turns out that when he was the chairman, the people he met and interacted with were all CEOs, presidents, or chairman and general managers of world-class companies.
Even some political figures from small countries would be very polite when meeting him.
But the tea is cold, and his reputation in the past two years has not been good. As a result, he left his job and realized that it was so difficult for him to understand the truth that seemed so clear to others in the past!
I thought that even if I retreated to the second line, relying on my connections and the reputation I had accumulated in the past, I would have no problem making a name for myself in the first-class society, even in Lao America.
The result is that, in order to avoid some possible reckoning, I ran here and found that not many people paid attention to me at all!
The profit-first principle of Capitalism Hongguoguo is vividly demonstrated here!
I am no longer of use to those people. No one will use those beautiful words to compliment me anymore, and no one will treat me with the same respectful attitude as before.
He was unwilling to give in, so he asked a former friend to try his best to enter the first-class circle.
He believes that with his own abilities, as long as he enters this circle, he will be able to achieve great things again!
He definitely does not think that previous success was achieved by squeezing out others, using state-owned resources, and applying for preferential policies, as the outside world said.
That's where his power lies!
But now he can't even enter this circle!
But Zhu Yu took such a good opportunity but didn't use it at all. What a waste!
Hate it!
Seeing that Zhu Yu didn't say anything, Mike wasn't angry either. He turned to ask Qiao:
"Qiao, it turns out this bronze is in your hands. So do you know what's underneath?"
Joe thought for a moment and said:
"I remember that there are six pictures or words below, but neither the experts I hired nor the search on the Internet could find out the meaning of these six words."
Mike suddenly understood and looked at Zhu Yu:
"Does Mr. Zhu Yu know the meaning of these six words?"
At this time, Zhu Yu had already finished reading those six words. He raised his head and said:
"This inscription is the base of this bronze. It mainly tells the name of its original owner and why this bronze was cast."
"Six words can express so many meanings?" Mike was a little shocked, "Can you tell me?"
"I'm just guessing. For details, we need to ask our Chinese oracle bone inscription experts to identify it." Zhu Yu said:
"So I won't say it now. But I declare that this is not some treasure-hiding information——
If the treasure information was so obvious, I think Mr. Qiao would have obtained the treasure long ago. "
After saying these words, others also laughed, expressing their agreement with Zhu Yu's last words.
Indeed, everyone must be very interested in treasure information.
There are indeed pirate treasure maps, ancient generals' treasures, and World War II treasures in this world, but there are very few real treasure maps.
Ninety-nine percent of those spread to the market are false. Even if a handful of them are true, the information in them is confusing.
Coupled with the difference between the previous map texts and today's understanding, trying to use these things to hunt for treasures is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.
"Okay, okay, let's proceed to the next auction..."
Mike finally remembered his job and started the next round of auction:
"The next item to be auctioned is a huge rough pink diamond from South Africa, which weighs one hundred and twenty-five carats!"
At this moment, the attention originally focused on Zhu Yu was immediately attracted away.
After Mike waited for the bunny girl to bring the plate with the diamonds, he snapped his fingers, and a beam of light shone directly on the rough diamond.
Even though it hasn't been polished yet, this diamond is already shining brightly under the light!
"As we all know, diamonds are not a scarce resource." Mike held the table and talked:
"It's just that they have been sold at a high price. However, large diamonds, especially collection-grade diamonds with hundreds of carats, are still worth buying and have a high value retention rate!"
People at their level basically understand this principle, so everyone looked at the pink diamond with eager eyes.
However, Zhu Yu just glanced at it and stopped paying attention.
The purpose of his coming here today has been achieved, and now it's time to see how much he can gain from the last painting.
Others, he felt were not as good as the things in his own space, so it didn’t matter whether he bought them or not.
What surprised Zhu Yu was that the enthusiasm for bidding on the Pink Diamond was almost as high as that of Monet's painting.
The auction of the next few items was relatively dull, after all, everyone's enthusiasm was limited.
"Okay, I also know that everyone is a little impatient. Look, Joe is hungry and has started to eat snacks."
Mike's voice was as humorous as ever:
"Then, I won't waste everyone's time, let's proceed to the last auction!"
Upon hearing the last item, everyone perked up.
Including Zhu Yu.
"This is a painting..."
When they heard that it was a painting, those who had not been able to take pictures of Monet's paintings immediately became happy!
The painting that can be used as the finale is naturally more valuable than Monet's painting, or in other words, the painter's reputation is higher than Monet's!
Mike glanced at everyone, and then said in an passionate voice:
"You guessed it right! Being the finale is enough to show the value of this painting - then I won't tempt everyone. This painting is from the great painter Picasso - its name is: "Eye of War"! "
Almost everyone started talking loudly immediately, and then their eyes focused on the packaging box that the bunny girl brought up.
The bunny girl carefully opened the painting.
They knew very well that the value of this painting could not be equaled by selling it to them a hundred times.
After carefully placing the painting on the table, they stepped back and Mike said:
"Okay, if you are interested, you can go up and have a look. After viewing, we will start the auction."
"boom!"
Almost everyone walked up eagerly, gathered around the painting, and looked at it carefully.
Mike wasn't worried about these people damaging the painting, so he just let them look at it.
These people are also very well-behaved. They look at each other without taking action. At most, it’s just a few words of praise.
Picasso's paintings are very abstract. For example, in "Eye of War", the eyes are like those of aliens, and there is more than one.
The people in the paintings are all very small, but their eyes are very big. Some of them are glowing with fire, and some of them are filled with poisonous water.
Many more don't know its meaning.
But these people looked very interested.
Zhu Yu curled his lips, and he found that Yang Xiong was among them, and he was also talking to the people next to him, and he seemed to be very knowledgeable.
But the admiring expression on his face made Zhu Yu feel that he was probably just showing off in this regard!
"Okay, okay, you've seen enough, go back to your seats. The auction will end early, so we can have a buffet party early - you still have something to eat, I didn't even take a sip of water here..."
Mike pretended to be resentful, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
The people watching the painting returned to their seats, and Mike couldn’t wait to say:
"Okay, the last item is from Picasso's famous painting "Eye of War", with a starting price of US$50 million - the auction starts now!"
"Fifty-five million U.S. dollars!" The first person to bid was Jason, who had been silent.
And as soon as he opened his mouth, he raised the price to five million!
However, many people didn’t buy it. Two seconds after Jason’s price call, Joe was not to be outdone and immediately raised his hand:
"Fifty-eight million dollars!"
Others reacted one after another and started to make quotations. For a while, it was very lively!
Zhu Yu also didn’t expect that Picasso’s paintings would be much more popular at auction than Monet’s!
Maybe it’s because of the fame bonus, maybe it’s because of the finale, the last one, and some people who didn’t get anything couldn’t help but take action.
Zhu Yu himself was also curious, what price would this painting fetch in the end?
Everyone present, except Zhu Yu, quoted a price from time to time.
Including Yang Xiong, he also understood at this moment that if he didn't take action, not only would there be no harvest in this auction, but his behavior would be almost the same as a clown.
He hadn't realized it before, but when he was looking at Picasso's paintings, the friend who brought him here reminded him in a low voice. Only then did he realize that every time he was the first to bid, he didn't buy in the end, which made his character questionable. .
This is definitely not possible!
After Yang Xiong suddenly realized it, he realized that he couldn't bear to let the child catch the wolf!
If you hesitate any longer, you will really lose your opportunity!
