"good."
Lin Bei was noncommittal.
He wasn't very interested in this kind of auction, but since Yao Na wanted to see it, let's have a look.
Anyway, not much time is wasted.
The two immediately walked into Juzhen Pavilion.
Compared with Baibaozhai, this Juzhen Pavilion is even more antique.
All decorations and arrangements are in the antique style.
Even the wait staff are wearing ancient clothes, giving people the feeling of traveling to ancient times.
"Hello, you two. Is there anything I can help you with?"
A man in a robe came forward and asked politely.
"We are here to participate in the auction at the invitation of President Zhuge."
Lin Bei took out the business card given by Zhuge Tao.
"It turns out that he is an honored guest of President Zhuge. Please come here."
The man's eyes lit up and he respectfully led the way.
The three of them came to the back of Juzhen Pavilion, walked through a short corridor, and entered a courtyard.
There is a pavilion in this courtyard. The door is open at the moment, and there are many people sitting inside.
The man took Lin Bei and Yao Na into the pavilion and came to the two seats in the front row.
"Two distinguished guests, please take a seat. The auction will start in ten minutes. You two can take a rest first."
"OK, thanks."
Lin Bei nodded and thanked.
Then, sit down with Yao Na.
Around them, there were many guests, sitting in twos and threes at this time, whispering.
It seems that there is a lot of interest in the upcoming auction.
After waiting for a while, an old man came out of a room surrounded by several people.
It was Zhuge Tao whom Lin Bei had met once.
"President Zhuge!"
"President Zhuge, are you here?"
"Hello, President Zhuge."
Seeing the old man appear, some people nearby immediately stood up and greeted him respectfully.
Zhuge Tao just nodded slightly.
At this moment, he suddenly saw Lin Bei and Yao Na, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
"Brother Lin, I'm so happy to see you again!"
Zhuge Tao walked quickly to Lin Bei and Yao Na.
"President Zhuge."
Lin Bei stood up, smiled and shook hands with him.
"Brother Lin, although the scale of my auction is a bit small, the items are all very good."
"If you like something, don't miss it."
Zhuge Tao looked at Lin Bei with a smile.
He invited Lin Bei over not on a whim, but because he felt that Lin Bei was a truly knowledgeable person.
After all, that imperial purple sand teapot is not something ordinary people can see.
Even he took a lot of time to be sure.
"OK!"
Lin Bei smiled and nodded.
Zhuge Tao nodded to Yao Na again, and then sat in the middle seat.
"Lin Bei, this auction seems to be quite fun. I wonder what good things will be available later?"
Yao Na, who was wearing a mask, was very excited.
Before entering the entertainment industry, she was just an ordinary girl with no knowledge of the antiques industry.
After becoming famous, you can't just show up in places like this casually. Everything feels very new.
"Just look at it and you'll find out."
Lin Bei didn't have any expectations.
As the two chatted about each other, the auction finally began.
The items that came up from the front include valuable calligraphy and paintings, as well as exquisite porcelain.
Although they are all good antiques, they are not suitable for gift giving.
Lin Bei and Yao Na were not very interested either.
But Yao Na felt that this auction format was very exciting, and she seemed eager to try it.
"Everyone, the next auction item is a bronze sword. This was obtained from a large tomb by a group of experts specializing in tomb robbers."
"The starting price is two hundred thousand."
As the last auction item was successfully traded, the staff carried a one-meter-long brocade box onto the auction stage.
After opening it, a bronze sword inside was displayed in front of everyone.
This copper sword is golden in color with a hint of green, and the blade has complex patterns.
Although it looks like it's very old.
However, there is nothing outstanding about it.
"Bronze sword?"
"It doesn't look like anything special!"
"President Zhuge, have you ever seen this bronze sword? Do you know its origin?"
"There aren't many people here who have done any research on bronze swords, right?"
Everyone in the audience was talking a lot.
In the antique business, the most common ones are naturally various porcelain, jade and gold ornaments.
Weapons like bronze swords are rare.
This is because not many people would use weapons as burial objects.
Even if there is, it will be corroded very quickly in the dark and humid environment of the tomb.
It was simply impossible to preserve it.
Even this bronze sword has this situation.
The green hairs on the sword are actually formed after the oxidation of copper.
How can a copper sword that has been oxidized to look like this be a good antique?
"Everyone, I have seen this bronze sword a long time ago, but I don't know much about bronze swords, so I can't tell the details. Otherwise, the starting price wouldn't be only 200,000."
Zhuge Tao was very honest and told the truth directly.
This is also an important reason why he can become the president of Jiangcheng Antiques Association.
"Even President Zhuge is not sure, let alone us?"
"Yeah, let's forget it."
"It's only 200,000 yuan. I'll take the photo and study it again."
Everyone in the audience discussed for a while, and finally someone made a bid.
The bidder was a fat middle-aged man who looked like he had a lot of money.
It's like, two hundred thousand is not money at all.
"Boss Huang, if you find anything, you must tell us!"
"Yes, maybe this bronze sword is really a treasure."
"Only Boss Huang is so wealthy."
The people around him complimented him again, which made the middle-aged fat boss Huang feel proud.
It only cost a mere 200,000 yuan to be praised by everyone.
In his opinion, it was very worthwhile.
What's more, he can also secretly flatter Zhuge Tao.
After all, this auction was held by Zhuge Tao.
If an item fails to be auctioned, Zhuge Tao will be embarrassed.
He was helping Zhuge Tao save face.
"Anyone else want to bid?"
"First time for two hundred thousand!"
"Two hundred thousand for the second time!"
"Two hundred thousand third..."
The auctioneer on the stage saw that no one was interested in the bronze sword, so he speeded up the auction process very wisely.
"I'll pay you two hundred and fifty thousand!"
Just as he was about to knock down the gavel, a clear voice suddenly sounded, attracting the attention of everyone in the room.
The person who made the bid was Lin Bei.
After the bronze sword appeared, he had been observing secretly, and he just realized it.
Then, without caring about so much, he immediately made an offer.
