Yunding Ranch

Chapter 303
Lu Li and Fredean sat down and relaxed their legs a little.It wasn't until I sat down that I felt the tightness and soreness of my muscles.

It was the first time for the two of them to attend such a top-level occasion, and the inadvertent tension controlled the muscles. Even if they didn't realize it, the degree of tension was not the slightest discount.Now after sitting down and relaxing, the lactic acid burst out, and the feeling gradually became more obvious.

"Good evening, gentlemen and ladies." After everyone sat down, a gentleman about 50 years old, wearing a formal three-piece suit, stood on the stage and greeted with a smile, "Welcome to Su Forby Auction House. I am Philip Anfu, and I will be in charge of completing the auction tonight. Here, on behalf of the auction house, I would like to thank all the guests for their attendance and thank you for your continued support."

After a brief greeting, Philip started the auction directly.

Everyone knows that the bottle of Romanee-Conti is the top priority tonight and will be auctioned on the main axis.However, before the main event, there will naturally be a warm-up auction.

The first auction item is an Andy Warhol painting, "Shoes."

Compared with Andy's famous "Marilyn Monroe", "Campbell Canned Soup", "Coke Bottle" and other paintings, this painting is not well-known, and not many people have even heard of it.

However, as soon as it appeared on the stage, the painting caused a depressing buzz of discussion at the scene.As a leading figure and symbol of modern pop art, Andy's influence is definitely not trivial, and it can even be said to have changed the situation of contemporary art, and even different art forms such as film and photography have been influenced by him.

This is only the first auction item, and everyone's excitement has been mobilized.

In February last year, Sotheby's auction house successfully auctioned one of Andy's most famous paintings in the UK, "******** Self-Portrait". When it was Hua, the creation was completed, and it has been attracting attention ever since.

In the end, the painting sold for £760 million.In modern popular culture, it can be called sky-high.

Nineteen months later, Sotheby's auctioned off another Andy Warhol painting.Although in terms of fame, "shoes" are naturally far from being comparable to those classics, but the attention is still unparalleled.

Shock appeared in Fred's eyes, "Is this the first auction item?"

Lu Li also looked astonished, and shrugged slightly, "Anyway, we can't afford it, so the difference shouldn't be that big."

This sentence made Fred laugh out loud.Lu Li handed the auction brochure to Fred, and said in a low voice, "There is a list of tonight's auction. There are eleven items in total. It seems that it will take a while."

The auction had already started before the words were spoken.The base price is $50, with a minimum of $[-] for each upgrade.

The guests at the scene began to raise their placards one after another, and the price quickly rose from 50 to 65. Then Lu Li raised the placard in his hand and participated in the auction competition like a gourd.

"66 million, number 49."

Fred looked at Lu Li with a face full of astonishment, because he was so surprised that he opened his mouth wide and couldn't make a sound until Philip said again, "67, NO.12."

Only then did Fred catch his breath, breathing heavily, and asked with his eyes, "What's wrong with you? What should we do if it is really photographed?" They are all ordinary people, far from To the level of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on an oil painting.

Lu Li pursed his lips and showed a smile as a bachelor.Now that we have come to the auction, it is natural to participate in it in person and feel the sense of substitution, otherwise it would be too boring to just watch from the sidelines throughout the whole process.

However, this feeling is really wonderful and exciting.But if you raise the sign, the price will increase by [-], and if you raise it again, it will increase by another [-].Lu Li finally understood the so-called spending money like water. In comparison, spending a lot of money at the Kumo Racecourse can only be regarded as sprinkling water.

"100 million, NO.30."

Philip's voice was heard, and the number of the auction was raised to one million in one breath. Lu Li looked in the direction of the sign, and it turned out to be Edward.

It seems that the scale of his technology company in Silicon Valley is far larger than imagined, and it is not in vain.Of course, it is also possible that he is just like Lu Li, pretending to make up the numbers.If that's the case, he's far more courageous than Lu Li, and he's raised $100 million in one go.

However, the soaring price of the auction still did not stop, and continued to rise steadily, and finally this "shoe" was sold at a price of 130 million US dollars.

130 million is really staggering.Is this just a warm up?
Fred couldn't help feeling his palms start to sweat, and whispered into Lu Li's ear, "Is everyone here multi-millionaire?"

Lu Li shook his head, "Billionaire."

How can a person with a net worth of tens of millions not be relentless when he makes a move of 200 million?Only those who have a real net worth of over [-] million will feel that millions are just a series of numbers.

Fred couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, but almost choked himself, "So, all the people we chatted with just now were billionaires?"

Lu Li spread out his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and expressed his affirmation.

Then I saw Fred nodding his head, "That's pretty good too, so I'll gain more knowledge." He was extremely nervous and shocked to the extreme, but he became calmer.Fred wiped the sweat from his palms on his knees, "Phew, I'm starting to feel that I'm someone. Tell me, do other people think we're billionaires too?"

Lu Li smiled, "I guess, yes."

The two exchanged glances, and both smiled.

The auction is in full swing, and everyone seems to be looking forward to that bottle of Romanée-Conti tonight, so that it is also particularly strong in other auction items.Among the auction items that were the first to open, paintings, ceramics, watches, emeralds, jewelry, gemstones, etc. were among the most popular. Another batch of wine was the most popular.

This batch of wine was donated by the founder of Netscape, James Clark. In the past ten years, this company has almost threatened the dominance of Microsoft. Unfortunately, after the failure of surpassing, it plummeted and was finally acquired by America Online, gradually declining.But it has been brilliant for at least ten years, and as a founder, James has also gained a firm foothold in Silicon Valley.

Tonight, in order to highlight the Romanee-Conti event, James donated his collection, a total of 66 bottles of Burgundy wine made by Henri Jayer.

Henry Jayer, known as the "father of wine growing", is also the only master winemaker in history to win such a title.His contribution to Burgundy is not only in reforming the way of growing grapes, but also in proposing a new way of making wine, which established Burgundy's world status.

Just this golden signboard of "Henry Jayer" has a very high collection value.This is especially true after the old man passed away in 2006.

This time, James parted with this batch of wines. After Philip introduced them, the excitement on the scene went up to a higher level.

There is only one winner of Romanée-Conti tonight, and it is extremely precious. The final winner is bound to keep the wine, but this batch of Henri Jayer’s wine is not so precious, there are a total of 66 bottles-at the time of auction It's done as a whole, but whoever gets it at auction will get a taste of Henry Jayer's legendary craftsmanship than tonight.

Excitement spread in the hall.

After the auction started, almost everyone in the room shouted the price, if not really participating in it, it was a way of paying homage to Henry Jayer.This caused the auction price of the wine to soar rapidly, and the atmosphere at the scene reached the real climax since the auction. The bustling scene was not like an elegant and noble auction for the elite, but more like the shouting and shouting of a street tavern.

This time, not only Lu Li, but even Fred reached out and shouted the price twice.This made Fred so excited that he screamed silently, but it didn't last long. When Fred saw Lu Li shouting "55" once, his face turned pale with fright.

This batch of wine cannot be compared with "shoes", and the price will definitely not be that high. Fred thinks that the final transaction price of 66 bottles of wine is around 60, and the average price is about [-] US dollars per bottle. This is already The price is sky-high - after all, this is not Romanee-Conti,

Therefore, Fred was worried that if Lu Li called out the price, he would actually buy it in the end, which would be terrible.

However, Fred's worry only lasted for a while, and then the price jumped up quickly. After crossing the 60 threshold, it still didn't stop.In the end, these 66 bottles of wine were sold at a price of 110 million US dollars, which is really staggeringly high.

All the eyes of the audience were directed towards the final auction winner, who was NO.30, Edward.Apparently, he's not just putting on airs.

Lu Li had no choice but to show his admiration to Edward. Seeing him smiling and nodding to everyone around him, he could tell that Edward was really showing off tonight.These 66 bottles of wine, whether given as a gift or to invite friends home to taste at a party, are bound to be popular enough to make him a big hit in the social arena.

Between the intertwined eyes, many people have decided to make friends with Edward after the auction is over.This 110 million is definitely worth the money.This is the real wise man.

"I know, everyone has been waiting for this moment for a long, long time. Although it is long overdue, this moment has finally arrived." Philip's plain voice was full of magnetism, which made people's blood boil involuntarily, "Tonight The last auction item needs no further introduction, just his name, and that will suffice. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce you: Romanée-Conti."

In an instant, the audience applauded thunderously, as if they were welcoming the most distinguished guests in the world.

(End of this chapter)