Rebirth of the Almighty Internet Celebrity

Chapter 214 Battle Auction

The next day, taking advantage of the fact that there was no dinner invitation for the time being, Wu Xia and Liang Teng headed for the famous "Five Lakes Auction Company" headquarters in the "Emperor Capital" in the "Lexus" driven by Yan Qianyu.

The "auction house" manager who texted Wu Xia last night turned out to be Wu Xia's classmate when he was in college in the "Emperor Capital".

Wu Xia has always kept a low profile when she was studying.

It can be said that basically no one in the same class knew that Wu Xia's father was Wu Zhenting, the richest man in private enterprises.

At most they knew one thing: Wu Xia was born in an extremely wealthy family.Just look at the clothes she wears, although they are not luxurious, but they are all top-level custom-made clothes worth more than 10 yuan, and you can vaguely see the "tip of the iceberg" of her family background.

The manager of "Five Lakes Auction Company" was named Li Huiying.She is not only Wu Xia's college classmate, but even her roommate in the same dormitory.

The "auction" was scheduled for this morning.

Yesterday, when an old classmate sent a message to Wu Xia, it was already relatively late.She also weighed and weighed again and again before sending the message to Wu Xia.

When Li Huiying first joined the "Five Lakes Auction Company", she would send "short messages" to Wu Xia whenever there were similar auctions of calligraphy and paintings.

It's a pity that Wu Xia has never been interested in auctioned calligraphy and painting works before.Never attended.Especially in the past two or three years, Wu Xia is no longer in the "Emperor Capital", and it is even more impossible to make a special trip to the "Emperor Capital" to patronize the "Special Auction".

Therefore, in the past two or three years, Li Huiying has almost stopped sending similar calligraphy and painting auction information to Wu Xia.The hair is also white.

But what was it like yesterday?

It turned out that after a major newspaper published the news that Master Beihong's "Ba People Carrying Water" that "Wuhu Auction Company" was about to auction might be a fake, even though it was only one day later, they apologized and clarified it.But a bad impression has already formed.

The owner of the original work of the master did not agree to postpone the re-auction, and the staff at the auction house were worried that this time it might be sold at a low price.It is even possible that the auction will pass.

In this case, Li Huiying thought of sending a message to a few rich friends.

Not necessarily the other party will come to the auction.But if one or two rich people who really love celebrity calligraphy and painting can be attracted, the possibility of passing the auction will be greatly reduced.

Li Huiying's goal was achieved.She really doesn't ask too much.

When Wu Xia and Liang Teng rushed to the headquarters of the "Five Lakes Auction Company" in the imperial capital, Li Huiying was already waiting for Wu Xia on the first floor.

It was a young woman in her early twenties, but her body was obviously fattened.

The appearance is not bad.

If the cheekbones on a round face are not so high, the "face value" can be greatly improved.

But that's not the point, the point is that Liang Teng looked at Li Huiying's round face, and felt a familiar feeling of "deja vu".

This sense of familiarity is very strong.But Liang Teng tried hard to recall, but still couldn't think: When did he know Wu Xia's college classmates?
Probably because of the face shape of the other party, there may be similar people among Liang Teng's acquaintances?

After 8:[-] in the morning, it will be the special auction of "Ba People Carrying Water".

Even Wu Xia didn't care to chat with her old classmate whom she hadn't seen for several years.It is even more impossible for Liang Teng to put aside the main topic and gossip about these "difficulties" just because he is very "familiar" with the other party.

In the auction, just looking at the number of bidders in the field, there are very few.

Nuoda is a big venue, and there are only less than ten "guests" on a fingertip.

Among these personnel, Wu Xia, Liang Teng and Yan Qianyu were still in the same group.

In this way, the number of people on the scene is even rarer.

I saw that there were only a few "bidders" at the scene, and in addition to the memory of the previous life, the auction price of the first "Ba People Carrying Water" was only a mere 125 million.After Liang Teng knew this, he felt like a cheater who knew the "reserve price", full of confidence.

Of course, the first auction price in history for "The Picture of Ba People Carrying Water" was 125 million, that's right.But there is a premise that there is no such "variable" as yourself.

Now I, a buyer who is "determined to win" the authentic works of Master Beihong, appeared.With him participating in the bidding, the guy who bought the authentic work for 125 million in history, I wonder if he will "entangle" with himself for many rounds?Bidding to the end?

Liang Teng is now only worried about this matter.

If the other party is sincerely fond of "The Picture of Ba Ren Carrying Water" and has been "fighting" with him, even though there is only one bidder, the transaction price may eventually be raised to an extremely high figure.

Of course, this is what the auction organizers like to hear.But Liang Teng was upset.

Knowing that the first auction price of the authentic work of Master Beihong in history was only 125 million.But I had to pay several times or even more than ten times the price to get it.Who would feel comfortable putting this on?

But Liang Teng is also a person who knows how to resolve himself.

He soon found a clear position: Even if the bidding for "Ba People Carrying Water" ended up with the result he least wanted to see, and the transaction price eventually reached more than ten times the historical transaction price, he would still want to Master Beihong's authentic work is in hand.

Even if it is ten times the historical transaction price, it is nothing more than 1000 million.Such a number, to be honest, was still within Liang Teng's psychological tolerance.

You know, just a few years later, the auction price of the third "Baren Carrying Water" reached an astonishing 1.7 million.Even if Liang Teng was really forced to buy this authentic painting for more than 1000 million, in fact it would still be a very lucrative transaction.

Now there are variables, the purchase price has increased by more than ten times, maybe the transaction price of the third auction also has variables, far more than 1.7 million transactions?

Be optimistic about everything.

However, could it be that Liang Teng's appearance and participation in the auction this time directly led to a transaction price that was more than ten times higher than the previous one?
What if you directly increase the price by 20 times?
Liang Teng felt that this possibility was very slim.

You know, "The Picture of Ba People Carrying Water" has been sent to the "auction house" three times in history.The transaction price of the second auction was only over 1 million.

If the first auction price now breaks through the second auction price in history and doubles the second auction price, will the second auction of "Baren Carrying Water" still happen? Woolen cloth?
According to Liang Teng's experience, in this parallel world, there may be partial and slight changes in historical events.But such a dramatic change as mentioned above is not possible.

Especially the major changes that directly lead to the second auction "withdrawing from the stage of history", Liang Teng has [-]% confidence that it will not happen.

Liang Teng believes that no matter how the transaction price of this first auction changes, it will be limited to a price of 1000 million.

Liang Teng had already prepared for the worst.

Wu Xia was not as anxious as he was.

She doesn't know the historical transaction price of "Ba People Carrying Water" in history, but she has her own judgment.

First, her vision is much more professional than Liang Teng's.Especially looking at whether a person has money or not.Apart from their group of "bidders", there were a few other interested bidders at the scene, three men and three women. From the clothes, speech and behavior, Wu Xia could easily see that there were no collectors with a net worth of more than ten million.

Of course, Wu Xia can be so sure of this, in addition to her superficial observation ability, she has been in the business environment for a long time, and people with small fortunes in the business world (this is her standard, and she can only be called a woman if she is worth tens of millions or more. "Small wealth"), she can probably name it.Even have some understanding of those people's facial features.

The six "bidders" in front of them obviously did not have the temperament of those "little wealthy" people.

In addition, Wu Xia has another basic judgment, or it can be said to be "experience".Historically, in the auctions held in the "Emperor Capital", the final transaction price of the "lot" has never been more than 20 times higher than the "starting price".

Based on the opinions of various experts and considerations based on past experience, the "auction house" proposed a "starting price", which is not just a joke.

The "starting price", in theory, has the possibility of becoming the final "transaction price" without any bidders.Therefore, the starting price seems inconspicuous, and it cannot be drawn randomly.

Since there is a possibility that a certain "lot" will be sold at the "starting price", the bidders are not fools. In most cases, they will finally win the "lot" at a price that is more than 20 times the "starting price".Extremely rare.

This may happen once in a while abroad.It has never been seen in the country.

For this "Ba Ren Carrying Water Picture", since the starting price is 80 yuan, it shows that the current market conditions of Master Beihong's authentic works may only be sold at this price.

In short, as Liang Teng was worried, the final transaction price was "locked" at more than 1000 million, and Wu Xia felt that was impossible.

Liang Teng and Wu Xia have their own thoughts.

The special auction began "without any surprise".

From the "starting price" of 80 to 125 million, the number of "price increases" in the middle, in fact, did not have many rounds.

This "special auction" is destined not to last long.

If it is placed in the later generations with advanced network information, such a simple "special auction" can be directly posted on the website, and it will be OK.

After about 20 rounds of bidding, "Baren Carrying Water" was raised to a historical transaction price of 125 million.

The person who gave the 125 million "quote" was a young man in his 70s who could be described as "simple" in his clothes.

The little old man was in good spirits, and on his balding head, his sparse hair was neatly combed and even gelled.At first glance, it is the kind of small businessman who is shrewd and capable in every way.

Liang Teng looked at the little old man's face, and nodded secretly: The winner of the "Ba People Carrying Water" in the first "auction" in history, only 4 or 5 years after getting the original work of Master Beihong I sent it to the second "auction", which was strange before.Now that it is such an old man who is nearly 8 years old bidding for the painting, it can be explained clearly again.

Or the old man felt that time was running out, and a few years later, after discovering that the market price of Master Beihong's paintings had skyrocketed, he couldn't help but "cash out" the authentic works of Beihong.

In exchange for huge wealth, it is better to take advantage of the evening scene and enjoy it.

Another possibility is that the old man will also "pass away" five years later. He has many children and wants to divide the family property. Naturally, all of them agree to auction off "Picture of Ba Ren Carrying Water" in order to share the money.

Liang Teng was thinking about some "messy" things in his mind, but this did not prevent him from paying close attention to the progress of the auction.

During the previous dozens of rounds of bidding, Wu Xia couldn't help but be eager to try and raise an auction price.But they were all stopped by Liang Teng.

When the bidding price rose to 125 million, other than the skinny old man who made the bid, the other bidders hesitated and stopped bidding.

At this time, Liang Teng touched Wu Xia's shoulder with his hand, indicating that she could raise a sign to "bid".

Wu Xia hesitated for a moment, mainly because Liang Teng didn't tell her what price to quote?She thought about it, and most of the previous people raised their quotations by 2 to 3 yuan, and the round with the highest price increase did not exceed 10 yuan.

Wu Xia simply followed the crowd, raising a placard and declaring a price of 130 million.

Wu Xia, Liang Teng and his party were seated at the back.

The entrance to the "auction house" is located on the side.The few bidders sitting in the front didn't pay much attention to Wu Xia and Liang Teng entering the arena.

At this time, the skinny old man heard a new bidder behind him.Subconsciously turned around and glanced at Wu Xia.

After the thin old man saw Wu Xia, his expression immediately became very rich.

To Wu Xia's surprise, the thin old man she didn't know had seen her and her father, Wu Zhenting, attend a certain charity event together.

The thin old man recognized Wu Xia, and was immediately discouraged.

nonsense!No matter how much he loves Master Beihong's paintings and wants to take advantage of this great opportunity to "find a leak", he has no confidence that he can bid with the "richest man's daughter".

His net worth and wealth have increased by 1000 times, and he dare not "overreach his capabilities" to "head-to-head" with the richest man's daughter.

The thin old man fell silent.

Since you know that you can't compete with others, why bother to quote a few more rounds of prices to drive up the final transaction price?What about grudges against people for no reason?

That kind of act of fighting for a moment is not what a person of his age would do at all.

As for the other bidders, after the skinny old man quoted a price of 125 million, they already felt that the price of the painting had completely exceeded their "psychological expectations".

Although they didn't recognize Wu Xia's identity, now that she had quoted a higher price, they didn't even bother to infiltrate.

Liang Teng heard the auctioneer's last three bids, and set the final transaction price of "Baren Carrying Water" at 130 million, which was a final decision.His heart finally fell to the ground.

130 million, which is only 5 higher than the transaction price of the first auction in history, and the bidder has successfully become Liang Teng himself.

Such an ending is really "happy to all".

Of course, according to Liang Teng's standards.

While Liang Teng was excited, he didn't think about it. The reason the skinny old man finally gave up on continuing the "bidding" was because he knew Wu Xia's true identity.

Liang Teng was still entrusted to Wu Xia's blessing, so he didn't waste money unjustly.

(End of this chapter)