The manager led Wen Li through the extravagantly decorated corridor. The walls of the corridor were gilded and magnificent, and the paintings and calligraphy hanging on it were all world-famous paintings. For a place like this that was founded on antiques, the hangings would naturally not be... Imitation.
The end of the corridor suddenly opens up. Behind the strange-shaped door, there is a huge living room, showing a pure medieval decoration style. The entire hall starts from the first floor, and you can see the layers of pavilions upwards.
The crystal lamp hanging from the central skylight illuminates the entire hall. There are four or five circles of sofas placed in the center of the hall.
It was divided into small seating areas one by one. The coffee table in the middle of the sofa was filled with high-end red wine and pastries sent from the star hotel.
"This is your seat. If you need to bid later, just press this bell." The manager pointed to the bell on the table and said.
Around the circular hall, in the rooms divided by glass, are the newly delivered stones.
These rough stones are sent directly from the place of origin. After the antique bidding process is completed, guests who come here can choose by themselves and buy them after confirming the price.
Whatever is cut by the cutting machine here is the customer's choice.
Wen Li put one hand on the sofa and glanced around. Because the members had high standards, the number of participants in this event was strictly limited.
Xunhuangji holds such a bidding event every month, and auctions antiques collected from all over the world. A new batch of rough stones will be delivered on the day of each event, which has attracted many collectors.
She scanned the people who were already sitting in the hall. There were three people sitting in each rest area, which totaled about thirty people.
These people were all well-dressed and well-dressed, and one or two of them were familiar faces that they had seen at the Nanpei dinner party.
The Wenli area is used to deal with emergencies. In addition to guests who can get invitations, this location is reserved for guests who arrive unexpectedly.
The waiter came over, opened the red wine bottle, and poured Wen Li a glass of red wine.
"Please be patient, our activities will begin soon."
Wen Li leaned on the sofa and began to close her eyes to rest. The person on the sofa in the sitting area opposite her glanced at her, as if to confirm her identity and look the same.
"Oh my God." The boy with grape-colored hair quietly took out his cell phone and sent a message, "I think I saw your second sister."
The speaker's name is Pu Xi, a good friend of Mu Chenxing.
The family is in the sanitary ware industry and comes from a wealthy family, but his father Pu Jianchuan likes to collect antique calligraphy and paintings.
It can be regarded as a way to enhance the artistic atmosphere. He was dragged here by Pu Jianchuan tonight.
"What did you say?" Pu Jianchuan looked at Pu Xi's mysterious look.
"Dad, look at the woman opposite you." Pu Xi pursed his lips in Wen Li's direction.
Pu Jianchuan looked across the way and saw a girl with outstanding appearance. He was also a little curious. He came to every event of Xunhuang Ji. To put it bluntly, 70% of the people who could attend such an occasion were guaranteed. .
He has never seen this girl before.
"Which lady is that from?"
The clothes she wears are quite shabby. Compared with those wealthy ladies who are all wearing customized clothes, they are not even a bit worse.
Pu Xi waited for Mu Chenxing's reply while focusing on the conversation with his father, "You don't know, that is the little daughter that the Mu family just found, Mu Wenli."
When he said this, Pu Jianchuan knew that the fact that the Mu family had found their little daughter was probably known to everyone in Ningzhou City. However, he did not expect that this little daughter was really beautiful, even more beautiful than the famous Mu Nuanxi. Much more beautiful.
Pu Xi quickly waited for news from Mu Chenxing. After seeing his reply, Pu Xi also made up his mind.
"What are you going to do? There are so many people here. Don't embarrass me." Pu Jianchuan said while watching his son's series of actions.
Usually this brat can cause trouble at home, but this is the first time he brings him out to embarrass the Pu family, let's see how he will deal with him when he goes back. "Just leave it alone. I'm going to take pictures of something fun. Chenxing asked me to do it." Pu Xi put up his phone.
When he heard Mu Chenxing's name, Pu Jianchuan didn't say anything more.
After Wen Li flipped through the booklet in his hand, the person hosting the event came on stage.
"Thank you for coming. You have all seen our activities this month. This time we have brought a total of four collections. The first part is naturally our much-anticipated bidding part."
All auction items in Xunhuangji are shipped from all over the world. Before the auction, professionals will evaluate the authenticity and make a rough estimate.
However, all guests will not receive any information in advance, whether it is antiques, vintage products or other items, let alone such confidential information as prices.
The guests Xun Huangji faced were also extraordinary. These people came to this place for nothing more than recreation.
This principle is similar to the concept of gambling. If you start bidding without knowing the value of the collection, you are likely to get the highest price for the lowest price. Naturally, you will also get the cheapest thing for the highest price.
And these people are not money-hungry, they just want to play to stimulate their heartbeat.
"Then let's proceed with the auction of the first collection." As soon as the host finished speaking, the glass lift in the middle rose up.
It is encapsulated by glass on four sides, and a bronze Pixiu is placed on the middle table, about the size of a plate.
The host pressed the remote control in his hand, and the glass vessel containing the bronze ware slid downward according to the originally buried track and passed through the middle of the rest area to ensure that all guests could have a clear and close observation.
When Pixiu came to Wen Li, she glanced lightly without stopping too much.
"Good stuff! This is really good stuff."
"Just looking at the color, it's probably a thousand-year-old thing. I like this!"
There were many voices in the crowd, and among these guests there were many serious people who liked to collect.
"Our starting price is one million." The host announced the price.
Wen Li slowly reached out and poured himself a cup of chrysanthemum tea. For the value of this thing, one million is not high, but if it exceeds two million in the end, it will not be worth it.
But if you don’t understand these things, I estimate that the actual price of this thing will be higher than 2 million.
Sure enough, someone here has already started raising signs.
"1500000."
"Two million."
"Two and a half million."
The host read out the price with a happy face.
When Pu Xi saw Wen Li who was motionless, the smile on his lips became deeper and deeper.
This Mu Wenli was nothing more than that. He didn't even dare to raise the price when he came in. Compared with Mu Nuanxi, it was far behind.
Also, children who grew up in the countryside were probably shocked when they heard that the starting price was one million. How could it be increased to five hundred and fifty thousand
It was a waste of time for the Mu family to let her in and gain experience.
(End of chapter)