Mr. Fu’s private villa is at the highest point of the artificial island Yuwei Island. Buyers such as Li Yan and Si Lao Er holding the invitation letter have to cross the 99 steps to reach Mr. Fu's villa.
Both Si Lao Er and Li Yan had good physical strength, and it only took about eight minutes to climb the 99 steps. However, some buyers who are elderly or frail and sick are miserable. After reaching more than 30 steps, they have to gasp for breath every time they climb.
When they arrived at the door of Mr. Fu’s villa, Li Yan and Si Lao Er and other buyers who came here first were deeply shocked. The building with an Arabian style in front of you looked like a villa. It is a reduced version of the palace!
The top of the dome is painted with golden lacquer, and the stone pillars built with marble, everything on this building is highlighting the luxury that only belongs to the top rich.
Standing in front of the door of this villa, it feels like you have come to Dubai in the UAE, a small oil country in the Middle East. You will only feel how unworthy of your status and wealth, and this building’s How rich the owner is.
The gate has been divided into two rows of honor guards standing on the left and right. These people greet the buyers with festive music.
This Forbes list of the top 100 rich people is really not built! Li Yan was secretly shocked by the luxury and style of Fu Huasheng's villa, and then Li Yan turned his attention to the second child.
"Brother Li, let's go in. Go in early, so I can pick a good seat." Si Lao Er said with a small calculation.
Li Yan nodded, and walked to the oval gate with Si Lao Er. At the door stood two strong men with a height of seven feet. These two strong men looked extremely vicious, resembling ancient Chinese legends. Shura with blue face and fangs.
There are detectors at the door, and those with controlled knives and guns and ammunition will be turned away.
Under the scrutiny of the two seven-foot evil men, Li Yan and Si Lao Er entered Fu Huasheng's villa without incident.
The hall in this small Middle Eastern-style palace is over a thousand square meters, and the hall is now full of high-end mahogany chairs. Four to five hundred buyers who came by cruise were more than enough to seat here.
Li Yan and the others arrived first. According to the rules of the auction held by Mr. Fu Huasheng, regardless of status, regardless of seniority, as long as the person who came here first can choose a seat first.
Li Yan and Si Lao Er did not pick the first row, the first row was too eye-catching, and the second row was not much better than the first row. They chose to sit in the third row, where the light is good, and they are close to the showcase at the front desk.
After about twenty minutes, almost all the buyers from the cruise ship arrived in the lobby.
A fair-skinned, tall and model-like Arab beauty stepped onto the podium and spoke to the buyers in standard Hokkien: "Hello, everyone, I am from Mr. Fu Huasheng’s private auction. Host Lavia, thank you very much for your hard work to come to this beautiful Mermaid Island. Tonight, in this beautiful Mermaid Palace, you will witness an extraordinary auction experience. I hope everyone will be here tonight. You can gain something!"
When the Arab beauty Lavia finished speaking, a sweet female voice reverberated in the hall, but this time she was speaking in English, which should be translating what Lavia said just now.
In the hall of the Mermaid Palace, the buyers all clapped their hands. Of course, according to the identities of these buyers, of course, it is impossible to applaud Ravia's standard Hokkien. Everyone applauded for Mr. Huasheng.
"Let me please, our most shining protagonist tonight, Mr. Fu Huasheng, Chairman of Limin Bank of Hong Kong!" Lavia said with warm applause and cleverly with the help of the atmosphere.
The applause that had been somewhat low was enthusiastic again, and this time the applause was even more enthusiastic, as if overwhelming.
A man in a suit came out from behind the red curtain.
But as soon as this man appeared, there was a shocking feeling. This is Fu Huasheng? Many people present took a deep breath, their eyes filled with incredible color.
Fu Huasheng, who is usually on the impurity and in the reports, is full of vigor and suave appearance. But the one in front of me is a short man with a height of less than 1.7 meters, with vented hair and deep wrinkles on his face. Although they look alike, Fu Huasheng is the least in the grade of impurities and the one in front of me. The difference is ten years old.
When Fu Huasheng appeared on the stage, seeing the startled eyes of others, Li Yan was not overly surprised to see this picture of him. Who can do business at this level, can he have a smooth face? Fu Huasheng’s photos or videos on print media must have been post-processed by makeup artists or TV stations.
The talent in front of him is what Fu Huasheng really looks like, but Li Yan can see in the eyes of this man a heavy set of vicissitudes and the self-confidence that belongs to a successful person.
"Hello everyone, and welcome everyone to my private villa. Whether you know or not, as long as you have an invitation letter from Fu Huasheng in your hands, they are all my friends. You will see interesting lots here today, I believe Coming here will not make you regret it. The auction is expected to last until 12 o'clock in the evening, and a total of 21 lots will be displayed. Okay, time is limited, let’s not say much, the auction will start now!" Don’t look at this Fu Hua Sheng is not tall and his appearance is not upright, but he speaks with a high-ranking manner. The simple Chinese characters organized together by his mouth are very deterrent and persuasive.
Fu Huasheng returned the microphone to Lavia, and then entered the red curtain.
Ravia stepped onto the podium again, looking at the buyers who were holding their breath and waiting attentively, Ravia smiled and said; "Below, I would like to invite guests here tonight, including the Chinese supermodel Miss Xie Dongna. Presenting the first lot, Pan Song, a bonsai evening scene in the house of the last emperor of late Qing Dynasty!
There was applause. The first lot was a potted plant. Potted plants are very common in wealthy houses, but this potted plant is especially in the study room of the last emperor Pu Yi in the late Qing Dynasty.
A celebrity with a devil figure walked onto the podium holding this potted plant.
This potted plant is extraordinarily exquisite, but the size of the basin, but inside it is planted a small pine that is no more than two feet tall. This small pine is lifelike. Li Yan let out his spiritual thoughts, but was surprised to find that such a small pine tree is still alive Objects are not carved works of art.
After Si Lao Er, who was sitting next to him, glanced at the pot of "Evening Scene Pan Song", his face did not show too much excitement, as if this lot did not arouse his interest.
"This pot of'Evening Pan Song' starts at 200,000 U.S. dollars, and the price increase shall not be less than 3,000 U.S. dollars each time!" Even the last emperor Pu Yi of the late Qing Dynasty, even if a shoe brush fell this year, the price is high, Ravi Ya seemed to be confident in this first lot, and instead of boasting too much, she smiled and waited to see a price war between buyers.
To say, this evening, the potted plants in the study of the last emperor Puyi in Qing Dynasty should be very valuable to sell on the market, but after the warm applause, the bidders were rare and pitiful, with only a handful of seven or eight people participating.
This kind of cold scene surprised the host Ravia. In the end, this first lot was bought by a female buyer with a Sichuan accent at a price of 500,000 U.S. dollars.
When he was in Hongmeng Continent in his previous life, Li Yan has participated in many auctions, and it is not uncommon for the first lot to get cold. But Li Yan looked at that "Evening Scene Pan Song" was photographed by the woman with a Sichuan accent at a price of 500,000 U.S. dollars, but he was a bit strange. To say that this potted plant has its own artistic value and is rare. Both the degree and the historical background are very in-depth, but how can the price of only 500,000 US dollars in the end
Li Yan showed confusion on his face. Si Lao Er seems to be bored at this time. Seeing Li Yan's expression, Si Lao Er smiled and said; "Brother Li, are you thinking about why this late emperor is the last emperor? There are so few people asking for the potted plants in Puyi's study?"