But now, since Li Linpu had invited such a "brick house" over, Li Yan couldn't say anything.
After entering the venue, every guest holding the admission ticket has a seat. The seat numbers of Li Yan, Li Linpu, and the'Mr Qin' are all side by side. This extra ticket in Teacher Qin's hand was obtained from someone else's hand by Li Linpu for an extra trust.
"Teacher Qin, I'm relying on you today." Li Lin laughed and said, begging for someone to do things. It's no good if you don't be courteous. There is no way, like this teacher Qin, who even respects his father. Well, things like feng shui, appraising treasures, and fortune telling are becoming more and more popular.
This teacher Qin was a guest of honor in the homes of many officials in Longjing. Usually there are no fewer people who invite him than those popular stars on TV.
After the teacher Qin heard the words, he closed his eyes and opened his mind. It seemed that Li Linpu said this sentence was unnecessary.
Seeing this teacher Qin pretending to be a big-name seller, Li Yan frowned, but because it was the person invited by Li Linpu, he couldn't say anything.
It took about half an hour before the venue was full of guests. Li Yan and the three of them sat in the front row in a better position.
The guests present were all figures from the upper class. After they were seated, they all came together and kept silent and waited for the start of the auction.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." A beautiful woman in a black dress stepped onto the podium. Li Yan took a look, but found that this beauty seemed to be the host of the evening news broadcast on Longjing TV.
"I am Tang Hui, the host of the auction tonight. I very much welcome all guests to participate in the Shengshi Wushuang auction held by our Poly Auction House. Tonight, we will present you with nine precious collections. Guaranteed in name, these collections will definitely feast your eyes on the big guys!"
After the host, Tang Hui, she didn't bother anymore. She was not an employee of Poly Auction House. It ended earlier, and she also rested earlier. I saw her beckoning to the staff and said, "Below, I have asked the staff to present us the first lot, from Jingdezhen, Mingguan kiln porcelain, the Forbidden City Ming Xuande blue and white three-fruit pattern holding pot!"
When the host Tang Hui finished speaking like this, the audience was surprised.
Teacher Qin, who was sitting on the right side of Li Linpu, had closed his eyes and opened his eyes when he heard the name of Ming Xuande's blue and white three-fruit pattern holding pot.
"How can such a precious object be put in the first auction? Is there something wrong with it?" The teacher Qin muttered to himself with doubts in his eyes.
And Li Linpu looked excitedly at the staff who walked to the podium with the brocade box in his hands.
The staff put the brocade box in front of the podium.
Tang Hui motioned to the staff to open the brocade box. Take out the Ming Xuande blue and white three-fruit pattern holding pot inside.
When the brocade box was opened, the situation inside the brocade box was displayed on the big screen.
This Ming Xuande blue and white porcelain pot with three fruits pattern is one of the treasures of blue and white porcelain in the Forbidden City. Its historical value and market value are quite high. In the past, blue and white porcelain of this grade was often brought out at the last critical juncture. However, the Poly Auction House, uncharacteristically, brought such an important lot to the stage as soon as it came up. Could it be that it wanted to arouse the emotions of the guests present
But after opening the brocade box, the influence inside the brocade box was projected on the big screen, a sigh sounded.
Afterwards, many buyers who were supposed to hold bidding cards have dropped the cards in their hands.
"That's the case." Teacher Qin closed his eyes again after looking at the live video on the big screen.
On that big screen, after the brocade box was opened, the Ming Xuande blue and white three-fruit pattern holding pot inside was not complete. The pot had been cracked into several parts, and this level of damage would leave traces even if it was repaired. It's not high-priced.
There are only two pieces of this Ming Xuande blue and white three-fruit design pot in the world. One is in the Forbidden City, which is the one in front of you, and the other is in the British Museum on the other side of the ocean.
If it were an intact Ming Xuande blue-and-white three-fruit-patterned pot, the bid price would be at least 30 million yuan, but this one in front of me is probably even 100,000 yuan, and no one cares about it.
"Ming Xuande blue and white three-fruit pattern holding pot, the starting price is 500,000! Each increase cannot be less than 5,000!" The host Tang Hui seemed to know that this first lot would have such a reaction, and it was still the same after bidding. Looking at the buyers present with all smiles.
But the cold scene happened. After Tang Hui finished bidding for the starting price, no one followed up within three minutes.
With a starting price of 500,000 yuan, buying a piece of broken porcelain is like doing charity. The buyers present are not fools, even if the brocade box once contained a Ming Xuande blue and white three-fruit pattern holding pot, it is broken if it is broken. The degree of damage, even if it is repaired, can be worth 500,000 It's all two things, let alone photographed it at such a price.
Three minutes later, Tang Hui, who wanted to be full of face, also began to worry.
Half a million is the price set by Poly Auction House. Originally, in her imagination, although this lot was damaged, the auction scene would not be too hot, but it would not be so cold, but now this situation...
"Five hundred thousand!" Tang Hui was thinking of countermeasures, but there was an offer from the audience.
Li Linpu was taken aback and turned to look at Li Yan who had picked up the bidding card and said: "Brother, this blue and white porcelain has been damaged to such a degree, don't be impulsive."
Li Yan smiled faintly when he heard the words, and said: "It's not a loss to buy a Ming Xuande blue and white three-fruit pattern holding pot for half a million."
"One half million times!" Seeing Li Yan's offer, the host Tang Hui tapped in surprise: "Is anyone else following up?"
No one responded to her second sentence. It seems that today’s first lot can have a starting price: "Five hundred thousand, two times, five hundred thousand three times, well, this Ming Xuande Blue and White Three The fruit pattern holding pot belongs to this gentleman.
Seeing that the first lot was finally sent away, Tang Hui breathed a sigh of relief.
And that teacher Qin, seeing that Li Yan had taken the photo of this broken porcelain rashly, he whispered with a mocking smile: "I don’t know how to take such a piece, but when I went back, I changed hands. No chance!"
Teacher Qin finished speaking in a mocking tone, and Li Linpu looked at Li Yan in embarrassment.
But the look on Li Yan's face did not change. Still looking at the podium quietly.
For half a million to buy a piece of porcelain broken into several pieces, Li Yan was not stupid, but he had other plans. And what Li Yan definitely did this time was a profitable business.
The second lot is a brush used by Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. This brush was sold for 1.2 million.
Compared with the private auction held by Mr. Fu in Hong Kong last time, the auction held by Poly Auction House is obviously in scale, and the level of exhibits is much lower.
For the remaining lots, the starting price is getting higher and higher, but the bidding is getting more and more intense.
The seventh auction item, a pair of Yuan Dynasty calligraphy master Xian Yushu's "The Preface of Begonia Returning to the Pavilion" was finally taken by Li Linpu for a high price of 7.3 million.
Li Linpu was really willing, and for the sake of the relationship, he even took out more than seven million in one breath. Of course, this is the officialdom. You give away more than seven million yuan, and no one will accept or accept it, but you send a calligraphy and painting that can appreciate and reflect your identity, and people will greet you regularly with smiles.
In this auction, there are a total of nine lots, the seventh one fell into Li Linpu's hands, and the next two are the highlight.
"This eighth lot, everyone should be optimistic about it, it will definitely refresh everyone!" Tang Hui said, with a somewhat elusive smile on his face.
After Tang Hui's voice fell, two staff members walked over with an iron cage. In that cage, there were three beautiful, white-skinned women from the Western Regions. These three women were naked. The buyers present had different expressions on their faces when they saw it.