Chapter 439

"Dang, Dang, Dang", the sound of three hammers hitting the table, "ladies and gentlemen, I'm Tang Ning, the auctioneer of this special auction of Chinese antiques. First of all, thank your highness Wilson for coming. Please stand up and welcome. Thank you.".

When he heard the auctioneer's words, William turned his eyes. He was reluctant, but he immediately said to Shen Cheng and other Chinese guests, "out of courtesy, please stand up, friends, thank you.".

With that, he took the lead to stand up and watch Wilson applaud. With his friendly relationship with the Wilson family, William would not hit the royal family in the face at such a time. Instead, he should maintain the cooperative relationship. Anyway, he would applaud.

Most of the people in the audience except the English people would stand up and applaud consciously. The others were stunned for a moment, and when they saw William take the lead to stand up, they would also stand up and applaud.

Wilson was stunned for a moment. He saw William standing up and watching himself clapping. He stood up with a smile on his face and nodded around. He kept saying, "thank you, thank you." he didn't dare to have any etiquette.

After politeness, many people stare at today's auctioneer. If it wasn't for him, everyone would have stood up in politeness to pay attention to an 18-year-old young man. Even Wilson didn't feel him, but would blame him for his many things.

"God, I'm tired of this stuff." sitting down, William complained to Shen Cheng, "today's auctioneer must be an Englishman and a supporter of the royal family, otherwise Wilson would not enjoy this kind of courtesy.".

After that, William turned to Wilson, who was still excited, and said, "right, Wilson, this is probably the first time that you've been welcomed alone at a non holiday time.".

"Ha ha, thank you, thank you very much," Wilson said with a sincere thanks, and then complained with a smile, "man, can't you break my dream so quickly?"

"I'm sorry, my fault," William said in a serious, eccentric tone, "Your Excellency the Duke of Cambridge.".

As soon as he heard William's tone, he knew he was upset. Wilson replied with a smile, "God, be serious, your Excellency the Earl of Oxford, it's a public occasion, and you and I are together.".

"Ha ha", everyone was very cooperative and laughed to ease the embarrassment just now.

After the joke, the auction officially began. The first one was the blue and white Yunlong Shouzi covered jar of the Ming Jiajing Dynasty.

After bidding, many people will look at William. Professor Guan, who came with Shen Cheng, saw that William was not interested at all and asked with a smile, "Mr. Devonshire, this official kiln is a good thing that can be dated at a glance. Are you not interested?"

Professor Guan, don't be so polite. Just call me William.

Professor Guan nodded, while William nodded with a smile and replied, "there are too many porcelains in the Jiajing Dynasty. I have more than ten pieces of porcelains that are several grades higher than those in the current auction. There are too many repetitions to arouse my interest.". Nouveau riche:

, OK, this is a quick choking. You can't make complaints about your tyrant.

Dozens of pieces of porcelain, calligraphy and painting were shot in a few minutes, but William didn't lift the card once, which disappointed the treasure owners who had expected William to join.

After shooting a few more antiques, the staff of the auction house held them out on pallets to see white suede jade, and William became interested.

This is a piece of jade. It's the top-level suet jade mined in 10 years. The owner spent several years looking for the top-level master to carve it. After the production, he kept it in his collection. No one has ever made it. Of course, William is interested in it.

The whole piece is the size of a jade goose egg. It's round without any defects. Only eight horses are carved on the jade. It's very suitable to play with.

So as soon as the auctioneer said that the starting price was 200000, William raised his hand.

People who are interested in this jade will raise their price if they don't want to. They can't help worrying. When the price comes to 500000 pounds, no one will bid again if it exceeds the market price of this jade by six levels.

"Is there a bid?" The auctioneer asked twice in a row. Seeing that no one really wanted to bid at the scene, he said for the third time and immediately knocked down the mallet on his hand. "Congratulations to Mr. Devonshire for taking the eight steed jade.".

Seeing that something had been photographed, Shen Cheng asked William in a low voice, "do you buy things regardless of price?"

"No matter what you do," William said with a smile, "it's a pity if you don't take what you like. Besides, it's only 500000 pounds.".

"Well, it's only 500000 pounds, more than 6 million Chinese dollars," Shen Cheng said with a wry tongue. "I may not make 6 million Chinese dollars in my life. Should I say you are extravagant, or do you think money is like,,,"

"stop?" William asked Shen Cheng to stop. "Old Shen, you're not authentic. Lanzhiyu is something that you need to play with every day. I want it in the future It's the word you say when you hold it in your hand. It's still fun.

"If you feel sick, you can give it to me, I don't mind," Shen Cheng joked.

William chuckled, "ha ha, here you are. Do you want it?"

"Dare, why not? I really don't have any public office now. Why not?"."Screw you" William rolled his eyes, things have not yet started, would rather stay in the basement, not see the sun will not give away.

The auctioneer struck the gavel. "Well, ladies and gentlemen, here's the big show today.".

Three staff members came up with three pallets covered with red cloth, put them on the display table and took down the red cloth. The three animal heads were immediately displayed in front of everyone,

the auctioneer said in a loud voice, "at the request of the owner, we temporarily changed the auction plan. The three animal heads of monkey and tiger will not be auctioned separately, but will be auctioned in one set, with a reserve price of 2 million pounds, and each increase should not be less than 10% Please bid.

"Hell", the people who were interested in the three animal heads at the scene immediately scolded. The price of two million pounds for three animal heads immediately made many people hesitate. The price of three animal heads sold together would be much higher, and many people protested loudly.

"Bang bang", the auctioneer knocked the mallet on his hand. "In order to express his apology for changing the auction scheme, the owner will give 5% of the profit after the transaction. OK, ladies and gentlemen, the price of 2 million pounds is low. Anyone bid?"

There are 5% of the profits, the participants feel better, and the resistance is not so strong. Only Shen Cheng suddenly feels that these people have been calculated. He turns to look at William doubtfully, thinking that the treasure owner suddenly changed the auction plan, and it won't be William who made it.

It's better for them to buy all three pieces. If they can't, they have to buy at least two pieces to take back. Now the three pieces are shooting together, which immediately disrupts their plan.