It wasn't just Chu Chen and Qiao Qingtai discussing the bidding strategy there. Those buyers who were interested in the bronze ban and felt that they were powerful and had a chance to win the auction were also discussing in a low voice with their peers or the experts they invited.
"The bottom price is 100000."
When the auctioneer saw that everyone was sitting back, he started the auction. However, the scene was silent, waiting for several minutes, no one followed the bid.
Seeing this, the auctioneer did not find it strange, because it was quite common in the process of precious auction, just like shooting a bird out of the head with a gun. All those who are interested in this bronze ban do not want to be the bird out of the head.
The auctioneer is also prepared for this situation. He looks around and pauses at the front left.
"Half a million!" Immediately, I saw a man in his fifties, with a thin face, black framed tortoiseshell glasses on the bridge of his nose, clean and tidy, who looked like an old scholar.
As a matter of fact, this old scholar has been active in the past. In addition, he has never photographed anything. We all know that he should be Tuo. But at this time, the situation is like a battlefield with a lot of swords. Suddenly, a clear gunshot broke the silence of the battlefield, and then bullets gushed out. In an instant, the price of the auction products increased ten times, reaching as much as five million.
"Good! The boss here offered six million! " The auctioneer said again. There was a trace of excitement in his voice, which infected everyone present.
Six million seems to be a rallying order, which makes the fresh-blooded bosses sit up straight, and their eyes begin to become bright. Some of them can't wait, and they start to offer up their prices, and they increase by two million as soon as they make a move.
"Eight million!"
Hearing the offer, Qiao Qingtai was also a little nervous. He touched Chu Chen with his elbow and asked, "little Chu, are we going to bid?"
"Wait a minute." Chuchen smiles and gives Qiao Qingtai a reassuring look. Then, he looked back at the auction information. However, most of the time, his eyes did not pay attention to the people who were bidding. Instead, he looked at a middle-aged man sitting on the right side of their seat.
This man is of medium height, with a pair of bright eyes, a high nose, and a confident smile on his face. Coupled with his proper clothes, he can be seen as a successful person.
The reason why Chu Chen pays attention to him intentionally or unintentionally is that he has never offered a price since just now. It's not that he and Chu Chen are the only ones who haven't bid yet. It's because this man spent a little more time observing this bronze forbidden piece than others.
The observation time is so long that it's nothing. As mentioned earlier, it's probably a preferential treatment given by old customers. However, in the process of observation, Chu Chen can see clearly that he wants to put things in his pocket.
Therefore, Chu Chen will put his eyes on this person from time to time, ready to bid with this person. In addition, the current price is less than the bottom line, even if he guessed wrong, there is still time to make up, so he is not in a hurry.
Seeing Chu Chen's eyes, Qiao Qingtai laughs awkwardly. He knows that he cares a lot now, which makes him more or less glad that he didn't win the bidding, otherwise he would suffer a big loss when he bid.
As time goes on, when someone bid more than 10 million, the middle-aged man can't help it. At this time, there were only five bidders, and one of them was the old scholar who was suspected to be Tuo.
When the old scholar offered 10.5 million yuan, the middle-aged man suddenly raised his hand to bid. What's more surprising is that he directly increased the price by 1.5 million yuan in his first bid, making the price directly known to 12 million yuan. This kind of tough way of price increase makes many people look at him with new eyes.
"The boss offered 12 million yuan. I don't know if anyone else will increase the price?" At this time, the tone of the auctioneer gradually increased, and the excitement was also expressed.
A big bellied boss turned his head and frowned again. Then he increased the price by 50000 yuan. However, even if the eyesight of people here is poor, it can be seen that the price is close to his bottom line.
Chu Chen see now the time to bid should be ripe, he also raised his hand to offer, he did not increase as fierce as middle-aged men, only increased 100000. However, the price has already made the fat boss's face full of hesitation. Looking at Chu Chen, he is not sure whether to follow or not.
Chuchen smiles at the fat boss, but it's not him who increases the price next. It's the middle-aged boss just now. His price increase is not high this time. Like chuchen, it's only 100000.
Next, Chu Chen and this middle-aged man, you 80000 I 100000, a while you come and I go, after a few back and forth, the price actually went straight up to 14 million.Seeing this, the fat boss just gave up the fight with a bitter smile and a cold sweat on his head.
At this time, only Chu Chen and the middle-aged man were bidding there. The other guests looked like they had nothing to do with themselves. The auctioneer was smiling. Every time the two sides increased the price, the smile became more brilliant. In the end, his eyes almost disappeared.
Next, the prices came out of their mouths one by one, which seemed calm, but it felt that the atmosphere in the room was getting more and more tense. When the price exceeded 15 million, Chu Chen suddenly bowed his head to meditate, as if he didn't follow.
Seeing this situation, the middle-aged man's face showed his brilliance, while Qiao Qingtai was extremely worried. If he didn't have a sense in his heart, maybe he would have made an offer.
However, just when the middle-aged man thought that he was the ultimate winner, the old scholar suddenly made an offer, which made the man feel quite unhappy and immediately increased the price.
"Xiao Chu, you can't guess that this man will do it?" Qiao Qingtai asked curiously.
Chuchen smile: "just saw that he has this meaning, let him chase for a while."
Qiao Qingtai scratched his head when he heard the speech. Chu Chen said that he would not give up just now, but he almost didn't believe Chu Chen, which made him a little embarrassed.
Chuchen smiles and understands Qiao Qingtai's behavior. However, at the crucial moment of the auction, he doesn't say much. He has been paying attention to their bidding.
Because the old scholar suddenly made a bid, some people at the scene thought that he was not entrusted, but Chu Chen didn't think so, because he was careful every time he increased the price. If he wasn't entrusted, why did he do so?
When the price exceeds $16 million, the old scholar still wants to raise the price, but he can't stand such a tense atmosphere, so he can only give up regretfully.
The middle-aged man was also quite satisfied with the result, but what made him feel extremely depressed was that just as the auctioneer was preparing to drop the hammer, Chu Chen actually offered a price again, and it suddenly increased to 18 million. Many people at the scene took a cool breath.
"18.1 million!" The middle-aged man took a deep look at Chu Chen.
"Twenty million!" Chu Chen returned his confident smile.
The middle-aged man was stunned. He had been affected by the situation just two times. Now Chu Chen's price increase is so fierce that it gives him a feeling that he can't compete. This is exactly the effect that Chu Chen didn't want to achieve just now. He worked hard, then declined and exhausted.
The middle-aged man pondered for a moment, and finally felt that Chu Chen would follow him more likely, and finally chose to give up.
“…… Twenty million three times, deal! "
As soon as the words came to an end, the auctioneer knocked down his mallet with a red face. And the scene also sounded a warm sound.
"Xiao Chu, when shall we go back?" As soon as the auction was over, Qiao Qingtai asked impatiently.
"Go now."
Chu Chen replied that although there are still a few pieces to be shot next, none of them are what Chu Chen wanted. Besides some fakes deliberately mixed with them, there are some problems in the source of other things, so he is not rare.
Chu Chen went to swipe his card to pay for it, and the staff began to pack it, because it was very expensive and the bronzes thousands of years ago were very fragile. The staff were careful and cautious when packing. When it was finished, the black market auction was coming to an end.
When I went back, I replaced a refitted business car. Otherwise, I would not be able to put down the bronze ban, which is more than 100 long.
There was nothing wrong all the way. When they got back to the hotel, there were many people waiting there. One of them showed his identification to Chu Chen and Qiao Qingtai. After Qiao Qingtai's approval, he asked people to work together to move the things out of the car and put them on another car carefully.
Then someone took out a stack of documents for Chu Chen and Qiao Qingtai to sign. Finally, Qiao Qingtai and someone called to confirm. After that, these people drove away.
Today, he just sat there and talked, but Qiao Qingtai was very old, and he was very excited during the auction, which made him tired physically and mentally. So after a hasty dinner, Qiao Qingtai went back to his room to have a rest.
Of course, Chu Chen is much better than Qiao Qingtai. He and Zuo Shan took his room together, took out the new pastel porcelain bottle from the auction in the afternoon, and then took out the other three pieces of porcelain. After arrangement, he confirmed his judgment and found the real address of the treasure.
For such a result, Zuo Shan was excited and excited. After a while, he thought of a question and asked curiously, "Chu Shao, how did you know that this bottle was the key clue at that time?"
Chuchen said with a smile: "at the beginning, it was because the painting style was more similar, and we had studied it for so many days and were more sensitive. Then we found that there was something wrong with this bottle. Fortunately, it was discovered quickly at that time, otherwise it might have been missed! " (the novel Jianbao life will have more fresh content on the official wechat platform. At the same time, there will be a 100% lucky draw for you! Now open WeChat, click the "+" number on the top right, add friends, search the official account "qdread" and pay attention to it, and speed it up! )