Chapter 382: Raising the Price

"Guest No. 42 bids 50 million US dollars!" The auctioneer was a bit excited, not expecting someone to bid so quickly.

Everyone looked over and found that the bidder was actually Director Jiang Wen in the second row.

Many people immediately showed an expression of realization. It is not new news that Director Jiang Wen loves Japanese culture. In the movies he shot before, Japanese elements were often added.

Now that he saw Muramasa, it is reasonable to want to take it down for collection.

"Director Jiang Wen also has research on Japanese swords?" Miss Luo Quan didn't know this point. Seeing Jiang Wen bid, she asked curiously.

Jiang Wen laughed: "There is not much research, just purely looking at it and liking it."

"50 million US dollars, is there any higher bid?" The auctioneer on stage continued to ask for the price.

However, this sword originally had a bad omen and was a Japanese object, so there were not many people who liked it. Once Jiang Wen bid, basically no one grabbed it with him.

"Deal!" The auctioneer didn't grind, and seeing that everyone was unmoved, he immediately dropped the hammer.

There are very few Japanese things that can sell for a high price in China. Although it is only the starting price, it is already very good that someone bids.

However, even so, the transaction price of this first auction item has exceeded the sum of all auction items in the previous round.

In order to avoid swapping, the auctioneer directly sheathed Muramasa and asked the assistant to send it to Director Jiang Wen's hand.

The camera at the scene also followed. Director Jiang Wen held it in his hand and played with it simply, with joy that could not be covered on his face.

Miss Luo Quan smiled and said: "A precious sword matches a hero. Congratulations to Director Jiang Wen."

Jiang Wen shook his head and smiled: "What kind of hero am I? It's just adding a decoration to the house. Later, Xiaoyun will have to scold me again."

Xiaoyun refers to Director Jiang Wen's wife, Zou Yun. Miss Luo Quan has heard of it but has never met her. However, Director Jiang Wen seems to like to let his wife appear in his movies, so she is also a bit famous in the entertainment industry.

After the first and most difficult auction item was successfully auctioned, the auctioneer's expression was obviously much more relaxed.

Immediately after that was the second auction item. A glass cabinet was pushed up by a female assistant, and an oil painting was placed inside.

"This 'Marigold Field' is the swan song of Torres, the most talented painter in France, 300 years ago. This painter died young, only 25 years old due to an accident, and only left five paintings before his death.

However, even with only five, his overflowing talent still left his mark in history.

This painting, starting price 60 million US dollars, each increase is not less than 5 million US dollars."

After listening to the auction's introduction, Miss Luo Quan was a bit disappointed.

This Torres is not the name of the painters she is familiar with. It sounds like his experience is similar to Van Gogh, equally unrecognized, equally died young, and his works were only valued after his death.

But the value of the work is not a little bit worse than Van Gogh.

But think about it, if it were really a painting at the level of Van Gogh, it is estimated that it would not be brought here for auction.

Although 60 million US dollars is not a small amount, for these rich people in China who are not short of money, they can still afford it.

Moreover, the auctioneer also created a persona for the author of this painting that is very similar to Van Gogh. Maybe the value of this painting can really be compared with Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in the future.

"60 million!" Someone bid soon.

"70 million!"

"80 million!"

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"80 million US dollars, Guest No. 34 is willing to spend 80 million US dollars to take this painting. Is there any higher than him?

This is Torres's deathbed work, condensing all his talent and energy!"

"90 million!" Someone was moved by the auctioneer's rhetoric and raised the price again.

"90 million! This gentleman bid 90 million!"

Now, the originally lively scene was much quieter. It seems that 90 million US dollars has exceeded the expectations of most people.

"90 million US dollars once, twice, deal!"

The second transaction was completed. The oil painting was changed into a smaller box and then handed over to the rich man who took the painting.

Miss Luo Quan looked over and found that this rich man looked familiar, but couldn't remember it for a while.

There are quite a lot of big rich people present today, many of whom are super rich people in the top 50 of the Chinese rich list.

There are few opportunities to let so many people gather together. It can only be said that this Zhenhua charity organization has a big face, and it also shows that there are really many rich people who need to pay protection fees…………

"The third auction item!" The auctioneer didn't stop his promotion steps. After selling the painting, he immediately let the female assistant take out the third auction item without stopping.

This is a relatively small object, and the female assistant carried it up with a tray.

However, it was covered with a layer of black cloth, and I didn't know what was inside.

But the moment this thing appeared in Miss Luo Quan's field of vision, the system in her mind boiled.

"Buy it! Buy it! Buy it!"

The system's voice had no emotional fluctuations, but it kept repeating the same words. Even a fool knew how much it longed for this auction item.

Miss Luo Quan immediately adjusted her posture and sat upright: "What is that thing that makes you so anxious?"

The system replied: "I felt the breath of the same kind from that thing."

Hearing this, Miss Luo Quan's heart tightened.

Same kind? A second system? Then take it down!

In fact, not long after she came to this world, she often thought about whether she was the only chosen one in the vast crowd. After all, there are billions of people in the world. If there is one, there is likely to be two.

She also asked the system about this, but the system didn't give her a clear answer, only saying that this matter is like the civilization in this universe.

Humans currently cannot find a second civilization, so it is impossible to determine whether a second civilization exists.

Similarly, Miss Luo Quan cannot find a second traveler, so even the system itself cannot be sure.

But today, she discovered a second system, and it was an ownerless system. This is definitely a heaven-sent fate for her!

Without the system repeating it, Miss Luo Quan would take this object down even if she went bankrupt. While paying attention to the thing on the tray, she checked the account balance on her mobile phone.

Fortunately, she made a big profit on the boat before. Excluding the money for buying the diamond ring, plus the money she earned from releasing records over the past year, she has a total of more than 200 million US dollars in deposits!

If there are no accidents, it should be enough.

At the same time, the auctioneer slowly pulled down the black cloth covering the tray. It turned out that this third auction item was a seal made of gold!

This seal looks like it has been around for some years. The appearance is mottled, and it looks like it has experienced ups and downs, suffering from unknown years of sun and rain.

"This is a seal made of gold. The era can be traced back to the early Northern Song Dynasty, with a long history of nearly a thousand years.

Its current owner is a collector in Italy, purchased from a military family in Italy.

This collector now lives in China. He likes China, a country with outstanding people.

After identifying the specific era of this seal, he felt that this is a very important cultural relic, so he is willing to sell it through this auction, let Chinese people take it back themselves, and then decide whether to hand it over to the country.

Because of improper protection, its seal characters have been almost worn flat, and it is unclear what it is, but this does not hinder its historical value, so this seal is priced at 50 million US dollars, each increase is not less than 5 million US dollars!"

The auctioneer is a foreign white man. Although his Mandarin is very smooth, he obviously doesn't know enough about Chinese culture.

For things like seals, the side with characters is the most important. Without characters, its value is lost by more than half.

Secondly, gold seals were actually rare in ancient times, and there is not one famous one. If this were a jade seal with a thousand-year history, it would definitely sell for a sky-high price.

But unexpectedly, as soon as the auctioneer shouted the starting price, someone bid immediately.

"50 million US dollars!" Huang Jun raised the sign.

After being connoted by Wang Bo in the first round of the auction, he didn't make any more bids. Originally, everyone thought that President Huang didn't intend to be a fish tonight, but he didn't expect that he was still willing to bid this time.

Looking at President Huang's expression, he is determined to win this gold seal. After bidding, he looked around, and his face seemed to be written that whoever raises the price is making it difficult for him.

In terms of net worth alone, he is not top-notch among the rich people in the first row, at most he can only make waves in front of stars.

However, as a member of the Beijing circle, it is well known that Huang Jun has a backer, so even these rich people are unwilling to provoke him easily.

It's not fear, it's just that there is no need to offend him for such a plaything.

Of course, except for those who have grudges against him.

"70 million US dollars!" Miss Luo Quan raised her fair lotus arm and raised the price by 20 million directly!

"70 million! Miss Luo Quan bid 70 million US dollars!" The auctioneer showed a surprised expression and recognized the girl who was as beautiful as an angel at a glance.

Compared with rich people, the auctioneer's recognition of stars is still higher.

Seeing Miss Luo Quan bid, anger immediately filled Huang Jun's face.

If Wang Bo's words were just because of too many words and mistakes, unintentional mistakes, then Miss Luo Quan was completely looking for trouble!

"80 million US dollars." Huang Jun bid softly, his expression returned to the previous light and breezy appearance, but a casual wave of his right hand knocked the mineral water in front of him to the ground. The water gushed out, causing the female stars sitting in the second row behind to let out a light cry.

"Sorry, sorry, didn't pay attention." Huang Jun stood up and handed tissues to the female star who was splashed by the water.

Interestingly, the female star who was splashed by the water was not angry because her evening dress worth hundreds of thousands was wet, but instead kept saying sorry to Huang Jun.

Originally, this looked like an accident, but in the eyes of others, it was not the case.

This is clearly a warning from Huang Jun to Miss Luo Quan.

The stars behind were also sweating for Miss Luo Quan in their hearts. Huang Jun is famous for being insidious in the circle. If you provoke him, there will be no good fruit to eat.

"100 million!" Miss Luo Quan continued to bid, as if she didn't see the ridiculous scene in front at all. All her attention was on the golden seal.

What kind of onion is Huang Jun? Is he worth her looking sideways?

"God, Miss Luo Quan actually bid 100 million US dollars. This is really a surprising price, but it also shows the value of this seal!

Is there anyone willing to bid a better price than this?" The auctioneer doesn't understand the grievances in the entertainment industry. He just wants to sell the auction items at a higher price as much as possible.

And Huang Jun also did as he wished, continuing to raise the price:

"130 million US dollars!"

This price made many people exclaim. It is well known that Huayi's current situation is not good, and the stock price falls every day. Although because the foundation laid in the first 20 years is too thick, even if it has fallen for two or three years, the market value is still maintained at around 10 billion.

But in fact, industry insiders know that because the new movies Huayi shot have failed one after another, the cash flow is almost exhausted. The reason why the stock price has not collapsed is entirely by selling shares of other companies to dismantle the east wall to make up for the west wall.

But now Huang Jun took out a huge sum of 1 billion RMB in one breath, which really makes people doubt whether Huayi's situation is as bad as the rumors.

However, considering that Huang Jun collected so many valuable artworks before, maybe they can be used to offset the price. Anyway, the auction organization has a professional valuation team, which is relatively convenient to evaluate.

And Miss Luo Quan here is actually drumming in her heart. She regrets not bringing the Flower of Brilliance along the way, and she doesn't know if 200 million US dollars is enough.

"200 million US dollars!" Miss Luo Quan shouted the largest cash integer she could take out at the moment, and at the same time lowered her head, flipped through the address book, and considered who to borrow money from.

"200 million US dollars! My God, Miss Luo Quan bid 200 million US dollars!" The auctioneer was so excited that he was about to jump up. Such a bid is rare in his entire career!

"Is there any higher than 200 million US dollars? Ladies and gentlemen, this is a seal with a thousand years!" The auctioneer shouted with his throat.

Huang Jun's hand holding the sign was trembling with force.

The young master gave him a task, asking him to buy this seal at the auction.

But the company's cash flow is really tight. Let alone 200 million US dollars, even 100 million US dollars, he has to take his few mansions to make up for it.

If he really buys this thing, the task is completed, but the company will be completely finished. After all, the young master is the one who only enters and does not exit.

After thinking about it, Huang Jun didn't have the confidence to continue raising the price. First, he really couldn't take out so much money, and second, he didn't know how much cash Miss Luo Quan had.

This little girl is really outrageous. She took out 200 million without blinking. How can singing earn more than his filming movies?!

"200 million US dollars once, 200 million US dollars twice…………" The auctioneer looked at Huang Jun. The latter's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, indifferent to the auctioneer's expectant eyes.

"Deal! Let us congratulate Miss Luo Quan for taking this precious gold seal at the price of 200 million US dollars!" The auctioneer dropped the hammer, declaring that this seal had a new owner. ===== CHAPTER 383 =====