People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

"Three hundred thousand!" After the auctioneer announced that the item could be bid, Su Cheng directly raised the auction price from 100,000 Haojiang coins to 300,000 Haojiang coins.

This small amount of money was barely even pocket money for Su Cheng. He definitely couldn't afford a starting price of 100,000, so he simply asked for 300,000.

Surprisingly, after Su Cheng finished bidding, no one else continued to bid.

It was obvious that everyone was giving Su Cheng face, and no one wanted to compete with him.

After a while of silence, the auctioneer said, "Is there anyone else bidding? If not, I will count down."

"Three hundred thousand once, three hundred thousand twice, three hundred thousand three times. Congratulations to Mr. Su Cheng for successfully winning this Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty at the price of three hundred thousand Haojiang dollars!" With the sound of the hammer, the auctioneer announced that Su Cheng had successfully bought an item.

This is also the fastest-selling item since the auction began.

Previous auction items had basically gone through multiple rounds of bidding.

"Congratulations, Mr. Su." The big guys on both sides smiled and said polite words.

In fact, everyone knows that Su Cheng may not even think highly of the items being auctioned, he is just doing it for charity as a token of his appreciation.

Soon, the auction continued to the next round.

The money will be settled uniformly after the auction is over, and the successfully auctioned items will then be handed over to the successful owners.

In such occasions, the organizers of the auction are not afraid that someone will bid randomly and then refuse to pay. If this really happens, it would be very embarrassing and the auctioneer will never be able to stay in Macau in the future.

After all, those who can participate in this auction are all well-known figures in Macau.

Su Cheng also discovered that most of the big bosses of Haojing's large social organizations participated in the auction and bought some items.

It is obvious that they want to show off in front of all the bigwigs in Macau.

These gang leaders manage thousands of people, so they are naturally not short of money. Moreover, they are involved in various gray industries, which are basically highly profitable industries. For them, tens of millions of Haojing coins are just a drop in the bucket.

About twenty minutes later, it was finally the turn of the 18th item to be auctioned.

"Next, it is a bronze statue of a snake head, one of the twelve bronze statues of the Chinese zodiac animals from the Old Summer Palace.

The bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals in the Old Summer Palace were originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall in the Old Summer Palace. They are red bronze statues cast during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and built in 1759 (the th year of Qianlong's reign).

In 1860, the British and French allied forces invaded China and burned down the Old Summer Palace. The bronze animal heads began to be lost overseas.

This bronze statue of the snake head was commissioned by a collector from the Netherlands to be auctioned by us. The starting price is 200,000 Haojiang coins, and each bid must not be less than 10,000 Haojiang coins.

The auctioneer once again briefly introduced the historical origin of the item.

Soon, the staff pushed out the bronze snake head statue and protected it with a glass frame. The spotlights on the ceiling shone on the bronze snake head statue, allowing Su Cheng, who was sitting in the first row, to see it very clearly.

Today, the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads are not well-known internationally. In the eyes of many people, they are just modern antiques with a history of only more than 200 years.

Perhaps because of this, this collector from the Netherlands is looking forward to selling the item for a good price in a city like Haojing, which has a predominantly Chinese population.

Su Cheng was just about to make a bid, but unexpectedly, Mr. He was the first to bid.

"I'll offer 300,000 Haojiang coins." Mr. He shouted directly.

Su Cheng thought for a moment, raised his sign and shouted, "I'll offer 400,000 Haojiang coins."

All of a sudden, everyone at the scene became interested. This was the first time since the auction that top bosses had bid together.

Of course, Mr. He is the top boss in Haojing. If we calculate by status, there is definitely a big gap between him and Suzhou.

However, this is Haojiang after all, and it is the territory of the Haojiang people.

Although Suzhou now has the identity of Macao, it is ultimately a permanent resident of Hong Kong, which makes it different from the locals.

Even though Mr. Ho is from Hong Kong, he is based in Macao. He has already built up a huge business here and can be considered a local boss.

"Mr. Su, are you also interested in this bronze statue?" Mr. He did not continue to bid, but turned his head and asked curiously.

"Well, I quite like this bronze statue. Mr. He, don't blame me for competing with you." Su Cheng laughed.

In fact, Su Cheng did have the impression that there was news that Mr. He paid for the purchase of the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals, but that should have been something that happened in the 21st century.

I have the impression that Mr. Wang purchased the bronze statue of the pig head and the bronze statue of the horse head in 2003 and 2019 respectively, and donated them to the country free of charge.

However, in this world, the bronze statue of the pig head and the bronze statue of the horse head had already been found by Su Cheng from other worlds, and they were bought at a very low price.

In addition, the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads are not well-known nowadays. Logically, Mr. He should not be very interested in the statues, and Su Cheng did not expect him to make a bid.

However, Mr. He's bid does not affect Su Cheng's bid.

It's just a bronze statue, there's no need to offend anyone for it.

"Since Mr. Su has taken a fancy to it, I, He, will naturally not compete with Mr. Su for it." Unexpectedly, Mr. He directly gave it to Su Cheng and no longer participated in the auction.

The auctioneer thought there would be fierce competition, but what he didn't expect was that after Su Cheng made his bid, the scene became quiet again and no one continued to bid with him.

After all, even Mr. He didn't bid, so if they bid, it would only disgust Mr. Su.

Seeing this, the auctioneer understood that no one dared to bid against Su Cheng.

So there was no need to waste time and after going through the process and calling out three times, it was announced that Su Cheng had won the auction with a price of 400,000 Haojiang coins.

"Mr. Su seems to be more interested in Chinese antiques." Izidi asked curiously.

Because of this auction, Su Cheng has only made two bids so far, and both times were Chinese antiques. As for the auction of Western antique artworks, Su Cheng has never made a bid.

"After all, I am Chinese, so I am more interested in Chinese antiques. In fact, I don't know much about art. I just buy what I like." Su Cheng replied with a smile.

Izidi is a government official and the Governor of Haojiang. He did not offer any price this time. He was called over just to keep the situation under control.

As a government official, if he could just donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity, people would definitely think he was corrupt, so Izidi would not make an offer.

After winning the bronze snake head statue, Su Cheng no longer had any interest in the subsequent items.

Of the 28 auction items, Su Cheng was only slightly interested in the blue and white porcelain and the bronze statue of a snake head. As for the others, he had no interest at all.

By the time we finished photographing these 28 items, it was already : in the evening.

Judging from the transaction price, this "Haojiang Charity Night" auction was obviously a great success. (End of this chapter)