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Chapter 338 Auction

This is a pastel.

The shape is beautiful and the size is moderate. Zhang Chi thinks it is perfect to be placed in the office as a decoration. The key is that Zhang Chi took a fancy to it at a glance and liked it from the bottom of his heart.

Through the glass, Zhang Chi looked at him.

The owner of the antique shop also saw that Zhang Chi must have taken a fancy to this famille rose, and introduced it vigorously: "Sir, your vision is really good. This is a fine famille rose during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty..."

After listening to the boss's introduction, Zhang Chi liked this famille rose more and more, and thought in his heart, it would be really good to put it in the office.

"Boss, how much does it cost?"

The boss was overjoyed, and introduced: "This is a very rare plum vase. Look how bright its color is, and how lifelike the flowers and birds are on it..."

Zhang Chi interrupted: "How much is it?"

"Five million dollars."

Zhang Chi counter-offered: "5 US dollars."

"Sir, without a bargain like yours, you can't buy it for 5 US dollars, at least 45 US dollars, it can't be cheaper."

"Five million dollars."

"No, at least 40 US dollars, it really can't be cheaper."

"5 dollars!"

"gentlemen……."

"5 dollars, I can pay right away."

"This……"

"Five million dollars."

"..."

The boss almost broke down. He wanted to make a fortune in front of Zhang Chi, but he didn't expect Zhang Chi to bid 5 US dollars, but in the end it was still a deal.

The boss said: "Sir, you are the best bargainer I have ever seen. You bought such an exquisite piece of Qing Dynasty famille rose for 5 US dollars. You have made a lot of money, and there is also a lot of room for appreciation in the future."

Zhang Chi said indifferently: "I just use it as a decoration, it doesn't matter if it appreciates or not."

After successfully buying this famille rose, Zhang Chi did not leave in a hurry, because the store is indeed very large, and there are many things in it. In addition to Chinese antiques, there are also some antiques from Western Europe and other regions. Some Zhang Chi had never seen and could not understand.

The focus is on Chinese antiques, and Zhang Chi has little interest in foreign antiques.

Gradually, a jade ornament attracted Zhang Chi's attention. It was very beautiful, carved from suet white jade, and the jade looked very warm. It was placed on a base, which was very attractive.

"Sir, this is an opinion jade carving from the period of the Republic of China. It is very suitable to be placed in the office as a decoration. You see, it is carved with a whole piece of suet white jade, which is white, yellow and blue. It is skillfully carved and the knife is exquisite. Yours Look, there is still a signature..."

The boss tried his best to introduce this jade carving ornament. He guessed that Zhang Chi had already taken a fancy to it and might buy it. The boss really wanted to make this business again.

Things are really good.

Zhang Chi nodded slightly, and then asked: "Boss, how much is this, let me remind you in advance, don't take me for a fool, my money didn't come from the wind."

"Don't dare, don't dare." The boss said quickly: "If you are interested, sir, you can take the 10 US dollars."

This time he did not quote another sky-high price.Like the famille rose just now, its normal price is only about 5, and he asked for 50 US dollars.

Asking prices all over the sky, sitting on the ground to pay back.

Haggling is very normal, so Zhang Chi cut it in half, "10 is too expensive, I can offer up to 5 US dollars."

Immediately, the boss put on a bitter face, "Sir, how can you bargain like this? I really didn't quote randomly. The 10 US dollars is the real price. How about it, I will let you take it away with 95000 US dollars."

After some haggling, it was finally sold for US$6, which should be considered a fair price.

After purchasing two items, Zhang Chi was satisfied.

He earned 5000 million US dollars from seeing a doctor for Eric, and now he hasn't spent a single cent. Zhang Chi continued to stroll around Chinatown and bought another thing.

In the past two days, apart from looking at the scenery, Zhang Chi, accompanied by Alex, visited the city of Washington and went to many places.

In addition to enjoying local delicacies and going to local high-end restaurants, I also went to some big shopping malls, including some luxury stores, and bought a lot of things one after another, some of which are famous brands, and I plan to take them back as gifts. Or give it to your parents, or your girlfriend, and some friends.

Of course, the most expensive thing is to buy some antiques. In addition to the Qing Jiaqing famille rose and the Hetian jade ornament from the Republic of China, Zhang Chi also bought a bronze incense burner, which he plans to put in his office. In addition to products, you can smoke a little incense at ordinary times, so that the office is filled with a faint smell of agarwood.

Alex has been accompanying Zhang Chi all the time, very enthusiastic, very thoughtful and meticulous, even full of respect for Zhang Chi in his demeanor.

He also found that Zhang Chi seemed to have a special liking for Chinese antiques, so he revealed a message, "Mr. Zhang, an auction will be held in a famous auction house in New York tomorrow, and dozens of collections will be auctioned. If you are interested If you are interested, you can participate."

Auction in New York.

That's good, Zhang Chi immediately showed great interest, "Yes, then let's go to participate and see the collections that will be auctioned. If possible, we can also take one or two pieces."

In such a large auction, every item sold is worth a lot of money, possibly over a million, or even higher.

Seeing that Zhang Chi was very interested, Alex said, "Then we will go to New York this afternoon to participate in the auction tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Zhang Chi readily agreed.

Such a large-scale auction is attended by rich people, and tickets need to be purchased a few days in advance, but Zhang Chi is not worried about Alex's strength at all. Behind him is the Adams family, which is from the United States. One of the top giants.

In the afternoon, Zhang Chi and others arrived in New York smoothly.

In the evening, Zhang Chi checked into the best and most luxurious hotel in New York, which was owned by the Adams family. Zhang Chi didn't have to spend a penny, and he stayed in the luxurious presidential suite in the hotel, enjoying the hotel's top service.

Wu Ke and Tao Jun also followed suit, each with a high-end suite.Wu Ke said that he made money this time, eating well, playing well, and living well.

Zhang Chi laughed loudly at the time. This time the trip to the United States was really good, the harvest was rich, and he had a lot of fun. The only fly in the ointment was that he didn't bring Hu Bingyue with him. If the two of them were together, it would be more comfortable and happy.

In the evening, Alex sent the materials of tomorrow's auction to Zhang Chi's hands. It was a thick book, not only the rules of the auction, but also detailed introductions. Each auction item was introduced, including Their color pictures, text introduction, starting price, etc.

"There is also "Picture of Ladies" by Gu Kaizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I really didn't expect it!"

Zhang Chi was surprised.The "Picture of Ladies" by Gu Kaizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was once collected in the Old Summer Palace, but the Eight-Power Allied Forces burned the Old Summer Palace. This picture was lost overseas and has never returned to the embrace of the motherland.

This picture is definitely in the top ten among the many cultural relics lost overseas in the Old Summer Palace, and it is definitely a national treasure.

"Do you want to take a picture of it and take it home?"

Zhang Chi thought so in his heart, but when he looked at its starting price and estimated price, he hesitated a little in his heart, it is not cheap.

The starting price on the introduction materials is 500 million US dollars, and the estimated price is 3000 million US dollars. In other words, Zhang Chi needs to spend about 3000 million US dollars to bid for it. If there are many bidders, the final transaction price may be more than 3000 million US dollars. Dollar.

Although he earned 5000 million US dollars from seeing a doctor for Eric, Zhang Chi still felt a little heartbroken when he had to spend so much money all at once.

"Let me think about it again, let's talk about it tomorrow." Zhang Chi made a decision in his heart, everything will depend on the situation tomorrow.

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Sotheby's in New York is very famous. This large-scale auction was held by Sotheby's, with a large scale and high specifications.

Of course, the people who participated in this auction are not simple, they are not rich businessmen, celebrities, or some big companies, or representatives of big value, and some powerful collections, etc. There are not a thousand people who participated. , and there are hundreds of them.

Accompanied by Alex, Zhang Chi followed Wu Ke and Tao Jun, a group of four walked into Sotheby's, entered the auction hall, sat down in their own seats, and waited quietly for the auction of the official start.

Before the auction started, Zhang Chi looked around and thought to himself, there are so many people, all kinds of people, including whites, some blacks, and some orientals like Zhang Chi.

On Zhang Chi's right is Alex, on the left is Wu Ke, and next to Wu Ke is Tao Jun.

After Wu Ke sat down, seeing that the auction hadn't started yet, he looked left and right, and said to Zhang Chi: "Brother Chi, there are quite a lot of people, the competition for the next auction must be very fierce, do you have any collections that you fancy? "

Zhang Chi didn't hide it, "I took a fancy to Gu Kaizhi's "Lady Picture", it is one of the cultural relics lost overseas in the Old Summer Palace, it would be great if I could take a picture of it and bring it back to China, but it Might be a little pricey."

Wu Ke nodded and said, "It's not ordinary expensive. The estimated price is as high as 3000 million US dollars, which is equivalent to about [-] million Huaxia coins. It is also one of the finale collections of this auction."

Alex was fluent in Chinese and understood something vaguely. He hurriedly asked with concern: "Mr. Zhang, you like that picture of "Ladies", don't you?"

He didn't understand what he heard just now, so he asked this question. After all, his Chinese level is limited.

Zhang Chi nodded and said, "Yes, I'm very interested in that "Lady's Picture". It is one of the cultural relics lost overseas in our country. It would be great if we could bring it back."

Tao Jun helped with the translation, and his English is fluent.

After listening to the medicine, Alex was thoughtful...

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That's all for today's update, thank you all.

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