"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 is hardly even pocket money for Su Cheng. He would definitely not be able to shout out the starting price of 100,000, so he simply called 300,000.
What is surprising is that after Su Cheng finished bidding, no one continued to bid.
Obviously, everyone is giving Su Cheng some face, and no one wants to compete with him.
After a moment 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 for 300,000 Haojiang coins!" With the sound of a hammer, The auctioneer announced that Sioux City had successfully auctioned an item.
This is also the fastest selling item since the auction began.
Previous auction items basically went through multiple rounds of bidding.
"Congratulations, Mr. Su." The big guys on the left and right smiled and said polite words.
In fact, everyone knows that Su Cheng may not like these auction items at all, but they are just for charity.
Soon, the auction continued with the next round.
After the auction ends, the money will be settled uniformly, and the successfully auctioned items will also be handed over to the successful owner.
In such an occasion, the organizer of the auction is not afraid of someone asking for a random price and then not paying the money. If this happens, it will be very embarrassing, and you will never want to hang out here in Haojiang in the future.
After all, those who can participate in this auction are all respectable people in Haojiang.
Su City also discovered that the big bosses of Haojiang's large associations basically participated in the auction and all bought items.
It was obvious that they wanted to show off in front of all the Haojiang bosses.
These corporate bosses manage thousands of people, so they are naturally not short of money, and they are involved in various gray industries, which are basically huge profit industries. For them, tens or even millions of Haojiang coins are worth it. , it’s just a sprinkling of water.
After another twenty minutes or so, it was finally the turn of the 18th item to be auctioned.
“Next, there is a bronze statue of a snake head among the twelve zodiac animal heads in Yuanmingyuan.
The bronze statue of the twelve zodiac animal heads in Yuanmingyuan was originally outside the Haiyan Hall of Yuanmingyuan. Part of the fountain is a red bronze statue from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, built in 1759 (the 24th year of Qianlong's reign)
In 1860, the British and French forces invaded China and burned the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statues of animal heads began to be lost overseas.
This bronze statue of a snake head was entrusted to us by a collector from the Netherlands for auction. 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 also pushed out the bronze statue of the snake head, which was protected inside by a glass frame and ceiling. The spotlights on the ceiling shone on the bronze snake-headed statue, allowing Su Cheng, who was sitting in the front row, to see it very clearly.
Today’s bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads are not well-known in the world. In the eyes of many people, this is just a modern antique with a history of only more than 200 years.
Perhaps because of this, this collector from the Netherlands is looking forward to selling it at a good price in a city dominated by Chinese people like Haojiang.
Su Cheng was about to bid, but to his surprise, Mr. He was the first to bid.
"I will pay you 300,000 Haojiang coins." Mr. He shouted directly.
Su Cheng thought for a moment, raised a sign and shouted: "I will offer 400,000 Haojiang coins."
Suddenly, everyone on the scene became interested. This is the first time since the auction that top tycoons have bid together.
Of course, Mr. He is the top boss in Haojiang. In terms of status, there is definitely a big gap between him and Su City.
However, this is Haojiang after all, and it is the territory of their Haojiang people.
Although Su City now also has the identity of Haojiang, it is still based in Xiangjiang after all, and it is still different from the locals.
Even though Mr. He is from Xiangjiang, his permanent residence is Haojiang. He has already established a huge foundation here and can be regarded as a local leader here.
"Is Mr. Su also interested in this bronze statue?" Mr. He did not continue to bid, but turned around and asked curiously.
"Well, I quite like this bronze statue. Mr. He, don't blame me for competing with you." Su Cheng laughed.
Actually, Su Cheng did have the impression that Mr. He had financed the purchase of bronze statues of the Chinese zodiac, but that was probably a matter of the 21st century.
In my impression, my husband purchased a bronze statue of a pig head and a bronze statue of a horse head in 2003 and 2019 respectively, and donated them to the country free of charge.
However, in this world, the pig head bronze statue and the horse head bronze statue have already been found by Su Cheng from the world, and they were bought at a very low price.
In addition, the bronze statue of the twelve zodiac animal heads is not very well-known now. Logically speaking, Mr. He should not be very interested in this bronze statue, and Su Cheng did not expect him to bid.
However, Mr. He's bid does not affect Su Cheng's bid.
It's just a bronze statue, so it won't offend anyone.
"Since Mr. Su is interested in it, I, He, will naturally not compete with Mr. Su." Unexpectedly, Mr. He gave it to Su City directly and no longer participated in the bidding.
The auctioneer thought there would be fierce competition. Unexpectedly, after Su Cheng bid, the scene became quiet again, and no one continued to bid with him.
After all, even Mr. He didn't bid. If they bid, they would only disgust Mr. Su.
Seeing this, the auctioneer didn't understand why no one dared to bid with Su Cheng.
So there was no need to waste any more time, and after going through the process and shouting three times, it was announced that Su City had successfully bid at a price of 400,000 Haojiang coins.
"Mr. Su seems to be more interested in Chinese antiques." Izhidi asked curiously.
Because of this auction, Su City has only made two bids so far, and both times were Chinese antiques. As for the auction of Western antiques and artworks, Su City has never made a bid once.
"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 find interesting." Su Cheng replied with a smile.
Izhidi is a government official, the governor of Haojiang. He has not made an offer this time, and calling him over is just a call from the town.
As a government official, if he can spend hundreds of thousands for charity now, others will definitely think that he is corrupt, so it is impossible for Izidi to bid.
After the bronze snake head statue was auctioned, Su Cheng had no interest in the following items.
Of the 28 auction items, Su Cheng is only slightly interested in the blue and white porcelain and the snake head bronze statue. As for the others, he is not interested at all.
By the time I finished taking pictures of these 28 items, it was already half past nine in the evening.
This "Haojiang Charity Night" auction, looking at the transaction prices, it is obvious that it was very successful. (End of this chapter)