Chapter 845
I nodded, “I know, I heard that this time it was the grandson of the Mu family who was here, this young Mu seems to have always liked to hold auctions all over the place, and when he comes across a collection he likes he will collect it at a high price, he might be a collection freak.”
He looked at me with a slight sideways glance and said after a pause, “Still, keep an eye out, Mr. Fu explained that you should be careful.”
I nodded, and couldn’t help but feel that Fu Shenyan was a little startled, the Mu family was big, but any large family would have so many people with some hobbies, and ancient emperors had good beauty, good money, and good woodworking.
It was not uncommon for the Mu family to have a young master who was obsessed with antiques.
Fifteen minutes later.
The car pulled up outside the auction museum, I got out and Chen Yi said, “Madam, you go in first, I’ll come to you later.”
I nodded, found the invitation culverin from my bag, tilted my head to look at the dozen or so flights of steps, and couldn’t help but smack my lips. Somehow, when architects build all kinds of monumental buildings, they always like to build the entrance with several flights of stairs.
Was it to indicate a desire to enter a place of intellectual taste, or a desire to make an effort?
At the entrance to the museum, several military, men in uniform, with straight bodies, stand at the entrance to the museum.
A staff member dressed in a suit checks the invitation culmination.
Handing him the invitation, he smiled and handed me a lift card, gesturing for me to continue on my way.
With the card in hand, I entered the auction room, which was already full of people.
Following the invitation Han found a seat next to me, Han Shuang had already arrived and when she saw me, she said, “I thought you weren’t coming.”
I sat down softly and looked at the people in the auction room, there were quite a lot of people coming densely and was surprised, “How come this auction is so big, so many people coming?”
Usually the people invited are almost always powerful and influential, and this seemed to be a bit complicated.
She leaned over to my ear and whispered. “The vip’s of this auction are all in the front, the ones in the back are probably this Mu Shao giving us little people an insight.”
I couldn’t help but twitch the corners of my mouth, thinking that her explanation was too far-fetched, and looking at the number plate in my hand, it was already in the hundred and zero position.
It seemed that the number of people at the auction was at least a hundred.
I looked around and saw that the surrounding area was covered with black cloth, so I wondered, “What’s all around here?”
She lowered her voice and spoke, “It’s the shop treasures of many of Jiangcheng’s collecting masters, later when the auction starts, this black cloth will be ripped away to reveal these treasures to those who come to the auction.”
I nodded, well, it was the first time I had seen such an auction.
My phone vibrated, it was Chen Yi calling, picking up the phone, he then spoke, “Madam, come over to the front row.”
I was stunned and subconsciously looked over to see Chen Yi standing in front of me near the auction table, so I couldn’t help but say, “You can sit behind here.”
He spoke, “Mr. Fu has already arranged it for you, there is a better sightline in the front row.”
I couldn’t help but look at Han Shuang, who naturally saw Chen Yi, and couldn’t help but say excitedly, “Sitting in the front row gives you a clear view of the auction items, and the key is that you can also get to know the major tycoons of Jiangcheng in a general circle.”
Saying that, she looked towards me, her gaze somewhat pitiful, “Shen Shu, I know that Mr. Fu has already arranged for you to beg to be brought.”
Speaking into the phone, I didn’t know what to say for a moment, and after thinking about it, I said, “Chen Yi, I’m with Han Shuang, is that okay?”
Chen Yi was stunned, then nodded, “Yes!”
I couldn’t help but say thank you and hung up the phone and looked at the expectant Han Shuang and said, “Come along!”
If it wasn’t for the crowd and the need to keep quiet, she would have wanted to scream with excitement at this point.
Luckily, she couldn’t make any noise, so she could only cover her mouth and whisper, “Great, Shen Shu, you’re too powerful.”
I smiled and went with her to the front row.
Chapter 846
In the centenary of the founding of the country, whether it was the law or the teachers at school, all they told us was that we should be fair and just in our work, that the state should treat anyone fairly and justly, and that people must maintain a fair and just way of getting along with each other.
But when we think about it, we actually don’t enjoy the right to fairness and justice from the moment we are born. When we go to school as children, our teachers will favour those who study well, and when we enter society, we become more aware of the distinction between the three, six and nine cla*ses.
For example, at this time in an auction, we are looking at the same content, but the front row is comfortable and relaxed, and fruit and drinks are provided, while the back row does not have these perks.
One divides people into three, six, nine and then treats them differently.
Sitting in the front row, Chen Yi swapped number plates for Han Shuang and me, and then slipped me a black card.
I was a bit confused and looked at him in disbelief, “What’s wrong?”
He spoke, “Mr. Fu said that in a while you can just call if you like, this card is enough for you.”
“Holy Sh*t!” Han Shuang on the side couldn’t help but burst out, “Mr. Fu is blatantly killing dogs.”
Looking towards Chen Yi, she spoke, “Can you stand it?”
Chen Yi raised his hand and touched his nose, coughing dryly, “I’m used to it!”
Han Shuang gave him a thumbs up and praised him, “Hero!”
Looking at these two, I couldn’t help but speak up, “Don’t make a fuss, I can’t use this card, I’m just here to have a look, I don’t intend to buy anything.”
The items in this auction start at a million, but not to mention that I’m not interested in collectibles, even if I did I wouldn’t spend that much money on a bunch of antiques that I can’t appreciate.
I couldn’t do anything about it, so I shoved the black card in my hand at Chen Yi, who didn’t take it, but just said, “Take it, Mr. Fu asked me to give it to you on purpose.
Knowing that he wouldn’t take it back, so I didn’t continue, people were almost here.
After the host came on the auction stage and said a bunch of subtle and literary language, it started.
The first item up for auction was a gold pendant, said to be a favourite item of the Ming Dynasty’s Wan Guifei.
Han Shuang skimmed her lips and stammered, “Only the Mu family dares to auction off relics in such a blatant manner.”
I didn’t know much about these and looked at her sideways, puzzled, “What’s wrong?”
She raised her finger and pointed to the gold pendulum, “Most of the things from the Ming Dynasty that have been pa*sed down to us have been taken away by museums, but such a beautiful gold pendulum is still in the hands of the Mu family, and this is still being put up for auction, and this is still a museum, ironic isn’t it? But if the Mu family were some small family, the relevant institutions would have found them a long time ago, given a certificate of honour worth nothing, and then a bonus of five hundred dollars, and the object would have been taken away brazenly, look how arrogant the Mu family is, this object has been in his house for who knows how many years, and now it is being put up for auction in such a brazen manner.”
She whispered, “Listen carefully, the price is in the tens of millions, if it were in the hands of ordinary people, five hundred would not be more.”
I pursed my lips and couldn’t help but sigh slightly, there are some rules that we have no way to change.
The higher you climb, the higher you stand, the more things you have seen that are not in your cla*s, and if you are not careful, you are apt to be complicit and help the enemy.
In the end, the golden pendulum was auctioned off by an elderly man of a certain age for ten million dollars.
This kind of thing is already a common occurrence.
It is not surprising.