Chapter 847
The second item up for auction was a set of blood jadeite jade, which I was told was brought back from Burma by Master Mu for his beloved wife when the Mu family went into business there in the nineties.
It was a good thing that although this jadeite was a good jadeite, the price only went to five million because there was a bracelet missing.
As Chen Yi watched, he couldn’t help but frown, but he looked a little thoughtful.
I felt a little bored watching this auction and could not help but talk to Han Shuang.
Han Shuang’s eyes had already walked around the entire auction room, looking at almost everything that could be seen.
Pulling me and introducing me to the famous items being collected on both sides of the auction floor, she exclaimed in a small voice, “Wow Sh*t, they’re all tens of millions of extremely rare items, these collectors are really invisible rich, any of these items are tens of millions, some are even worth a fortune.”
I looked around and quite agreed with her, speaking up, “If someone saved up to get something to take away today, they could probably eat it for the rest of their lives.”
Han Shuang huffed and looked at me speechlessly, “No, see? The things that keep those treasures are made of extremely hard diamond, and next to these things, there are two experts standing watching, so there’s no way for a normal person to get close, and these things, every five minutes, will be checked by professionals.”
It was hard work too.
“That sandalwood box is here, look!” Han Shuang looked towards the auction stand and tapped me and spoke.
I turned around and looked over, and sure enough, there was a box exactly like the one my grandmother had given me on the auction stage.
The host stood on the stage and introduced the origin of the sandalwood box in a loud voice, “You must be wondering why we are auctioning off such an extraordinarily ordinary box in terms of design and workmanship, and even materials, right?”
Some people on the stage nodded their heads.
The host spoke, “In fact, the significance of this box lies in the story it carries, this box looks extraordinarily ordinary, but if you take a closer look, you will find that the material of this box is made of centuries-old sandalwood sunken wood, nowadays it is impossible to find this kind of wood, as it is extinct, and the other thing is the workmanship of this box, the appearance of this box seems to be nothing special of it!”
With that, the presenter turned the other side of the box to the audience.
There was an outcry from the audience and the presenter spoke, “I can guess from hearing everyone’s voices that everyone had the same reaction as I did when I saw this box. The wonderful thing about the design of this box is that you would think, no matter which way you look at it, that the box can be opened with a lock, but once you look closely, you will find that the box cannot be opened at all with a lock. ”
“In fact, this is a dragon and phoenix box, this one box on the stage is just one, there is another box, so far, we don’t know where it is, and to open this box, we can only find the other one, and the two will be combined to open the contents of the box.”
“You see, I told you so!” Han Shuang spoke with some excitement.
I nodded my head and gazed at the sandalwood box on the auction stand, and looking closely, there was really no difference between this box and the one Grandma had given me on top.
But since it was a dragon and phoenix box, that meant there must be a difference.
The host on the stage spoke, “The auction price for this sandalwood box starts at two thousand, everyone who is interested, you may open the auction.”
Logically, with such a low auction price, there should be people bidding, but half a day down the line, the auction price only reached one hundred thousand, and no one was willing to pay any more if it continued.
Somewhat puzzled, I leaned closer to Han Shuang and said, “Why is no one bidding on this box?”
Chapter 848
Han Shuang lowered his voice and whispered, “It’s very understandable, this box is a dragon and phoenix box, I don’t know if there is anything inside, to open it, you have to find the other box to do so, if you can’t find the other box, there is almost no point in buying this box.”
“But it has a high collector’s value, even if you can’t find the other box, the material is still top-notch, and buying it for your collection will be just as valuable a hundred years from now.”
And, compared to something in the millions, a few hundred thousand, it really wasn’t expensive.
Han Shuang smiled, “This box is known to many people, it is something that belonged to the old master of the Mu family, the old master of the Mu family is very precious about this box, now it is being put up for auction by Mu Shao, mostly to fool around, this thing, it will definitely not be auctioned out, Mu Shao does not have the guts.”
Speaking of this Mu Shao, I could not help but be curious, looked around the auction site, could not help but say, “How come this Mu Shao is not even seen?”
She raised her hand, pointed around and said, “This is all monitored, this Mu Shao is probably watching everyone in the shadows!”
I bristled, I always found this person quite boring.
Looking at the box on the stage, I thought for a moment, “Are you sure the Mu family won’t shoot this thing out?”
She shrugged her shoulders, “It’s hard to say.”
“Okay, the current auction house matter for this sandalwood jade box is four hundred and fifty thousand, is there anyone else willing to bid? Four hundred and fifty thousand once, four hundred and fifty thousand twice ……” the host spoke up, knocking the fixed stake in front of him.
“One million!” Someone spoke up, breaking the quiet atmosphere.
The person who spoke was Chen Yi, I was a little confused and looked back at him, somewhat puzzled, “assistant Chen you ……”
He looked at me and said with a serious face, “Mr. Fu wants to take the box back, maybe he can really open that box of Madam’s.”
I froze and spoke, “The things in that box were Grandma’s, I just want to see it, it doesn’t matter if I can’t open it, it’s always good to keep it all the time.”
He smiled lightly, “Mr. Fu would like you to know what’s inside.”
The presenter continued to start chanting a million at a time ……
Han Shuang leaned closer to me and whispered, “It’s not a loss to take this box back for a million, and with both boxes in, it’s worth even more, so you can use it as a family heirloom in the future.”
I thought about it, but I did think it was good, one box couldn’t be opened, if this could really be called, it would be good and have a collector’s value.
The presenter spoke for the third time, ready to set the stake, I originally thought that this box, I could take back.
But to my surprise, a low voice suddenly rang out, “$10 million!”
In a flash, the people in the auction started to clamour, the price was far beyond the value of the box.
Chen Yi frowned and was ready to continue to add more, but I stopped him, “There is no need to add more.”
It doesn’t matter if the box can’t be opened, if you really want to open it, just ask the person being auctioned off to try it out in private.
It wasn’t worth spending that much money on the box.
Instead, he looked around the auction somewhat strangely, looking for the person who had just shouted for a price.
In the front row VIP area, Han Shuang tsked, “This looks like an assistant, the main character hasn’t even shown his face yet!”
I looked at the man holding up the sign, black suit, meticulously combed hair and somewhat serious.
I couldn’t help but ask Han Shuang, “How did you tell that he wasn’t the boss?”
A man with this kind of aura must be a successful person, and he looked like a boss to me.
Han Shuang gave me a look and shook her head, “That’s where you’re not spot on, look carefully at his taste in clothes, he’s wearing all the big brands, all his clothes are at least a million, he looks really good, the line is in.”
Speaking of which, she looked at Chen Yi beside me and said, “Look at Special assistant Chen, he earns a million a year, look at him in this one outfit, is it less than a million?”
I frowned, “So an outfit configured for a million isn’t enough to say anything?”