Daily Intelligence: Starting Out, I Won a Thirty Million Lottery Grand Prize

chapter 121 - One hundred million?


Tang Bohu's painting was brought up, and upon seeing this work, all the buyers present were determined to acquire it!"Before auctioning this piece, please allow me to say a few more words.""This piece is truly rare, and today, the owner of this work has also graced our event.""We are very grateful for his trust in Sotheby's Auction Group. This Mr. Su shares the same surname as Sotheby's Auction Group, perhaps it is fate.""Let's invite Su Yun, Mr. Su, to say a few words!"The auctioneer looked at Su Yun, making an inviting gesture.Everyone looked towards Su Yun, surprised that it was the young man who had been frantically raising prices earlier... Su Yun took a microphone: "This piece can also be considered a rare masterpiece; it belongs to the fated."Su Yun said a brief sentence, and that single sentence garnered countless ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ rounds of applause!Li Wei, seeing Su Yun stand up to speak and also having a collection piece up for auction, felt disdain.How much could a broken painting be worth?Only three to five million, at most; it certainly couldn't be compared to the ten-million-dollar piece he had acquired!These people also lacked vision, applauding him, and what was wrong with this auctioneer? Had he taken bribes? How could he let the seller speak?"This Tang Bohu seems quite famous, doesn't he?" Brother Hu said from the side."Heh heh... It's just a worthless item, worth at most three to five million. Only bumpkins like these would treat it like a treasure..." Li Wei said disdainfully.A broken painting being auctioned last was enough to show it wasn't worth much... "Alright, thank you, Mr. Su, for your brief remarks. I believe everyone can't wait any longer. The Tang Bohu's Autumn Mountains and Setting Sun now begins auction, with a starting bid of thirty million!"Upon hearing this, Li Wei's expression immediately changed!He was too surprised to speak, his eyes wide as he stared ahead!He had just judged this painting as worthless, so why was the opening bid thirty million?Had he heard wrong?"Wait a minute!" Li Wei quickly stood up and shouted."Excuse me, there's been a slight interruption. Does this gentleman have any questions? The auction has already begun," the auctioneer said."Did you make a mistake? Why is the opening bid for this painting thirty million? This clearly doesn't make sense; it should be three hundred thousand!" Li Wei quickly voiced his thoughts.Upon hearing this, even the professionally trained auctioneer couldn't help but laugh.Everyone else looked at Li Wei as if he were an idiot, and the venue erupted in laughter!Seeing this scene, Li Wei was also full of confusion!"What are you all laughing at? Am I wrong? The starting bid for this painting should be three hundred thousand, not thirty million. I corrected your mistake, so why are you still laughing at me?" Li Wei said loudly and confidently."Sir, this painting has undergone rigorous appraisal and evaluation by Sotheby's Auction Group's expert team, and setting its starting bid at thirty million is a very reasonable and fair price.""Do any other ladies and gentlemen present have any questions? Or perhaps the same question as this gentleman?" The auctioneer looked down at the audience and said."No!""Very reasonable!""Please, auctioneer, start the auction. Don't pay attention to those who don't understand."Everyone waved their hands, and a few people were also very displeased that Li Wei had stopped the auction.If you don't understand, then don't understand. Why rush to make a fool of yourself? Isn't that just asking for trouble?Of course, since he could spend ten million on a terrible piece, it was no surprise he would say such things... "Sir, if you don't understand, please don't speak carelessly, okay?""Yes, many people today came specifically for this piece. If you say things like that, what's the point of us coming?""There's no need to pretend to understand what you don't. Your abrupt behavior is very impolite.""Are you more knowledgeable than us big collectors, or even more knowledgeable than Sotheby's Auction Group's top appraisal experts?"There were many bigwigs present, and seeing Li Wei, they couldn't help but speak up.Li Wei, however, was dumbfounded. He was trying to be helpful, so why was he being lectured by so many people!Watching everyone turn their criticism towards him, Li Wei had no choice but to accept that the opening bid for this painting was thirty million!Even with all his dissatisfaction, he could only sit down, seething!"Damn it, how could that kid have such a painting?""An opening bid of thirty million, that could buy three of my pieces..." Li Wei felt extremely jealous. If he had something like that, he wouldn't have had to travel so far to attend the auction."If the opening bid is thirty million, won't the final price be even higher?" Brother Hu said, shocked."Hmph! You don't understand...""The piece I acquired, though its starting bid was only two hundred thousand, ultimately sold for ten million. That's what you call having room for appreciation.""But this painting's opening bid has reached thirty million, which means its ceiling is already at thirty million. The auction company wants to make money, so they directly set the starting bid high!""In other words, the painting's limit is already here; there's no more room for increase..." Li Wei analyzed again.Brother Hu nodded repeatedly, because what Li Wei said made a lot of sense; it should be exactly like that."Mm, I also think so. We're on the same page..." Brother Hu said, nodding solemnly."There was a small interlude just now that affected the progress of our auction.""I believe everyone is anxious to proceed, so Tang Bohu's Autumn Mountains and Setting Sun starts at thirty million, with each increment not less than two million. The bidding now begins!"The auctioneer didn't waste any more words and directly started the auction!As soon as his voice fell, the entire hall instantly erupted into a frenzy of bidding!Everyone was frantically raising their paddles and increasing their bids!The auctioneer on stage also continuously called out prices, busy as could be!"Thirty-three million!""Thirty-eight million!""Forty-six million!""Fifty million!""Bidder number twenty-two bids fifty-five million!""Bidder number thirty-seven bids sixty million!""Bidder number sixty-six goes directly to sixty-six million six hundred sixty thousand!""Six-six for good fortune has arrived, will our eight-eight-eight for prosperity be far behind?""Still increasing!""Eighty million! Bidder number ninety-nine directly bids eighty million!""Eighty-eight million eight hundred eighty-eight thousand! Here it comes! Eight-eight-eight, prosperity! Big bidder number seven bids eighty-eight million eight hundred eighty-eight thousand!" The auctioneer was extremely excited, giving a very high emotional value!But this price only lasted two or three seconds before being instantly broken!"Big collector number six bids one hundred million! The price of Tang Bohu's Autumn Mountains and Setting Sun has now reached one hundred million!" The auctioneer said passionately!The price continued to rise fiercely, while Li Wei in the audience was completely stunned on the spot, feeling his whole body in a daze, his gaze blank, as if he had lost all means...

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