Qingben beauty

Chapter 297 Director Gu is Really Kind
After more than ten minutes, the hall was filled with people one after another. From the corner of my eyes, I saw that Ge Muzhuang and Ding Xiaoxiao were also sitting in the corner.

Including me and the monkey, there are nearly 40 people sitting below.

Seeing that there were no more vacant seats, that Mr. Zhou stood up, walked to the front and said: "Thank you for coming, this is a sideshow now, and I learned something new from Shencheng. Let's hold an auction for fun, and all the proceeds from today's auction will be donated directly to the town government as the repair fund for Sanhe Town."

There was a burst of applause below.

Mr. Zhou pressed his hands with a smile and said, "However, I also want to tell everyone that the auctions are not real antiques, they are all imitations."

There was a loud laugh below, and someone shouted: "Mr. Zhou, you are not authentic!"

Mr. Zhou said with a smile: "This antique can only be sold through regular auction companies, not private auctions. Private auctions are against the law! You don't want me to break the law, do you?"

There was another burst of laughter from below.

Mr. Zhou pressed his hands and said: "But everyone, don't worry, although it is an imitation, it is also the work of a famous contemporary master. It has ornamental value and collection value. Your kindness will not be in vain!"

There was laughter again from below, and someone shouted for Mr. Zhou to start quickly.

I turned my head to look left and right, and glanced at Ge Muzhuang from the corner of my eye.

I don't understand Ge Muzhuang's purpose in forcing us to participate in this event.

"It's just an imitation, what's the point of buying it?" someone whispered behind me.

"Isn't this just a wish? Didn't you see Director Gu coming, and the mayor is also here? And the county magistrate, and the cultural relics in the provincial capital? This is for them to see, let's take a picture later Two pieces, it can be considered as a personal favor for Mr. Zhou, by the way, remember, if those few put up their signs to bid, you must not grab it."

"why?"

"Pig! That's when the leaders show their love. You want to grab this opportunity? Do you want the leaders to pay more?"

"understand!"

To be honest, after hearing this, I still can't figure out why Ge Muzhuang forced us to come.

When the beauties on the stage took several high-quality imitations and auctioned them off at a price of about two to three thousand each, I still didn't understand.

However, when the beautiful woman held up a pair of copied works claimed to be a young painter, and Gu Yaozu quoted a price of [-].

I think I get it!

That's not a copy at all!That is the masterpiece of Wang Shishen, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, Plum Blossom Picture!
Compared with Zheng Banqiao, who is also one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, Wang Shishen's reputation is much lower, and not many people know about it, but with the soaring calligraphy and painting market, a genuine copy of him can sell for hundreds of thousands.

Not to mention plum blossoms, which he is best at.

From my point of view, his plum blossoms are no worse than Zheng Banqiao's orchid and bamboo, and even more so.

If it passed Lu Li's eyes, he could sell it for 200 million at the auction!
Seeing that Gu Yaozu quoted a price of 2000 yuan, there was no more competition, so the beauty hammered the hammer to settle, rolled up the painting carefully, and gave it to Gu Yaozu.

There was another burst of applause from below, and someone even said loudly that Director Gu is really kind.

I couldn't help but took a deep breath.

I used all my attention to look at the lots that were auctioned later.

It is true that most of the auction items are worthless imitations, but there are a few of them that are genuine, with values ​​ranging from tens of thousands to 10,000+, and they are all called by the following people as such kind-hearted people and role models shoot away.

I was sneering in my heart when I saw a beautiful woman bring out a new auction item.

It was that Qin Jian!

My heart skipped a beat.

I subconsciously sat up straight.

After the beauty walked around with the Qin slips in her hands, someone below shouted: "Mr. Zhou, what is this? How many bamboos? Is this a new processing technology proposed for our bamboo forest?"

The people below laughed again.

Mr. Zhou was obviously stunned for a moment, then he stood up, pressed his hands to the bottom and said, "This is something called bamboo slips. When I bought some antiques from a fellow villager, they gave them to me. I don’t know whether it’s true or not, and I don’t know the value.”

"Now there are no bamboo slips. They are all carved by myself. I have a relative who specializes in this. Mr. Zhou, if you develop Sanhe Town, my relative can come and open a shop to sell this kind of bamboo slips. The ancient characters carved on the bamboo are also a feature!" Someone shouted from below.

"How much is it for one slice?" Someone else booed.

The man replied very seriously: "30 yuan a piece, 150 a banner! This is three hundred at most!"

The people below laughed again.

But no one raised their hands.

I pushed the monkey and said in a low voice, "One thousand."

The monkey raised his hand and said, "I'll offer one thousand!"

Whoosh, everyone in the hall looked over.

I lowered my head slightly in a shy gesture, half covered my face with the scarf, and hid under the monkey's arms.

Monkey said in a very calm voice: "We are here for tourism. Well, we also want to contribute to the restoration of the ancient town, but we only have 1000 yuan."

"Young man, you have to think clearly about this, this thing is not worth that much money." The person who said that his relatives did it turned around and smiled.

"This, we can't afford anything else."

I couldn't see the monkey's expression, but hearing his voice, he must have made a shy expression.

Everyone around laughed in good faith.

The person who spoke first also said: "Young man is not bad! If the tourists in the future have your attitude, you will not worry about the development of Sanhe Town."

"Yes, yes." A bunch of voices echoed.

"Okay, then this bamboo slip belongs to this young man!" Mr. Zhou laughed loudly.

The beautiful woman holding the bamboo slips walked over the crowd to us and whispered to the monkey: "Sir, please come with me. I need to trouble you to pay the money and go through a formality."

I was stunned for a moment, why did the people in front hand it over directly, and didn't say that they would pay on the spot?
But seeing the monkey immediately get up and follow her, I also get up and follow her.

When I stepped out of the crowd, I understood.

These people here should all be familiar with each other, so I am not afraid that they will run away without giving money.

But both of us are tourists...

The beauty led us to a corner, where a man was sitting behind a desk.

Monkey took out 1000 yuan in cash and gave it to the man, and the man opened a receipt with the bamboo slip auction in a decent manner.

Then wrapped the bamboo slip with a piece of cloth and handed it to the monkey.

The monkey handed it back to me.

I carefully put the bamboo slip into the backpack, then sat down in the corner next to it, and waited to buy something at a price of two to three thousand. After some people started to get up and leave, I pulled the monkey and followed Those people walked out of the house behind them.

(End of this chapter)