Chapter 922: Sky-high bidding
The picture on the big screen changed again, and a majestic thousand-year-old painting with vigorous brushstrokes was clearly presented in front of everyone.
In the previous preview, although everyone had carefully admired this top-notch famous painting, they were still fascinated by the high-definition picture on the big screen at this moment.
"It's so beautiful! It is worthy of being a national treasure-level famous painting, a masterpiece of the northern style of landscape, and it really has the style of a master!"
"I thought Ye Tian was joking before, but when I saw this painting again, I suddenly felt that his wish might be able to come true, and it was not impossible for this painting to fetch a sky-high price of more than 400 million!"
While whispering, many people have quickly immersed themselves in the wonderful artistic conception of this painting, and reveled in it.
Ye Tianqing's voice echoed in the exhibition hall, and it was still a very professional explanation.
"Qingluan Xiao Temple", the finale of this auction, is one of his masterpieces by Li Cheng, a famous painter from the end of the Five Dynasties to the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty and one of the three masters of the Northern Song Dynasty.
There are very few Li Cheng's paintings surviving in the world, but only five or six, each of which is a rare treasure, and "Qingluan Xiao Temple" is one of them, and it is the most outstanding one.
In the history of Chinese painting art, the status of this "Qingluan Xiao Temple" is extremely important, and it is on a par with the famous Northern Song Dynasty painter Fan Kuan's "Traveling in the Mountains and Streams", and the two complement each other!
In the early years of the Republic of China, this top famous painting was collected in the Forbidden City, but later due to the turbulence of the times and the war, this painting flowed out of the Forbidden City and was lost to the United States,......"
Speaking of this, Ye Tian immediately glanced at the Palace Museum experts sitting in the front row.
At this time, these top domestic cultural experts were discussing in a low voice, everyone was very excited, their eyes were shining, and they didn't pay attention to Ye Tian's side at all.
Needless to say, they must be negotiating the price of "Qingluan Xiao Temple", and how much should be offered in order to beat the rest of the competitors and return this top famous painting to the Forbidden City!
Not only them, but every buyer who intends to compete for this famous painting is negotiating with friends or experts around them in a whisper to formulate an offer, in order to win this important national treasure!
Several of these buyers have already begun to write and fill out their bids and bid on their numbered tickets, and the decision is very fast.
Without exception, everyone is very confident and has a look of determination on the face of the buyer, whether they are negotiating or having already made a confirmed offer.
After Ye Tian's bewitchment just now, they almost completely overturned their previous plans and greatly increased their offers, lest they miss out on this top-level artwork.
And this situation is undoubtedly what Ye Tian wants to see the most.
The many buyers who had no intention of competing were seizing the time to appreciate this top famous painting, intoxicated one by one, and had no intention of paying attention to Ye Tian's explanation.
After today, whether you can see this top famous painting up close again is still a matter of two words, of course, you have to take advantage of the present to have a good time.
If this famous painting returns to the Forbidden City, it is good to say, you can see it when you buy a ticket into the Forbidden City in the future, which is very convenient!
If it falls into the hands of a famous collector or entrepreneur and becomes a private collection, it will be difficult to enjoy this "Qingluan Xiao Temple" again, and there will be no chance again!
The images on the big screen are constantly changing, and every detail of this top-notch masterpiece is clearly presented for everyone to enjoy.
Ye Tian's professional explanation is still continuing, and it keeps coming into everyone's ears.
After two or three minutes, the concise explanation officially ended.
After a pause, Ye Tian immediately smiled through the microphone and said:
"After the explanation, now start collecting the quotation envelope, buyers who have not yet filled in the quotation, please hurry up and fill it out as soon as possible, and do not wait for it to be outdated!"
As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen hotel service staff had already taken action, walked into the audience one after another, and began to collect quotation envelopes.
The buyers, who had been negotiating in a low voice and had not yet had time to fill out the offer, immediately lowered their heads and got busy.
Because of Ye Tian's words just now and the value of this top-notch famous painting, many buyers with limited strength can only suppress their hearts and retreat!
Knowing that it is also cannon fodder when mixed in, so why bother to mess up, it's not bad to watch the play on the sidelines!
There were only about two dozen buyers in the competition, and the service staff quickly collected all the envelopes and put them all into the bidding box.
"Is there anyone who hasn't submitted an offer? If not, the bid is open!"
Ye Tian asked loudly, his tone quite excited.
"Hurry up and open the bid, Xiao Ye! We have been waiting for this famous painting in the Forbidden City for more than 100 years, and we don't want to wait any longer! I want to bring it back to the Forbidden City as soon as possible, even if it's a second earlier!"
Jin Lao, who was sitting in the front row, said loudly, his excited voice trembling a little.
The rest of the Forbidden City cultural and museum experts are the same, staring at the "Qingluan Xiao Temple Map" in the exhibition area one by one, and they are reluctant to look away for a moment.
"Lao Jin, the bid hasn't been opened yet! How can you be so sure that the winning bidder must be the Forbidden City? Although this famous painting used to be the treasure of the Forbidden City, it was before, not now!
As long as those who participate in this competition, who doesn't want to win this rare national treasure? Who will die in this bidding, it is not yet known, and the winner may be our museum!
If we are lucky enough to win this top-notch painting, you can rest assured that we will not forget the Forbidden City during the national tour, and we can even give you some more time!"
A well-known museum expert from the Shanghai Museum said loudly, with a strong confidence in his words.
It can be seen that the offer they made must be very high, and the certainty of winning this painting is not small, otherwise it would not be this gesture.
In addition to this one, several others also expressed their belief in victory.
The rest of the competitors chose to remain silent, not saying a word, just smiling and sitting in their seats.
From their confident expressions and sharp eyes, it can be seen that each of them is determined to achieve and full of confidence!
"Old Tang, it is undeniable! The strength of the Shanghai Museum is indeed good, and there are two bad money in your pocket, but you are not qualified enough to compete for this "Qingluan Xiao Temple Map"!
A hundred years ago, this top famous painting was the fine collection of the Forbidden City, although more than a hundred years have passed, this top famous painting is still the Forbidden City, who else!"
Jin Lao said loudly with a smile on his face, quite domineering and full of confidence.
As soon as his words fell, Ye Tian immediately continued:
"We don't have to argue, peace is precious! Who wins and who loses in this competition, the answer will be revealed soon, and when the results come out, I hope everyone will face it rationally, after all, they are all decent people!
Here, I wish you all the best to win this top work of art, and I wish myself the best of luck to break the Asian auction record of 4.2 billion yuan, and now the bidding is open!"
As soon as the words fell, the four notaries immediately got up and walked over and stood in front of the bidding box.
It could be seen that the four impartial officers were very excited, and their hands were a little trembling.
After the notary recited an oath, with the cooperation of two notaries, the transparent tender box on the table was officially opened.
Immediately after, the white envelopes in the box were taken out and placed on the table.
In just half a minute or so, the first offer was presented on the big screen and in front of everyone's eyes.
The moment I saw this offer, the entire exhibition hall was completely overwhelmed by a burst of crazy exclamations.
"365 million! It's such an astonishing sky-high price, it's really exaggerated! Fortunately, my buddies didn't participate in this competition, otherwise they would definitely be abused into scum!"
"The one who gave this offer was Mr. Li, the buyer of No. 138, the Internet tycoon who took Chen Rong's "Six Dragons" at the beginning, he is worthy of being a super-rich man, and his pen is really big!
In the exclamation, there were also a few sighs in everyone's ears, which sounded quite disappointed and even a little depressed.
Obviously, there has already been a buyer who has been kicked out, although his offer has not yet appeared!