Chapter 1037 Are you really playing with mud?

   At eight o'clock in the evening, the auction will start on time.

  First the auctioneer came on stage, and he was also a white glove.

   After the simple warm-up, it will enter the auction session.

  The first item that appeared on the scene was different. It was an ancient Egyptian mummy. The base price was 50,000 US dollars. .

   Li Tieniu was taken aback for a moment: "Can this thing be auctioned?"

   Boban explained to him: "In major museums, most of the mummies are collected, and some people prefer them, hoping to obtain the mystery of eternal life from them."

  Li Tieniu, who is not afraid of anything, has goosebumps all over his body: "I'm convinced, won't you sleep with your arms around a mummy?"

   "That's not true, but a few centuries ago, those painters turned mummies into yellow paint for oil painting."

   Boban knows a lot, but when he talks about some interesting things, it sounds a little scary.

   Sure enough, this mummy is still very popular. Everyone is fighting for it, and the price has been rising repeatedly, and finally the price has risen to 500,000 US dollars.

  However, there are only two or three people left to participate in the bidding, and the bids are also very cautious.

   "Add another ten thousand dollars." Liu Qingshan finally raised his card.

   "Little brother, how bad is it for us to go back with this thing?" Li Tieniu hurriedly stopped.

  Even Li Tie, who seldom speaks, muttered: "We should respect the dead."

  Liu Qingshan smiled and said nothing, he wanted to test the reaction of Looney and others.

   "Mr. No. 8 bid $510,000, is there any other gentleman who bid?"

  The auctioneer is also working very hard. The competition for the first lot is so fierce. It seems that there will be a good profit today.

   Soon he saw another number plate raised, so he hurriedly announced it excitedly: "Mr. No. 3, the bid is 520,000 US dollars!"

  No. 3 is the number plate in Looney's hand.

  The corners of Liu Qingshan's mouth cocked up slightly, and he raised his card again, adding another 10,000.

  Looney was a little hesitant. He was a little confused about Liu Qingshan's intentions. Did he really want to take pictures of the mummy, or did he want to lure him into a trap?

   After thinking about it, Looney finally didn't have the courage to raise his number plate.

  He was really afraid that after he made an offer, Liu Qingshan would simply give up. What's the use of Looney asking for a mummy?

  With these hundreds of thousands of dollars, wouldn’t it be good to find a group of young and beautiful girls?

  The auctioneer yelled a few more times, but no one bid again. In the end, the mummy was sold for $530,000.

   "Little brother, you will carry it back by yourself when the time comes." Li Tieniu muttered.

  Liu Qingshan said twice: "Boban, you are in charge of contacting the museum in Egypt and donating directly. After all, fallen leaves return to their roots."

  His voice was not too loud, just enough to be heard by the people around him.

  In the auction hall, there was a low exclamation.

   "Boss, I admire you so much!" Boban also flattered him.

  Hundreds of thousands of dollars, just donated like this, without blinking an eye.

  Liu Qingshan smiled: "All ancient civilizations are used to commemorate and worship, and should not be reduced to a tool for profit. The hometown is their best destination."

  In the auction hall, almost everyone's eyes were looking this way, and many people's eyes showed respect.

   "Purchasing fame." Looney snorted. He felt that he had a little understanding of Mounting's thinking, and then he could safely raise the price for the other party.

  The second lot is on the stage. This is a set of clay tablets, with a total of more than 30 yuan, and the reserve price is 20,000 US dollars.

   It is said to have been unearthed in Iraq, with cuneiform characters engraved on it, which is left over from the Sumerian civilization, the oldest known civilization today.

   This kind of writing is even older than Chinese oracle bone inscriptions.

  Vera suddenly became excited: "I have studied cuneiform writing, and these clay tablets are very precious!"

  Liu Qingshan smiled, almost forgot that there was a master of language and characters by his side.

  Then nodded to Vera: "Then you can participate in the auction, it is my wedding gift to you, but remember, after the research, it must be returned to the original owner and donated to the museum in West Asia."

  Vera's eyes lit up immediately: "I will definitely."

   After finishing speaking, he raised the sign high: "Add one hundred thousand dollars!"

  Li Tie hurriedly tugged at her arm: Although it's not our own money, we can't spend it like this?

  Liu Qingshan also laughed. In fact, in the auction field, this kind of momentum is also very good, and can make competitors retreat in spite of difficulties.

  However, Looney, who had already made up his mind to raise the price for Liu Qingshan, quickly joined Vera.

   Two people compete for each other, and other competitors can't get in at all.

   Those who want to get these clay tablets are mostly university researchers or representatives of museums. Their funds are limited, so of course they will not spend such money.

  In less than a minute, the price climbed to 300,000 US dollars, and there were only more than 30 clay tablets in total, all of which reached 10,000 yuan.

  The price is not high.

   Just like the tortoise shells and animal bones that carry oracle bone inscriptions, each piece is equally precious.

  Vera also seemed to get angry, and added another hundred thousand dollars to the price, and then gave Looney a provocative look.

  Looney was not to be outdone, and also added 100,000.

  The two fought for a few more rounds, and the price of the clay tablet has risen to 800,000 US dollars.

   The auctioneer was overjoyed. The estimate in his heart, these clay tablets, could fetch 300,000 yuan, which would be the best.

   "900,000!" Vera bid again!

  Looney didn't even think about it, and habitually raised the sign: "One million."

  Vera exhaled hard, and then fell down on the chair like a deflated ball: "Although I really want to get these clay tablets, but all of our net worth, added together, is only one million."

   It turned out that this girl planned to pay for it herself, but now the price has reached her limit.

   "Vera, do you need help?" Liu Qingshan asked again, and he originally paid for it.

  Vera blinked at Liu Qingshan, then waved her little hands weakly: "Forget it, in fact, there are hundreds of thousands of clay tablets discovered so far, and many of them have not yet been studied and understood."

  This is normal. Take oracle bone inscriptions as an example. So far, after nearly a hundred years of research by scholars, more than a thousand have been successfully identified.

  But the total number is almost five thousand.

   "Okay then." Liu Qingshan also shook his head regretfully, from Vera's eyes, she read a cunning.

  And Vera soon became cheerful again, and opened her mouth and said to Looney:

   "Mr. Looney, congratulations on getting these clay tablets, I hope you take good care of them, and don't let your children wet them and play with them as mud."

  At the same time, the auctioneer also rang the gavel: "Congratulations, Mr. No. 3, for obtaining these clay tablets."

   There was also sparse applause at the scene, calling Looney who was in a state of enlightenment, and suddenly woke up: It's mine, why didn't you ask the price?

  But what is the use of these clay tablets? Are you really playing with clay?

  Looney's complexion became very bad. He felt that he was a little bit fooled. He wanted to raise the price for the other party, but he raised it and got too deep into the scene, and it fell into his own hands.

  But in the public, he couldn't lose his demeanor, so he could only bite the bullet and wave gently.

  But in his heart, it was more uncomfortable than swallowing mud.

  The next auction is the Dafang Ding, the starting price is 500,000 US dollars, Liu Qingshan directly added 100,000 US dollars, and then smiled and nodded to Luni.

  Looney has not recovered from the incident just now, and he is at a loss, not knowing whether to make a move.

  Similarly, the friends around him didn't dare to bid, because they were worried about the situation just now.

   There are several Chinese faces who are interested in this big tripod, but after seeing Liu Qingshan's bid, none of them participated in the competition.

   As a result, this big tripod was sold at a price of 600,000 US dollars.

  Even the auctioneers were a little puzzled: In their expectation, this Dafang Ding should fetch millions of dollars.

  The happiest ones are of course Lu Fang and Boban. In their plan, as long as the price does not exceed two million, they will participate.

   It is rare to see a national treasure like the Great Ding Ding, not to mention the inscriptions inside the Ding Ding.

   Never imagined, it was a bit overjoyed to get it at such a low price.

  These two guys are also clever people, and they gradually figured out Liu Qingshan's routine, which is true and false, false and true.

  The useless mummies were photographed and donated directly, which also won respect.

  Ask Vera to participate in the auction of clay sculptures and dig a hole for Looney, scaring the other party from participating again.

   In this way, there are basically no competitors.

  These two are also often mixed with auction houses, and I feel that I have learned a lot from Liu Qingshan.

   Taking down the Dafang Ding, Liu Qingshan and the others have already completed the task, because they are not interested in the cultural relics of other civilizations.

  However, I have already released the words beforehand, so I still have to participate.

   For the next few lots, Liu Qingshan also raised his cards a few times, and then died down.

  His money didn’t come from a strong wind. The donation of the mummy was just a gesture, and by the way, he would hit Looney and others, so as not to add to the chaos when bidding for Dafang Ding.

  Even clay tablets have been called for millions of dollars. If there is a fight for this generous tripod, it will cost at least several million dollars.

  In fact, Liu Qingshan still made a profit after calculating inside and outside.

   And Looney finally came back to his senses, feeling even more unhappy, and secretly made up his mind that he would not allow Liu Qingshan to get his way easily.

  The voice of the auctioneer on the stage sounded again: "The next Lot No. 10 is a precious cultural relic from the pre-Columbian period, a golden mask!"

  The so-called pre-Columbian period is the Indian period, which means that before Columbus discovered the American continent, all Indians lived on the American continent at that time.

  The Indians created such as the Mayan civilization, etc., and the lost cultural relics have always been welcomed by collectors.

   Seeing the golden mask on display, many bidders immediately began gearing up.

   Soon, the price will exceed one million U.S. dollars under the scramble.

   "1.1 million." Liu Qingshan finally bid.

   "One and a half million!" Looney also had a gloomy face, directly increasing the price significantly.

  Liu Qingshan is not to be outdone: "Two million, I just know an Indian chief, I am going to give him this mask as a testimony of our friendship, and play another song for him, the last Mohican."

   There were still a few bidders who wanted to participate in the auction, but after listening to Liu Qingshan's words, they all silently put down the number plates in their hands.

  Only Looney had a cold smile on his face: "Two and a half million!"

  (end of this chapter)