The Leisurely Life of Infinite Gods

Chapter 140 Extreme Luxury

Zeus Auction House is one of the ten top auction houses in the world.

This is an auction house with a history of more than 130 years. It is headquartered in England. It has established hundreds of branches all over the world. Among them, the branch in Shanghai has repeatedly set auction records in recent years.

In early July, on a sunny evening, Chu Mo, dressed in a light brown suit, appeared in front of the auction house accompanied by two two-meter-tall bodyguards.

He was originally tall and tall, and his regular life and exercise in the past two months have made his thin body more shapely. If you take off the suit on your body, you will find that his stomach has already grown to six. Prominent bulge.

Chu Mo's personality is relatively introverted, and his temperament tends to be calm, but the experience of the past two months and the respect of his servants and housekeepers have made his temperament more restrained.

In front of the Zeus Auction House, luxury cars were neatly parked. It was like a large auto show, and there were hardly any cars below one million.

When he stepped down from the Rolls-Royce Phantom, Chu Mo, who was handsome and composed, still received a lot of attention. Of course, most of them were ladies and famous ladies.

As the evening approached, the auction house had already turned on the lights. The originally slightly dim sky was illuminated by the bright lights of Zeus Auction House. Accompanied by two bodyguards behind him, Chu Mo walked up the steps unhurriedly.

There was a waiter at the door, and Jiang Tao behind him handed over the invitation letter, and after the waiter tested it, he respectfully invited the three of them into the door.

Following the flow of people, he walked slowly up the marble spiral staircase, while walking, Chu Mo was also quietly listening to other people's whispered conversations.

Many people entered the auction house this time, not for antique calligraphy and paintings, but for a piece of land covering an area of ​​90,000 square meters. This land is located in the suburbs of Shanghai, not far from the famous Shanghai Stadium. It is enough to build a residential area or a commercial area, and the development prospect is huge.

Of course, the reason why Chu Mo appeared here was not to get a piece of land.

He has no interest in the real estate industry, and the reason why he is here is entirely for one person.

The chairman of Shangyuan International Film Company, Ren Wenxuan will appear here tonight.

Shangyuan Film Company is the largest entertainment company in Huaguo's entertainment circle, with a market value of 180 billion, more than three times that of Zhou Family's Tianhua Entertainment. Among the four kings of Huaguo, two are from Shangyuan Film Company, and the super star There are as many as thirty-nine people.

After Chu Mo injected 50 billion into Shiyuan Entertainment, he has already stopped the cooperation with Zhou Family Tianhua Entertainment. Now he is looking for a new partner, and Shangyuan Entertainment Company, the number one leader in the Huaguo entertainment industry, is Chu Mo's current goal. .

Today's auction is arranged in the largest auction hall, which can accommodate thousands of people. The 90,000-square-meter piece of land is the finale of today's auction. The scale of the auction house is huge.

Jiang Tao was naturally responsible for paying the deposit. Chu Mo just registered his name and entered to find his seat.

If Chu Mo showed his true identity, the owner behind the Bafang International Chain Hotel, or the investor of Shiyuan Entertainment, any one would be enough for the organizer to pay attention to, but he didn't want to attract too much attention, so he didn't use these identities to attend, and was rejected Seats are also arranged towards the back.

He didn't care about these, and after finding a side seat in the designated area, he sat down quietly.

There is still some time before the auction starts, but the hall is already filled with people. You can see many real estate tycoons here. After all, the highlight of this auction is land. Of course, there are also some top-notch big players in other industries here. .

The entire hall accommodates thousands of people, but in terms of real status and strength, there are not many people. There are also many second-generation and third-generation rich people who join in the fun. Although these people are worth a lot and belong to the absolute upper class, they can With limited assets, he can only stare blankly at those auction items that cost tens of millions.

In addition, there were also some people who were invited by the rich to join in the fun. There were all kinds of people, and there were not many people who could really participate in the auction in the whole venue.

The auction hall is the epitome of a social dye vat, even here, everyone is still divided into ranks and ranks.

The closer you are to the front, the more extraordinary your identity is. There are almost no unknown people in the front row, either real estate giants or business giants, and the further back, the more ordinary identities. Those who are placed in the bottom row have the lowest identities and statuses. of.

Chu Mo looked casually, and soon found his target in the front row.

Ren Wenxuan, the chairman of Shangyuan Entertainment, is a man in his early fifties, with a slightly fat body but an extraordinary air.

After Chu Mo casually looked at him a few times, he withdrew his gaze.

Time passed slowly, and at seven o'clock in the evening, the auction officially started.

The originally bright lights in the hall gradually dimmed, and the lights on the auction stage gradually turned on. When everyone's eyes were on the auction stage, a middle-aged man in a blue suit strode onto the stage.

He came to the front of the stage, bowed slightly under the gaze of everyone, and then said in a voice like a rainbow:

"Welcome everyone to Zeus Auction House. I am Zhang Feng, the chief auctioneer. I announce that this auction will officially begin."

"Now invite the first auction item...!"

Wearing a cheongsam with a graceful figure and a pretty face, the hostess presented the first collection.

The middle-aged auctioneer immediately introduced:

"This is a collection from a friend in England, blue and white porcelain. This bottle has a straight mouth and round lips, a long diameter, a bulging neck, a flat belly, and round feet. value.

Our low price is 400,000 yuan, and each increase is no less than 4,000 yuan.

Now, the auction begins!"

What the hostess lady is holding in her hand is blue and white porcelain preserved in a glass container. The light above her head illuminates the porcelain, making the whole blue and white porcelain appear translucent and dazzling, which is extremely eye-catching.

After the auctioneer's words fell, the bidding began, and the entire hall began to resound with the ups and downs of each other's bids.

"410,000!"

"Four hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Four hundred and fifty-four thousand!"

...

The first item at the opening was just a warm-up, and the bidders were all people from the back row. Most of the people here are young rich second-generation people and people who join in the fun.

As for the top-ranking big jaw in the front row, very few people bid for a lot worth hundreds of thousands.

The price of 400,000 blue and white porcelain was called all the way, and when someone increased it to 630,000, the originally lively scene became quiet, and those who were purely joining in the fun no longer dared to increase the price.

In the end, the blue and white porcelain was auctioned by a young man in his thirties for 634,000.

Chu Mo, who sat quietly in the back row, looked at everything in front of him calmly. He didn't make a move once, but just observed quietly.

With the successful bidding of the first collection, the atmosphere in the whole hall became heated.

Afterwards, collections continued to be brought out one after another, and the degree of rarity and price also increased. When a blue-and-white pomegranate flower pot worth millions appeared on the booth, the back row of the hall, where the prices fluctuated with each other, gradually became quiet. A few people in the row finally made their bids one after another, and when the low price of the auction reached two million, no one in the back row made a sound.

Soon, more than half of the auction process was over.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next collection is a treasure entrusted for auction by an overseas Chinese. It is priceless and can be said to be a rare treasure. Let us see this treasure."

This is a ceramic from the Northern Song Dynasty...

According to our professional appraiser's appraisal, its lowest price is 20 million yuan, and each asking price cannot be lower than 1 million yuan.

Start bidding now. "

Different from the previous ups and downs, when the bidding price reached the terrifying 20 million yuan, not to mention the collective silence in the back row, even those real big jaws in the front row were extremely cautious.

After all, tens of millions of luxury goods may even bring down a billionaire if there is no sufficient liquidity.

This was the first time that a collection of more than 10 million yuan appeared in the auction, and the price was raised to 20 million in an instant, and the entire hall was silent for the first time.

The auctioneer on the stage was not in a hurry, but waited quietly.

It was just a few breaths, and in the front row, a middle-aged man with an extraordinary posture raised his card for the first time.

"Twenty-one million."

Ren Wenxuan, the chairman of Shangyuan Entertainment, is also the target of Chu Mo's visit this time.

After the other party made a bid, it seemed to be a signal, and the originally quiet hall was broken by the price increase again.

"Twenty-two million!"

This time the bidder was an acquaintance, Lin Hongqiang from MEBO Group.

In order to acquire Bafang International, Lin Hongqiang once bought the villa on Luyin Avenue and a blue and white piece worth 100 million Yuan to himself.

And a month ago, I bought all the shares of Bafang International from the four big bosses at a 30% premium, including Sun Shangwu and Lin Hongqiang. of working capital.

Lin Hongqiang likes antiques, which can be seen from the fact that he spent hundreds of millions of yuan to buy blue and white flowers. Now that he has sufficient funds, and when he encounters an antique that he is interested in, he will naturally sell it.

Someone also increased the price in the middle, but it was soon suppressed by Ren Wenxuan, and finally became a competition between Ren Wenxuan, chairman of Shangyuan Entertainment, and Lin Hongqiang, chairman of MEBO Group.

With 20 million antiques, the second generation in the back row had no room to intervene, and most of the bigwigs in the front row came for the finale. No one wanted to disperse their funds for an antique.

After several rounds of bidding, when Ren Wenxuan from Shangyuan Entertainment raised the price to 26 million, Lin Hongqiang who shook his head slightly stopped raising the price.

Although he likes things, there is no need for them to exceed the price in his heart.

It's naturally impossible for a boss at their level to really tear his face for an antique.

The auctioneer on the stage naturally knew that this was already the top price. The only competitor Lin Hongqiang gave up, and the others would basically not come to make trouble. When the auctioneer was about to drop the hammer, the back row of the hall, near the wall, A young man's steady voice sounded slowly.

"thirty million."

Chu Mo's voice was not loud, but because he was too far back, almost instantly, everyone's eyes were on him.

And everyone's eyes were full of surprise and curiosity.

If Chu Mo is the big boss in the front row and pays 30 million, others will think that this is the world of big bosses. They don't understand, but Chu Mo is sitting in the back row, and he is still very young...

Which family's rich family is so rampant?

Tens of millions of things to buy?

Chu Mo raised the price from 26 million to 30 million in an instant, which was much higher than the one million price increase of the previous bosses.

Not only the back row, but even the top players in the front row all set their sights on Chu Mo.

And when they saw Chu Mo's young face, everyone frowned slightly.

Of course, Lin Hongqiang will never be included in this.

"Thirty million once, is there anyone who will increase the price.

Thirty million twice..."

The auctioneer cast his eyes on Ren Wenxuan, the chairman of Shangyuan, and seeing that the other party was unmoved, he knew that this price should be the final price.

Just when the auctioneer raised the hammer in his hand and was about to announce the final winner, a lazy voice suddenly sounded in the front row of the hall.

"Thirty-five million."

After the words fell, the atmosphere in the entire hall became condensed again.

Everyone's eyes fell on the lazy figure in the front row in unison.

Chu Mo, who was in the back row, adjusted his golden glasses on the bridge of his nose. He carefully looked at the background of the man in front who was asking for a price.

Because the other party turned his back to him, Chu Mo couldn't see his appearance, but he should be young from the sound of his voice. He looked about thirty years old, and he would definitely not be more than thirty-five years old.

The other party increased the price by five million, and Chu Mo was a little confused about his intention for a while.

It's just that this antique is something that Ren Wenxuan, the chairman of Shangyuan Entertainment, took a fancy to. The reason why Chu Mo snatched it was to leave an impression on the other party. After that, he would send this antique to Ren Wenxuan as a meeting gift.

Chu Mo is not interested in antiques, but he must get them.

He also doesn't care about the cost of tens of millions. For him, anything that can be measured by money is not worth mentioning.

After a moment of silence, before the auctioneer even called out the price, Chu Mo made his second bid.

"Forty million."

Another five million markup.

The original 20 million antiques have doubled.

Normally, if it is an ordinary rich man, they will basically give up at this time.

After all, liking is one thing, but if the actual price of the antique far exceeds the value of the collection, they will not blindly increase the price.

And just a moment after Chu Mo called out the price, the young man in the front row whose voice revealed laziness raised his hand again.

"Fifty million."

This is obviously aimed at myself.

He turned his gaze to Jiang Tao beside him, and asked softly:

"Do you know who this person is?"

The tall and dignified man shook his head slightly.

He is just the president of a small detective agency, he is not considered a figure at all, and his circle can't get in touch with the real upper circle.

Since the young man could sit in the front row, he must be the heir of a certain big family.

However, Chu Mo really can't remember when he offended such a person.

Among the rich second generation, Shen Yaoyao and Yun Changzai, whom he tidied up some time ago, had a feud with him, but their identities can only sit in the back row of the hall at most, and Chu Mo doesn't think they can instruct the young people in the front row.

When he frowned and thought, the auctioneer on the booth was already shouting for the second time with excitement. If he didn't bid, the antique would definitely miss.

He stretched out his hand again, but this time he didn't want to play games with the young man, so he said directly:

"Seventy million."

With a direct price increase of 20 million, the price of the antique has more than tripled.

The youth in the front row obviously hesitated this time. Even the top giants must be cautious about this price.

Just when Chu Mo thought it was over, the young man reached out his hand again.

"Seventy-one million."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Chu Mo, and at the same time slightly raised his eyebrows at Chu Mo, provocative beyond words.

This time, I finally saw the face of the other party. The other party looked about twenty-eight or nineteen years old, handsome and handsome, with thick eyebrows. Chu Mo noticed that he seemed to be wearing a jade pendant around his neck.

Just when Chu Mo was racking his brains to think about where he had seen him, there was a soft surprised sound from the front row.

Turning his head towards the provocative young man at Chu Mo, Chu Mo leaned forward slightly with a calm face, and asked in a low voice to the figure in the row in front of him who had just made a sound:

"Miss, do you know who that person was just now?"

After the words fell, there was no waiting for an answer. A moment later, when Chu Mo was about to sit up straight and lean forward, the girl in the front row who couldn't see her face said like a mosquito:

"It's the young master of the Wu family."

Chu Mo frowned, and he thought hard. After a while, a message that was almost forgotten by him appeared in his mind.

The Wu family in the magical capital is one of the four major families in the magical capital like the Zhou family.

The Wu family got involved in real estate development, and had previously competed with Liu Manli, the richest woman in China, for the Zhou family's financial building.

Liu Manli brought herself to the Zhou family's wedding banquet in order to contain the Wu family. For Liu Manli, as long as the financial building is not sold to the Wu family, her strategy will be successful.

In the end, Chu Mo got the Mordu Financial Building from Zhou Shixing, the old man of the Zhou family, for 27 billion. Naturally, the Wu family's plan fell through.

And the young man in the front row is the future successor of the Wu family.

The youngest of the Wu family.

When everything is connected together, Chu Mo already has the answer in his heart.

I robbed the financial building of the Wu family, the other party was planning to snatch the antiques from me, right?

The doubts in his heart were resolved, he said thank you to the girl in the front row, and after sitting upright, he raised his hand without hesitation and said:

"One hundred million."

As soon as the words fell, the entire hall was in an uproar.

But at this time, the young master of the Zhou family in the front row turned around again, and then smiled silently at Chu Mo.

"Mr. Chu, he won't increase the price. This person did it on purpose. His purpose is not for the antique, but to get you to pay a higher price!"

When Jiang Tao beside him reminded him in a low voice, Chu Mo nodded and said in a flat voice:

"I know, I am bound to get the antique, as for him..."

Chu Mo was silent for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, but his voice was cold and said:

"The Wu family started out in real estate, so the purpose of coming this time must be that piece of land... I really want to see if he can still laugh later!"