Everyone present here has some knowledge about antiques, so they naturally know what a night-shining pearl is.
In ancient times, due to the low level of science and technology, insufficient productivity, and insufficient understanding of night pearls, they were usually treated as precious treasures. However, in modern society, this situation has greatly reversed, because various studies have proved that the main component of night pearls is fluorite, which is not a rare mineral and has a far lower value than jade, jadeite and diamonds.
Because of this, the prices of night pearls are very average nowadays, and you can buy good quality night pearls for a few hundred or a few thousand yuan.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no precious night pearls in the world. It is said that after Cixi died, she was buried with a night pearl in her mouth. This night pearl weighed four taels, two qian and seven fen, and was worth 10.8 million taels (silver)!
It is difficult to calculate how much 10.8 million taels of silver are worth now, but there is a consensus that the value is far more than 10 billion!
It seems that there are valuable night-shining pearls in this world, but most of them are not very valuable.
So when everyone heard that Shen Qi was going to take out a night pearl for auction to compensate for the charity, everyone looked over, wanting to see what kind of night pearl it was that was worth more than 20 million.
Shen Qi didn't like the feeling of being watched by others, so he handed the palm-sized night pearl to Chen Qiu and asked him to hold it for everyone to see.
The diameter of the night pearl is more than ten centimeters, and it emits a green fluorescent light. Even under the light, it is still clearly visible.
Those who saw the appearance of this night pearl clearly gasped.
The size of this night pearl alone is enough to determine its value. In addition, this night pearl is of excellent quality with no impurities visible. It is already the best of the best.
Gao Qingmu couldn't take his eyes off the night pearl ever since it fell on it. He thought he had seen quite a few night pearls, but none of them could surpass this one even a little bit in terms of material and appearance!
Wu Chengyin took two quick steps and came in front of Chen Qiu, sighing continuously.
“So beautiful!”
"Such a treasure is so rare that its value is barely enough to describe it!"
As Wu Chengyin spoke, the people around him echoed and praised him. In the eyes of everyone, this night pearl that was originally not very popular has become a rare treasure.
Shen Qi coughed and said, "Mr. Gao, you are a master in the antique world. Please set a starting price for this night pearl."
Gao Qingmu was in a dilemma. It was the first time he had seen such a precious night pearl, and he couldn't tell how to price it.
If the price is too low, Shen Qi might be unhappy. If the price is too high, people participating in the auction may not be able to afford so much money. After all, this is just a small charity auction.
After a moment's silence, Gao Qingmu said, "Mr. Shen Qi, to be honest, I'm not sure about the value of this night-shining pearl. But since you said that the proceeds from the auction of this night-shining pearl will supplement the funds for this charity auction, how about we set the starting price for the bronze sword?"
Shen Qi nodded, "Okay."
In fact, Shen Qi didn't care how much this night pearl could be sold for. He made this decision just now because of the performance of the crowd. His purpose was to do something for this charity auction.
Gao Qingmu took the night pearl with both hands, walked to the stage, announced the starting price, and the auction began.
"Twenty million!"
As soon as Gao Qingmu finished speaking, Wu Chengyin was the first to make a bid, and he directly raised the price from 10 million to 20 million, making those who originally planned to bid hold back.
Just now it was Shen Qi, now it’s Wu Chengyin. Do you find it fun to play like this?
Wu Chengyin did this for two reasons. First, the night pearl was indeed beautiful and he liked it very much. Second, Shen Qi had just raised the price to 20 million, so he couldn't fall behind.
Gao Qingmu's mouth twitched twice and he pulled Gao Yaning up.
"You'll conduct the auction, and I'll make my bid. Twenty-one million!"
Gao Yaning smiled bitterly and had no choice but to go to the auction table again to preside over this auction.
Wu Chengyin refused to be outdone, "Twenty-two million!"
Gao Qingmu raised his hand again, "Twenty-three million!"
He fell in love with this night pearl the first time he saw it, and this time it was a charity auction, so Gao Qingmu was a little excited.
Seeing Wu Chengyin and Gao Qingmu fighting over the night-shining pearl, Chen Qiu lowered his voice and asked, "Second Grandfather, how much is this night-shining pearl worth?"
Shen Qi said: "A conservative estimate is 20 million. If you meet someone who really likes night pearls, the price will be higher."
Chen Qiu nodded and asked, "Do you have any night-shining pearls here? Give me one so I can play with it."
Shen Qi smiled and said, "Let's wait until we get back. I just looked through it and found that this night pearl is not of very good quality. If I take out the others, I'm afraid these people will go crazy."
Chen Qiu was stunned for a moment. Second Grandpa, are you serious about what you said?
The quality of this night pearl is not very good?
The value of mediocre night pearls is over 20 million, so those of good quality night pearls should be over 100 million, right?
Shen Qiu's first thought was that Shen Qi was bragging, but when he thought about what Shen Qi had said and done before, he suppressed this thought.
Second Grandpa said that this night pearl is not very good, then it is definitely not very good!
There is absolutely no mistake!
While the two were talking, the price of the Night Pearl had been raised to twenty-eight million.
Wu Chengyin saw that Gao Qingmu was silent, with a look of pride on his face.
As a businessman, he has a lot of liquid capital, but Gao Qingmu is not so lucky as he does not have the confidence of Wu Chengyin.
So this night pearl was finally bought by Wu Chengyin for 28 million yuan, and the auction ended successfully.
Next, Gao Qingmu and other organizers of the auction announced the charitable donations from the auction, totaling 67.3 million yuan, and signed an agreement in front of everyone, promising that all the donations would be used to improve the lives and studies of children in remote mountainous areas, and that the whereabouts of the funds and the results achieved would be announced regularly.
After the agreement was signed, everyone cheered, saying that their attendance at the auction was not in vain.
When Gao Qingmu and Wu Chengyin turned around to look for Shen Qi, the biggest contributor to this auction, they found that Shen Qi and Shen Qiu had already left quietly.
The auction raised a total of more than 60 million yuan in charity, and nearly 40 million yuan of it was closely related to Shen Qi, so Gao Qingmu and Wu Chengyin wanted to express their gratitude to Shen Qi in public, but they came to nothing.
The two looked at each other and found that compared with Mr. Shen Qi, they still seemed a little materialistic.
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