Mo Cishu led Jian Yang in with a swagger.
Jian Yang didn't want to be recognized by others, so he kept his sweatshirt and hood on tightly when he entered the door.
The two of them received a number plate. Mo Cishu glanced at her and specially chose a seat in the corner behind the door to sit down.
Ten minutes later, the auction officially began.
The staff distributed a manual to each person.
The items for sale this time are some small items that an antique dealer bought when he was young. Although they are small items, they are all worth a lot of money.
Jian Yang casually flipped open a page of the manual and saw the price of a bronze incense burner marked on it - 3.8 million.
Jian Yang: "..."
She looked at the booklet, her mouth twitching fiercely, and pointed at the items on it and said, "This thing is worth more than three million?"
Mo Cishu glanced down and said, "Over three million is the starting price. Each bid is two hundred thousand. I estimate the final price will be around five million."
Everyone present here is well-off and buys things just to see what they like, so it's normal to bid double the price.
Jian Yang was stunned, staring at him dumbly and said, "What a sky-high price."
Who would have thought that things they used daily would be worth thousands of times more over the centuries? Just like this small bronze incense burner, which was practically everywhere in ancient times!
Even if this thing sells for millions, isn't it still just an incense burner?
Who would spend so much money on something used for burning incense?
Jian Yang continued to flip through the pages. The things at the bottom were not cheap either, with the starting price often being over five million.
The minimum starting price for the simplest pendant on a belt is one million.
Jian Yang counted on her fingers the tens of thousands of dollars she had earned after filming a movie in which she played the third female lead. Then she looked at the ordinary pendant in the booklet and sadly discovered that the money she earned from filming a movie was only enough to buy an area the size of a fingernail for this pendant.
With her current net worth, if she wants to buy this pendant, she would have to shoot ten current movies in a row to barely afford it.
The prerequisite is that there is no sucker bidding for this pendant!
Jian Yang leaned back in his chair and sighed: "Hey..."
Mo Cishu brought her here to choose a token of love, which was really too much of an honor for her.
They are truly a family where every suit is custom-made.
When she was a general, the most expensive crown she had was only two taels of silver. Converted into today's silver, it would be about two thousand yuan!
She had already spent so much money on buying that thing, and Mo Cishu actually brought her to a place where things were often priced in the millions...
So sad.
Although the auction has not started yet, Jian Yang already wants to run away with Mo Cishu.
But Mo Cishu looked indifferent. His father liked to collect antiques, so he used to go to such auction places frequently.
He looked at Jian Yang calmly and said, "Pick something you like and I'll give it to you."
Jian Yang: "Do I have to choose from here?"
Mo Cishu: "Yeah. The things in here are suitable for you."
She came from the same place as him, and he wanted to leave Jian Yang something that would remind her where she belonged.
Jian Yang scratched his forehead in embarrassment and began to search through the books desperately, hoping to find something that looked cheaper among these sky-high priced auction items.
Until she turned to the last page, an exquisitely carved jade hairpin appeared in the manual.
The hairpin was crystal clear, with the lower half twisted into a spiral shape like a rope. At the end of the hairpin, a lifelike morning glory flower was intricately carved.
Jade has always been difficult to preserve. Whenever there is some turmoil in any dynasty, the first things to be damaged are definitely fragile items such as jade and porcelain.
However, it is rare that this hairpin has been preserved intact until now.
Jian Yang's eyes lit up instantly because she saw an invisible price marked below the jade bone hairpin.
It's four question marks!
It’s just four question marks, the price can’t possibly be over ten thousand.
Where can I find something so inexpensive and of such high quality?
I remember that I had been in the army for more than ten years, galloping on horseback on the battlefield all day long, dressing like a man, and not owning any decent girl's jewelry.
Later, when she was exiled to Xifengjian, she made herself a hairpin with flowers as jewelry for the first time out of wood.
That day she used clumsy movements to tie her hair into a bun. Although her hair was loose, she still sat by the lake and looked at herself carefully for a long time.
Because she was already unfamiliar with her female attire.
There was no silk skirt among the clothes she brought to Xifengjian, and except for the hairpin, it seemed that there was nothing left to prove that she was still a woman.
Now, looking at the jade bone hairpin in the manual, Jian Yang suddenly wanted it.
"This..." Jian Yang pointed to the picture in the manual and said, "Can I have it?"
Mo Cishu lowered his eyes and glanced at him, saying meaningfully, "You have good taste."
Jian Yang looked at him with her big eyes: "Can I have it?"
Although it wasn't very expensive, it was something she fell in love with at first sight.
If she takes this hairpin back, she can secretly tie her hair into a bun at night.
Mo Cishu smiled and said, "If you want something, you can just tell me directly and boldly, 'I want it, buy it for me'. Then you can have what you like. It's that simple."
Why didn't she dare to boldly put forward conditions to her suitors?
Jian Yang was stunned for a moment, then put his knowledge into practice: "I want it!"
Mo Cishu raised his eyebrows: "I'll buy it for you."
When the auction started, the first few items had some bids and were quickly sold.
Jian Yang and Mo Cishu sat in the last row, as quiet as two invisible people.
Their purpose is clear, which is the hairpin on the last page.
Finally, the last sample was sent to the auction table.
After a lengthy introduction, the auctioneer finally brought down the hammer and announced the price of the jade bone hairpin: "Starting price: 19.8 million, bid: 200,000, no upper limit."
"Puff~~~" Jian Yang sprayed out all the mineral water, and the scattered small water droplets fell on the back of the chair of the person in front of him.
A hairpin worth 20 million!!!
The unit behind these four question marks is not yuan, but ten thousand???
She just wanted a cheaper hairpin!!
Everyone immediately turned to look at her, to see who had caused such a big commotion at the auction.
Jian Yang was so embarrassed that he pulled Mo Cishu's suit over his face and got behind him. He whispered, "The starting bid for this hairpin is 10 million?"
Mo Cishu said in a low voice: "Yeah."
Aren’t the items on the last page the most expensive?
Did she think this was something worth thousands of dollars?
Just then, a woman in the first row raised a sign and shouted, "20 million."
Upon hearing this, Jian Yang immediately tugged at Mo Cishu's clothes and said, "Why don't you just forget it? It's too expensive. I feel uneasy wearing it on my hair! It just so happens that someone else likes it, so give it to them."
Mo Cishu frowned: "You are worthy of such a valuable thing, why don't you want it?"
He didn't allow Jian Yang to refuse.
Mo Cishu put the sign into Jian Yang's hand, helped her raise her hand and said, "21 million."
Jian Yang: "..."
Oh my god, you're still bidding up the price for a hairpin worth 20 million. You're shortening your life!
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