[Chapter 86 I wrote it!]
“Wow! The starting price is 20 million! I wonder which famous calligrapher wrote this calligraphy!”
“Who knows? The host didn’t introduce it to me!”
Just as everyone was talking about it, Qi Zhenxuan couldn’t sit still!
He blew his beard and looked at Fang Tong, and said with speechless contempt: “You are really good! Mr. Wu has agreed to join your calligraphy association, but you still want to auction his works in the name of the calligraphy association!”
Fang Tong smiled complacently, and looked at Chu Ningxue beside him, who also had a smiling face.
It was Chu Ningxue’s idea to auction Wu Feng’s calligraphy!
That night at Los Angeles University, after Chu Ningxue got this “Lanting Preface”, she thought of this idea temporarily!
Although Wu Feng verbally agreed to join the calligraphy association, he also agreed to join the literature club before that!
So in fact, the two sides can only be regarded as a tie at most!
Fang Tong of the calligraphy association and Qi Zhenxuan of the literature club, two bigwigs in the Los Angeles literary world, have been fighting each other for more than a year or two!
The story of the two men fighting against each other was even passed down as an interesting matter in the literary circle of Luocheng. The relationship between the two big men was described as “mutual appreciation and mutual hatred”.
As Fang Tong’s apprentice and vice president of the Calligraphy Association, Chu Ningxue was naturally willing to help the old man, so she came up with such an idea!
Naturally, she got Fang Tong’s full support!
Because once Wu Feng’s authentic works were auctioned at the auction in the name of the Calligraphy Association, it would be enough to prove to the outside world that Wu Feng was indeed a member of the Calligraphy Association!
In this way, Fang Tong would have won back a game!
The little story behind this “Lanting Preface” is destined to spread throughout the literary world of Luocheng in the future, but today, only a few people in the audience knew the mystery.
On the other hand, after the host shouted out the starting price of “Lanting Preface”, the scene fell into a subtle state.
After all, most laymen actually look at the fame of calligraphy!
That is, the fame of the author who wrote this pair of words!
The more famous a work is, the higher the price will be. There will be many bidders. After all, most people buy it back just to frame it for display!
But the handwriting of the “Lanting Preface” in front of him is as ethereal as clouds and as graceful as a startled dragon. Although it is also a rare calligraphy work, no one knows who the author is!
For a while, no one was willing to bid!
Just at this time, Qi Zhenxuan, who was blowing his beard and glaring at Fang Tong, suddenly smiled like an old fox.
He stood up suddenly!
“I’ll bid 30 million!”
The whole audience was silent!
Everyone looked over!
“Oh my God! It’s Mr. Qi from the Literature Club!”
“He has already bid!? Or he directly added 10 million!?”
“It seems that this calligraphy is really outstanding!”
“Indeed! With Mr. Qi’s fame, only some famous works are worth bidding for him!”
After Qi Zhenxuan finished bidding, he sat back and looked at Fang Tong proudly!
Fang Tong felt something was wrong after Qi Zhenxuan stood up!
After hearing Qi Zhenxuan shout out the price, the whole person was not good!
“Old man Qi! What do you mean! You already have an authentic copy of Master Wu’s “Ding Fengbo”! Do you want to take this “Lanting Preface” for yourself? “
Qi Zhenxuan stroked his beard proudly:
“Fang Tong, Fang Tong, with Master Wu’s temper, I’m afraid it will be difficult for us to get other authentic works from him! In other words, this “Lanting Preface” and that “Ding Fengbo” are both his last works! I have to thank you for putting them up for auction! Otherwise, if I put them in your calligraphy association, it would be difficult for me to buy them!”
“You! Ah, ah, I’m so angry…” Fang Tong was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, with an uncomfortable expression of stealing a chicken but losing the rice!
Even Chu Ningxue was completely upset. She really didn’t think about this. It seems that the fox is still cunning when it is old!
On the stage, the host was also excited and could hardly control himself at this moment!
“Oh my god! Mr. Qi has made an offer! To be honest, this copy of “Lanting Xu” is not inferior to any outstanding copy in history in terms of handwriting and charm! Although we don’t know which god is the author of this copy, since Mr. Qi has made an offer, it is enough to represent everything! Is there anyone who can offer a higher price?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Xuan, who was sitting next to Wu Feng, stood up!
Wu Feng was stunned! He
didn’t even have time to stop her!
He never expected that Tang Xuan would actually make a move!
“I’ll offer 40 million!”
After quoting the price, Tang Xuan came back and smiled faintly: “Wu Feng, you must get something tonight no matter what. If Zhao Ying over there dares to continue to raise the price, I will fight her!”
“Uh…” Wu Feng was immediately at a loss for words, his face full of black lines!
There is such a silly girlfriend, that’s tens of millions, and she just wants to vent her anger!
And the most serious problem is that the thing she wants to buy is her boyfriend’s…
Wu Feng was about to speak up to dissuade him, when a voice rang out from the other side of the venue!
“I’ll pay fifty million!”
It was Zhao Ying!
Her face was as cold as ice as ice, and she looked over here!
Chen Zhong, who was standing next to him, also sneered. He had made a decision at the beginning, and he must make sure that Wu Feng had no face at all tonight!
Looking at Qi Jin again, he was also shocked. Fifty million for a pair of characters was already a large sum!
And Sun Hui clenched his fist suddenly, then let go, and laughed secretly in his heart.
“Chen Zhong, Chen Zhong, although there is no direct hatred between the two of us, the family confrontation has been so long. Since you want to be the scapegoat tonight, I don’t need to explain to you! When you know that this pair of characters was written by that stinky boy Wu Feng, you should be eager to kill him directly, right? Hehehe…”
At the venue, three consecutive price increases directly caused the price of this pair of “Lanting Preface” to soar to fifty million!
Everyone present was stunned!
This last exhibit is so awesome!
At the same time, Qi Zhenxuan, who made the first bid, turned pale and looked at Zhao Ying, who was the last to lower the price, speechlessly!
“I’m so angry! The money I saved with great effort was surpassed by you guys all of a sudden! What should I do!”
Fang Tong was so happy that his mouth was crooked!
This matter was full of ups and downs, it was too exciting!
“Ahem! Old Qi, if you ask me, don’t bid anymore. They are all businessmen, and they are not at the same level as you who write articles! Don’t put all your money into it!”
“Fang Tong! I don’t want to talk to you anymore! Originally, I wanted to win the bid, so I took out the 50-year-old Maotai hidden in the wine cabinet and invited you to share it. Now I tell you, no way!”
“Old Qi! You are too stingy!”
Chu Ningxue was sandwiched between the two funny guys, her face was full of black lines, and she almost wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into…
On this side, Tang Xuan saw that Zhao Ying actually shouted out 50 million, and her pretty face suddenly turned cold, and she stood up in a hurry!
“I’ll bid… ugh!”
Wu Feng covered her mouth and pressed her down!
“Wu Feng! What are you doing? This is the last one. I must bid!”
“Shh! Stop shouting. I wrote that couplet!”
(End of this chapter)