Although Mr. Bao rarely attends auctions, he is well aware of all the tricks at auctions.

Now, seeing that the owner of the auction, Chen Qianzhi, so openly revealed the reserve price of another buyer to Lin Han, he was naturally excited and envious.

I had only heard about the existence of these tricks before, but I didn't expect that Lin Han was the one who enjoyed being sought after.

"Brother Lin, please accept this favor from Boss Chen."

Lin Han laughed: "Now that I have accepted it whether I want to or not, what else can I do? You know, Boss Chen is still waiting for me to see something."

Since he could say that, Chen Qingzhi naturally knew that Lin Han must have agreed to him.

Naturally, there was a smile on his face.

"Grandpa Xiahou said that Master Lin rarely pays attention to others. I am extremely honored to have the favor of Master Lin today."

Lin Han hesitated for a moment and said nothing, but Master Bao couldn't help but said, "Alright, alright, Boss Chen, since my brother has said so, he will definitely tell you not to flatter me anymore."

Chen Qingzhi was not angry at all when he heard what he said. Instead, he lowered his head and smiled.

His reaction was beyond Lin Han's expectations.

After all, people who can reach his position still care about their reputation to some extent.

Now that Master Bao accused him of flattery, he was not unhappy at all.

I don’t know what Xiahou Ding said in front of him, or whether this person himself is so cunning.

Afterwards, Chen Qingzhi retreated respectfully.

Mr. Bao took off his sunglasses, mask and baseball cap.

He crossed his legs and leaned back on the sofa.

"How should I put it? Although I used to be surrounded by people wherever I went, compared to your brother Lin, I still seem to be lacking something."

Lin Han looked around casually, stopped in front of a bookcase on one side of the room, turned around and asked Master Bao: "What's missing?"

Tsk.

Master Bao thought about it and shook his head: "I don't know."

But soon he seemed to think of something: "It should be sincere respect. When I went to other places before, those stewardess girls who were always surrounded by people now surround me like pugs."

"And the managers and bosses were the same, all of them were servile... But when I think about it carefully afterwards, I always feel that they are just greedy for my family's money."

Lin Han pulled out a book from the bookshelf and flipped through a few pages: "Chen Qingzhi is not greedy for my money but for my golden eyes. Isn't the principle the same? He doesn't necessarily respect me sincerely."

"It's different. If the quoted money was all mine, I might have the same idea as you, but I'm obviously just a third-generation rich man."

I didn't expect this young man to have such an idea.

Lin Han couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

Soon the auction began.

The VIP room where they were staying received an invitation from the protocol staff.

Lin Han and Master Bao went to the hall where the auction was held.

The synagogue is decorated magnificently.

In the center is a large high-definition electronic screen of more than ten square meters.

In front is a small but exquisite auctioneer's booth.

The seats for buyers below are luxurious yet extremely private.

When Lin Han and Mr. Bao sat down, they looked around and couldn't even see other buyers because they were all blocked by the tall backs of the sofas.

"Just take off your weapons. Who would care about you?"

Lin Han said to Mr. Bao.

Master Bao looked around and found that it was indeed the case. These buyers were older than he had imagined. They were mostly entrepreneurs or celebrities in their 50s or 60s.

Moreover, they basically don't bring their female relatives to such occasions.

Some even only bring one assistant.

"I'm mainly worried that if a female celebrity comes to the auction and sees me as your assistant, it would be too embarrassing."

Lin Han glanced at him: "Why are you being my assistant? Is it embarrassing?"

"That's not the case. The point is that I boasted too much before."

This is the good thing about Master Bao. No matter what Lin Han says, he can always catch it.

However, when he said this, Mr. Bao had already taken off his mask and sunglasses, leaving only a baseball cap.

After a while the auctioneer came on stage.

It turned out to be Wang Xiaohui.

The auctioneer Wang Xiaohui is very famous in this industry, although he is only in his early 30s.

But it has already dominated several major auctions.

Lin Han had already anticipated that Chen Qingzhi would invite some big auctioneers, but he didn't expect that he would invite the famous Wang Xiaohui.

"Dear guests, the first item we are going to auction today is a yellow-ground enamel folding cup from the Yongzheng period."

After he announced the name of the first collection.

All the buyers in the audience couldn't help but respond.

An auction is usually divided into three parts: warm-up, finale and finale.

When warming up the venue, some collections are usually used.

The "small" here does not refer to the size of the object, but to its value.

But today's auction is obviously aimed at being the first auction in China in autumn.

Otherwise, the first piece of collection would not have been identified as a folding-leaf cup from the Yongzheng period.

The folding cup is a female product.

Generally speaking, it contains some ointment or rouge.

Because the square lid of this vessel is folded, it is called a folding cup.

Women generally use smaller containers for rouge and perfume.

This puts forward requirements on the shape and workmanship of the utensils.

From the name of this collection, we can see that it is from the Yongzheng period and the background is yellow.

This means that this collection was most likely used by some of the female members of the harem at that time.

However, some ordinary palace maids or concubines of lower seniority were absolutely not qualified to use yellow as the base color.

In other words, the owner of this collection should be at least a royal concubine or a queen.

The final transaction price of this kind of collection is often around one or two million.

Of course, if it can be proven that the owner of this collection is a current celebrity, its price will increase further.

Chen Qingzhi was able to place such a collection in a hot spot.

This shows the scale of this auction.

Soon, Wang Xiaohui looked around the room, and his calm and confident voice echoed throughout the room: "The starting price of this collection is 500,000, and each bid is 100,000."

500,000.

This is actually a relatively low starting price at an auction.

However, the final transaction price of the collection has basically nothing to do with the starting price. The final transaction price depends entirely on the market recognition of a certain product and the skills of the on-site auctioneer.

Some collections with very low starting prices can even increase by more than ten times.

However, there are many collections with particularly high values ​​that fail to be sold because of their high starting prices.

The price of 500,000 actually perfectly meets the psychological needs of the buyers on site.

Not too much, not too little, just right, almost to the point where anyone can raise their hand and bid.