owlsbooks Chapter 121 The Christie's Auction
Chapter 121 The Christie's Auction
"Don't fight, don't fight!"
Qin Xiao waved his hand and threw Tang Dao on the ground.
"Unless the speed is so fast that you can't react, otherwise you won't be able to break through your shield, but it's so enjoyable, I've never tried to slash so many knives in one breath!"
"Actually, you are much stronger today than last time. I almost failed to keep up with several times of changing moves, but you know, you need to change direction when changing moves. My shield only needs to be lightly swiped left and right or up and down."
The US team is right, if you use a shield to defend, you will naturally have a certain advantage, especially if your figure is well controlled, the shield can almost block half of your body.
"How is it, captain? How was your experience in Africa the past two days? Terrorists are very vicious, right!"
A few days ago, the captain took Alexei to Africa and eliminated an illegal armed force entrenched in eastern Africa who had been arresting local young men for mining diamond mines for a long time.
"Alexey was too reckless. He didn't follow the battle plan that was agreed in advance. He almost accidentally injured those innocent miners!"
Speaking of this, the captain felt a little helpless, Alexey pestered the captain to go with him, otherwise the captain actually wanted to drag Qin Xiao along.
"Hahaha!"
Qin Xiao knew how unreliable Natasha's nominal father was.
"Don't worry, I gave them a sum of money. He and Melina are going to take Yelena and Antonia to travel around the world. Go up and follow you. It is probably because he wants to compete with you in his heart."
"You know, when he first became a super soldier, he was called Captain of the Soviet Union!"
Of course the captain knew what this meant. He made up for it in the history of the world after World War II.
"Is Antonia sure there is nothing wrong?"
The captain has been at the base for a while, and he has also heard about Antonia's story.
"The psychiatrist said that she should go out more and see the outside world. Although Alexie is very unreliable, I believe he can make up for part of Antonia's lack of fatherly love!"
"Also, we will arrange people to mine the diamond mine in Africa. After recovering the cost of the equipment, we will only charge some management fees. The rest of the money we earn will help them build schools and hospitals in the area. The rest will be distributed to each family in a certain proportion. Don't worry!"
The captain smiled and nodded. In these respects, Qin Xiao and Tony were more thoughtful than he thought.
The money in this world is basically meaningless to Qin Xiao. It turns out that the resources held by the red house are astronomical. Qin Xiao also learned to spend the money slowly and reasonably.
For example, there was an auction some time ago, which contained several ancient Chinese antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
All of Qin Xiao was photographed and sent back through the Chinese embassy here.
And this time, Christie's held another auction at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.
And at this auction, there are two Chinese treasures, the heads of the rat and the head of the rabbit in the twelve zodiac signs.
The animal heads of the twelve zodiac signs, a set of twelve, were originally placed in the royal gardens of China as an ornamental time timer, and the animal heads of the twelve zodiac signs formed a circle.
Arranged according to the twelve hours, there will be corresponding animal heads spraying water continuously at each hour, and at noon, there will be a spectacular scene of twelve animal heads spraying water together.
It is a pity that due to some historical reasons, the twelve beast heads have been scattered all over the world, and they have not yet been assembled. This Qin Xiao must not let it go.
In addition to these two national treasures, there is also a finale large object, which is said to be from China. Christie's is quite mysterious this time, and even the photo of this auction has not been released.
"How is it? Still wondering what the last auction item is? It's about to start, and I'll find out soon."
Tony has never been very interested in this kind of auction, and he used to let Pepper show up for things he liked.
So this time Natasha came with Qin Xiao.
"I don't know, I always feel weird today, I feel flustered, and I don't know if it's the menstrual period!"
Qin Xiao lowered his head and muttered.
Natasha smiled and pinched Qin Xiao.
"Then go back and tell me how it feels, I haven't been here yet!"
While the two chatted without saying a word, the auction officially started.
Qin Xiao is not very interested in some celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and antiques.
Has been pulling Natasha in the quiet chat.
Until the bronze heads of the twelve zodiac signs were lifted up.
The first item to be auctioned is the mouse head.
"The following auction item originated from the mysterious China. It was designed by the Italian painter Castiglione more than 200 years ago, supervised by the French, and made by the royal craftsmen of China..."
Although everyone knows the origin of the animal heads of the twelve zodiac signs, the auctioneer still gave a detailed introduction on stage.
"The starting bid for this lot is 300 million euros, and each increase should not be less than 20 euros. Start now!"
While talking, the auctioneer dropped the hammer to announce the start of the mouse head auction.
"300 million! No. 121 first bid 300 million!"
At the beginning of the auction, Qin Xiao didn't bid in a hurry, but waited for the price to rise slowly before leaving a few real competitors.
Soon, the price of the mouse head was raised to a high price of 800 million euros.
The number of people participating in the meeting gradually began to decrease, so Qin Xiao raised his placard.
"1000 million!"
With a price increase of 200 million, Qin Xiao gave people the feeling that he was bound to win as soon as he made a move.
The auctioneer below also exclaimed.
"1000 million, No. 66 bid 1000 million, and the price increased by 200 million in one go. It seems that Mr. Qin is bound to win this lot."
"Recently, Mr. Qin has made frequent bids at major auctions and recovered many cultural relics from China. I personally appreciate Mr. Qin's national sentiments very much, but the auction has to continue. Is there anyone who bids higher than Mr. Qin?"
The auctioneer chattered a lot, nothing more than to stir up anger, drop the hammer slowly, and try to raise the price as much as possible.
Regarding this, Qin Xiao just frowned slightly and didn't say anything.
"I offer 1100 euros!"
Sure enough, after the auctioneer talked a lot of nonsense, a bidder with the number plate 146 raised his plate.
Qin Xiao glanced at the bidder, who was just like himself, with black hair and dark skin.
Is it a Chinese?
"He is a Japanese, his name is Hishiguchi Kohei, the eldest son of Hishiguchi Shunsuke, the major shareholder of Hishiguchi Heavy Industries, and his family has a very deep background in the Japanese military and underworld, which is equivalent to the status of Stark Industries in the United States."
Natasha knew what Qin Xiao was thinking, and quickly explained in his ear softly.