Goldfinger is a bit strange

As New Year's Day approaches, Christie's auction house held a special New Year's auction on Hong Kong Island, attracting almost the world's attention.

After entering the 1980s, Christie's developed rapidly, with several auctions and record highs.

Especially this New Year's auction, it has aroused heated discussion even before it started.

Liu Qingshan also accompanied Hong Yunsheng to the auction hall of Christie's Hong Kong Island branch. Secretary Wang, Zheng Hongqi and others visited the factory under the guidance of Qian Yuzhen.

After parking the car, I found that I couldn't get into the auction hall. There were hundreds of people at the gate, all with cloth strips wrapped around their heads, holding slogans and flags in their hands, and shouting slogans.

Liu Qingshan unconsciously showed a smile on his face: "You are all here to protest. Are there still many islanders on Hong Kong Island?"

"Most of them are hired locals, and they have been making trouble for several days."

Hong Yunsheng also watched with interest. Speaking of which, the source of this matter lies with the two of them.

"Haha, I declare that the protest is invalid."

Liu Qingshan did not forget to make a joke.

He was also very tidy today: he was wearing a well-fitting high-end suit, which Qian Yuzhen led him to choose yesterday, and made his younger brother look very handsome.

Those who don't know the details will definitely think that this is the rich young man of some big family.

Soon, a large group of police officers arrived and quickly dispersed the protesting crowd. Christie's is a long-established auction house in Great Britain. Hong Kong Island is still part of Britain for the time being, and of course no one is allowed to cause trouble here.

Liu Qingshan then followed the flow of people and entered the auction house calmly, attracting many people's attention along the way.

I have to say that after changing into a pair of famous brand clothes, coupled with Liu Qingshan's unique temperament, it is indeed eye-catching.

He took it calmly, since he wanted to act in a high-profile manner this time, so there was no need to be secretive.

While walking, he found a man in his thirties who nodded towards him. Liu Qingshan smiled and nodded in greeting, thinking in his mind: Which celebrity is this?

The middle-aged man has a shiny parted hair and wears big toad glasses. His temperament is a bit like Fa Ge, but at first glance, he looks different.

After the man walked over with his female companion on his arm, Hong Yunsheng asked in a low voice: "Qingshan, do you know Huo Sheng?"

Liu Qingshan shook his head, then suddenly remembered something and asked: "Is it the Huo family in Hong Kong Island?"

Hong Yunsheng nodded. He could never reach a high level like the Huo family.

In other words, he knows people, but others don't know him.

"There are many celebrities here today."

As Hong Yunsheng walked, he introduced the Hong Kong celebrities he saw to Liu Qingshan in a low voice.

Liu Qingshan has also heard of some people. In his previous life, these people were the protagonists in legends and stories.

But now, Liu Qingshan feels that he may also become a legend among others.

Their seats were at the back of the auction hall, and this was because Hong Yunsheng was the consignor. Otherwise, there would probably be no room for him to sit in such a big event.

Liu Qingshan also received a number plate in his hand. Yes, he also wanted to participate in the auction and paid a deposit of 100,000 pounds.

Of course, Liu Qingshan didn't have any pounds on hand, so he asked his partner Victor to withdraw money from the purchase of morels and ground vegetables, and he could barely make up the money.

In the auction hall, people kept coming in one after another.

When a group of guests with serious expressions and even angry faces entered the venue, there was a buzz of discussion in the hall.

There were twenty or thirty people in this group, and Liu Qingshan knew that they should be from the island country, because among this group, he saw a familiar figure: Shoichi Fujita.

This guy walked at the end of the group, probably just as a follower.

Hong Yunsheng quickly introduced Liu Qingshan: "Representatives from several large consortiums from the island country are here. The young man wearing glasses is Mitsui Mu from the Mitsui Consortium, and the moustache is from the Fuji Consortium..."

Liu Qingshan also nodded with satisfaction: "The more people who support us, the better our auction items will be at a good price."

"It's not necessarily true. Maybe the islanders will unite to stop the attack." Hong Yunsheng's face looked a little worried. The auction house was in deep trouble.

Especially in today's island countries, the bubble economy has not yet burst, and it is an era that claims to be able to buy everything in the world.

Most of the artworks auctioned by the world's major auction houses are auctioned off by island countries at high prices as a means of value-preserving investment.

The most famous incident here is that Yasuda Company purchased Van Gogh's famous painting "Sunflowers". At that time, it was said that it spent a full 5.9 billion, of course, in Japanese yen.

The most dramatic scene is that a few years later, when the island country’s economy collapsed and Yasuda Company could no longer hold on, they wanted to sell the sunflower. However, when it was sent to an auction house for appraisal, it turned out to be a fake.

Once upon a time, the title of "foolish people with a lot of money" was originally attached to the people of the island nation.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the auction officially started. The auctioneer was a white man, but he could also speak fluent Cantonese.

After a few simple opening remarks, we got to the point. The first few auction items were not of high value.

This is also a common practice, warm up the field first.

During this period, Liu Qingshan also raised the sign twice at will, but it was quickly submerged in other number plates.

"Lot No. 10 is a work by Edouard Manet, one of the founders of Impressionist oil painting. His works deeply influenced a large number of later masters such as Cézanne and Van Gogh."

"The starting price of this work is one million pounds, and each bid will be no less than ten thousand pounds."

As soon as the auctioneer finished his introduction, people kept raising their placards, and the price quickly climbed to more than one and a half million pounds.

Liu Qingshan observed that there were mainly two groups of people raising their placards, one group was Westerners, and the other group was a team of Japanese people.

Manet's works were inspired and influenced by Ukiyo-e in the Japanese country, so they were very well-known and popular in the Japanese country.

More importantly, there was a craze for collecting Western art in the Japanese country at this time, and the buying was very crazy.

Such wealth and power soon made those Westerners unable to resist. When the price climbed to more than two million pounds, they could only shrug their shoulders and reluctantly withdraw from the competition.

The young and wealthy spokesperson of the Mitsui Group, a guy named Mitsui Mu, also cast a contemptuous look at them and muttered something, probably something like "I mean everyone here is garbage."

It's really a shame to draw hatred in public.

Liu Qingshan thought that he couldn't let this guy get away with it, so he started to raise his sign and raised the price by 100,000 pounds at a time.

Seeing Hong Yunsheng next to him, the muscles on his face twitched involuntarily.

He knew Liu Qingshan's family background, and it was only 100,000 pounds in total.

If the other party refused to raise the price, it would be a loss. Where would he pay more than 2 million pounds?

However, Liu Qingshan looked calm and indifferent. Others didn't know his depth. With the faint smile on his lips, they really thought he was the heir of a big family, the kind who didn't take money as money.

After Liu Qingshan raised his sign several times, Mitsui Mu also got angry and directly raised the price to 3 million pounds, and then shot a provocative look at Liu Qingshan.

Such a fight certainly attracted the attention of most people in the venue. There was also a whisper in the hall. It was estimated that everyone was asking about Liu Qingshan's background.

So many people were watching, and they couldn't let them down after all, right?

Liu Qingshan raised the sign again happily, and didn't raise more, just 10,000, which was the kind of increase that was not very harmful but extremely insulting.

Even if the other party was unwilling to raise the price, Liu Qingshan was not afraid of the painting falling into his hands. Anyway, after his item was auctioned, he could get a lot of cash back.

What he was doing now was mainly to warm up for the bidding later. Otherwise, it would be too eye-catching and too obvious to bid only for that item.

Sure enough, the young man Mitsuiki couldn't stand the teasing and raised another 100,000 at once.

Then Liu Qingshan saw that Fujita Masakazu suddenly came up to Mitsuiki, nodded and bowed and said something. Obviously, this guy recognized Liu Qingshan.

"Qingshan, don't add any more."

Hong Yunsheng also saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly reminded him in a low voice. He was also afraid that Liu Qingshan would go too far.

Under normal circumstances, Liu Qingshan should stop, after all, someone in the other camp knew his background and knew that he was just a poor boy who didn't have that much money, so he was more likely to make trouble.

But Liu Qingshan didn't play by the rules, and casually raised his card to add 10,000, which caused an uproar at the scene.

This price is actually far beyond the estimated price of the painting.

Liu Qingshan has already made a move, and it depends on how Mitsuiki responds. More than half of the eyes in the hall are cast towards Mitsuiki, and even the auctioneer looks directly at him with expectation.

This also makes Mitsuiki enjoy this kind of look, but also feels greater pressure.

He no longer blindly follows the price, but asks Fujita Masakazu something sternly, while Fujita Masakazu nods repeatedly with a look of panic, and sweat pours down his forehead.

"Three million, one hundred and twenty thousand once, three million, one hundred and twenty thousand twice..." The auctioneer raised the hammer in his hand.

Hong Yunsheng, who was sitting next to Liu Qingshan, had cold sweat on his back, and there was only one thought in his mind: It's over, it's really a deal!

Just as the auctioneer's hammer was about to hit it, someone finally raised a sign, but it was not Mitsui, but a Westerner with a Mediterranean hairstyle not far away.

At this moment, Hong Yunsheng felt his body soften, and the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Liu Qingshan seemed to be indifferent, and gently raised the number plate again, secretly giving a thumbs up to Victor who had just bid: Not bad, the sign was raised in time.

Mitsui hesitated, glared at Fujita Masakazu, and then joined the battle again, looking like he was determined to fight to the end.

So a new round of competition started again, until the price was raised to 3.5 million pounds, Liu Qingshan smiled and shook his head, and withdrew from the competition.

And Victor shrugged his shoulders, also indicating that he gave up.

Although Mitsui Mu won, he felt like he had swallowed a fly, and did not feel the pleasure of victory at all.

Liu Qingshan also showed his presence in the following auction items, but in the end, he got nothing. He did not want to get anything.

Finally, the finale came, and the auctioneer's voice became a little higher:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the last item of this auction is unique in the world. It is the flag of the Japanese team during World War II."

"Currently, there is only one spliced ​​team flag in the world, which is kept in the island country; and this team flag is the only one that is preserved intact today. We will conduct an unreserved auction. Please bid below!"

March, early spring.

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The gloomy sky is gray and black, revealing a heavy depression, as if someone has splashed ink on rice paper, and the ink has soaked the sky and smudged the clouds.

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The earth is hazy, and there is a ruined city, silent and lifeless in the dim blood rain.

The broken walls and ruins in the city are withered, and collapsed houses can be seen everywhere, as well as blue-black corpses and pieces of meat, like broken autumn leaves, withering silently.

The streets that used to be bustling are now bleak.

The sandy road that was once crowded with people is no longer noisy.

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Not far away, a broken carriage was stuck in the mud, full of sadness, with only an abandoned rabbit doll hanging on the shaft, swaying in the wind.

The white fur had long been soaked into wet red, full of eerie and weirdness.

The turbid eyes seemed to have some resentment, looking at the mottled stones in front of them alone.

There, a figure was lying.

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The boy squinted his eyes and did not move. The biting cold penetrated his shabby coat from all directions, attacked his whole body, and gradually took away his body temperature.

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