My Side Job is a Trader

The subsequent auction items were all antiques such as calligraphy and painting, and the participants in the auction were all older middle-aged people.

Seeing that the auction was coming to an end, the last auction item was solemnly offered up by a lady of manners in a dress.

When the auctioneer opened the box, everyone's eyes lit up, especially all the women present.

"Wow, what a beautiful sapphire!"

The auctioneer asked everyone to be quiet, and then introduced to everyone: "Everyone, this 'Heart of the Ocean' is the last auction item today. I believe some of you here should have heard of this item."

"You mean, this is the legendary 'Heart of the Ocean'?"

Some people who didn't know the situation began to whisper to each other to inquire about the Heart of the Ocean.

Zhang Xin hadn't paid attention to things like jewelry, so he didn't know that this item would have such a big reputation.

Li Xueer's eyes were fixed on the Heart of the Ocean, Zhang Xin saw her eyes shining, how could he not know how much she loves the Heart of the Ocean.

"We'll film it and take it home later, and you can watch it as long as you want."

Li Xueer pointed around and whispered, "I think the competition will be fierce. Look at those women, they won't give up easily."

"It's okay, how expensive is a piece of jewelry, even if it's hundreds of millions, I'll take it for you, it's just a little more money, we'll earn it later."

In the next second, the auctioneer discovered that at least half of the people did not know the origin of the Heart of the Ocean, so in order to be able to bid a higher price, he took the initiative to introduce: "The Heart of the Ocean is the legendary crown on the head of Queen Victoria I of the Kingdom of Great Britain. According to historical records, the crown on Victoria I's head has a total of five diamonds of different colors, each of which is a peerless treasure.

Later, as the dynasty was overthrown, the whereabouts of the crown was also unknown. More than two hundred years later, in the middle of the seventeenth century, one of the blue diamonds appeared in the home of a jeweler in Gaul. The best jewelry craftsmen set this blue diamond on a necklace and named it 'Heart of the Ocean', and then dedicated it to King Henry II of Gaul at that time.

Later, a series of coups took place in Gaul, and the heart of the ocean disappeared with the war.

When he reappeared, it was at the home of Wu Longbiao, a wealthy businessman from Xiangjiang thirty years ago. Now, for some reason, Mr. Wu needs a lot of money to run his business, so he entrusted our auction house to conduct the auction. "

As soon as the words fell, someone questioned: "How do you know that this piece is the heart of the ocean in the legend? You know, although sapphires are also valuable, their value is much lower than that of the heart of the ocean. .”

The auctioneer explained patiently: "This gentleman is right, but please don't forget that the legendary heart of the ocean is a blue diamond, which is also a diamond in essence. As we all know, diamonds are much harder than other diamonds. We have tested the so-called gemstones, and there is no doubt that the Heart of the Ocean is indeed a diamond."

"Then how sure are you that this is the Heart of the Ocean and not another blue diamond?"

The auctioneer smiled confidently and said: "This gentleman is joking. So far, although there are still blue diamonds, but the size is not so big. We checked a lot of information, and the blue diamonds on this auction item The diamond size does match the rumored Heart of the Ocean, so there is no doubt that it is genuine."

At the end, in order to increase everyone's sense of trust, the auctioneer specially added a sentence: "I can use the reputation of our Sotheby's auction house as a guarantee."

When everyone heard what the auctioneer said, they naturally believed a lot.

The auctioneer glanced at the bottom and saw that no one raised any doubts, so he said: "If you have no questions, then let's start officially. Heart of the Ocean, the base price is 10 million, and each increase must not be less than 100,000. Now start!"

After finishing speaking, he dropped the small hammer and officially started the auction.

Everyone below fell into a calm moment, waiting for others to bid.

Zhang Xin looked around and ignored other people's thoughts. According to his thoughts, since he wanted the Heart of the Ocean, he could just use the word "reckless".

So Zhang Xin raised the number plate in his hand and shouted: "Twenty million!"

Everyone followed the voice and looked at Zhang Xin, who was holding the child in one hand and holding the number plate in the other. They didn't expect this young man in casual home clothes to make such a generous move, directly doubling the price.

But the heart of the ocean is obviously much higher than this price, and soon someone shouted: "Twenty-one million!"

"21.5 million!"

The voices of asking prices came one after another, and the price also rose steadily.

Zhang Xin obviously didn't want to bid the price bit by bit like squeezing toothpaste, so he raised his sign again and shouted: "Forty million!"

At this moment, everyone became quiet for an instant. It was because Zhang Xin raised the price a bit too much this time, but this price is still not the value of Heart of the Ocean, and it is even quite different.

However, the price of more than 40 million yuan has already caused many competitors with average strength to withdraw from the bidding.

At this time, there are only four or five companies still bidding.

As the price is slowly approaching the 50 million mark, these companies are still slowly bidding at this time.

All the onlookers are guessing whether Zhang Xin will bid again.

Sure enough, Zhang Xin did not disappoint everyone, and directly raised the sign and shouted: "Sixty million!"

The other four or five companies paused for a while, and then two withdrew from the bidding.

But even though the price has already reached 60 million, the remaining three companies are still increasing their prices by hundreds of thousands.

In 2008, Great Britain once auctioned a 144-carat diamond, which was the largest diamond ever mined by human beings. It was then cut and adjusted by famous experts and polished into a hexahedron sphere. , the outside was made of platinum into a hollow container to hold diamonds, and the auction price at that time was a high price of 80 million.

Although the heart of the ocean is much smaller in size, since it is a natural blue diamond, according to testing, although diamonds can be artificially synthesized at present, the blue component in the diamond is still unclear, so the heart of the ocean is found in a certain place. To some extent, it is no less valuable than that diamond.

Zhang Xin didn't want to increase the price gradually, it would be too boring, so he directly increased the price to 70 million.

Sure enough, two more bidders were eliminated.

Now there is only one person left to compete with Zhang Xin.

The man raised the price by 100,000 again, but Zhang Xin didn't even look at him, and just added 5 million.

Finally, the final competitor gave a wry smile, turned around and made a please gesture to Zhang Xin.

The auctioneer originally thought that fifty million yuan would be enough for the heart of the ocean, but he didn't expect half of it to be more. Of course, he was very happy.

"Seventy-five million times!"

"Seventy-five million times!"

"Is there any higher price?"

"Seventy-five million three times!"

"Deal! Congratulations to this gentleman for getting the Heart of the Ocean!"

When the hammer fell, everyone applauded and congratulated Zhang Xin.

Everyone knew this generous young man. Although Zhang Xin dressed very casually, everyone felt that he was low-key now.