NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

With Anne Hathaway by his side, Tang Yu no longer had the heart to look at these vulgar women, and soon the cover of the auction item was unveiled.

An oil painting appeared in front of everyone, "Wow!" The whole audience let out a low cry.

Tang Yu didn't quite understand this foreign painting, and didn't know what they were all surprised about.

"Mr. Tang, this is Picasso's famous painting Boy with a Pipe, and it is very valuable."

He knew Picasso, but he didn't know much about the unknown paintings.

The auctioneer also introduced it hard, and it turned out that this painting was really a real famous painting as Anne Hathaway said.

It was sold for more than 100 million pounds in 2004, which shows its terrifying collection value.

"Boy with a Pipe" was praised by critics as: a mysterious and beautiful work like Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and a melancholy and beautiful work like Van Gogh's "Doctor Gachet".

This introduction immediately aroused Tang Yu's interest. He knew Mona Lisa, a woman who smiled at you from any angle.

"Hello everyone, I'm Tiger, the auctioneer tonight..."

Then he introduced how precious this boy with a pipe is, and what a rare treasure it is!

"Then, the starting price of this boy with a pipe is $100 million! Now start bidding, and each bid must not be less than $5 million!"

Immediately, someone raised a sign for $100 million. At the beginning, the celebrities and wealthy businessmen present raised their signs very quickly. No one expected that Morris, the new Wall Street upstart, would come up with such a big hand.

This is not a charity auction, this is comparable to Sotheby's.

There is no need for the auctioneer to fool around. Now people are raising their signs one after another, and the auctioneer is very busy.

Tang Yu couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Anne Hathaway: "Miss Anne, have you bid before?"

Anne Hathaway shook her head.

"Would you like to try it? It's very exciting."

"I can't afford it! This painting is too expensive, but it's an honor to be able to see Mr. Picasso's painting up close."

Haha, this is a little honor. Although Tang Yu thought so, he couldn't say it out loud.

"Raise your sign, and shout 300 million first, and see if anyone will follow. I will pay."

Anne Hathaway's pupils immediately dilated, then shrank, and then dilated again. This was really shocking.

"It's not even 200 million yet, and you directly shouted 300 million? It's too wasteful!"

"It doesn't matter, just shout it."

"Really?"

Tang Yu nodded seriously. This little money was just to make the beauty smile.

Anne Hathaway raised the sign in her hand and whispered: "300 million!"

The voice was too soft, so the auctioneer didn't hear it at all, "Ms. Hathaway, how much are you talking about?"

The banquet hall immediately became much quieter, and everyone was looking at Tang Yu's table.

"300 million dollars!"

'Wow' the whole audience was shocked that Anne Hathaway actually bid 300 million.

"300 million, Ms. Hathaway bid 300 million, is there anyone who wants to bid more?"

A wealthy man who looked to be in his 60s immediately raised his sign and raised 5 million, and then set off another wave of bidding.

The US dollar itself is not as good as the British pound, and experts know that paintings of this level will at least double in value after disappearing for five years, so 300 million is simply not enough for them.

"Ms. Anne, continue... 500 million!"

"Mr. Tang, do you really have money? I know you are the boss of the Rockets, but this is too much!"

Anne Hathaway was a little discouraged. This made her bid exciting. If she really didn't have money to pay, wouldn't it be even more exciting?

"Don't worry, I don't care about this little money. Just bid."

At this time, the auctioneer had already called 350 million, and Anne Hathaway raised her sign again.

"500 million!"

This time, Anne Hathaway raised her placard and the scene became quiet. Her bid was heard by the auctioneer immediately.

"500 million, Ms. Hathaway bids 500 million. Is there anyone else bidding? I think the value of the boy with the pipe is far from reaching it. He is a masterpiece that is as famous as Mona Lisa."

"510 million."

At this time, many wealthy people have put down their placards. 500 million is too much and not suitable for them to continue.

"520 million."

Tang Yu was waiting to see if there were more bidders. In the end, he found that only these two were bidding against each other.

"Ms. Anne, 1 billion!" Tang Yu said it calmly, as if it was 10 yuan, and he didn't care at all.

Anne Hathaway raised her placard again. This time, she seemed to be used to it. Anyway, she was willing to go all out.

"1 billion!"

This time, there was no shock, no uproar, and the whole audience was silent. The whole banquet hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The auctioneer was the first to recover. "One billion, Miss Anne...Oh no, it's table number 6 who bid one billion!"

This time the auctioneer did not encourage everyone to bid, but waited. It was very unexpected that this painting could be sold for one billion, which can be said to be a sky-high price.

"Is there anyone else bidding? If no one bids, I will count down."

"One billion once!"

"One billion twice!"

"Is there anyone else bidding? One billion three times!"

"Let's congratulate No. 6 for bidding this Picasso's boy with a pipe for one billion dollars!"

Tang Yu gestured to take the painting down for him to see, and the two blondes carefully brought the painting to Tang Yu.

Tang Yu pointed directly at Anne Hathaway, "Put it next to Miss Anne."

"Mr. Tang, according to the rules..."

"Didn't you hear me telling you to put it down? Are you afraid that I don't have money? "Tang Yu said it loudly, and the whole banquet hall could hear it.

Everyone was whispering.

"Doesn't this Tang Yu know the rules of the auction? You have to wait until the auction is over before you can go backstage to pick up the auction items."

"Yeah, this Tang Yu is really a bumpkin. I didn't expect that he doesn't even know this."

"Don't talk nonsense. I just got the news that the Clippers boss who was just in the banquet hall was beaten up when he went out. I heard that he was almost dead."

Everyone shut up immediately after saying this, and the auction became quiet again.

Rex Morris immediately stood up at the front table.

"Just leave it there. I guess Mr. Tang is afraid that we will switch it!"

"Haha!" The whole audience laughed.

"Haha! Mr. Morris is right. A kid like me who came from a remote place naturally has never seen such an elegant work of art, so I have to look at it carefully. Please understand! "

Morris's face was dark to begin with, and it became darker after hearing what Tang Yu said, and he sat back in his seat.

"Go on!"

Auctioneer Tiger quickly said: "Then let's bring up the second item!"