Chapter 668 Domineering
Chilavit said in Tang Han's ear in a low voice, Mr. Tang, wait a moment, if there is Carlos bidding, you must not participate in the bidding.
Even if you like something, you have to give up.
Why? Tang Han asked in surprise.
Chilavit said, because this is the default rule in all Austrian auction venues.
Tang Han was even more surprised. How could there be such rules?
Seeing that Tang Han really didn't understand, Chilavit further explained to him that in Austria, the Philip family was definitely the most powerful family, no doubt about it.
Even if Mr. Schneider meets people from the Philip family, he will give him three points of face.
And this Carlos, don't be blinded by his illusion. This person looks gentle and gentle, but in fact he is just a robber at heart.
As long as the thing he likes, there is only one word, which is to grab it. At the auction, as long as the thing he calls for, others should not bid, because even if you buy it, it will be useless, and that thing will be snatched away by Carlos sooner or later.
In the past few years, such incidents happened several times. Several Austrian rich people snatched away the things Carlos had liked at the auction. In the end, not only did they not save the things, but they were also brutally killed by Carlos.
Although those people also have some influence in Austria, they are much worse than the Philips family. In the end, even if these people lose their lives, they will be left alone.
Since then, it has become an unwritten rule in the auction hall.
So domineering?
Tang Han's lips sneered. Because of Alice, he had no good feelings for the Philip family, and now he met such a domineering Carlos.
Others are afraid of the Philip family, but he is not afraid.
Chilavit said again, Mr. Tang, don't have a conflict with Carlos. No one in Austria can afford to offend the Philip family.
Tang Han nodded slightly and said nothing.
At this time, the auction officially began. The first item was a Picasso painting, with a starting price of 500,000 US dollars.
Tang Han would not pay a penny for this kind of thing. Although he knew that Picasso's paintings were valuable, he really couldn't appreciate the old man's painting style, as it looked far less comfortable than Chinese Chinese paintings.
His dislike does not mean that others don’t like it. Picasso’s paintings are still very marketable in the West. As soon as the auction began, several people shouted prices one after another, and called for $1 million.
1.1 million, a voice said in a faint voice. Tang Han turned his head and looked at it. It was Carlos.
Sure enough, after he bid, the others immediately stopped. The value of this painting was far above 1.1 million US dollars, but he directly put it in his pocket.
You know, at an auction not long ago, another painting by Picasso was sold at a sky-high price of 128 million US dollars, and now he has put 1.1 million US dollars in his pocket. It can really be said to be a bargain.
Tang Han had read this news before and discussed it with his brothers in the same dormitory.
He said to Chilavit, is the auction house losing a lot? If I had known this, I would have raised the lowest price.
Tiravit said that all the items were priced in advance. If Carlos knew that the price was raised because of his arrival at the auction, the store would not have to be opened again.
Tang Han frowned slightly. It seemed that no one could afford to provoke the Philip family in Austria.
It is said that those who can afford to open an auction house are not under a certain force, and they dare not offend Carlos.
The auction continued, and the next few lots did not fall into Carlos's eyes, nor did he bid for it, and was bought by several other people.
The sixth lot was soon reached, and when the auctioneer uncovered the red cloth covered on the pallet, a burst of exclamations rang out in the auction house.
I saw that there was a huge pink diamond in the pallet. Under the lights in the store, the diamond emitted a pink gleam, as if it had great magic power, attracting everyone's attention.
The auctioneer said, Dear gentlemen and ladies, no need to say more, everyone knows the preciousness of pink diamonds.
The pink diamond you see weighs 50.3 carats and starts at $10 million.
I don’t know if I’m afraid of attracting Carlos’s attention, so the auctioneer did not spend too much time introducing this precious pink diamond, and was very stingy with his praise words. After a brief introduction, he started bidding.
11 million, 12 million, 14 million...
This pink diamond is quite attractive. The auction has been rising all the way as soon as the auction began.
No wonder the people here are crazy. You should know that pink diamonds are very precious. The output is very low, only one-tenth of the 100,000th of ordinary diamonds. It is even more rare to say that they are rare treasures.
A while ago, an auction was held in Hong Kong. The pink diamond at that time was called Pink Star, weighing 59.6 grams, and it was sold at a sky-high price of 60 million US dollars.
This caused a great sensation at that time. Even Tang Han saw this news and discussed this rare treasure with his brothers in the dormitory.
Although the pink diamond in front of me is not as big as the pink star, it is more than 50 carats, and its price is more than hundreds of millions of Chinese coins.
Just as the wealthy people present were preparing to raise prices one after another, Carlos started clamoring for 15 million.
As soon as he spoke, everyone present immediately turned off. Many people looked at the pink diamond unwillingly, but no one dared to bid.
The auctioneer sighed slightly in his heart. He also knew that after Carlos spoke, there would never be anyone to shout. He called 15 million once and 15 million twice in routine...
Just as he raised the hammer in his hand and was about to knock it down, a voice suddenly shouted, 16 million.
The people in the auction were shocked. Unexpectedly, someone dared to bid with Carlos and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a very handsome Chinese young man sitting there.
Unexpectedly, Tang Han actually shouted the price. Chilavit was shocked and quickly said to the auctioneer, "I'm sorry, my friend called it wrong. Our bidding this time is invalid."
Schneider asked him to take Tang Han out. If something happened to Tang Han, he really couldn't explain when he went back.
If Schneider was here, Carlos might be able to sell him some face, but he is just a housekeeper and will not be taken seriously by Carlos at all.
Seeing that Chilavit took back the bid for Tang Han, everyone understood why someone dared to steal Carlos's things. It turned out that this was a young man from China and did not understand the rules here.
Who knew that Tang Han did not do what Zilavit thought, and he shouted again, "16 million, I'm not wrong."
Chapter completed!