Chapter 696 Wealthy Celebrities 24
At this time, many people came back to the scene and knew that Edward Morgan was tricked by Chen Feng. However, no one thought there was anything wrong with Chen Feng doing this. Because everyone could see that Edward Morgan first provoked and targeted Chen Feng, deliberately raising the price of the goods. As a result, he shot himself in the foot, and it was really no wonder that Chen Feng was.
Of course, this is what most people present think, but Edward himself doesn't think so at all. He thinks it was Chen Feng's conspiracy from the beginning. He first lure him to bid, then step by step increase the price and follow up the auction, pretending to be determined, which made him involuntarily fool.
Thinking of the sky-high price of 380 million US dollars and the thought of his desire to mortgage most of his assets, he had the urge to fight to the death. But he was a rational person and knew that he could not do anything to Chen Feng. Chen Feng is now the richest man in the world and has a huge influence. Even if the nobles and wealthy families around the world unite to target him in the future, he would have the ability to compete and resist. Although Edward Morgan has a high opinion of himself, he was completely unsightly in front of Chen Feng. Otherwise, his family would not have deprived him of the management of the family industry because of pressure from Chen Feng.
It is precisely because of such a clear understanding that he could only do such a malicious act of raising prices just now, and did not dare to tell Chen Feng clearly.
Turning back to the hall, after Edward Morgan was urinating with a dark face, Amanda couldn't help but cover his mouth and smiled: "Long, you're so bad. You've cheated him for $380 million this time. He must vomit blood this time."
Chen Feng smiled faintly and said, "I can't blame me. Although this white marble statue is very valuable, the auction price is too high. I don't think it's worth it, so I won't buy it."
Of course Amanda didn't believe Chen Feng's words, but he didn't expose it. He just asked curiously: "This statue is an artistic treasure of your country, why do you want to let it go?"
Chen Feng shrugged and said, "I just said that the price is too high. If it were $360 million, I would have bought it. But it was almost $400 million, so of course I can't be a sucker."
"Okay, you're awesome." Amanda didn't say much.
Although the items in the next few auctions were still quite good, it was obviously not as outrageous as before. The highest transaction price did not exceed $5 million.
Of course, not all the items in the Rockefeller family, and some other celebrities donated them.
Finally, it was Chen Feng's turn to paint the "Child" oil painting. The auctioneer stood on the stage and introduced: "The next item is an oil painting called "Child", a work that has only been completed for a short time. It was created by the painter specifically for this charity party tonight for our children. The author of this oil painting is a guest present... He is our idol star long..."
As soon as the auctioneer called out long's name, everyone at the scene was in an uproar and saluted to Chen Feng. Chen Feng smiled and nodded to everyone.
"I think everyone is familiar with long's oil paintings. Of course, the most famous of them is the family painting painting he made for President Bush's family, which has received unanimous praise and praise from masters in the world's painting world. At that time, the work was bought by a wealthy man for $30 million but failed to get what he wanted. Now his new work "Child" is also very good, and more importantly, its meaning is very good. With long's fame, I believe it is very valuable to collect. Well, I won't say much nonsense. I think there should be many people who are interested in long's paintings, so start the auction immediately. The starting price of this work is 1 million US dollars... The price increase must not be less than 500,000 US dollars each time."
The starting price of Chen Feng's work is not very high, but no one would believe that Chen Feng's painting will only sell for several million US dollars. The starting price setting is just a very conservative valuation.
The result was as expected. After the auction began, the price continued to rise. And no one raised the price by less than $500,000.
The first bidder called out five million dollars directly.
"Six million dollars!"
"Seven million dollars!"
"Ten million dollars!"
The one who directly called for 10 million US dollars was a wealthy lady. After she shouted out the price, she nodded and smiled at Chen Feng.
Amanda next to him immediately introduced to Chen Feng: "She is from the Kennedy family, named Badi, she is a widow, famous for her style, and has many loves. You have to be careful. I heard that she has always been obsessed with you, so don't do anything to be sorry to Jessica."
Chen Feng rolled her eyes directly.
Badi's bid for a price of 10 million US dollars did make the bidders hesitate. Chen Feng's oil paintings have collection value, but 10 million US dollars is relatively a little higher.
However, after a moment of pause, when the auctioneer had not yet made a quote, someone started to increase the price.
Then, there was another round of bidding, and several people were bidding. It was not until the 20 million US dollars that the bidding paused a little again.
"Twenty million dollars! Is there anyone who has paid a higher price. Long's painting "Child" is very difficult because he was created specifically for raising donations for the World Children's Charity Foundation. Long, as a great philanthropist, musician and artist, must leave a glorious chapter in history, and his work seems very valuable to collect..."
"Two five million dollars!"
A sudden offer interrupted the auctioneer's introduction. Everyone looked in the voice and found that it was Badi, the rich lady. She suddenly increased the price by 5 million US dollars, needless to say that she was determined to win.
After she shouted out this high price, she nodded to Chen Feng with a smile on her face.
"See it? She wants to attract your attention. Needless to say, you are her hunting/embroidering target tonight. You have to be careful. I heard that this woman is very good. The man she likes so far has fallen under her pomegranate skirt without exception. Don't blame me for not reminding you."
Amanda looked like he was chattering next to Chen Feng, and he seemed to distrust him very much. Chen Feng was too lazy to even roll his eyes with her this time.
"…two five million dollars for the first time!two five million dollars for the second time..."
I have to say that the price increase of Badi just now was too cruel, and he directly added 5 million US dollars, which made the other bidders hesitate. After the auctioneer tried hard to incite for a while, he found that there was no effect, so he started quoting.
But when he was about to shout out for the third time, another person below shouted: "Two six million US dollars!"
The caller's voice is very crisp, the person is beautiful, and he is also a beautiful woman with blonde hair, noble temperament and tall figure.
"She is Tramp's daughter, Ivanka, you should know that Tramp is the largest real estate businessman in New York. How about it? She looks good, right? Unfortunately, she already has a boyfriend, and I heard that she is about to get married, I think you have no chance."
Chen Feng couldn't help but roll his eyes to Amanda again this time.
Badi obviously didn't expect that someone would compete with her for such a high price. And a beautiful woman like Ivanka, she is younger and more beautiful than her, and her family background is not bad. Even if Badi doesn't want to admit it, she has to admit that she is jealous.
"Two seven million dollars!" Bardy added another price.
"Two eight million US dollars!" Ivanka had no intention of giving in at all and continued to increase the price.
"Two nine million dollars!"
"Thirty million dollars!"
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The two beauties actually met directly, which made everyone present stunned. What's more important is that the two of them met because of long's oil painting, which made them even more gossipy.
Many people present knew Badi, the widow of the wealthy family, and knew that she had always claimed high-profilely that she was a die-hard fan of Long, so it was normal for her to bid for Chen Feng's oil paintings tonight. What's abnormal is that Ivanka, the daughter of the billionaire. Ivanka, as the daughter of a very beautiful billionaire, is also a model. She is also a big celebrity in New York and often sees her in various fashion magazines.
Many people even know through gossip magazines or other news channels that she now has a boyfriend and is about to talk about marriage. At this time, she and Badi competed for long oil paintings, which was a bit intriguing. In particular, she even raised Chen Feng's oil painting to 30 million US dollars at once!
At such a high price, even Badi had a brief hesitation. But she thought of so many people watching the scene, especially Chen Feng was also looking at her, so of course she could not lose face.
So, for a short few seconds of hesitation, Bardy once again raised the price of “32 million dollars!”
After shouting, she still looked at Ivanka who had been calm from the beginning. This time it was Ivanka's turn to hesitate. This time, Bardy suddenly increased the price by two million US dollars, especially at such a high price.
However, Ivanka only hesitated for a few seconds. Before the auctioneer could inspire again, she shouted again, "33 million US dollars!"
Even though Badi was calm and demeanor, he still calmed down at this time. The price at this time had far exceeded her psychological expectations. After all, this work was not "The President's Family", and there was no commercial value bonus of the President's Family. Of course, the more important thing is that Ivanka is younger, more charming, and more attractive than her, including Chen Feng, because she just saw Chen Feng staring at the great beauty Ivanka several times. This made her indescribable jealousy.
"Three thousand five million dollars!" Bardy added two million dollars again.
This time Ivanka hesitated again, looking a little undecided, and even picked up the phone in her hand and sent a text message. It seemed that she was discussing this matter with someone.
The auctioneer also saw Ivanka's actions at this time, and once again loudly introduced the potential value and collection value of the oil painting "Child" and gave Ivanka enough time.
After Ivanka put down his phone again, the auctioneer started quoting: "The first time of $35 million! The second time of $35 million... The third time of $35 million! The deal!"
Obviously, after communicating with others, Ivanka finally gave up on bidding.
In the end, Bardy, the widow of the Kennedy family, obtained Chen Feng's oil painting "Child" and the transaction price was as high as 35 million US dollars.
After Badi won the auction, his face finally regained the calmness and demeanor of a noble lady, and he smiled and nodded to Chen Feng again.
"This woman is really willing to spend money for you." Amanda next to her exclaimed, "This is 35 million US dollars. With today's auction, your oil paintings will be even more valuable in the future. In this way, I really took advantage of you, don't you mind?"
Chen Feng joked: "If you mind, can you give me money? I don't want to give me more, just give me millions of dollars."
Amanda responded without hesitation: "Go to yours."
The auction continued. After two Little Gaochao, the charity auction tonight was still very lively, because each item on site was valuable. Among them, there were several cultural relics from China, and Chen Feng also bid for the auction again. With the example of Edward Morgan, everyone was not so stupid to bid with Chen Feng after seeing Chen Feng bidding. Therefore, Chen Feng successfully bid for these cultural relics at relatively cheap prices.
"You are too cunning!" Amanda said to Chen Feng with some resentment, "You only spent so much to buy these artworks. This advantage really takes up a lot. Do you think you had planned Edward before?"
Chen Feng didn't argue with her, but just said lightly: "After the party is over, I will donate another 20 million US dollars in my personal name."
Amanda was speechless.
The charity auction lasted for about an hour, but the last item was not very expensive. It was a set of solid wood furniture and silver tableware donated by the Rockefeller family. It was bought for three million US dollars.
The auction ended, but the charity party was not over yet, or it had just begun.
Chen Feng wanted to leave immediately, but he was soon surrounded by several interested people. Most of these people were wealthy ladies and celebrities. It was difficult for Chen Feng to leave directly out of politeness. Amanda did not mean to save him at the beginning, but instead stood aside and watched the fun.
"Long, your oil painting is really wonderful. I feel that your style has Monet's skills. Is that true?"
"Long, when will your new album be released? Have your new movie been made?"
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Chapter completed!