Inherit For Three Thousand Years

The Cupid vase was sold at a high price of 850 million, and Xiao Yao was looking forward to what price the discus thrower would bid again.

"The next thing to be auctioned is the bronze statue of the discus thrower by Myron. The starting price is 200 million U.S. dollars, and each increase should not be less than 100,000 U.S. dollars. The bidding starts now."

Milon's discus thrower is a world-recognized masterpiece of sculpture, and it was also a work in 450 BC, nearly 2,400 years ago. Such a top-level artwork in the ancient period, whether it is artistic value or historical significance, are immeasurable.

The auction of this top-level work of art can be said to be the world's attention, it can be said to be priceless, and any price is possible.

Even in the collections of major top museums, there are very few works that can compare with this one.

Top museums such as the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum have all contacted Yiyun Auction House, trying to contact the consignor and win this work in advance. And each offered very sincere conditions. Although the value of each piece of art used for exchange was not as high as the original work of the discus thrower, the overall value was not low. However, they were all rejected by Wang Xiaoxian. He didn't even get the chance to meet Xiao Yao.

Although the top museums sincerely want to win this work, they are doomed to fail at the auction. Xiao Yao guessed that this work would eventually fall into the hands of a certain consortium.

Whether it is artistic value or historical and humanistic significance, this work surpasses the vase of Eros.

Xiao Yao is very sure that the hammer price of this work should exceed the Cupid vase, but it is hard to say how much it can exceed.

After 42 rounds of bidding, the price of the Discus Thrower has surpassed the Cupid Vase, and the current price is 852 million. At this time, there are still 5 competitors.

Not long after, after another six rounds of bidding, the price exceeded 900 million US dollars. At this time, there were only two competitors left.

Although there are still two people left to compete, the attitudes of these two people are very firm, and no one wants to give in. The price has been rising alternately.

After the price exceeded 950 million, Xiao Yao was very excited, thinking that the hammer price was expected to exceed 1 billion U.S. dollars. Unexpectedly, the member of the Qatari royal family was weak in follow-up. After the last bid of 980 million, he stopped raising placards.

The work of Myron was finally snatched by the agent of a certain consortium at a price of 982 million US dollars.

Although the hammer price did not break through 1 billion US dollars, Xiao Yao was somewhat regretful, but the price had already exceeded his previous estimate of 950 million US dollars, and he was still in a good mood.

The four top works of art he sent for auction all fetched high prices, including: "Sunflower" 191 million US dollars, "Savior Mundi" 405 million US dollars, Eros vase 850 million US dollars, and the discus thrower 982 million US dollars. The total hammer price of the four works of art was 2.428 billion US dollars, equivalent to about 15.1 billion RMB.

When these four works were in his hands, although he appreciated them very much and knew that these four works were very precious, he did not feel shocked. Now that the auction is over, he was actually given 15.1 billion yuan in exchange. With his calm mind, he couldn't help being excited.

What is the concept of 15.1 billion RMB? At the current gold price, it is equivalent to 60 tons of gold!

If 60 tons of gold were in front of them, anyone would be envious, even crazy about it.

When this money is in hand, it can just be used to pay for the huge sum of money to acquire Zeng Zhaoquan's shares.

At the end of the auction, the auctioneer announced loudly: "Congratulations to guest No. 243, the discus thrower is yours. Also, please allow me to announce that at this auction, it is the third time that the world's highest auction record for a work of art has been broken. This concludes the auction, thank you for your presence and support.”

The three of Xiao Yao sat in the corner at the back of the venue, and they were the guests who left the venue the fastest.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he received a call from Wang Xiaoxian: "Mr. Xiao,

I have already reserved a seat at Ah Yi Abalone, I will send you a text message later, I may be a little late to arrive, please take care of Mr. Xiao. "

"You can do what you want. There are so many guests who need your greetings. Don't worry about me. You are the busiest one today. I won't leave for a short time. I have time to eat." Xiao Yao evaded.

"Today's auction was very successful. Mr. Xiao is the biggest contributor. All the other guests together are not as important as you alone, Mr. Xiao. Would I be stupid enough to ignore the real Buddha and worship the clay Bodhisattva instead?" Wang Xiaoxian's attitude was very persistent, "Anyway, I will rush over as soon as possible. Today, I must celebrate this occasion with Mr. Xiao."

"Well, if you can get away, then I have no objection. I happen to have two friends I met at the auction by my side. I think you must know each other. There will be more people when the time comes." Since Wang Xiaoxian insisted, Xiao Yao also agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao said to Zheng Xiaowu and Zhang Donggao: "I planned to treat guests, but Wang Xiaoxian, the owner of Yiyun Auction House, insisted on grabbing this opportunity. He has already reserved a seat at Ah Yi Abalone. He is busy and may be late." In a while, let's go first."

"Mr. Wang is coming over. He is today's host. There are so many people who want to greet, can he get out?" Zheng Xiaowu was a little surprised.

"I told him to take care of himself, so there is no need to come here. He insisted on coming, so let's go to Ah Yi Abalone and wait for him for a while. He has gained both fame and fortune today, so he should be slaughtered severely." Xiao Yao was very pleased. said casually.

Zhang Donggao took a serious look at Xiao Yao, "Mr. Wang ignored so many guests, so he must come to accompany you. Afterwards, the relationship between the two of you is very good!"

"Mr. Wang likes to make friends and has always been so enthusiastic. The relationship between the two of us is indeed pretty good."

Throughout the ages, delicacies from mountains and seas have been regarded as the treasures on the table, and abalone is the top grade among the seafood.

One of the reasons why abalone is expensive is that the production of abalone is small and the place of origin is very particular. The sun-drying process after going out to sea is complicated, time-consuming and laborious.