Rebirth 1955 starts from the hunter

Miss Guo San had a pleasant voice and clear pronunciation, and with her bearing as a lady from an aristocratic family, as soon as she finished speaking, there was applause and cheers.

After Guo Weifang finished speaking, he handed the microphone to auctioneer Pete, bowed slightly, and then slowly walked down the auction table.

"It's true that listening to your words is worth ten years of reading. Rumor has it that this stream landscape painting was bought by Mr. Guo at the Ryan Auction House for US$500,000 five years ago when he was studying in Country M."

"I gave it to you on Young Master Guo's eighteenth birthday. Is that true?"

This price really scared 80% of people. Based on today's exchange rate, it is more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars.

As soon as Pete finished speaking, a servant walked up to Guo Jinhui with a microphone.

Guo Jinhui took the microphone, nodded with a smile, and said with a nostalgic look, "Yes, this time my eldest brother couldn't make it back to attend my third sister's coming-of-age ceremony, and he felt very guilty, so he specially prepared a surprise for her."

Everyone was surprised before! They all said that the three siblings of the Guo family had a deep relationship, but today we didn’t see the eldest son Guo who just got married last year.

After Guo Jinhui finished speaking, he walked to his sister who had stood up, took her hand, and came to the screen next to the auction table.

At this time, the screen had been pushed open by the model, and everyone saw a piece of silver-white silk cloth covering a large rectangular box.

Guo Jinhui signaled his sister to pull a red rope next to him.

Everyone was very curious about Guo Jinhui's riddle. Miss Guo San also grabbed the red cloth rope with a puzzled look on her face and pulled it gently.

As the silver silk cloth was pulled up, large rectangular cardboard boxes scattered all over the place, and a bright orange-red shadow was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

The sports car, or rather the Cheetah E-Type sports car, is considered one of the most beautiful sports cars.

As the cry of surprise rang out, Miss Guo's eyes became moist.

Lin Dong understood a little bit. This should be a temporary arrangement made by Guo Jinhui.

While showing the good relationship between the Guo brothers and sisters, it also demonstrates the strength of Mr. Guo. The authenticity of the stream and landscape painting can also give people more confidence.

Lin Dong was not wrong. If the auction price of the finale item did not exceed eight million, he, the second young master Guo, would be embarrassed today. He had no choice but to give the surprise at the banquet to his sister in advance.

In Hong Kong’s wealthy circles, a boy’s eighteenth birthday is usually celebrated by his good friends and family.

Compared with the grand ceremony of a legitimate daughter's coming-of-age ceremony at the age of eighteen, it can be said that there is a world of difference.

There is another very obvious phenomenon: when boys reach their 18th birthday, they have very few good female friends, and most of the time they have none.

When girls turn 18, for their coming-of-age ceremony, almost every family will send a daughter of the same age to attend as the face of the family, and will also bring a few illegitimate children as followers, most of whom are also girls.

Today was Miss Guo San's coming-of-age ceremony. Girls accounted for 70% of the attendees, nearly a hundred people, and they all looked at Miss Guo San with envy.

These include the He family, the Li family, the Huo family, and several legitimate daughters.

Not to mention illegitimate children, unless they are particularly outstanding, they only get about 20,000 Hong Kong dollars in pocket money every month, and some even less.

Of course, 20,000 Hong Kong dollars was an astronomical figure for an ordinary family in an era when the per capita income in Hong Kong was 300.

This sports car was obviously a customized model, with a starting price of US$800,000. Feelings of envy, jealousy and hatred immediately filled the entire venue.

Lin Dong only took a quick glance and felt several malicious glances towards Miss Guo San.

Thinking about the fact that these girls had helped to receive guests before, he realized that these beautiful girls should be the illegitimate daughters of the Guo family.

No matter how uncomfortable they felt, they had to hold it in and dared not show it. Only Lin Dong, who had divine sense, could discover it.

Many legitimate daughters feel uncomfortable because they also have brothers who are born to the same mother.

As a result, they bought their own sports cars with their own pocket money saved up. There are really not many people who love their sisters as much as Mr. Guo.

With envious eyes, Pete praised the three Guo brothers and sisters over and over again, and from time to time mentioned that Young Master Guo was extremely capable.

Finally, when Lin Dong was feeling bored, the finale of the stream landscape painting finally started being auctioned.

"The starting price is five million Hong Kong dollars. Each bid must not be less than five hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars. You can bid now."

After Pete finished speaking, the scene was silent for a moment, and then a pleasant voice sounded.

"I'll just throw out a suggestion, eight million Hong Kong dollars." - Lin Dong didn't expect that the first person to speak was the eldest daughter of the Situ family, Situ Jingyue.

His father, Situ Yichen, had just turned forty years old. Last year, he defeated his three elder brothers and took the position of head of the family. He was a heroic figure.

"Nine million Hong Kong dollars," - after Li Zhaohui finished speaking, he turned around and whispered with his fourth brother Li Zhaocheng whether this painting could be used as a birthday gift for his grandfather.

"Ten million Hong Kong dollars," - Huo Tingting shouted out the price and waved her hand. A beautiful girl in a dress walked up to her, bent down, turned her face to the side, and put her ear closer to Huo Tingting's lips.

Afterwards, he stood up and walked to the telephone in the Guo family's reception hall. The answer was self-evident.

It was obvious that she also saw value in the collection of the painting, and this was to notify her family to come over and give her money.

He Ruonan arranged for someone to make the phone call and bid HK$1100 million at the same time.

If this painting is confirmed to be authentic, the price should be around HK$15 million.

Obviously, not everyone is optimistic about this painting, but there are no obvious signs of forgery, only signs of restoration.

The price of 11 million Hong Kong dollars can be said to be not low.

Everyone was still very restrained at this time. After all, individuals did not have that much money, and it would take time for family members to come over.

In charity auctions, generally speaking, each person will only bid once for each item, and it is rare for people to compete to get items, and there is no such thing as delayed payment.

Of course, that's under normal circumstances, for ordinary items.

Good things rarely appear in charity auctions, most of the time they are luxury goods worth between 50,000 and 100,000 yuan.

Today's Ziyun tea has set a precedent. For the sake of face, Mr. Guo took out a national treasure-like stream and landscape painting, which is even more unique.

Lin Dong used his spiritual sense to carefully examine the painting of the stream and mountains inside and out, and found no signs of falsification.

Although he didn't know much about painting, he had a sense of perception, a good memory, and understood materials.

Combined with what he learned in the black market in previous years, Lin Dong could draw conclusions based on the subject matter, history and culture for comparison and reference.

Lin Dong is confident that he is no worse than those so-called treasure appraisers. At least when it comes to materials that are most easily faked, Lin Dong is absolutely sure that he will not make mistakes.

Now that he knew that this painting of stream and landscape was an authentic piece, a good thing that could easily fetch a starting price of nine figures in a few decades, Lin Dong was ready to cut the Gordian knot.

The point is, some things can't be bought with money.

Zhao Gou added Yue Fei's inscriptions and private seal, plus Liu Songnian's painting. I'm afraid this is the only one of its kind in the world.

I'll keep this painting as a collection, maybe it will be of great use someday.

After hearing Pete shout once if anyone wanted to raise the price, Lin Dong spoke up when he was about to shout a second time.

"Fifteen million Hong Kong dollars." Lin Dong's words were like thunder exploding above everyone's heads, shaking their friends.

Even the Ho family, known as the richest family in Hong Kong, would only offer this price when bidding for land.

Having never spent 15 million to buy antiques, He Ruonan's mental price was 13 million Hong Kong dollars, and she planned to give up.

The children of wealthy families may not be able to appraise antiques, but they rarely make mistakes in judging the prices of authentic items.

"Brother Dong, it's not worth so much money. My eldest brother said that this painting is worth at most 12 million now." - Guo Weifang whispered softly into Lin Dong's ear.

“It’s okay. I really like this painting.”

"Besides, I'm not an antique dealer. I collect them. If I increase the price slowly, I'm afraid it won't be much different from this price."

Miss Guo nodded, not quite understanding.

"Mr. Lin offered HK$15 million. Is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"

Pete was in a very bad mood at the moment, and his tone unconsciously became a little perfunctory.

If today's Ziyun tea and stream landscape painting were auctioned at an auction house, he would get a commission of at least HK$100,000.

"Sixteen million Hong Kong dollars."

"Wow..." Everyone looked and saw that it was Jiang Chengfeng, the fifth son of Liang Jinxiu, the leader of the Hongmen clan. He was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, the youngest son and the only one who was engaged in business.

General Manager of Chengfeng Building, General Manager of Chengfeng Building Materials, Chairman and General Manager of Tianfeng Entertainment, Director and General Manager of Tianfeng Shopping Mall, etc.

Seeing Lin Dong's gaze, Jiang Chengfeng smiled and nodded, saying, "My father will be turning 60 on the 9th of next month. He has always been obsessed with calligraphy and painting. I hope that Young Master Lin can show some mercy."