Tongzi, you are so generous!

Now, let's welcome our first collection item, bone china handcrafted by Wedgwood!

Everyone knows Wedgwood, right? The father of ceramics in Potato Country.

When he made porcelain, he would add a certain proportion of animal bone powder.

The color is pure white, with a translucent effect.

This porcelain is beautiful, smooth, lightweight, and extremely durable.

It is highly praised and loved by many upper-class people.

He once specially made tableware for Empress Catherine II of Russia.

The starting bid for this bone china is 1 million, and each bid increase must be no less than 500,000.

Let's begin!

Soon, there was a bid of 1.5 million.

Then someone raised the price to 2 million.

It went back and forth like this until it reached 9.5 million.

North Dust came to this kind of occasion for the first time and completely didn't expect that such a blue cup could reach this price.

Seeing North Dust's somewhat shocked expression, Nan Ye casually added, "They are using euros here, not RMB.

1 euro is equivalent to 7.8 RMB.

In other words, this piece of porcelain is probably worth about 74.1 million RMB."

"How... how much?" North Dust was even more speechless.

74.1 million RMB, can I even earn this much by being a university Teacher for my whole life?

"Wait, if all the auction items are this expensive, where will we get the money to bid when it's time for the ancient music score!"

North Dust suddenly remembered this question.

He didn't have much of a family fortune!

Nan Ye didn't speak immediately but asked the system again, "Tong Zi, Tong Zi, come out quickly, how much of our 7 billion is left now?"

[Let me see, there are 3.4 billion left now!]

"No, how much?"

Didn't we just donate 7 billion this afternoon?

By evening, only 3.4 billion were left!?

Just in a few hours, Tong Zi had spent a full 3.6 billion.

How extravagant!

Tong Zi, you are truly extravagant!

Why didn't I realize you had this trait before?

Never mind, since it's a recovery task I gave to Tong Zi, no matter what, we have to continue!

But at least there are still 3.4 billion, I refuse to believe I can't get this ancient music score.

Nan Ye calmly said to North Dust, "Don't worry, Xiao Bei Zi, I'll handle the money. Just keep bidding.

Today, I'll let you experience what it's like to be rich!"

Even without this 3.4 billion, Nan Ye's own private stash, plus the copyright settlements from Penguin Music for the past two or three months, is also close to breaking 100 million.

Of course, if he can use emotional value, he will. Anyway, this thing can be earned from foreigners, so there's no fear of losing money.

North Dust looked at the extravagant Nan Ye and suddenly realized, was this guy's private stash very abundant?

But being a celebrity does seem to be very profitable.

Thinking about it now, it really seems difficult to move forward without money!

...

When it came to the 18th auction item, the staff carried out a glass cabinet with an ancient book inside.

The glass cabinet is actually used to create a low-oxygen or vacuum environment to ensure that the ancient book can be preserved better.

Nan Ye and North Dust immediately sat up straight; the main event for tonight was here.

"I believe everyone has been paying attention to the International Instrument Exchange Conference these past two days.

This year, Great Xia emerged as a dark horse. Whether it was the ""Qin Wang Po Zhen Yue"" or other music like ""jiuzhou tong"", they were all impressive.

And today's auction item is precisely an ancient music score from Great Xia!

Moreover, we specifically hired someone to appraise it. This score has a history of over a thousand years.

I think this ancient music score not only has high collection value but also high academic value.

I guess everyone wouldn't want to miss it!

The auction starts now. The starting bid is 5 million, and each bid increase must be no less than 500,000."

Before the host finished speaking, Nan Ye and North Dust were already gritting their teeth.

Shameless!

Too shameless!

They finally understood why Duke Otto brought out this ancient book today.

So it was to piggyback on the popularity.

Great Xia won first place at the exchange conference, and it happened just these past two days, so the popularity hasn't faded yet.

Naturally, everyone will have considerable interest in the ancient music score of Great Xia.

This way, a situation will occur.

Something that could have originally been bought for over 10 million RMB might now cost 4, 5, or even more times the price to acquire.

This Duke Otto is too good at picking the timing.

However, even if they were going to bid, they had to first confirm the condition of this ancient book.

Nan Ye stood up directly and asked, "To ensure that bidders fully understand the item's performance, quality, and related information, can we take a look first?

This way, everyone can bid better, right?

It's not that we don't believe in Duke Otto's credibility.

On the contrary, it is because we trust it that everyone is probably even more curious about this ancient music score, right?"

The people nearby were indeed discussing animatedly.

They all wanted to take a closer look at this ancient music score from over a thousand years ago to see what was inside.

Whether it was worth collecting!

"Please allow us to discuss!"

...

Five minutes later, the host appeared: "Since everyone has the desire to view it up close, we will satisfy everyone.

However, each time the glass box is opened, it is a form of damage to the ancient book.

So we would like a guarantee from everyone that it won't go unsold."

Ancient books, characters, and paintings taken out of a low-oxygen or vacuum environment will indeed suffer some damage.

When excavating ancient tombs, many brightly colored burial clothes lost all their color within seconds after contacting the air.

This is also why, if there hasn't been any theft, ancient tombs are generally not excavated.

Seeing that no one responded, Nan Ye stepped forward again: "Don't worry, no matter what others think, I will definitely bid!"

With Nan Ye's guarantee, the organizers didn't say anything more and prepared to open the glass cover.

"Wait a moment!" Nan Ye quickly let out a loud shout, startling everyone.

The host could no longer hold back, his tone clearly much worse: "You, why are you so troublesome? Please explain yourself!"

Oh, roaring at me?

If this wasn't Great Xia's ancient music score, do you think I would have given this reminder?

Who cares about the life or death of your foreign ancient books?

He finally patiently explained, "Since you have already specifically hired someone to appraise it and know that this is an ancient book from over a thousand years ago.

And you also know that opening the glass cover is a form of damage to it.

But why don't you know to stay away from water?"

The auction was held in Duke Otto's garden, and there was a fountain not far away.

"If you open the glass cover in this location, the ancient book inside will easily be affected by the fountain.

Excessive humidity in the air can easily cause it to mildew.

So it should be moved to a relatively dry environment."

Upon hearing this, the host finally understood the intricacies involved, realizing he was in the wrong, and quickly apologized:

"I'm sorry, this matter was indeed due to our oversight. My attitude just now was poor, please forgive me.

Besides this, what else do we need to pay attention to?"