One was not afraid of a cultured chef, but of a chef with good knife skills, let alone Yuan Zhou who was so good that he was almost undefeatable.
“This … How much capital does the Christie’s auction house have to offer to sell such a high-level sculpture as a gift?”
This was the fat merchant’s first reaction. He then realized that the auction house had never said that it was a free auction. To put it bluntly, it was all their own idea.
“It seems that Wu’s painting was indeed created according to this sculpture. This is the intention of auctioning them together. The two pieces of art are one. The sculpture, in particular, surprised me. It’s so small, but it can be carved so exquisitely.”
“By the way, are there such high requirements to be a master chef nowadays?” The collector felt that after the auction, he should ask the Western food Master he knew if he could do it.
The Western cuisine master was speechless. You’re daydreaming.
“Even I have the urge to bid for it. Although Yuan’s sculpture has not been in the market and its price is definitely not as high as Wu’s painting, the two works of art are unique. They have a story and artistic value. We will definitely make a profit.” Babu’s shrewd eyes turned, planning to bid later.
“You don’t even know what carving is, so it’s a waste to keep it in your hands. It’s better to put it in my collection. I’ll do it later.” The collector said.
“Do you think you’re richer than me with that shabby Collection Hall of yours?” The fat merchant said he wanted to fight ten.
The collector trembled in anger. Seriously, how could art be sullied by money? The smell of money was an insult to art.
The big capitalists who had previously treated Yuan Zhou’s sculptures as free gifts also changed their opinions one after another. Who wouldn’t like something that could make money? moreover, the artistic value was so high that even laymen could see it.
“Alright, since everyone has finished appreciating the works of the two masters, let’s start the bidding. The base price is 10 million euros, and each increment must not be less than 500000 euros.” The host saw that everyone was still unsatisfied and only got off the stage after the time was up, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot and began to shoot.
Generally speaking, it was ten minutes of viewing time.
“10.5 million.”
As soon as the host finished speaking, a collector hurriedly shouted.
After a few seconds of silence, the crowd immediately began to call out bids.
” 11 million!”
“12.5 million!”
” 15 million!”
……
The atmosphere became lively all of a sudden. Several artists, led by Levin Huke, began to bid at the beginning. Their purpose was to get the painting and statue to study together.
However, when the price rose to around 20 million euros, the artist community stopped.
Then, the collectors raised the price to 30 million euros, which was equivalent to more than 200 million Yuan. It was so terrifying that they didn’t even dare to fight.
If only collectors were present, perhaps they could still get it at this price, but there were many big bosses present, such as the fat businessman, who waited until the price rose to 35 million before bidding.
” 36 million!”
“36.5 million.”
” 37 million!”
When it broke 40 million, the auction paused for a short while. It was only when the host was about to hit the gavel for the third time that someone else made a bid.
As the price rose to 40 million, most of the collectors withdrew from the bidding. As the price continued to rise, the number of people bidding increased again.
It was only after breaking the 50 million euro threshold that they calmed down. After 55 million, fewer and fewer people were bidding.
The final gavel price was 60 million euros, and the final price was 67.728 million euros with Commission. That’s right, the Commission was also paid by the auctioneer, and it was about 12.88%. Of course, there were some gambling rules involved, such as the Commission would increase for the number of items sold.
However, no matter what, the auction was very successful. It was more than 500 million Yuan, which broke the record price of Wu Hai’s painting.
“Phew, it’s still not better than David Hockney ‘s’ Portrait of the Artist ‘.” Zhou Xi heaved a sigh.
The artist’s portrait was auctioned on November 15th, 2018. At that time, including the Commission, the final price was more than 90 million US dollars, which was equivalent to more than 600 million Yuan. It was the most expensive painting among the living artists.
“But it doesn’t matter. Eaves Wu is still young and will definitely surpass boss Yuan in the future. Besides, I remember that he said that he will cooperate with boss Yuan again.” Zhou Xi muttered to himself.
David Hockney was born in 1937 and was The Godfather of Modern Art in the United Kingdom. He was already in his 70s and 80s and had a high status. However, Wu Hai was only in his 30s and was at the peak of his creation.
Back in China, Yuan Zhou himself had no idea that he was making a scene in Italy while sculpting. He also didn’t know that he was about to make a small sum of money into his account. He was currently studying the ancient books quietly during pub time.
When the familiar Bell rang, Yuan Zhou had just put down the ancient book and planned to take a rest after drinking some water.
“Hello, master Xu.” Yuan Zhou looked at the name of the contact and immediately picked up the phone.
It was master Xu, the contractor who was renovating the warehouse in qu Pi County. It had been more than half a month, so the renovation was probably done.
“Nice to meet you, boss Yuan. The warehouse has been renovated according to your requirements. When do you have time to come and check it? if it’s not suitable, you can correct it in time.” Master Xu’s deep voice came from the other side of the microphone.
“Then can I come over tomorrow at 3 pm to take a look?” Yuan Zhou calculated for a while and decided to go there tomorrow to have a look.
“Alright, see you then.” Master Xu agreed immediately.
“It seems that we’ll be busy from now on. I just don’t know if little ya will like it.” Yuan Zhou hung up the phone and muttered.
These two days, Yin ya was on a business trip and wasn’t in Chengdu at all. Therefore, she naturally didn’t have the chance to make dog food.
Thinking of Yin ya, Yuan Zhou felt he could ask her what she was doing now.
“Xiaoya, are you done?” Yuan Zhou took out his phone and sent a message.
Not yet, there’s still a video conference later. Blockhead, are you done? [Pay attention to rest and don’t study cooking all the time.] Yin ya replied to his message very soon.
[I understand. Go back to your work then. Wear more clothes when it’s cold. Tell me when you come back.]
[I know, you too.]
Probably because she was really busy, Yin ya didn’t reply anymore after that.
After a short rest, Yuan Zhou picked up the book and continued reading. The title of the book was the third Art of Cake. It was a new book that he had just bought and he had just started to read it today.
“It’s quite interesting. “
Yuan Zhou was very interested in some of the things written in the book. He planned to start to test his new ideas after the warehouse was completely settled.
At present, the subsidiary profession included the well-known ice sculpting master in the country. When the news of the auction spread out, it would become a world-famous ice sculpting master, followed by a Carpenter, and then the world’s number one dessert maker.
He had no choice. Yuan Zhou was just a chef.
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[Ps: two chapters a cat, one Yuan and zero. Hehe.]
