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Chapter 477 No Bad Peach Blossom
The wealthy circles love to hold various banquets, and there are also many private auctions.
To be called a wealthy family, they naturally have a lot of financial resources. Some of the antiques from the same dynasty are of equal value in museums and perhaps in the private vaults of each family.
To put it bluntly, a private auction is a more advanced social event.
Xie Jiang hadn't paid much attention to auctions before, but after the Beijing police station took over the female corpse case, which led to the case of stolen cultural relics, he looked up some information.
Some of the precious items released at private auctions in Beijing are worth as much as those in the National Museum.
The entry threshold is also higher.
Ningcheng is just a first-tier city after all. Although it has a profound foundation, there is still a gap between it and Beijing.
Xie Jiang finished flipping through tonight's auction brochure and whispered to Zhou Yunyu beside him, "Everyone got the same brochure, but there are still inside and outside areas."
From the information she found, many antiques were sold at private auctions and then flowed abroad.
"Tonight's event doesn't have an indoor or outdoor setting. I heard no one's dared to do it in years." Zhou Yunyu tilted her head and whispered in her ear, "Ten years ago, artifacts were stolen from the archaeological site. Two archaeological researchers died, a security officer was seriously injured, and the remaining five officers suffered minor injuries."
The case shocked the whole country.
Auctions secretly held by wealthy people from all over the country were strictly investigated, and many criminals who resold cultural relics were uncovered. Several so-called wealthy families who made their fortunes by tomb robbing were also brought down.
In recent years, auctions have quietly risen again, but there have been no blatant moves yet.
"No wonder there was a long gap in the information I found." Xie Jiang nodded. Taking advantage of Zhou Yunyu's unpreparedness, he quickly kissed his chin and said with a smile, "If you attract bad luck in love later, you can handle it yourself."
Zhou Yunyu chuckled and nodded obediently.
No bad peach blossoms.
At 8 o'clock sharp, all the guests arrived and the first item was unveiled.
The auction was organized by the Yan family of Ningcheng.
A family that is not very low-key, but really dislikes being called a wealthy family.
The Yan family has been back from overseas for about thirty years. Their business mainly focuses on pharmaceutical production, and they have more than a thousand chain pharmacies.
Their family is taking the lead in organizing the auction this time, reportedly to enter the artificial intelligence market. They do not have enough working capital and need to exchange family heirlooms and jewelry for cash.
The formalities have been completed properly and the sources of all the items can be traced.
Xie Jiang checked the information of all the guests within a five-meter radius, but did not find the suspect provided by Captain Su. Instead, he discovered a cultural relic smuggler.
He is a professional appraiser and has no direct relationship with the arrested Professor Lin, but he has met him several times in private.
After reading all the red-marked information, Xie Jiang looked around and asked Zhou Yunyu, "Who is that person on the second floor? Have you heard of them?"
Thanks to Shi Ba, in addition to the learning materials for various subjects, I also downloaded a bunch of random novels for her.
There is a private room on the second floor of the auction site, but no one knows the identity of the guests in the room.
"I don't know. If you want to see it, I'll cover for you." Zhou Yunyu said calmly, "Almost all the wealthy children in Ningcheng are on the first floor."
The people on the second floor may be from other places.
"Then let me take a look." Xie Jiang moved his body, lowered the brightness of the tablet, and hacked into the auction's surveillance.
The second floor is full of VIPs from out of town.
Ji Shuyan from Haicheng, Xu Yunhe from Yuncheng, the eldest daughter of the Jin family in Jingshi, and a few others I didn’t know.
She took screenshots of these people's faces one by one and saved them, and checked the warehouse where the auction items were displayed.
In addition to the items listed in the brochure, there are several unopened boxes in the warehouse. Perhaps they are treasures prepared for the VIPs on the second floor?
Xie Jiang set up the monitoring program, locked the tablet screen, and calmly watched the auctioneer introduce the items.
Their seats were in the middle of the third row, and the view was pretty good.
"The next lot is jewelry. See if you like it, sister." Zhou Yunyu turned to the jewelry page and said in a gentle and clear voice with a smile, "I think this set of jewelry suits you very well, sister."
The color of ruby is bright and bold, making it unforgettable at first sight, just like her sister.
"I'm not short of jewelry, but I don't have many opportunities to wear it. There are probably thirty sets of jewelry in the jewelry cabinet in the cloakroom." Xie Jiang shook his head to refuse.
She really doesn't like jewelry.
It is troublesome to wear and difficult to preserve. If it weren't for the regular housekeeping and professional nanny at home, she wouldn't want to keep any of them.
The third brother likes to give her jewelry the most. He will buy it as long as he sees a new style, and he will buy it even more if he sees an expensive one.
"Okay then." Zhou Yunyu smiled and didn't insist.
The first item to be auctioned is a jade pen with a history of about 400 years. It is said that the person who made the pen was a prince at that time.
The appraiser issued an appraisal result, with a starting price of 200,000 yuan and an increase of 50,000 yuan each time.
Xie Jiang was not interested, and the other people who came to the auction were not very enthusiastic in bidding, so the item was finally sold at a price of 500,000.
The second lot is the ruby jewelry set mentioned earlier.
As soon as the guests on the first floor started bidding, someone on the second floor won it directly for 20 million yuan.
Xie Jiang quietly opened the tablet and looked at the surveillance video. Seeing Ji Shuyan, the person who took the photo of the jewelry, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
Hasn't he let it go yet?
When we were in Haicheng, I didn't see how much he liked Sister Chen Yang. He pretended to be so affectionate even though she was getting married. Isn't that a bit strange?
It is also possible that I misunderstood. Sister Chen Yang is not the only one who likes rubies.
Xie Jiang put down the tablet. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the appraiser whispering to his colleague and then leaving. His eyes darkened, and he whispered to Zhou Yunyu, "I'm going out for a while. Wait for me when I come back."
The appraiser is well-known in the private auction circle.
He was never wrong in identification and had many treasures in his hands. He suddenly left and was replaced by a colleague, who guessed that it was related to the boxes in the warehouse.
After Xie Jiang finished her instructions, she lifted her skirt and walked out. Those who saw her movements either lowered their heads to look at their toes or turned their heads away from her.
I didn't know Xie Jiang was here before I came.
Knowing that she was coming, even if they had a hundred courages, they would not dare to attend such an auction.
God knows if she will send me in.
Xie Jiang had no idea that the wealthy people were so afraid of him. He left the banquet hall where the auction was held and quietly followed the appraiser.
Entering the bathroom, she took out her tablet and put on her Bluetooth headset. The appraiser's voice came clearly into her ears, "Thank you Jiang for coming to the auction. Tonight's transaction is canceled. Wait for my notification."
Xie Jiang: ? ? My public identity isn't a police officer, right? Is that really that scary?
She silently rolled her eyes, and the appraiser's voice came again, "Fuck, you want to kill me, I'll take those things away right away, and you can sell your Yan family's treasures."
So, the things in the warehouse are most likely stolen goods?
Xie Jiang found the appraiser's information, re-read the part related to tonight, logged into his account and sent a message to Captain Liao.
The Ningcheng Police Station is assisting in the investigation, and the person in charge is Captain Liao. She is like a brick, moving wherever it is needed.
If I hadn't come tonight, the treasures in the box would have been sold to Ji Shuyan and others on the second floor, without any auction or direct transaction.