Chapter 71: Star Century (6)

The auction is scheduled for seven days.
This auction was extraordinary. The participants were all the upper echelons of the empire, who were either powerful or powerful, or rich and powerful.
Ye Zhen followed Fatty Zhang approaching the magnificent semicircular exhibition hall. This is an independent building with five floors. The first floor is a public hall, the second and third floors are private rooms, and the fourth and fifth floors are special halls. It is not easy to get a position, and being able to come here means that they have a good status.
Sitting in the fifth row, Ye Zhen saw more and more people sitting in the hall, but not many people.
Fatty Zhang explained to her that because the auctions are all extremely precious ancient cultural relics, there are hundreds of millions of people in the entire empire, but fewer than a thousand people have really come to the present, because of the particularity of this auction, people from other countries want to come. No, the exhibits auctioned here will not be publicized.
In fact, Ye Zhen has always had doubts, wondering why the words will become the monopoly of the major families? No matter how precious and rare ancient writing is, it should not disappear completely among the common people.
Even if the natural disaster hundreds of years ago indirectly caused a cultural gap, humans at that time sought survival first. Later, because of the discovery of the advantage of "evolution", they were ecstatic, and they all began to pursue power to seek power. Immortal and ignoring the others, after another two hundred years of evolution and migration, it finally led to the loss of writing, but this loss is not all, such as the Li family, Yan family, Shen family and other major families, their families still know many ancient characters. , If it is only for the pursuit of the prosperity of ancient culture, why does every family pinch the words so tightly?
Just like the tomb of the generals, she did not see the slightest written record in the museum, and even some explanations were specious, and she did not give the most clear explanation.
Why do all the aristocratic families regard the ancient characters they know as the secret treasure of the family? Wouldn’t it be better for the revival and development of ancient culture if the ancient characters known to the major families were sorted out and managed by the government?
Unfortunately not, the ancient characters have become private collections of the family.
Fatty Zhang suddenly received a newsletter, and then excitedly said to Ye Zhen: "Miss Ye, the Yan family is here. I heard that it is Yan Kaicheng, the head of the Yan family, and the major general Yan Li!"
Ye Zhen frowned, she hummed, and the doubt in her heart became even worse.
After a while, Fatty Zhang said: "The Shen family is also here. The young master of the Shen family is Shen Qing. The Shen family has been in business for generations. He is the richest man in the empire. I heard that their brain and body evolvers are special. It’s amazing. In the past ten years, some people from the Shen family have attacked politics. There is also the Wang family. The Wang family is the first lady’s maiden family, which is highly valued by the Premier. Almost all large research institutes have Wang family members."
The three most prestigious big families in the empire have all arrived, and they are all important figures in the clan.
Ye Zhen said: "In the past, there were ancient cultural relics auctions, will these three also come?"
Fatty Zhang thought for a while and thought about it: "I will come, but it won't be as grand as today. Like Yan Kaicheng, he hasn't been to an auction for several years. He will send someone to help him if he wants. There is no need for him to do it himself. This time, 100% of them came for your "Thousand Characters"."
Ye Zhen suddenly said, "Oh," "It seems everyone likes ancient characters."
Fatty Zhang shrugged and said: "These people have money and power. They are too idle day by day. They like to make some high-end things to fill the scene, especially in the past few years. The speculation has been more fierce. Let me say, It's better to have a few more cars."
As soon as his voice fell, he was slapped on his forehead. Fatty Zhang stared up and raised his head to curse, only to find that it was his elder brother. He immediately persuaded, "Big brother, why are you here?"
Brother Zhang said: "Don't talk nonsense all day long, what's wrong with me? Shouldn't I come?"
"..."
...Should, should, you should.
Brother Zhang: "Hurry up and introduce me!"
Fatty Zhang rubbed his head, not willing to introduce Ye Zhen to his eldest brother, and told Ye Zhen that this was his elder brother, so don't be afraid. Big Brother Zhang is better than him, he is the head of the Zhang family, and he knows more than Fatty Zhang.
Big Brother Zhang first sighed Ye Zhen's courage, and he actually chose to believe in his fat man and cooperate with him, and then said with Ye Zhen: "Those big families looking for ancient characters are not just to restore the Chinese civilization hundreds of years ago."
Ye Zhen nodded and said, "Each of them is hiding their privates. If it is only for the restoration of civilization, it is only necessary for the major families to tell what they know. Even if China Civilization cannot restore its former glory, otherwise it will not be like it is now. ..."
Big Brother Zhang said, "Miss Ye, I think you are not an evolutionary?"
"No." Ye Zhen is very clever, almost transparent, "Does ancient characters have something to do with the evolutionary?"
Brother Zhang said: "I also heard from my father that as long as he masters ancient characters, he will become the most powerful evolutionary in the world. You think the Yan family is so strong, isn't it because their family has the most ancient characters? "
"No, isn't this a nonsense rumor from outsiders? This is also credible?" Fatty Zhang was puzzled, "and we didn't just know 30 words? Why haven't we become stronger yet? I don't feel stronger at all. , And Ye Zhen knows more than us, and she hasn't seen her become stronger!"
Brother Zhang: "...you know what a fart!"
Fatty Zhang: "..."
Ye Zhen frowned and thought about it. She didn't know whether she became stronger or not. She only knew that the feeling of her own strength increased in the "nothingness" was not an illusion. After being reborn in this world, she felt that her five senses were more than Be more sensitive before.
It should be more than just words.
...
The auction officially begins.
The first to be displayed were some porcelain and jade wares, which are of course very valuable because of their history. Fatty Zhang and Brother Zhang looked at them with gusto, and even took a picture of a blue and white porcelain. Ye Zhen looked at something very ordinary, but it has been hundreds of years. It was once so ordinary that people can’t even look at it. , Here it becomes a valuable antique. Time really is the most precious precipitation.
She sat upright and watched as the antiques were put up by people competing for it. Until halfway through the time, the speaker suddenly sold them: "The next auction will be the second-most valuable treasure in our auction. Follow the rules. , Still only the first sentence will be revealed, and the final winner will be eligible to read the entire content, a total of 137 words."
A piece of old yellowed paper appeared on the huge white screen. Because of something obscured, only the first few unclear words were exposed. However, Ye Zhen still recognized it at first sight. It was the "Tao De Jing" "A sentence in ": "The world is not benevolent, and everything is a dog."
This should be one of the ancient books, actually the second most important treasure in this auction?
Just when Ye Zhen was puzzled, he had already called the price, the lowest price of ten million, and was directly called hundreds of millions. This kind of scenes Fatty Zhang and Big Brother Zhang are not surprised, of course, they don't have the money to join in the fun.
Ye Zhen noticed that the boxes on the second and third floors were extremely active this time, and it seemed that they were bound to win over a hundred words.
Fatty Zhang said to her in a low voice, "Look, the final winner must be the Yan family again."
Ye Zhen said: "Did they shoot this kind of text before?"
"The Yan family is very keen on ancient characters. As long as there are such single pages in the auction, they will compete with you no matter how valuable."
Sure enough, the one hundred and thirty-seven characters were photographed by the Yan family for 200 million.
Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows slightly, and she looked back at the No. 5 private room on the second floor, which was located in the center of the stage, and could see every bit of the field from the most perfect angle. However, she didn't expect that when she turned her head, she actually saw Yan Li standing in front of the French window. He was all black, with pitch-black eyes looking at her, cold and without any emotion.
Ye Zhen's heart was startled.
He didn't look away, faint and calm, staring at her quietly, as if he was exploring something, and as if he didn't put her in the slightest.
Ye Zhen curled his lips slightly. This smile was exactly the same as the one he had seen in the video.
Yan Li didn't fully believe the investigation report, but instinctively told him that the girl was not simple, she was too calm and calm, which made people more alert. What's more, he heard that the girl didn’t know why she had some spare money, so she began to spread grain. In his opinion, the
grain for the game
was just a play for the family. It's not so raised.
Ambitious, but lacking means, is it young at all, has no plan to do things, and has no available talents, but what can a big brother with ordinary qualifications and a precarious street gangster do?
He disagrees.
Until the last auction item was finally presented.
"This is "A Thousand Characters". Although it is not the same as the "A Thousand Characters" unearthed from the general's tomb, the content is exactly the same and even clearer. Of course, it is not just this book that is auctioned here. It is the'pronunciation' and'meaning' of a thousand words in this book. The auction price is based on the area of ​​500 square meters in the uninhabited forest. There is no upper limit."
Everyone was in an uproar. They had only heard that Li’s auction house was going to auction the "pronunciation" and "word meaning" of a thousand words. If they wanted to get it, they would naturally start collecting money to fight for it. Not money or power, but a forest! Those who have a great appetite directly start with 500 hectares. This is simply a blow to them who only have money but no power! Feeling prepared for so long before this first hurdle has been passed, and you have been thrown into trouble?
I had known that they would unite several companies, the money that should be paid, and the effort that should be contributed, there is always a chance to compete!
The auction finally became lively, and someone could vaguely hear the voice of private discussion.
The Li family looked at this scene with a smile, and knocked on--
"The bidding begins!"
The gentleman who was waiting to see the momentum before, this time, almost after the previous person bid, someone immediately followed, and never gave in! After fighting and fighting, in the end, only a few big families were able to fight.
The Shen family called three thousand, the Wang family called three thousand five thousand, and the Yan family directly added five thousand.
Everyone was in an uproar!
Fatty Zhang couldn't help being a little excited, and he pulled his elder brother and said, "It's done, it's really done this time!"
Big Brother Zhang frowned, he began to worry that those families that had not been bidding would use some despicable means to oppose them? After all, this world is the weak and the strong. If this is true, they would not have the ability to hug Ye Zhen.
Ye Hao pursed his lips, listening to the higher and higher bids around him, but he was very calm in his heart: "I want the forest, not this auction."
She wouldn't be so stupid that she would hand over everything she knew at auction. Even if she wanted to, she could only hand over half of it, and the rest would have to wait after she saw the forest.
So before that, the family that auctioned "Thousand Characters" will protect her. During this time, she will be safe. Moreover, the auction house of the Lee family has privacy and confidentiality. They will not Easily leak information about the auctioneer.
She glanced again at Box 5 behind.
Yan Li's tall figure is still standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, staring at the "Thousand Characters" in the showcase with cold eyes.
His hands were close to the seams of his pants, meticulous, and extremely cold, and there was an imperative sharpness in his coldness.
The Shen family is going to be mad by Yan Li, "That lunatic, fights to fight for life, this is even more crazy at the starting price! Is it so easy to lay a forest? It is actually added to five thousand!"
"This shows that the Yan family's strength still has reservations."
"Damn, if the Yan family gets these thousand words again, the empire will be modified!"
"The Prime Minister will not sit idly by. The Yan family is already strong enough. If it is too sharp, I'm afraid it will cause fire. Don't worry, let alone there is a Wang family."
"That's not good, no matter which one gets these thousand characters, the strength will be improved by leaps and bounds. If our family's "Book of Changes" does not break through, in the next few decades, the empire will most likely not have our place in the Shen family!"
While talking, the Wang family increased the price again to six thousand.
Yan Li: "Ten thousand."
...Fuck! This time it's the Wang family's turn to scold his mother!
This Yan family is really like a mad dog, especially Yan Li, who looks cold, but in fact he is extremely domineering and cold.
"Ten thousand once."
"Twice ten thousand."
"Ten Thousand Times."
"Deal!"
"Please go to the backstage to go through the formalities."
At the end of the auction house, the Shen family and the Wang family met. They looked at each other's eyes very disappointed and thought you could stand it. What happened? It was directly suppressed!
Looking at Yan Li being asked to go backstage again, he immediately got angry!
No matter where you get there, taking control of the ownership of the army is equivalent to taking the initiative.
...
This is Ye Zhen's first close observation of Yan Li.
The man stands like a pine and sits like a clock. His every move is extremely powerful, especially when he slightly squints at you, the feeling of being peeped makes his back hairy.
He is a man with an extremely hard-headed mind and not easily influenced.
Ever since Ye Zhen was optimistic about Yan Li, he checked some information about him. In addition to being invincible, he also doesn't drink alcohol and is not close to women. Someone once wanted to approach him and was thrown directly by him. Traveling all the way, because he was so confused, no one dared to approach him even if there were many people who coveted him.
It seems that only evolution and war are in his eyes, and because of this, it adds a layer of mystery to him.
Although Fatty Zhang was arrogant, he was especially fond of the color, and he was very good at chatting and praising people, but after he said a few words, Yan Li didn't even move his eyebrows.
Big Brother Zhang is better than Fatty Zhang. Although the Zhang family is not as good as the Yan family, he is a collaborator standing on the same line at this moment. It will be difficult for him to be lifted up again in the future when his identity is too low. He coughed and said: "Don't be surprised, the major general, my brother is not sensible. I know that the major general wants to learn those thousand words as soon as possible. We will not hide our secrets and say nothing. But the major general promised that ten thousand words. We haven’t seen anything in the square meter of forest. Of course, to show our sincerity, we will first teach you the first 100 words."
Yan Li's dark eyes swept across Big Brother Zhang, and then he saw Fatty Zhang beside him, and then it was the cute girl sitting beside Fatty Zhang.
She is still in that gray dress, thin and silent, a little carelessness can make people ignore her.
But he still remembered that it was the girl who was smiling at him before, without awe or joy in her eyes, just a polite smile when she met him by chance.
That's how it makes people doubt.
Big Brother Zhang felt a little nervous when Yan Li hadn't spoken for a long time. If he didn't agree, he wouldn't recognize the words behind him! This is because Ye Zhen didn't want to show up, and taught them the first 100 characters in advance. He said: "If it doesn't work, then we can only wait for the last major general to exchange 10,000 square meters of land."
Yan Li glanced at Brother Zhang, the emotions in his eyes couldn't be seen at all: "Yes."
However, he pointed to Ye Zhen: "I will let her teach."
Ye Zhen was slightly startled, and looked up at Yan Li. The man's eyes were the same as usual, looking the same.
Big Brother Zhang and Fatty Zhang were shocked. There was a layer of sweat on their backs. They thought about a lot of things. They didn’t seem to be indifferent to everything like Ye Zhen, and they believed them inexplicably. People with foreign surnames who dare to teach them a hundred words without anything, look like a silly girl...
Now that they have learned the calligraphy, they will naturally stand in front of Ye Zhen, but now...
Yan Li frowned: "No way?"
Fatty Zhang glanced at his brother, and Big Brother Zhang endured, he glanced at Ye Zhen, Ye Zhen was still quiet, neither nervous nor afraid.
She knew that Yan Li was a very smart man.
Big Brother Zhang smiled and said: "Sure enough, he can't hide his information from the Major General, the Major General is really powerful."
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