Chapter 340: ,auction

Because of the charitable nature of this auction, this auction was arranged at Royal Palace. It was once the property of the Duke of Orleans and the most important source of the French Revolution. After the head of the Duke of Orleans was cut off, the palace was nationalized, and later when Napoleon was in power, it was converted into a theater.
After the newspapers warmed up one after another, the auction finally began.
The first passenger train has a total of 12 passenger cars. Under normal circumstances, only one of the passenger train cars is a first-class luxury car. Among the remaining eleven cars, there are 4 second-class cars and 5 third-class cars and two dining cars.
But because according to understanding, many wealthy people hope to get a seat on the first historic passenger car, so the car marshalling situation of this train has changed. Considering that the running time of the vehicle will not be too long, the two dining cars are removed. All four second-class cars were removed, and two third-class cars were also removed, leaving only three. These removed carriages were replaced with luxury carriages. If it is not considered that these three carriages are too close to the locomotive, when the windows are opened, soot is likely to float in, and after all, some elementary and middle school students will be taken for a show. I am afraid that these three carriages will also be removed and replaced with luxury carriages. .
Logically speaking, with so many carriages and so many tickets, it should be considered that the supply is sufficient. Under normal circumstances, it should be able to meet the demand. However, when the auction started, everyone found out that the situation seemed a little bit out of their surprise. Because the auction is not sold one by one, but sold one by one.
This is actually not a big deal, and it should even be. There are a total of nine cars, and each car has 16 positions. If you shoot one by one, then when the newspaper reports, even if the name of each ticket buyer is With so many reports out, who would actually read it and remember it? As a result, the advertising effect is not prominent enough. And if you sell one car by car, there will be fewer buyers, and the amount of a single transaction will be much higher, so that it will attract attention when reporting. The advertising effect is also better, both for buyers and sellers.
The first luxury car No. 5 to be auctioned. After starting free bidding, the situation became more and more heated. Because the No. 5 luxury car is too close to the front of the car, there is still a certain chance that soot will come in, so his reserve price is the lowest of all luxury cars. But the bidding was still very intense, and soon the price reached eight thousand francs.
At this time a young man gently raised the sign in his hand "ten thousand francs."
"Ten thousand francs? What is ten thousand francs? I..." President Roselle of the Wine Federation was about to offer a higher price, but his assistant gently pulled him by his sleeve.
"It's Louis Bonaparte," the assistant whispered.
"Huh?" Roselle was taken aback. "Did you see clearly?"
"Yes, it is Louis Bonaparte." the assistant said.
"Ah, then we shouldn't compete with him." Russell said, "However, in any case, we must photograph the sixth car!"
Since Louis raised the 10,000 francs sign, no one has made a new offer. Even the auctioneer's movements suddenly became faster.
Following the habit of auctions, auctioneers will always delay as much as possible, so that more people have time to make up their minds and make higher offers. Sometimes, between "xx yuan for the first time" and "xx yuan for the third time", he can drag it out for ten minutes.
But this time, the auctioneer almost spoke at the speed of the future Chitu Country’s CCTV when it broadcasted the weather forecast. He quickly finished saying "the first time, the second time, and the third time", and he still said "second time" in his mouth. At the time, it was already hit with a hammer.
Car No. 6 was auctioned next. This car is better than the fifth car. But it is still not the best-positioned carriage. However, the price of this car has risen rapidly. The reserve price of 1,000 francs has just been revealed, and many brands can’t wait to be raised. In the blink of an eye, the price has risen to 30,000 francs, and the rate of increase has not yet decreased. the meaning of. Louis just lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, and when he looked up, he found that the offer had become fifty thousand.
"If they know who is sitting in this carriage, I don't know if they will regret it." Louis couldn't help thinking.
Louis knew that these guys, especially the guy named Nathan Rothschild who had repeatedly bid, were willing to spend money on this car because they believed that Bonaparte was sitting in this car. on. They hope to have the opportunity to establish a relationship with the Bonaparte family. It's just that he photographed this carriage, and it really wasn't for his family to use...
The price continued to rise and soon reached 80,000. At this time, most of the bidders have already withdrawn, and only a few Jews or foreigners are still competing with each other. In the end, it was Nathan Rothschild who was more willing to spend money and won the carriage for one hundred and two thousand francs.
Maybe it was because too much effort was spent in the competition for the No. 6 car, so the more you get to the back car, although the environment is better in theory, the transaction price has begun to drop significantly, until the last car~www .EbookFREE.me~Mr. Grandet even took a picture of him for only 20,000 francs.
As soon as the auction was over, except for Louis who immediately didn't know where he was going, the remaining merchants who successfully bought the tickets consciously stayed behind to accept interviews with reporters from various newspapers. In the interview, they all expressed their love for France and their support for charity.
"Mr. Rothschild, as far as I know, you are not French, why are you..." a reporter asked Nathan Rothschild.
"Ah, this reporter, you may be mistaken for one thing, that is, just last month, my application for naturalization with the French Immigration Office was approved. So now, I am an honorable Frenchman. Yes." Nathan Rothschild immediately replied in French with some Italian flavor. It is said that Nathan Rothschild took a lot of effort in order to speak this accent.
"Is that so? Then I have to congratulate you first." The reporter quickly asked again, "Why do you want to become a French citizen?"
"Of course it is because France is the most democratic and free country in the world." Rothschild replied, "I am a person who loves freedom. Where there is freedom, there is my country."