A sparse round of applause rang out from the stage.
However, the host has long been accustomed to the attitude of these high and mighty rich people, not the least bit embarrassed, still maintaining the standard professional smile on his face, and continue to do the next introduction of the original stone.
Klara and the girls in the box were also listening casually and carelessly.
“What’s going on here today?” Denis looked at the auction floor underneath through the gap in the screen and a look of amazement surfaced on his face, “How come there are so many people coming to this raw stone auction?”
Klara heard Denis’ words and quickly went to the screen to take a look, and saw that the entire auction was almost full of people.
Klara raised an eyebrow and asked, “Isn’t this usually this crowded?”
“Yeah.” Denis looked puzzled, “I’ve been here for quite a few raw stone auctions before and the attendance was on the low side, definitely not this many people.”
While Denis explained to Klara, the host on the other side of the stage was maintaining a warm smile on his face as he introduced the audience.
“As I’m sure you all know, one of the hot spots of our original stone auction this time is that we managed to get Mr. Alex, the artistic director of design of Signallight Jewelry Company twenty years ago, to come over as the designer.”
“This Mr. Alex, who was the chief designer of our original Signallight Jewelry Company stone twenty years ago, is himself even more famous as the designer of the famous jewelry ring, Sigh of Angel, and also for designing the ring that is famous at home and abroad.”
“And he never designed any piece of jewelry after he designed Sigh of Angel, it’s been a full twenty years now, and this time he has returned to the jewelry design world, and I believe he will definitely bring absolutely surprising jewelry designs to everyone. The auction’s organizing committee decided after discussion.”
“The guest who auctions off the highest price today will be able to invite Mr. Alex to personally create an exclusive diamond product for him, unique in the world!
The host’s voice just fell this sentence, the applause on stage thundered, completely different from the perfunctory just now.
When the host said this, Klara and Denis in the box also understood why so many people came to the auction of the original stones today.
The real purpose of all of them is actually not to get the original stone of this auction at all, but to thus meet this top jewelry designer called Alex.
Denis looked at a face has been silent Stanley glance, “it seems that tonight we have to compete with many people, full auction down this original stone is not enough, want to meet this designer, I guess you have to bleed a little today.”
What the host said just now is already very clear, Alex is back in the game today, it is clear that he will not make a design for every original stone, but has a choice.
There are dozens of raw stones being auctioned at this auction today, and Alex will only be designing for the one that gets the highest auction price.
In other words, Stanley had to make sure that the original stone he auctioned would be the highest price in today’s auction, which was difficult.
However, Stanley returned indifferently, “Nothing.” It is clear that for people like him money is never a problem at all.
He glanced at Klara, who seemed thoughtful, stood up and walked over to her, handing her the auction call sign in his hand.
“You’ll do the shooting later.”
According to the rules of the auction room, if someone sees a lot and wants to bid on it, they only need to raise their bid card to indicate, Stanley handed Klara exactly his bid card.
Klara was slightly stunned, glanced down at the ink jade bidding card in her hand, and asked in confusion, “Why am I bidding and not you?”
“My voice is likely to be recognizable.”
It is indeed oh.
Stanley although they are dressed up, and they are now located in this box is very hidden, simply from the outside looking over absolutely no one will recognize the people inside, but their bidding sound, or very likely to be identified, so in case someone detects Stanley can be a bad thing.
Klara thought this through and didn’t say anything else, reaching out to take the call sign for the auction.
While Klara and Stanley were talking here, a piece of the original stone carried by several burly black-clad bodyguards was already on the stage below.
Klara, who attended the auction of the original stones, was originally drunk, the purpose was that designer, and she herself was not too interested in the original stones, so she casually glanced at the stage.
However, her eyes just swept over the original stone when she froze for a moment.
A rough diamond is an uncut ore that is encased in diamonds but looks like a large, black stone from the outside.
At this time the stage is laid out this piece of raw stone, the appearance of the coal is about the size of a fist, whether there will be diamonds inside the naked eye simply can not see.
But now this black stone, in Klara’s eyes is a completely different look.
Under her spiritual eyes, the ore was black, but the surface was surrounded by a faint silver-white glow.
That light Klara is familiar with, it is the light that belongs to the diamond.
On weekdays, she sees those individual diamond products and sees such a glow.
So it is likely that there are diamonds in this raw stone.
“Klara, what are you looking at?” Next to her, Loris sensed that Klara kept staring at the stone and couldn’t help but ask curiously, “What’s so beautiful about this black stone?”
Klara didn’t answer Loris’ question directly, but just suddenly thought of something and looked at Denis, “Denis, did you say before that because the raw stones can’t be seen nor can they indeed have diamonds in them, they will be priced much lower than the finished diamonds?”
Denis didn’t quite understand why Klara suddenly asked this question, but nodded and answered truthfully, “Of course, although the raw stones in the Signallight Jewelry Company’s auction have been selected by professionals, but even the most advanced ore buyer can’t be 100% sure that every piece of raw stone There will be diamonds in it.”
“Only about half of the rough stones in the auction really have diamonds. And even those that do have diamonds are of varying quality, some are of poor color, some are too small, and generally no one would spend a lot of money on these raw stones at all.”
When Klara heard Denis’ explanation, a light flashed in her eyes, “So, if a person can tell whether there are diamonds in the rough and the size of the diamonds, wouldn’t he be able to buy those rough stones at a low price and then cut out the diamonds and make a big difference from them?”
Denis didn’t understand what her purpose was in asking this, but nodded anyway.
“In theory it is, but the diamonds are wrapped inside the original stone, unless one has a penetrating eye, how can one see whether there are diamonds inside or not.”
Klara heard Denis’s words and a smile crept onto her face.
See-through eyes?
Heh, I really have perspective ah.
Chapter2299 First strike
As Klara and Denis went back and forth, the auction began on the stage and soon the first stone was brought up.
“Hello guests, this stone is our first stone to be auctioned today, or the old rules, the starting price of 100, 000 yuan, each raise at least 10, 000, customers who intend to bid on this can raise their cards!”
The host’s words fell, but the entire auction hall was dead silent, no one raised their bids at all.
There is actually a certain pattern to Signallight Jewelry Company’s auctions, with each auction being conducted according to the size of the original stone, from small to large.
Then the first original stone put up for auction is the smallest original stone, because of its small size, it has always been under-appreciated.
Although the original volume and the presence of diamonds, or the volume of diamonds and there is no positive relationship, but the two are always related.
Now on the stage of the original stone is also the size of a fist, there is no shaped diamond inside the two said.
Although the people present are very rich and noble, no one will put a mere 100, 000 yuan in their eyes, but not so much as to spend this money specifically to buy a stone.
So everyone just looked at each other, waiting for the host to announce, and no one wanted to buy the stone.
The host was naturally used to it long ago, and there was no excuse for the 1st raw stone not selling, so he wasn’t interested in selling his recommendation anymore, just preparing to go through the motions as he always does.
“It seems that there are no more guests interested in this stone, so, no one offers once! No one offers twice! No–”
The moderator shouted to the third time, the hand inside the small hammer has been raised, the first piece of the original stone of the auction will soon be over.
But I didn’t expect the girl’s clear and tender voice to suddenly come out from the most central box on the second floor.
“One hundred thousand!”
This voice sounded, everyone almost subconsciously looked at the location where the voice came from, and when people looked clearly at the location of the box represented by the bidding card, everyone’s face was slightly complicated.
Because the location of this bid is the best box on the second floor, everyone can’t help but talk about it at the bottom.
“Who’s that in the box on the second floor? It’s still in the very middle of the room.”
“I do not know ah, this time the people began to directly empty the second floor, we pressed even up can not go up, naturally can not know who is sitting inside.”
“I do think it does not matter who is sitting in it, anyway, 80% is also a fool, do not know, generally the first piece of the original are not sold?”
“Yes, hard to spend 100, 000 yuan to buy a stone, it is not a matter of money or no money, this is stupid!”
“Yes, I guess it is also the first time to participate in the auction, do not know the first original stone is a walk in the park, estimated 100, 000 yuan to buy it, and thought they were earning it!”
At this time from the outside looking at the second floor of the middle box, because there are a variety of screens to cover the reason, we can see just a just raised out of the bidding card only.
But just now the girl’s voice is clear and somewhat childish, still sounding like a student.
So although we can not see who is actually sitting inside, but also basically can be distinguished from the voice, should still be a young girl just.
At the same moment, in the box on the side of the second floor, several gorgeously dressed girls were chatting while eating fruits.
The topic of conversation at the moment is also naturally looking at the distant bidding sign mocking.
“Where do you think this is a fool, really do not know the height of the sky, what can be inside this small piece of the original stone, with this 100, 000, I would rather go to eat palace food.”
“Yeah, she’s a bit of a fool, but look at her hand, the bracelet on it is quite pretty!
Yes, at this moment this box is sitting Eli and her sisters.
These little girls can’t see who the box inside knows exactly, but they should still laugh at it.
This time to chat naturally also to bring sitting in the middle of Eli, but Eli but lost in thought, sitting in the same place, even the little sister asked their words did not hear.
“Eli.”
The little girl next to her couldn’t help but reach out and pat her shoulder before Eli reacted with a jolt, only to look up, still bewildered.
“Hmm. What are you talking about…”
“What the hell is wrong with you?”
Eli’s friend only felt something was wrong with her at this time and couldn’t help but ask with concern.
“You’ve been so distracted since you got back from that beauty club, what happened?”
Eli could hear her question, but bit his lips to death, unable to say anything.
She knows that only today she discovered that the ugly and somewhat frightening looking Klara is actually a stunning beauty that is so beautiful that she is really much better looking than herself, so she can’t accept it for a while now.
But this kind of reason let her how to open up to her sisters to say it, at this time can only knock out the teeth into the stomach swallowed.
So fear can only smile reluctantly and then begin to change the subject.
“Enough about that, what are you guys laughing at?”
“There was a fool who bought the first raw stone of Signallight Jewelry Company.”
One of the little sisters said cheerfully to Eli.
“It’s the box in the middle of the second floor, you can still see the sign she held up!”
Eli originally just wanted to look at it casually and perfunctorily, but she saw the one sign and her face instantly became ugly.
Eli clearly saw the hand holding the sign, the white, slender wrist with a sapphire bracelet.
Eli’s breath caught in his throat, that was Rebecca’s most precious bracelet, and since it could now appear here, it meant that the middlemost box was sitting with Klara.
But this box is the best seat in the auction house, and Klara is following Stanley, so it all makes sense.
At the same time, the host on stage did not expect the first stone to be sold, and was excited at this time.
This is really the willingness to take the bait, 100, 000 yuan to sell a stone is naturally good, so she accelerated the speed of speech.
“One hundred thousand dollars once! One hundred thousand dollars twice! One hundred thousand dollars three times! Sold! Congratulations to the young lady!”
The applause from the stage was sparse, and there were even people jeering, and these jeers converged in waves that could not be stopped for a long time.
Denis and Loris in the box were surprised at this time, and Loris pulled Klara’s arm with some anxiety.
“Klara, why did you buy it all of a sudden? Master Denis said that there are usually no diamonds in the first stone, why did you buy it?”