The air at the scene flowed silently and sluggishly, almost condensing, and only the breathing one after another could be vaguely heard.After a while, there was thunderous applause.

Regardless of someone's coercion, sincerely.People like them have been immersed in the jewelry industry for many years, their vision has long been numb, and they rarely have such moments of real excitement.

"When the printing technology was immature in the early days, the pages of the book were often incompletely cut. Therefore, people would use a letter opener to divide the pages of the book, and then derived the book turning stick."

A designer guest was full of surprises, "It is far more sincere to commemorate the birthday of a great writer with an elegant stationery for reading books than the most common traditional way of engraving portraits."

"I once had several collections of silver-handled teeth-bladed book sticks. Although they come from Western countries, they are all similar. The main parts are the handle and the blade. The body of the blade is flat, and the tip of the blade is usually semicircular or oval. It has a high resolution."

A collector said excitedly, "But Mr. He's design, at first glance, I didn't immediately think that it was a flip book stick. I just thought it was extremely beautiful for no reason. Even though it has a similar shape, it completely jumped to the level of art."

"That's right, have you noticed the engraved patterns on the scabbard and the handle? When Yan Si drew it together, it perfectly reproduced the classic scene in the story where the little sparrow gave his heart to save the Peacock Prince."

A guest who loves Troitsky’s works very much sighed, “Moreover, the usual method of embossing on the surface was not used, but the three characters of the peacock prince, the little sparrow and the wizard naturally formed the overall scabbard and blade. Handle, nothing superfluous."

"If you take out the scabbard, it's another work entirely." Another collector excitedly said, "The patterns decorated on the blade can be dismantled, and it is actually the prayer of the Orthodox Church: 'O king, holy Treasure, giver of life, come down and dwell in him, and save his soul.' Troitsky is a devout believer, and the name of the dagger in the story, 'Blessed and Beloved', also comes from this sentence A prayer."

"There is no doubt that if the finished product can be successfully built, it must be the most successful auction in all charity auctions commemorating Troitsky so far."

Among the admiration one after another, only one person remained silent.Qian Mingquan lowered his head, clenched his hands into fists as if fighting for his life, and his veins burst out.At this very moment, he was suffering a great humiliation that he had never experienced before.

This sense of humiliation is far more severe than any insults and beatings.For a long time, he thought he could finally accept the fact that he had no talent as a designer.But now, the unwillingness and anger that had been deliberately ignored had once again crushed him like mountains and seas.

Even if he tries his best to usurp other people's talents and creativity, he will lose in the end.He Jingnian fundamentally and completely negates his efforts and values, wrong efforts, and dirty values.

At the reception that followed, He Jingnian was crowded with people all the way around him.Those well-known collectors and regular customers of the auction house are scrambling to reach a cooperation with him, hoping to provide him with the main stone needed for the design.

If one's own collection has the opportunity to be inlaid on this lot, it is bound to shine, and perhaps it may become a famous and legendary gemstone.And as the master, whether it is fame or reputation, he will definitely be able to greatly increase.

Qian Mingquan stood outside the crowd, watching silently.How ridiculous, the circle that he worked so hard to get into, easily left him behind, and surrounded him with a person who had a talent that he couldn't match in his life.Thinking of this, his teeth were about to break, and he felt like he was being slapped hard every second.

This hatred, this hatred, he will pay back to death!

After the exchange meeting, a heavyweight VIP approached He Jingnian on his own initiative.

"Mr. He, hello." Eudora shook hands with him with a smile, and said in very standard Chinese, "I'm really glad to see you again."

He Jingnian knew that the last time she said "again" was the dispute that caused him pain.If he didn't know about that, he would definitely be very happy and excited now, but now seeing this beautiful face that frequently appeared on TV and magazines, he feels uncomfortable in his heart.

Eudora didn't see his depression, and eagerly expressed her appreciation and love for his works.

"At the beginning, the former chairman personally came to ask me, saying that I would let you study by my side. You are very smart and talented, and you will definitely grow up to be even better. It's a pity that you left not long after." She smiled regretfully, "However, seeing you now, I think you can be completely independent, and you don't need me to teach you anything at all."

He Jingnian listened silently, should he be moved or comforted?No matter before or now, Yuan Cisheng always likes to do some futile things.Where is his businessman's shrewdness, he doesn't think that doing this is to make up for himself?Could he even have a bad conscience?

"Mr. He, what's the matter with you?"

"It's nothing." He Jingnian smiled, "Anyway, I'm really happy to meet you and sit here and talk with you like this."

"I came to you because I hope you can grant me a request." Eudora gestured to the assistant, and a small safe was placed on the table, opened, and it was shining brightly. Inside was a set of extremely beautiful chrysoberyls.

"Eh?" He Jingnian showed surprise.If he remembers correctly, this set of chrysoberyls is the favorite in Eudora's collection, and she has mentioned it many times in interviews. "You want to..."

"I want you to inlay this set of gemstones on the peacock prince's tail feathers, it must be very suitable." Eudora smiled.

"However, this set of chrysoberyls is very precious and rare, are you really willing to donate it to this auction?"

Chrysoberyl is a relatively rare mineral, which can be divided into chrysoberyl opal and alexandrite, the former has a cat's eye effect, and the latter has a color-changing effect.The Eudora set of chrysoberyls has both effects, and is the rarest alexandrite cat's eye, which is only produced in Sri Lanka in the world.

"There is nothing to give up and not to give up." Eudora's eyes flickered, feeling sad. "This set of chrysoberyls was a gift from my husband. After he passed away, I wanted to design them into jewelry, but looking at them, I was so sad that I couldn't do anything. So, I might as well give them to Here you are, I believe you will make them present the most beautiful posture."

He Jingnian sighed, "Even if they can't be designed as works, wouldn't it be nice just to keep them as souvenirs?"

Eudora shook his head, "It's enough for me to keep my feelings for him and his feelings for me. Didn't you also say that, whether it's the person giving it or the person wearing it, compared with the value of the gem itself, The most precious thing is sincere heart. I really like this sentence, it gives me a lot of comfort."

He Jingnian lowered his head and gently stroked the transparent glass cover of the jewelry box. Those chrysoberyls were bright in color, and the cat's eyeliner was like a flowing band of light, crystal clear and full of spirituality. The relationship between Eudora and her husband must be beautiful, so these gems are so clear and pure, it is moving.

"In that case, I don't even remember saying it myself."

"It was the former chairman who told me." Eudora said, "At that time, I saw a soft expression on his face that I had never seen before. He said, you comforted him with such words. Even in that game On the Internet, what you think of is not how to win, but to design the 'hand holding the flower' brooch to comfort him in the pain of losing his mother."

After a pause, "He always knew."

He Jingnian's eyelashes trembled, "Know... what?"

"You are a person who will be happy for others' happiness and sad for others' misfortune. You are the cleanest person he has ever met." Eudora thought to herself, no matter whether He Jingnian cared about what happened back then, she should always Tell him what you know, and then strengthen your tone, "He has always known what kind of person you are, and he has never doubted it."

He Jingnian didn't seem to hear it, and after a long while, he nodded slowly.He knew it, and he knew that Yuan Cisheng had always known it.But these kind words were heard in his ears, but it was like pouring cold ice water into his ears, which made him lose consciousness in his hands and feet.He felt that this was really ridiculous. It was all about Chen Zhima's rotten millet. What else could be sad, but he couldn't help thinking about it.

He thought, maybe he wasn't such a good person as the original speech said, but in the past, he did love each other so unreservedly.

The difficulties encountered in making the finished product were much more than those in drawing the design drawings. It was the most complicated piece that He Jingnian had handled so far, and he almost devoted all his energy to it.However, although I am tired, my heart is calm, as if I can not think about anything or anyone as long as I have a busy name.

Finally, He Jingnian completed the book flipping stick before the auction started.On the same day, Shen Tangfeng took him to celebrate. Seeing that he had many small wounds on his fingers and wrapped them with band-aids one by one, he couldn't help being very distressed, so he took it and held it in his hand.

He Jingnian smiled and said it was all right, took his hand away to open the velvet box, and asked him what he thought of the finished product, whether it looked good or not.Shen Tangfeng nodded seriously, and said, "Niannian, no matter what you do, you are always the first to show it to me every time."

"Hmm." He Jingnian curled his lips, "It's like when I was still studying in the United States. At that time, no matter what weird things I made to show you, you would always say it looked good."

"It will be like this in the future." Shen Tangfeng scooped up a spoonful of his favorite honeydew melon cake and fed it into his mouth, "It's just a pity that I am your fiance and cannot participate in this auction as a guest. Otherwise, I would really I really want to collect this book flip stick."

"After all, it's the rules of the auction, so there's nothing you can do about it." He Jingnian propped his chin, "Do you know that there is a saying among collectors that jewelry is a matter of fate, and who gets what? , which piece of jewelry will go to whom in the end is predestined long ago. I believe that this time, this book flipping stick will be auctioned off by a buyer who really appreciates it."

Two days before the auction, He Jingnian submitted the work.According to the process, the designer needs to submit the completed lot to the organizer, and it will be kept by the person in charge of the auction.

After returning, looking at the empty table, He Jingnian's heart was also empty.In the past, every time he delivered a finished product, he felt very relaxed and happy.Only this time, he couldn't bear it.Maybe it's because I don't want to bear the hard work these days, maybe it's because I don't want to bear the strange set of chrysoberyls, maybe... there are other reasons that I can't explain clearly.

In short, at the moment when he sent the flip book stick away, he really wanted to keep it with him.At least, it would be nice to have a chance to take another look in the future.

At the beginning of next month, a charity auction commemorating the bicentenary of Troitsky's birth kicked off amidst much-anticipated attention.Countless people inside and outside the industry are looking forward to seeing the true appearance of these two auctions this year.

It is said that these two lots come from the hands of two of the best current designers.Among them, the flip book stick designed with the theme of Troitsky's masterpiece "The Peacock Prince" is not only exquisite in appearance design, but also inlaid with a set of extremely rare chrysoberyl donated by the famous designer Eudora, which is the finishing touch.

At the dinner that day, celebrities gathered, and almost all the famous people in the industry came here.Reporters from major media swarmed around the hotel, waiting for the first-hand reports from the front line to seize the latest and hottest headlines.

After the dinner, the guests were arranged to take a rest, and the highlight of the night - the auction, would be in a while.During this interval, He Jingnian and Qian Mingquan were in their independent workrooms, making final inspections and rechecks on the lots that were about to go on sale. After confirming that there was no problem, the lots would be officially sent to the auction site for presentation.

Generally speaking, this link is a process, and basically there will be no accidents, and He Jingnian naturally thinks so.

However, when he opened the heavy velvet lid and wanted to admire the flip book stick for the last time, his hand trembled and stopped.

"Ah...how could this happen!" Zhu Jingyuan covered her mouth and cried out in disbelief.

On the pitch-black cushion, the beautifully engraved flip book stick is lying quietly, flowing with the brilliant luster of precious metals.It is so beautiful, it should be flawless, but on the peacock tail that should be the most intoxicating, all the chrysoberyls that gave the work its soul disappeared, leaving only ugly holes.

"Didn't we check it many times before sending it over? Wasn't it all good at that time? How could this happen... Someone must have tampered with it on purpose... Qian Mingquan!" Zhu Jingyuan jumped up, "It must be him Who else would do such a thing but him! I'm going to find someone now, this thing will never end!"

He Jingnian held her back and shook his head with a pale face, "The auction is about to start, where can we find evidence in such a short time?"

"Then what do you think we should do?" Zhu Jingyuan was in a hurry.

"Ah, that's right!" She grabbed He Jingnian's arm, "Do you still remember the box of stones that who gave you? Although there were no chrysoberyls in it, I remember that there were beautiful sapphires and emeralds." , In terms of value, it is much higher than Chrysoberyl. I will negotiate with the person in charge of the on-site execution and ask him to delay a little time, and you quickly replace the inlay, and we will talk about it later!"

"Niannian...?" Seeing that He Jingnian lowered his head and didn't respond, she couldn't help getting more and more furious, "Niannian, it's such a time, you won't be still struggling with whose thing it is, are you? ?”

He Jingnian lowered his eyelashes, and said in a low voice: "It's useless, the claw rests are all broken, even if you use gem glue to glue them together, it can't be dealt with."

"Then... is there any other way?" Zhu Jingyuan was about to cry, she knew better than anyone else how much He Jingnian had put in for this lot, but now it was completely ruined.It can be said that this book-turning stick that has attracted countless attention is now worthless.

Among the guests who came today, everyone has extremely high expectations. Everyone is eager to shoot truly perfect works. No one is willing to spend a lot of money to buy a defective product.Even in the name of charity, it is a foolish loss-making business, and will be ridiculed behind the scenes by the insiders.

"I can't do anything." He Jingnian gently closed the lid of the box, his tone so calm that it was numb.

Zhu Jingyuan sat down weakly.She knew that with He Jingnian's ability, even he gave up, which meant that it was really impossible to save him.This time, let alone their studio, even He Jingnian's career may be affected.

Let alone whether they can find the culprit, even if they can, such an important auction will be ruined after all.This unpleasant failure will stick with them like a brand.

After all, the inability to protect one's own works and respond to the expectations of collectors is, in a sense, the performance of the designer's incompetence.

The auction started with a bang.The venue is brightly lit, gorgeous and bright like a palace.The guest seats under the stage were full of VIPs wearing high-end gowns.Everyone's expression is full of interest, looking forward to including the upcoming artwork-level jewelry into their collection.

He Jingnian sat motionless in the background. On the screen, Qian Mingquan was striding up to the stage, proudly introducing his designs.

The jewelry box was opened, and his works were so unreservedly focused under the snowy light, shining with incomparably gorgeous light.It has not been damaged or damaged, so even if it is exposed to countless eyes, there is no need to worry about any flaws being caught by those discerning guests.He just needs to stand aside and enjoy everyone's amazement and admiration, unlike himself, who can only use the pain before the execution ground to suffer helplessly here

Amid the knocking of the auction hammer one after another, the bids climbed steadily, gradually approaching the historical record.Finally, the string of intaglio gemstone necklaces with Troitsky profiles brought by Qian Mingquan's studio were auctioned by an entrepreneur at a transaction price of 200 million.This figure completely broke the highest turnover in the history of the auction and hit a record high.

Congratulatory applause resounded like thunder.

"We'll be here soon." Zhu Jingyuan's mournful face was in stark contrast to Qian Mingquan's grinning face on the screen.

This is great, one side is 200 million, the highest in history, and their side, I'm afraid it can only be an abandoned lot, let alone being auctioned off at a high price, I'm afraid there will be no bidders.

However, knowing that there is no end ahead, He Jingnian still had to play.All the prepared speeches were no longer needed, all he wanted to say to everyone was an apology and an explanation.Standing still in the middle of the stage, he didn't even have the courage to raise his eyelids, but under the glare of the light, his face was pale.

The guests didn't know why, but they all said that He Jingnian was too nervous and excited.Little did he know that Qian Mingquan laughed silently, and the delightful show in front of him was in his hands.

He tried to get the pass of the staff here, and took advantage of the weakest protection time when the lot was taken out of the safe for site transfer before the auction started, so that the outside bribers could avoid the surveillance, completely ruining He Jingnian's life work.

Only peers know the Achilles' heel of peers.He specially instructed the other party to destroy the claw rests, so as to cut off the last possibility of salvation.

"Now I will show you the second lot of this auction. This lot is carefully crafted by the cutting-edge designer Mr. He Jingnian..."

In the host's passionate commentary, the staff solemnly lifted the velvet black cloth on the crystal jewelry cabinet, and the lights came on suddenly. There was a momentary silence at first, and then there was an uproar.

It was really beautiful, beyond all imagination.However, the part that should have been the most dazzling - the peacock prince's tail feathers, is full of ugly holes.Against the backdrop of beauty, this incompleteness becomes more conspicuous and more unbearable.Even, the peacock prince who has lost his beautiful feathers and precious gems is not as good as the unadorned little sparrow beside him.

Reality is different from fairy tales. No one is willing to accept the no longer beautiful peacock prince like the little sparrow in the story.The chatter from the guest seats became louder and louder, shocked, disappointed, helpless, and sneering...

He Jingnian stood there, explaining in vain, but no one could listen.No amount of explanation can change the fact that the lot was destroyed.That is a highly anticipated work, and most of the people here are here for it.

But even so, the auctioneer still had to wave the auction hammer and quote the starting price.

Of course, no one raised the price, and the numbers on the big screen remained motionless.

The auctioneer's hand stopped there, and the auction hammer stopped in mid-air.Time passed by every minute and every second, even if it was the reserve price, no one was willing to take it.The auctioneer wiped the sweat off his brow, wondering if he should declare the auction unsuccessful.However, this is no ordinary auction, and it has never happened before.

The countdown starts.

He Jingnian bowed deeply to the audience, bending his back very low.

The host joined him in bowing and apologizing.

Zhu Jingyuan covered her eyes, she really didn't have the courage to look down.

Many distinguished guests got up one after another, preparing to leave early, disappointed.

Only Qian Mingquan, who was sitting there leisurely with his legs crossed, showed his yellow teeth and his face was almost sore from laughing.

The auctioneer sighed and raised his auction mallet high——

"I declare that this time..."

The door opened suddenly, and a group of men in suits and leather shoes filed in, standing on both sides with their hands down.After a while, a man walked into the meeting place slowly, the dark backlight was like thick ink, staining his figure, but the powerful aura exuding from his body was as real as it was.

When the light illuminated him, everyone felt that they couldn't open their eyes for a moment, and unconsciously fell silent.

Is that... the original speech?How did he come here?

Yuanci's expression was indifferent, no different from any occasion he had appeared in the past, his posture was dignified and arrogant, and he walked gracefully towards the VIP seats.

The slender knuckles in black gloves took the auction card handed over by Secretary Jin, and raised it slightly, "One hundred million."

The auctioneer was dumbfounded. He didn't know whether he was shocked by the man's appearance and aura, or he was frightened by the understatement of the other party's reported amount.How can there be such a bid? The maximum amount of each increase is 500 million. Is this person really not taking money as money, or is he just here to go crazy.

He Jingnian stood on the stage dumbfounded. He had no idea of ​​the numbers in the original speech. He was even more surprised why he appeared here, and why he was willing to buy such a piece at a price much higher than the highest transaction price. What a beautiful defect.

"One to one hundred million yuan once."

"Twice for 1 million yuan."

"1 million yuan and three..."

"and many more……!"

Suddenly, a loud cry erupted from behind the guest seats.Qian Mingquan stood up, pointed in front of him, and asked loudly with a blushing face: "Even if it is the original speech, he is not allowed in if he is not a guest of this auction. What right does he have to sit here? Huh?"

Those guests were just whispering, watching the situation quietly in the direction of Yuan Ci's voice, none of them dared to speak out in favor of Qian Mingquan.On the contrary, the person in charge of the on-site execution bit the bullet and walked over, and asked Yuan Cisheng respectfully if he had an invitation letter for this auction.

The original speech sounded silent, those green eyes, which were more charming than any precious stones, were only looking at the pale black-haired young man on the stage from the beginning to the end.

"You...you go and contact Rohman, isn't he the chairman of the foundation? How can he not say something when something like this happens!" Qian Mingquan was in a hurry, regardless of 21, [-], and forced to ask the person in charge of the scene. Someone to contact the high-level representatives sent by the organizer of this auction.

Everyone here was overwhelmed by the original speech, and he admitted it.However, foreign devils don't necessarily extend their hands to a foreign foundation, do they?No matter how fierce and tyrannical he is, no matter how tyrannical he is, the people of the foundation will not be afraid of him, and they will definitely act according to the rules!

The person in charge of the scene was about to cry, damn it, one or two are going crazy, he is in charge of execution, please let him go!

However, there is no need for him to be embarrassed.After a while, Rohman trotted over.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but there is a situation that I have to report to you..." Qian Mingquan said a lot in a hurry, and then saw Rohman take a deep breath, and his chest was obviously enlarged.

Holy shit! Rohman was about to collapse.What's wrong with this man, can you let him go?He's a bad worker!

"Mr. Yuan is indeed allowed to enter..."

Qian Mingquan was dumbfounded, "Why? Why? Sheng Heng didn't participate in this auction at all, okay?"

"That's true..." Rohman lowered his voice, "But the chairman of the Troitsky Memorial Foundation is Mr. Yuan Cisheng."

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The author has something to say:

I who wrote the article: The luxury car is big and wild, what is only [-] million, but a few colored stones, are women satisfied with what you see?

Realistic me: Huh, huh, huh, the delivery fee is five yuan, let’s change it.

The relevant description of the book-turning staff refers to "The Blade of the Writer-Antique Letter Opener of European Nobles",

The relevant descriptions of chrysoberyl refer to "Gem Encyclopedia - Finding the Most Beautiful Gem, Chrysoberyl", "Introduction to Chrysoberyl (Opal)", "What is Chrysoberyl?" "

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