Chen Rui had only seen houses and scenery like this in Hollywood blockbusters before.

Unexpectedly, today I have the opportunity to experience such a mansion in person.

Even though he was just a passer-by here to participate in the auction, at this moment, he felt that the trip was worth it.

There were not many guests upstairs, because entry was by invitation only.

Unless you have an invitation from the host, ordinary treasure hunters are not allowed to come upstairs.

Maybe it was because he had 'helped' the old woman just now, so the two of them were invited upstairs by the housekeeper.

There are about a dozen treasure hunters upstairs, and they are all concentrated in this multi-functional hall at the moment.

The owner also put a lot of things for sale on the desk in the multi-purpose hall and on the bar where the wine cabinet was kept.

These things are much more valuable than the things I looked at downstairs before.

Downstairs, Chen Rui only found this big jar, which was considered a treasure.

Other items can only be regarded as second-hand sundries, and most of them are not even handicrafts.

But many of these things upstairs are glowing with white light.

According to Chen Rui's own distinction, these items glowing with white light should all be valuable valuables.

But to say it's an antique, it's hard to tell.

For example, there are a lot of jewelry placed on the desk.

These jewelry pieces are inlaid with huge red, green and blue stones.

It looks very bluffing, and those who don’t know the art must think these are gems.

But in Chen Rui's eyes, the light emitted by the gems on these rings and necklaces was only average in brightness.

He knew these were not very expensive gems.

Karen knew these things very well. She picked up a few of them, played with them for a while and then put them back.

"How about it?"

Chen Rui asked, Karen shook her head.

"It's just tourmaline, not a precious gemstone."

"Oh! That's it!"

Chen Rui nodded to express understanding.

During this time, when he has free time, he will acquire some knowledge about antiques or jewelry.

Naturally, I also have a lot of knowledge about gemstone categories that are very popular in the West.

This kind of tourmaline is the most shocking thing in the Western jewelry circle.

Tourmaline is an ore containing boron aluminum silicate.

Because the elements contained are different, the colors presented are also different, generally black, green, red, blue and other colors.

Among them, the one with high purity, hardness and beautiful color is tourmaline.

If the color is average, it can only be called tourmaline.

Moreover, this thing is also the hardest hit area for Western jewelry counterfeiting.

Because they are similar in quality to natural gemstones such as rubies and sapphires.

Therefore, the jewelry dealers in the West like to add technology to this kind of tourmaline, which is of average purity.

After some technological processing, they can get this thing on the market and buy it as ruby ​​or sapphire.

Newbies who don't know the ropes can easily fail in this field.

Fortunately, Chen Rui now has a pair of eyes that can see jewels.

Otherwise, he, a novice, might really be fooled by these gems.

In addition, there is a pile of wine and cigars placed on the bar in front of the wine cabinet.

These should also be auction items, and there is a group of treasure hunters surrounding them over there, picking and choosing.

These were not things that Chen Rui and Karen were interested in, so they didn't go over to join in the fun.

Chen Rui also pulled out a photo album from the bookshelf behind him and read it.

This photo album exudes a faint yellow light. According to his understanding, it should be an antique.

I just don’t know if someone will buy it, but that doesn’t stop him from taking it and taking a look.

As a result, as soon as he opened the photo album, he was dumbfounded, and then his blood surged up.

The first few pages of the photo album are full of men and women dressed in old-fashioned clothes, which should be personal photos of the ancestors of the Huofulun family.

But when I scrolled to the middle, I saw several photos of white men making fun of Chinese people with their long braids.

At first glance, there are photos of Chinese workers building railroads in the west more than a hundred years ago and being bullied by these white people.

The background next to it was the wilderness and the railway. Chen Rui looked at the joking white man in the photo, who was the guy who had appeared in the front of the album.

When Karen next to her saw this, her face was also full of embarrassment.

"Ahem, the Huo Fulun family seems to have started out building railways in their early years."

She whispered, which further confirmed Chen Rui's guess.

This family most likely made its fortune by stepping on the bones of the Chinese.

He had teased the old woman because of Karen's prank before, and felt a little guilty.

At this moment, all the guilt has been wiped away.

I even felt that Karen, the mixing was a bit too light...

No wonder he felt that the old woman looked at him a little strangely when she turned around and went upstairs.

So that’s it…

"Gentlemen and ladies, next, we will conduct a blind box auction."

"Today there are a total of fifteen blind boxes. These blind boxes randomly contain some of Mr. Huo Fulun's favorite things during his lifetime."

"And these items are definitely not the ordinary items downstairs. You can observe them before the auction."

At this time, an auctioneer came upstairs, probably a professional invited by the owner.

"That's right! I'm just saying, this family is so rich, how can they only have those crappy things downstairs!"

After Karen heard the opening remarks of the previous auctioneer, she immediately geared up.

Everyone lined up and came to the big coffee table in the center of the hall.

There are fifteen cardboard boxes placed on the coffee table. Each cardboard box is forty centimeters high and thirty centimeters wide.

The doors of the boxes were all open, and they were filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items.

Some are teddy bears popping out of the box openings, while others have half of the picture frame exposed.

Some can see a round globe. Anyway, this carton is packed very cleverly.

Each one allows you to see that there are indeed some good things inside, but if you want to see everything inside clearly, the difficulty immediately goes up a level.

It feels like holding a pipa and half covering your face.

Everyone can only take a quick look at the contents of this box from the outside, and then make a mental assessment of the stock price.

"Okay, now that all the boxes are on display, let's start the auction of the first box."

"The starting bid for this box is US$3,000, and the price will be increased by US$200 each time. After US$5,000, the price will be increased by US$500 each time."

The auctioneer was also very good. He only let everyone watch for a minute and then started the auction.

Carton No. 1 was moved to his side, and everyone could see that there was a teddy bear on the carton.

The bear blocked most of the carton's mouth, and only its upper body was exposed.
Chapter completed!