Leeuwenhoek was dumbfounded. He had forgotten about this for a moment.
"Then, Mr. Leeuwenhoek, I'll take my leave first." Kemasi turned and left.
Leeuwenhoek was also decisive. He took two quick steps forward and held Kemasi's arm when he was about to verify the invitation.
Every invitation could be accompanied by family members. Hence, the security personnel who verified the invitation looked at the two old men, whose ages added up to more than a hundred years old, and withdrew his gaze without asking.
"So ruthless?" Kemasi did not expose him and only asked.
"Wu taught me that," Leeuwenhoek answered indifferently.
Kemasi's face revealed a puzzled expression.
"In order to eat Yuan's delicacies, Wu would throw a tantrum and roll on the ground, regardless of his image. I asked Wu, is it worth it for a meal?" Leeuwenhoek said, "Wu didn't give me an answer, but Zheng replied that it wasn't a meal. It was something that Wu liked."
"Wu likes delicacies and would do anything for the things he likes. Hence, it's normal for me to do it for the paintings I like," Leeuwenhoek said.
In fact, Leeuwenhoek misunderstood this point. Wuhai did not like delicacies, but simply liked the delicacies made by Yuan Zhou.
The invited guests of the auction entered the venue one after another. Zhou Xi also entered the venue.
Behind him were several young painters who attended the opening ceremony of Wuhai's Cottage of the Painting God. Bai Na and Feng Ti were the leaders.
"You actually made it in time. That's not easy." Bai Na did not have a good expression when he saw Feng Ti.
When the two were discussing the symbolic meaning of the Monster Eating Meat Painting, they had different viewpoints and argued for a long time. Now, Bai Na felt unhappy when he saw Feng Ti's face.
"Shouldn't you be in China?" Bai Na was a little curious.
Previously, in order to get close to Wuhai, Feng Ti had described Yuan Zhou as a minority painter and was despised by him.
In the end, Feng Ti learned that Yuan Zhou was a culinary genius who could be mentioned in the same breath as Wuhai. In addition, he was the artist that Wuhai admired the most. After the opening ceremony of the Painting God's Cabin, Feng Ti went to the restaurant to have a meal.
They were completely conquered by Yuan Zhou's culinary skills. Then, while eating delicious food, they went to the Painting God's Hut to study Wu Hai's paintings. Their days were simply too carefree.
Of course, they had to thank Wu Yungui's business acumen for developing a number of high-end apartments, which provided convenient conditions for people like Feng Ti.
"I only left after dinner," Feng Ti said proudly.
Previously, Baina had eaten a meal cooked by Yuan Zhou, and it was also very amazing. However, because of domestic affairs, he had to fly back to France in advance. Feng Ti's move was very stable.
Bai Na glared at him. Seeing that the auction was about to start, he could only give up.
Zhou Xi recognized Bai Na and Feng Ti, but he didn't greet them. That was because he felt that these two foreigners were a little abnormal. They actually wanted to surpass Wuhai.
"No matter what kind of young painters they are, they are all conquered by Boss Yuan's culinary skills." Zhou Xi thought secretly, "They have no self-awareness at all. Look at Dashi Xiujie, Sucha and others. They respect Boss Yuan so much and only want Boss Yuan to accept them as his disciple all day long."
Zhou Xi felt that Bai Na and Feng Ti should treat Eaves Wu like this.
This time, Christie's auction only had 10 items in total. One of them was Yuan Zhou's sculpture of the 108 Eight Generals and Wu Hai's Water Margin Painting. The two items would be auctioned together.
The others were some jewelry, which were of great significance both in terms of craftsmanship and historical significance.
The two's works were put at the end. Ten auction items were not a lot. Although everyone was bidding enthusiastically, the auction soon came to an end.
"Next, we have the painting 'Water Margin' by Wu Hai, the hope of Europe's art circle, and '108 Generals of the Water Margin' by the most talented chef in Asia. The starting price is 10 million euros. Please start bidding." The host took the microphone and gave a brief introduction. Then, he signaled the service staff to bring the painting and the sculpture up.
Then, a huge painting appeared in front of everyone's eyes. There were mountains, rivers, people, and generals. There were 108 people, all of them in different forms. Some were fighting in pairs, some were facing off against two armies, and some were alone. No matter what the situation was, none of the more than 100 people in the painting had the same expression, and none of their movements overlapped.
Why could they only see the painting? Because the sculpture was placed on the stage and they couldn't see it at all.
"Wu's painting. If the price is right, I can buy it. It has appreciated very fast in the past two years." A businessman calculated.
"Yes. Wu's works are very popular in the European and American markets. Besides, the quality is also guaranteed. But why is it sold together with the chef's sculpture?" Another collector answered.
"There aren't many sculptures in circulation in the collection market. But there are also fine works. Messina's work in the 1950s was sold for more than 10 million USD in Sotheby's." The businessman said. He knew this very well.
"Christie's Auction House wouldn't make such an obvious mistake by auctioning something worthless. It's written in the information that Wu's work was based on this sculpture. It should be a gift." The collector guessed.
"There's very little information about Mr. Yuan in the information the auction house sent me. So it should be a supplementary work." The businessman nodded in agreement.
In fact, Christie's Auction House was also very helpless. When they received the information, the two appraisers gave extremely high comments on both the painting and the sculpture. Therefore, there was very little information about Yuan Zhou in the information. It wasn't that the people from the auction house looked down on him.
There was really no information about Yuan Zhou in the field of art. The only thing that was written in the information was the ice sculpture. Other than that, there was really no information about him.
They couldn't possibly write what cuisine he was good at. It was also very difficult to run an auction house. In the end, they just left it at that. Anyway, it was fine as long as the items were good.
For the collectors and the art world, Wu Hai was very famous. Just as the businessman said, the market was very optimistic and there was still room for growth.
Therefore, most people had the same judgment as the collector. They thought that the sculpture was a supplementary auction item. Although this situation was rare, it wasn't unheard of.
Of course, no one ran out to question the auction house. Those who were present were people with identity and brains. They wouldn't do such a thing.
"These people actually think that Yuan Zhou's sculpture is a supplementary auction item. Really." Seeing everyone's reaction, Bai Na and Feng Ti suddenly became sober.
Although the two had never seen Yuan Zhou's sculpture before, how could it be a supplementary auction item that Wu Hai admired and made Yuan Zhou's sculpture into an art piece?
At the very least, it was of a similar level.
The host introduced the creation process and background of the two sculptures. For example, Water Margin was one of the four great works of China. Although the sculpture was made of food, it had been specially processed.
At this time, those who were interested in this auction item all left their seats and went up to watch.
This kind of auction could be watched. After all, tens of millions of euros wasn't a small amount. They could only say that they couldn't buy it, but they couldn't ignore it.
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