It was already 11:30 in the morning while I was talking.

The largest banquet hall of Beijing Hotel is already crowded with guests, laughing and laughing everywhere, and the scene is very lively.

All the guests invited to attend the wedding banquet were already here and sat down in their respective seats. Everyone was chatting and chatting while waiting for the start of the wedding banquet.

Today's wedding banquet is relatively simple. It does not hold a wedding ceremony, but is just a wedding banquet that connects feelings.

Because the ceremony was held twice before at home in Boston and Less Alley, the ceremony was cancelled today.

However, at Ye Tian's instruction, the staff of the wedding planning company set up a stage of flowers, and some procedures on the scenes still have to be left.

When the time came to 11:30 in the morning, Ye Tian took the lead in coming out of the lounge on the side of the banquet hall and walked straight to the stage.

There was no emcee or host in this wedding banquet today. The person who hosted the wedding was Ye Tian himself.

With his appearance, everyone on the scene saw him, and the guests who happened to be sitting near the passage greeted him.

In a blink of an eye, Ye Tian had arrived at the center of the banquet hall and was getting closer and closer to the stage in front.

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from beside him.

"Ye Tian, ​​can you accept this wedding gift? Since I brought it from Shanghai, it is a bit inappropriate to take it back?"

Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately turned around and looked over.

The speaker is Mr. Liu, a top collector from Shanghai. He is very familiar with Ye Tian. During the Spring Festival last year, Ye Tian rushed to Shanghai to help him identify artworks.

On the table in front of this person, there was a brocade box, which was not large in size but looked very delicate.

Obviously, the brocade box contained the wedding gift for Ye Tian and Betty.

Ye Tian nodded slightly to the person, then said with a smile:

"Mr. Liu, I appreciate your kindness and thank you on behalf of my wife Betty, but I really can't accept this gift. I have notified everyone before that this wedding banquet will not be charged.

Although your gift is not cash, it is an antique artwork, but it must be very expensive, so I can't accept it. If I accept your gift, wouldn't it embarrass other guests!"

Hearing his explanation, Mr. Liu couldn't help but nodded slightly, with some regret in his expression.

Before he could respond, Ye Tian continued:

"After this wedding banquet, there will be a small public welfare auction. I will take out some antique artworks with appropriate value and good quality for public auctions.

Among these antique artworks, there are both antique artworks that flow out of our country, and some are from the West, and the number of antique artworks in the East and the West accounts for half.

The starting price of all antique artworks sold on the market is one yuan. I do not set a reserved price for the auction, but will set an upper limit below the market price so that everyone can participate.

At today's auction, no matter what the transaction situation is or how much the transaction volume is, I will donate all the proceeds from the auction to protect the ruins of monuments in China.

To ensure openness and transparency, several staff members of Beijing Notary Office will supervise the auction on site and follow up and publicly use the auction funds afterwards.

Since you have brought an antique artwork here, you might as well participate in this charity auction to contribute to the protection of domestic monuments and ruins. I believe this is more meaningful.”

Hearing this, the eyes of many guests at the scene suddenly lit up and shone brightly.

Everyone originally thought this was just an ordinary wedding banquet, just to contact each other, but who would have thought that there would be a charity auction after the wedding banquet, and the prices of all the items were lower than the market price.

With the eyesight and rank of this guy Ye Tian, ​​the antique artwork he took out for public welfare auctions, the quality is definitely not bad. Maybe you can find a treasure today.

If you can really find a treasure, you will make a fortune.

When everyone thought of this, they suddenly became even more excited, and everyone was looking forward to it.

Especially those famous collectors, antique art appraisal experts, several antique dealers from Liulichang, as well as managers of several famous auction houses, etc.

These guys were already secretly ready to fight, just waiting for the auction to begin, and then they came to fight.

Without any hesitation, Mr. Liu immediately smiled and nodded and said:

"Okay, Ye Tian, ​​this is a good thing, I'm the only one!"

"Okay! Then you sit down first and taste the food at the Beijing Hotel. I'll go to the stage first."

Ye Tian nodded with a smile, then stepped out and continued to walk forward.

He had just left, another collector sitting not far away next to Mr. Liu leaned over and asked curiously:

"Old Liu, what treasure is contained in this brocade box? Can you take it out to open your eyes?"

Not only this collector, but the rest of the scene were also looking at the brocade box on the dining table, and everyone was curious.

The guests sitting in this area include famous domestic collectors, antique art appraisal experts and other insiders, as well as several famous domestic entrepreneurs, each of whom is worth a lot of money.

Mr. Liu turned to look at the collector, glanced at everyone at the scene, and then smiled and revealed the mystery.

"This brocade box contains a sketch by Master Lin Fengmian. The name of the painting is "Lotus Mandarin Duck". Isn't Ye Tian getting married, so I want to give this painting to him as a gift."

Before he finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamation at the scene.

"Wow! Lao Liu, you are so willing to do it. Your work is too big! That's Master Lin Fengmian's sketch. You are actually going to give it out as a wedding gift. I heard it right?"

"If that guy Ye Tian knew that this brocade box contained a sketch by Master Lin Fengmian, I wonder if he still had the courage to refuse this gift and give it to the auction later!"

In the midst of exclamation, Mr. Liu continued to smile and said:

"You must have heard that during the Spring Festival last year, Ye Tian went to Shanghai to help me identify several Western artworks. During that trip to Shanghai, he discovered an artwork scam and allowed me to escape.

It was also during that trip to Shanghai that he identified and helped me to help me, and I was lucky enough to receive two paintings from Picasso’s pastoral period, which are the second of the most outstanding Western antique artworks I have collected.

A year has passed, and the value of those two Picasso's pastoral paintings has increased a lot, so I took this opportunity to attend the wedding banquet to bring this sketch by Master Lin Fengmian to show my gratitude!”

Before he finished speaking, the scene was boiling again, and almost everyone exclaimed in a low voice.

"Old Liu, I have heard of this, but I didn't expect that you actually received two paintings of Picasso that time. The gains were so great and enviable!"

"I'll go! Two paintings from Picasso's pastoral period are worth at least tens of millions of dollars. Lao Liu, you're really making a fortune!"

Amid the exclamation, Mr. Liu nodded proudly and said:

"Yes, I did make a big profit in that art deal, but please keep this matter confidential and don't spread it."

"Okay, Lao Liu, let's not talk about those two paintings from Picasso's pastoral period. You can take out this sketch by Lin Fengmian first to let everyone open their eyes!"

"No problem, I will take out this Chinese painting sketch and let everyone enjoy it."

As he said that, Mr. Liu gently unbuttoned the ribbon tied with the brocade box, opened the exquisite brocade box, carefully took out the painting contained inside, and then slowly unfolded it on the table.

At this time, everyone's eyes were all focused on the painting, and everyone was extremely excited and full of expectations.

On the other side, Ye Tian had already stepped onto the stage and reached out to take the microphone handed by the staff of the wedding planning company.
Chapter completed!