At this time, a typical Viennese man walked over and said with a few flattering smiles, “Mr. Feng, you are here.”
Feng Shenye nodded his head indifferently.
The man didn’t care, and turned his head to look at Wen Shiyu, a flash of amazement in his eyes as he politely inquired, “Is this Mr Feng’s girlfriend?”
“This is my fiancee, Wen Shiyu.”
Feng Shenye put his arm around Wen Shiyu, and a trace of tenderness appeared on his cold face.
The man noticed Feng Shenye’s change and gave Wen Shiyu a little more importance.
“Hello, Miss Wen.”
“Hello.”
Wen Shiyu responded graciously and decently.
Little Bao’er also called out politely from the side.
After shushing and chilling for a few moments, the auction was about to start.
The man personally led Feng Shenye and the others to the auction site and arranged Feng Shenye’s seats in the front row.
Not long after they were seated, a master of ceremonies came on stage to announce the official start of the auction.
Several valuable and expensive musical instruments were auctioned off, and only then did Wen Shiyu realise that this auction was actually an auction of musical instruments.
“No wonder.”
Feng Shenye did not hear Wen Shiyu’s murmur clearly, and slightly side-stepped closer to ask, “What’s wrong?”
Wen Shiyu smiled and explained, “Earlier I saw that there were quite a few famous musicians at the venue and I still felt a bit strange, but now that I see the things being auctioned, I don’t feel anything strange.”
Feng Shenye smiled and said nothing as he led Wen Shiyu to continue watching the auction.
One by one, the instruments created by the famous luthiers were auctioned off.
There were flutes, pianos, cellos ……
When it was the turn of the last finale instrument, the emcee said excitedly on stage, “This last auction item, which has a history of hundreds of years, besides its treasured significance, what is more important is its sound, which is unique in the world!”
As the emcee’s words fell, the lady of ceremony carefully held up a violin case to the stage for display.
“It seems I was right, it really is a Stradivarius violin.”
“This is a violin I’m definitely going to fight for tonight.”
“Just for the unique sound of this violin, I’ll have to fight for it too.”
The guests whispered around the room.
When Wen Shiyu heard these words, she suddenly had a vague suspicion in her heart.
Could it be that Feng Shenye had brought her here tonight because he wanted to auction off this unique sounding violin?
She couldn’t help but glance sideways at the handsome and charming man beside her.
Noticing Wen Shiyu’s gaze, Feng Shenye turned his head and looked over, asking in a soft voice, “What’s wrong?”
Wen Shiyu was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said with a light smile, “Nothing.”
Although she had some suspicions in her heart, she was also afraid that she was overthinking things and would make Feng Shenye misunderstand and think that she wanted this zither.
Little did she know that Feng Shenye had seen through her thoughts.
However, Feng Shenye did not say anything.
He took a deep look at Wen Shiyu, then held her hand and continued to watch the auction.
At this time, the emcee on the stage spoke up again.
“It seems that everyone has already recognised the provenance of this violin, so I will not introduce it, I now announce that the Stradivarius violin bidding officially begins, with a starting price of two million euros.”
As soon as these words fell, a number of people began to raise their bids.
Feng Shenye also raised his bid at this time, and his thin lips lightly opened, “Three million euros.”
Wen Shiyu was stunned.
“Shenye ……”
She originally wanted to tell Feng Shenye not to break the bank, but before she could finish her sentence, she received a placating look from Feng Shenye.
Unable to do so, she could only swallow the words that came out of her mouth.
The bidding continued.
“Three and a half million Euros.”
“Three million eight hundred thousand euros.”
“Four million euros.”
…
“Five million euros.”
As the five million euros fell, it was as if the pause button had been pressed on the fiercely competitive bidding, and no one else was bidding for a while.
After all, five million Euros is an astronomical price for a Stradivarius.
Seeing that there were no more bids, the master of ceremonies spoke again, “Five million euros for one bid, any more bids?”
There was silence.
Wen Shiyu also breathed a sigh of relief.