Fox of France

Because of the charitable nature of the auction, the auction was arranged at the Palace Royal. It used to be the property of the Duke of Orleans and was once the most important source of the French Revolution. After the head of the Duke of Orleans was beheaded, the palace was nationalized, and it was converted into a theater when Napoleon was the first consul.

After rounds and rounds of preheating in the newspapers, the auction finally started.

The first passenger train has a total of 12 passenger carriages, and under normal circumstances, only one of the carriages of the passenger train is a first-class luxury carriage. Among the remaining eleven cars, there are 4 second-class carriages, 5 third-class carriages and two dining cars.

But because it is understood that many wealthy people are eager to get a seat on the historic first passenger car, the composition of the carriages of this train has changed. Considering that the running time of the vehicles will not be too long, two dining cars were removed and one section was removed. All four second-class carriages were removed, and two third-class carriages were also removed, leaving only three. These removed carriages are replaced by deluxe carriages every day. If it were not for the consideration that these three carriages are too close to the locomotive, soot would easily come in when the windows are opened, and after all, some elementary school and middle school students would be used as a show. I am afraid that these three carriages would be removed and replaced with luxury carriages. .

Logically speaking, with so many carriages and so many tickets, it should be regarded as sufficient supply. Under normal circumstances, it should be able to meet the needs. However, when the auction started, everyone discovered that the situation seemed to be somewhat unexpected. Because the auction is not sold one by one, but one carriage by carriage.

This is actually not a big deal, and it should be, there are nine cars in total, and each car has sixteen positions. If you shoot one by one, then when the newspaper reports, even if the name of each ticket buyer is included There are so many reports, who will really read and remember them? In this way, the advertising effect is not prominent enough. However, if cars are sold one car at a time, there will be far fewer buyers, and the amount of a single transaction will be much higher, so the reports will attract more attention. The advertising effect is also better-both for buyers and sellers.

The first to be auctioned is luxury carriage No. 5. After the free bidding started, the situation became more and more heated. Because the No. 5 luxury car is too close to the front of the car, there is still a certain chance that it will encounter the problem of soot drifting in, so its reserve price is the lowest among all the luxury cars. But the auction was still very fierce, and soon the price reached 8,000 francs.

At this time, a young man gently raised the sign in his hand: "Ten thousand francs."

"Ten thousand francs? What is ten thousand francs? I..." President Russell of the Wine Federation was about to offer a higher price, but his assistant gently tugged his sleeve.

"It's Louis Bonaparte," said the assistant in a low voice.

"What?" Roselle was taken aback, "Did you see clearly?"

"Yes, it is Louis Bonaparte." The assistant said.

"Ah, then let's not compete with him." Roselle said, "However, no matter what, we must take a picture of carriage No. 6!"

No new offers had been made since Louis held up the ten thousand franc sign. Even the auctioneer's movements suddenly became faster.

According to the habit of auctions, the auctioneer will always try to delay the time as much as possible, so that more people have time to make up their minds and put forward higher bids. Sometimes, between "the first time of XX yuan" and "the third time of XX yuan", he can drag out ten minutes.

But this time, the auctioneer almost spoke at the same speed as when the CCTV of Chitu Country broadcast the weather forecast in the future, and quickly finished "the first time, the second time and the third time", and still said "the second time" in his mouth. "Time", it was already knocked down with a hammer.

The next auction is the sixth carriage. This car is a little better than the fifth car. But still not the best compartment. However, the price of this carriage has risen rapidly. The reserve price of 1,000 francs has just been revealed, and many brands can’t wait to hold it up. In the blink of an eye, the price has risen to 30,000 francs, and the speed of increase has not yet slowed down. the meaning of. Louis just lowered his head and took a sip of his coffee. When he looked up, he found that the quotation had become 50,000.

"If they know who is sitting in this carriage, I don't know if they will regret it." Louis couldn't help thinking.

Louis knew that the reason why these guys, especially the guy named Nathan Rothschild who had repeatedly bid, was willing to spend so much money for this carriage was because they believed that Bonaparte was sitting in this carriage superior. They hoped to take this opportunity to get in touch with the Bonaparte family. It's just that he really didn't take pictures of this carriage for his own family...

The price continued to rise, and soon reached 80,000. At this time, most of the bidders have already withdrawn, and only a few Jews or foreigners are still competing with each other. In the end, it was Nathan Rothschild who was more willing to spend and took the carriage for one hundred and twelve thousand francs.

Perhaps it was due to too much energy spent fighting for the No. 6 car, so the farther to the back car, although the environment is better in theory, but the transaction price began to drop significantly. When it was the last car, Ge Mr. Langtai even had him photographed for only 20,000 francs.

As soon as the auction was over, except for Louis who ran off to nowhere, the rest of the businessmen who successfully bought the tickets voluntarily stayed to accept interviews from reporters from various newspapers. In the interview, they all expressed their love for France and their support for charity.

"Mr. Rothschild, as far as I know, you are not French, why do you..." a reporter asked Nathan Rothschild.

"Ah, reporter, you may be mistaken about one thing, that is, just last month, my naturalization application to the French Immigration Service has been approved. So now, I am an honorable Frenchman Yes." Nathan Rothschild immediately replied in French with some Italian taste. It is said that in order to be able to speak this accent, Nathan Rothschild took some effort.

"Is that so? Then I want to congratulate you first." The reporter hurriedly asked again, "Why did you become a French citizen?"

"Of course it is because France is the most democratic and free country in the world." Rothschild replied, "I am a person who loves freedom. Where there is freedom, there is my motherland."