Chapter 642

#642. I guess I know.

Maybe it’s because of the remodeling of the Opera Hall.

The auction house was relatively quiet.

That’s why the chatter of Cheol-Seok Pwang and the others until now was transmitted intact to Limon’s party.

So this moment.

There was silence in the auction house.

It was because Limon’s words resonated so clearly in the auction house.

In particular, the woman who had bought blue and white porcelain for 1.5 billion won, trusting Hwang Cheol-seok’s feelings, asked in a daze, almost frozen.

“Yo… River?”

“You know white porcelain, but don’t you know what a yogang is?”

“Oh the disease of urinating? The Cheonghwa Samryeonmunbyeong I bought?”

“Then what did you think they were using those bottles for? As an ornament to just look at?”

Limon clicked his tongue.

It is only a modern custom to use pottery only as a pure ornament.

Just 100 to 200 years ago, pottery was used as an irreplaceable practical item in all aspects from tableware to tea cups.

It was natural that even if it was a national treasure now, it was a mere chamber at the time.

“Where is this guy with no blood on his head talking nonsense!”

Of course, not everyone accepted that for granted.

In particular, Hwang Cheol-seok, who even set the appraiser price for blue and white porcelain, exclaimed as if he were vomiting fire from his mouth.

“You madman! Even in the 15th century of the Commonwealth of China, blue and white porcelain was a treasure that sold for a higher price than silver of the same weight! But who uses that as a syllabus!”

“What are you saying out of the blue? It’s common for people who have only money to spend money on everything from food to throw away.”

“…!”

“Right now, there is a nerd who spent 1.5 billion on a single room.”

“Jojo’s son-in-law?”

Because the words were so shocking.

Hwang Cheol-seok hurriedly stopped the woman who was about to stand up after her face turned red.

“Fix it, Mrs.”

“Now I’m fixed?!”

“Anyway, it’s just nonsense that a guy who doesn’t know anything talks about because he’s envious. Trust me.”

If you trust your feelings, you don’t have to be angry at the nonsense that a bastard like that speaks.

Hwang Cheol-seok desperately persuaded him.

It wasn’t what he wanted that even if there was a commotion here and the auction was canceled.

“Hey, anyway, that’s why they’re nerds.”

Did that persuasion work?

In the end, the woman who had been struggling sat down again.

Others also dismissed the previous incident as a mere happening, swearing that vulgar things that do not even know the subject make even nonsense dirty.

no, i was trying to pass it on.

But they didn’t know.

That the real happening hasn’t even started yet.

* * *

“If I could tell you with this painting…”

“That sounds like ‘Winter Sunshine’, a late work by Lumbrelli, a Renaissance painter. If so, the appraisal will probably be 60 billion.”

“What about Lumbrelli’s later works? In his later years, he became addicted to gambling and ended up painting nudes to pay off his debts.”

Bunny Girl thought.

It’s an auction and I want to get rid of it.

“This is an ancient ritual from Crete…”

“Oh, that is an ancient ritual from the Silver Age. If you look at that extraordinary thing, it might be a god created by Hwashin himself. It has a value that cannot be converted into money.”

“How do you want me to look?”

“The ritual of the Silver Age is correct, but it is too insignificant to be called sacred. Isn’t it probably a mass-produced product made by a priest with some level of ability?”

money is all

Customers are gods.

No matter what kind of fuss you make, if you pay the right amount, you should respond with a smile.

That is also the law of Midas.

Even though she is just an auctioneer, as a member of Midas’ guild, Bunny Girl has taken it for granted until now.

but this moment.

What was happening here was enough to make her feel skeptical about Midas’ rules.

‘What mess is this?’

No matter which corner store you go to, if there is a product you are seeing for the first time, you will look at the manual or listen to the explanation.

They are talking about auction items worth thousands to billions of units.

Is this an auction house?

Or is it a dottegi market?

As an employee of the prestigious Midas Auction House, I couldn’t help but lament.

Well, it was already a mess from the time Hwang Chul-seok arbitrarily set the bid price in collusion with others in the first place.

Now that we have reached the point of resignation.

Bunny girl’s attention was focused on something else.

‘Anyway, why do those humans know so much about auction items?’

It was only when Hwang Cheol-seok started talking about it that he thought he would.

As a regular customer, everyone at this auction house knew that he was one of the country’s leading experts in antiques and art.

But that’s why I didn’t understand it even more.

Who is that young man in the white mask who can point out Hwang Cheol-seok’s emotions?

[…he said he was a gangster, but this is the first time I’ve really felt that word so deeply.]

“What do you mean it’s great? Just with common sense.”

[It’s scary to have accumulated that common sense for hundreds of years.]

Yuna-kyung put on a tired expression.

Limon is a swordsman.

Indeed, of course.

He was someone who had only wielded a sword his whole life and had not paid any particular attention to art.

But he’s a sword master.

In particular, as the owner of the Sword Tower and the protector of mankind, he received countless treasures and met all kinds of queens.

If you’ve been like that for hundreds of years, even a blind person can gain insight.

Besides, the dark-skinned beauty now laughing on Limon’s left is a great witch who has lived a life several times his life and was also the emperor of Rome.

The one on the right is one of the seven princesses of the Seven Dragons who control the world’s wealth.

No matter how rare an auction item was, it was rather surprising if there was an item that they could not recognize.

[But why are those people buying that?]

“This is an auction house.”

[No, that’s right.]

That was it.

What made Yuna-kyung a shy expression?

[If you think about what the team leader and older sisters pointed out, even a fool would know that that man’s emotions are messed up. Why do you spend money on that?]

“I think I know the reason.”

look at the blushing face

Do you see that you can’t respond to their point of view?

It is clear that Hwang Chul-seok’s feelings were wrong, but why do other participants still bid on the auction items at his appraisal price?

To Yuna-kyung who is puzzled.

Li Qingyu said calmly.

“I didn’t know because I hadn’t met him in person, but the person wearing the golden mask seems to be the president of the Culture and Arts Association of this country.”

“Chairman of the Culture and Arts Association?”

“You must know that he was originally the vice chairman of the Cheonhwa Group, right?”

“…Could it be that Hwang family guy?”

“yes.”

“Tsk. He said he couldn’t give me my habit. Abby or a child.”

[What is Chunhwa Group?]

“It is a conglomerate that dominated the cultural business of this country until about 20 years ago.”

Even the Seven Dragons Group, which dominated the world’s wealth, had a hard time reaching this country that Limon was protecting.

Even the Black Dragon clan managed to gain influence over several decades thanks to Youin’s efforts.

Thanks to that, the beginning of the Iron Age.

This country’s industry has become Galápagos and has taken its own path.

The Chunhwa Group was a conglomerate that dominated all kinds of art businesses, including publishing, film, and broadcasting.

“It was like that until I lobbied the government and made that bastard art price system or something and then ruined it.”

[Art price list?]

“This is a law that tries to set a fair price for art so that all citizens can enjoy luxurious art at a fair price.”

[Huh, that sounds like a good law?]

“Do you think it was even a law that made people buy 100 billion worth of rubbish with tax money?”

[…What is it?]

“The Cheonhwa Group regularly sold sculptures made by plating recycled materials to all universities nationwide under the pretext of the fixed art price system.”

[Who buys a heap of garbage at that price? If you have the money, donate it to the orphanage!]

“Unless, college students protested and went wild about it, but Chunhwa Group’s response was amazing.”

[What did he say?]

“Even if vulgar people who only know how to enjoy vulgar culture like pornography cheaply swear, a true cultural person would be willing to pay for art.”

[Aren’t you crazy?!]

“Surprisingly, these are the words of a master artist himself.”

Limon laughed.

Even though that happened, the Chunhwa group pushed the art fixed price system to the end.

Quite a few people supported such a fixed art price system.

It was because he believed in the claims of artists that if high-quality arts were sponsored, the number of outstanding talents would increase and the culture would develop.

In fact, more than 95% of the sponsorship money was taken by Chunhwa Group, and the rest was monopolized by a very small number of high-end artists who signed a contract with them.

Of course, cartoonists and idol commercial film directors were classified as low-level artists and earned less than 30% of their income.

Even so, the placenta was taken away by the tax on the fixed art price system, and they did not know that they were starving to death.

while so many years pass.

In the end, most artists quit art or went abroad.

The domestic art market has collapsed.

As a result, the Cheonhwa Group, which dominated the cultural industry, also went bankrupt and disbanded, and the art fixed price system disappeared.

Of course, Tiamat took the vacancy.

[…that such a thing really happened?]

“Yes.”

[No, are there any stupid things like that?]

It’s because it happened when I was very young.

Or maybe it’s because I grew up in an orphanage and was busy making a living, so I wasn’t interested in art.

Watching Yuna-kyung who is confused about the history she didn’t know at all.

Limon laughed.

“Wouldn’t it be smart to just do what’s happening here right now?”

[That’s right…]

“In the first place, they are not buying auction items to invest in or art pieces to impress.”

turn your head slowly

Looking at the auction house through a mask.

What stays with golden eyes is familiarity, not ridicule or contempt.

“It buys the pleasure of spending money and the satisfaction of knowing art.”

If you were at this auction house, most people would have their own social status and be that smart.

Those who spend billions on Hwang Cheol-seok’s nonsense.

Did they really not notice that Limon’s evaluation was more accurate than Hwang Cheol-seok’s?

It won’t be.

just ignoring

If they acknowledge Limon’s evaluation, they will have to accept the humiliation of not being aesthetically pleasing to them.

Just like those who participate in auctions to get the pleasure of showing off their wealth by making things more expensive rather than cheaper.

Of course, there might be a calculation that if there is a guarantee from the president of the Culture and Arts Association, it can be sold at a high price, whether real or fake.

‘The reason he hated singing for money was probably because he didn’t want to look like this.’

In the end, we couldn’t be friends.

However, he always called himself a partner.

A woman who was purer than anyone else when it came to music.

While laughing bitterly, comparing her to the people in front of her who are unable to be moved by art and do not listen to the truth even when they are told, struggling with desire.

Limon raised his eyebrows.

Now on the verge of resignation.

A bunny girl who only mechanically displays the next auction item when an auction item wins.

After she operated the button.

It was because he saw the new auction item on the stage.

“…Grandma, isn’t that the thing you really wanted to buy?”

“I hope so.”

“Damn it.”

Listen to Sir’s answer.

Limon let out a curse.

And Li Qingyu also erased his usual calm smile and opened his mouth in a serious voice.

“Honestly, this is a bit unexpected.”

It’s like there’s going to be an unusual auction item.

All of them were predicting when Shir, who did not go out of the studio at all, came directly to the auction house.

But the moment I finally saw the auction item that appeared.

They had to admit that they underestimated the weight of the legendary Archwitch named Sir.

“…I never thought that such a dangerous item would appear at the Midas Auction House.”