The excitement over what had happened and what was to come pervaded the auction house, and, maybe because of it, the guests settled down more quickly than before.
Li Gang, after giving another polite bow to Appraiser Chen Yu, turned, walked back to the podium, and faced the crowd, but not before gesturing to another staff member who, as though having expected the summons, immediately walked over with a red-orange thin rectangular box, which he graciously handed over to Li Gang.
The box was about thirty centimeters in length and four centimeters in width.
Now much more composed than he had been earlier when Appraiser Chen Yu brought out the blue leaf, Li Gang smiled at the crowd as he gently and vertically slid down the lid of the box with his fingers, opening it and revealing its contents.
