"Mr. Zhuang, how was the dispute between you and the auction house resolved?"
"Mr. Zhuang, I am a reporter from France Soir. Can I briefly interview you?"
"Hey, buddy, tell me, are you soft?"
When it was time to eat at noon, Zhuang Rui and others were immediately surrounded by dedicated reporters as soon as they came out of the conference room. What happened today was excellent news material. No matter which country the reporters were from, they all wanted to get the first news.
First-hand information.
"Sorry, no comment..."
Taking advantage of others, now that we have reached an agreement with the auction house, it is best not to do this to add insult to injury. Moreover, when Zhuang Rui went through the auction transaction procedures before, someone specially told him, and Zhuang Rui also nodded in approval.
.
"Sir, may I ask what happened inside just now?"
"Did the auction house apologize to Mr. Zhuang?"
"Ma'am, please stay..."
When the reporters saw that Zhuang Rui was unwilling to cooperate, they immediately pointed the microphone at other people. Anyway, as long as they could get the content of the conversation between Zhuang Rui and others just now, it was not very important whether the person involved said it or not.
"Sorry, no comment..."
"I'm sorry, you'd better ask the person involved about this matter..."
"Please give way, please give way..."
However, these Chinese economists from home and abroad are obviously experienced veterans, and each one is more skilled than the last in dealing with reporters. From the door of the conference room to the restaurant, no one leaked anything.
All reporters were disappointed.
When they arrived at the restaurant, the reporters were stopped again. Since the restaurant was completely booked by the auction house at noon, these reporters could not enter. They could only wait outside and poke their heads in. Zhuang Rui was stunned.
Shake his head.
Qin Xuanbing sat next to Zhuang Rui, poked Zhuang Rui with her hand, and said, "Husband, should we give this to them?"
"What is this?" Zhuang Rui asked a little confused.
"It's a home DV player. I just took a picture of the two people apologizing..."
Qin Xuanbing opened a corner of her bag, and what was revealed inside shocked Zhuang Rui. No wonder Qin Xuanbing wasn't standing next to her in the conference room just now, so she dared to take pictures of this thing?
"Put it away quickly, no one will see it?"
Zhuang Rui quickly zipped up Qin Xuan's Bingkun bag. It was not easy to publicize this matter. Otherwise, in the future, this auction house, together with other auction houses, would really turn itself into a street rat in the international auction world, and everyone would scream.
Seeing Zhuang Rui's appearance, Qin Xuanbing replied strangely: "Of course no one else saw it, but...why are you so careful?"
"Hey, aunt, I have already agreed to their settlement. If I take this thing out again, it will be like slapping someone in the face. If that happens, I will never even think about entering the auction house again..."
When Zhuang Rui said this, he didn't know that he was now on the auction house's blacklist. I'm afraid this is his first and last time to participate in an auction organized by this auction house.
"We can send it to some media, and we don't have to come forward ourselves. Who knows who took the photo..."
Qin Xuanbing rolled her eyes and gave Zhuang Rui an idea.
"This... it's not impossible. We can wait until we leave France. Otherwise, we will still be an important suspect..."
Zhuang Rui nodded and agreed. With Qin Xuanbing's inspiration, Zhuang Rui thought it would be good to upload this thing directly to the Internet, but he had to mosaic his face. Zhuang Rui didn't want to be a star.
After eating at noon, everyone rested for a while, and at the urging of the auction house staff, they returned to the auction hall.
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"Gentlemen, ladies, distinguished guests, dear friends, due to some small misunderstandings in communication in the morning, the auction was interrupted. Now the auction continues. The following items are... A large blue and white plate from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty in China.
…”
Standing on the auction stage, Jefferson's face was obviously not as energetic as in the morning. Due to his deliberate revenge, the auction house suffered heavy losses. At noon, Richard sprayed a lot of spit on his face.
At this time, Richard's presiding was quite satisfactory, and he did not dare to go any further.
"Friends, you can first look at the color page in your hand. This large blue and white plate is 38.5 centimeters in diameter. It has pure glaze color and thick coating. The blue and white color is righteous but not evil. The base model was made during the Kangxi period. It has been appraised by many experts.
, this large blue and white plate should belong to the porcelain of the official kiln of the Qing court...
This is the first time that such a large piece of porcelain has appeared at an international auction. The base price is 500,000 euros. This is a rare opportunity. I invite all my friends to bid..."
After some advocacy, Jefferson reported the bottom price of the Kangxi blue and white porcelain. This porcelain was also one of the fine products of the auction. In order to restore the impact of the morning, he specially brought it to the front for the auction.
"Seven hundred thousand……"
"Six hundred thousand……"
"Five hundred and fifty thousand..."
Just when Jefferson finished speaking, four or five voices suddenly sounded at the same time, which startled Jefferson. Although this thing is supposed to be popular, but still based on his experience, it will be ignored for dozens of seconds.
It took a minute for someone to bid. It was so fast and so many people were bidding at the same time, which made Jefferson a little uncomfortable.
"Buyer No. 87 bid 700,000 euros, which suddenly raised the price of this piece of porcelain to 200,000 euros. It seems that the competition for this piece of porcelain will be very fierce..."
However, the name "White Glove" auctioneer did not come for nothing. Jefferson was able to identify the person with the highest bid immediately. Although he felt a little strange, Jefferson was still very happy.
The competition was so fierce from the beginning, and Jefferson had every reason to believe that the final transaction price of this piece of porcelain would definitely be higher than the Castiglione oil painting that Zhuang Rui had photographed earlier.
"Mr. Zhao is so lucky..."
"Oh, why didn't I think of starting to raise the price?"
"Yes, Lao Zhao is really cunning, but it's still a matter of debate whether the auction house is willing to sell this porcelain for 700,000 euros..."
The people who were bidding just now did not raise their hands to bid again after Jefferson finished speaking, but started talking in low voices.
Mr. Zhao, who bid 700,000 euros, was naturally beaming at this moment. Although he might only get this one item during his visit, the value of this piece of porcelain is far more than 700,000 euros. Such a large blue and white plate.
, as Jefferson said, it is extremely rare. If it is brought to China, there will probably be people willing to buy it for 20 million RMB.
Thirty seconds passed...
A minute passed...
Two minutes have passed...
Standing on the auction stage, Jefferson's face gradually became a little ugly. He didn't know why, for a mere asking price of 700,000 euros, no one raised the price. This made the experienced Jefferson feel
Something is wrong.
"This is the first time for 700,000 euros. This large blue and white plate from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, even if it is not unique, is rare in the world. Friends who are interested should seize the time to bid. It is a rare opportunity..."
The auction hammer in Jefferson's hand hit the table hard, and the very seductive words came out of his mouth for free. However, even though he spoke eloquently, the audience remained quiet, except for Mr. Zhao who made the bid.
Apart from that, no one responded.
"Dear friends, the price of this piece of Kangxi porcelain in the international auction market is at least about 1 million euros. Maybe if you make another bid, this piece of porcelain will belong to you. Please bid enthusiastically. After that,
There is no such store in this village..."
The clothes on Jefferson's back were completely wet with cold sweat at this moment. He had presided over so many auctions, and he was no stranger to the situation in front of him. This was the scene that the auctioneer feared the most, the buyers "getting involved".
Sure enough, the reaction of everyone below confirmed Jefferson's idea. Just when he said in Chinese, "There is no such shop after passing this village." There was still no one in the audience to quote. The current price of this piece of porcelain is,
Still 700,000 euros.
Time passed by second by second, and the cold sweat on Jefferson's forehead was dripping down his neck and into his clothes. For some reason, those foreign artists who were interested in Chinese art did not pay attention to this porcelain.
In this case, even Jefferson was helpless.
"Hey, Mr. Jefferson, as the owner of "White Gloves", you shouldn't make such a stupid mistake. Five minutes have passed since the first hammering. Do you want to wait until the auction is over?
?”
Under Jefferson's tireless urging, more than five minutes passed quickly. However, except for the first bidder, Mr. Zhao, no second person bid. Finally, Mr. Zhao became impatient.
Just stand up and accuse Jefferson.
"I really don't have any friends bidding anymore..."
After Jefferson asked again unwillingly, he knocked the auction hammer twice and said: "Congratulations to buyer No. 87, you successfully bought this large blue and white plate from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty in China for a price of 700,000 euros."
,congratulations again..."
Although he said congratulations, there was no smile on Jefferson's face at all. He knew that he had encountered the situation that the auctioneer was most afraid of, which was that buyers joined together to boycott the auction house.
This kind of situation is generally extremely rare in large auctions, because buyers come from all over the world, and it is difficult to unanimously agree. But today, for some unknown reason, they were able to connect successfully.
It's not like Jefferson has never thought about asking the auction house to raise the price, but he didn't dare, because if the buyers in the audience are really connected together, then the consequences of letting the agent take action will be that the item will end up
Received by auction house.
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