Lin Bowen stood up immediately, walked quickly to the side, and chatted quietly with a waiter in a teahouse. Lin Bowen was born with a golden key in his mouth. Lin Lang and his generation have endured the hard process of struggle. This kind of
Young people like him don't come often to teahouses.
If he hadn't brought Li Yang with him this time, he wouldn't have come in. He also knew nothing about the auction here.
A few minutes later, Lin Bowen came back gently. He was out for a short time, but he had already found out what happened.
"Mr. Li, it's like this. Someone sold an antique porcelain here more than a year ago. The person who bought the porcelain bought it at a very low price. It turned out that an expert found out that it was a real high-quality piece of Kangxi official kiln. I gave it to him as a gift.
I went to the auction company and sold more than one million Canadian dollars. The antique buyer was an old customer here. When he came back and told me about it, it immediately caused a sensation!"
Lin Bowen explained that more than one million Canadian dollars is equivalent to more than six million yuan. That person really made a big mistake.
While they were talking, the old man who brought the cart in lifted the blue cloth, revealing a blue porcelain jar with a single glaze and a blue color throughout. It looked very beautiful.
Lin Bowen also saw the jar and continued: "The owner of this shop is a smart man. After learning about the sensation, he immediately contacted the charity association. After that, antique auctions were held regularly in the teahouse. Once every ten days, every time
Auctioning an item does not guarantee the authenticity of the items auctioned. It all depends on personal luck and vision. There is no reserve price in the auction, the highest bidder wins, and all the income is used for charity!"
Lin Bowen finished speaking in one breath this time, and then took another sip of tea. He swallowed this high-end tea worth tens of thousands of yuan per pot, which made Mr. Mao secretly shake his head. This young man is also a
People who don’t know how to taste tea spoil good tea.
"This boss is really smart. No wonder there are so many people here at this time!"
Li Yang nodded slowly. When he first came in, he was a little strange. It was only around two o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, other teahouses could seat two or three tables, which was pretty good, but this place was basically full. It turned out that they were all
Came here for this auction.
Liu Jun's brows twitched and he asked softly: "All the income is used for charity, so how do they get their things?"
"I asked you this question just now. The items auctioned here are all donated by their boss and the charity association. After the auction, no matter how much the transaction is, the charity association will issue certificates to the fundraisers!" Lin Bowen raised his head and said hurriedly.
Liu Jun is just someone who follows Li Yang, but he can see that Liu Jun has a good relationship with Li Yang, and he will not neglect anyone around Li Yang.
At this time, Lin Bowen was also a little envious of Liu Jun. If he could have such a relationship with Li Yang, it would be a sure thing to take over the jewelry company.
"That's right, this boss is indeed very smart!"
Wang Jiajia said something and looked around. This method sounds very ordinary, but not many people can think of it. Especially this kind of charity auction can attract many, many people.
In China, sometimes ordinary things can fetch sky-high prices in charity auctions, let alone in Canada.
Canada is very different from China. There are no people like Guo Meimei or Lu Meimei here, and the supervision of charity funds here is also very complete.
In addition, some people in foreign countries like to do charity very much. The richer they are, the more they like it. It is a very honorable thing to get a certificate from the charity department after collecting donations. As long as people with a little family fortune hear such things, they generally won’t
reject.
It is very easy to ask them to take out one or two items that they usually don't care much about. Let alone once every ten days, there is no problem even if they auction it three times in ten days.
This boss obviously knows how to do business and knows that going too far is not enough. Once every ten days is more attractive to people. If they can come to the teahouse three times a month, then this is basically their main leisure place.
Li Yang and the others all understood this at this time and looked at the small blue jar with a smile.
“Why is this one gone?”
A person who was looking through the porcelain suddenly shouted, "The teahouse will not give any introduction to the items being auctioned here. If the fundraiser does not agree, they will not tell the name of the donor. Everything is left to everyone's guessing."
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Some people can't understand it at all, but some are experts. After the teahouse held such an auction, it attracted many local collectors. There have been incidents where they were asked to pick up the missing items, otherwise there would be no business here.
It will be so prosperous.
There have been more than one leaks. Just over three months ago, a European figure sculpture was auctioned here for 3,000 Canadian dollars. It was later verified that it was the work of a famous European medieval master and was worth at least 60,000 Canadian dollars.
Change to 60,000, which is equivalent to an increase of twenty times in value all of a sudden.
Sixty thousand doesn't sound like much, but the Canadian dollar is worth as much as the RMB. Sixty thousand Canadian dollars is almost equivalent to four hundred thousand RMB, which is not a small omission.
"This piece of porcelain should originally have a bottom deposit, but it seems to have been scratched off intentionally. Mr. Shangguan, would you like to take a look?"
A fat middle-aged man said something, and then looked up at an old man wearing casual clothes around him. This old man looked about six or seven years old, but his hair was black. He must have dyed his hair.
Mr. Shangguan picked up the porcelain and looked at it. An unnatural light flashed in his eyes, and he said softly: "Yes, this one was indeed erased on purpose!"
"If it's erased, who will erase the balance?"
The fat middle-aged man shouted in surprise. The old man who came in with the porcelain didn't say anything, but just watched everything with a smile.
Mr. Shangguan didn't speak either. He looked at the small blue jar and didn't know what he was thinking.
"Let me take a look!"
A harsh Chinese language rang out. After Li Yang came to Toronto, the people he met and heard were all in Chinese. He could also speak English, but Chinese still sounded more friendly.
The man who spoke blunt Chinese seemed to be less than thirty years old, about the same age as Lin Bowen. Lin Bowen frowned unnaturally when he saw him.
Li Can happened to notice Lin Bowen's expression and immediately asked: "Who is this person?"
"Mitsui Yui, Mitsui Yasu's son, he came earlier than Mitsui Yasu, more than a month ago. He is a very flamboyant person!"
Lin Bowen said softly, and then turned his head away, as if he didn't want Mitsui Yui to see him.
Lin Bowen has a really bad impression of Yui Mitsui. The Mitsui family is not small. Although Yasushi Mitsui is not a direct member of the Mitsui Consortium, it is still a good branch and controls a company with assets of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mitsui Yui visited Lin Lang after she came to Toronto, and it was Lin Bowen who hosted him at that time. After Mitsui Yui accidentally met Lin Bowen's sister, she went crazy to pursue her. Not to mention Lin Bowen, it was Lin Lang who
Everyone has some opinions.
He doesn't even look at who he is, a dandy who only knows how to spend money, and wants to eat swan meat, but he actually wants to chase his sister.
The most outrageous thing is that while pursuing his sister, this man actually hired prostitutes in the hotel for fun. Lin Bowu worked in the hotel, and his every move was under the control of the Lin family.
Lin Bowen could only feel disgusted with such people. If he hadn't been from the Mitsui family, Lin Bowen would have beaten this guy out of Canada.
Lin Bowen didn't say these words, and Li Can didn't ask. When he heard that he was Mitsui Yasushi's son, Li Can looked a little unhappy.
Mitsui Yasushi is now a public enemy in China. Fortunately, his son has appeared in Canada. If someone in China called out his identity, this guy would probably be beaten. His father doesn't even know him.
"Maalachite green, not bad, great stuff!"
Mitsui Yui suddenly shouted, and took the bottle and looked at it carefully. Li Can and Liu Jun were both stunned for a moment. This guy is not useless, at least he knows the true color of this piece of porcelain.
Li Yang also raised his head and happened to see Mr. Mao and Bai Ming looking at him. The three of them looked at each other with a smile on their lips.
"Where do young people come from? They know a lot!"
The black-haired old man named Shangguan glanced at Mitsui Yui in surprise and asked with a smile.
Mitsui Yui immediately lowered her head and said with a smile: "I am from Japan and a member of the Mitsui family. Hello, old gentleman!"
"Turns out he is a friend of Japan's Mitsui family, disrespectful, disrespectful!"
Mr. Shangguan hugged his fists and did not shake hands with Yui Mitsui. When he first spoke to the young man, his tone was quite good, but when he heard that he was Japanese, he immediately calmed down.
Several people around him laughed softly. The change in Mr. Shangguan's attitude was so obvious that anyone could see it.
The muscles on Mitsui Yui's face twitched, and she continued to smile, but a dark look flashed in her eyes.
There are a lot of Chinese in Canada, but many of them immigrated in recent decades, and some are Chinese immigrants from Southeast Asia. Many of these people's ancestors originally lived in China.
It has been 20 years since Mr. Shangguan immigrated to Canada, but before that he was a native of Nanjing. Many of his ancestors were killed during the Nanjing Massacre, which gave Mr. Shangguan an instinctive aversion to the Japanese.
Attitude. As soon as Mitsui Yui introduced herself, it would be strange for Mr. Shangguan not to change his attitude.
"The time is up, friends please return to your seats, our auction will begin immediately!"
The old man in the teahouse who came in first smiled and clapped his hands. The teahouse held a single-item auction. There was no time limit for the auction, but there was a limit on the time for viewing. There was only fifteen minutes for everyone to watch.
After that, it’s up to everyone to do their own thing.
There is no need to pay any deposit for the auction here, and all the people who come are acquaintances.
However, the teahouse is not worried about malicious bidding and non-payment. This is a charity event jointly organized with the charity department and is supported by the government. If someone does not pay, it will immediately leave a heavy negative record on personal credit.
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In Canada, personal credit is very important. With this stain, your loans, travel and various benefits will be affected, which is more serious than locking you up for a few days.
If a foreigner bids and fails to pay, he or she will have a bad credit record. All activities in Canada will be very restricted. If not, you may be asked to return home early. People with no credibility like this are not welcome here.
Everyone who was looking at the porcelain slowly walked back, and many tables were immediately filled with people. Those who sat down were talking and guessing in low voices, and those who were interested appraised the price in their minds and looked at it for a while.
How much does it cost to get this little jar?
"Mr. Shangguan, isn't this blue? Then why did the boy say it's malachite green?"
A questioning voice came from the table next to Li Yang and the others. Mr. Shangguan and the fat man who asked the question before were at that table, and it was the fat man who asked the question this time.
Bai Ming turned around and said with a smile: "Malachite green, also called peacock blue. In the eyes of ancient people, the greenest color is blue, and blue is also a symbol of nobility!"
Mr. Shangguan's eyes lit up slightly and he nodded slowly.
Mr. Shangguan doesn't know Bai Ming, and no one here knows him. Bai Ming and Mr. Mao are somewhat famous in China, but not here. Few people here watch these domestic TV programs and know their names.
Not much.
The fat man glanced at Bai Ming doubtfully, and then asked: "The best green is blue, Mr. Shangguan, is that true?"
Mr. Shangguan chuckled lightly and said: "There is indeed such a saying in ancient times. There is a sentence in Bai Juyi's poem: When spring comes, the water of the river is as green as blue. In the eyes of the ancients, blue is indeed nobler than green. From the Yuan and Song Dynasties, the ancients regarded blue
There is a high pursuit of color, and blue and white are produced because of dots!"
After saying that, Mr. Shangguan looked back at Bai Ming. Bai Ming smiled at him and turned back.
Mr. Shangguan knew a little bit, but what he said was a bit loud, and Bai Ming didn't agree with it. There is still debate about how blue and white came into being. It's okay to say that blue and white is related to the pursuit of blue by the ancients, but it's because of blue and white.
When this happens, it feels a bit decisive.
"I'll pay five hundred!"
Someone started to raise the price at the table next to him. The person who raised the price this time was a Canadian. In the eyes of Li Yang and others, he was a foreigner. The foreigner actually spoke Chinese. These people are used to speaking Chinese in Chinatown.
"Five hundred and five!"
As soon as the foreigner's voice fell, someone raised the price. The old man in the teahouse looked at the new bidder with a smile. This was also an old customer of the teahouse. He had also bought two auction items before. Whether he made money or not, he would not
People know.
"Five hundred and eighty!"
Someone shouted the price again, and the surrounding atmosphere slowly stirred up. There were people running over from outside. When they saw the auction started, they shook their heads with regret. You could bid if you came late, but I didn't look at anything carefully before.
Feeling unsure.
"Six hundred!"
This time the bidder turned out to be the fat man next to Mr. Shangguan. Li Yang and Mr. Mao looked at each other. Mr. Mao lowered his head and continued to taste this rare and good tea.
This malachite green glaze jar is indeed in good condition, but it is only an imitation from the Republic of China. It is an old thing. Unfortunately, it is too small and its value is not high.
This kind of jar costs 2,000 RMB. Someone offered 500 RMB for it, which is already over. Five hundred Canadian dollars is equivalent to more than 3,000 RMB.
It can also be said that from the beginning, these people were bidding with their money.
"Only six hundred for such a fine malachite green glaze jar is too little. I'll give you one thousand!"
Mitsui Yui suddenly shouted, and everyone around him looked at him. Mr. Shangguan even frowned.
"I'll pay you a thousand and two!"
Someone at Li Yang's table suddenly shouted. Li Yang and the others turned around and looked at Li Can in shock. This time it was Li Can who was bidding.
"Boss, it looks a bit like it came from the Naoguan kiln, maybe it's a fine product from Kangxi and Qianlong!"
Li Can whispered something, and Liu Jun looked back at the porcelain on the cart, his eyebrows twitched, but he didn't say anything.
Liu Jun had a different view on this piece of porcelain, but Li Can had already called out the price and it was hard for him to remind him.
Li Yang smiled and shook his head without saying anything. Li Can's heart immediately cooled down. He had great trust in Li Yang's skills. Li Yang's attitude clearly meant that he was not optimistic about this piece of porcelain.
One thousand and two Canadian dollars, less than 10,000 yuan, is not much. If no one wants it, he will just pay the tuition once.
"One thousand and five!" Mitsui Yui shouted again, and Li Can immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It would be great if the enemy came forward. This time he finally didn't have to suffer any losses.
"From the Republic of China!"
Liu Jun leaned over, whispered something in Li Can's ear, and immediately pulled his head back after speaking.
Li Yang looked at Li Can with a smile. Li Can was indeed not as good as Liu Jun. The characteristics of this replica of the Republic of China were not very obvious, but it had appeared many times in China. Anyone who has really studied it can see it. problem, at least Liu Jun saw the problem.
"Understood!"
Li Can whispered back, knowing that it was the Republic of China, he would not be so stupid to follow the bidding. At this time, Li Can also watched with interest as Yui Mitsui raised the price and competed for this replica.
"two thousand!"
This time it was Yui Mitsui who raised the price. After the 1500, several people raised the price. The more people who raised the price, the more intense the competition would be.
After Mitsui Yui called out the price of two thousand, the scene was quiet for a while, and Mitsui Yui's face showed a little pride.
"Three thousand!"
A faint voice rang out, and everyone immediately turned their eyes and looked at the bidder in surprise.
The bidder this time was actually Mr. Shangguan, and he directly added a thousand Canadian dollars this time, which was higher than any previous increase.
Seeing Mr. Shangguan's increase in price, the chatter among the people around him became louder. These people didn't know Li Yang, but they all knew Mr. Shangguan. Mr. Shangguan was also a well-known expert in the teahouse, otherwise the fat man just now would also I won't ask him anymore.
Mr. Shangguan increased the price by one thousand, which proved that he was very optimistic about this piece of porcelain, and some people's minds started to move again.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Mr. Shangguan deliberately put more pressure on this young Japanese man. After all, everyone just saw that Mr. Shangguan was very disliked by this young Japanese man.
"Five thousand!"
Mitsui Yui yelled, with a slight irritation on his face. Mitsui Yui's level is not as good as Li Can, but he has been exposed to a lot of these things and has a good understanding of basic common sense. At this time, he is very optimistic about this jar.
It’s five thousand Canadian dollars. Someone called it five hundred at first, but now it has become five thousand, which has increased tenfold.
This kind of increase is rare in auction companies. There are quite a few crazy people in this small tea house.
Li Yang took a sip of tea and shook his head slightly. Five thousand Canadian dollars is more than thirty thousand yuan, which is not much at first, but whoever buys it will pay as much as you add.
Mr. Shangguan's face didn't look good at this time. Mitsui Yui had just glanced at him provocatively, which made Mr. Shangguan very angry.
"Six thousand!"
The person bidding this time was the fat man from before. He saw that Mr. Shangguan was a little angry, but he still wanted to follow the bidding, so he hurriedly shouted out first.
He and Mr. Shangguan are friends, and he has already seen that Mr. Shangguan is very optimistic about this jar.
If Mr. Shangguan raises the price, he will never get away with it if he fights for face, but it will be no problem if he fights with this little Japanese. At this time, the fat man is also thinking about his little ninety-nine.
Many times, friends cannot be trusted in the face of interests, and fat men are also an example.
"I'll give you ten thousand!"
As soon as the fat man shouted out, Mitsui Yui yelled again. Many people around him were stunned for a moment. Ten thousand Canadian dollars is not an impressive figure in a big auction company, but this is a teahouse, just an ordinary charity auction.
, it is not easy to spend 10,000 Canadian dollars.
Many people began to lower their heads and wonder if this thing was really a treasure, that's why they fought so hard for it.
"Twenty thousand!"
A faint voice rang out, and Mr. Mao, who was drinking tea, suddenly froze there, holding the tea and looking at Li Yang in surprise.
Li Can, Liu Jun and Bai Ming also turned around, all with expressions of disbelief.
This time the bidder turned out to be Li Yang, and Li Yang directly added 10,000 Canadian dollars, doubling the original price.
"Boss, you are crazy!"
Li Can hurriedly came over and asked in a low voice. Li Yang's look just now told him that Li Yang knew that this thing was not a real good treasure.
"fine!"
Li Yang shook his head, Mr. Shangguan's face became uncertain, and Mitsui Yui's face was gloomy, staring straight at Li Yang.
Twenty thousand Canadian dollars is about the same as twenty thousand U.S. dollars. You can buy a pretty good old thing anywhere.
"Thirty thousand!"
In less than a minute, Mitsui Yui shouted out a new price. Mr. Shangguan’s brows furrowed even deeper, and some people around him who wanted to compete also gave up.
The income in Canada is high, but the average person only earns 30,000 Canadian dollars per year. They would not be so stupid to take a year's salary to compete for something they cannot see through.
This is just an ordinary Chinatown teahouse, and there aren't many people with high salaries here.
"fifty thousand!"
As soon as Mitsui Yui finished speaking, Li Yang's voice appeared again. Mitsui Yui stood up suddenly and looked at Li Yang angrily.
Bai Ming and Mao Lao both frowned. 50,000 Canadian dollars, more than 300,000 yuan, to buy something worth only 2,000 yuan. No matter how rich Li Yang is, he can't be so defeated.
"Fifty thousand, if you can't afford it, don't fight. Even if you lose, I'll treat it as charity!"
Li Yang looked at Mitsui Yui and said with a smile. This sentence was obviously provocative. Mitsui Yui was slightly stunned and her face turned red instantly.
"One hundred thousand, I will pay one hundred thousand!"
Mitsui Yui almost gritted her teeth and screamed again. One hundred thousand Canadian dollars was a big burden on him. He was not Mitsui Yasu, and he had more funds at his disposal.
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