Chapter 452: A Dead Horse Becomes a Living Horse Doctor
"Boss Chang, won't this piece of bidding be auctioned for a while?"
Chen Ran was a little puzzled. He was certainly not stupid. Since Fatty Chang said this, it was obvious that after auctioning these three pieces of warmed-up wool, he was not going to auction the top bid immediately. It was just that the real owner of the auction was not the one owned by the venture capital company.
Is this the best bidder? Why not auction this first bid immediately after a few pieces of wool have been auctioned in advance?
While wondering, Chen Ran couldn't help but sigh. Although he still didn't know what was going on, it could be seen from this incident that his foundation was still too shallow. People in the industry like Chang Fatty wouldn't talk about it.
I'm afraid that as long as there is a slight disturbance in the industry, he will know it immediately. Not to mention Fatty Chang, just that laymen like Zhu Feng and Wu Laosan are obviously much better informed than an insider like him. If he hadn't come here to
Zhu Feng, I'm afraid he doesn't even know that there is a wool exhibition here. At their level, it doesn't matter anymore. Once the name comes out, as long as the other party is not stupid, it does matter. He is different.
Now, once he reports his name, probably not many people will care.
In Tengchong, he only has Zhao Guosheng's relationship now, and Xiao Jun has Jiuye's relationship across them. In fact, this is only a line, but he can't bother the other party with everything.
Of course, Chen Ran didn't think much about it. The food must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step. Rome was not built in a day, nor did big trees grow in a day.
"Haha, brother Chen, this bidding piece is a piece of secret auction wool. It has been placed here for five days. Every day at three o'clock in the afternoon, three pieces of wool will be taken out to warm up. The bidding time is five days, and the deadline is
The time is exactly ten o'clock tomorrow morning, half an hour after the bidding time ends, that is, the bidding will open at 10:30, so you still have more than ten hours..."
Chen Ran's words made Fatty Chang stunned for a moment, and then he quickly explained to Chen Ran.
After listening to Fatty Chang's explanation, Chen Ran finally understood what was going on. It was a secret auction.
Thinking about it, Chen Ran felt relieved. A direct auction of woolen materials at this level would probably only result in a failed sale, because 300 million yuan would make anyone calm down, and the atmosphere of the live auction would not be effective at all. I think everyone
The buyers in the auction both want to bid but are afraid to bid, and the majority of them are afraid to bid. The time between hesitating and making a decision is obviously not just a short while, and the live auction will naturally end before a decision is made.
So I gave up with peace of mind. Hidden shooting was undoubtedly different. One look at the performance of this piece makes you think more carefully about taking the photo. The more you look at it, the more you can't help but want to gamble it back.
Chen Ran guessed it right. Since the Burmese jadeite public sale was brought back to the country at the end of March, the venture capital company has started to auction this piece of jade, and it has been a sensation for about two months.
, it was finally auctioned on-site at the Kunming Jewelry Fair in Yunnan at the end of May. At that time, the wool materials used in the auction were only used for warm-up, which amounted to more than ten yuan, and they were all high-end wool materials. You must know that high-end wool materials are becoming increasingly rare, and hoarding
Woolen materials companies are all about getting in but not getting out. Having high-end woolen materials means the right to speak. Taking out more than a dozen pieces of woolen materials to warm up can be regarded as investing a lot of money for this high-end product. But what is surprising is that this high-end product is the best.
In the end, the shoot was rejected.
Is the failed auction due to the poor performance of this piece of jadeite? Of course not. You must know that the venture capital company also fought a bloody road to win the bid for this piece of jadeite in the Myanmar Jade Public Offering.
After the auction failed, the venture capital company also summed up the reasons. In fact, the main reason was that the venture capital company made a big splash during the Myanmar Jade Public Offering, and outran the rival company from a distance while competing for resources.
Being left behind made the decision-maker of this venture capital company feel a little complacent for a while. His self-confidence was so high that he designed such a wrong auction plan. As a result, he was disgraced. I won't go into the details here.
, this is a war between capital giants, Chen Ran cannot participate now, maybe he will participate in their capital war in the future.
Fortunately, the venture capital company changed its auction strategy in time. It happened to be the annual jade event in Tengchong, so it chose this time to transport the king piece to Tengchong and auction it off through a secret auction.
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Knowing that the auction for this piece of gold had started a few days ago, Chen Ran was a little regretful that he had not discovered it earlier, but he was relieved. Anyway, at least time was not so tight. If the three pieces were auctioned,
For wool materials, just auction this piece of bidding directly. It is really a bit of a stretch to raise 300 million in such a short period of time.
Since the bidding ends at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, Chen Ran was not in a hurry, so he didn't go to Zhu Feng and went to the hotel lobby with Chang Fatty to ask for a private room.
"Brother Chen, to tell you the truth, I have also taken a fancy to this top bid. It's a pity that my company's liquidity is a bit tight during this period and I don't dare to participate. As far as I know, this top bid has at least already
Two buyers submitted bids. One is Lao Phoenix, the largest jewelry company in the country. I can’t guess exactly how much Lao Phoenix invested, but in my estimation, it will not exceed 290 million at most.
All the way was a bid jointly made by five or six domestic jewelry companies. For example, Yuyuan in our province participated, and they also invited me to participate. Based on the details they revealed to me, I feel that the money they invested should be in
Between 280 million and 290 million, the bids of the two groups of buyers are not much different. Of course, I don’t know the exact amount. I am sure that these two groups of buyers have already bid.
There are a few that have taken a fancy but haven't bid yet. It's not clear whether they will bid or not. No one can say until the last step." After sitting down in the private room and paying the waiter away, Chang Fatty asked Chen
Ran started to make plans. Of course, he only provided Chen Ran with a reference price. Naturally, he would not vouch for such a thing.
Although the information provided by Fatty Chang was of little value, it also gave Chen Ran a rough idea. First of all, although there were many people interested in this piece of material, there should not be many who really dare to take action and have the capital to do so. Only
Only large jewelry companies like Lao Phoenix have the capital and courage to take action, and retail investors join forces to join forces. Companies like Yuyuan find several jewelry companies to jointly take action, sharing less funds and taking less risks.
In fact, in the stone gambling industry, partnership is the main theme. Most stone gambling is a combination of several companies. Individual stone gambling is a partnership between relatives and friends. The larger one is a combination of jewelry companies. This is mainly because
Nowadays, the price of high-end wool is soaring, and it is difficult for one person to have enough funds. Furthermore, when participating in the jade public sale, the wool you are interested in is definitely not just one or two pieces. There are many, but the funds are limited.
You can pool the funds together. After all, as investors enter this industry now, it is too difficult to grab goods from them. The last thing these investors are afraid of is to pay, because they are going to speculate anyway.
"Boss Chang, what do you want from me?"
After Chen Ran heard this, he thought about it for a while, then put it aside for the time being, and asked what Fatty Chang wanted to do with him. He was also surprised that Fatty Chang wanted to do something with him.
"Brother Chen, don't call me boss. It sounds awkward. Just call me Lao Chang or Fatty Chang." Fatty Chang chuckled and waved his hands. At this time, he already regarded Chen Ran as a wealthy young man.
Naturally, I won't let go of this opportunity to build relationships.
"Then I'll call you Brother Chang." Chen Ran doesn't mind making friends with Fatty Chang. Anyway, it's not wrong to have good dealings with people in the industry like Fatty Chang.
"Okay, okay, brother, to tell you the truth, I really have something to do with you, brother. It's like this..." Fatty Chang was obviously very satisfied with Chen Ran's title. He nodded happily. After agreeing, he went with Chen Ran.
Ran talked about what he wanted to do with Chen Ran.
It turns out that Fatty Chang's search for Chen Ran was related to jade carving. Fatty Chang had a big customer. The so-called big customers are those rich second-generation officials and second-generation rich. Jade dealers like them all have this kind of thing.
customers, which is the sales channel for high-end jade.
This big customer approached Fatty Chang and asked Fatty Chang to help carve a piece of jade. This piece of jade must be exactly the same as the other piece of jade without any difference. This is because the two pieces of jade are a pair.
, it was the engagement item of this big customer two years ago but it disappeared. The engagement of this big customer was made by the woman’s grandfather and the big customer’s grandfather, but the woman’s grandfather passed away not long ago, and the woman’s
Her parents looked down on this big client and were a little reluctant when they got engaged. So after the woman's grandfather passed away, the woman's parents wanted to regret the engagement. They also heard that he had lost the engagement jade pendant, so they took this
Make it difficult for him to get up.
This big customer had a deep relationship with the woman and did not want to give up, nor did he want the woman to be embarrassed, so he ran around, hoping to carve the same jade article again, but because this jade article was carved by the woman's grandfather himself, and the woman
Although my grandfather is not well-known in the jade carving world and is not a professional in this field, he has a unique family tradition of carving jade. The jade pendants he carves also have their own unique artistic conception and temperament. Even if others imitate them, they will not use them at all.
Whether the carvings are the same or different, you can tell the difference just by looking at the artistic conception.
This big customer also wanted to beg Fatty Chang. It happened that Fatty Chang also wanted to beg this big customer, so he was very concerned about this matter, but none of the jade carvers in his company could carve it.
, not to mention that the imitation is exactly the same, but the artistic conception cannot be carved by ordinary jade carvers.
Fatty Chang's jewelry store is also a time-honored one, and the older generation in the family also has some connections. Among them, Mr. Lu and the elders in his family have been close friends for generations. Mr. Lu is the one who opened the stone carving workshop. Don't look at this Mr. Lu who doesn't show off.
He is not as good as the mountains, but he is a national-level jade carver, that is, a fifth-level jade carver.
Fatty Chang was familiar with the carving skills of this jade carving master. Although the big customer had visited several fifth-level jade carving masters with no results, he was still convinced of Mr. Lu's carving skills, so he thought about visiting him.
He begged Mr. Lu to take action, but what disappointed him was that Mr. Lu had "washed his hands in a golden basin" a few years ago and never cared about jade again. He didn't agree not to tell him, and he didn't give him a good look. He was desperate and at that time
Well, I happened to see Chen Ran, and I suddenly thought of Chen Ran. After all, the eight-knife dividing wave carving method is still very famous. This is why Chen Ran was so enthusiastic at that time.
Although I thought about it later, this was a bit unreliable. Even the older generation of jade carvers couldn't carve it. How could a young boy like Chen Ran be able to carve it? But after thinking about it, there was no other way. Why not let Chen Ran give it a try?
It was a dead horse being treated as a live doctor, so it was time to ask Chen Ran for help.
Of course, when Fatty Chang talked to Chen Ran, he would not say that he was treating a dead horse as a living horse.
After Chen Ran heard this, he realized what was going on. Mr. Lu was a fifth-level jade carver, but he was surprised. Although he had practiced the eight-knife wave-dividing carving method, he was surprised.
But to be honest, I am not arrogant enough to think that my carving skills using the eight-knife dividing wave carving method can compare with those of the older generation of fifth-level jade carvers. Carving is a technical job, and you must not only have skills, but also
He also needs experience. Experience is not only the experience of carving, but also the experience of life, that is, the perception of life. He has the skills now, but lacks experience. He can never learn that kind of perception from the older generation.
Of course, he also has his own style. He has the mentality of a young man. Although he is mature, he is not old-fashioned. Naturally, he will not want to imitate the old-fashioned attitude of the elderly.
Hearing Fatty Chang say that the big customer had visited several fifth-level jade carvers but with no results, Chen Ran didn't dare to confirm it. To be honest, he was quite curious as to what kind of jade pendant this was.
It would make so many jade carvers helpless, so after thinking about it, he said to Fatty Chang: "Brother Chang, please take out that jade pendant first and let me see it."
"Okay, no problem." After hearing Chen Ran's words, although Fatty Chang didn't have much hope for Chen Ran, he turned around without saying anything and asked the secretary sitting next to him to come over. He opened his wallet and took out a brocade box and placed it on Chen Ran.
