Shen Wanjun took a sip of tea and continued to talk to Xue Chen and Wang Dong about the various counterfeiting methods of chicken blood stone.
"In addition to mixed beads, there are also spliced ​​stones, which are made by breaking some low-quality soapstones into pieces and selecting some of the fragments to use glue to bond them. This kind of counterfeiting technology has high and low levels, and those with rough skills can easily make it at a higher cost. You can see the traces of splicing, and what the masters do is often fake and real, very realistic."
Next, Shen Wanjun talked about other counterfeiting methods, such as artificial processing of low-quality soapstone, low-quality methods such as painting with red paint, and high-end methods of filling with cinnabar, which is mercury sulfide, which is very bad. distinguish.
What's more, chemical materials are directly used to synthesize chicken bloodstone. It looks like bloodstone from the outside and even feels very realistic, but once it is polished, the original shape will be revealed.
While the four of them were drinking tea and admiring the stones, other people came one after another. As soon as they entered the door, they were all attracted by the aniseed piece of soapstone placed in the middle of the lobby.
Soon, the reception room on the second floor was filled with guests. There were more than a dozen people sitting down, and they were all familiar with each other. After all, the antique circle in Haicheng City was so big. They were all very familiar to each other.
The dozen pieces of chicken blood stone brought back were also passed back and forth between a pair of hands. Everyone would hold it in their hands and play with it carefully, and the Dahongpao and Liu Guanzhang were naturally the most sought after.
Seeing that many people had come, Xue Chen explained something directly and spoke with a smile.
"These chicken-blood stones were brought back by Dongzi and I from the chicken-blood stone trade fair in Hualin City a few days ago. The picture has an auspicious meaning. They are booming. Everyone here is also a friend. Which one did you like? Just ask, it must be as a friend."
He then explained that each person is limited to purchasing one piece.
"But I don't plan to sell the piece of Liu Guanzhang. As for the Dahongpao, I'm going to cut the material for the seal. I took a look and found that I can easily cut out seven seals. Except for me and Wang Dong, one of them will be left. If you like one, you can wait until you cut it and take one away. Similarly, you can only buy one seal, and if you buy the seal, you can't buy other soapstones."
After hearing what Xue Chen said, everyone present began to quickly look and choose. Shen Wanjun was the first to speak.
"Xiaochen, I don't want the bloodstone anymore. After you cut the Dahongpao into pieces, leave me a seal material."
"No problem, Uncle Shen, I've written it down."
Soon, Yan Ruxing, Cai Yuanming, Qi Hu, and Xiao Kun also selected their favorite soapstones. Some wanted seal materials, while others wanted to get a piece of soapstone as an ornament.
A dozen pieces of soapstone, plus the five extra seal materials, were enough for everyone to pick one. Soon, the seal materials were all owned, and after ten minutes, most of the chicken blood stones were also available. Owner.
When asking about the price, Xue Chen also gave a very favorable price, which can even be said to be low, basically 30% off the market price!
The 30% discount may not seem like a big discount, but compared to the original price of hundreds of thousands or millions, the 30% discount is a discount of hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
Seeing that the price Xue Chen wanted was so low, everyone felt that it was indeed a friend's price, and it was quite interesting.
When all the chicken-blood stones were in hand, everyone could not sit still. After remitting the money, they all stood up and said goodbye with the chicken-blood stones in their hands. Before leaving, they all agreed to meet Xue Chen and Wang Dong for dinner and tea someday.
Agreed.
The news that Xue Chen sold a batch of very good quality chicken blood stones to his friends at a low price spread out that day, and the profit was hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands. This made some people secretly have some thoughts in their hearts, thinking that Xue Chen was really
It's funny, I'm really lucky to have such a friend. People who had a normal relationship with Xue Chen in the past have also made up their mind to communicate more in the future.
How many people are thinking that to make friends, you have to make friends like this.
Many collectors who love chicken bloodstone have also come to ask if there are more chicken blood stone materials.
After selling and giving away more than half of the ingredients that day, there were only six pieces of ingredients left in the store, five pieces of ordinary soapstone ingredients, and the one placed in the lobby on the first floor. Five pieces of ordinary ingredients were gone.
It sold out within three days!
After Hualin and his party had basically sold out all the materials they brought back, Wang Dong sat on his boss's chair and picked up a calculator, intending to start calculating the income from this trip. However, after picking up the calculator, he was stunned for a moment.
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"Speaking of which, we only spent 8.02 million on the chicken blood stone material this time. The rest were obtained from that Guo Tianfei. Excluding the large piece of material on the first floor, it can be said that we will do it this time.
It’s a no-cost business, and all the money sold is a net profit!”
"That's it." Xue Chen said.
Picking up the account book beside him, Wang Dong began to count: "Two hundred and five, plus two hundred and five, plus two hundred and five..."
The Dahongpao Soapstone also had a professional carving master cut it carefully yesterday. Just as Xue Chen expected, a total of seven seal materials were thrown out. Now the price of a Dahongpao Soapstone seal material is 3.5 million.
Around 2.5 million based on a 30% discount.
Xue Chen and Wang Dong each kept one, and the rest were sold to the high-profile friends around them. Although the profit of making seals was not as good as making ornaments, even the stone carving master they found felt a pity.
, advised him that it would be better to keep it as a decoration, but he still insisted on cutting it.
First, to satisfy Wang Dong's inner thoughts, and then to divide it into seals so that more friends can share it. In addition, he left a "Liu Guan Zhang" material and left this sculpture.
He was very satisfied with it after collecting it as an ornament.
Five of the 2.5 million stamps were sold, and the profit reached 12.5 million.
"Eighty-eighty-eighty thousand, plus seventy-two thousand, plus three hundred and fifty thousand, plus sixty-four thousand..." Wang Dong then calculated the amount of money sold for more than a dozen pieces of chicken blood stone material of high to medium quality.
"I've done the math, the total is..."
"Two thousand and two hundred thousand." Xue Chen said.
Wang Dong looked at Xue Chen, blinked his eyes, and said in surprise: "Old Xue, you are good at counting. Yes, this is the number."
Looking at the number on the calculator, Wang Dong scratched his head again, smacked his lips and said, "This is still sold at the 70% price you said. If it were based on the original price, it should be 30 million, right?"
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Thinking of the 10 million yuan in profit this time, Wang Dong felt as if he had had a very unrealistic dream. You know, the total net profit of this excellent antique store last year was just over 10 million.
That’s all, this concession gives up a year’s income?
"You can't make enough money." Xue Chen leaned on the sofa, squinted his eyes, and said in a casual tone.
Seeing what Xue Chen said, Wang Dong stopped thinking about it. There was only one thought in his mind, that is, what Xue Chen did was definitely not wrong. He now obeys Xue Chen's advice and has no objections.
Let’s just say what did Hualin and his party do this time? He didn’t do anything at all. He just followed them and wandered around. They went there for three days as if they were just having fun. Basically, they neither used their energy nor their brains.
Precisely because of this, how could he have the nerve to put the proceeds from these bloodstones into the antique shop's account? So he proposed that Xue Chen should take 80%, and he taking 20% ​​would be considered a big advantage.
But Xue Chen just waved his hand and said it was not necessary. All the proceeds were put into the antique shop's account, and only "Liu Guanzhang" took it back to play with himself.
After calculating the profits he had already received, Wang Dong asked what to do with the big piece in the lobby on the first floor.
"I think there will definitely be many buyers interested in it. Just put a price on it and whoever likes it will take it away," Xue Chen said.
"What's the price?" Wang Dong asked.
"Well, let's just say 30 million, fixed price." Xue Chen thought about it for a while, and found that the price was within a reasonable range and had a lot of room for appreciation. It would be too easy to sell it.
But after a while, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly told Wang Dong not to sell this piece of chicken blood stone for the time being, as he had other uses.
He suddenly remembered something Xia Yike said to him during the Chinese New Year, saying that he planned to hold a spring auction and strive to make this spring auction bigger. This piece of chicken blood stone can be auctioned at the auction. It's a win-win situation.
Rhythm.
Not only can it be sold at a high price, but it can also help raise the quality of the auction items held by Yunteng Company to a higher level. How much attention can such an aniseed piece of 30 million chicken blood stone attract? It is difficult to estimate.
That same day, he called Xia Yike and told her about the incident.
"Soapstone aniseed? The market price is 30 million?" Xia Yike asked in surprise with a hint of joy.
"Thirty million is just an estimate. If it goes to auction, the price will rise a lot. I estimate that the hammer price will be around 35 million." Xue Chen said.
"Okay, then it's settled!" Xia Yike said happily, what is the most important thing for the success of the auction? Of course, whether the auction items are attractive enough and whether they can attract enough customers to bid for them
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Yunteng Auction Company has been established for more than half a year, and during this period, it has held two auctions in autumn and winter. The scale was average, but it was still successful. Of course, there is still a lot of gap between it and those international auctions.
At major international auctions, lots worth hundreds of millions often appear, but the highest-valued lots in Yunteng's two auctions did not exceed 10 million, with most items ranging from hundreds of thousands to several million.
The piece of chicken blood stone that Xue Chen presented was worth more than 30 million yuan, which was tantamount to a blockbuster. It could have a very good publicity effect and raised the standards of the entire auction to a higher level in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!