Chicken blood stone is named after its stone body is covered with bright red cinnabar that looks like chicken blood. Together with Shoushan stone, Qingtian stone and Balin stone, it is also known as China's four national stones.
Seeing the huge and beautiful piece of soapstone aniseed displayed on the big screen on the stage, many people in the audience couldn't help but their eyes lit up. However, when the starting price of 30 million came out, 90% of the people were surprised.
They all shook their heads and sighed, it was beyond their financial capabilities.
But good things never worry about buyers. Most people can't afford it, but there is still a small group of people who have the strength to compete. Someone immediately raised a sign and increased the price by 100,000, but soon, the price was changed by more people.
Submerged by the signs.
In the venue, the bidding was going on. In the backstage conference room, most of the employees had heard that this piece of soapstone aniseed was the personal belongings of Mr. Xue of the company, and it was put up for auction to add some gold to the company's spring auction.
When they saw that the starting price was as high as 30 million, the employees present, whether they were men, women, old or young, couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. They were so impressed that they took out a piece of chicken blood stone and it was guaranteed to be worth 30 million...
Soapstone is a non-renewable resource, and the old pits in Yuyan Mountain have basically been dug out. What's more, it is still such a large piece of undeveloped material. It can be said that I can't find a few pieces even if I search all over the country!
And this piece of chicken blood stone aniseed has really attracted a lot of capital from other provinces and cities in the country to come to compete. Although the price is not low, the bidding sound never pauses for more than ten seconds. Number plates are constantly raised one after another, and the price
It also rose again and again, breaking through 32 million in one minute and reaching 35 million in five minutes.
When the time came to nearly ten minutes, the price had soared to 38 million, an increase of 8 million, and there were very few people participating in the placard raising at the venue.
At this moment, Wang Dong was also sitting in the hot venue, and his girlfriend Jia Meimei was also brought along by him to join in the fun.
Jia Meimei comes from a very ordinary working-class family, and has never paid attention to art auctions. Occasionally, she only glances at relevant news on the Internet, and no matter how large the amount is, it is just a number.
But now that she was at the scene, she had a deeper understanding. Seeing each piece of art being chased by funds and being photographed for millions, she was frightened. Those were millions. It was hard for her to imagine.
What would it be like to lay out one million in cash?
"Wang Dong, they are all really rich. They spend millions just to buy such a piece of porcelain, calligraphy and painting." Jia Meimei breathed a sigh of relief and whispered.
"It's quite crazy." Wang Dong smacked his lips, "But it's okay. It's just like buying a house or buying stocks. It can also be regarded as an investment. If you buy it for one million today, it may rise in value in two years.
When it reaches two million, who can say for sure?"
When it was the turn of the last item to be auctioned, the soapstone aniseed material appeared. Seeing the signs raised again and again around him, Wang Dong felt like he was on a roller coaster, with ups and downs.
"Oh, this piece was brought back from the time we went to Hualin City together, right?" Jia Meimei asked with her eyes wide open and her voice a little strange.
When she went to Hualin City, she didn't have much idea about soapstone. She only knew that it was a beautiful red stone, and she didn't pay much attention to the rest.
But now, when she saw that the big rock she brought back was sold for more than 30 million yuan, her heart was hit hard and she almost couldn't believe it.
"Well, I brought it back from Hualin City." Wang Dong's eyes fluctuated for a moment, and then he whispered to his girlfriend beside him, "I brought it back almost twenty yuan, and Xue Chen took away a piece of 'Liu Guan Zhang',
The rest belongs to both of us."
Jia Meimei's eyes widened and she turned to look at Wang Dong's side face: "You mean, this piece also belongs to you and Xue Chen?"
"Yeah." Wang Dong nodded.
"Uh, so the money after the auction is half of yours?" Jia Meimei asked again in disbelief.
"It's like this. I also mentioned it to him. Of course I know my 'value', and I also mentioned that it would be unfair to him, but he didn't care much and said there was no need to divide it in such detail." Wang Dong grinned.
Alright.
Jia Meimei was silent for a while, sighed softly, and said softly: "You really have called a good friend, which is enviable."
"Who says it's not?" Wang Dong said in agreement, and added with a smile, "It seems that I must have been a good person in my previous life, or how could I be so lucky in this life to have such a good friend, and now I have found him again?"
Such a good wife like you."
"Hate, what nonsense are you talking about? Who is your wife?" Jia Meimei replied with a little blush.
"Hey, of course you are my wife." Wang Dong said with a shy face, not the slightest bit of shame, giving full play to his thick-skinned advantage, reaching out and grabbing the other little hand on the side.
At this moment, the auction of chicken blood stone aniseed came to a close, with a transaction price of nearly 39.5 million yuan.
When the female auctioneer called out the number three times, Wang Dong and Jia Meimei in the audience couldn't help but smile with excitement and joy, and the conference room in the background was filled with congratulations to Xue Chen.
Xue Chen replied politely: "Congratulations, congratulations. It seems that the first day of the auction went very smoothly."
The first session of the first day of Yunteng Spring Auction has come to an end.
Half an hour after the first auction ended, all the data were tallied up, printed into documents, and sent to Xue Chen and Xia Yike respectively.
Xue Chen briefly flipped through it and looked at the data above.
Twenty-two pieces of art were put up for auction, and what was a great success was that none of them failed to sell!
The total starting price was 71 million, and the total transaction price was 101 million, an increase of approximately 30%, which is at a very optimistic level, and can even be said to be an excellent result.
This means that if the bidding starts for an item that costs 100 yuan, the final transaction price will be 130 yuan, which is a very good result in the entire auction market.
Based on the total transaction price, the company will receive a commission of 10 million, and this is only the first auction. Based on this figure, after three consecutive days of auctions, the company's commission income will be 30 million.
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Xue Chen took a special look at who bought his soapstone aniseed. According to the information filled in, it was bought by someone from the capital.
Many people around me knew that the last piece of soapstone aniseed belonged to Xue Chen, so when Xue Chen left the company, he received several phone calls, all congratulating him. The price of nearly 40 million was already considered a lot.
It's pretty high-end, and it's a very ideal price.
On the phone, familiar relatives and friends also shouted unceremoniously that they would treat Xue Chen to a feast after the auction was fully explained. Xue Chen naturally agreed with a smile and kept saying that it was no problem.
With the smooth start of the first day, there will naturally be no major problems in the second auction the next day. Early on, 70% to 80% of the people in the venue were already occupied. If anyone is careful and takes a look,
At the venue, you will find that there are many European and American faces among the people here today.
The auction was carried out in an orderly manner, with bids being called again and again, and the hammer falling again and again, stimulating everyone's nerves. This is a hunting ground for capital, without any technical content, and the rich are the bosses.
Two old brothers, Yan Ruxing and Shen Wanjun, also came to the scene. They just came to join in the fun. Although they had items they liked more, they would not sell them because the auction was not prepared for people like them.
Both of them have a lot of good things in their hands, but none of them were taken from auctions. They were all "purchased" from the market, where the fish are mixed and the water is as deep as possible. Likewise,
The price of an item is at least 30%, or even half, lower than the price at auction.
With their two eyesight, there is no need for the auction company to guarantee the authenticity of the goods. They can save a lot of money and just come to the scene to join in the fun.
"I took a look at today's auction list. There are several imported works of art in it. I'm afraid our Chinese people may not buy it." Yan Ruxing said with squinted eyes.
"Old Yan, you are wrong. Haven't you heard a sentence? Foreign monks can chant sutras. It's not the last century anymore. There are still cultural barriers. Now foreign culture has broken down the barriers. Look, today's young people
"We celebrate Christmas more actively than the Spring Festival. Furthermore, the prices of Western oil paintings at auctions are also rising steadily. We Chinese have contributed a lot. Hanging an oil painting at home is a symbol of taste." Shen Wanjun
He shook his head and sighed.
"What you said makes sense." Yan Ruxing's mouth moved, and there was a slight depression in his eyes.
"Furthermore, you see there are quite a few foreign friends here, at least a dozen. Unsurprisingly, these people are all here for the objects that Xue Chen bought from abroad, especially those three items called "Everything".
I don’t think the price of all the royal supplies from the Duo Dynasty will be lower than the aniseed soapstone that was the finale yesterday.”
If Xue Chen heard Shen Wanjun's insights, he would definitely give him a thumbs up.
The auction gradually came to an end, and it was also the most exciting moment. As one of the three final works of art today, a gold dinner plate with a diameter of nearly thirty centimeters appeared on the big screen. In the center of the plate was a gold plate.
The pattern of a five-pointed star is supplemented by rattan and leaf patterns on the outer ring. Anyone with a certain vision can see the strong exotic style at a glance.
"Auction artwork No. 000 is a piece of gold tableware from the British Tudor Dynasty in the 15th century. It has a long history and comes from the famous and legendary Tudor Dynasty in Britain..."
After some introduction, when the female auctioneer said the starting price of eight million, the scene immediately received a response. A pair of foreign white men and women sitting together firmly raised their number plates. (To be continued.