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Chapter 117 Auction

"What is the commission?"

Looking at the auction album in her hand, Jing Shizhen asked without raising her head.

"Four percent, the other party includes the cost of publicity, and the tax is paid by the buyer."

Zheng Dagang said: "Uncle Jing, how did I talk about this ratio?"

"not so good!"

Jing Shizhen said, "Did the president of that company tell you that even if I, Jing Shizhen, take things to auction, they will give up [-]% at most?"

"Yes... yes, that's what he said."

Zheng Dagang was stunned when he heard the words, feeling something was wrong in his heart.

"That's all to fool you idiots."

Jing Shizhen pursed her lips and said, "Ordinary people don't know me, so naturally they can't ask me for confirmation, but you have my phone number, right? You don't even know how to ask me?"

Regarding Zheng Dagang's nephew, Jing Shizhen was also a little speechless. Although he used to hang out in the antique market, it was a bit unrefined, but it was always a place where dragons and snakes mixed together, so why couldn't they even tell this little trick.

"Uncle Jing, then... how much commission do you give the auction house?"

Zheng Dagang asked with a sad face, he really did what Jing Shizhen thought in his heart, that is, he would not be able to enter the hall of elegance.

In the past, when you hang out in the antique market, you always care about 80 yuan, but when you go to an auction house, you will be surrounded by high-level white-collar workers who are full of English. Brother Gang has no confidence.

Later, the people from the auction house invited him out for a one-stop service of eating and drinking, and Brother Gang immediately drifted away, so he signed the entrusted auction contract with a [-]% commission.

Jing Shizhen looked at Zheng Dagang, and said, "Me? I'll give them [-]%, and the publicity fee must also be included."

In fact, normally speaking, the price that Zheng Dagang negotiated is not bad. If someone with no experience entrusts the auction, the auction house will be more ruthless, and the other party will give a 15.00% commission contract. It is normal.

The reason why Jing Shizhen was able to get such a low commission rate was naturally because of his status.

As long as the auction house spreads that it is the lot that Jing Shizhen took out, there is no need to publicize it at all. At that time, the lot will definitely become the focus of everyone, and the transaction price will be much higher than the average lot.

The reason why Jing Shizhen said this now is to beat Zheng Dagang down. The water in the antique business is very deep, and he is also worried that his nephew and disciple will suffer.

"It's so fucking dark, Uncle Jing, you'll always raise your price fiercely later on."

Zheng Dagang said viciously, one percent and four percent, don't look at the difference of only three points.

If the turnover is 1000 million, three points is 30. If the turnover can reach 3000 million, then Zheng Dagang will have to pay 100 million more, which is not a small amount.

"You still need to teach me?"

Jing Shizhen cast a sideways glance at Zheng Dagang, stood up, and said, "I'm going to sit in the front, please let me know if there is anything to do."

"Understood, Master."

Su Xiaofan knew that Uncle Jing's last words were addressed to himself, and on this occasion, he used his spiritual consciousness to communicate through sound transmission, so that others could hear him without any risk.

"This old...uncle, even if you know the auction house is black, you won't help me."

After Jing Shizhen left, Zheng Dagang originally wanted to call the old guy, but when he was on the verge of speaking, he saw Uncle Jing turn his head, and quickly swallowed the words back.

"Okay, brother Gang, it's nothing more than a few points of handling fee, don't worry about it that much."

Su Xiaofan patted Brother Gang's shoulder with a smile, a trace of true energy passed over, and Zheng Dagang's still numb body recovered immediately.

"I said Xiaofan, what kind of kung fu did you and Uncle Jing practice? Did Uncle Jing tap my acupuncture points just now?"

Brother Gang also has a big heart, and only then did he remember why he couldn't move just now.

"Inner family mentality, you are not suitable for learning."

Su Xiaofan shook his head, and blocked Brother Gang's words in one gulp, Zheng Dagang really didn't have the qualifications to practice.

"Oh, that's fine."

Brother Gang didn't care, he looked at the front row, and said enviously, "Xiao Fan, when do you think we two brothers will be able to get along with Uncle Jing?"

At this time, Uncle Jing was surrounded by everyone again, but only three or five people were qualified to surround him.

Among the people surrounding Uncle Jing, one of them is a foreigner, the other three are old people in Tang suits, and the third is a middle-aged man in a suit.

"Brother Gang, do you like this kind of life?"

Su Xiaofan followed Zheng Dagang's gaze, and said lightly: "It's nothing, if you like Brother Gang, you will be able to have the status of Uncle Jing in a few years."

From Su Xiaofan's point of view, there are only two reasons for others to compliment his master.

One is Uncle Jing's superb ability to appraise treasures that he has never missed. Among the antiques that Uncle Jing has handled, there has never been a case where fakes were confused with real ones.

Almost all of these auction houses have asked Uncle Jing. When they encounter expensive auctions and need to identify the authenticity, Uncle Jing is often the No. 1 choice of the appraiser.

The second reason is even simpler. Uncle Jing not only provides items to the auction house, but he is also a major customer of the auction house. He has taken away many items from the auction house over the years.

Jing Shizhen took these things not for collection, but for the appreciation of these antiques.

Ten years ago, Jing Shizhen bought a blue and white porcelain vase from Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty. It cost 60 yuan at that time. The high price of 200 million came.

Therefore, both auction houses and collectors gave Jing Shizhen the nickname "Golden Hand", describing that as long as it is an item he handles, its value will double.

But in this way, the things Jing Shizhen received at the auction house in the past few years have become less and less.

Because there are many collectors who follow the trend to buy any objects he likes, and those who come and go will raise the price very high. The possibility that Jing Shizhen wants to miss out at the auction is almost gone.

"Xiaofan, are you talking nonsense?"

Brother Gang was self-aware, and said, "Uncle Jing has been in this industry for decades before he is in this position. I'm still far behind."

"Not necessarily."

Su Xiaofan shook his head, and said: "Brother Gang, if you can often bring out treasures for auction, all major auction houses will treat you as a master, and you will have this status."

For Su Xiaofan, this is not impossible.

With the restoration system, as long as he is willing to visit a few more antique markets, it is not difficult to collect several sets of rare antiques of different categories every year.

"Where can I find so many treasures?"

Before Brother Gang finished speaking, he suddenly reacted, "Xiaofan, can you still get similar good things by the way you mentioned?"

This time Brother Gang went to Yanjing to discuss the auction, and he was treated like a master.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the auction house doesn't have such a face-to-face meeting, it's the same with anyone who sends a lot.

This is because the famous ancient spring treasures brought out by Brother Gang can be held as a special auction, and such a thing has never happened to Jing Shizhen.

And this kind of special sale is of great help to the reputation of the auction house. If Brother Gang can really send out a few more rare objects similar to ancient springs, his status in the auction house will immediately be promoted to Hejing Shizhen is on a higher level.

"Yes, but it will take time. I may be a little busy recently."

Su Xiaofan reassured Brother Gang, "Let's do this, every year we have a set of treasures to give away for auction, this year's coins, next year we can choose one from ceramics, calligraphy and painting, it depends on luck."

The luck that Su Xiaofan talked about actually refers to the repair value, as long as the repair value is enough, Su Xiaofan can restore all the gold toothpicks used by Qin Shihuang.

"Hey, once a year is fine."

Brother Gang rubbed his hands with a smirk, his face full of longing, as if Uncle Jing, who was sitting below and surrounded by people, had become himself.

Seeing Brother Gang's smirk, Su Xiaofan's attention was on Uncle Jing below.

Su Xiaofan found out that Jiang was really old and hot. When Uncle Jing was chatting with those people, he mentioned several ancient spring treasures in this auction intentionally or unintentionally.

Although he didn't say much, Su Xiaofan has already noticed that the few people who heard Uncle Jing's words carefully looked through the auction album.

The time has come to nine o'clock in the morning, and the auction will start at nine ten.

Almost all the people who were supposed to come had already arrived. Of the more than 200 chairs in the venue, only twenty or thirty were vacant, which was basically full of people.

The auction started as scheduled, and there was not much nonsense before the auction started.

A foreigner with a Western face who spoke fluent Cantonese gave a brief introduction to today's auction.

Today's auction is divided into three sessions. The first session is the special sale of famous ancient springs in China. A total of fifteen ancient springs of great value are being auctioned, and eight of them have reached the level of fifty famous treasures.

Su Xiaofan understood immediately after hearing this, the auction house gathered seven more ancient springs and organized a special auction, but it was the eight that Brother Gang sent over that took the lead.

The second and third auctions are auctions of calligraphy, painting and ceramics, which will be auctioned in the afternoon.

Su Xiaofan observed the venue, and he found that when the auction of Guquan was announced, the energy and blood of everyone in the venue seemed to fluctuate, but in the next two sessions, not many people seemed to pay attention.

"Spiritual consciousness actually has this effect."

Su Xiaofan himself just realized that his spiritual sense can sense the emotional fluctuations of these people so clearly, and this has an effect on him.

The auction started soon. An auctioneer wearing white gloves stood in front of the auction table, and an ancient coin was delivered to the auction table.

Naturally, it is impossible for buyers to take a look at such a small thing. Naturally, there are cameras at the scene to take close-up shots, and the ancient coins are presented on the large projection screen.

"This is a Baoda ingot from the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms and Southern Tang Dynasty. It is extremely rare in the world. So far, only three have appeared."

It seems that the auction industry wants to make a good start. The first ancient coin to be auctioned is one of the fifty treasures sent by Brother Zheng.

Following the auctioneer's introduction, the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became lively. Some people in the back seats even stood up to look at the ancient coins on the big screen.

Although there are patterns on the auction album, they are far different from the patterns presented from various angles on the big screen. You can't tell whether the quality is good or bad just from the album.

"Perfection is a rare treasure."

"Well, that's right, this big money is far better than the one that appeared last time."

"Old Qian, your surname is Qian, can you take it?"

Some acquainted collectors in the venue were also discussing with each other, and even Jing Shizhen exchanged views with people around him.

However, in this kind of occasion, you still have to pay attention to your quality. Everyone's voices are kept very low, and they won't be as crowded as the vegetable market.

"Okay, the starting price for this piece of money is 50 yuan. Every time you raise your sign, you will increase the price by 50 yuan, and you will increase the price by [-] yuan. Has anyone bid [-] yuan?"

After introducing the situation of the big money for a few minutes, the auctioneer saw that the place was almost hot, and announced the official start of the auction.

"80 million!"

Someone in the front row immediately called out 80. Apparently, the collector thought that the value of this extravagant money was far more than 50, and he was impatient to add [-].

"80 once, buyer No. 6 will pay 80!"

The high-pitched voice of the auctioneer sounded in time, and the word buyer No. 6 yelled especially loudly, making the person sitting in the front row feel very honorable.

"81, 81, buyer No. 9 raised his sign."

"95, buyer No. 6 bid 95."

"96, NO.12 buyer raised his sign."

"97, 97, buyer No. 9 raises his placard again."

"120 million, buyer No. 6 bid 120 million!"

"160 million, buyer No. 3 made a move, and buyer No. 3 bid 160 million!"

The competition for the first famous treasure is very fierce. There are not many auctions of ancient spring famous treasures, because very few treasures have been preserved, so this auction has attracted many powerful collectors.

"Xiaofan, didn't we estimate that this money can fetch up to 80 at most?"

Zheng Dagang and Su Xiaofan, who were sitting in the last few rows, were a little dumbfounded seeing that in just a few minutes, this huge sum of money was pushed to a high price of 160 million.

Before sending it for auction, Su Xiaofan and Zheng Dagang also estimated the value of the money based on previous auction prices.

This big money is the lowest value in the estimate. It was sold at a price of 50 that year. Taking into account the appreciation of time, the estimated price of the two is 80.

But they didn't expect that the competition in the venue would be so fierce, and the price of this ancient coin has exceeded three times the auction price of that year.

In fact, Su Xiaofan and Zheng Dagang didn't realize that the appearance of ancient spring famous treasures is extremely important. The appearance of this line is far superior to that of the past, so it will naturally be sought after by everyone.

When the price reached 220 million, the number of bidders became less, and only No. 6 and No. [-] were still bidding, but at this moment they were raising placards instead of asking for prices.

"Brother Gang, give me the sign!"

Su Xiaofan reached out and took the sign in Zheng Dagang's hand, and he found that Brother Gang's hand was shaking.

"Why?" Zheng Dagang was taken aback by Su Xiaofan.

"Bidding, I'll raise the price for us." Su Xiaofan said in a low voice.

"Don't mess around, the price is not low."

Brother Gang stretched out his hand and wanted to grab the sign, what a joke, now the price has reached 240 million, after Su Xiaofan bid, if those two people don't follow, wouldn't it be bought back by themselves.

"290 million fifty thousand!"

Su Xiaofan ignored Brother Gang, picked up the sign and raised it up, and at the same time directly added 50 to the existing price.

Su Xiaofan's move was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and everyone in the venue turned their heads. The original price was not low, but Su Xiaofan suddenly pushed up 50, which is really surprising.

"290 million, seller No. 98 bid 290 million!"

The auctioneer's eyes are really good, from such a distance, he can see clearly the number plate Su Xiaofan raised at a glance, and his voice is so excited that he almost broke his voice.

"Xiaofan, you..."

Zheng Dagang was a little dumbfounded by Su Xiaofan's actions, he didn't know what to say.

"290 million, do you have any friends to bid? Once this kind of rare treasure is collected by others, it will be very difficult to come out to the public."

The auctioneer is still sparing no effort to sell. As a professional, he has done a very good job, and it is easy to arouse people's desire to buy.

"300 million!"

"Buyer No. 6 bids 300 million. This rare treasure will make history!"

The voice of the auctioneer followed closely behind, but his eyes looked towards Su Xiaofan from afar.

"Look at my chicken feathers, it would be foolish to bid again buddy."

Su Xiaofan shrunk his head, and threw the number plate directly under his feet, what a joke, it's just a push, a fool would buy his own things by himself.

The reason why Su Xiaofan bid just now was because he felt the strong emotion of buyer No. 6 who was determined to win.

Usually there is this kind of emotion, even if it is hit on the head by a high price, Su Xiaofan believes that buyer No. 6 will not give up completely, but will try to bid again.

Sure enough, just as Su Xiaofan thought, buyer No. 6 called out 300 million unwillingly.

When he felt the emotions of buyer No. 6 again, Su Xiaofan found that he already had the intention to back down. If he followed up again, the other party might give up.

Negotiations, auctions, and gambling are actually a process of playing with the mind. If you can control the mental activities of others, you will be almost invincible.

"One time for 300 million, is there any friend who will bid again?"

"Twice for 300 million. It's a rare opportunity. Are there any friends who bid?"

"300 million three times! Congratulations to buyer No. 6, this big money is yours, please wait for a while to complete the transaction in the background!"

The auctioneer would not let the scene be silent, but the value of this rare treasure has almost reached its limit, no one bid with buyer No. 6, and finally the hammer fell on the price of 300 million.

"You kid, aren't you afraid of hitting your hands?"

Suddenly, Jing Shizhen's voice rang in Su Xiaofan's mind.

"Master, that person is so excited, I think he will buy it if I raise the price."

Su Xiaofan turned back, "Master, you said you helped raise the price, why didn't you make a move?"

"Nonsense, I will take action, of course it is the critical time."

Jing Shizhen replied angrily: "You just wait, boy, I will give you a good price for the auction today."

Jing Shizhen has so much experience in auctions, if he sold every item, it would be easy for others to see that he was trying to raise the price, so he focused on the rare rare treasure that Su Xiaofan brought out.

The next ancient spring to be auctioned was not a coin of the Fifty Famous Treasures. Although it was relatively rare, it only sold for 3 yuan.

It can also be seen that there are great differences in the collection of ancient springs. The value of good ancient springs is several million, which is a hundred times higher than that of ordinary ones. This is the reason why many collectors will pursue fifty treasures.

The third ancient spring became the fifty treasures sent by Zheng Dagang.

This ancient spring is Jingkang Yuanbao, which was minted during the reign of Emperor Qinzong of the Northern Song Dynasty. Due to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, coins with the year name of Jingkang are very rare, similar to the big money.

The coins listed in the top 50 are naturally different. As soon as the auctioneer opened his mouth, the starting price jumped from 120 to [-] million.

Jing Shizhen raised his sign at this time, but he didn't ask for a price. His attitude just showed that he was more optimistic about this coin.

As a result, the competition in the venue became more and more intense. Although Jing Shizhen did not raise any placards later, the transaction price of this Jingkang Yuanbao was also set at 360 million.

The intention of the auction house is obvious, to buy a high-quality fifty-famous treasure, and then match it with an ordinary ancient coin, so that the auction in the morning will not be finished quickly.

The auctioneer's field control skills are quite strong. During the whole auction, there is almost no silence, and often a word can arouse the collector's desire to buy.

Regardless of whether it was famous treasures or ordinary coins, every piece of the lot that was put up for auction was sold, which made Zheng Dagang and Su Xiaofan who were sitting in the back laughing from ear to ear.

The two brothers originally thought that it would be good if these eight ancient coins could sell for more than 1000 million yuan, and the average price ranged from 200 million to [-] million.

But what they didn't expect was that there was still the last one left to be auctioned. Now the total price of the auction was 100 million, and the average price of a single piece was 400 million.

This is the big gold Tianjuan Tongbao. Five years ago, only 360 million Tianjuan Tongbao was sold, but it was sold for 980 million just now. Raised the sign twice.

The venue was already boiling at this moment. It seemed that what everyone shouted was not money, but a number. In fact, what they shouted was indeed a number.
"My friends, the last one of today's Mingzhen special will appear."

The auctioneer's voice sounded,

"I know many of my friends have been waiting for this moment!"

"Here it is, it is the finale of today's auction, and only one Zhining Yuanbao has appeared so far!"

"This Zhining Yuanbao is a copper coin minted in the first year of Zhining by Wanyan Yongji, king of Wei Shao in the Jin Dynasty. It is very good in quality and can be called perfect!"

"So far, only one Ning Yuanbao has been discovered, and it is now in the National Museum, but the appearance of that one is far inferior to this one!"

"It can be said that this is an orphan, the king of the coin world!"

The provocative voice of the auctioneer made everyone's blood boil with excitement. They felt that it was their honor to participate in such an auction.

"Grandma, this guy can really blow."

Even Zheng Dagang and Su Xiaofan, the holders of Tianjuan Tongbao, feel a little excited right now.

But what the two brothers are excited about is how much money this famous treasure can fetch, as far as the auctioneer's professional level is concerned, Su Xiaofan thinks it should surpass Daikin's Tianjuan Tongbao.

"Let us all witness the auction history of Mingzhen together!"

The auctioneer announces the start of the auction.

"The starting price is 600 million!"

As soon as this price came out, no one was surprised. They shouted at the auctioneer just now for so many famous names, and the starting price couldn't be lower.

"800 million!"

What people didn't expect was that Jing Shizhen, who was holding the No. [-] brand, stood up at this moment and directly shouted a price that was three times more than the starting price.

"Fuck, Master is so cruel?" Even Su Xiaofan was taken aback, the price in his heart was actually between 200 million and 500 million.

"800 million, buyer No. 800, Uncle Jing bid [-] million!"

The auctioneer's voice trembled a little. His performance was linked to the total amount of the auction. The more auctions he made, the more he earned. As a well-known auctioneer, he had a share of the [-]% commission.

The voice of the auctioneer also made Su Xiaofan and Zheng Dagang realize Jing Shizhen's status in the collection circle.

When other people bid, the auctioneer always quoted the number of the number plate, and never mentioned the name of the buyer.

However, Uncle Jing's shot this time made the auctioneer call out his name. Of course, he also had an element of show.

"900 million, the 15th bid is 900 million!"

"2000 million, Uncle Jing bids 2000 million!"

"100 million, the 18th bids 100 million!"

"500 million, 22 has bid 500 million!"

Jing Shizhen's quotation seemed to detonate the audience, and the price was raised to 500 million in an instant.

"800 million, Uncle Jing bid again, 800 million!"

Jing Shizhen seemed determined to get it, and had already bid three times. His attitude made many people think that the price of this famous ancient spring was extremely high.

In terms of status in the antique shop, few people in the venue can compare with Jing Shizhen, even if you add the mainland, Jing Shu is also one of the best figures.

But when it comes to wealth, Uncle Jing may not be able to overwhelm the audience. This auction of famous treasures from ancient springs even attracted the attention of several Xiangjiang tycoons.

Although they didn't come, but their agents were there, just now Su Xiaofan heard several outgoing calls, but he couldn't understand Cantonese, he probably heard that they were reporting the situation to others.

"Twenty-eight million, do you have any friends to bid? Twenty-eight million one..."

Time paused at 800 million, and the auctioneer was ready to call out 800 million once.

"3000 million!" A voice rang out.

"100 million!" Jing Shizhen's firm attitude finally aroused some people's interest.

"Thirty-six million!" Jing Shizhen's expression seemed somewhat unnatural, but he still called out a price.

"Thirty-one million!"

"Buyer No. 22, bid 800 million!"

The auctioneer's forehead was covered with sweat. It wasn't hot, but excited. Although his commission for this auction was only a few tenths of a percent, the total price couldn't stand the high price. It was quite a lot of money after all.

"It should be the price."

Su Xiaofan let out a long breath, the fierce bidding scene actually made him excited.

However, looking at the emotions of the few people bidding, it should be that no one will follow up.

"Three thousand and eight million times! Do you have any friends to bid?" The auctioneer was still a little unwilling.

"Three thousand and eight million times!"

The auctioneer knew that the price should be in the end, so he quickly called out again.

"Three thousand and eight million times, deal!"

"Congratulations to buyer No. 22, this Zhining Yuanbao belongs to you."

"The King of Money from the famous ancient spring has appeared, and the transaction price of Zhining Yuanbao has set a new record for the highest price in coin auctions over the years!"

"Congratulations to Buyer No. 22 again!"

The voice of the auctioneer was still echoing in the venue.

But Zheng Dagang and Su Xiaofan looked at each other in blank dismay, they did not expect that the price of this famous treasure was actually higher than the total price of the previous seven auctioned.

"Uncle Jing is awesome!"

"Master is awesome!"

The two brothers said this at the same time.

It's just that Brother Gang yelled it out with his mouth, while Su Xiaofan directly transmitted his spiritual consciousness to Master!

　More than 7000 words, [-] today, can you ask for a reward for counting the tickets, it is exciting and eye-catching, and it will continue tomorrow!
　　
　
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