Live Appreciation, Congratulations to Brother

"What's going on?"

After hearing Shen Yangling's words, people quickly started talking at the scene.

After all, many people have never encountered such a mistake in the auction.

"I don't know. I have been a member of Christie's for so many years, and this is the first time I have encountered such a thing!"

"Then you must have missed the scene in London last summer. At that time, the police came in to arrest wanted criminals. It was so rare and strange."

"This isn't London, is it? The police from the mainland are probably here."

"I think I've seen the man who spoke just now. Did he appear on some TV show?"

"If I go out to use the toilet now, will I be shot to death..."

Buyers are buzzing.

There are all kinds of people: those who question, those who pretend to understand, those who analyze and flaunt one’s identity, and those who tell cold jokes.

Hearing these words, Zhang Yang couldn't help but sit down with laughter.

I'll watch Miss Shen do it later.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with the item just now.

But now, Zhang Yang had to find a reason to share the problems he discovered and the solutions he thought of with the people at Christie's.

Let them take action.

Otherwise, if the auction continues like this, by the time today's auction ends, Zhang Yang's actual income will probably be less than half of what was expected.

If we “donate” a little more handling fee to Christie’s, we might as well just auction it in the Mainland!
Therefore, Zhang Yang strongly suggested that Christie's adopt its own method.

Otherwise, the two sides will not talk about cooperation in the future.

The auction environment here is also so bad. Outside sellers like myself are just "toys" for big dogs.

As for his own method, will the people behind Shen Yangling agree with it?

Zhang Yang left Jason Zhou to worry about this problem.

Backstage, Zhou Baotan was frantically communicating with the leadership.

He was so mad that he almost pulled the wig off his head.

"Boss, they (referring to the big dogs) are obviously destroying the auction environment. Who will dare to come here in the future?"

"Following the rules doesn't mean it's reasonable!"

"Zhang Yang didn't say he wanted to drive them away, you said it yourself."

"This issue is really urgent. There are still more than 20 items to be auctioned. The turnover this time must be over million. If they mess with it like this, the turnover will drop by at least %."

"Zhang Yang has already given me the method, so just tell me if you are willing to do it?"

"Okay, I'll find two security guards later and do the whole show."

After Jason Zhou obtained the boss's consent, he immediately synchronized the news to Shen Yangling on the stage.

Then Xiongjiujiu walked out from the backstage with two security guards.

He walked to the aisle next to Zhang Yang, and in full view of everyone, he pointed at Boss Lan who was sitting inside and said:
"That's him, take him away!"

"Huh~"

There were exclamations from everywhere.

No one expected that they would actually come to arrest someone.

It seems that things are really serious.

Boss Lan was very calm. He stood up and patted his suit, with a contemptuous smile on his face.

Those who didn't know thought he was some overseas boss, and now he has been arrested.

In fact, it's just a drama.

This scene was also discussed in advance by Zhang Yang and them.

Just make a complete show, otherwise buyers will doubt Shen Yangling's words.

What I just said is that relevant agencies need to collect evidence and investigate.

Now that everyone has been taken away, there is no doubt, right?

After Boss Lan and Jason Zhou left, Shen Yangling also confirmed the information with the leaders behind her and stood in front of the stage again.

"Sorry everyone, the risk has been removed."

"On behalf of Christie's Hong Kong, I would like to express my most sincere apology to everyone when such an incident occurs."

"I hope that the unexpected situation just now will not disturb your mood, because there will be more and better auctions waiting for you in the future."

"Also, please give me a special explanation."

"Starting from the next lot, this auction will be converted from a traditional increased-price auction to a Dutch-style auction, also known as a reduced-price auction. Please pay attention to bidding in a timely manner."

As soon as Shen Yangling finished speaking, someone raised objections at the scene.

"How come you can change the bidding method in the middle of the auction? Didn't you notify me in advance?"

"Isn't this disrespectful to us?"

The man's tone sounded like he was speaking out of righteousness.

Zhang Yang raised his head and glanced at him.

It was none other than one of the price-controlling big dogs that he had tagged before.

When they heard that there was going to be a Dutch auction, they immediately became anxious.

This also confirms Zhang Yang’s thoughts:

Compared with traditional English auctions, although Dutch auctions may not be able to achieve sky-high prices several times, they can maximize the "passerby factor" in the auction.

There is no way to control the price at all.

However, although the big dog owners are anxious and Zhang Yang is very happy, he still needs to give everyone an explanation for the temporary change of auction strategy.

Facing Shen Yangling's gaze, Zhang Yang stood up for the second time.

The first time, he had already identified himself.

As everyone knows, he sent the items for this special auction.

It is reasonable for him to explain the problem now.

"Everyone, my main purpose of sending so many lots to Xiangjiang this time is actually to show everyone how rich the collections in mainland China are."

"I'm not interested in money."

“I just hope to take this opportunity to promote communication between Hong Kong and the mainland antique trading market, so that everyone will be more interested in domestic collections.”

"In order to achieve a better publicity effect, we specially planned this method of changing the auction strategy midway."

"I hope everyone has a good time and can buy the antiques they like. Thank you everyone!"

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, there was sparse applause.

He suddenly raised the tone of the auction a little too high.

This made everyone present a little uncomfortable.

Only Shen Yangling cast an admiring look at Zhang Yang.

He is worthy of being a young talent cultivated by the mainland's cultural and museum system. What he just said was so tactful.

The person who asked the question was embarrassed.

Should he be asked to refute Zhang Yang’s statement of “promoting antique cultural exchanges”?
There is no way I can say this.

In the end, he could only sit down and listen to Shen Yangling's quotation.

"Now we are proceeding with the first phase, Lot No. 1017, [Qing Kangxi, Chen and Han style Ganoderma lucidum patterned pine flower inkstone]."

"The starting price is 80, does anyone bid?"

Those present who were interested in this item couldn't help but take a look at the previous auction information.

The official Christie's handbook gives an estimate of 35 to 50 for this Kangxi inkstone.

If it were a British-style auction, the starting price at this moment should be around 30.

The psychological price of this thing among big dog owners is 45.

80 ? No one bought it.

This is a Dutch auction, with the highest starting price.

Then decrease in sequence.

After waiting for five seconds and seeing no one bid, Shen Yangling tapped the auction gavel lightly.

The prices on the big screen started to change.

Every five seconds, 10,000 yuan drops.

80 million, 79 million, 78 million...

Because there was a previous valuation of more than 70 yuan, no one bid.

Even at the 60 mark, there was still no bid on the spot.

Finally, it reached the five hundred thousand level.

This price is already very close to the auction house’s estimated price.

When the number on the screen just jumped to 55, a retail lady at the scene raised her number plate. She made a bid.

"Buyer No. 1435 has made a bid: 55."

"This is the current price of this [Qing Kangxi, Chenhan style Ganoderma lucidum patterned pine flower inkstone]. Does anyone else want to bid?"

"three two……"

Just when Shen Yangling was about to drop the hammer, buyer No. 2488, who had been marked by Zhang Yang, raised his number plate.

Originally, these big players had discussed a strategy, but due to the temporary change in the shooting method, the previous strategy was abandoned.

Retail investors raised their cards when they had 55.

Even if a big dog owner dies, he won't be able to wait for 45.

This forced him to take action at this time.

Seeing the constipated expression on the other person's face, Zhang Yang couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh out loud.

The funniest thing is that once two people have the same price in a Dutch auction, the bidding rules change again.

It’s back to “the highest bidder gets it”.

In other words, the price should be higher based on 55.

Hahaha, Zhang Yang's heart is already filled with joy.

In the end, the big dog owner spent 58 and snatched the inkstone from the big retail investor.

There are certainly drawbacks to the Dutch auction.

For example, there is no way to get a sky-high price.

But among the things Zhang Yang sent for auction this time, there were no sky-high prices.

Most of the items he collected at the treasure appraisal site and could be brought to Xiangjiang were priced at hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

There are very few million-level ones, and even less tens of millions-level ones.

Therefore, the Dutch auction is very suitable for this auction.

[Qing Jiaqing, Dragon Robe with Clouds and Dragon Patterns on Yellow Ground], estimated at RMB 26 to RMB 35, had a starting price of RMB 60 and a transaction price of RMB 58;
[Late Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty Xuande Year Copper Ping Er Stove] with an estimated price of 25 to 40, the starting price was 80, and the transaction price was 73;
[Ming Dynasty, Zijing white jade carving chilong pattern gourd-shaped pen lick] with an estimated price of 5 to 8, the starting price was 20, and the transaction price was 15...

Although the starting price may not be too high, it was all calculated temporarily by Christie's actuaries in the background.

The calculation process is not difficult.

Christie's often has Dutch-style auctions. They have a special formula, and just set the upper and lower limits of the estimate.

The accuracy is so-so.

At least when Zhang Yang looked at the entire auction, he didn't think the prices were too high or too low to make him feel uncomfortable.

All in all, a very pleasant auction experience.

Soon, we finished eating.

It's the turn of the "jealousy" at this auction.

……

For this auction, Fu Sishi made careful preparations.

She came to Haihai to find Zhang Yang three times, discussing the strategy of the auction with him, often late into the night.

After the auction items arrived in Xiangjiang, she was on hand to explain the auction items to everyone during the few days of the preview.

In the end, he ended up in the hospital.

Now I am drinking water and watching the live broadcast.

She worked so hard, and the results were obvious.

When buyers pre-registered, every oil painting she submitted for auction had potential buyers.

In other words, if no one changes their mind temporarily, every item she sells can be sold.

This is relatively rare at oil painting auctions.

"Now, we are about to enter the Oriental oil painting segment, which is also the last segment of this auction."

"Due to the special nature of the oil painting collection, the bidding method for subsequent auctions will return to the British auction, that is, the markup auction."

“If you haven’t bought something you like yet, don’t miss it.”

"Why did it change back?" an audience member asked at the scene.

"Yes, that's right. Isn't communication the main thing? Doesn't changing to the British style mean that you are rushing to sell at a high price?"

"It's boring to jump horizontally over and over again."

Shen Yangling can answer this question.

She directly answered the buyer's doubts for Zhang Yang.

the reason is simple:
The next auctions are all oriental modern oil paintings.

It’s impossible to estimate an accurate price for many works, not even by Christie’s experts.

The value of many paintings is still in the process of being recognized by the market.

Maybe it was priced at 100,000 before, but today the work suddenly fetched a high price of 1 million. Then when other auction houses evaluate similar auctions, they will use today's high price of 1 million as a benchmark.

In this case, it must be interesting to add a bid.

After Shen Yangling explained, Zhang Yang took the lead in applauding.

Look at how round they are, they have explained the general trend of the market clearly.

Who can question it?

"The Oriental oil painting session starts now."

"The first lot is Chu Teh-Chun's [No. 282], a small painting painted in 1968, which comes with a guarantee of originality from Mr. Chu's Foundation."

"For such a fine oil painting by Chu Teh-Chun, we will start bidding from 800 million."

Shen Yangling on the stage made a gesture of invitation.

Some of the buyers in the audience immediately started holding up signs.

Zhang Yang couldn't understand oil paintings, and the items were not submitted for auction by himself. Now he was just in the mood of watching a show to see how much he could sell for.

800 million, 900 million, 1000 million...

Prices keep rising.

Boss Lan, who was wearing a mask and sneaking in next to him, was already taking a deep breath.

He muttered: "It's so exciting. Isn't it going to break Chu Teh-Chun's auction record?"

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhang Yang reminded leisurely from the side: "Zhu Dequn's works have already crossed the 100 million yuan threshold."

"Really? Brother Yang, didn't you say you don't understand oil painting?"

"I didn't understand it at first, but I couldn't bear to have someone teach you about it every day."

Zhang Yang shook his head helplessly and replied.

At the same time, in a ward of a hospital in Xiangjiang, Xiao Chu, who was helping to peel apples, suddenly sneezed.

Fortunately, he has good eyesight and quick hands, otherwise he would have contaminated his sweetheart's fruit.

"Oops, I might have a cold."

Chu Ziqiang said to himself.

But Fu Sishi on the hospital bed turned a deaf ear.

He didn't care at all what Chu Ziqiang said.

She watched the live broadcast of the auction on her tablet. Every time the numbers jumped, she nervously grabbed the quilt.

"1580 million once;"

"1580 million twice;"

"1580 million three times...deal!"

Seeing Shen Yangling drop the hammer on the screen, Fu Sixi excitedly waved her fist and shouted happily:

"Wow! Zhang Yang is so awesome!"

"Half of my company's business has been revived!"

"I didn't expect that the auction held by Zhang Yang in Xiangjiang would be so successful. He is really young and promising!"

Chu Ziqiang was also very happy when he saw Fu Sishi happy.

But after hearing Sister Fu's words, his smile disappeared instantly.

I couldn't help but think:
"Does Sister Fu like career-oriented boys?"

The more Chu Ziqiang thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth.

Otherwise why not accept him?

After Xiao Chu cut the fruit, he hid in the corridor on the pretext of going to the toilet.

He quietly sent a message to Zhang Yang:
"Father, help!"

"Is there any way for me to quickly become a career-oriented man?" (End of Chapter)