World Tibet Bureau

Chapter 547 Reservation
Arrive at Tateng City.

We asked around.

Congshanshan does not have an auction house in Tengshi, but it established a new agency a few months ago.

Large auction houses generally do not set up locations in cities with small populations. Because the population is not large and the market is not large, the auction price will not be too high, and the commission collected by the auction house will be small.However, some auction houses will set up agencies in small and medium-sized cities, which is equivalent to a branch.

Agencies generally have three major businesses.

The first is to formulate auction plans for different years for marketing based on the hot and cold trends of the antique market.For example, if the prices of Ming and Qing calligraphy and paintings rise this year, they will formulate a publicity plan to collect similar collections from the public, appraise the collected collections, and after accepting the entrustment of treasure collectors, send the best of the collections to central cities. Come to auction.

Second, the Cultural Relics Law stipulates that auction houses cannot auction their own collections and can only accept commissions to auction other people's collections.However, when some agencies see valuable antiques, they will deliberately lower the price during the appraisal, obtain them at a very low price, and then take them elsewhere to be sold by other auction houses or antique dealers.

Third, some irregular agencies are specially used to launder black money, which I won’t go into details.

Congshanshan’s agency is located in the center of Tengshi Jade Market.

After we arrived in Teng City, we rushed there without stopping.

Regardless of whether this mysterious wealthy businessman from Yunnan Province is difficult to meet.

We must first visit the agency.

After arriving at the Jade Market.

Many people sell carved jade to us.

Tengshi is also a famous emerald city, but compared with Ruili, its processing and carvings are more outstanding.

There is a saying in the industry: Pagan’s pits, Ruili’s rough stones, Tengshi’s processing, and Jieyang’s trade.

The three of us grown men were not very interested in these things, but Xiaozhu's eyes almost fell off when she saw the dazzling jewelry and jade, and she murmured: "I will carve that stone when it's empty." "

The name of the agency is "Cong's Art Auction Company".

The office is on the second floor.

The area is quite large.

After we entered, a waitress in professional attire came to receive us and asked us what business we needed to handle.

I got straight to the point and asked Mr. Cong.

The waiter had a professional smile on his face: "We, Mr. Cong, are very busy. Do you have an appointment?"

After all, when we ask for help, I can't fool him. I tell the truth: "I don't have an appointment, but I do have something very important to see him for."

The waiter shook his head: "Sorry sir, we can't see you without an appointment."

Fatty Xiao asked: "Is he here?"

The waiter replied: "No comment."

Fatty Xiao frowned and said, "Why is there still no comment? Can we make an appointment now?"

The waiter replied: "Sir, please register here to make an appointment, and write down your identity, reason, time of appointment, and contact information. Mr. Cong will be available by then. If you want to see you, we will contact you."

Fatty Xiao was very speechless: "No... we are all people with status! We have something very important to see Mr. Cong today, so don't delay! Just give him a call and ask if he is free. Why?" It’s so troublesome.”

The waiter still maintained a professional smile: "I'm sorry, sir, none of us have Mr. Cong's personal phone number. We report the situation to his secretary."

What else did Fatty Xiao want to say.

I held him back.

It seems that Feitianzhu is right.

Cong Shanshan is the most mysterious wealthy businessman in Yunnan Province and is not visible to ordinary people.

There's no point in dwelling on it any longer.

I saw a stack of brochures on the table.

He took one over.

Turn around and leave with them.

along the way.

Fatty Xiao kept chattering: "If we really come to talk about big business, wouldn't it be a shame? What are we doing!"

Sanheizi quarreled, "You don't look like someone who has a big business."

Fatty Xiao: "..."

I shook the leaflet in my hand at them: "Big business is here!" They didn't understand, and they all turned to look at me.

I explained: "This brochure is the agency's recent collection plan. Let's go back and study it to see if we can get something good. Let's go see him with a stepping stone."

After going out the door.

We went to the parking lot to drive.

But we found a man following us furtively.

To the side of the car.

We stopped at the same time and turned to look at him.

This guy looks like a skinny monkey.

He came forward and asked in a low voice: "Boss, did you just go to the auction house to sell bronze peas?"

Fatty Xiao replied angrily: "No!"

When the thin monkey heard this, he looked unconvinced. He looked back at the agency and waved to us mysteriously.

I walked over.

Thin Monkey said: "Boss, don't be fooled by the auction house. They offered such a small price, but you still think it's ridiculous! My price is much higher than theirs! If you have bronze peas, give them all to me." , regardless of appearance!”

I figured it out.

This thin monkey is a baggage soldier.

He can also be regarded as a peer of Fatty Xiao.

Fatty Xiao suddenly laughed: "I said... since when did Bao Baojun pay a higher price than other auction houses? Are you bragging and not afraid of having your teeth broken?"

Shouhou replied: "Boss, are you doubting my strength?"

Fatty Xiao patted Shohou on the shoulder: "No doubt, come on!"

Let's get in the car and go.

But Shouhou just stuffed a business card in the car: "Call me when you figure it out!"

We went back to the hotel.

Open the agency's brochure.

The first few pages are all an introduction to Cong's Auction Company. In the most important collection column, there are only a few words about the promotion of the collection of bronze peas.However, nothing was written about the age, model, inheritance, sample pictures or even the expected price of the bronze pea collection. It only said that if you have something, please send it for appraisal, and there will be no upfront fee.

A knowledgeable person will know it at a glance.

This is not a solicitation for a collection to be auctioned.

In fact, it is the second business mentioned earlier. They are secretly acquiring Bronze Pea.

Originally we wanted to study the collection direction of Cong's Auction House collection.

If their company is hosting an auction of a collection of Ming copper coins in the near future, I will ask Lu Senyin to find a way to get a top-quality Ming copper coin, send someone back to Jinling to pick it up, and then go to the agency to negotiate with the good stuff to try to see it. To the hills.

Unexpectedly, they have only been collecting bronze peas recently.

Fatty Xiao frowned and said, "What the hell is this? Bronze peas are being speculated in the antique market?"

There is indeed this possibility.

I called Lu Cenyin and asked her to find out whether a bronze pea was being speculated in the antique market.

Lu Cenyin asked: "In what period are the bronze peas made?"

I don’t know what period it was, so I can only describe the situation.

After hearing this, Lu Cenyin also felt very strange. She said that this news had not been spread in the antique industry recently, and she wanted to ask her colleagues.

After half an hour.

She called back: "I just asked about the situation of colleagues from various places. No one is speculating, including not in Yunnan Province."

Finished hanging up.

Fatty Xiao asked: "What should we do?"

I replied: "It's easy to handle! This thing is definitely weird, let's start with the bronze peas!"

(End of this chapter)