gifted collector

Chapter 955 Useless work
"Mr. Fang, I don't think it's better than this? If we keep asking the price like this, it won't be a deal. Why don't you set a price yourself?"

James looked at Fang Ming, and he found that Fang Ming was still motionless during the asking price just now. Obviously he was very dissatisfied with the price offered, so he simply didn't even open his mouth.

So man, after thinking about it, he said such a sentence instead.

high!
That's really high.

Benjamin and Ruby couldn't help but nodded slightly when they heard what James said. Now the price has reached 8000 million.You must know that this is US dollars, so it has already reached a price close to [-] million.Such a price can definitely be said to be a sky-high price-no matter what kind of artwork it is.

However, Fang Ming had no intention of being tempted. Under such circumstances, as James said, he could make Fang Ming bid in reverse.

In this way, there is another advantage, which is to "force" Fang Ming's thoughts, and see what kind of ideas he has in this sketch.

Of course, for Benjamin, he can do otherwise. According to the news from Lu Yao, he knows that Fang Ming’s or Ms. Deng’s real intention is to exchange Chinese antiques, that is, the article uses sketches to exchange the things he likes. of antiques.

But although Benjamin knew this, it was hard to say about it—once he said it outright now, James would immediately guess what kind of news he got when he met Lu Yao.

So now Benjamin actually hopes that Fang Ming will speak out on his own initiative.

"Heh. I don't think I need to tell you the price of this sketch, but you are very clear in your heart. It is impossible without one to two hundred million."

Fang Ming didn't put on a show on purpose, he put down the teacup in his hand, and directly expressed his thoughts.

Ruby frowned, and immediately said, "[-] million? I think this should be a reasonable price, but if it comes to [-] million, I think it's a bit high."

What Fang Ming said was only a price range, that's why Ruby said that. Over the years, there have been many auctions. For example, those well-known auction companies actually have one or two auctions every year.Because there is a tendency of shortage of artworks in the whole world, the quality of artworks is declining every year in general, but the auction prices are increasing day by day.

However, even so, the [-] million US dollars of artwork has really not been seen much.

Fang Ming was not angry, shook his head, and said, "That's not a very good auction item. You are all experts, so you naturally know how much the sketch in front of you is worth. You say... If I put If this sketch is put up for auction, how much can it fetch?"

"This one……"

Ruby was a little dumbfounded for a moment.He said that [-] million is high, which is compared with the highest auction price in the past two years, but this seems to be correct on the surface, but in fact it is not true at all. After all, the things and methods in those auctions The sketch in Ming's hand is not at all
Derby!

There is no comparison in price.

The sketch in Fang Ming's hand, because of its special nature, if it is sent to an auction, it can really be auctioned for a sky-high price, two hundred million?It's really hard to say whether it can be held!
This is especially true in the current situation where auctions generally lack high-quality goods.

Looking at the rupees, Fang Ming thought for a while and said, "Actually, if I send it to auction, my suggestion to Ms. Deng is to set a reserve price, which is [-] million."

Benjamin and the others fell silent.

Four hundred million is of course a sky-high price, but Benjamin and others have no way to refute it, because this price sounds outrageous, but as long as they are not fools, they understand that this price is actually not outrageous, and they are actually very clear about it. Yes, or it is impossible to say that the price was returned to 8000 million so readily, after all, they themselves are not fools, are they?
"Oh, Mr. Fang, I don't think you and Ms. Deng will send this sketch to the auction either."

James doesn't want to see such a thing, because in this way, the difficulty of winning this fight will naturally increase countless times in the case of a public auction!

Now it's just because three people are fighting for it, so the matter is a little simpler. Once it comes to the auction?

Those who compete must be in the sea, and the price is really difficult to control.

"Yes, Mr. Fang, I think even if it's just the three of us, we should be able to offer you a price that satisfies you, so there is no need to send it to the auction company. I think you should know that the price of the auction company The set-up procedures are also very complicated.”

Ruby also quickly opened his mouth, and he didn't want to see such a thing.

Fang Ming nodded lightly, and said: "Yes, I don't recommend that Miss Deng send the sketch to the auction company, but it's not because of the formalities, but because of such a sketch, I don't think there is any auction company The company will be so stupid that it refuses to leave the door. Two, if we are afraid that it is too complicated, we can take it back to China. You must know that I have an auction company myself, and this sketch can be handed over to my auction company. For the auction, I think, facing such an auction item, no collector in the world is willing to give up the opportunity, so I will definitely come here."

"This one……"

Benjamin and the others were immediately speechless, and what Fang Ming said was not wrong at all.

If the sketch in front of me was sent to the most famous auction companies in the world, which one would refuse?

What if they don't?

Fang Ming owns an auction company?
Take this sketch to the other party's own company, and then promote it all over the world. Are you afraid that some people will not come?
Only fools don't come!
Others don't talk about it, just people like me have to beat their heads to grab it!
Seeing that Benjamin and the others were stunned by his own words, Fang Ming continued: "The reason why Ms. Deng didn't put this sketch up for auction is actually very simple. This sketch is not in her collection, so since there is no price enough to tempt her, her only choice is to keep this sketch in her own hands first, let's talk about it later."

"When I brought the sketch from Ms. Deng just now, she said that I will handle this matter by myself, and I will report the final price to her, and she will decide."

Fang Ming's remarks are very skillful. On the one hand, he emphasized that Deng Li is not short of money. This is to tell the other party that if you want to use money to impress Deng Li and then win the sketch, it is actually very difficult. matter.Second, Fang Ming once again pointed out that Deng Li's collection focuses on Chinese antiques or artworks, clearly to "lure" them to think in that direction.

The speaker has a heart, and the listener has a heart. After hearing Fang Ming's words, Benjamin immediately thought of what Lu Yao had said to him before, and his heart suddenly moved, and he immediately knew that the idea Lu Yao gave him should be right.

Looking at James and Ruby, Benjamin felt a little troubled in his heart. Judging from the expressions of the two of them, it seems that they haven't thought about it yet.

If I said it here now, wouldn't it be... that James and Ruby would know about it, and then they would put forward conditions to Fang Ming just like me, so I also didn't have the upper hand.

"We need to find a suitable opportunity to talk about this matter with Fang Ming."

Benjamin secretly made up his mind, so he didn't speak again, just listening to James and Ruby's bid.

At the beginning, he was a little worried about whether the bids of James and Ruby would impress Fang Ming, because the highest bid had already reached 5000 million.

However, Fang Ming refused in the end.

This made Benjamin break into a cold sweat, but at the same time he was more certain of one thing: if you want to impress Fang Ming and Deng Li, starting with money is not a good choice.

In the end, the matter of sketching was not discussed at all, but temporarily stopped. James and others said that the price offered tonight has exceeded their authorization, and if it continues, it will have to communicate again, so I hope Arrange for a time such as tomorrow to talk.

Fang Ming's purpose is to exchange for the antiques he is interested in, and now things have not settled down, so of course he is not in a hurry-in fact, the best thing for him is to wait one night, because he believes that James and others went back and thought about it, maybe they wanted to understand what they or Miss Deng wanted!
As for Benjamin?Needless to say, Lu Yao has already stated the method directly before, if he still doesn't understand, it will really make people speechless - the reason why he didn't speak before is because he must not I am willing to speak out in front of James and Ruby, so that I have to take a break for a while and agree to talk tomorrow, so that Benjamin has time to come to him for private contact, right?

Each had their own ideas, so when James and Ruby said they would talk tomorrow, Fang Ming immediately agreed.

Fang Ming stood up, while Zhao Zhuzi had already put away the sketch and left immediately.

Benjamin also left in a hurry.

"rupee……"

Ruby was also about to leave, but James stopped him and turned around and said strangely, "Is there... something?"

"Heh, let's find a place to have a drink or two and talk a little."

Ruby just wanted to refuse - he thought about calling the person behind him to report what happened just now, but he immediately realized that James must have a purpose in saying this, so he immediately nodded and agreed down.

(End of this chapter)