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After finishing today's live broadcast task, Zhang Yang checked the situation of the studio as usual.

The main thing is to see how Tang Qiyun's several accounts are doing.

"It was good before, but I don't know why, the number of views of the video has dropped off a cliff in the past two days."

"I don't know what went wrong." Tang Qiyun said with some fear.

"It's gone down? Could it be that my live broadcast is no longer effective?"

Zhang Yang thought:

I have not officially announced my relationship with the rapper, nor have I sold computers to my fans, so I shouldn’t be declining!

He quickly asked Tang Qiyun to pull up the data and take a look.

On the audience index chart, the time when the number of viewers began to drop off a cliff happened to be two days before this long holiday.

In the next few days, the downward trend was stabilized, and it was not as exaggerated as Xiao Tang said.

"Boss, how can we win back this audience now?" Tang Qiyun asked nervously.

"Relax, this is normal." Zhang Yang said with a smile.

He opened his circle of friends and showed Xiao Tang some photos.

The content of the photos is very similar, they are all densely packed with people.

People are crowded together, crowded together, as if they are on a pilgrimage.

Standing in such a crowd, it would be difficult to move your arms.

"So many people! Where are they?" Xiao Tang asked.

"They are all tourists in Zigong, waiting to see the Lantern Festival." Zhang Yang told her with a smile: "The fans who usually watch our videos for dinner are now traveling abroad. It is normal that no one will watch the new videos..."

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On Tang Qiyun's side, the situation is pretty good.

As for the other two employees, Zhang Yang also showed some symbolic concern.

Ask Sister Gao, how are your children's entrance exam scores?

Let me ask Xu Jie again, has there been any progress in the blind date?

Finally, Zhang Yang announced the holiday arrangements. The long holiday will start on the 2nd of the month.

As a boss, he has been working in the field a lot recently, and the employees in the studio often take off work, so he doesn't have any objection to taking a holiday later.

Employees began to take vacations, but Zhang Yang still had business to do.

He will set off early tomorrow morning for a trip to Xiangjiang.

Zhou Baotan has already helped arrange it.

In the past, it was considered "half business, half tourism".

Christie's special auction in the second half of this year is about to begin.

Zhang Yang actually didn't have much interest in participating in the auction.

After the domestic cultural relics policy was tightened, the auctions in Xiangjiang were not as good as each year.

The treasures with relatively high transaction prices are paintings and calligraphy by famous artists, huanghuali furniture, etc. This is difficult to arouse the interest of a museum director.

But after all, he sent two pieces of jade to be auctioned, and it was a business worth tens of millions. There was nothing wrong with Zhang Yang going to the scene to take a look in person.

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In Xiangjiang, the person who received Zhang Yang was Ms. Shen Yangling, the vice president and auction manager of Christie's Xiangjiang branch.

"Welcome to Christie's."

In the reception room, Miss Shen, who was wearing a simple and elegant cheongsam, shook hands with Zhang Yang politely.

"Miss Shen? Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."

Zhang Yang was a little surprised. He originally thought he would see his old acquaintance Zhou Baotan, but he didn't expect it to be Miss Shen.

He used to be an internet celebrity auctioneer, and now he is a senior executive of the company.

Wen Zhengming's seven-character poem hand scroll that sold for 71.5 million yuan was written by her.

Zhang Yang has watched the video of her auction, and there is no doubt that she is a master who knows how to use her own advantages and is good at mobilizing the emotions of others.

"Jason Zhou (Tan Zhou) has something to do and can't come. I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang."

"It's okay, you are the vice president, it's the same as talking to you." Zhang Yang said quite straightforwardly.

He is a customer, here to cooperate and make money, there is no need to go through all the twists and turns and tricks.

"Haha, Mr. Zhang is young and promising, and he is really quick to talk."

Shen Yangling smiled and took out a black folder from the leather bag at her side.

Contained inside is the auction item information.

The first three pages were all potential auction items that Zhang Yang had discussed with Zhou Baotan before and discovered during the treasure appraisal in Yangcheng.

Each lot has a four-digit serial number.

"The auction is divided into three days."

“The first day is [Collection of Paintings], the second day is [Excellent Porcelain and Crafts], and the last day is [Excellent Buddhist Art].”

"The auction items agreed upon by you and Jason Zhou are all concentrated on the next day, so the serial number starts with [2]."

When Shen Yangling introduced it, Zhang Yang had already found the serial number of his imperial green bracelet.

The serial number is very low, and it seems to be the final lot of the next day.

The starting price is set at 7.5 million.

Not bad, very good.

Zhang Yang was very satisfied.

This price was not in vain as he owed a favor and asked Wei Fuguang and the others to act as caretakers.

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Seeing that Zhang Yang had already read the first few pages of auction items, Shen Yangling asked aloud:

"Is there anything you feel uncomfortable with about our arrangement?"

"It's pretty good, but I still need an invitation letter for the auction."

"Don't worry, Jason will take you in on the day your item is put up for auction. Do you have any needs for the other two days?"

Without the desired lots, auctions can be long and boring.

Seeing cultural relics is definitely not as interesting as going to a museum.

"Wait a minute, let me take a look."

Zhang Yang quickly flipped through the auction information in his hand.

[Collection of Paintings], of course, refers to calligraphy and painting.

Christie's is divided into two categories: ancient and modern.

Among the ancient paintings and calligraphy, there are Zeng Guofan's "Cursive Calligraphy", Tang Yin's "Moonscape over Streams and Mountains" color silk scroll, Zhao Mengfu's cursive "Preface to Orchid Pavilion", Dong Qichang's "Autumn Scene" landscape painting...

Wait, why is there still Song Huizong's "The Flowers and Birds"?

Zhang Yang looked at the starting price of Huizong's works, which was three hundred thousand.

The starting price of Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy is only 100,000 yuan. At Huizong's price, it seems a bit like the real thing.

You have to take a look to see if it is true or false.

Let’s look at modern paintings:

The first two pages are all works by Puru.

Pu Ru's cousin is Pu Yi. He is known as the last royal artist and is very popular in the overseas art market.

Next are two pages of Zhang Daqian, one page of Qi Baishi, Fu Baoshi, etc.

Common sense tells Zhang Yang that there must be high imitations among these calligraphy works.

Anyway, it’s all about authenticity, so it’s better to go and see if Song Huizong’s paintings are authentic or fake.

Zhang Yang will definitely go to [Porcelain and Craftsmanship] on the second day.

He originally planned to flip through these pages of information quickly, but after only two pages, he couldn't take his eyes away.

I heard that ancient cultural relics cannot be traded? Bronze cannot be traded?

That's a matter of the national uniform. In Xiangjiang, it's all fine.

The [Late Shang Bronze Bow] used by cavalrymen that Baoyou appraised in the previous live broadcast room, in this auction, the starting price is only 20,000;

[Late Shang Bronze Dragon Pattern Ge], the starting bid is 30,000 yuan;

[Western Zhou Dynasty bronze phoenix bird pattern 卣 (you three sounds) and bronze bucket], a complete set of tableware, the starting price is 40,000;

There are also bull-shaped bronze animal heads from the Spring and Autumn Period, tiger charms from the Warring States Period, bells from the Warring States Period, etc...

Zhang Yang also saw in the information the bronze dagger of the treasure friend who came to the live broadcast room to provoke him before:

[Seventh to sixth century BC, northwest China, bronze dragon pattern dagger]

The starting price is 80,000.

The source of the item reads:

"Purchased in Xiangjiang in 1994."

“The Opie Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.”

Zhang Yang rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he had seen it wrong.

How come the cultural relics that were dug up in the pit and just unearthed became something from more than thirty years ago?

The vice president happened to be around, so he asked directly:

"Miss Shen, who is this Opie Harris?"

Shen Yangling explained: "This Mr. Oppai is a senior member of our auction house."

Only then did Zhang Yang remember that Christie's is a membership system.

They don't engage in collection of auction items. Members take the initiative to deposit money and beg them to auction.

"Is it true that as long as it is a senior member's item, it can be auctioned?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.

“As long as the minimum starting bid is met.”

"Mr. Zhang, are you interested? With your qualifications, you can enjoy an exclusive discount on membership fees!"