Chapter 923: Charity Auction!
The hostess is from Yanjing TV, and she was specially invited by Tang Qi to host the event on a voluntary basis without getting paid.
In this event, Qiao Zhi only provided the venue, and many other affairs were solved by Tang Qi with his strong connections.
The hostess's typhoon is very good, wearing a purple evening dress, standing on the stage looking forward to life, and easily suppressing the scene.
"Ladies and gentlemen!
Welcome to the free canteen charity auction held by Zhixue Charity.
All of you who are here today have one thing in common, you have a loving heart. Your good deeds will bring warmth to the poor children and make great contributions to the promotion of Chinese charity.
Next, I would like to invite the initiator of this public welfare activity, Mr. Qiao Zhi, to speak on stage. β
Qiao Zhi stood in the middle of the stage in a formal suit, his eyes fell on the guests below, there were familiar faces and unfamiliar faces, and he was in a surging mood at this moment.
In life, it is important to be rich and powerful, but real success lies in using your ability to influence some people and change the trajectory of their destiny.
Qiao Zhi did just that.
"I want to stand on the stage and say more valuable things and less empty words and clichΓ©s.
Zhixue Charity will launch 100 free canteens in the first phase of the country, an increase of 70 on the original base, and I have to thank donors from all walks of life, because of your support, we can triple the scale.
If we can raise more funds from this charity auction, we will launch no less than 100 free canteens in the second phase, and at the same time upgrade the standard of meals, not only so that students can be fed, but also so that they can have a balanced and reasonable diet.
Secondly, in the process of promoting free canteens, we have a strict supervision system to prevent people from deducting donations to enrich their own pockets. We not only ask schools to set up a free canteen monitoring team, but also apply for government agencies to arrange for people to join them, and if anyone is corrupt, we will definitely hold them legally accountable and will not tolerate them. I would like to remind a few people here, don't expect to be greedy from the free canteen project, this will be a completely open and transparent charity project, if anyone is infected, they will end up ruined. β
As soon as Qiao Zhi finished speaking, the guests below began to applaud.
Nowadays, there are too many organizations in society under the guise of public welfare, which are nominally to promote charity, but in fact, they are disguised as donors' money for personal gain, and they are fancy to accumulate wealth.
Qiao Zhi didn't name names, but he pointed to the key points and hit the question that everyone was most concerned about.
A QR code appeared behind Qiao Zhi, and he introduced: "We have specially designed an app software for this event, of course, if you have already downloaded the Qiao Gang Master app, you don't need to download it again, because this app can also be found in the Qiao Gang Leader's functional software."
As long as the enterprise or individual who donates to this free canteen plan will become a public welfare partner, receive the medal of Qiao Gang Master, and enjoy a 5% subsidy for dining in any catering enterprise under the name of Qiao Gang Master APP in the future, including Qiao Gang Leader Canteen!"
As soon as Qiao Zhi said this, some guests who knew about it were very surprised, because Qiao Gang's main canteen is famous for being difficult to discount, no matter how good the relationship is, it can only be discounted by nine or eight percent at most, and with a subsidy of five percent, it means that it can be discounted by ninety-three percent.
"Qiao Zhi has worked hard for this public welfare project!"
"I didn't expect people who are so picky to be ruthless in doing public welfare. β
"This is Qiao Zhi, who can always bring great contrast. β
Qiao Zhi talked eloquently on the stage, and said with clear eyes: "Public welfare activities are a kind of spiritual food, through the spread of truth, goodness and beauty, to realize the value of our own life, so that our souls can be purified."
The original intention of this free canteen program was my first birthday gift for my two children. It doesn't mean the same thing to me as you do to all of you. I would like to promise that the free canteen will not only be made this year, but will continue to do so in the future. As my two children grow up, the free canteen program will continue forever. Of course, I hope that this project will not only become a source of struggle for me, but also a channel for all of you to give back to society. β
Looking at the high-spirited Qiao Zhi on the stage, Tao Rushuang was not only a little distracted, but I don't know when her brother-in-law's temperament has changed dramatically, she is clean and neat, she makes a decision immediately, and she has a calm and calm demeanor in her gestures.
After Qiao Zhi stepped off the stage, the hostess immediately announced, "Let's enter today's theme session, which will be presided over by Cao Yuyang, a national first-class auctioneer, and I will announce the auction process and rules to you." Each collection has a reserve price, and the increase is not less than 10,000 yuan each time, and if a collection is not auctioned, it will be auctioned by Qiao Gang at the reserve price. β
Many people here breathed a sigh of relief, especially those celebrities, although the items they donated were very valuable, it was difficult to ensure that no one cared about them, and if the auction failed, it would be too shameless.
The rules of the auction are thoughtfully designed to dispel many people's concerns.
The charity auction has finally begun, and the first item to be auctioned is the "Shepherd Boy Herding Cattle" created by the master of Chinese painting Wang Fenglei especially for this event.
With a few brushstrokes and faint lines, the shepherd boy holds a cow rope in his hand, rides on the back of the ox, tilts his head and carries a straw hat, even if he does not understand Chinese painting, he can also see a far-reaching artistic conception of harmony between man and nature.
Auctioneer Cao Yuyang pointed to this Chinese painting and gave a detailed introduction, "Wang Fenglei is an internationally recognized artist, he is not only good at Chinese painting, but also has a research on oil painting, and his attainments are very profound. His works are on the market, and the price of a painting of this size is more than one million, and the starting price is 200,000 yuan at the site of today's public welfare event, starting now!"
As soon as the words fell, someone at the scene immediately began to shout the price.
The guests who come to participate in the auction do not have too many requirements on whether to buy these auction items, it depends on their personal wishes.
But someone came in with the idea of picking up the slack.
The items brought to the dinner will not be too expensive, after all, this is not the main purpose of auction, and these items are free gifts for the guests attending the banquet.
Wang Fenglei's paintings are very precious on the market, because his creative volume is not high, and each piece is a fine product, and the price is more than one million.
"I'll pay 800,000!" a middle-aged man in the distance pulled the price closer to the market price.
"I'll give 850,000!" someone in another place quickly raised his hand.
After 850,000, there was silence for a moment, someone shouted 950,000, and the middle-aged man immediately shouted 1.05 million.
Cao Yuyang reminded the guests at the scene that the market value of this item was about one million, but the price was still rising, and finally the middle-aged man sitting in the southeast corner took the painting at a price of 1.35 million as he wished.
The guests next to him congratulated him, and he also looked happy and clenched his fists
Swing vigorously in the air.
Among the guests who can be at the scene, no one will miss the three or five hundred thousand, the key is to care about the happiness brought by winning the first prize.
I thought that today's auction would be very popular, but the second item was a little deserted, and after bidding twice, it was sold.
The woman who had taken the object was very happy because she had found a leak.
Immediately afterwards, the staff took a walking stick brought to Wanlin, which he bought from a master who specialized in making walking sticks when he was traveling in Germany, and the price at that time was 50,000 yuan, and finally it was auctioned for 520,000 yuan.
Qiao Zhi observed Xiang Wanlin's state, his face showed a happy look, although his most cherished thing was taken away, but he proved his vision and value, that feeling was great.
The staff walked up to the stage with a tray, uncovered the golden silk cloth, and a set of knives inlaid with multicolored gemstones appeared.
"This auction item was provided by Mr. Qiao Zhi, and it was a knife that accompanied him everywhere he went on his campaign. This set of knives was taught to him by his mentor Mr. Zheng Ze, and it can be said to be a treasure of the master. Qiao Zhi consulted Mr. Zheng Ze's consent and transferred this set of knives to someone destined through this auction. The starting price is $200,000. β
As soon as the words fell, everyone at the scene immediately turned their heads to each other, and many eyes fell on Qiao Zhi.
I had long heard that Qiao Zhi was going to take out his treasure knife for auction.
In many martial arts, there is such a concept, the knife is in the person, and the knife is dead, which shows how much the swordsman attaches importance to the knife.
Although Qiao Zhi is not a swordsman in martial arts, he is a chef, and knives are also very important to him.
This set of knives has been seen on many occasions, and those who are familiar with him know the importance of this collection. Not to mention that there are other meanings, so the starting price is 200,000 yuan, which has a strong attraction.
The on-site bidding came and went, and even Guo Yan couldn't help but call the price twice.
In the end, this set of knives was auctioned by a strange man at a price of 1.6 million.
Qiao Zhi nodded politely at him.
The strange man smiled faintly at Qiao Zhi.
Then there were a lot of good things that were auctioned.
For example, the high melamine works of Xu Fu, the master of Cizhou kiln, and the agarwood bracelet purchased by Zhuo Hang, president of the Ceramics Association, more than ten years ago.
"Okay, the next auction item, many people present will definitely be very interested, this is the trophy donated by Ms. Mu Xiao, a popular female star in China, the first actress in her acting career, with a starting price of 100,000 yuan. Cao Yuyang said with a smile.
The most eye-catching auction items have finally surfaced, and the starting price is not high, and everyone is not relentless in raising the price.
Sister Fen was very nervous sitting in the audience, and she didn't let go when the price reached one million.
However, when the price reached 1.8 million and still hadn't stopped, she felt a little excited.
The brokerage company arranged for someone to win the trophy at a price of two million yuan, and if it exceeded two million, the brokerage company would give up.
The price soon exceeded two million yuan.
There were not many people bidding on the field, only a young man in his thirties and a middle-aged man in his forties.
In the end, the trophy was auctioned by the young man in his thirties at a price of 2.75 million.
Sister Fen observed the young man, and after successfully photographing the actress trophy, he left in a very low-key manner.