Chapter 200: The First Auction
Zhao Yang returned to his small shop, he was not in a hurry, he had not moved for the past few days, but was quietly waiting, waiting for that person to take the initiative to find him.
It didn't take long for him to receive a call from that person.
Zhu Zhengwen said to Zhao Yang mysteriously, "Well, do you have time?" I have an auction here, I don't know if you can come and help me take a look." β
"Absolutely. Zhao Yang chuckled and hung up the phone, the fish finally took the bait, and the youth club would fall into his hands sooner or later.
He doesn't seem to be able to bring down the YMCA, in fact, with the current size of the YMCA, it is too difficult to bring him down.
And through Su Jingnan, he also knew that the Su family had some communication with the old president of the YMCA, more than that, this old president seemed to be a disciple of the world, and he wanted to bring down the YMCA, unless this old president died, he could not succeed.
So he changed his mind and took actual control of the YMCA into his own hands.
But the old president was not a fool, he was able to give up his position to the current president, he must have seen some kind of talent in him, and these things were not enough to disappoint him to pull him down.
The farce at the auction was just an inducement, although the matter was solved by Zhao Yang, but this matter also left a crack in the old president's heart, and what Zhao Yang wanted to do was to continue to expand this crack.
Dressed neatly, Zhao Yang found an auction house in the suburbs according to the address he proposed, which was different from his geographical location, and the popularity of this auction house was not affected by the geographical location.
The entrance was full of luxury cars, and all kinds of people went to the auction house.
Zhao Yang was also among them, he soon saw Zhu Zhengwen, Zhu Zhengwen was standing at the door, looking around nervously, in fact, he didn't know if Zhao Yang could come, after all, Zhao Yang had played him a few times last time.
When he saw Zhao Yang, his hanging heart relaxed, and he hurriedly greeted him and said, "You're here?"
Zhao Yang nodded and asked suspiciously: "When will the auction start, I don't look like I'm in a hurry." β
"A moment, a moment. Zhu Zhengwen said: "The things to be auctioned today are relatively valuable, so there are a lot of people to see." Zhu Zhengwen spoke, and made an inviting gesture to him: "Let's go see it first?"
"Uh-huh. Zhao Yang nodded, and then walked in with Zhu Zhengwen, there didn't seem to be many people inside, only a few people, most of them were standing in the hall drinking tea, looking very relaxed.
The two of them came inside together, and after getting on the elevator, they arrived at the first floor of the box, which is less than ten square meters of box with two soft leather reclining chairs, and all kinds of fruits and drinks are placed next to the two chairs, Zhu Zhengwen said with a smile: "I don't have much money, this is just an ordinary box, and the top is a luxury box, but unfortunately I can't afford to rent it." β
Listening to Zhu Zhengwen's words, Zhao Yang felt a little speechless, is this person too naΓ―ve, even if he doesn't tell himself about this kind of thing, it doesn't matter, after telling himself, he seems to be more stupid.
However, Zhao Yang thought about it carefully, although their YMCA is a relatively large group, there are only a few people who are really rich, and the YMCA only provides financial help, and they, the managers, are not qualified to take the money from the YMCA.
To put it mildly, don't look at the dozens of companies under their YMCA, but their president and this Zhu Zhengwen may not make as much money as those white-collar workers in the company.
Judging from the fact that you have to look at people's faces to get five million, Zhao Yang's guess should be very correct.
"You asked me to come over, didn't you just come to auction things?" Zhao Yang lay on the chair and said with a smile: "Or do you have something you want me to help with?" β
"I ......" Zhu Zhengwen scratched his head embarrassedly, and then immediately sat on the chair beside Zhao Yang, and whispered: "I want to learn how to identify antiques, although what I said is a little whimsical, but I am really interested in this industry." β
"Hehe, are you interested in money?" Zhao Yang directly exposed his lies.
When he bought antiques for the chairman before, I am afraid that he became curious about the antique industry, after all, a few broken plates can be sold for five million, which makes him think that the antique industry is a profiteering industry.
In fact, it was, but at that time, it was the liars who touched the porcelain for huge profits, and for the real antique collectors, they bought a thing, not to see it appreciate, but to simply like it.
This way of collecting antiques may be 1 million when you collect them, but when you want to sell them, you find that they are only worth 500,000 yuan.
This kind of thing is not to be said, not to mention that antique profiteering depends on your vision, not that this thing is good, it must be before, you have to see its prospects in the future.
In front of Zhao Yang, he didn't explain the stakes to him, but nodded with a smile and said, "Since you really want to learn, then it's okay for me to teach you." β
"This, thank you so much, but how can I learn?" Zhu Zhengwen looked at Zhao Yang suspiciously.
Zhao Yang smiled slightly, and then said: "It's simple, but this is not something that can be explained clearly in one sentence or two, so let's take you to familiarize yourself with these antiques first." β
The two of them said a few more words, and at this time the auction had officially begun, and I saw the auctioneer on the stage twisting her slender waist to the front of the stage, she cleared her throat and smiled embarrassedly.
As soon as the smile appeared, her face turned red.
"I'm really sorry, this auction is hosted by me, I am a rookie auctioneer, there may be many areas that are not very proficient, if you feel uncomfortable, please understand. β
As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, a man pushed an object up, which was not large, only eighty centimeters, and was covered with a red cloth on top.
Zhao Yang looked directly at the past with his divine eyes and found that it was a jade Buddha, the jade Buddha is actually a relatively common carving, and generally does not want to destroy a whole piece of jade, so he will choose to carve it into a jade Buddha or something.
However, it is common, it does not mean that it is common in auction houses, especially Buddha statues and Guanyin statues, and it is rare to see people selling them at auctions.
As the auctioneer lifted the red cloth, he saw a fighting Buddha with angry eyes and a demon pestle in his hand.
"This Buddha statue is the last work of the famous master carver Song Jinyuan before his death, he carved in Thailand for three years, and finally accepted and completed by his apprentice, it is a very good work of art, its demeanor and shape are designed by the master himself, it was purchased by our collector for 150,000 yuan 30 years ago, and it has been offered to this day. β
Thirty years ago, 150,000 yuan was already able to buy a house in the capital. Zhu Zhengwen smashed his mouth, and said in his heart that this antique industry is really too profitable.
And Zhao Yang frowned slightly, he was not taboo about these Buddha statues before, but since he had this magical ability, he also had more respect for these objects.
There are many superstitious people in the antique world, such as the statue of Guanyin and the statue of the God of Wealth, and they dare not call for buying.
Because of this reason, when the auctioneer lifted the red cloth, many people simply gave up the auction.
Zhu Zhengwen was also more taboo, and quickly put down the sign he was about to raise.
Zhao Yang spoke at this time: "If you want to make money, this thing can be photographed." β
Zhu Zhengwen was stunned, he hurriedly said: "Isn't it important to invite this thing home?"
Listening to his words, Zhao Yang just lightly took out a grape from the fruit bowl on the side, and said: "This thing grows in the soil to call for wealth, and it is loaded in the car to call for goods, and it is the fruit when it is washed and placed on the plate, so you don't have to stay at home." β
Saying that, Zhao Yang threw the grapes in his mouth and said: "Don't look at this Buddha statue in the auction hall There is no reason to auction it, but if you want to transfer it to the Buddha statue shop, they will definitely be willing to invite it back." β
"Really?" Zhu Zhengwen rubbed his hands: "Then how much is it better for us to shoot?"
Zhao Yang pondered for a moment, the value of this Buddha statue should be about three million, but that is the highest price that can be sold, if you deduct taxes, if you want to make some money, you can't invest too much.
"The starting price is 50,000 yuan, and the price increase cannot be less than 20,000 yuan, so 600,000 yuan. Zhao Yang said calmly: "At this price, even if the people in the audience want to add money, they have to think about it." β
"Okay. Zhu Zhengwen hurriedly agreed, he didn't think much about it, and directly sold 600,000.
Zhao Yang knew that those who could have the courage to send the Buddha statue to the auction house must be short of money and wanted to sell it for a big price, but he thought too much, these bosses with assets of more than 100 million yuan, that is not all kinds of taboos, besides, whoever wants the Buddha statue must not go to the temple in person, and the Buddha statue shop will invite the Buddha in person, who can invite the Buddha in the auction house?
It's already very high to give 600,000 yuan by yourself, otherwise this thing will definitely be taken away with two or three hundred thousand yuan.
When this price came out, the auctioneer couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, this is not a genre, and his first auction did not fail.
In the end, no one was willing to compete with Zhao Yang, as Zhao Yang saw, basically the big bosses who came here would not be willing to offend the superstition in their hearts for this benefit.
Fortunately, this is not in the ghost market, if it is auctioned in the ghost market, Zhao Yang estimates that it is possible for this thing to be topped to 290,000, and that group of people are willing to fight for a profit of 10,000 yuan, so what superstition and taboo is.
No matter what they are, they will call for goods in their hands.
"Congratulations to Boss No. 20 for getting our Demon Slaying Buddha Statue!"
The auctioneer said excitedly: "Please come out with our second auction item, this is a treasure brought by a foreign collector, named Gulong Pan, found in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the manufacturer is unknown, the process is unknown, according to expert identification, this is the end of the Ming Dynasty to invite God utensils also known as sacrificial plates...... The starting price is 300,000. β
Zhao Yang frowned, what is going on in this auction house, why is everything basically related to superstition?