Chapter 29 Dalong Stamps!

"Five bottles of wine cost £2,000, and a bottle of wine is worth £400. This wine is really not cheap!" Jia Lei said when he saw the red wine that Secretary Wu Tatars helped him get back.

"It's not expensive for Romanée Conti, because it's a new wine that has just been made, so you can buy it so cheaply. Once the wine has been aged for two or three years, the price has risen to at least £8,000. Utars said.

"It's so expensive, wouldn't it have more than doubled that year?" Jia Lei asked in surprise.

"The price of this wine is secondary, the point is that it is so low that it can produce up to 6,000 bottles a year! And the reason is simply because they feel that the newly transplanted vines are not old enough to produce good grapes. Utars said.

"It's so good! No wonder it made a new wine to be auctioned off at Sotheby last year. Jia Lei said.

"The order for this wine usually has to be lined up until three years later, and Sotheby's auction house can take out a case of wine for a gimmick auction this time, I'm afraid it took a lot of effort! Wu Tatars touched Jia Lei's head and said.

"But this wine is so rare, why aren't there many people who snapped this wine with me just now?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.

Besides, this is just a case of new wine produced last year, and everyone doesn't want to spend more money on it, otherwise they will be regarded as wronged by the people in the circle and laugh at it. Utars explained.

"Oh no, didn't I blow myself up? over...... Now everyone knows that I am an explosive ......," Jia Lei said regretfully while covering his face.

"Haha! Jia Lei, you're so funny, no one would think so much when you're so young. It's the first time a kid your age in the circle comes to the auction, and a lot of kids are doing things that are even better than you! Wu Tatars comforted Jia Lei and said.

"Really? You haven't lied to me, have you? Haven't those children from upper-class families learned all kinds of etiquette since they were young? What can they do?" Jia Lei asked in disbelief.

"I'll give you an example, two years ago, an eight-year-old girl came to the auction for the first time! She bought a gouache painting of a new generation painter for £20,000, and then she came home and tore it up, tying a piece of a dove to a heart-shaped balloon and letting it fly away. According to the girl's parents, the little girl thought the pigeon was drawn like it and wanted to see it fly in the sky. Utars said.

"Then I really have to feel sad for that painter, a pair of painstaking words were torn to pieces like this, I don't know how he will feel when he hears it?" Jia Lei said with a sigh.

"It doesn't matter what he thinks! Once the painting is sold, it no longer belongs to him! The painter himself has no right to intervene whether the buyer's child tore the painting to shreds or burns it. You see that the little girl has done such a big thing, but the people of high society praise her for her innocence and cuteness! Some people even say that she likes animals and loves peace. Utars said to Jia Lei.

"Sure enough, I'm too naïve! This is the upper-class version of rich and capricious, right? As long as you are powerful and powerful, everything is right......" Jia Lei said with a sarcastic smile.

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"The following auction item is the collection of Major Sta of the Chinese State stamps, the big dragon wide side yellow 5 cents silver stamps, it is the first set of stamps in the history of the Chinese country, issued in 1878, that is, the Chinese calendar of the Qing Dynasty Guangxu four years ......" The auctioneer on the stage was still talking, Jia Lei squinted his eyes and dozed below.

"Oh my God! it's a dragon stamp, it's really a dragon stamp!" a Chinese buyer shouted as he stood up excitedly after seeing the lot.

"What's wrong? Who is shouting?" Jia Lei was startled by the shouting of the familiar language, opened his eyes and asked.

"Nothing happened, just someone saw a favorite auction item and was so excited. You're not going to sleep for a while? After all, you've been sitting here for more than an hour. Utarth asked.

"I'm not sleeping, it's almost time to come out of my mammoth, I'm going to wake up. Jia Lei rubbed his eyes and said.

"Is it a dragon stamp? is it really a dragon stamp...... It's still the only Zhang, this is really rare!" The excited Chinese buyer was still screaming excitedly when he was pulled back into the chair by his friend.

"Dalong stamps!What Dalong stamps?Why do I think this thing is so familiar?" Jia Lei asked in a daze, he had just opened his eyes and was still awake.

"I don't know about your Huaxia stamps, but according to the people at Sotheby's auction house, this is the first set of stamps in your Huaxia country. Wu Tatars gave Jia Lei a make-up lesson.

"Oh! it turned out to be this big dragon oil ticket!" Jia Lei nodded and continued to rub his eyes, rubbing and rubbing him, he felt that something was wrong.

"Poof!" Jia Lei's feet softened, and the whole person fell from the chair to the ground.

"Jia Lei, are you okay, why did you fall?"

"The Great Dragon Stamp! It's the legendary Great Dragon Stamp! I didn't expect to see this treasure in my lifetime. Jia Lei said and got up from the ground.

In 1878, the Qing government set up a postal service in the customs and issued the first set of stamps in Chinese history.

There are 3 stamps in this set, and the face value is calculated in silver taels: 1 cent silver, 3 cents of silver, and 5 cents of silver. The main body of the stamp is a dragon, lined with clouds and water waves, and it is called a big dragon stamp.

Jia Lei didn't even care about the ashes on his body, so he quickly stretched his neck to take a closer look at the auction items on the auction table in front of him.

"Uncle, look, there's a dragon on it! It's really a dragon stamp! I didn't expect me to be so lucky to be able to see a dragon stamp. Jia Lei excitedly pointed to the big dragon stamp on the stage and said.

"It's just a stamp! Is it worth your excitement? You don't care to be careful, and I'll see you fall." Wu Tatars didn't even glance at the big dragon stamp that made Jia Lei excited, but went to help Jia Lei pat the dust on his body with his own hands.

"You don't know that this stamp is particularly valuable! And it is very rare, this is the first set of stamps in our Huaxia Kingdom!" Jia Lei still jumped to his feet and said excitedly.

"Alright, I see, sit down, or you'll get out of the way of the people behind you." It's rude to do that!" Utars reminded Jia Lei.

"Oh, oh! I'll sit down. Jia Lei nodded and sat down immediately.

Jia Lei delayed for a while, and the auctioneer over there had already finished introducing the origin of this stamp and began bidding for the auction.

"£200,000!", "£205,000!", "£220,000 here!".

When Jia Lei was still admiring the beautiful stamp, several Chinese people present had already begun to compete fiercely, and of course, a few Westerners were also constantly holding up signs.

"Come on, you can't let the foreigners buy the things, how many good things this group of foreigners have robbed us, and this first set of stamps in China can't let them buy anything else." Jia Lei listened to the fierce bidding on the scene, and clenched his fists to cheer for his compatriots.

"Jia Lei, since you are so nervous about this stamp, then why don't you take a picture of it yourself?" Wu Tatars picked up the number plate that Jia Lei had dropped on the ground and stuffed it into Jia Lei's hand.

"I'll take a picture of it myself, is this okay?......" Jia Lei asked confusedly.

In his understanding, whether it is participating in auctions or buying back national treasures that have been lost overseas, it should be something that only the world's top 500 entrepreneurs and celebrities can do......

After all, this kind of thing, Jia Lei in his previous life had only heard about it in celebrity interviews and various news, and he never thought that he could also do this kind of thing to win glory for the country.

"As long as you want to buy it, there's nothing you can't do! Maybe this thing is very important to you Chinese people, but to Sotheby's auction house, this thing is just as ordinary an auction item as the case of red wine you bought. Anyone can buy it with money!" Wu Tass said to Jia Lei seriously.

"Really? But shouldn't such a big thing be done by those famous entrepreneurs?" Jia Lei asked suspiciously, looking at the crowd competing for the scene.

Jia Lei, you have to learn to adapt to your new identity, instead of sticking to the thinking of ordinary people. I hope that in the future, you will look at a wider area, and no longer think of yourself as an ordinary citizen and a small businessman. Wu Tatars said with his hand holding Jia Lei's hand holding the number plate.

"What ...... me" Jia Lei looked down at the number plate in his hand and thought thoughtfully.

"300,000 pounds!" Wu Tatars raised Jia Lei's hand violently and firmly helped Jia Lei quote the price.

He raised the auction price by 30,000 pounds at a single price!

"Okay! Guest No. 3508 bid 300,000 pounds, are there any guests present who bid higher?" said the auctioneer on the stage, glancing at the price card in Jia Lei's hand.

"Here, £310,000!" said a woman who answered the phone at the table.

"Guest 3002 bids £310,000, are there any other guests bidding?" the auctioneer asked.

"315,000 pounds!" Jia Lei suddenly came back to his senses from what had just happened, and subconsciously raised his hand and said.

"Okay, guest 3508 bids £315,000!

"You're right! You see, it's not that hard to auction or something. As long as you can take the first step, things will be easier later. Utarth said with a smile.

"You're right! This kind of thing is really not difficult, as long as I can let go of the baggage and shackles in my heart, I can do this kind of thing. Jia Lei said with emotion,

Although Jia Lei made a lot of money before this, he subconsciously still had the idea of a small citizen!

Obviously, he has entered the upper class, but Jia Lei still looks at the people and things around him from the perspective of ordinary people.

Jia Lei always put on a bystander's clear appearance, using his own reborn eyes to laugh at the ignorance of these people now, but Jia Lei never thought that if he always maintained the perspective of a bystander, how could he integrate into the new class.

This time, Wu Tatars personally took Jia Lei's hand and dragged him to the game of the new class, so that Jia Lei changed from a bystander in this era to a participant in this era.

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"£320,000!", "£322,000!", "£325,000!".

Jia Lei raised his hand frequently, competing fiercely with the buyers on the scene and the person on the other end of the phone.

"Jia Lei's auction is not like this! You keep shouting like this, how tired you are!" Wu Tass grabbed Jia Lei again and said.

However, Wu Tatars is here to stop Jia Lei from continuing to bid this time!

"But I really want this stamp!" Mr. Jia said.

"I know, but there are auctions that are also auctioned, and if you are sure to get this stamp, then you should not participate in the previous event where many people are bidding together. Utars said.

"Why?" asked Jia Lei puzzled.

"Because it's going to be stupid! it's tiring!" said Uttars.

"But isn't that how auctions are held?" Jia Lei asked.

"Of course not! Real buyers often make a last-minute bid, because the weak competitors have already given up or been eliminated by then, and the real buyer is often one of the two or three people who bid last. Utars said.

"Then what are we going to do now?" Jia Lei asked.

"Wait!" said Uttars.

"What are you waiting for?" asked Jia Lei.

"When these buyers decide the last two strong ones on their own, you go down and bid with them. And then the final word!" said Utars.

"Okay, I understand!" Jia Lei nodded and said.

Things are exactly the same as what Utars said, after 30 fierce bidding, there are gradually only two buyers left on the scene, and one of them is still bidding by phone.

"It's time, isn't it?" Jia Lei asked, glancing at Utars.

"It's time, go ahead, my child. Utars nodded.

"£347,000!" Jia Lei said, holding up the number in his hand.

"£340,000!" said another buyer at the scene.

"What about Mr. Lin? The price has already reached 340,000 pounds. The client asked on the phone.

"Go on!" Mr. Lin said without hesitation.

"£349,000!" said the client.

"353,000 pounds!" Jia Lei glanced at the entrusted seat and raised his hand firmly.

"£354,000!" the other person at the scene followed without hesitation.

"35 pounds, 0 pounds!" Jia Lei directly raised the price again.

"£359,000!" said another, too, raising his hand.

The price kept rising, and soon the auction price rose to 374,000 thousand pounds, and the other auctioneer on the scene finally gave up the price increase and stopped following!

In an instant, the only people competing for this new stamp of broad-sided dragon yellow 5 cents silver in the auction house were Jia Lei and Mr. Lin on the phone.

And the price of 374,000 pounds is exactly who Mr. Lin came up with.

"May I ask guest No. 3508, do you still want to increase the price?" asked the auctioneer looking in the direction of Jia Lei.

"400,000 pounds!" Jia Lei said lightly with his hand raised.

"Uncle, it's time for the final word!, right?" Jia Lei said to Uttars.

"Yes, Jia Lei, you have done a great job! I am very pleased with your growth. Utarth said with a smile.

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