Chapter 67 Fragile Funding Chains
Tang Feng's judgment is not unreasonable, so far, the progress of this piece of Tianhuangshi has not been carried out at all, the old man has just drawn a lot of thin lines of different colors on the black stone skin of this Tianhuangshi, except for a few grooves opened, he has not used the knife at all.
Although the look of disappointment in Tang Feng's eyes flashed, Fan Chengru still saw it, and he asked Tang Feng with a smile: "Little Tang, are you in a hurry to see the finished product?"
"No, no, no. Tang Feng was anxious, but he couldn't show it at this time, he had to say against his will: "I'm not in a hurry, you always take your time." ”
Fan Chengru said with confidence: "Don't worry, within three days, I can definitely let you see a Tianhuang stone carving worth 7 million." ”
Tang Feng scratched his head and said in disbelief: "It can't be so fast, right?"
Fan Chengru said: "No wonder you don't believe it, interlacing is like separating mountains, you are not engaged in carving after all." ”
Tang Feng put Tian Huangshi back on the desk and asked, "Is there anything else special about this?"
"I'll give you an analogy. Fan Chengru said: "Does the calligrapher have to hover on the paper and brew for a long time before lifting the brush and dipping it in ink to start writing?"
People who play calligraphy have such a habit, some people have been brewing for longer than writing, and hovering for a long time means that they are ready to go, and once they start writing, it will be like a storm. Tang Feng suddenly understood, although carving could not be done in one go like calligraphy, but after the idea was mature, it could also be used to get into the sword, and the old man was now ready to go. Thinking of this, the big stone that was pressing on Tang Feng's heart was finally put down, and he said, "I understand what you mean." ”
"Well, after all, it's a young man, with a flexible mind, and he can see through a little. Fan Chengru said: "I won't tell you anything, I was about to go under the knife when you came." ”
Tang Feng said: "Old Fan, I'm really sorry to disturb your old man's creative inspiration." ”
Fan Chengru laughed and said: "It's okay, you are a young man who uses a lot of aura, it is no accident that you can get this Tianhuang stone, if I see this stone in the trading market, I may not necessarily buy it." ”
"You're old and modest. After getting the good news, Tang Feng didn't dare to delay the old man's time any longer, he chatted with Fan Chengru for a few words and then left under the pretext.
In the afternoon, Tang Feng made another trip to the industrial and commercial taxation, probably infected by the military parade for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the comrades of these departments were very humane, and they accepted Tang's application for the trademark name "China Stone". However, the hope of success is still slim, according to them, the word "China" is not the main reason, another reason is that the trade name of China Stone is too close to the trade names of Sinopec and PetroChina, which is not conducive to the protection of well-known trademarks. For this reason, which is separated by 108,000 miles and cannot be beaten, Tang Feng can only shake his head and smile bitterly, these two old price-raising companies are not worthy of the word China at all.
In the afternoon of the next day, the general manager's office of Zhu Ji Auction House
Zhu Biwei heard Liu Yue humming while she was still in the corridor, she walked into the office and looked at Liu Yue strangely for a long time, and said: "Xiaoyue, you have been a bit abnormal in the past two days, usually let you come to the company to help, you always push back, even if you come reluctantly, you are listless, but why do you run here every day in the past two days?"
"Mom!" The daughter in front of her mother always doesn't grow up, Liu Yue pouted and said in a long voice: "I'm not married yet, so you don't want me anymore?"
Zhu Biwei looked at her beloved daughter with a smile and said, "Your mood has been ridiculously good in the past two days, what happy things have happened, well, let my mother guess... Tell me about it, and let your mother check it for you. ”
"After talking for a long time, are you still looking forward to me getting married?" Liu Yue stuck out her tongue and said, "No, I'll just stay by my mother's side." ”
At this time, the phone rang, Zhu Biwei pressed the answer button, and the voice of the front desk receptionist came: Mr. Zhu, Mr. Tang is here.
After a while, Tang Feng walked into the office, and he greeted with a smile: "Hello two." Then, he took out the plum green pen wash from his backpack and put it on Zhu Biwei's desk, Zhu Biwei picked up the pen wash, looked at it for a while and found the repair marks at the bottom of the foot, she said to Tang Feng: "If it weren't for Mr. Tang saying in advance that this pen wash needs to be repaired, I might have been eye-catching." ”
Liu Yue got up and came to Zhu Biwei's side and said, "Show me." ”
Zhu Biwei put the pen back on the desk and asked Tang Fengdao: "Which cultural relics unit did Mr. Tang entrust to restore?"
"Oh, it was introduced by a friend. Tang Feng didn't want Zhu Biwei to know that he had repaired it himself, so he casually said nonsense.
After Liu Yue saw the pen wash, she nodded and said affirmatively: "No need to ask, it must be a museum-level restoration." ”
Zhu Biwei invited Tang Feng to sit down at the other end of the desk, Liu Yue poured him a cup of tea, Zhu Biwei turned the LCD monitor to Tang Feng, and said: "As we expected, the six treasures of the study caused a sensation in the entire market as soon as they appeared. ”
On the LCD screen, it is the official webpage of Zhu Ji Auction House, because the carving of Tian Huangshi has not yet been completed, and their main advertisement is very strategic. The Four Treasures of the Best Scholar's Room + National Treasure Longquan Kiln Plum Green Brush Wash + Mysterious Lao Kengtian Yellow Paperweight, click on the title, which is a detailed introduction to these five lots, of course, they are all beautiful words.
Tang Feng asked Zhu Biwei: "There are only three days left before the auction day, is there not enough time for publicity and hype?"
Zhu Biwei shook her head and said, "This six treasures of the study room are different from the wat board you entrusted to us last time, and it doesn't need to be publicized for a long time. ”
Zhu Biwei's analysis is very reasonable, an auction with a reserve price of more than 10 million yuan is a large auction, and each auction house has its own big customers, and when they encounter a large auction, they will notify these customers one by one. Because the ivory wat board is an unpopular collection, it needs to be hyped and publicized to attract target customers, but the study utensils are different, it is a mainstream collection in China, and there is a more important point, collectors who know how to play qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are often from the upper class, they have money and taste, Dong Minquan is a good example. The purchasing power of these people is not comparable to those big names in the theater industry, and it is not at the same level at all, as evidenced by the fact that those female stars in the entertainment industry have married into wealthy families.
Zhu Biwei's only worry was that Fang Tian Huangshi, she said to Tang Feng: "Mr. Tang, your Fang Tian Huang Shi is going to be done as soon as possible." ”
Tang Feng said affirmatively: "No problem, it can be completed in three days." "Fan Chengru is such a respected carver who will not open his mouth to talk nonsense, and Tang Feng has no doubt about this. What he is most worried about now is the problem of money, Tang Feng has never solved this problem from being poor to having a net worth of tens of millions, and his capital chain has been fragile to the point of vulnerability. Now he not only needs to succeed in the auction, but also needs to get a high price, the transaction price is less than 30 million, everything is just empty talk, after all, he is still facing a ten-percent commission fee. And the bronze Buddha statue is also one of the keys, in addition to supplementing the possible funding gap, it also has to bear the cost of renovation.
Liu Yue, who had her mother by her side, looked a little reserved, she took a document and handed it to Tang Feng, and said, "Mr. Tang, this is our valuation of the bronze Buddha statue, what do you think?"