Not long after Fllen arrived, Neil and Snapton also came to Link's side.

Like Neil, Fren has worked with Snapton. And they're all in New York to keep in touch a little more. After he introduced his daughter to the two.

Link smiled and said to Neil, "How are you talking?"

"There is consensus, but there is also a lot of disagreement. ”

"About the leadership of the project?"

"Boss, you said you wouldn't interfere. ”

"I'm just asking. ”

Neil asked, "What are you talking about?"

"About tomorrow's auction. Aren't you going to go?" Flon was a close friend to Neil. "Maybe find something that interests you. ”

"I'm going to continue negotiations with Teresa tomorrow. I think it's going to be a tough negotiation and I need to save as much time as possible. ”

So, the next morning, Link and Flon met up to go to the art center. Outside the art center, there were security checks, and they all got invitations.

They followed the signpost to a multimedia conference hall, which was supposed to be a special conference hall for art lectures, with a capacity of more than 500 people.

There is an auction table on the stage, and a multimedia projector is playing some of the advertisements for the auction.

Link and Flon found their seats, they both arrived late and needed to walk inward in a row of seats.

"Hello, Mr. Hans!"

"Mr. Hans, I am glad to see you. ”

……

Link sat down in the empty way of thinking about it, and the people who made way for them seemed to know him, and almost everyone greeted him. He didn't know each other, so he had to slowly socialize twenty or thirty people along the way. Only then did they walk over to the seat they had found.

As soon as they sat down, a few of the people around him accosted him again.

He got more than a dozen business cards, and these people were from all over the United States. They are all managers of some businesses, and may even be the owners of the businesses.

But they don't sit in a tight space. Most people only sit with the people who come with them. There are usually one or two seats in between.

There are more than 500 seats, and there are more than 200 people. However, there is also a special hotline on both sides to call prices over the phone for buyers who do not plan to appear in person.

Of course, those who are reluctant to come forward may not only have to use hot money, because some buyers are not even willing to reveal their identities to the auctioneer. For example, sellers who come to the auction just to raise the price. They will make a bid through an intermediary.

After Link and the others sat down, Fren saw the business cards in the hands of the two of them, and couldn't help but smile and whispered, "It seems that we shouldn't have come in person." ”

Normally, unless it's a particularly major auction or a charity auction, the richest people don't usually show up in person.

And this is the first time they have entered this industry, and they are really not very familiar with it. It's no wonder that those people were surprised when they saw them just now, and they also brought some surprises.

Perhaps those people never thought they would meet a rich man of their level. Or rather, the two of them appeared a little abruptly at this auction.

Not long after, the music stopped. A man in a tuxedo took the stage to give a speech and announce the official start of the auction.

It was the first time Link had participated in an auction of this size.

He found the auction process to be simple and fast. There is no time for buyers to take a closer look at the lots. The auctioneer will only give a brief introduction to the lot for two or three sentences, and then announce the start of bidding.

Auctioneers also don't deliberately stall for someone to bid a higher price in order to raise the price.

In fact, he spoke quickly: "Okay, one hundred and twenty fifty thousand." One million and three million, and ...... Is there a higher price for this gentleman of 1,450,000 yuan? Now the price of this 800-year-old piece of Chinese porcelain is 1,450,000 dollars, is there a higher price? 1,450,000 once, 1,450,000 twice...... Okay, one and a half million dollars. $1.5 million for the first time, $1.5 million for the second time, $1.5 million for the second time, $1.5 million, sold!" the auctioneer said that much, but it was actually less than twenty seconds.

And there are usually only a few bidders for a lot, and it won't take more than a minute for competitors to decide the winner, which is simply not a time for you to think about it. This is also the reason why it is necessary to set a psychological price before the auction.

If changes are made at the last minute, they also need to be prepared before they approach the original psychological price. Because in the end, it won't take you more than three seconds to think about it.

In just 12 minutes, a total of 11 lots were auctioned, and one of them was unsold. Link and Flon raised their cards for two to three of the lots.

But none of them are inexperienced. The lot quickly exceeded the psychological reserve price they had set before they arrived. In the end, it can only be to give up.

This made the people around them look at them a little strangely.

If it's other rich people, as long as they start, even if it's for the sake of face, they will usually stick to the end. And the two of them are relatively famous and rich people in the United States anyway. I gave up a few times after raising the card, as if I was raising the card for the sake of brushing the sense of existence.

Link and Furlen didn't pay any attention to the stares. Link whispered, "It seems that the art collecting market is quite hot right now. ”

"You can see it. Fren felt that way, too. The two lots he was interested in just now were sold at more than 130% of his psychological price. And his psychological price is made by consulting information on the Internet. "It seems that our experience is still a little bit worse. Perhaps our next target has a higher psychological price. Otherwise, we might not get anywhere. ”

Flon smiled and added: "I'm afraid there will be media reports at that time: Link Hans lost the auction. Or rather: the nouveau riche Link Hans, who knows nothing about the art market. ”

Link chuckled under his breath and said, "The headline you're talking about, those media might not think it's vicious enough. ”

They were talking about another lot that they were not interested in.

And the next thing to bid on is the bronze mirror that Link is curious about.

The auctioneer still said at a quick pace: "This is a bronze mirror from a thousand years ago. Its mirror surface is still smooth. The back lines are delicate and rare. And it may be the largest known bronze mirror in the world. Lot 1014, starting at $120,000 and $3,000 each bid. Please bid. ”

Link waited for a while and found that no one was bidding. The auctioneer has already started a third more detailed introduction, and if there are still no bids after this introduction, then the lot will be lost.

He didn't wait for the auctioneer to finish speaking, he held up the sign.

"Yes, Mr. Hans is bidding twelve hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars. Is there a higher price?"

"One hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ”

Link heard someone shouting and couldn't help but turn his head to look. It was found to be an old Chinese man. The other party saw him turn around and smiled at him.

With a smile on his face, Link turned around and held up the sign again.

But the old man was not willing to give up. Link just raised his cards at first. And the old man had to shout a price of more than 20,000 yuan every time.

Link looks at the latest price of half a million dollars. He frowned, held up his sign and said, "Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars." ”

Fren didn't think the unidentified bronze mirror was worth the price. But it's made of plastic. It wouldn't make a difference if Link bought it at that price.

The old man didn't seem to have a lot of money. Link raised his bid by $250,000 at once. This also seems to be a sign that he is bound to win. At least at a fairly high price, it will be abandoned.

The old man is the director of the Museum of Chinese Studies in America. This time, I mainly wanted to bid for some art from China and increase the museum's collection.

They don't have a lot of money. And whether the bronze mirror is what he thinks is still uncertain. Faced with this price, he could only give up.

Others also don't like collectibles that "don't have a story". So Link took the bronze mirror for $750,000. There was some face-saving applause at the auction.

Next, Link and Flon also adjusted their psychological prices, and each won two favorite lots.

By this time, it had been about an hour, and the bidding for 38 lots had been completed, and the first finale lot had appeared.

Lot 1039, 246 mm high. It is a small pink jar from 900 years ago, which is the porcelain of the Ge kiln. Made in China. It has a peculiar pattern, and there are less than 100 of them in the world. The starting bid is $3.3 million. $100,000 per bid. Please bid. ”

This is also the lot that Link is interested in, although it is more expensive, but he has checked on the Internet, Ge kiln is a rare variety of Chinese porcelain. This starting price is really not too high.

It's just that he doesn't know if it's genuine.

This jar has never been seen before. And it is the Americans who issue the certificate of firmness. Americans are adamant about Chinese antiques, which is a bit unreliable in the first place.

He was a little skeptical, but others didn't, or if the auction was successful. Even if this jar is a fake, no one will easily say that it is a fake.

There are more and more people competing for such lots.

Link hadn't decided whether to compete or not, and the offer was over $6 million in just one minute.

Link also noticed that the hotlines, which had not been moving before, were now active, and the operator held the phone to his ear, and raised his hand to call the price while quickly saying something into the microphone.

Furren was also interested in the lot, mainly because the starting price was high enough. There is no need to buy such a thing, and if the final price is high enough, it will have more room for appreciation.

There are less than 100 of them in the world, and it is easy to hype up such a scarce thing. If you want to avoid taxes by collecting art, such things are the most ideal objects.

Of course, that's something that only the super-rich can afford.

Link listened to him. I thought that this price had exceeded the auction price of all the previous Ge kiln porcelain.

But what he didn't know was that the auctioned kilns were basically imitated by later generations. In the Song Dynasty, the kilns rarely appeared in the market.

But Fren also has a point. He thought for a moment, held up the sign and said, "Seven million." ”

It's certainly a bit silly to buy an ancient porcelain that can't be eaten or used for seven million dollars. But in the future there will be even more stupid people to take over. He is also not afraid of losing money.

Provided, of course, that the lot is indeed a product from 800 years ago. If it is copied by the Hereafter, he will lose a lot.

In the end, he bought the jar for $8.6 million.