Chapter 159: Suspension of Auctions

An Yuchen said: "Let me tell you, in fact, I don't want to take my father's class at all, because I am not optimistic about the development of the real estate industry in the next ten years.

In the next ten years, real estate companies can maintain their basic profit level, even if they are good enterprises, and what they want to grow is a luxury. ”

"So, you think that when you go back to take over, you can't show your ability at all?" Tang Chuan and An Yuchen raised their glasses and said while drinking the wine in their glasses.

An Yuchen only felt that he and Tang Chuan were familiar at first sight and chatted very speculatively, and unconsciously poured out all his bitter water.

In his opinion, although Tang Chuan is younger than him, his conversation and knowledge make him feel that he is a very thoughtful person, and he is very in tune with his own views, and he always feels very comfortable when he speaks.

"Of course, if you think about it, in this case, will those shareholders of Jiayuan think that my son is indeed inferior to Lao Tzu? They will not talk to you about the problem of the industry recession, in short, if you make less money and pay less dividends, you can't do it. ”

"Then you should come out and start a business yourself, why do you have to go back to your son to inherit your father's business? Who stipulates that the rich second generation must take over from his father?" Tang Chuan said.

"Do you think I haven't started a business? It's just easier said than done, in this environment, although the above advocates individual entrepreneurship, but now the cost of starting a business is high, the market environment is poor, it can be said that it is the most since the opening up.

If you want to do manufacturing, not to mention the cost of equipment and technology, the current labor cost is much higher than before, but the domestic and international market environment is in a state of demand saturation.

If you want to do Internet IT, there are a few giants at home and abroad, and individual innovations can't compete with the complete ecological environment of others.

If you want to do business, I'm sorry, Tianfang Group's e-commerce platform has all been done, and now it is an era without agent middlemen. ”

An Yuchen counted the industries one by one, and kept shaking his head in denial.

"Then you can also do e-commerce!" Tang Chuan teased.

"Pull it down, it's okay two or three years earlier, now you can work for Lao Ma, the daily traffic advertising fee is charged unconsciously, and at the end of the month, you have to do it all in vain." An Yuchen said immediately.

"Look at what you said so clearly, as if you had opened an online store?" Tang Chuan said curiously.

An Yuchen drank another glass of red wine and said, "Of course, my online store has been open for three years, and one year is not as good as one year." If you continue to do it, you have to rely on swiping orders to maintain a good data, and I closed it in the first two months. ”

"Then don't you want to start a business in cutting-edge high-tech, such as unmanned driving, such as artificial intelligence. Tang Chuan said.

"Brother, do you want to do this when you learn computers? I don't doubt that this thing has a future in the future, the problem is, that's the future!"

An Yuchen and Tang Chuan chatted more and more on this topic, and their mood became more and more excited, and their voices unconsciously became louder at this moment.

The two were originally chatting quietly in a corner, but after An Yuchen's voice became louder, he attracted the attention of others.

In the Shanghai Maritime Society, no one knows Tang Chuan, but An Yuchen, the only son of real estate tycoon An Chongshan, is very eye-catching.

After a while, several groups of people came to greet An Yuchen, and several famous ladies came forward to talk and ask for more; This made Tang Chuan also suffer from the pond fish, with his 1.80-meter tall man, he looks cool and handsome, and the customized handmade suit is worn on his body, and the whole person looks very handsome.

The key is that on this occasion, the guests who can come are not ordinary people, although Tang Chuan's face is very raw, but he can drink and talk with the first diamond man in Shanghai, and the background is definitely extraordinary.

Since An Yuchen returned to China, he has also seen a lot of this situation, but he doesn't care, but Tang Chuan can't stand it, but fortunately, the time for the auction is almost up.

Tang Chuan said: "I really didn't expect the current girl to be so active. By the way, the auction is almost underway, do you have any lots you'd like to sell?"

An Yuchen smiled and said, "You are young, you don't have to endure this kind of thing, and you will get used to it slowly in the future." ”

As he spoke, he shook his head and said, "I'm not interested in those works of art, antiques or anything at all."

If it hadn't been for my old man's request for me to come, and I would have gained a lot of knowledge and met more people, I wouldn't have had time to come. Oh, do you have something to buy?"

"Previously, my UBS relationship manager told me that there was a prescription in the Codex of the Medicine King, and I was going to buy it and read it. Tang Chuan said.

"Okay, I was going to take a look and leave, since you have something to shoot, then I'll see it. By the way, you haven't answered me yet, do you really want to do those industries when you learn computers?" An Yuchen said, remembering what he had just asked Tang Chuan.

Tang Chuan replied: "You guessed right, there is this plan. In addition, you may not know enough about cutting-edge technology, and autonomous driving is actually already available.

In recent years, the capital party has invested a lot of money, and several large households have also had this project, and the speed of promotion is still quite fast. ”

An Yuchen stretched out his hand and waved, and said, "Wrong, very wrong." Capital has indeed invested a lot of money in the field of unmanned driving in the past two years, and the results seem to be applicable. But ......"

An Yuchen drank the tea in the cup, and continued: "However, we human beings are not ready to accept unmanned driving, this kind of thing involving the safety of human beings is completely controlled by machines, which is something that human society has never experienced, so this market is not so easy to establish."

However, if unmanned driving cannot be popularized on a large scale, then the investment of capital will not be able to get a return, just for the plane to transport goods, to express delivery for transshipment, these market segments are too small.

In addition, the capital market began to cool in the second half of the year, and capital will no longer invest money in unmanned driving. ”

Tang Chuan listened interestingly, so he said: "Then I recently saw that a company signed a Series C financing." ”

"Recently signed, it means that this financing was set at the beginning of this year, otherwise it would not have been signed. Any unmanned driving company that does not pay attention to capital trends and only goes to find money in the second half of the year, I bet they will not survive next year's Spring Festival. An Yuchen said.

Tang Chuan asked again: "Then what do you think of artificial intelligence?"

"Brother, this thing is definitely missing now, and it's not something we can afford to play with. An Yuchen said.

"If so, how big do you think the market will be?"

"Of course it's infinite! However, I personally think that if this thing hadn't been available to several major powers at about the same time, it would probably have led to a nuclear war.

You think, with artificial intelligence, it is equivalent to the complete liberation of the productive forces of that country, and the production speed of all walks of life is limited to the speed of material acquisition.

And the cost is limited to the value of the material itself, without the cost and added value of labor, what country can compete with the price of artificial intelligence?

Without commercial competitiveness, other countries will inevitably become resource exporters and dumping places for products, and will not they become economic colonies? Which big country can tolerate it?

What's even more terrifying is that in the military, there are already drones, unmanned tanks, and unmanned ships, and if this thing is added to artificial intelligence, will there be casualties among soldiers in such a country?

Tell me, do you need to react as soon as you confirm that the other party has artificial intelligence? ”

An Yuchen seemed to have a fixed opinion in his heart, so he said it without pause.

Tang Chuan had thought about it before, but he was infected by Zhang Xingdian and Chen Tao's enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, and he didn't think carefully about what kind of great changes artificial intelligence would bring.

Now after listening to An Yuchen's words, he suddenly became vigilant in his heart, if he really developed artificial intelligence, it seems that he also needs to cover it up and hide it, unless he has enough strength and status, he can only announce it.

Great changes are not advisable, it is better to make a fortune in a muffled change.

The two chatted happily here, not noticing that the service staff at the reception site had begun to get busy, and soon the auction hall was set up in the hall in the direction of the small stage.

On the small stage, a huge projection screen also fell, the words "auction" were displayed, and people began to gather towards the venue.

On the first five rows of tables and chairs, there are a number of cards, which represent the people who have paid a deposit of 10 million to determine the person who will participate in the auction.

In the five rows of tables and chairs, the number cards are spaced apart, which is obviously also convenient for the bidder's friends to sit together.

Tang Chuan asked Wu Fengdeng to pay the deposit on his behalf, and just now the service staff has handed over the auction number card to him, the number is 58, which is quite auspicious.

An Yuchen and Tang Chuan were talking, and there was already a master of ceremonies announcing, "Ladies and gentlemen, the art auction is about to begin."

Guests who have won the bidding number card are invited to sit in the number, and the rest of the guests can sit in the viewing seat at will. ”

Tang Chuan led An Yuchen, and the two walked to the third row marked No. 58 and sat down.

In the center of the small stage, there is a table on which the lots are placed, and at the same time, a special camera is filmed and synchronized to a huge projection screen, so that everyone in the room can clearly see the lot from the projection.

The auction soon began, and the first lot was Qiu Ying, a famous painter of the Ming Dynasty, who sold for 3.22 million yuan in 2015.

According to the current degree of currency depreciation, normally this time it is at least above 380, if you meet someone you like very much, it will be no score.

The investment in art is very deep, and sometimes the same lot will be auctioned by collectors, thus taking the opportunity to increase its value.

In this case, it is often the collector who has other works by the same author, and in this way, the other works of the same author can rise, and those who do not know how to do it often suffer.

However, Qiu Ying's fame is already very large, but there is no need to hype it up like this, it is estimated that this painting has also changed hands in the past three years.

Although Tang Chuan has a lot of knowledge of antiques and cultural relics, he does not have that mind about art investment, in his opinion, if you have money, it is better to invest in your own industry.

After some competition, this lot was bought for 4.5 million.

After a few lots in a row, Tang Chuan's rare codex of Sun Simiao, the Tang Dynasty medicine king, who wanted to see the authentic works, was brought to the stage by the service staff.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the famous doctor of the Tang Dynasty, known as the 'King of Medicine', Sun Simiao, who left a handwritten medical notebook, which can be described as very precious.

After the appraisal of many of our experts, it can be basically determined that it is the authentic copy of the Tang Dynasty, and the preservation is also intact. The starting price is 5 million yuan, and the price of each listing is 1 million yuan. ”

The auctioneer gave a brief introduction and began the bidding process.

Soon, the price jumped all the way to more than 10 million, which surprised many people in the field. After all, Sun Simiao is just a famous doctor, not a calligrapher, and his handwriting is definitely not worth the price.

Obviously, the organizers deliberately concealed that the codex contained a prescription, but why did some pharmaceutical companies directly notify them?

Tang Chuan was a little strange, didn't the seller want more people to participate in the auction? Obviously, this was not logical, and after thinking about it for a while, he didn't think about it anymore.

Tang Chuan also noticed at this time that there were at least five groups of people who participated in the bidding in advance, including Xue Yifang, executive director of Tianxing Pharmaceutical, who had just had a verbal conflict with him.

Under Tang Chuan's perception, this Codex of the Medicine King placed on the stage does seem to have some kind of ancient rhyme, and with modern advanced detection methods, it can be completely determined whether this Codex is from the Tang Dynasty.

For the five groups of people who were bidding, Tang Chuan sensed that one of them was very likely to be found by the seller, because every time the bidding slowed down, he would jump high and raise the price.

According to Tang Chuan's previous question to Wu Fengdeng, there should be four bidders from pharmaceutical companies, including himself, and it seems that this prescription should have been circulated by the seller in advance, so that the pharmaceutical company confirmed the value of the prescription, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to come to the auction, and bid a lot of money.

No wonder Xue Yifang scolded himself today, saying that this codex would cost hundreds of millions.

Tang Chuan also quickly bid at the price of 20 million, and at this time a collector had already withdrawn from the bidding, after all, in terms of the value of ordinary cultural relics, close to 20 million was already ridiculously high.

Xue Yifang saw Tang Chuan's bid, sneered, and immediately overpowered Tang Chuan's bid with 21 million, and after bidding, he also deliberately glanced at Tang Chuan.

An Yuchen found out and immediately said, "Tang Chuan, do you have a conflict with Xue Yifang?"

Tang Chuan said indifferently: "My company is a competitor to his Tianxing Pharmaceutical. ”

"Ha, that's interesting, there's a good show to watch. An Yuchen gloated.

Looking at An Yuchen, who had been in a good time, Tang Chuan couldn't help but be a little speechless, this person was also afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so he couldn't help glaring at An Yuchen.

When the bidding price exceeded 50 million, it had already caused a sensation in the audience, after all, this auction was not the kind of formal, rich auction with a rich collection, and the transaction of more than 50 million was definitely a sky-high price.

The point is, this item is not a work of art, just a relic of a celebrity.

At this time, Tang Chuan had already offered a price of 52 million, Xue Yifang followed with a bid of 53 million, and another representative of a pharmaceutical company immediately raised the price to 55 million again.

Finally, some collectors saw the clue and decided that there was a hidden value in this codex, and for a while they began to get excited about the hidden value of their brains.

At this moment, the auctioneer announced, "This auction is suspended. ”