Chapter 45: Raising the Bar

While Shen Yi was planning for the company's future, the entire auction was still going on. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Schwab Summer Auction is very well prepared, and there are many good things that have been recovered from overseas customers.

I have to say that in the great era of humiliation more than a hundred years ago, too many good things were lost overseas. If you want to recover this kind of treasure from overseas, you often have to go through the price of a large foreign auction house.

Xiong Bingqi found another way, using the channels of his own auction house to take the initiative to contact foreign sellers and reduce the intermediate costs of the auction as much as possible. In this way, the baby can return to China, and the buyer does not need to pay too much.

Of course, this is also a last resort. If Xiong Bingqi was worth tens of billions, he would buy them one by one, and he would not have to rely on others to take back the good things back to the country.

Putting aside Xiong Bingqi's feelings, these collections brought back from overseas sellers did cause a sensation on the scene. In particular, the relatively low starting price allows more people to make a starting price.

Although the final price will reach a very high figure, many people still enjoy it.

The sensation and noise around him also made Shen Yi pay attention back to the auction scene.

"1.55 million for the third time! Deal! ”

"2.2 million for the third time! Deal! ”

"2.45 million for the third time! Deal! ”

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The auction items kept smashing out a staggering price, which also made Shen Yi feel the excitement of the scene.

Blue and white porcelain, lacquerware, pottery, and bronze went around one by one, and when a pot of verdant plants was brought up, the eyes of the audience lit up.

A very delicate cylindrical glass case, the staff removed the glass cover, and the buyers in the front row immediately smelled a faint fragrance.

The fragrance is not very strong, but it is very long-lasting.

"Why is this so much like my pot?" Shen Yi glanced at it and muttered in his heart.

The orchids on display are vibrant, and there is no wilting or sluggish appearance at all. In particular, the flowers in the green leaves are already blooming, and they look perfect one by one.

Shen Yi hurriedly flipped through the auction manual in his hand, and finally found the bouquet of orchids that were auctioned.

"Lotus Petal Orchid!"

Shen Yi found the page of the ancient sword before, but he didn't turn it back, and he didn't know what was behind. Now it seems that the final auction item should be the orchid that Shen Yi handed over to Xiong Bingqi two days ago.

Shen Yi said why Xiong Bingqi was so enthusiastic just now, and now that I think about it, it is probably because Shen Yi contributed the finale of this auction.

It is common to see lotus petals in spring, but it is very rare to see them in summer. Artificial cultivation is not a panacea, and no matter how advanced science and technology are, it cannot offset the endowment of nature. The disadvantage of out-of-season orchids is that they have neither vitality nor taste.

The Schwab Auction House found a number of institutions to test this pot of orchids and confirmed the natural variety. This pot of lotus petal orchid is a miracle of nature, and its value is also given by nature.

"The starting price is 3 million, and each increase cannot be less than 100,000!" The auctioneer said.

The starting price of the lotus petal orchid was almost the highest in the audience, which made Shen Yi so excited that he almost jumped.

When Shen Yi and Xiong Bingqi signed the contract, the handling fee was very low, and most of the final auction money would go into Shen Yi's pocket.

In Shen Yi's eyes, this is as simple as a pot of orchids, after all, Shen Yi only bought it from the stall for 248 yuan. However, in the eyes of many orchid lovers, this naturally selected orchid is a priceless treasure.

Schwab Auction House has two major auctions in spring and summer a year, but when the summer auction was approaching, Xiong Bingqi did not decide what to use as the finale.

Because there are lots that have returned from overseas, there are actually a lot of precious things, which makes Xiong Bingqi a headache.

By chance, Xiong Bingqi got a pot of precious lotus petal orchid from Shen Yi, and immediately decided to make it the finale of the auction. Xiong Bingqi himself is an Ailan person, and he also admires Lan's own gentlemanly spirit.

Xiong Bingqi vigorously wants to return more overseas cultural relics, which itself contains a kind of gentleman's way. Xiong Bingqi believes that using this pot of orchids as the finale will raise the theme of this auction to a higher level.

After deciding on the finale lot, Xiong Bingqi immediately used his own channels to release the news of the lotus petal orchid.

The buyers on the Nanyang side were aiming for the ancient swords and returning treasures, while many local tycoons in Shanghai decided to participate in the auction after hearing the news of the lotus petal orchid.

Zhilan is born in a deep valley, not to no one and not fragrant, the gentleman cultivates morality, and does not change the festival for poverty, so the ancients intended Lan to be a gentleman. Whether it is vassal elegance or self-cultivation, the group chasing orchids is very large.

"This gentleman was the first to bid, 3.5 million!" The auctioneer shouted.

Suddenly raised by 500,000, Shen Yi followed the gesture of the auctioneer and saw the buyer who was the first to bid.

It's not that rivals don't get together, the first person to shout the price is Manager Ding of Qiyi Company.

"3.6 million!"

"4 million!" When Manager Ding saw that someone was bidding, he immediately raised the price a lot.

"4.1 million!"

"4.3 million!"

"5 million!" Manager Ding once again raised the price significantly.

Xiong Bingqi released the news of the lotus petal orchid, and many people in Shang Beach threatened to take it down, and if Manager Ding didn't scare the competitors on the bidding, it would definitely be impossible to win this pot of flowers.

The price was coaxed and soon reached 6.5 million, which is already a very high price.

Precious orchids have also been auctioned for a sky-high price of 20 million, but this does not represent a normal price, many of the ingredients are organized hype, that is, a game of left hand out and right hand in.

Ordinary orchids are 1,800 yuan, the more precious ones range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and the rare ones are only a few million.

This time, the finale of the lotus petal orchid was auctioned for 6.5 million, or because of the season, flower type and so on, many people think that it has almost reached the peak.

Manager Ding wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and shouted out the price of 6.5 million, and he was also facing great pressure.

The order above was to take down the pot, and a large budget was given.

In principle, as long as Manager Ding wins within the budget, there is no problem.

But the logic of the workplace is not like this, and if the task is not completed brilliantly, it is better not to do it. If Manager Ding really uses up the budget, he will definitely be blacklisted, and he will not arrange important work next time.

"6.5 million for the second time!" The auctioneer tries to shout as slowly as possible, trying to make a trade-off for buyers who are interested in bidding.

The auctioneer's salary is linked to the auction price, and he naturally hopes that more buyers will come up to bid.

"7 million!" Shen Yi held up his card.

Shen Yi's shouting immediately attracted the attention of the audience.

After shouting the price once from the auction of the ancient sword, Shen Yi was a transparent person in the audience, but he didn't expect to stand up on the final finale.

"It's worthy of a noble son, a blockbuster!" Many people secretly thought about it in their hearts.

Manager Ding hadn't noticed Shen Yi at all before, and it wasn't until Shen Yi came out to bid that he recognized that this person had played tennis with him.

The scene where Shen Yi punched through the small table with one fist made Manager Ding remember it vividly.

Isn't he Qin Nianxin's younger brother? How to qualify for the auction.

Manager Ding had a lot of questions, but at the moment, he had to increase the price, otherwise the orchid that was about to arrive would fly away.

"This young gentleman gave out 7 million!" The auctioneer shouted with a little excitement.

The auctioneer thought that Shen Yi was a potential rich man he blew up, and he would never have thought that Shen Yi had come up to make trouble for Manager Ding.

Shen Yi will have much more confidence in shouting this time, after all, he has the benefits of the ancient sword before. Even if you shoot it yourself in the end, that is, the left hand goes out and the right hand goes in, you have enough money to pay the fee.

"7.2 million!" Manager Ding did not increase the price as much as before.

Getting closer and closer to Manager Ding's bottom line, he didn't dare to be so chic.

The situation at the scene was very clear, and only Manager Ding and Shen Yi were left to fight each other.

Shen Yi glanced at Manager Ding, with a look of resentment and anger, which made Shen Yi feel a lot more refreshed.

Qin Nianxin pulled Shen Yi and didn't let him teach Manager Ding a lesson, and Shen Yi could only take care of Qin Nianxin first.

Now that Shen Yi has met Manager Ding, if he doesn't educate him well, I'm really sorry for the opportunity given by God.

Shen Yi could feel that Manager Ding was bound to get orchids, so he was unscrupulous in raising prices.

"7.5 million!"

Shen Yi confidently shouted out a price that made Manager Ding's eyes dark.

Manager Ding is a veteran-level employee of Qiyi Company, and he also has a certain equity reward in the company. In terms of net worth, Manager Ding belongs to the upper class.

However, in the process of Qiyi's expansion and continuous financing, more and more talents have joined, which also made Manager Ding's position very awkward.

The qualifications are very old but the ability is insufficient, and he has no say in many key projects, and he was sent by the chairman to be responsible for outsourcing advertising.

The chairman needs this pot of lotus petal orchid to open up some officialdom relationships. Manager Ding also relied on his status as a veteran to take over the task from the chairman.

The budget given by the top is only 8 million, if there is no Shen Yi to make trouble, this fund is enough to buy this pot of broken flowers!

But everything didn't go as expected, with Shen Yi making trouble in the middle, the price had already passed Manager Ding's bottom line.

"Isn't your auction house very demanding of buyers, and you also put it in if you dress like this?" Manager Ding was a little emotional, and questioned Shen Yi's qualifications to the waiter on the side, "Can he get so much money?" ”

Manager Ding didn't notice the conversation between Xiong Bingqi and Shen Yi before, so he thought that Shen Yi was just lucky to enter the auction site and make trouble for himself.

The waiter of Jiaxin Auction House saw the cordial exchange between the boss and Shen Yi, and he did not have a good face for a buyer with a bad mentality like Manager Ding.

"Every customer present has undergone a strict identity check and has also paid sufficient deposits." The waiter replied coldly.

Seeing that something was wrong with the audience, the auctioneer deliberately slowed down the auction process, hoping to wait for the situation to end before continuing to push up the bid.