Chapter 111: Auction
"Listen to Mr. Quan's arrangement, I can have you and Mr. Ren to accompany me, this kind of opportunity can't be bought even if you have money, I'm really grateful. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" The second half of Wang Chengyuan's sentence was for Yun Li, and Yun Li also responded with a smile.
"If you say that, some people will be upset." As soon as Yunli's words fell, Ren Fei reminded him.
Yun Li paused for a moment, immediately reacted, and added: "Of course, it is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be with Miss Wang, and it is an extreme honor. ā
Ren Fei and Wang Chengyuan were both amused by his words, and only then did Wang Yuyu react, rolling his eyes at the three of them, causing everyone to laugh heartily, and several people chatted while drinking tea, and the atmosphere was quite good.
As early as a few days ago, Yunli received a message from Wang Yuyu, saying that Mr. Ren would go to her company in the next few days, and he was willing to take out the silk painting, which was a rare opportunity for Yunli, so he did not hesitate to come here, and it happened that Mingyi Hotel also had an invitation to talk, so he had this trip.
The silk painting in their mouths is naturally the ancient painting picture that Wang Yuyu gave him when he went to the manor last time, and this silk painting is likely to be related to the county lord of Gexian, so in any case, Yun Li wants to see the real physical picture to see if this silk painting is really related to the county lord of Gexian, or to get some relevant clues from it.
Looking at silk paintings is the first priority, as for participating in the auction, since Wang Chengyuan invited them, Yunli is also happy to see it, he does have a great interest in antique things, and he used to love to visit the antique market, but he has not participated in any form of auction, this time since he has this opportunity, he has to experience it.
Whether it is Ren Fei or Wang Chengyuan, they are all knowledgeable people, after a conversation, Yun Li benefited a lot, especially Ren Fei is also an important think tank in the government, the development plan of the southwest region, he put forward a lot of suggestions, and the idle talk also involves this topic, those insightful opinions, really let Yun Li admire.
Then Wang Chengyuan took Ren Fei and Yunli to visit the newly built park of Nanyuan Group, because the development plan of the southwest region has been roughly determined, many infrastructure projects have been started or in preparation, and Nanyuan Group has also undertaken many projects, such as building development, logistics network layout, media information platform and shopping malls, shopping malls These projects are invested, and there are many subdivided small projects below, all aspects are involved, in fact, the real strength is much stronger than Yunli imagined.
When he knew that the country was going to vigorously develop the southwest region, Wang Chengyuan immediately made a decision to move the focus of the group's work to this side, and invested in the construction of the new park regardless of the cost.
After lunch, they set off for the place where the auction was held, and although it was close to the border, it was still a long way to go, and they set out in the afternoon, probably in the evening, to reach their destination.
In addition to Yun Li and the four of them, there were several people in the Nanyuan Group who came together, all of whom were high-level figures, who should have accompanied Wang Chengyuan to inspect.
They came to a small border town, the name is Hindi Thongha, which means welcome in Lao, and everyone generally calls this place the Indian city. Strictly speaking, this place is no longer in the country, it belongs to an autonomous force in northern Laos, and it basically belongs to the free zone, and all kinds of underground transactions are very prosperous, which has also led to a series of economic development here, and has become an important tourist area, similar to Lang Bo Street.
This small town has only emerged in recent years, and in many ways it is not as perfect as Lang Bo Street, but this has not diminished everyone's enthusiasm, especially the high degree of freedom of commodity trading here, attracting many merchants to try it, especially the antique decorations and other goods, there are many amazing items on the market, so that the popularity of the city is rising.
Wang Chengyuan is very familiar with Yincheng, after getting off the car, he took everyone to eat a full meal of special Lao dishes, which is very different from what Yunli ate at Lin Changqing's house before.
And what they eat this time should be the improved Lao cuisine to cater to the taste of the guests, the taste is quite good, especially they like to eat raw vegetables with various spices, Yunli also likes this natural way of eating very much.
The exhibition and auction were held in a very famous hotel in the city, the exhibition had started more than a week ago, attracting many collectors and enthusiasts to come and see, this auction is also a part of the exhibition, the exhibition publicity has relevant introductions, this should also be the climax of the exhibition, many people are gearing up, waiting for the auction to begin, expecting to have surprising items appear.
Although this is not an official auction, but in terms of form, it still follows a strict process, if it weren't for Ren Fei and Wang Chengyuan, Yunli probably wouldn't have had a chance to enter, which doesn't mean that you can go in and bid if you have money.
The venue is located in a conference room, and the relevant auction items have been publicized and introduced before, which is the usual method of general auctions, so as to avoid disputes over authenticity, even if it is finally identified as a fake, this has nothing to do with the auctioneer, because the information of the goods is transparent and open, and the authenticity of the goods can only be judged by the eyes of the buyer, but in the general auction, there will rarely be a fake.
"It turns out that you all know about the items in the auction in advance, so it's so boring, and there is no mystery at all." Wang Yuyao took the introduction book given by the meeting, flipped through the contents, and said with a disappointed face.
Wang Chengyuan had long expected her to react like this, so he patiently explained: "In the official auction, all the information about the auction items will be announced before the auction, and some of the important auction items will be announced several months in advance, which is not unusual. ā
"For some controversial auction items, the news will be blown out for a long time in advance, and everyone will react to test the reaction, and then make a formal auction decision after gathering enough feedback. In particular, some national treasure-level items, each of which has a huge number of followers, makes the auctioneer have to deal with it carefully, but some people like to make a fuss about this kind of thing, attract attention, stir up wind and rain, this is another situation. Ren Fei added.
Wang Yuyao was confused when he heard it, and he didn't seem to understand, but Yun Li was very familiar with this situation, although he had not been to any auctions in person, but there was still such common sense.
For this auction, the conference room has obviously been specially modified, there is a long circular flowing water booth in the middle, the information book introduces, visitors can watch the auction items up close in the surroundings, like rotating sushi, this auction form is much more interesting, and the host will also stand in the booth to bid.
The venue is very large, can accommodate more than 100 people, Yun Li is relatively late to them, when they came, they were already seated inside, but Wang Chengyuan and they had already booked a place, and finally they sat down in a corner of the booth, this corner position, when the auction items pass here, there will be a long buffer time, which can allow them to watch and appreciate carefully, which is quite good.
The guests in the venue came from all over the world, before the auction began, everyone was talking about something in a low voice, so many people chatted together, but it was not a mess, not like a vegetable market, some Chinese visitors recognized Ren Fei and Wang Chengyuan, and several came to say hello, all with a look of respect and admiration, so that Yun Li had another understanding of the reputation of these two people.
It didn't take long for the auctioneer's personnel to come to the booth, and the person in charge of presiding over the auction was a lady in her thirties, dressed in professional attire, with capable short hair, her face was also good-looking, and her aura was good, while the other personnel who were in charge of display and security used a small cart to carry the sealed boxes into the table.
Taking advantage of the time to prepare, the host looked around to see the guests, and the number of people present was still quite good, and many of them were old faces, who could be called by name in this circle, and she also went to say a few words to some people she knew well.
"Mr. Ren, you are also here, and Mr. Wang, after the auction is over, I will take you to the exhibition area." The host came to Yun Li's position on their side, and bowed politely to Ren Fei and Wang Chengyuan.
"Lao Pan, that guy is so blessed, with your capable granddaughter to take over, didn't he come today, won't he stay at home and watch TV?" Ren Fei quipped.
The host replied with a smile: "My old man, basically don't take care of things anymore, now take a walk every day, fiddle with flowers and plants, and recently become obsessed with raising birds, I don't feel comfortable if I don't go a few laps every day, I can't do anything about him, he will come over later, and say how to catch up with you, and when I am busy with the auction, I will take you over." ā
Ren Fei nodded and said, "That's good, you go and get busy with you." ā
"Okay, the little nephew is busy first, I hope you can have a good harvest." With that, the host bowed to them again and returned to the center of the booth to make the final preparations before the auction.
"Old man, the host just now is the granddaughter of your old friend?" Wang Yuyao said curiously.
"Yes, her name is Pan Ying, the auction houses in which Lao Pan is a shareholder, and some of the next projects, are now managed by her, this exhibition is nominally hosted by Lao Pan, and she is actually operating in the back, which is not simple, the silk painting you want to see, let her take you to see it later." Ren Fei explained.