Books and people are destined, and so are letter collections.

At least Lin Yi thinks so. However, Lin Yi was more curious about the specific collection value of this letter at this time.

As the saying goes, anyone who doesn't know how to ask Baidu, so Lin Yi quickly taps on the computer keyboard, and then browses various web pages to find out about the auction of Yao Xueyin's letter.

Soon, several were found.

On June 4, 2006, at the Spring Book and Periodical Information Auction of China Bookstore, Yao Xueyin sent a book to his friend Wang Guoquan, with a cover and a reserve price of 1,000 yuan, and a transaction price of 2,000 yuan.

On July 7, 2007, at the Beijing Debao Art Auction, Yao Xueyin wrote a letter to the famous writer Barren Letter, with a reserve price of 500 yuan and a transaction price of 4,600 yuan.

On November 24, 2010, Beijing Chuanshi International Auction Co., Ltd. auctioned, Yao Xueyin wrote to Shanghai Yuanmingyuan Road, Wenhui Monthly Editorial Department, Xie Weiming letter a pass, the reserve price was 1,000 yuan, and the transaction price was 8,320 yuan.

On September 18, 2011, at the 27th auction of Guardian Four Seasons, Yao Xueyin sent a letter to Xie Guozhen, with a seal, with a reserve price of 3,000 yuan and a transaction price of 12,000 yuan.

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Judging from the transaction prices of the above several letter auctions, the price of Yao Xueyin's letter collection is not very high, but the overall price is constantly rising. From 2,000 yuan in 2006, in just five years, it reached 12,000 yuan in 2011, and the collection value has risen six times.

Of course, there is a bit of moisture in this, because the auction fee paid to the auction company is also calculated, for example, if 12,000 yuan is sold, the seller will have to pay 5%-10% of the transaction price commission, and the final price code is 12,000 yuan minus 1,200 yuan, totaling 10,800 yuan.

Why did the letter collection rise so much?

For example, in an auction, Mao Dun's letter was auctioned for more than 900,000 yuan, Lu Xun's letter was auctioned for more than 6 million, and Chen Yinke's letter was also auctioned for more than 2 million.

There is no evidence of the specific year in which the letter became popular, but it cannot be denied that in 2004, a love letter written by Zhang Daqian to Miss Yamada of Japan lit up the auction - "Have you cut your long hair, I see you combing your hair in my dreams, how much I like your long hair." The letter was eventually hammered for 380,000 yuan, and the "naughty" content of the letter caused widespread heated discussions, which made the charm of the letter collection unearthed. In the same auction, Zhang Daqian's other two love letters to Miss Yamada were sold for 862,500 yuan and 805,000 yuan, exceeding the estimate by more than 100 times.

If Zhang Daqian's love letter is the fuse of the letter collection, then in 2009, "Chen Duxiu et al. to Hu Shi's letter book" was sold for 5.544 million yuan, which was a big bomb for the entire letter collection to become completely hot.

How popular are celebrity letters? Just look at this set of data.

In December 2010, a lot titled "Northern Song Dynasty Tang Yao to Hu Zongyue's Comfort Page" appeared in the autumn auction of Shanghai Daoming Auction Company. Tang Yao and Hu Zongyu were officials together in the Northern Song Dynasty during the Shenzong Dynasty, and this letter of condolence written by Tang Yao when he learned that Hu Zongyu's son died was only 96 words, and it was auctioned at a high price of 91.28 million yuan, and the price of each word was as high as nearly 1 million yuan.

In the auction of letters of modern celebrities, Liang Qichao opposed Yuan Shikai's two-page letter to the emperor, starting at 250,000 yuan, and finally sold for 3.565 million yuan, with a single page exceeding 1.7 million yuan, setting a record for the single-page transaction price of a letter in modern China. During Guo Moruo's stay in Japan from 1931 to 1937, he sent all the books, postcards, and publication notes to Keitaro Tanaka, the owner of the Wenqiutang Bookstore in Tokyo, totaling 230 letters, including envelopes, which were auctioned at the auction company of Xiling Seal Society in Hangzhou this year (2011), and this group of lots called "Two Hundred and Thirty Letters to Wenqiutang Shujian" was auctioned for a high price of 24.15 million yuan.

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Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a burst of fire in his heart, although he didn't know exactly how valuable the collection of this letter in his hand was, but a few thousand was definitely indispensable. However, when Lin Yi continued to look through the web page and saw the large events caused by the collection and auction of the letters, his fiery heart immediately cooled down.

The collection of letters is popular, but it has also caused a lot of controversy, especially the auction of letters is equivalent to exposing the personal privacy of many celebrities in front of everyone, such as Zhang Daqian's love letter in front of him, and the "Zhang Ailing Letter Incident" in 2008.

It is said that in 2008, the famous Taiwanese scholar Zhuang Xin was publishing "Notes on the Letters of Zhang Ailing" published by the Taiwan Printing and Engraving Publishing House, publishing 84 letters exchanged between him and Zhang Ailing, so the privacy that Zhang Ailing talked about in the letter, including her embarrassing life in the United States in her later years, was all exposed to the public. Moreover, her writings that were not published because she was not satisfied with them were also sorted out and published one by one. Many "Zhang fans" protested one after another, "Zhang Ailing is a person who loves face, please save her a little face!" Don't always think about the manuscript fee. ”

Although the "Zhang fans" were saddened by this, Zhuang Xinzheng explained that the publication of Zhang Ailing's letter was "to tell the truth". His publication was also supported by Mr. Song Yilang, the executor of Eileen Chang's estate. Mr. Song said that if the material for everyone's gossip comes from Hu Lancheng's "This Life and This Life", the TV series "She Came from the Sea", etc., Zhang Ailing will be satisfied if she knows everything? Chen Zishan, a well-known scholar of "Zhang Xue" in the mainland, also said, "To study a deceased writer, in addition to confronting her published works, we should also pay attention to her manuscripts that have not been published for various reasons." He also said that the historical value and research value of Zhang Ailing's letters will be further revealed.

Privacy was exposed, and in the literary world, Zhang Ailing is not the first person. Throughout the past, there are not a few writers whose privacy has been exposed. And it is precisely because of this that the world can meet, collide and spark with the most secret states of the writer's creative process. From Lu Xun's collection of letters or diaries, people not only read how the relationship between Lu Xun and his younger brother Zhou Zuoren deteriorated step by step, but also captured the epitome of the differences, controversies and discord between the two types of Chinese intellectuals.

In a word, the current collection of letters is very popular, but it is also challenging ethics and morality, after all, celebrities are also people, and they all have the right to privacy.

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In the room, Lin Yi was immersed in the fun of collecting letters, when there was a bang, and someone knocked on the door.

Look at the time, it's already half past eight in the evening, could it be that annoying Xu Dashao, didn't he say that he made an appointment with three beauties to squander his youth, could it be that he was released and came back early?

Lin Yi got up and opened the door.

At first glance, the one standing outside the door turned out to be the bear agent who didn't like to take care of himself very much.

Agent Xiong was dressed very coquettishly tonight, wearing a Hong Kong-style flower shirt, his hair was licked like a dog, and he even had a pair of gold-wire glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Agent Xiong seemed to know how to "read minds", and squeezed out a smile on his already stumbling big face and said: "See, I just bought these glasses, mainly ...... Temperament, you know. ”

Of course Lin Yi understood, but he didn't understand why he came over at this time.

Xiong Agent was also direct, saying: "That's the case, originally I found a chance for MP2 to perform, but I didn't expect the organizer to be a thing, we went, but we said that there was not enough time, and there was no more of our play...... If you think about it, people are here, makeup is on, songs are ready, and even rehearsals are done, but suddenly you encounter this kind of thing, can you feel better? ”

"It's not good, Heartwarm." Lin Yi said.

"Yes, it's heartwarming! But it doesn't matter if I'm sorry, MP2 is different, the two of them are going to be big stars in the future, this time the kick is too big, I'm afraid they won't be able to bear it...... Even the night show in Shenzhen is not allowed to perform, how can you go to Hong Kong to perform? How do you say that, you can't even pee in your own toilet, how can you go outside? This is a bit rough, but the words are not rough, and that means, brother, you should understand. ”

"I know, I really do. I just don't understand, what are you doing here to ask me, borrow a toilet? ”

"Brother is so humorous." Agent Xiong patted Lin Yi on the shoulder, with great strength, and almost patted Lin Yi on the ground, "Of course I asked you to help." ”

"Ahem, I'm weak and don't have any interpersonal resources, so I really don't know what I can help-"

"It's simple, I'm going to take the MP2 upstairs to the KTV to vent, let them sing and vent their emotions...... Well, a few spectators. I think you're pretty good, brother, so I'll be cheaper for you. Agent Xiong said with a smile, as if he could be invited, Lin Yi should be happy, after all, MP2 KTV singing is not something that anyone can participate in.

Lin Yi shook his head like a rattle, and said: "No, no, no, let's give such a good opportunity to others, I don't know anything about singing and dancing, I don't like to be lively when I am young, I only like to read, or play table tennis...... You'd better invite someone else. ”

Agent Xiong didn't expect that he was rejected by Lin Yi, that expression was really funny, and it took a long time to ease up, and said: "Brother, I know that there was a little misunderstanding between us before, but I hope it will not affect your current relationship...... How can I say it, since we are all a family when we are away, how can a family not help each other? So, if there is any pimple in your heart, if there is any misunderstanding, just wipe it all off like chalk words, let's start again, how about it, would you like to make a friend of my brother? ”

Seeing that the bear agent said this, Lin Yi couldn't cry or laugh, where is this, don't accept it, and it seems that he is too stingy, so he had to say: "Okay, is it the KTV upstairs, I'll go over later." ”

"What are you waiting for," Seeing that Lin Yi agreed, the bear agent stretched out his bear paw, directly pulled Lin Yi's arm and walked out, "Let's go now." (To be continued.) )