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In the history of auctions in the world, the highest amount of a single auction is less than $500 million so far, which is still the amount of Sotheby's auction house that has gathered countless antiques and cultural relics and auctioned them together.

However, Zhou You will take out nearly 100,000 gold coins, 500,000 silver coins, and nearly 1,000 cultural relics and antiques for auction this time, with an estimated value of more than one billion US dollars. Therefore, this auction is also hailed as an unprecedented auction, and many media predict that the turnover may exceed about $1.2 billion.

In order to accommodate wealthy people from all over the world, as well as media from all over the world, as well as auction industry spectators, Singapore has specially contributed the Grand Theatre, which has just been built at the Singapore Esplanade, as the main venue of this auction.

In fact, the Singapore Esplanade, which cost more than $500 million, has not yet been fully built, and only the concert hall, the theater, and the drama center have been built.

The Grand Theatre can accommodate nearly 2,000 people, with four floors and a horseshoe-shaped design that allows those sitting in the last row to be only 40 meters away from the stage, so that the expressions of the actors on the stage can be clearly seen.

After returning from my trip, I visited the auction house and was very satisfied with the design.

Although the Singapore side provided the auction venue for free, they did not lose money. Because of traveling around Singapore to conduct auctions, even according to the minimum tax policy, the Singapore side has to pay about 15% tax. In other words, in just two days of auction, the minimum tax to Singapore is more than 100 million, or even 200 million US dollars.

Of course, Zhou You would pay more taxes if he auctioned in high-tax countries such as Britain and the United States, but he could also go to some tax-free countries to conduct auctions, as long as the funds did not return to Singapore, Zhou You would not have to pay a penny of tax.

But if Zhou You wants to get strong support from Singapore in the future, this money should still be given. They supported Zhou You, including Spain, when he was in a dispute with the British over the Royal Merchant. The condition put forward is that Zhou You will contribute a donation to the local Bilbao and the Spanish government, and if there is no interest, they will not support Zhou You in this way.

Blarney Island, a small island that is usually quiet, has been crowded with people for a while, and Lin Wei has distributed at least 3,000 invitations, and most of the auction items have been placed in the exhibition hall of the base for everyone to visit.

The company's research team subdivided all the lots into countless sub-items, numbered them, and printed a beautiful auction list for the delicious guests.

In this auction, not only on-site bidding will be used, but also telephone quotation and online bidding, so the qualifications of the bidders will also need to be reviewed and a deposit will be collected.

Lin Wei and Yan Fangqing have been busy with these things recently, and they are very busy. This is the first business event organized by the company, and there is no precedent to follow before, so it has also taken a lot of detours.

But these are all worth it, after this auction preparation, the company has really exercised a preparatory team, and if there is this business in the future, it will be easy to master.

On the evening of the 18th, he returned to Singapore, visited the Esplanade, where the auction was held, visited the security team that provided security for the company, and held a grand reception at the Hilton Hotel to entertain VIPs from all over the world.

The young head is also in Singapore, and he also attended the reception banquet that night, and gave a speech on stage, praising Zhou You and his Nanyang commercial salvage company, which can be regarded as supporting Zhou You.

At 10 a.m. on May 20, the auction was grandly opened at the Esplanade in the Bay Area, and the auction opened on time amid everyone's attention.

The number of guests directly involved in the auction reached five hundred and nine, and with their assistants and entourage, there were more than 1,600 people alone. The group included the world's three largest auction companies, as well as peers from all over the world, and more than 100 people. Combined with the viewing group and staff sent by the Singapore side, there were less than 300 seats left for the media.

On the first day of the auction, the gold and silver coins were the main event, and Zhou You also wanted to be a hit and attract everyone's attention.

Due to the large number of objects in the auction, all the gold and silver coins were only brought to the site with samples. In fact, most of the subject matter already has a predetermined buyer, and these gold and silver coins are divided into different quantities for auction, which is also requested by the guests participating in the auction.

For example, a rich man from Italy was very interested in Venetian gold coins, but he could not eat 50,000 coins alone. Because the reserve price of these 50,000 gold coins is 500 million US dollars, an average of 10,000 US dollars per coin.

At this time, he said that he wanted a hundred, and of course Zhou You would prepare a batch of one hundred as a subject matter according to his request.

In fact, Zhou You also knows that although the major media have been touting that this auction will exceed one billion dollars and reach 1.2 billion dollars, Zhou You believes that this is unlikely. The reason is nothing else, the main reason is that there are too many gold and silver coins, so that people don't need to compete at all, everyone can have a share.

On the front desk of the auction site, there are 10 computers, and 20 young people sit in front of the computers, one is responsible for counting the auction list, and the other is responsible for input, so that the speed of bidding will be much faster.

After Lin Wei announced the start of the first auction, many of the prepared guests asked their assistants to write down the numbers in their minds and put them into the ballot box.

This auction is a dark auction, mainly because there are too many objects, and if you come one by one, it will take too much time. Therefore, by means of dark shooting, the number and price of everyone's psychological needs are counted, and a basic price and total number are sorted out, so that the benefits of traveling can be maximized.

Sitting in the front row of the fourth floor, the young head looked at the disturbances in the audience, and couldn't help but turn his head and ask: "Before the auction, your company should have counted the total needs of all the guests, right?" ”

Zhou You nodded and said, "Yes, in the past two days, I have been dizzy when I read the bill every night." ”

"Then can these more than 100,000 gold coins and 500,000 silver coins be sold?"

Zhou You said with a smile: "I only need to sell 90,000 gold coins, and I am satisfied, and my exhibition hall also needs to keep some exhibits." At present, it seems that there should be no problem in the auction of gold coins, but the number of silver coins is too large and the demand for silver coins in major museums is not strong, so they may not be sold out. ”

The young master glanced at the white-robed Arab sitting on the right side of the first floor and said, "I don't believe that you haven't sold them the overall sales plan." ”

Zhou You smiled slightly.

Half an hour later, the first auction ended, and the quantity and price of each bid were displayed on the big screen of the site.

Instead of paying attention to the price behind it, everyone is looking at the accumulated volume. Forty-five thousand Venetian gold coins were released in the auction, and if everyone asked for less than 45,000 coins, the maximum price would be $10,000 each.

However, if the number of bids exceeds 45,000 pieces, a second auction will take place and the price will increase slightly.

Lin Wei and the others have counted everyone's psychological needs in advance, 45,000 gold coins have almost been booked, major private museums are the main customers to buy gold and silver coins, they need to enrich the museum's collection, but also need to maintain value, this batch of gold coins is very popular.

However, it is true that there are too many silver coins, and the price fluctuation of silver coins is relatively small, so they are not so popular. However, Zhou You also communicated with Prince Alwaleed from Saudi Arabia, that is, if the auction of silver coins does not reach the expected amount, that is, the number of live auctions is less than 350,000 pieces, he will eat the entire batch of 500,000 silver coins at an average price of 800 US dollars each.

It is also for this reason that Zhou You does not have too many worries. Although this will make Zhou You earn a little less, but there are still a lot of things that Zhou You knows about silver coins, and he doesn't have to worry about selling them at all, and it's better to get cash.

Soon, the statistics came out, and the number of gold coins auctioned by the five hundred and nine guests at the scene reached more than 50,000, far exceeding the total number of 45,000 gold coins auctioned.

The main reason for this is that the Venetian gold coins are weighty and have a good prospect of maintaining and appreciating their value, like the next batch of Portuguese gold coins at auction, which may not be so popular.

Anyway, to have a good start, Zhou You is still very satisfied.

Subsequently, the scene was secretly filmed for the second time, and although the atmosphere of competition on the scene was not fierce, it was much more tense than the first time.

The results did not come as expected, and the most popular Venetian gold coins increased by an average of 20 percent compared to the reserve price of $10,000, reaching an average price of $12,000.

Although it is a secret auction, it is not that whoever has the highest price will win, that is, someone proposed a price of 13,000, but in the end, when it was settled, it was settled according to the average price. As for the guests whose bids are below the average price, the last group of bidders will be cut out according to the price of the price.

Otherwise, at the same time, a batch of gold coins, someone buys 13,000, and someone buys 12,000, which is not fair.

Today's auction was more like a spoils than an auction, and as long as the number of bids from everyone reached forty-five thousand gold coins, the result was very satisfying.

At the end of the first auction, the most popular batch of gold coins was divided among three hundred and seventy-eight guests for $12,000, with the highest asking for more than 10,000 gold coins and the lowest asking for only 100.

Then, without resting, the second auction for Portuguese gold coins began. (To be continued.) )