At half past eight the next day, Li Yi walked into the auction hall with a ticket. Contrary to his expectations, the venue was not luxuriously decorated, there were no soft seats in the box, just like an ordinary conference room, with rows of conference chairs with numbers. A rough count shows that there are probably more than five hundred.

In front of the conference chair is a podium, and on top of it is an auction table lined with a white cloth. Behind and above the podium, there are projections on large screens on the left and right sides.

There weren't many people in the venue at this time, but there was a constant stream of people pouring in from the gate at the back, making it a bit noisy. Li Yi looked at the rows of neat seats, it was a little hard to imagine what kind of scene it would be after everyone was full, more than five hundred people, how sharp eyes and sensitive ears are to be able to accurately find the location of the latest offer?

Ordinary auctions invite VIPs to participate by sending invitations, but this auction is selling tickets, and there are quite a few of them, 200 tickets, but all of them are from the 300th onwards.

JETCO Auction bought two tickets, and the person who came over, Li Yi, met at Zhong's Jewelry's reception banquet, one was Wang Jing, the vice president of the company, who should know his relationship with Zhong Haoqing and was very polite to him. The other is the auctioneer, the white-glove Wang Ruohai.

White gloves are the highest honor in the profession of auctioneers, and for auctioneers, if they are awarded white gloves at the end of the auction, it means that the auction has achieved a 100% sell-through rate, and it also represents the recognition of the auction by all buyers.

The current white glove record was set by Sotheby's Hong Kong, who have won 16 consecutive special auctions.

Li Yi looked at the seat number and easily found the two of them.

"Mr. Wang, can you help me call Mr. Zhong Haoqing? I lost my phone. ”

"Yo, this is a trouble, there is no place to make up the number!"

Wang Jing is a middle-aged man in his forties with ordinary appearance, and he expressed sympathy for Li Yi while dialing Zhong Haoqing.

After a while, the phone rang, and Wang Jing handed the phone to Li Yi. Li Yi picked up the phone and walked to the corner, and after telling him his plan, Zhong Haoqing said:

"You can participate in the auction over there with peace of mind, and pass me the ID photo later. I'll find someone to help you replace your card. Well, I'll ask later, someone should go to Hong Kong in the next two days, and I'll ask him to send you the card to the hotel. By the way, if you don't have anything you want to shoot. It's best to find someone to change the position, and let Wang Ruohai tell you about some of the tricks in the auction, which will be good for your future valuation. ”

Yes, now the problem is solved, there is no need to run at both ends, or the master will give you the strength and serve directly to the home.

Li Yi returned the phone to Wang Jing after taking the ID photo and sending it, and then discussed it with the guest next to them and moved him to the front row.

"Xiao Li, your first time participating in the auction? Hehe, then I'll let Ruohai tell you about it later. Very interesting. ”

When Wang Jing saw Li Yi change next to them, he knew what he had in mind, so he directly changed places with him and let him sit between the two.

Wang Ruohai is about thirty years old, he looks like a capable person, and he usually doesn't talk much, but he got the advice of the boss and explained a few words to Li Yi.

"In fact, in the auctions of these big auction houses, there are almost none. Otherwise, white gloves wouldn't be so rare. Of course, for some valuable lots, the auction house will communicate with the target customer in advance. Knowing the approximate price range they can afford and asking them to take care of it when it's cold is not a violation. ”

As he spoke, Wang Ruohai took out the lot catalog, flipped to the jewelry and jade item, pointed to the white jade cup and said:

"Like this thing. Did you read the newspaper the other day? ”

Li Yi nodded, indicating that he knew about it.

"This kind of belonging has a heavy dà accident. Under normal circumstances, the auction company will deal with it in two ways, one is to directly adjust the starting price, and the other is to follow the trend and directly start the auction at a low price, so that the atmosphere will be very lively, and it is easy to create a high price. Judging from Sotheby's current moves, the latter approach should be taken. ”

Li Yi thought for a moment and asked:

"If there is an accident like this, will the auction company arrange some hedging measures, such as ......?"

"Maybe, maybe not. But I don't think so, Sotheby's brand value is at least a dozen times that of this lot, and they won't take the risk lightly. ”

Li Yi nodded, asked a few more questions, and the time slowly came to nine o'clock, and a middle-aged man in a formal suit walked up to the auction table, and the auction was about to start!

After the opening speech, the entire auction hall was silent, and the first hammer of Sotheby's spring auction was about to fall.

"For the first lot, please look at the big screen, the five-character couplet in regular script by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of the National Revolution! This year marks the 90th anniversary of Mr. Sun's death, and we would like to pay our highest respect to this great revolutionary and politician with this lot. ”

After the applause gradually stopped, the auctioneer announced,

"There is no reserve price for this lot, each increase is 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, below, I announce, the auction has begun, please quote!"

For a while, the field was like boiling water, the huge number plate seemed to spring up and down, and the sound of jumping and increasing the price also came and went, Li Yi noticed that the auctioneer was like a foraging eagle, constantly repeating the highest price on the scene, but often before the words fell, this price was covered by another or even several higher prices, the scene was extremely exciting and intense, and in just one minute, it reached a white heat!

Li Yi had seen this work in advance, and the estimate given by Sotheby's was between 30 and 500,000 yuan, but the price had already exceeded 800,000 yuan, and from the scene situation, this seemed to be just the beginning, and he couldn't help but shake his head, buying things in this atmosphere is easy to be driven by the atmosphere of the scene, and sometimes, a lot of money is spent very unjustly.

"Hehe, you are the same poor person thinking as me, what people want is this kind of atmosphere, so that the things you grab are meaningful."

Wang Jing has been observing the situation in the venue, Li Yi's movements naturally did not escape from his eyes, for this kind of ordinary people will have some thoughts when they participate in the auction for the first time, even if he doesn't say it, he can guess eight. Nine is not far from ten.

At this time, the quotation in the field has exceeded 2 million, although the number of quotations has decreased by half, but the rhythm has not slowed down in the slightest, Li Yi couldn't help but look dumbfounded, what's going on? How can the valuation of the transaction be so far from the actual situation?

glanced at Wang Ruohai and found that he was looking around nervously, while muttering something in a low voice, obviously he didn't have time to explain to him. Looking at Wang Jing again, he also shrugged his shoulders, rich, capricious!

The fierce competition in the field lasted for about five minutes, and when he slowed down, the price had soared to 5.32 million, Li Yi had already been numb, he listened to the auctioneer repeat the highest price, and secretly prayed, hoping that tomorrow's cup would not be so crazy, otherwise, his highest price would probably be drowned in the tide of the people's war before he could shout out.

When the price reached 8 million, there were finally only three companies left in the field who were still quoting, Wang Ruohai wiped the sweat on his forehead and let out a long breath.

"In the wave of bidding frenzy just now, the auctioneer made 4 mistakes and failed to capture the highest price, probably because he didn't expect the opening to be so intense, and he was a little unprepared."

When Wang Jing heard this, he stretched out his head curiously,

"Ruohai, if it were your ......"

Wang Ruohai smiled bitterly,

"I'm not as good as him, I missed at least 7 or 8 just now."

"Hehe, it doesn't matter, you are off the field, your position is not good, if you are replaced, it will not be worse than him!"

Wang Ruohai shook his head, glanced at the three directions that were still quoted in the field, and said in a low voice:

"It's likely that it's the government over there or simply the people of the Sun family, and I don't know what the other two do, so they don't go up, and they put people on the fire to roast."

"Good things, of course, everyone wants them. Besides, if it is really like what you said, he is great and great, and there are many enemies! ”

Li Yi smiled and shook his head, this kind of modern auction with special significance is so troublesome, but the happiest thing in this situation is the seller and the auction company, of course, the more wronged people rush to give money, the better.

"The chaotic battle just now was like a group of thugs holding machetes and sticks on the street, and now this scene is a battle of masters, those who want to shoot it are uncomfortable, and the snipers are also cautious, because it is likely that one accidentally smashes his own hands, thousands of handfuls, not a small number."

Li Yi nodded, stopped talking, and set his eyes on the auction table.

"10.2 million for the first time, 10.2 million for the second time! Is there any other offer? This five-character couplet is Mr. Sun'......"

The auctioneer, who finally came to his senses, sprayed a burst of saliva, and when he saw that there was still no reaction from the audience, he raised the gavel in his hand high.

"10.2 million third ......"

"11.2 million!"

At this time, a sign suddenly held up in the front row, and judging from the position, it was not any of the three that had been biting together just now!

No way! actually jumped to add 1 million, or a new force entered, this is wonderful!

It's not just Li Yi who thinks so, judging from the reaction of the audience, everyone thinks this way, just now there were people talking to each other from time to time, after this offer came out, it instantly became silent, this is about to start again?

Come on, let the storm come harder! I'm not a petrel anyway!

"This lady bid 11.2 million! Is there any friend else to bid? 11.2 million first ......"

In the silence, Wang Jing shook his head, it is not a good thing to be so intense at the beginning, the fierce will not last, after the excessive intensity, it will definitely be a low tide, if nothing else, the next few lots will be unlucky! (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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