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A middle-aged white man with a large beard under his chin stood on the auction table, and two young men pushed out a small cart on which lay a two-meter-long bluefin tuna marked No. 1.

After the fish appeared, the huge LED screen behind the bearded auctioneer lit up, and some parameters appeared on it, including a 360-degree photo of the fish, the length of the fish's head, the length of the fish's body, the fat of several parts, the thickness of the body, as well as the place of origin, the predicted age of the fish, etc.

This is very different from the Tsukiji Market auction in Tokyo, where participants will personally observe the tuna and evaluate the texture of the fish, so that the same fish will often be valued differently in the eyes of different people.

At the auction in Amsterdam, you are allowed to watch tuna, but you can't watch it freely at any time like in Tokyo, so you can just watch it and have a general idea in mind.

The auction organizers conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the tuna, and the evaluation is displayed with each fish so that the bidder can use this information with his or her own observations to locate the fish.

"This is a big fish from George Shoal, six feet six inches long, four hundred and fifty pounds, 13.8% fat, the starting price is 22,000 euros, please bid!" The bearded auctioneer shouted eagerly.

Qin Shiou is not a participant. So sit in the back position, the view is better. You can see the whole scene at a glance. Of course, it is not clear here that the tuna is in good condition. The heavyweights were seated in the first two rows.

I can't see the quality of this fish clearly, Qin Shiou is not good at estimating the price, and the picture is deceptive, but from the perspective of fat rate and length to weight ratio, the quality of this fish is average, and the starting unit price is close to fifty euros, which is not cheap.

Qin Shiou shook his head, thinking that this fish might be unsold, but he obviously underestimated the enthusiasm of the tuna market this year. Even at this price, some people raised their hands to answer the price.

The tuna auction is fast-paced, and people raise their hands one after another. This is very demanding for the auctioneer, who needs to be able to see and hear the bidders at the first time, and at the same time stir up the atmosphere of the auction and bid for a higher price.

"This gentleman is bidding twenty-two thousand five hundred euros!"

"Handsome price, the price has risen to 24,000 euros!"

"Well done, the gentleman gave a nice price. Twenty-four thousand five hundred euros! ”

"Twenty-four thousand five hundred euros! Now the price has reached 24,500 euros! Is there anything else that gives a higher price? OK, it seems that this fish is already in the gentleman's pocket, twenty-four thousand five hundred euros at a time! Twenty-four thousand five hundred euros twice! 24,500 euros, sold! ”

"Smack!" There was a crunch. The auctioneer threw his fist hard, and the fish was pulled down by the seller's brand.

One fish leaves, and the other is pulled up again. The same procedure repeatedly.

If it was watching it in front of the TV, Qin Shiou must be impatient. It's just a circle of offers, and the auction items are all the same thing. At most, it's just different sizes and fat content, so it's not interesting.

But at the scene, the atmosphere is completely different, unlike the auction of artworks, where everyone lazily gives bids, the frequency of bidding here is very fast, the auctioneer's voice is also very loud, the atmosphere is very warm, and it is easy for people to participate.

One by one, the tuna was pulled up, and one by one was pulled down, and the turnover rate was 100%, and none of the fish were sold.

Later, Butler quietly walked to Qin Shiou's side and sat down, and said in a low voice: "How is it, this place has a different flavor than the auction in Tsukiji Market, right?" ”

Qin Shiou nodded, and also said in a low voice: "It's really good, why did you come?" ”

Butler smiled mysteriously and avoided talking about it, but said, "Take a good look, man, this is just the beginning, it's just the warm-up stage, and the atmosphere of the auction will be even more enthusiastic!" ”

The first round of auctions ended in forty-five minutes, and a total of about 100 tuna were auctioned, the largest was only 600 pounds, the quality was ordinary in Qin Shiou's opinion, but the prices were good, which made him full of expectations for his king of fish.

However, he noticed that Aoyama and Tezuka Kota were not very active, although they raised their hands a few times, but in the end they did not take a single fish, it seems that their judgment is the same as Qin Shiou, these fish are good, but the quality is only good, and they are not worthy of such a price.

However, the Mori brothers were in the limelight, and without the two powerful rivals Tezuka Kota and Aoyama Inobe, they auctioned more than half of the hundred fish.

After a ten-minute break, Butler asked Qin Shiou if he was going to go backstage to take a look, and he said that the highlight of the auction was in the back, and there were still fifty big fish in total.

Qin Shiou asked curiously, "A total of more than one hundred and fifty fish?" Isn't the scale of this auction very large? ”

The auction at Tsukiji Market can sell 500 tuna at a time, which is a bit small compared to today's auction.

Butler didn't see it that way, he smiled: "Of course, of course, my man, you see that the total sales are more than two million euros, isn't that a big scale?" ”

Seeing Qin Shiou shrug his shoulders and make an incredible gesture, Butler continued: "Man, the Amsterdam auction is the highest grade in the seafood auction hall, it's not that it can't find enough tuna, but only accepts the best tuna, and ensures that every fish will be bought after entering the market." ”

"Also, if you follow this auction, you will see that so far, not a single tuna has been sold here! Do you know how much tuna has ever flowed out of here? Five thousand fish! ”

Listening to Butler say this number, Qin Shiou was more convinced, more than 5,000 tuna did not go unauctioned, which shows that the status of this auction market in the seafood industry is indeed comparable to the Tsukiji market.

The Tsukiji Market is the real market, and the auction in Amsterdam is the real auction, and the tuna that enters here can be considered a work of art.

At the end of the break, everyone returned to the venue one after another, and the second round of auctions began, and Butler squeezed his eyes at Qin Shiou and motioned for him to take a good look.

The auctioneer in this round of auctions was replaced by a veteran auctioneer about seventy years old, with white hair and white beard, ruddy complexion, wearing a straight vest and suit.

The old auctioneer made a crisp sound with a mallet, and someone dragged the cart out, and this time it was not a young man, but two tall, convex blonde beauties in bikinis.

This time, the tuna is bigger, the quality is better, and it looks fresh, and the light shines on the fish and moves slowly, and you can see a colorful halo flowing on the surface of the tuna.

I don't know if it's the reason for this fish or the stimulation of the two beauties, as soon as they appeared, the atmosphere suddenly became more intense.

The Mori brothers, Tezuka Kota, and Aoyama Aoyama by the well glanced at each other, and the laziness on their faces was swept away, replaced by solemnity and eagerness. (To be continued......)