Chapter 622: Who Pits Whom
But Hu Yuqing thought about things simply, when she rushed to the auction site and held up a sign for an imported German famous car, three men immediately jumped out of the surroundings, surrounded her, and threatened her, dare to raise the card again, don't think about leaving the second-hand market!
Hu Yuqing was angry and hateful, and at the same time, she found that she was not the only one who suffered the same thing, many people, as long as they raised their cards, a large group of people rushed over, and even threatened them, forcing them to give up the competition. And those who raised their cards and were not besieged were eye-browning with these people, obviously colluding.
Hu Yuqing immediately understood that he had encountered a string in the second-hand car market!
These strings, often dozens or hundreds of people, suppress bidders, and they themselves bid for official cars at low prices, and then immediately conduct a "second auction" on the spot, sell them at a high price, and earn high profits.
There were some people in the middle who clashed with these strings, and triggered a series of conflicts, causing chaos at the scene, and Hu Yuqing was accidentally slapped in the process, which made her crazy. I couldn't swallow this breath when I went back, and I hated this behind-the-scenes operator, so I thought about it and prepared to make a note of the Yin Auction House, but some places need skilled people, so I found Liu Yu.
Liu Yu listened to the whole story, quite speechless, powerful, rich, powerful, the three are the main interests, ordinary people, can only back down, let them divide the interests.
"How are you going to clean them up?" Liu Yu said curiously, the auction house is an industry, which is essentially equivalent to an intermediary, and there is no huge cost problem in the process of operation. Because of the cost, the most important publicity cost is also paid by the collector of the auction item. Printed into various albums and so on. The intermediary auction house will also charge a service fee, a management fee, a handling fee, and an auction commission of up to 10%. So. In the whole process, even if the auction item is unsold, the auction house will never lose money, and even more, even if the fake goods are auctioned, the victim is the buyer, and the auction house still lies down to make money. However, it is necessary to run an auction house. And it is very difficult to become large-scale, without a little social background.
And Liu Yu couldn't figure out how Hu Yuqing would pit the auction house, because no matter how Hu Yuqing auctioned through normal means, the auction house would not lose money.
Hu Yuqing smiled mysteriously: "You will know the way later, look at it......"
The two drove to the venue of Xinde Auction House, and the strange thing is that there are only a few people outside the door, and the auction house business is so bad?
Hu Yuqing first went to the counter to submit the agreement and received the number plate. Under the leadership of the lobby manager, we came to a small venue. It can only accommodate more than 30 people.
"Miss Hu, next door is the lounge, please wait, the auction will start soon." The lobby manager smiled and led them to the small lounge next door, and after making tea, he walked away quickly with a flash of eyes.
Ten minutes later, before the auction began, a kind businessman with a big belly walked in with a smile, stretched out his hand and shook hands with the two: "It's Miss Hu, I'm the deputy general manager of Xinde, Fang Sheng, thank you for coming to participate in the auction." ”
Hu Yuqing responded with a smile: "Where, Manager Fang is polite, I just found a collection of interest." ”
Fang Sheng hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "Is Miss Hu very interested in Zhang Daqian's painting?" ”
Hu Yuqing nodded: "Yes, Zhang Daqian's paintings are highly valuable. ”
Fang Sheng kindly reminded: "Hehe, there are many collectors who collect Zhang Daqian's paintings, and the competition will be fierce later...... Fang Sheng looked left and right, lowered his voice and said: "Miss Hu, I have a friend, he is determined to win this painting, the bid will be very high, in order to avoid blind competition, in this way, your 1 million registration fee, our auction house will return it to you free of charge, and compensate you another 1 million, as long as you are willing to give up the competition, how about it?" ”
Hu Yuqing was stunned for a moment, weighed left and right, nodded and agreed: "It's not impossible to be beautiful as an adult, but it must be cash." ”
Fang Sheng patted his thigh: "No problem, I'll arrange a transfer for you now." ”
Within half an hour, the formalities were completed and 2 million were returned, and Liu Yu and Hu Yuqing drove away.
Liu Yu was confused: "Is there really a bidder who is so generous and pays 1 million to buy you back?" Unlikely. Liu Yu was the first to disbelieve it.
Hu Yuqing smiled: "Of course the bidders will not be so generous, but the auction house will be!" ”
"That's the case, I personally have a painting of Zhang Daqian in my private collection, and the reserve price should only be about 15 million, and if it is auctioned at the auction price, it can reach at least 25 million. I asked a friend to get the Xinde auction in his name, and I pretended to be an ordinary bidder and spent 1 million to sign up. ”
As I expected, the trustworthy people saw that the painting had a lot of profit margins, that is, what they called a "good standard", and planned to buy it at a low price, and in the advertising, they maliciously belittled the publicity, saying that the painting was tainted, and the newspapers and periodicals that promoted it were publications with a small audience, so only a small number of people learned that the painting was auctioned. ”
"And the auction house bought it at a low price, of course, it had to find a way to squeeze out the bidders who came, so he happily gave me 1 million."
Liu Yu was speechless, if Hu Yuqing was really an ordinary bidder, it would be equivalent to getting 1 million for free! It is conceivable that the owner of the collection must have lost his interests, and he could have auctioned it for 25 million, but it was only taken away by the auction house at the lowest price, and he lost about 10 million directly.
"Huh? Isn't your painting selling at a loss...... Could it be that you want me to steal the painting back? Liu Yu suddenly understood the purpose of Hu Yuqing's call to come.
Hu Yuqing turned around and grinned: "What do you say?" The 1 million, as well as the money for Xinde compensation, all belong to you, I don't want to be rare with these money, I will fight for it! Call them harmful, this time I want them to lose their money! ”
Indeed, once the painting is stolen, even if it is compensated with reference to the reserve price of 15 million, the company will have to pay for wetting its pants.
Treating this kind of unscrupulous auction house and pit him, Liu Yu didn't feel uneasy about his conscience, and before the auction was held, he sneaked in, took the painting out, got back into the car, and threw it to Hu Yuqing.
Hu Yuqing threw it behind the carriage without even looking at it, Liu Yu couldn't help but say, "Trust me so much? This is a painting worth 25 million. ”
Hu Yuqing's eyes bent into a moon: "Hehe, can't I believe you?" Besides, collectibles, to put it bluntly, are actually fried works, and the real value is not much money, so I just want to be lively, hoard a pair, and wait for the price to rise. ”
Liu Yu nodded secretly, indeed, the current famous paintings and the like are completely hyped up at high prices, with great moisture, and there are often not many real collectors, and the vast majority of bidders are investors, ready to cover them for a few years and then throw them out to sell, and the profits are extremely high. Those who are lucky will earn several times when they change hands, and those who are lucky will earn dozens of times and become rich overnight.
"Forget it, you go to a lawsuit with others yourself, and you want compensation, I don't bother to pay attention to these things, let's talk about my business, do you have eyebrows for this bullet? Where is there more? Liu Yu asked.
"It's strange, people hate themselves for having little money, and when they see money, they drill into the eyes of money, but you are not uncommon." Hu Yuqing looked at Liu Yu strangely, took the bullet in Liu Yu's hand again, looked at it, shook his head and said: "Actually, this kind of bullet does not flow much in the market. ”
Listened, Liu Yu shrugged his eyebrows, and you are playing me? But the next moment, Liu Yu will be happy, doesn't this mean that only that small area has this kind of bullet?
"This bullet is only a few dozen yuan, there are few people who collect it, and it can't afford to speculate, and few people take it out, but I know a person who collected more than a thousand of these bullets some time ago, if you have any questions, you can ask him."
Liu Yu's eyes flashed, and he nodded with a smile: "Okay, help me make an appointment with your friend, I have something to ask him." ”
Hmph, it's better not for him to send a "gift" to Lao Tzu, otherwise, he will feel good! (To be continued......)