Chapter 1186: A Tribute from the Song Family in Suzhou
When Yang Cheng learned that there would be several charity auction items interspersed at the auction, his mind became active, and a series of possibilities flashed through his mind.
Then, he did not hesitate to find the person in charge of Fuhe Auction House, and said on the spot that he was also willing to donate the Crescent Moon Lady Mirror, and the auction proceeds would be donated to the local pension orphanage like several other charity auction items.
Hearing Yang Cheng's words, even the person in charge of Fuhe Auction House was a little surprised.
Although they are also trying to do the new business of charity auction, trying to use this kind of charity activity to bring more popularity to the auction house, but it is just an attempt, and most of the auction items are ordinary auction items, the biggest name is a piece of green jade donated by the county order Jia Wenbai, but the actual value of this thing is only a few dozen taels of silver, even if it has the bonus of Jia Wenbai and the name of charity, but at most it is only a few hundred taels of silver.
The rest are just small things, dozens of taels of silver, and hundreds of taels of silver.
After all, they haven't done charity auctions before, and no one has done them before, and it's the first time they've done this, but they're not sure.
In these days, although the gentry and merchants generally liked to do some charitable acts in exchange for fame, they were more willing to build bridges and pave roads in their hometowns, or run education, because in this way, their names could remain on the stone tablets.
But if you donate money, orphanage nursing homes are involved, although there are also them, but not much!
Here, you have to know the mentality of the gentry and businessmen to do charity!
People are for the sake of fame, especially the reputation of the family, to improve the reputation of the family in their hometown, many famous gentry, although the reputation in the outside world is not good, and even corrupt officials, but they will still build bridges and pave roads in their hometowns to run education.
But if you ask them to directly spend a lot of money to subsidize the poor, whether they are orphans or widows, although they will do it, they will definitely not spend much money.
Although this mentality is somewhat utilitarian, but charity, if it is not utilitarian, it cannot be maintained at all, if you don't give them benefits, why do people come up with money to do charity, just with good intentions? Just kidding, no one's money is blown by the wind!
Because they can gain fame, and even celebrities through the ages, many famous gentry will go to build bridges and pave roads for education.
In the traditional feudal era of China, charity is not absent, and it can even be said that there are still more, but the limitations are also relatively large!
Therefore, the Fuhe Auction House is also a little apprehensive about holding a charity auction, and I don't know how many rich people will join the auction, so this time the temptation is only to take out some small prices, purely as an addition to today's large-scale auction, and they expect that if they can raise a thousand taels of silver today, it will already be quite good.
But now, Yang Cheng came to the door and said that he would also participate in this charity auction and donate the proceeds from the auction of the Crescent Moon Lady's Mirror, which greatly surprised the attention of Fuhe Auction House.
You must know that no one knows how much money the crescent moon mirror can be auctioned in the end, and it is not known whether it will be auctioned, but its cost is largely public, that is, at least one or two thousand taels of silver.
Without one or two thousand taels of silver, this crescent moon lady mirror can't be made at all!
But now, Yang Cheng said that he would directly donate the auction proceeds of the Crescent Lady Mirror, which had to shock the person in charge of Fuhe Auction House.
Is this Yang Cheng really so kind-hearted that he is willing to give a few thousand taels of silver to charity?
They don't believe it, this Yang Cheng is not such a kind person no matter how he looks at it, and even if he has the intention of charity, but with the family background of the Yang family in Jiujiang, I am afraid that he will not be able to support such a donation of thousands of taels of silver.
So what is this Yang Cheng for?
For the sake of fame?
This one for sure!
But is the reputation of charity auctions worth the price he pays?
The person who meets the auctioneer does not know, or even understands.
But it doesn't matter if you don't understand, there are unjust bosses who take the initiative to take out something worth thousands of taels of silver as a charity auction, and their Fuhe Auction House naturally raises their hands to welcome it, if this is a successful auction, it is also a good thing for them to improve their reputation for Fuhe Auction House.
After finalizing the crescent moon mirror as a charity auction item, Yang Cheng also touched the check book of the Royal Bank in his pocket, at this time he had already made up his mind, today's auction must be successful, and the price must not be low, it must exceed five thousand taels of silver, if no one comes up with this price, then he will pay out of his own pocket!
Although the auction has officially begun, one by one the auction items have been taken down one after another, and then let people bid, but Yang Cheng's attention is not on this at all, at this time, in his mind, he has begun to think about how to carry out the next public opinion propaganda.
The meniscus mirror must cause a sensation!
In addition to the high price of the auction, all the proceeds from the auction are used for donations, which are excellent promotional materials, but I am afraid that the advertising articles prepared before will have to be changed, and in addition, I will have to contact the court newspaper office to see if they can publish an official report on the charity auction.
In addition, when the time comes, I will have to contact the Fuhe Auction House, and even the seller who may buy the meniscus mirror for auction!
Fuhe Auction House, the charity auction is just for the name, and contacting them to hype together will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
As for the potential seller, this has to be carefully analyzed, if it is for fame, then most likely will not refuse their offer, if there is no showmanship, although it is a pity, but there is no way.
While Yang Cheng's mind was spinning rapidly, the auction was also going on!
Soon, those ordinary auctions are almost over!
Next, the auctioneer on the stage announced the next lot, saying that the lot was donated by someone and that all proceeds from the auction would go to charity.
Charity auction, although the Fuhe auction house did not carry out any publicity, but it is impossible to say that it was deliberately concealed, maybe before today, some of these people present did not know, such as Yang Cheng, but now, these people present must know.
Many people are happy to see charity auctions happen, and they don't mind bidding if the price is right.
Soon, the first charity auction began to be auctioned, this thing is a pair of Zhu Yunming's wild grass, Zhu Yunming, also known as Zhu Zhishan, is one of the four talents of Wuzhong in the pre-Ming era, although he has been dead for decades, but his name is still undiminished.
It's just that because the age is not long ago, this person's calligraphy, paintings, etc. have been handed down a lot, and the price is naturally not high.
However, with the addition of charity, this pair of wild grass also sold for two hundred and eighty taels of silver, and the price can be said to be quite high.
The next few charity lots were of average quality, but the price was not less than 100 taels, and most of them were sold for more than 100 taels of silver.
The green jade donated by Jia Wenbai, the county commander of Shanghai, was auctioned for a high price of 465 taels of silver, which was almost ten times its actual value.
Immediately after this blue jade, that is, the auction of the crescent lady's mirror.
At this time, Yang Cheng was sitting upright, and his expression became serious!
At this time, only listen to the auctioneer on the stage, is introducing the crescent lady mirror: "I believe that most of you have heard of this treasure mirror in the past few days, the crescent lady mirror, created by Jiujiang Glass Company, represents the highest contemporary technical level, and at the same time is a treasure that retains a strong traditional cultural atmosphere in high technology, it is not just a dressing mirror, but a real work of art."
Today, Jiujiang Glass Company has donated this treasure mirror for charity, and the proceeds from the auction will be donated to local orphanage and nursing homes along with the auction proceeds from other charity lots. ”
Since Yang Cheng took out the meniscus mirror for auction, the people of Fuhe Auction House naturally did not deliberately disgust Yang Cheng, but gave Yang Cheng a big face, and directly bragged about Jiujiang Glass Company.
Yang Cheng also stood up and bowed slightly to you on behalf of Jiujiang Glass Company, this is the time to advertise, and it is a fool not to show up!
At this time, the auctioneer also continued to boast about the crescent moon lady's mirror, from the level of science and technology, from the level of traditional culture, from the aspect of charity, etc., this mirror is also worth boasting about, after all, this mirror was originally one of the more expensive finale lots in today's auction, and now it is added with the halo of charity, so it is natural to brag about it.
The lowly gentry, merchants, sons and agents, also showed surprised looks!
I've seen people doing charity, but I've never seen the kind that throws out thousands of taels of silver at once, this Yang Cheng is really willing!
At the same time, many people who originally wanted to buy this meniscus mirror were also considering, and when the auction was held, the price could be appropriately increased.
Don't doubt that among the so many people who came today, there are really a few who are ready to buy this mirror, and the interesting thing is that none of these people who are ready to buy this mirror are rich themselves, they are all agents.
Among the agents of about ten people in total, the most famous is Qi Lingshang, the agent of the Song family in Suzhou, this is a middle-aged man who does not look good, but many people in Shanghai know that although this person is not surnamed Song, he is a confidant of the Song family, and his status in the Song family is much stronger than that of ordinary side children.
Because this person is the external housekeeper of the Song family, and in recent years, the external housekeeper in the big family has gradually changed its nature, many of the external housekeepers in the big family, called the housekeeper, but they are not doing the business of serving people, but in fact they are helping to take care of the industry, and they have great power, in the new language, this person is actually the general manager of many industries of the Song family in Suzhou.
Qi Lingshang appeared here today, naturally he had a goal, his purpose was very simple, that is, to take a picture of this meniscus mirror, and then send it to Jinling City!
Why did you send it to Jinling City?
Naturally, it's for tribute!
Why did the Song family pay tribute?
Because this Song family is not an ordinary Song family!
There are many gentry families in Suzhou, and there are many people with the same surname as Song, but there is only one family that can use the whole of Suzhou as a prefix and is called the Song family in Suzhou by outsiders, which is the biological mother of Li Yu, the third prince of the Tang Empire, and the maiden family of Concubine Kang Song!
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