Chapter 19: Repulse Bay Mansion Starts
There are still more than 20 days before the Spring Festival in 2015, and Guo Yu, who came back, called Zhang Chong directly and asked about the antique auction, which was the first time he cared about the auction, because he felt short of money.
Zhang Chong told him that the auction was held the morning after tomorrow, and he could come directly when he had time to attend the auction site.
Guo Yu flew to Hong Kong the next night, resting in the hotel for the night, just in time for the auction tomorrow. It was not a big auction, but it was attended by a large number of people, and the venue was chosen at the Hilton Hotel.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the people arrived one after another, and Guo Yu and Zhang Chong also entered the venue with the flow of people.
"The woman in the trench coat is the eldest lady of the Xing family, the Xing family doesn't know what to do, you are really frustrated, Lin Qingxia and her husband."
"That's the second son of the second room of the Guo family, this kid is more romantic, often plays little stars, is a generous person, this Guo family is much more powerful than your surname Guo, basically the second richest family in Hong Kong"
"That's the deputy secretary of the financial secretary of Hong Kong, why is he here today?" After Zhang Chong and Guo Yu sat down, Zhang Chong whispered to Guo Yu to introduce the people who were more identical to the audience, what is the chairman, which director said a lot, it seems that these days, Zhang Chong has also mixed in in Hong Kong.
Originally, the antique trade was a business for the rich, and civilians who had spare money to buy antiques.
At 9:40 a.m., the auction started on time, and Zhang Chong said that there were a total of 128 lots in this auction, and his own Huafu auction house sent 48 pieces, and the others were repeated because they could only be arranged later, and this time there was no auction.
First of all, a Qing Kangxi self-proclaimed 'General of Zhengxi' with a royal sword, which was sent by Huafu Auction House. The evidence of this thing is very interesting, when Kangxi conquered Geerdan, he also added a title to himself, and specially asked the royal craftsman to add the inscription "General Zhengxi" on his sword.
Generally, the auction is picked at both ends, the opening must be warmed up, take a very sure to open a high price of the item, pick up people's interest, the middle of the item will be driven up to auction a high price, this is basically the usual means.
In a spring auction in 2006, a Qianlong saber was auctioned at a high price of 46 million Hong Kong dollars, and the grade of this sword is significantly higher than that knife, after all, the sword is a symbol of the emperor, and it shows its identity.
The starting price was 10 million, and people began to raise their cards, from the beginning of a dozen people to shout, until only the last three people competed, and the price had reached 83 million.
In the end, the three of them competed, and the Guo family won the sword for 94 million, spending nearly 100 million, and he was very proud.
Everyone applauded, and this guy stood up and hugged his fists at everyone.
The auction continued, all the way down there was no unsuccessful auction, to the last lot, is the Qing Qianlong enamel peony peacock open screen plate sent by Huafu, the plate is really beautiful, the size is 43 cm, this lot appeared, immediately attracted people's enthusiasm.
In the past few years, in the Qianlong enamel porcelain auction, there are few fine products less than 100 million, and such exquisite enamel has not appeared in the auction for more than two years, and the opportunity is rare.
The auctioneer didn't talk nonsense here, directly quoted the name and starting price, and only said "Absolutely genuine, a rare boutique in recent years, if you miss it, you may not have a chance with it for life, please seize the opportunity." "Then filming began.
This time, there are fewer signs, after all, there are only a few people present who can afford this enamel color plate. At the beginning of the bidding, it was not intense, but everyone was holding up their cards with a very determined look, and the price was called until it reached 167 million before it stopped.
Guo Yu was also enthusiastic watching from the sidelines, this is all his own money.
"167 million for the first time"
"167 million for the second time"
"167 million for the third time, sold" The small gavel was knocked down heavily, and the auction ended successfully, and the enamel color plate was auctioned by a wealthy man surnamed Liu.
Guo Yu is comfortable, the money is here, you can buy a mansion, hahahaha.
Two days later, the auction was clear, and Guo Yu's antiques were auctioned for 570 million Hong Kong dollars in cash, and after deducting the auction fees, he got 510 million.
Hong Kong Repulse Bay Mid-Levels mansion, Guo Yu stood in the courtyard, looking into Victoria Bay, and the sales manager on the side was still introducing the architectural style, decoration, feng shui and so on of this villa.
"I like it here, you can tell me how much it is." Guo Yu interrupted the manager's chatter, it was too hard to listen to the Hong Kong version of Mandarin.
"The monthly rent is 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars, which has already given you a discount, and you need to calculate the property fee yourself." The manager said.
"Who said I was going to rent it, I was going to buy it, I love it." Guo Yu said very angrily.
"Not for sale" choked Guo Yu a lot with these two words.
Guo Yu turned his head and looked at the manager, why don't you sell, it's really fresh, aren't you just selling houses?" Guo Yu felt a little funny, was this losing his appetite.
After talking for a long time, the manager still didn't sell, and Guo Yu learned after contacting Zhang Chong that not everyone can buy it here, and he is saying that this kind of big mansion is not a sales manager of this level who can call the shots.
It's really depressing that I can't spend my money when I have money.
When he arrived at the company and sat in the office with Zhang Chong, Guo Yu was still a little indignant when he spoke.
Later, Zhang Chong thought of a way to find the boss of Christie's Hong Kong to help, in fact, this kind of villa is not not for sale, but to see who buys it, but if you have money, you can't, people with money and status, they rush to sell it to you.
After all, the real estate company also has to consider the reaction of the surrounding customers, if it is a nouveau riche, it will lower the grade here, and it seems that he will be treated as a turtle.
No, let Zhang Chong organize an auction after the New Year, and the transaction price of a spring auction at Christie's Hong Kong in 2014 reached more than 3 billion, and more than 20 billion a year, I organized it four times, how can it reach more than 10 billion in a year, and slowly make a reputation.
In the end, Guo Yu and Zhang Chong contacted the CEO of Christie's in Hong Kong, and through his connections, they finally bought this mansion at No. 26 Hurland Road, Repulse Bay, covering an area of 2,100 square meters, with a construction area of about 900 square meters, with a total price of 550 million Hong Kong dollars.
The overall decoration style of the villa is more modern, Guo Yu wants to decorate the first floor to be classical, and then put the solid wood furniture he brought in the Republic of China, which is called upgrading the grade. The second and third floors will not move, and the current decoration is better for daily use.
The amount of work to decorate is not large, and it can be completed in about 30 days, Guo Yu put the furniture he selected in the villa, found the decoration staff of the sales company, and told them his ideas before returning to his hometown.
There are still ten days to go before the New Year, and Guo Yu, who returned home, brought gifts, pulled his parents and sons, and began to go to relatives' houses to pay New Year's greetings. Three uncles and an aunt, and then the eldest uncle and aunt's house, it took 5 days to transfer it down.
I drank a few times with my classmates and friends at home, even if the year passed, now the New Year is like this, busy and busy, I don't feel anything, maybe this is the mentality of adults.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Guo Yu took his family to Hong Kong and stayed at the Harbourview Hotel. Before the Chinese New Year atmosphere in Hong Kong passed, Guo Yu took his family to visit Hong Kong, took his son to Ocean Park, Star Wax Museum, Disneyland, and took his parents around Wong Tai Sin Temple to see the sea view of Victoria Bay.
After playing for a few days, Guo Yu took his family to see the house, the house still has more than ten days to be renovated, some furniture has not been placed, but it still shocked the parents, although the parents do not know how much it costs here, but it is definitely a sky-high house.
Guo Yu told his parents that he is now going through the immigration procedures for his son, and it will be done soon, and when it is done, he will let his family come over, and he will arrange everything here, so that his parents don't have to worry about it.
At the end of the trip, Guo Yu did not go back to his hometown with his parents, and stayed in Hong Kong to prepare for some matters. He needs to find a good housekeeper for the villa, he stays in the Republic of China more and more, he can't often accompany his parents and children, and he must arrange someone to take care of things at home.