Chapter 108: Auction
The next morning, a small hall of the Imperial Capital International Convention and Exhibition Center.
In order to increase the sales of Southeast Asian rough stones and deal with the dumping of rough stones from Africa, the Southeast Asian Rough Stone Association jointly held this auction in the imperial capital with various rough mining enterprises in Southeast Asia.
There were not many people who participated in the bidding, and there were only about 30 representatives in total. However, these more than 30 companies or families are basically the top companies or families in Asia and Europe, and some of them are even described as "rich and rivaling countries".
Zhang Tieshan's Zhang Group came with four representatives, except for Zhang Tieshan himself, Ma Fan, Long Qian, and Tao Wanying.
The auction venue is well set up, and representatives of the bidders are waiting for the auction to begin. Before the auction begins, the auctioneer has given each representative two places and two hours to identify the lots. Ma Fan also went down to take a look at Zhang Tieshan's request, but Ma Fan didn't really go to see the auction items, but just covered up people's eyes. In the exhibition hall of the auction items, Ma Fan had already identified each rough stone through his divine sense, and kept the true value of each rough stone in mind. In order to cover up, Ma Fan also pretended to carefully identify each rough stone.
After the opening remarks, as the host called out the first lot, the service staff pushed out the No. 1 rough stone.
"Brother Ma, how is this stone?" do you want to go up and take a look?" Zhang Tieshan asked. At this moment, someone has already bid 2 million.
"This stone has moss and flowers, there is no problem on the surface, it seems to have a lot of material, but there are a lot of cracks in this rough stone, so the value is greatly discounted, and it is not worth more than 3 million. Ma Fan said.
"Oh, forget it. Zhang Tieshan was convinced of Ma Fan.
"Brother Ma, you read it just now, do you have any good suggestions?"
"No. 3, No. 7 and No. 8, find a way to take it down. Ma Fan said.
"No. 3, No. 7, No. 8, what about the last piece of No. 9?" Zhang Tieshan couldn't help but be a little surprised, the No. 9 rough stone is today's finale, most of the bidding representatives are coming for the No. 9, this rough stone is the treasure of the guild, and the starting price is 10 million. Many well-known appraisers have personally appraised this rough stone, and 100% of them have given an estimate of more than 80 million.
"The No. 9 rough stone was originally not bad, on the surface, the skin is all color, there is no crack, and the inside is estimated to be full of green, but the volume is relatively small, about twice the size of this No. 1 rough stone, so even if it is full of green, the price will not exceed 8 million, but its starting price is 10 million, so Mr. Zhang still don't touch it. Ma Fan said.
Zhang Tieshan was a little skeptical this time. In any case, well-known appraisers at home and abroad have been optimistic about this No. 9 rough stone, only Ma Fan's opinion is different, and Ma Fan said that it is as if this rough stone has been cut.
Ma Fan smiled and didn't say anything. As a consultant, what he should have said has already been said, and as for whether Zhang Tieshan believes it or not, he doesn't care. If Zhang Tieshan had to work Lot 9, Ma Fan would not stop him, anyway, Zhang Tieshan was not short of money, so let him spend money to buy some lessons, which would be more effective than saying a hundred words himself.
Soon, the No. 1 rough stone was auctioned by a mainland company for 5 million. I believe that it will not be long before this company will regret it.
The starting price of the second rough stone is still 1 million, and Ma Fan's suggestion is that you can participate below 5 million, and give up if it exceeds 5 million.
"2 million. Zhang Tieshan motioned for Tao Wanying to raise a sign to bid.
"3 million. Soon, the Zhou Group on Hong Kong Island followed. It seems that the purpose of the Zhou Group is very clear, that is, to bite Zhang Tieshan.
"4 million. Tao Wanying raised her card.
"5 million. The representative of the Zhou Group raised the card.
"6 million. At this time, the representative of Chiyo Co., Ltd., an island country that had not made a move, made a move. Originally, their appraiser had been undecided about Lot 2, but at this time, the representatives of the famous Cheung Group in the Mainland and the Zhou Group on Hong Kong Island were working Lot 2, and they couldn't help but make up their minds and decided to win Lot 2.
This time, Zhang Tieshan didn't let Tao Wanying raise her card again.
Without the participation of the Zhang Group, the Zhou Group and the Chiyo family still fought for a few rounds, and finally the Chiyo family won Lot 2 at a price of 10 million.
Lot 3 is on the market, and the starting price is still 1 million.
Zhang's Group shot again, and this time several other companies also joined in, and soon the price reached 10 million.
"How about continuing to bid?" Zhang Tieshan asked.
"The commercial value of this rough stone is at least more than 120 million, so my suggestion is that you can participate under 50 million. Ma Fan said.
Zhang Tieshan nodded and motioned for Tao Wanying to continue to hold up the card.
Tao Wanying didn't understand why her uncle would obey Ma Fanyan, but suspicion was suspicion, and she still raised her card according to her words.
Soon, the price reached 30 million, and at this time, only Zhang's Group and Zhou's Group remained.
"31 million. Tao Wanying bid again.
"Hmph, this stone is only the size of a basketball, even if it is full of color, it may not be of high quality, the risk is too great, forget it!" The representative of the Zhou Group is the second child of the Zhou family and the vice president of the Zhou Group, Zhou Jingren, who is fully responsible for participating in the auction this time, but the capital authority in his hand is only 300 million, so he retreated at this time.
"The No. 6 bidder, Zhang's Group, bid 31 million! Is there any continued bidding? 31 million for the first time, 31 million for the second time, and 31 million for the third time, the transaction!" As the auctioneer's hammer fell, the Zhang's Group won the No. 3 rough stone with only 31 million.
"Congratulations to Mr. Zhang, you have won the battle!" Ma Fan said with a smile.
"Hmph, it hasn't been opened yet, I don't know what the value of this stone is, you congratulated you so early, and you're not afraid of being slapped in the face?" Tao Wanying had always been skeptical of Ma Fan's suggestion, and couldn't help but say coldly at this time.
"Why, don't you believe it? Do you want us to make a bet?"
Since you are so confident, then make a big bet, let's bet on whether this stone of 31 million yuan will be profitable or lost, and ask a professional appraiser to evaluate it! Whoever loses will take off his clothes and run naked on Chang'an Street!"
"Since you say so, I just don't want to gamble and I can't help it, lest you still think I'm a liar," Ma Fan said, "Whoever wants to return is a puppy!"
"Brother Fan, Wanying, forget it, do you really want to bet?" Long Qian saw that the two seemed to really want to gamble, and couldn't help but worry about Tao Wanying, "Wanying, how about a different bet?"
"No!" Tao Wanying didn't wait for Ma Fan to speak, and rejected Long Qian's suggestion in one bite.
Ma Fan glanced at Long Qian, smiled and said, "Since some people don't know the hearts of good people and insist on running naked voluntarily, then let's see the excitement!"
Zhang Tieshan has been paying attention to the auction all the time, unaware that Ma Fan and Tao Wanying have reached a bet.
Soon, Zhou's Group auctioned a larger rough stone for 40 million. The Chiyo family also auctioned a rough stone for 62 million. Another rough stone was auctioned by a mainland company for 37 million yuan.
Rough No. 7 soon appeared.
"Mr. Zhang, this stone is worth at least 200 million. Ma Fan said, pointing to the inconspicuous-looking gray stone in front of him. Like many rough stones, this stone looks unremarkable, not even showing any traces of water on the surface, and is not very large, estimated to be no more than 80 centimeters in diameter.
However, the starting price of this stone is only 500,000 yuan, and each price increase only starts at 100,000 yuan, which inevitably makes Zhang Tieshan a little surprised. It seems that even the owner of this rough stone is not optimistic. Zhang Tieshan glanced at Ma Fan, and Ma Fan nodded. Previously, Ma Fan had suggested that he win No. 3, No. 7, No. 8, and now No. 7 has appeared, and Ma Fan also gave a suggestion of a market price of 120 million, and Zhang Tieshan had an idea in his heart.
"500,000. Zhang Tieshan signaled Tao Wanying to make a bid.
Zhou Jingren, vice president of Zhou's Group, saw that Zhang Tieshan actually fell in love with this inconspicuous stone, and couldn't help sneering: "I look at Lao Zhang is really confused, such a stone is worth 100,000 at most, maybe it will become thousands of dollars in a knife, although it looks a bit big, but it is obviously not worth 500,000! Forget it, anyway, he has a lot of money, so I just care about watching the excitement!"
Some companies that did not participate in the past have made bids this time in order to brush up their sense of existence.
"600,000. ”
"800,000. ”
"900,000. ”
"1 million. ”
"The No. 6 bidder, Zhang's Group, bid 1 million! Is there any continued bidding? 1 million for the first time, 1 million for the second time, 1 million for the third time, and the transaction!" Zhang Group only got the No. 7 rough stone for 1 million, and Ma Fan was a little surprised.
"It seems that there must be a lot of people who regret it for a while!" Ma Fan said to himself.
"Brother Ma, is this stone really worth more than 100 million?" At this time, Zhang Tieshan was a little uneasy. Although it only cost 1 million, even if this stone collapses, it is only a drop in the bucket for the Zhang Group, but what Zhang Tieshan is worried about is obviously not this.
"Mr. Zhang, if you don't believe it, you can solve the stone on the spot after the auction is over!" Ma Fan said confidently.
"Uncle, I'll solve this piece in a while, and see if he's still scared!" Tao Wanying said coldly.
While several people were talking, the No. 8 rough appeared.
The No. 8 rough appears to be a lot of green glass on the surface, and it is also relatively large, about the size of a small dining table, weighing about 2 tons. The light brown skin is covered with large and small glass jade, and it looks as if the entire rough is made of this material.
"Brother Ma, how is this stone?"
"The surface of this stone seems to be full of material, but in fact, most of the middle is waste, only the left and right sides have a part of the glass species, but the left part of some is the best imperial green, this part alone is worth 150 million, although the other side is not imperial green, but it can also be worth 50 million, so the whole stone should be worth 200 million, and No. 7 is about the same. ”
"Okay, I'll try to take a picture of this!"
The starting price of No. 7 rough is 5 million, and the price increase is not less than 1 million each time.
Soon, the price reached 50 million.
"51 million!" Zhang's group is still bidding without impatience.
"53 million!" the Zhou Group chased closely.
"54 million!" Singapore Lee Jewellery Group made a move.
"55 million!" Zhang's Group is still steady.
.......
Soon, the price reached 60 million.
"Forget it, this rough stone looks like a glass species, I don't know if it's imperial green inside, if it collapses, the risk will be too great, I'll still concentrate the funds on No. 9!" Zhou Jingren thought, so he gave up the bid.
The Li Group also gave up at 63 million, so Zhang Tieshan won the No. 8 rough stone for 63 million.
Zhang Tieshan originally prepared 400 million funds to participate in the auction, and the No. 3 rough stone was auctioned for 31 million, the No. 7 rough stone was auctioned for 1 million, and the No. 8 rough stone was auctioned for 63 million, and the three rough stones cost a total of 95 million. If Ma Fan's valuation is accurate, the three rough stones are worth 520 million, and Zhang Tieshan's business is obviously very profitable.