Lin Yi directly contacted Christie's rather than Sotheby's, one is because in the past, Sotheby's auctioned off the bronze head of the Chinese zodiac in the Old Summer Palace despite the opposition of the Chinese, and many people in China were dissatisfied with Sotheby's, and Lin Yi was also one of them. The second is because a large part of the interest in ginseng and snow lotus is Chinese, and Sotheby's auction will lose a considerable number of Chinese customers, which may have an impact on the auction price, which Lin Yi cannot tolerate.

It's now more than nine o'clock in the morning, the difference between the United States and China is almost twelve hours, and now it's about nine o'clock in the evening in China.

"Hey, Dad, did you sleep?"

"Not yet, your mother and I are watching TV in bed now, why did you call back at this time today, aren't you probably at work at this time? What's wrong, today is a holiday?"

"No, I didn't go to work today, I quit my job yesterday and I'm out and about. ”

"What's the matter, I'm not happy at work, then don't do it, if you quit, find another one. You can have a good time these days, and look for it in a few days after work. ”

"Well, it's not that I'm unhappy, I'm going to graduate in a few months, I'm just going to see if I can find a better job, and if I can't find it for the time being, I'll do it part-time, and I'll talk about it after graduation. Hearing his father's words, Lin Yi felt a little complicated in his heart.

"By the way, it's your grandmother's birthday in a week, won't you come back then?" came her mother's voice on the other side of the phone.

"Well, it's okay right now, and I should go back if there's nothing urgent by then. ”

"Well, well, I got it. You have to be careful outside, don't catch a cold, and pay attention to your body and wear more clothes. ”

"Well, I see, you should also pay attention to your body at home. Lin Yi always had some indescribable feelings in his heart when he listened to the words over there.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yi made a call to the law firm and asked them to send a lawyer over.

Paul Hastings is one of the largest law firms in the United States, with 2,500 employees, nearly 900 attorneys, and offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Stanford, HSD Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, BJ, and SH.

Lin Yi called Paul Hastings directly, because the lawyers of large companies are more famous and have more connections. In the future, he will definitely have a lot of things to find a law firm, and now he can directly find a big law firm to see the strength and service attitude of the other party.

He met with the lawyer at Christie's door and told him some information.

In the United States, many things require a lawyer, such as signing a contract, and a lawyer is usually present. And the lawyer's job is not only to look at the contract, but even to help you get the best terms during the negotiation. So basically a wealthy person in the United States will have a private lawyer, and some even have a private lawyer group.

"Hello, we've called to make an appointment before, and we have something we want to auction. ”

"Okay, Mr. Lin, please wait, I'll report it. The customer said with a smile on his face, I have to say that this service is good.

After a while, the other party came over, "Mr. Lin, please come with me." ”

Lin Yi and the lawyer followed each other and entered a conference room.

"Hello Mr. Lin. ”

"Hello"

"Can you show us what you want to auction?"

"Absolutely. Lin Yi handed over the two boxes, "I think you should know what this is." ”

"Hey, ginseng, it's so big, American ginseng, no, if it's American ginseng, you won't get it here to sell, this is Chinese wild ginseng, this is rare, it's a good thing, there will be a lot of people interested in it, I don't know about this." I'm sorry, I didn't know it was a medicinal herb beforehand, I would have called an appraiser right away, please wait a minute. ”

Leaving here, Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh a little, no wonder they all like to use lawyers, it's so useful.

In the past, when the conditions were negotiated, the lawyers were basically negotiating, and the final conditions were 10%, and the publicity fees were all Christie's.

If Lin Yi were changed, he would definitely not be able to talk about such conditions, because it felt similar.

Commission is the source of income for auction companies, whether domestic or foreign art auction companies generally charge two-way commissions to buyers and sellers.

Internationally, the two major auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, occupy 9o% of the world's auction market, and the commissions are similar, for example, the auction house charges a commission to the buyer, and the commission ratio is 25% for the auction price within 5oooo US dollars, 2o% between 50,000 US dollars and 1oo0000 US dollars, and the part of 1oo0,000 US dollars is infinitely close to 12%.

Generally speaking, the commission charged by the auction house to the buyer is generally very small, but the commission charged to the seller can often be discounted according to the value and quantity of the lot provided by the seller and the previous contribution to the company.

This time, the age of the two medicinal herbs is very long, 500 years of ginseng has not been produced many times, basically as soon as it comes out, it has been taken away by people with a relationship, many people want to have nowhere to get it, after all, the wild growth conditions are too harsh, and for such a long period of medicinal age, many of them have been dug up.

This time, as soon as you take this thing, many rich people must want to take pictures, after all, it is said that ginseng replenishes vitality and can also hang your life.

Rich people don't care about this money.

That's what it said. When you don't have money, you exchange your health for money, and when you have money, you exchange money for your health. For rich people, money is nothing, health is a good thing.

However, this lawyer is easy to use, and this money is a lot of money, 600 US dollars an hour, and it is really a high-income group.

This guy was very strong when he negotiated before, but when he looked at the contract, he looked at it over and over again, checking it one by one, which couldn't help but make Lin Yi sigh, it was worthy of charging by the hour.

When they separated, the two exchanged numbers, and Lin Yi felt that the other party's ability was very good, and he could find him if he had something in the future. The lawyer's name is Huque, and the other party also saw Lin Yi's auction this time, and understood that no matter how Lin Yi said this, he was a millionaire, and no one would have trouble with money, especially the lawyer.