Chapter 821: The Auction Begins

Dongying people came to Chengfeng Chamber of Commerce to sell their own swords?

It's a bit weird.

There are two main rules for auctions now, one is to hand over the lot to the auction house for consignment, and the other is that the auction house first buys the lot at a low price, and at its own risk to seek higher profits.

Seeing that this Dongying man first quoted his psychological price, the purpose was naturally obvious, he wanted the Chengfeng Chamber of Commerce to buy his knife first.

It's just that the price is a bit outrageous.

10,000 taels of silver and a knife.

If it is an ordinary Tang knife, you can buy at least a thousand, and it is still a high-quality one.

Bai Song still remembered that the knife Mo Zhu bought was only bought for one hundred taels of silver, how could the same katana be sold for ten thousand taels? The key is to see that Wang Mingyou, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, still looks excited.

He had only heard about it before, but now that he had seen it with his own eyes, Bai Song realized how serious the atmosphere of this sky-high commodity was.

Bai Song still remembers that his tea was sold at a very low price but was blocked, but the knives and other goods of the Dongying people were highly sought after in Chang'an City, and there was no way to make big data statistics in ancient times, but the trade deficit between the two countries at this moment must be unimaginable. The policy he advocated gave Dongying people the opportunity to gather Datang wool, which is definitely not good.

Seeing that Wang Mingyou was about to agree, Bai Song stepped forward and said hello: "Boss Wang, the auction is about to start, why don't you hurry up and prepare, are you still chatting here?" ”

"Boss Bai......" Wang Mingyou looked at Bai Song and bowed his hand politely.

Bai Song took the opportunity to look at a few Dongying people: "Yo, it's another katana." ”

"Yes, this is a good knife, and this guest wants to exchange it for 10,000 taels of silver." Wang Mingyou explained.

"Ten thousand taels of silver? As for it? It's just a knife, Boss Wang won't really be tempted, right? ”

Bai Song's words were a little disdainful, obviously annoying a few Dongying people, and one of the other party pouted disdainfully: "If you don't understand, don't speak...... I didn't go out to inquire about what the current katana price was on the market. ”

Bai Song was not angry, and asked Wang Mingyou: "What?" Is this really that expensive? ”

Wang Mingyou smiled and nodded: "Boss Bai doesn't know, the recent katana is in short supply, and everyone is wearing a katana in the face, that is, the sword from the sword casting master you just saw, the starting price is 20,000 taels." Although the handle in front of me is not from a famous family, it is also a treasure that has followed the Dongying samurai for many years, and 10,000 taels is actually not expensive. ”

The corners of Bai Song's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart that I wouldn't bother to care if someone else came to sell knives, but the other party was from Dongying, so I had to take care of this matter.

"Boss Wang, it's better to be steady in business, the knife you said hasn't been sold yet, and you can't use the price of the unsold goods as a measure. As for this knife, I think it's better to sell it on consignment. ”

Bai Song said it simply, and his words were all deliberative, but his position was already stated in his words.

Wang Mingyou knew Bai Song's identity, this Bai Boss's words were worth more than 10,000 taels of silver, although he didn't know if Bai Song had a deeper meaning, Wang Mingyou immediately expressed his attitude.

Wang Mingyou said to Dongying people: "Several, the knife is a good knife, if it is consigned for auction in the auction house, it should be able to sell for more than 10,000 taels." The Chengfeng Chamber of Commerce will not take advantage of the guests, and if a few people really want to sell knives, they can directly put them on the shelves at today's auction. ”

Several Dongying people exchanged glances, and the knife seller finally nodded: "It's okay, we just haven't seen what the auction of Datang is like." ”

At the end of a small episode, the people of the Chengfeng Chamber of Commerce took the lead in inviting Bai Song and a few Dongying people to the VIP room.

The venue of the auction is very particular, and the VIP rooms are on the second floor, and there are more than a dozen independent cubicles around the booth of the venue.

The people in the cubicle could not see each other, except for a window that could be opened and closed.

The lower floor is a venue for ordinary guests.

Even ordinary guests, those who can participate in the auction are all dignitaries and dignitaries in Chang'an City, and they don't have a net worth of thirty or fifty thousand taels, so they don't have the courage to get mixed in here.

The auction was about to start, Lan Ting looked out the window and kneaded Bai Song's shoulders, she was also the first time to participate in this kind of activity, she was a little happy, and while kneading, she spoke to Bai Song: "I didn't expect that there would be such an activity among the people, it's really a novelty." ”

"You really have to be so curious, you can shout when you ask for a price later."

"Young Master, is this appropriate?"

"What's out of place? Who pays for things in person? ”

Lan Ting smiled when he heard this, he didn't want to say anything more, but suddenly pointed to the other side of the window: "Young master, the girl on the other side seems to be waving at us." ”

Bai Song looked to the other side, and really saw a familiar face waving a small handkerchief at his side.

Isn't this person Zhang Yuhan?

Bai Song got up and stood at the window, smiled at Zhang Yuhan, and the two nodded again.

This time, Miss Zhang was not as calm as when she met at the door before, and looked left and right eagerly, as if she wanted to come over to find Bai Song. However, the VIP rooms in the auction venue are not connected to each other, and even the two adjacent rooms have to go downstairs and make a big circle to enter.

There was no way, Zhang Yuhan showed regret on his face, and finally sat down indignantly.

But as soon as Zhang Yuhan sat down, Prince Charming, who had seen him at the door of the auction before, suddenly poked his head out and looked at Bai Song.

"Miss Zhang, who is that person?" Prince Charming asked.

Zhang Yuhan was depressed, he didn't want to deal with others at all, so he didn't speak sullenly.

This is when the auction begins.

The girl at the venue simply asked everyone present to be quiet first, then talked about the rules of the auction, and when the venue was quiet, she finally took out the first item.

The first lot is a long scroll of landscape painting with more than 100 inscriptions, and the person who painted it is actually Yu Shinan, the husband of Bai Song.

This is a bit surprising, because Bai Song knows his teacher's character, he is very disgusted with his calligraphy and paintings measured by money, if someone transfers his calligraphy and paintings to a public auction, Yu Lao will definitely not admit that it is his work. And in such a public occasion, once Yu Lao does not admit it, it is a fake. Generally speaking, if Yu Lao's paintings are taken out and sold publicly, such a thing will not happen.

But now, as the opening work, the Chengfeng Chamber of Commerce has taken out Yu Shinan's name, indicating that the Chamber of Commerce has no doubts about the authenticity of the work.

Sure enough, with the introduction of the work, the narrator below said a key message.

This work was personally sent by Yu Shinan Yu Lao.