PS: It is customary to ask for a monthly pass, and the ticket is recommended!

Regarding Tina's request to go to Christie's with him, Zhang Lisheng hurriedly refused: "I haven't completed enough high school credits, and if I skip school for no reason, my mother will go crazy, not to mention that I don't know anything about art auctions, and I can't help if I go." ”

"Well, I'll call you after I've done an appraisal at Christie's, and I think it's going to be good news with 70% certainty..."

"If it's good news, I'll treat you to a big dinner in the evening. ”

"If it's not good news, you have to please, I'll be here in the afternoon waiting for you after school, see you or leave. Tina said as she slipped into a sports car on the side of the road, and in the blink of an eye, sped away without a trace.

Zhang Lisheng quickly walked back to the other side of the road and walked to his friend's side, "George, what are you doing, let's go to class." ”

"Zhang Lisheng, you must tell me how you met this kind of hot girl who drives a supercar!" George yelled excitedly.

"Initially I saved her life, then she wanted to repay me, then I did her a few more favors, and then she started helping me... Anyway, that's how we met. ”

"Hell, you're in luck, by the way, does she have any hot girl friends?"

"Absolutely. ”

"Introduce me to me!"

"Don't you have Hena?"

"Then don't you also have a Maddie, it's not like dating the hot girl just now!

Look at the way that hot girl looked at you just now, hell, if you say it's an ordinary friend, it's too insulting to my IQ. ”

"She's wearing sunglasses, and Maddie and I don't have anything..."

"Sunglasses can't stop her hot gaze when she looks at you," George said, wiggling his ass disgustingly, "Also, I can hear Hena say that Maddie has been asking about you all day." If you don't have anything, how could she do that..."

"George, you're as annoying as a black-haired parrot. ”

"Hey boy, you just said the word 'black hair', I can sue you for racism, so you'd better ask your hot girl girlfriend to introduce me to a few chicks with model bodies. ”

Zhang Lisheng and George laughed and walked into the teaching building of Lobic Middle School, the class bell suddenly rang, and the two hurriedly climbed the stairs with the flow of people, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

The morning class passed quickly, when Zhang Lisheng walked out of the teaching building alone. When I turned on my phone when I closed the class, I found that the screen showed a missed call from Tina.

Reversed, the bell rang only twice, and Tina's surprised voice came from the phone, "Baby." Good news for you, guess how much your 'little stone' is worth?"

"100 million?" Zhang Lisheng said casually against the cold wind.

"Oh, you're so greedy, you even opened your mouth for 100 million!"

"When I was in junior high school in Huaguo, I heard a story from my teacher that there was once a painter who was poor and his works could only be used to paste a chicken nest, and after his death, a painting was worth tens of millions of yuan..."

"You're talking about Van Gogh, and after the Renaissance, only one Van Gogh was born in the whole world...

Forget it, listen to you talk again, and the surprise in my heart will be gone.

Listen. Your three antique stoneware 'Christie's' are willing to be auctioned at a reserve price of 12 million yuan, of which the mask is priced at 5 million, and the two stone statues are priced at a total of 7 million.

This is only the reserve price, and it is expected that the actual transaction price of the three pieces will be more than 23 million yuan in total, of course, if it is upset. Three or forty million are possible.

You'd better come to Christie's right now, for this level of auction, the seller must show up.

I thought about it, after you signed the contract at Christie's. We will take advantage of the first round of spring auctions of the new year that many big buyers will pay attention to, and get rid of the antiques as soon as possible, and then I will contact Xie Liya to start building a factory for you immediately.

That way, by the time I go to university in September, your new slaughterhouse should be officially open, and I'll be able to leave with peace of mind. ”

Tina's words were so thoughtful that Zhang Lisheng couldn't refute, "Okay, it seems that I can only skip class for another half a day."

Waiting for me at Christie's, I arrived as soon as possible. He strode across the green lawns of the Lobitch campus and drove toward King Street.

The only way for a well-known auction house to expand and maintain its reputation is to consistently sell lots of priceless lots, even at Christie's, which is one of the top three art auction houses in the world.

Therefore, when the seller comes to the door with the collection and is recognized as a truly precious art piece, it is actually the auction house that asks the seller to keep the collection for auction so that it can be "famous" and "profitable", rather than the other way around.

After Zhang Lisheng arrived at 'Christie's', he identified himself and immediately received a VIP courtesy.

At first, he thought it was because of the aura of the 'Doeglina family' brought by Tina, but he soon found that the old white man named Cayworth, who had sparse and gray hair and was very long, and combed back naked, had a more respectful attitude towards him than he did for Tina.

"Do you mean to take advantage of the first round of spring auctions to sell the collection, Mr. Zhang?" Sitting in Christie's most spacious, comfortable and luxurious office, the auction house's artistic director Cavours asked as he looked at the boy with a warm smile on his lips.

"Yes, Mr. Cayworth, Tina said..."

"Excuse me, but allow me to interrupt, but I'm asking what you mean, not Miss Doeglina.

You may not know the value of your collection and some tips when auctioning art.

Your collection, in the event of an unexpected 'stoneware' hit, is fully qualified to be the finale of a major auction.

In other words, if you are willing to save these three pieces for the autumn auctions, they will be on the front page of the 'Christie's Autumn Auction Masterpieces' catalogue, and don't underestimate that, Mr. Zhang.

The price of a work of art at auction is not only about its value, but also because..."

"I am in a hurry to use Mr. Cash now, and it is absolutely impossible to wait until autumn. ”

"I understand, then how much money do you need for turnover, Mr. Zhang, if the amount is less than 10 million, you can mortgage the collection in 'Christie's and advance it in advance. ”

When Zhang Lisheng heard such favorable conditions, his eyes widened in astonishment.

"Li Sheng, this is an auction tactic, just like at the beginning of a campaign, you don't want to use up all the 'elite soldiers' in the initial war, but want to put them in batches.

True art treasures are hard to come by any auction house, and Christie's has already had the Indians' Three-Eyed Round Pupil Wood Grain Stone Mask and Cézanne's 'Battle of the Dawn' finale, and no matter how good your stone is, it is unlikely to add much luster to the spring auction.

And in the autumn, with their finale, it guarantees that the two rounds of Christie's last two major art auctions are of extremely high quality, and the auction house will be willing to pay a little price for it. Tina explained in a whisper.

Waiting quietly for the girl to finish, Caworth added with a smile: "It's not just for 'Christie's', it's also to make sure that your interests are maximized." ”

"But I can't wait for the fall, even if I can get more money then, sorry Mr. Caworth. ”

"There is no need to apologize to Mr. Zhang, for Christie's, the customer is always right, and in that case, I will add these three pieces to the spring auction as you wish...

Well, it's just the last round of the last day, when it's easier to get a high price, and I'll ask the auctioneer to highlight it. ”

"Thank you. ”

"That's what I'm supposed to do, and then we're going to talk about how to legally avoid taxes for you.

The art tax in the United States is divided into capital gains tax, sales tax and use tax..."After being repeatedly rejected by Zhang Lisheng, Coffins said with the same attitude.

Because he had never been in contact with the tax law of the United States involving 'lots', and he had no interest in it, Zhang Lisheng couldn't help but say: "Mr. Caves, can you please tell me the 'percentage' of the auction price that you can actually get?"

"The best option, you actually get 78% of the auction price. Caworth looked at Tina and said, this proportion is actually quite high, and it can be said that he showed the greatest sincerity at once.

"That's a pretty good ratio. Tina nodded and whispered in Zhang Lisheng's ear.

"Okay, let's sign the contract, Mr. Cayworth. ”

A good business was won, and the old man quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said politely and kindly: "Good Mr. Zhang, please wait, I will call the lawyer to prepare the contract immediately."

Julie went to open the best bottle of champagne and signed the contract, and I wanted to celebrate with the young rich man in front of me who was about to add the icing on the cake. ”

In this way, ten minutes later, Zhang Lisheng signed a contract with Christie's to consign the auction, drank a glass of champagne and said goodbye to Teaworth with Tina, and left the auction house.

Three days later, in the last of the 'Christie's' spring auctions, the 'carved stone single-sided insect pattern ghost face', which had been identified by gangsters as being worth at least 500,000 meters and almost causing death to the teenager, set a new record for a single stone item in the world under the fanatical pursuit of a mysterious Chinese buyer who did not appear, and was sold at a sky-high price of 24 million meters.

Affected by this, the two stone statues auctioned in groups were also very rare to fetch a high price of 27 million meters, and after deducting taxes and auction fees, the three antiques contributed a total of 39.78 million meters to Zhang Lisheng's account, piling up the amount of cash available to the teenager to about 43 million.

Such a price far exceeding expectations is almost impossible to appear in auctions with high market recognition, such as European famous paintings and famous jewelry, but for lots with low market recognition and high gold content in artistry and production technology, once it suddenly becomes popular and the market recognition rises, it is easy to have an unexpectedly high price.

The result of the auction was perfect, with plenty of money and Tina pulling Celia's help, and in one day, the desolate Muterslow salt land outside New York City was turned into a busy construction site with hundreds of large construction vehicles. (To be continued.) )