Chapter 39 Tokyo Auction
The Tokyo auction has officially started.
On the first day, Hu Chuyuan was absent. Of course, Sheng Xuanhuai and others did not go. Everyone just sent a manager, plus a master proficient in antiques to help identify items.
It's rare to meet. Sheng Xuanhuai, Tang Yanshu, Qiao Jingyan and other mainland giants gathered together to gamble and talk about cooperation in the mall.
There is no doubt that Hu Chuyuan was isolated by them and left alone.
Hu Chuyuan didn't care either. He stayed in his room and talked to Pan Limei about these Western translations. He couldn't understand them. It was Pan Limei who read them for him and interpreted them for him.
Because Miss Pan Limei has been wearing a kimono, and what she said when she met others was also Japanese, long and particularly seductive. Lu Wenjin and others thought that Hu Chuyuan had hooked up with an oriental girl as soon as she arrived, which was both envious and sarcastic.
But in these days, Hu Chuyuan increasingly feels that Pan Limei is not only very attractive, but also very intelligent and proficient in Japanese. She is indeed a rare assistant, which is very helpful to the great cause he wants to do.
So, he came up with Pan Limei's idea. Originally, he only brought her here temporarily to be a translator, but now he wants to bring her back to China for use.
On the third day, Hu Chuyuan's favorite "Yuan Qinghua" entered the ranks of the auction, and then he appeared with Wang Yirong.
In the current Asia, art auctions have not been formalized, and the Tokyo Art Club is simply imitating the West.
There is no formal auction house. They are renting a traditional Shinto hall in Bunkyo District, Tokyo, which can accommodate hundreds of people.
No one could have thought that such a heavyweight figure as Hu Chuyuan would appear today. As soon as Hu Chuyuan entered the stage, the whole audience began to talk about it. The staff of the Dongyi Club quickly opened the way in front, asked the people on both sides to make way for him, and arranged him to sit in the first row.
The person in charge of the auction was Shize Dongping. He did not expect Hu Chuyuan to appear in person, and it was on this day.
He looked at Hu Chuyuan carefully and kept guessing in his heart. He didn't know which thing Hu Chuyuan was looking at.
After waiting for about 20 minutes, Shibusawa Dongping saw that the audience was full, so he began to hold an auction.
Now, the whole cultural relic industry has no definite understanding of "Yuan Qinghua", and the Dongyi Society does not pay much attention to this collection. Putting it in today's third order auction purely plays a warm-up role.
"The third collection of this auction is the eight-way plum bottle of blue and white sea water in the Tang Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. According to the dragon pattern on the bottle as five claws, the er we hired believes that the porcelain is a tribute to the imperial court. The fetal quality is thick and uniform, and the glaze painting is exquisite. It is a rare boutique in the blue and white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty. The bidding price is only 1,000 Mexicans. Yangyuan, the minimum price will be increased by 50 yuan for each auction!"
Shize Pingdong made a brief introduction to this blue and white porcelain in Japanese, and the Chinese translation in the field was then said again. At this time, Shize Pingdong continued to use Chinese and Japanese: "Who is willing to bid, please bid!"
"Mr. Nakamura, bid 2,000 yuan." Soon someone started bidding.
Hearing the surname "Nakamura", Hu Chuyuan thought that it was Hiroshi Nakamura.
At present, the new Japanese yuan has been fully used, but a large number of Mexican yuan is still retained among the people. Considering that Chinese businessmen are also used to using the yuan, the common currency of this auction is set as the yuan.
"Mr. Watanabe, bid 20,50 yuan."
"Mr. Joe, bid 2,100 yuan!"
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Chinese and Japanese businessmen took turns to bid, and the price soon reached 3,000 yuan. After reaching this position, only Mr. Nakamura and Mr. Qiao, who initially began to participate in the auction, were left.
Listening to the comments of the people behind him, Hu Chuyuan roughly knew that he was a member of the Six Society of the Ming Dynasty. Nakamura, who once served as a Confucian instructor of the shogunate, was competing with Qiao Jingyu. In terms of financial resources, there is no doubt that Qiao Jingyu has an absolute advantage. However, although this type of collection is rare in China, the price will not exceed 300 taels of silver. That is, more than 450 oceans.
Three thousand yuan must be a big loss.
Therefore, Qiao Jing Yan did not crush the other party in one breath, hoping to spend as little money as possible.
The two continued to pester a few times, and Qiao Jingyuan finally couldn't help offering 3,500 yuan at a time.
This price seems to be much higher than Nakamura's estimate of integrity. When Shize Pingdong asked twice in a row, he still did not raise the card again. Before Shize Pingdong asked for the third time, Hu Chuyuan personally raised the card and said, "3550 yuan!"
He is very patient, 50 yuan at a time, and he can call until tomorrow morning.
Wang Yirong had been closely appreciated yesterday, confirming that the "Yuan Qinghua" they collected in Suzhou last time belonged to the same era, and the quality of the craftsmanship was similar, but this "Yuan Qinghua" was more exquisite, even in the imperial tribute porcelain, it was a rare boutique.
The reason why the quotation is not high is mainly due to the determination of age and style. It is difficult to believe that it is the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty.
However, for the current international price of porcelain collection, the price of 3550 yuan is still very high.
As soon as Hu Chuyuan finished speaking, he was soon said, "Mr. Sheng, 4,000 yuan!"
Hu Chuyuan sneered in his heart. He couldn't fight with a servant of Sheng Xuanhuai and whispered a few words to Wang Yirong.
Then, Wang Yirong raised a sign and said, "Hu Chuyuan, 5,000 yuan!"
"Mr. Sheng, 5,500 yuan." The person holding the card was a little hesitant.
Wang Yirong raised the sign again and said, "Hu Chuyuan, 6,000 yuan."
"...!" Someone raised a sign and waited for a long time before saying, "Mr. Sheng, 6100 yuan!"
"Hu Chuyuan, 7,000 yuan!"
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"No way, this bottle is not worth so much money, right?"
"Of course it's not worth it. Even if this is really the imperial official kiln porcelain in the late Ming Dynasty, it's just a thousand taels of silver. Is it a crime? The two masters are fighting!"
"Sheng Xuanhuai is not here. I'm afraid the people he sent have no courage to report again!"
There was a lot of discussion in the auction house. Whether it was me or a Chinese businessman, everyone felt incredible.
Hu Chuyuan is very calm. He is now in charge of the salt industry in the five provinces of the south of the Yangtze River. He earns more than 10,000 taels of silver every day. Sheng Xuanhuai fights with him.
The most important thing is that he is on the scene.
The incident happened suddenly. Even if Sheng Xuanhuai had told him in advance, he had to grab everything that Hu Chuyuan wanted, but such a broken bottle grabbed the price of 7,000 yuan. What should he do if Hu Chuyuan teased you and didn't report it when he lifted 10,000 yuan?
"7000 yuan once... twice, no one else bid... three times, deal, congratulations, Mr. Hu Chuyuan!"
Shize Pingdong congratulated Hu Chuyuan happily. He also felt that Hu Chuyuan was purely fighting with Chinese businessmen. This porcelain would never be worth so much money.
After buying the only thing he wanted, Hu Chuyuan immediately got up and left, leaving only Wang Yirong to be responsible for receiving and inspecting the goods.
He is not stupid. Cheap cultural relics here can be found in various second-hand markets in Japan, Europe and the United States. As long as you really want to buy expensive cultural relics, they are absolutely twice the market price, or even more.
Why!
It's better to pick up girls than to wait here.