"No need to introduce it, this must be Ms. Song from Weilan Group!"
Before Wilson could introduce himself, Chief Executive Dong Sheng, who was talking to Tang Wenyuan, came over and stretched out his hand to Song Weilan when he was several meters away.
Dong Sheng was born into a family of ship kings, but when he was young, he happened to encounter the global financial crisis and his family was ruined.
However, most of his business is in Hong Kong Island, although he knows Song Weilan's name, but he has never had the opportunity to meet this strange woman in the Chinese business world.
So although he has a noble status today, after seeing Song Weilan, he did not show the airy appearance of the chief executive of Hong Kong Island, but greeted Song Weilan with business etiquette.
"Mr. Dong is polite, I have heard Mr. Dong's name for a long time, and I can only see him today."
Song Weilan shook hands with Dong Sheng reservedly and said: "Aren't we a bit noisy? Wilson should be the protagonist today!"
"Yes, yes, Ms. Song is right."
Mr. Dong laughed and said: "Mr. Wilson, on behalf of the Hong Kong Island government, I wish you a complete success in this special auction of Chinese art!"
"Thank you, thank you both."
Wilson took the microphone handed by his subordinates, walked to the booth slightly higher than the seat in front, and said, "I am very happy to invite Mr. Tung from the Hong Kong Island government to attend the special auction of Chinese art organized by Christie's today, and we are also honored to invite Ms. Song from the International Weiland Group, please applaud!"
"Weilan Group? I've never heard of it!"
"yes, why is this name so feminine?"
"It was an old American company, which used to specialize in cosmetics, but later involved in various industries, with assets of tens of billions of dollars.
As soon as Wilson's words fell, there were various discussions in the venue, most of Song Weilan's business was in North America and Europe, and she was low-key, and not many people knew about her.
Of course, not many people know Song Weilan, it doesn't mean that these people don't know about Song Weilan, and someone explained in a low voice at the moment, causing a burst of exclamations that lowered their voices.
It is difficult for a woman to start a business, and it is even more difficult for Song Weilan to create such a large multinational group.
"I would also like to thank you for your continued support of Christie'......"
After saying some clichés, Wilson cut the topic to the point, "In order to give back to you, the collection we took out this time is all high-quality products that have never appeared before.
"Wei Lan, who is this person? is familiar with you?" After enduring in the audience for a long time, Ye Dongping finally asked.
Although the British man on the stage is not young, he is very handsome and has a gentleman's taste, which makes Ye Dongping feel a great threat.
"I thought you could hold it back."
Song Weilan glanced at her husband and said: "Wilson used to be the president of my British company, and he pursued me more than ten years ago.
Song Weilan is in charge of such a large company alone, but she is very beautiful, and she has encountered some successful people in pursuit over the years, and Wilson is one of them.
"My son is so old, why am I jealous......" Ye Dongping's words were obviously insincere.
After hearing the conversation between his parents, he couldn't help but say: "Dad, you have to watch closely, when I saw that foreigner looked at my mother, his eyes were very wrong."
"Son, do you think so too?" Ye Dongping suddenly became nervous.
Seeing his father's appearance, Ye Tian couldn't bear to tease him, and said with a smile: "Dad, you are really funny, if Mom wants to find it, where will it be your turn, don't think about it here."
"Dead look, why are you talking to your son about this?" Song Weilan stretched out her hand to Ye Dongping's waist angrily, pinching him and gasped.
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"Gentlemen and ladies, I am very happy to be able to participate in this special auction of Chinese art, I am Henry, the auctioneer, let's get to know Lot No. 1 first!"
When Song Weilan was teaching her husband, the auction had already begun, and an auctioneer in his thirties stood in front of the auction table, his face full of confidence.
Many people only think that the auctioneer is just shouting the price and smashing the hammer, but in fact, a good quality auctioneer can set the best quotation route according to the situation on the field, coupled with its noise to the atmosphere of the scene, often makes the auction achieve unexpected results.
A good auctioneer can predict which lots will be sought after before entering the auction and can roughly estimate the maximum value of each lot.
Top auctioneers even know who the potential buyers of each lot will be, and can reasonably grasp the speed and rhythm of the entire auction, and can gain insight into the thoughts of potential buyers in the market through observation.
As the world's top auctioneer, Henry has set a record for a single auction, and he is confident that he will continue his record in Hong Kong with no unsuccessful auctions.
"The first collection is a pair of official kiln plum vases from the Qing Dynasty in China, from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and are said to be extremely favorite objects of the Qing Dynasty emperor......"
With Henry's words, a pair of exquisitely looking Qing Dynasty imitation Ming Dynasty white-glazed plum bottles appeared on the booth.
Through the close-up footage on the big screen at the scene, everyone can clearly see that the mouth of this pair of plum bottles is round and thick, there is no obvious line and corner turn, the shoulders are raised upwards, the lines are full and powerful, and under the abdomen, it is vertical, which is indeed the style of Ming Dynasty porcelain.
"The price of this pair of plum bottles is 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the price increase is 10,000 Hong Kong dollars each time, please bid on friends!"
An auction like Christie's can 100% guarantee the authenticity of the collection, so after introducing the relevant information about the plum bottle, Henry gave the base price.
"I will pay 52 Hong Kong dollars!" As soon as Henry finished speaking, someone in the audience raised a number sign.
Ye Tian glanced back at the man holding the sign, and said in a low voice: "Why are you in such a hurry? Are you afraid you won't be able to take pictures?"
"Xiaotian, you don't understand this, they come to the auction house basically because they have already known what they want to auction......"
After hearing his son's words, Ye Dongping laughed, rolling in the antique shop for one or two decades, from this point of view, he can be described as an expert, and he immediately explained it to his son.
There are many categories of antique collections, which can be roughly divided into six categories: bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, jewelry and jade, ancient furniture, and miscellaneous items.
There is a difference between antiques and antiques, because antiques can also include ancient buildings, fossils, etc. for archaeological research on history, culture, customs, academics and other purposes.
Therefore, it is impossible for an antique lover to include all categories of antiques, and generally collects objects according to classifications.
When they are collecting, they often have a target, like the person who made the offer just now, is obviously a porcelain collector, and even the purpose of his visit here is for the pair of plum bottles.
"520,000 Hong Kong dollars, Mr. Zhang from Hong Kong bid 520,000 Hong Kong dollars, do you have any friends bidding, this is the Chinese emperor's supplies!"
Hearing that someone in the audience raised the price so quickly, Henry also breathed a sigh of relief, you know, the most feared thing about an auction is the cold at the beginning, so the possibility of the subsequent items being auctioned is extremely high.
"550,000 Hong Kong dollars!"
Henry obviously underestimated the market popularity of Chinese art in recent years, and just as he finished speaking, a new offer rang out.
"Mr. Zhao bid 550,000 Hong Kong dollars, and at the previous London auction, a pair of porcelain from the same era as this plum bottle once sold for 680,000 pounds, which is equivalent to 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
Henry had done a lot of homework before that, and he could call out the name corresponding to each number plate, and from this point of view, he was indeed a very good auctioneer.
"Six hundred and eighty thousand!"
"Eight hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars!"
When the 800,000 was shouted, there was a silence in the venue, but under Henry's encouragement, the price began to rise again.
Ye Tian could see that every time Henry spoke, his gaze always corresponded to someone, which may be the information the auctioneer had before and he knew who needed this lot.
"One million two hundred thousand!"
"One million eight million!"
"I'll pay two million!"
Under Henry's control, the atmosphere in the venue gradually became warm, and the art market was so popular that even many people who were not in this industry would take pictures of some antiques for collection.
Therefore, there are not only those antique collectors bidding in the market, but also some business people who like to be elegant, such as Mr. Tang.
Of course, Tang Wenyuan loved bronze and had no interest in this porcelain, so he didn't raise a sign to join in the fun.
"2.38 million Hong Kong dollars, do you have any friends who have bid? 2.38 million once, 2.38 million twice, 2.38 million three times, transaction, congratulations Mr. Zhang!"
The pair of Qing Dynasty official kiln porcelain with a base price of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars was finally sold for 2.38 million Hong Kong dollars.
"What I want to photograph below is a set of ancient scrolls from China......"
After the first lot was sold, Henry's next words made Ye Tian and the others' eyes light up.
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PS: Tomorrow at midnight, the fat man is going to work hard, can the brothers and sisters' monthly pass recommendation votes support the fortune teller? It's the middle of the month, and friends who have a second monthly pass will vote for the fortune teller!
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(End of this chapter)