148 million, to be honest, this price has far exceeded Li Yi's original expectations, and is nearly twice the highest transaction estimation of 77 million. But when he thinks of the white jade cup that will be auctioned tomorrow, he still feels a little regretful. It's just a little bit... Well, more than 50 million is not a little bit...

For Li Yi, who wants to use the money from the auction of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to buy a white jade cup, no matter what the auction price is, he will be considered low. However, for another person who is also paying close attention to this item, the price is really too high! He is not only not only without money to make money, but also likely to lose a lot!

When Bob first used "The Wind of the Prosperous Times" to estimate Christie's in New York, the price given by Christie's was $7 million to $8 million, but why did he only say it was worth $6 million when he was traded to Li Yi? This actually contained a deliberately misleading trap.

Liu Xibo's offer for "Untitled" was $18 million, but unfortunately, he was not the owner of the goods. The real owner of the goods, Li Yi, Bob, after a few simple communications with him, tested his true intentions, that is, he did not agree with Liu Xibo's valuation, he wanted more!

What is this? Bob's judgment at that time was more than 21 million yuan. Moreover, the biggest possibility was that even if he offered this price, Li Yi would not sell it!

Because Chinese people have a famous saying, "Looking at the mountain is high!" When Li Yi doesn't believe in the credibility of Liu Xibo who helped him estimate the price, the higher the buyer's bid, it will only make him think that things are valuable! How could he take action easily?

This is true, because the appraiser of Christie's who he brought told him that Christie's in New York was absolutely confident that he could operate to more than 30 million US dollars! So, how can he convince Li Yi to agree to change hands and how can he get it at the lowest cost? This has become a problem that Bob must solve.

It is obviously not a smart way to make a price step by step, so what are the conditions that can be used?

Bob immediately thought of Liu Xibo. He was an old customer of Christie's, and Sotheby's was always trying to win him. He knew that Liu Xibo had always wanted to get "The Prosperous Lotus Wind" to Sotheby's for auction, so he decided to use him.

It is worth only 19 million US dollars, but he believes that Liu Xibo will tell Li Yi the real value of "The Legend of Lotus Wind" in this way. His offer actually costs 21 million US dollars, which is infinitely close to the price Li Yi wants.

The quotation of 21 million on the surface will only make Li Yi want more, but he will not do this way! Because he has already bitten to death, he can only pay 19 million, but he cleverly made Li Yi discover that he can actually gain more than 2 million US dollars in this transaction. And the addition of this 2 million is just his psychological price!

At this time, the idea of ​​taking advantage will occupy most of the Chinese people's thinking, and he is barely satisfied with the 21 million yuan. Coupled with Liu Xibo's promotion, the possibility of a deal is as high as 90%!

As for why Liu Xibo's valuation was 12 million US dollars apart from that appraiser of Christie's, it was because Liu Xibo didn't know the secret behind the painting "Untitled". If it weren't for that secret, the value of the painting would not even be 15 million US dollars!

That's all. A deal that both parties think they take advantage of themselves will certainly be completed quickly, so everyone has always been very happy.

But Bob is unhappy now. Because "The Legend of the World" unexpectedly sold 148 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to 19 million US dollars. If the commission is added to the 13 million and 1.5 million US dollars, the cost of Bob buying "Untitled" is as high as 33.5 million! This price is one tenth more than Christie's' maximum valuation for "Untitled"!

Moreover, if you want the secret behind "Untitled" to be decrypted, it will take at least $1 million to operate, because that document is a top-secret file placed in the national archives!

In this way, he will lose $4.5 million a mile or one mile away!

Of course, he can also expect to be like "The Lotus Wind in the Prosperity". Christie's can sell "Untitled" at a higher price, but the situation between the two is different, and the possibility is very small.

Because no matter how inflated "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is, there is at least one thing. That is, its price is supported by market conditions. But "Untitled" is different because it was originally worth only 15 million, and it was originally only because of its bizarre political color that it could operate to 30 million. Such a work has very little potential for sharp appreciation.

So, after all, Bob actually changed from a net profit of $6.5 million to a net loss of $4.5 million!

And. The most important thing is that once he starts to operate "Untitled", Sotheby's will be able to guess what he thought at that time!

This is the real thing that steals chickens and loses rice!

Li Yi didn't know all this, so he returned to the hotel happily. After carefully calculating the score, he decided to give up the cup. He only planned to show off his face for 30 million yuan. If he had more, he would not be with him! Although his money was blown by strong wind, this strong wind was not common, right?

To be honest, it is not easy to sit for a day and watch others take photos with joy, so once he relaxes, Li Yi immediately feels tired. After thinking for a while, he took out the auction catalog and found that the white jade cup and ruby ​​rough stone were arranged in the afternoon, so he decided to just sleep in and participate in the afternoon festival directly.

At 10 o'clock the next morning, Li Yi was woken up by the landline in the room. When he saw the number, he found it was the hotel reception desk.

"Is it Mr. Li Yi? A customer here came to you and said he gave you a mobile phone card."

When Li Yi heard this, he immediately jumped out of the bed. The master was so powerful and delivered it so quickly, but he hadn't bought his phone yet!

"I didn't come here to deliver cards. I'm an employee of Zhong's Jewelry. I originally booked the flight from yesterday at noon, but later I had something to do and changed the check-in to the evening. It happened to help you bring your phone card."

Thanks to the guy who gave the card, Li Yi went out and bought another Honor 7. He went back to the hotel to import the address book backed up on the computer. He called the master to express his gratitude, and then called his mother one.

"The talk is almost done. Helan Shouhong and Baojin Lion Head three types, each of which are five. Let her try the market first. As for the Red Dragon, I want to wait until it has completely grown."

"Mom, I forgot to say yesterday that the red dragon she saw is 30 cm now, but after seeing it again half a year, it turned out to be a fish! Wouldn't she doubt it?"

"What do you doubt? She didn't show all the fish in her family, and she didn't even go to the fish farm. How could she know how many fish we have and how big they grow..."

Hang up the phone and was about to go out to eat something, Liu Xibo called in.

"Li, your phone is really hard to call. It either turns off the phone or is busy. Where are you now?"

After learning that Li Yi was in the hotel, Liu Xibo asked him to go to Sotheby's immediately to improve some information. If it is fast, he will get his 148 million yuan in two days.

Li Yi went to Sotheby's and after he came out to have a meal, he happened to make the afternoon special session.

Because he wanted to take action, this time he sat back in his seat and quietly waited for the auction to begin.

The auction pace of jewelry and jade is much faster than calligraphy and painting, but the average value is similar, which is mainly determined by the characteristics of jewelry. Because in addition to some ancient treasures or treasures with special significance, the value fluctuation range of modern jewelry products is not large, and even the premium is not too much.

Soon, it was the turn of the White Jade Cup to debut. Li Yi found that there was a bit of chaos in the scene. Everyone was talking about it one by one. Obviously, they were very interested in this jade made by the black chicken turning into a phoenix because of the words of Wang Song, a master of antique jade appreciation. The starting price was so low. Li Yi estimated that the hot scene of yesterday's calligraphy and painting special show was likely to appear later.

Sure enough, after the auctioneer announced the start of the auction, the scene was silent for a moment, followed by a series of quotes. Within three minutes, the white jade cup was lifted to 24 million, and then the rhythm suddenly dropped sharply. It took another two minutes before slowly climbing to 29.7 million. At this time, Li Yi raised the number plate in his hand without hesitation, 30 million!

Oh my god, I expressed my admiration for this master's work. Unfortunately, this offer can only last for a few seconds at most...

Li Yi took back the number plate and sat comfortably waiting for others to surpass his offer. However, ten seconds passed and twenty seconds passed. In addition to the auctioneer, he was also performing a one-man show on the stage. There was no one in the audience that was strangely taking the call!

Is this swollen? Is there a powerful person banning the entire audience? No, people can still move...but, what are they talking about?

Seeing that many people in the venue were whispering in a low voice, some of whom didn't say anything did not pay attention to the auction, they took out their phones and started playing. Li Yi was confused. Is this really swollen?

A minute passed, the auctioneer was still trying hard to promote, and it was also obvious from his tone that he didn't know what an accident had happened. At this time, a middle-aged man sitting next to Li Yi could not help it and handed his cell phone to Li Yi.

"You see this news."

Before Li Yi could take a look, he suddenly heard the auctioneer on the stage repeating the 30 million quotation three times, and then with a crisp sound, he won the bid!

What's going on? Why is this strange everywhere?

Li Yi was able to look down at his phone now, and just glanced at him and opened his mouth wide in surprise!
Chapter completed!