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Half an hour later, the VIP room of the jewelry department of Dejia Art Center.
Li Shi sat on a chair, surrounded by three people. In addition to senior business manager Zhou Yajuan and senior expert He Yiwei, general manager and senior expert Ge Yun also came to receive him in person.
This fundraising event is coming to an end, and they did not expect to receive such a rare treasure. It was a surprise.
After some appraisal, we began to negotiate the starting price and storage price.
After discussing with He Yiwei, Ge Yun estimated the price at HK$39 million and suggested the starting price be set at HK$36 million.
Li Shi accepted this suggestion and after careful consideration, he set the reserve price at HK$36.2 million. If no one bids higher than this amount, the auction will be unsuccessful.
According to the information he found, at the latest Yangcheng spring auction of Liberty Auction Company, the transaction price of a full-green jade bracelet was 31.2 million yuan, which was 34.62 million yuan in Hong Kong dollars. And that bracelet was more expensive than My own team is worse, it can only be regarded as a high-level one, and the color is not so upright - otherwise, two great experts, Ge Yun and He Yiwei, would not be valued at 39 million Hong Kong dollars.
After negotiating the details, the next step is to sign the auction contract.
The entire process of negotiation and signing, bracelet identification and handover, both parties retained images.
After more than two hours, everything was settled. Li Shi refused the invitation and returned to the hotel. Standing in front of the window, he took out the contract and read it twice. The suppressed excitement in his heart finally couldn't be controlled, and he waved excitedly. He shook his fists, jumped a few times, and laughed.
"As long as the auction doesn't fail, the transaction price will be at least HK$36.2 million. After deducting taxes and the auction company's fees, what I can get is..."
He took out his mobile phone and calculated it, 31.132 million Hong Kong dollars, which converted into 28.077 million yuan!
"That is to say, as long as the auction doesn't fail, I can get at least more than 28 million yuan!"
Li Shi was very excited when he thought that he would be able to get so much money soon. At the same time, he couldn't help but think about how he would spend the money if he got it.
"One day, I will actually worry about spending money?"
He was a little crazy for a moment.
When I was in junior high school, I loved to dream about winning the lottery. It would always be yy. If I won five million, what would I do? I also saved money and contributed to the lottery station twenty or thirty times. Later, I saw a lot. Knowing more about the dark side of society, I have never had such a daydream again.
"First of all, it's the house and car, and improving my mother's living environment. The rest... we'll talk about it later."
In the past 20 years of his life, he was just an ordinary young man from the countryside. After entering the society, in Tanzhou, a city with a low income level, his monthly salary plus part-time job, his highest income was only over 10,000.
"More than 20 million, if you just work for the capitalists by yourself, it will take more than two hundred years without food or water to earn it."
For a moment, he sighed with emotion.
"I haven't received the money yet, so don't worry about how to spend it. Put the enjoyment later. Let's move the Chinese learning to the mastery stage for the time being."
Li Shi tried hard to stay awake.
He feels that in the future, he should control money instead of being a slave to it.
I have the confidence to own a learning panel.
Flicking the jade ring on his thumb, Li Shi bought a high-speed rail ticket, took a taxi to Hucheng Hongqiao Station, and got on the train back to Tanzhou.
Without even waving his hand, he immersed himself in the book and left the bustling city of Shanghai indifferently.
"There is no need to say goodbye. This bustling metropolis will come back one day. At that time, I should be able to enjoy the charm of this city."
Back in Tanzhou, Li Shixin lived in a newly rented house and studied college courses. The progress was much slower than expected. It took an average of three to five days to finish a book. Half a month later, on the study panel, The "Chinese (Proficient)" who is currently learning will be promoted to "Chinese (Proficient+)".
In the past half month, Dejia Auction Company has also been in contact.
Since signing the consignment auction agreement, they have specially built a WeChat work group for Li Shi, called "General Li Consignment Group". After the pictures of this special Xiangjiang jewelry auction were released, they were updated in the WeChat group as soon as possible. .
Li Shi carefully looked at all the items in the catalog, including jade, diamonds, rubies, sapphires... all kinds of luxury jewelry, with estimates ranging from tens of thousands to millions.
His bracelet and another Colombian emerald ring, the two final lots of the auction, did not indicate an estimated value, but had the words "Estimation to be consulted" written on them.
Li Shi was cautious by nature. After reading the catalog in the WeChat group, he checked it out on the official website of Dejia Company. After comparing it with the catalog published on the official website, he finally felt relieved after confirming that it was the same as the catalog in the WeChat group.
A few days later, when he was studying "Comparative Literature", Zhou Yajuan made a special call and invited him to attend the auction in Xiangjiang, but he declined directly.
"Thank you. I'll just watch the live video then."
After hanging up the phone, Li Shi continued to study without changing his expression.
He has a feeling that he is not far from breaking through Chinese (proficient+).
Then, another ten days passed, and in August, he reviewed five or six books in succession, including "Ancient Chinese Part 1 and 2", "Modern and Contemporary Literature", "Modern Calligraphy Tutorial", and "History of Chinese Literary Criticism" The teaching materials still make people feel gradually speechless.
I always feel that there is only a thin layer of film between me and my promotion. It seems that it will be broken by a light touch, but it cannot be broken.
On August 8, the auction was held as scheduled in Xiangjiang.
Li Shi started the live broadcast on the official website early, while reading "Selected Notes on Chinese Literary Works" and paying attention to the bidding status of jade and diamond items.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the middle-aged male auctioneer began to introduce the final lot No. 3622, a full green jade bracelet.
He suddenly became energetic, raised his head, closed the book, and looked at the tablet on the stand in front of him.
"I don't need any introduction to this lot. The starting price is HKD 36 million. Is there anyone willing to bid?"
"Okay, call number 86 offers 36 million!"
"37 million!"
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When someone shouted out 37 million, Li Shi's tight heart suddenly relaxed - he no longer had to worry about losing the bid.
When Li Shi chose to redeem the bracelet, he used the best part of the ring as a reference. The color was uniform and transparent. The most rare thing was that the entire bracelet was redeemed with the best part, so it didn't matter. Impurities in cotton wool are extremely rare.
The price keeps getting higher and higher.
Li Shi stared quietly, but his heartbeat was getting faster and faster.
"45.8 million, deal!"
As the auctioneer dropped the hammer, Li Shi let out a long breath.
He quickly calculated it on his mobile phone, and then converted it into RMB on the search page. He quickly figured out the amount he could get - more than 35 million!
According to the contract, as long as the buyer pays and takes delivery of the goods, the huge amount of money will be transferred to the ICBC account reserved by him within ten working days!
