Although Yanjing in 1999 could not be called the first blockade, it already had the shadow of the first blockade. As the immigrant population continues to increase every year, the city of Yanjing is also rapidly expanding towards the suburbs.
So whenever night falls, traffic jams in bustling places like Houhai have become more and more common. Of course, as the city develops, the neon lights at night become more and more flashy.
The person who owns antiques is not necessarily a rich man, because he extremely lacks the means to turn the antiques into cash. Don't look at some treasure appraisal programs where some things can easily cost millions or tens of millions. After all, these things are dead objects that can be sold for money. If they cannot be sold, they are just ornaments.
But there is no doubt that those who can afford antiques are rich. After all, people who can spend millions, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions on hobbies every year can be called rich no matter what industry they are in.
Therefore, for such a large-scale auction, the number of cars parked in front of the door can almost match that of a luxury car show. However, the people who come to the auction are basically older, and occasionally there are some young faces who are brought by the elders of the family.
After all, unless young people are engaged in investment or have been raised at home, few people like to play this. They prefer sports cars and foreign luxury brands. They feel that they have face, can keep up with the trend, and will not be called old hat.
"Is collecting very popular now?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but asked curiously when he came to the auction and saw many people coming and going, especially many people who were accompanied not only by relatives and friends but also by many professional appraisal analysts.
Although he collects some things from time to time, in this book he only collects loose pieces. He just takes them away when he likes them and talks about the price. He really doesn’t know the specifics of the entire collection business.
"There are indeed a lot of people doing this in the past two years. The prices of our country's antiques in some foreign auction houses have increased several times. In addition to this, jade is also very popular. I heard that people in the south are even crazier than this auction. There are too many rich people and many people use money as money." Li Yihang couldn't help but curled his lips to the side.
Yang Dongxu turned around and took a look, and saw some rough-looking men, wearing big gold chains around their necks, and three rings on one hand, including jade and gemstones. He looked like a rich man at first glance, and then nodded. .
Needless to say, these must be those whose families have mines. The first batch of people in the country who have become rich can be called rich. Only those whose families have mines, and those who make money from business are not considered rich at all.
Because it is impossible for business people to spend millions and millions, but these people with mines can do it. And the more rich these people who own mines are, the more they want to get rid of their rusticity, so they spend a lot of money to change, but the result is that the more money they spend, the more rustic they become, which makes people very helpless.
Walking inside to the auction hall, Yang Dongxu saw an acquaintance, Bai Qian and several foreigners who were already sitting in the front row, holding an auction item brochure issued before the auction and talking about something.
Seeing Yang Dongxu, Bai Qian smiled and nodded. Several foreigners around her also followed her gaze and glanced at Yang Dongxu, then continued to look down at the auction information in their hands.
"During this period, hundreds of companies have started to fight and have taken on several big projects." Li Yihang couldn't help but say. After thinking about something, he turned to look at Yang Dongxu with a strange expression.
"It's not a small job." Yang Dongxu nodded, and then he noticed something was wrong with Li Yihang's eyes: "Why do you think of me like that? I'm just a puller. It's his ability to make such a big deal."
Yes, Baijia has received several big deals during this period that have something to do with Yang Dongxu, because one of these big deals is a cable project.
For this project, after Yang Dongxu acted as the middleman, Baijia spent a lot of money to acquire a very advanced production line and technology from Big Brother in the north. It is said that it also hired many technical personnel.
At present, whether it is national cables, private cable projects, or even Huaxia Telecom used by Yang Dongxu, they are preparing to order from Baijia. This makes Baijia, which was originally a little shaky, start to shake again, and it can be said that it is infinitely prosperous for a while.
However, although Baijia started to tremble, Yang Dongxu felt that this had nothing to do with him. At most, he just handed over a stepping stone. He achieved such great achievements because he was willing to spend money. After spending enough money, the benefits obtained after success are natural. Also many.
"It's okay." Li Yihang smiled and shook his head.
However, Yang Dongxu always felt that there was something wrong with Li Yihang's words, but for a while he didn't find anything wrong, so he frowned and ignored him. Instead, like most others, he flipped through the album of auction items in his hand.
The items auctioned are basically Chinese shareholders, including porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and various sculptures. Yang Dongxu was interested in a rhinoceros horn cup with good color and luster, and an ornament carved from a whole ivory.
At present, the country is not strict about detecting contraband items such as rhino horns and ivory, so it is actually quite good to collect a few pieces at this time and put them in the collection room. After a few years, it is illegal to trade these things, and I want to buy them through formal channels. It's basically impossible.
There were basically no disturbances at the auction. Although one of the items that Yang Dongxu was interested in was priced a little higher, he felt that it was worth it after he won it.
But he encountered some trouble when picking up the item. When paying for the rhinoceros horn cup that Yang Dongxu bought, he was told that the auctioneer no longer wanted to sell it, and the auction house was willing to replace it with something similar.
Yang Dongxu didn't pay much attention to it at first. He looked at similar auctions and didn't find anything he liked, so he just gave it up and pretended that he had never done it before and was too lazy to care about anything. But now the auction house didn't want to, saying that Li Yihang had paid it before entering the venue. The auction deposit will be deducted from a portion of the handling fee.
Now not only Yang Dongxu, but also Li Yihang was unwilling. I've only heard of auction houses charging auctioneers a handling fee, but this is the first time I've seen a buyer charge a handling fee if the item isn't purchased.
"So much nonsense comes from asking you to pay money." Just after the two sides argued, a young man glanced at Yang Dongxu and Li Yihang impatiently, then raised his chin and waved to the auction house staff: "Where's that thing? Bring it to me quickly."
"This..." The staff member was a little confused for a moment and looked at Yang Dongxu and the arrogant young man in front of him.
"What about this and that? Believe it or not, I asked your manager to fire you?" The young man's eyes widened and he stretched out his hand to ask for an adult.
"Master Du, Master Du, please calm down. The new guy is ignorant. What you want is here, here." A man who looked like a manager ran over quickly and handed the thing in his hand to the man named Du. Few young people.
Mr. Du snorted dissatisfied and took the things, opened the box and took a look: "It's not as beautiful as on the exhibition stand, but it looks pretty good. Isn't it good?"
Mr. Du held the box in his hand and shook it in front of Yang Dongxu with an indescribable pride on his face. Yang Dongxu raised his eyebrows because the thing in the box was none other than the rhinoceros horn cup he took a picture of.
"Is he the owner?" Yang Dongxu turned to look at the man who hurriedly patted him with a name tag on his chest that read the title of manager.
"This..." When Du Shao opened it and looked at it, the auction house manager's expression changed. After seeing Du Shao showing off in front of the auction buyers, his expression instantly turned pale. Obviously, he didn't want to do it if he could. Offend. After all, those who can spend money for consumption have rights. I don’t know whether they have rights, but they definitely have money.
"You don't care whether I'm the owner or not, what I like is what belongs to me." Mr. Du coldly snorted and raised his nostrils to the sky.
"Do you know him?" Yang Dongxu ignored Mr. Du and turned to look at Li Yihang.
"Never seen it." Li Yihang shook his head with a faint smile on his face.
"Scream! You are trying to make a fuss in front of me. I will not change my character and my surname is Du Tianyi. Want this? Come on, tell me what kind of backers you have. Maybe it will scare me, so I will I'll give it to you." Du Tianyi looked provocative and wanted to be beaten.
"Hey, we seem to have seen beautiful women somewhere. You seem to want this thing, can I give it to you?" Before Yang Dongxu could say anything, Du Tianyi's eyes lit up and he looked behind him.
Turning around and taking a look, it turned out that it was Bai Qian who was leading a few foreigners to collect the auction items that she had bought. At this time, Yang Dongxu remembered that the boy in front of him seemed to have come up to say hello to Bai Qian during the auction, but Bai Qian Akane ignored him.
At that time, Du Tianyi seemed to walk away politely. Later, when the rhinoceros horn cup was auctioned, the customer next to Bai Qian probably took a fancy to it, so she made two bids. Later, when she saw Yang Dongxu raise the price, he seemed to like it. It was inevitable that she would win, so she stopped bidding.
Who would have thought that the seemingly polite Du Tianyi was waiting here, but because he didn't know the relationship between the family, he asked the auction house to cut off this thing, and took it to Bai Qian to show his courtesy.
"Do you know each other?" Bai Qian looked at Yang Dongxu when she saw that the rhinoceros horn cup that the guests around her saw in the auction house was no longer in Yang Dongxu's hands, but in the hands of Du Tianyi, who had just harassed her.
"I am also a victim. The auction house said that if the auctioneer does not sell the item, he will take it back." Yang Dongxu smiled and shrugged.
Bai Qian's expression suddenly turned weird. She looked at Yang Dongxu who was smiling, and then at Du Tian who was looking sulky and said, "Who is from his family who was just transferred to Beijing at the beginning of the year."
Obviously, Bai Qian knows more about some things in Yanjing than Li Yihang, who had been busy getting away before.
"Master County Magistrate!" Yang Dongxu thought for a moment and matched the person Bai Qian mentioned with a position. He glanced sideways at Du Tianyi and ignored him, then turned to Li Yihang and said, "I'm a little hungry. Should we go to eat first, or let them refund the deposit before going to eat?"
"I have the biggest belly in the world. Let them send the money back to me when the time comes." Li Yihang curled his lips and did not look at the little girl who had just argued with him about deducting the rhinoceros horn cup handling fee, but smiled half-heartedly. He glanced at the manager who was running over in a hurry.
He was not surprised that Yang Dongxu did not want to pursue this matter. Regarding such trivial matters, although Yang Dongxu was young, he rarely cared about earning face with his actions in recent years. He regarded it as a gift to the Yanjing County Magistrate. kind of respect.
"I'll send it back to you. The auction is held by your family? If you give in, what kind of scene can you say?" He saw that several people were ignoring him, especially the beautiful woman he had fallen in love with, who seemed to be indifferent to the one in front of him. It made him feel that the annoying guy was very familiar to him. Du Tian felt unhappy instantly.
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