"Boss, in one morning, the total amount of money we made from bidding reached 187,600 US dollars!"
Jason reported to Zhu Yu excitedly.
"There may be more in the afternoon." Zhu Yu was not surprised. He followed the whole process.
Of the seven containers, three of them made money, two of them basically made their money back, and two of them lost some money.
However, the treasure hunters’ eyes were very keen, because when they saw these seven containers, most of the people who took pictures of them made money!
In the past, only one-fifth or one-sixth of the money could be earned from yard auctions. What about now? More than half made money!
You can come to this warehouse!
Although most of the treasure hunters did not take photos of the container, in their opinion, they just lacked some courage and ability this time!
If I had been more impulsive and decisive, and if I had shouted higher when raising prices, then I would have been the one who made the money!
This is just like a gambler who always looks at the moment when he may win, and always brags to others about the few times he has won.
As for losing?
It's just bad luck!
Therefore, as Zhu Yu could imagine, the container auction in the afternoon would be even more lively.
Therefore, Zhu Yu did not go back at noon, but went to their house with Jason.
Zhu Yu has never eaten here since he moved into the villa.
Therefore, Freya was very happy when she saw Zhu Yu.
For lunch, we had rice stir-fry, and beef and potatoes seemed to be Freya's specialty.
Zhu Yu was hungry. He ate two bowls in a row and was still unsatisfied.
Then rushed to the goods yard with Jason.
Zhu Yu would have thought that there were more people in the afternoon than in the morning.
But he didn't expect that there would be half as many treasure hunters as there were in the morning!
Black Crow Crow, at least forty or fifty people!
Zhu Yu has never seen so many people at a container auction at any cargo yard!
The seven containers in the afternoon were not as valuable as those in the morning.
However, what surprised Zhu Yu was that the container with the highest bid in the afternoon was actually priced at US$47,000!
In the end, seven containers were auctioned for US$211,300!
Of these seven containers, only two made money, while the other five lost money.
Especially the one with the highest price paid at least 30,000 US dollars!
However, the enthusiasm of the treasure hunters has not dropped at all!
Some treasure hunters even came over and asked Zhu Yu, when will the next game start?
Zhu Yu replied that it would be three days later.
Those treasure hunters were mumbling for a long time.
Zhu Yu was speechless.
I'm rushing to give myself some money!
Four hundred thousand dollars were recorded in this day!
It costs almost nothing!
Too much money!
It’s much faster than bidding on a container or something!
Think about it in the beginning, how long did it take him to save 400,000 US dollars?
At least a week?
What now?
one day!
No wonder some people say that it is harder to make ten thousand yuan with one yuan of capital than to make one million with ten thousand yuan of capital!
Although it is relatively large, for Zhu Yu's current debt, it is a steady stream and will not help for the time being.
After all the treasure hunters had left, those who had photographed the containers had taken away their belongings, and the garbage had been cleaned up, Zhu Yu went to the three containers he had left behind.
Here, there is something that he didn't quite understand before, but should be able to figure it out now.
Jason wanted to follow, but Zhu Yu waved his hand and said:
"No need."
I can do it myself.
He took the hydraulic clamp and came to one of the containers.
According to the information obtained from the cargo yard owner, this container was sent from China.
Because the consignor is unknown, the consignee did not leave a specific address or contact information, only a name.
No one has claimed it for more than three months now, so it was sold.
Zhu Yu opened the container and saw several large cardboard boxes. Inside were bulky books and boxed small appliances. Further inside, several large suitcases were piled together.
Some of the books inside the cardboard box are unique. After scanning them with the divine eye, there are books from decades ago and hundreds of years ago. It’s no problem to call them cultural relics.
Inside the suitcase, small objects were wrapped in foam plastic—these small objects were at least a hundred years ago!
There are porcelain wares, such as pen washers, pen holders, and small cups; there are copper wares, such as incense burners, Buddha statues, and candlesticks; there are silver wares, such as ingots and longevity locks; there are gold wares, such as hairpins, small ingots, and large flowers of money; There are jade articles, such as Ruyi, jade pendants, small jade bowls, etc.
There are almost hundreds of pieces, ranging from more than a hundred years ago to a thousand years ago, depending on the year.
At the very back of the container, there is a safe wrapped in coarse cloth.
Zhu Yu walked over and took a closer look, giving up the idea of asking the locksmith to come and look at the safe.
This old-fashioned safe has the original opening code sequence taped on the inside.
Zhu Yu tried to go through the sequence of three, five and then six.
The door opened.
Two upper drawers. After opening it, there were gold bars and stacks of U.S. dollars inside.
The total value of these things alone exceeds one million.
The lower layer is a cloth bag, and inside is a nanmu box. When you open the box, you will find a mat wrapped in brocade.
Ordinary people may find it strange, why would someone put a mat in this?
Zhu Yu's eyes had already seen that this mat was an antique, at least three hundred years old.
More importantly, this mat is made of ivory!
After Zhu Yu saw this thing through his eyes the day before yesterday, he searched for it when he went back.
The search results shocked him!
If there are still more than a dozen Tang knives left in the world, there are currently only three ivory mats left in the world.
The ivory mat has a very long history. In "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes", there is a record that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "gave Mrs. Li an ivory mat". The ivory mat is the ivory mat.
The mats woven with ivory silk have a fine and even texture, a flat and smooth surface, soft and comfortable, and can be rolled up easily. They are cooler and more pleasant than straw mats and bamboo mats in summer, and they were important tributes at that time.
In an era when the custom of sitting on the floor was popular, it was normal for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to give a precious ivory mat to his beloved concubine.
"Book of Wei Hanwu Zhuan": "Hanwu removed the governor of Zhizhou and presented the Qibao bed with ivory mats." "Gezhi Jingyuan" records: "Che Yong was the governor of Guangzhou, and his son used ivory mats for many jobs, and the natives suffered from it." . It shows that ivory mats have been made from time to time since the Han Dynasty.
The three ivory mats currently in existence were made during the Yongzheng and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty (1723-1735). They were tributes presented to the court by local officials in Guangdong. The specific production methods have long been lost. According to an old technician, this kind of product can only be made in the south, because the climate in the north is relatively dry, and ivory is easy to break when cut into pieces, let alone woven into mats.
In addition, a special potion was probably prepared to soak the ivory in order to soften it before being cracked into thin sheets and woven. In short, the craftsmanship is quite complicated and the cost is very expensive, so Emperor Yongzheng, who always regarded himself as frugal, ordered not to do it again.
Zhu Yu opened the nanmu box, took out the mat and looked at it carefully.
This ivory mat is more than two meters long and one meter wide, and is made of many ivory thin sheets less than half a centimeter wide. The weave pattern is in the shape of a "herringbone", and three laces are woven around the mat with ivory pieces dyed black, which is the same as the information found on the Internet.
Explain that this is one of the five ivory mats that were sent to the palace as a tribute!
But why is it here?
