Antique Dealer

Chapter 235 Wishes
Jiang Mingrui drove to the community where Fang Hao lived.

Peng Shanshan got out of the car, looked around, and muttered: "This neighborhood is so-so, it doesn't look very good."

Jiang Mingrui scolded: "You don't know the price of oil and rice if you are not in charge of your family. Do you think everyone is like your family and has the ability to live in a courtyard?"

Peng Shanshan said aggrievedly: "Brother Hao, you judge the truth, didn't I just say something casually, my brother is so cruel to me, okay?"

"I think Brother Jiang is right." Fang Hao chuckled, and the little girl kept chattering along the way, knowing a little bit about the little girl's character. Simply put, she is a spoiled little princess.

Peng Shanshan wrinkled her nose slightly, and said angrily, "Hmph! You are all villains! I will ignore you!"

"Then you wait in the car." Unlike his aunt's family, Jiang Mingrui will always spoil her.

Peng Shanshan's face-changing is called speed, and immediately changed into a smiling face, took Jiang Mingrui's hand, and began to act like a baby: "Brother, don't be like this, I won't be petty anymore."

Jiang Mingrui's goosebumps came out: "Stop, stop, be honest, if you do this again, I'll put you in the car."

"OK!"

Shang Xiaoxuan looked at Peng Shanshan's smiling face, coupled with what she knew in the car before, she felt a little emotional in her heart, since she was a child, it was the first time she met such a girl.

Say she is naive and ignorant of human fireworks, she knows a lot; say she is petite and willful, she knows enough is enough, and will use her own advantages to influence others' perception of her.Just a little fairy!
Fortunately, Fang Hao should not be interested in Peng Shanshan, and he can withstand the temptation, otherwise she might not be able to compete with Peng Shanshan.

"Shang Xiaoxuan, you have to work hard. Only when you become better can you keep up with Fang Hao!" Shang Xiaoxuan encouraged herself in her heart.

Fang Hao opened the door and invited everyone to enter. Peng Shanshan walked around the room, looking a little disappointed: "Didn't you say, Brother Hao, you are in the antique business, why is it so simple, and you can't see any antiques? I want to enjoy it!"

Jiang Mingrui scolded: "People are crazy again, when did I hear that you like antiques?"

Peng Shanshan murmured, "Why can't I like antiques? The jade ware my grandfather gave me isn't an antique?"

Jiang Mingrui said: "That's why you pretend to understand when you don't know it. What you're talking about is modern jade carving art, and antiques are works of art that have been around for a long time."

"Anyway, they are all works of art." Peng Shanshan looked left and right: "Actually, I really like jade. Brother Hao, do you have any suitable ones for me? I have a lot of lucky money in my hand!"

Jiang Mingrui teased: "Oh, little rich woman, didn't you say that you want to use your lucky money as a dowry? Why are you willing to use it now?"

"I exchanged the New Year's money for jade, isn't it still a dowry, and the jade can also maintain and increase in value, maybe after I graduate from university, I sell it, and I will have no worries for the rest of my life!"

As Peng Shanshan talked, her eyes lit up: "Oh, how can I be so smart with my little brain!"

Jiang Mingrui couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? You don't think that you bought it for three thousand at the beginning, but now it's worth eight thousand. When you need money, you can buy it. Is the money coming soon?"

Peng Shanshan curled her lips: "Are you stupid? What's the matter? I also know that the more expensive the jade, the more valuable it must be! Brother Hao, just tell me, do you have any suitable jade for me?"

"Do you want to wear it yourself?"

"Yes."

"No, I only have the Tianhuang printing blank in my hand." Fang Hao spread his hands, feeling a little funny, this little girl really sees the wind and the rain.

When Jiang Mingrui heard that it was Tian Huang Yinbi, he immediately became interested: "Can you show me?"

Peng Shanshan jumped up: "Hey, how can you be such a brother! Steal my sister's things!"

Jiang Mingrui smiled and said, "You don't know how to write with a brush, and you don't know how to paint. Why do you want to print blanks?"

"Can't I collect it by myself?" Peng Shanshan said very experiencedly: "Now the places where Tianhuangshi may be buried are almost excavated, so Tianhuangshi is becoming less and less, and it will definitely become more and more valuable in the future."

Jiang Mingrui was really surprised: "You still know about this?"

Peng Shanshan said quite proudly: "My grandfather likes collecting Tian Huangshi the most. How can I not know the value of Tian Huangshi? Anyway, I'm going to order Brother Hao's Tian Huang printing blank. Brother Hao, go and get it out!"

Fang Hao said a little apologetically: "I need this Fangtian Huangyin blank when I open my antique shop, so I can't sell it to you now. How about this? I'll find another one for you after a while."

"No way!" Peng Shanshan frowned suddenly: "Why do you need printing blanks when opening the business?"

Jiang Mingrui also looked at Fang Hao, and Shang Xiaoxuan already knew Fang Hao's plan.

Fang Hao explained: "I'm going to hold a small stationery antique exhibition when it opens, and then every exhibit can be sold. I'm going to take the Vickery auction method."

"Vickery auction?" The siblings, especially Peng Shanshan, were at a loss.

A Vickery auction is a variation of the sealed auction, also known as a hidden auction, in which bidders also bid independently in sealed form, and the item is sold to the highest bidder.However, what the winner actually pays is the second highest bid, so it's called a second-price sealed auction.

Some friends may wonder why there is such a strange auction method.

Let me briefly talk about an example. For example, if a commodity is auctioned in this way, its value is 10 yuan, and someone bids 11 yuan, and the second highest price is 10 yuan, then he wins, and if he bids 9 yuan, then will lose the chance to get this item.

And if he bids 20 and the second bid is 15, it means he will lose 5 yuan.And if the second highest price is 5 yuan, then even if he bids 1 yuan, the final purchase price is 5 yuan.

If this kind of auction procedure is implemented, the optimal strategy of each bidder is to make the bid equal to his own full valuation of the commodity, or in other words, honesty is the best bidding strategy at this time.

The advantage of this auction method is that, first, in many cases, the results of the "highest price" or first price auction method are not optimal due to asymmetry among bidders, wrong assessments, and strategic mistakes.

Second, in the second-price auction method, the bidder’s best bidding strategy is to bid according to his own evaluation of the target object, so whether it is considered from the perspective of personal income or overall resource allocation, it makes the price of other competitors The bidding situation, bidding strategy and overall market assessment become redundant.

Each bidder only needs to put his efforts and attention on evaluating the value of the commodity from his own side, thus saving a lot of mental work and expenses.Because bidders' information search costs are reduced, revenue increases, which will attract more people to participate in bidding, and may also result in higher prices for sellers.

After hearing Fang Hao's explanation, Peng Shanshan couldn't figure it out: "But isn't the open auction better, it can maximize your benefits. Even if you don't use the open auction, the highest priced secret auction is better than this Vickery Auction, is it more beneficial to you?"

Jiang Mingrui also didn't understand why Fang Hao adopted this method.

Fang Hao explained with a smile: "On the day of the opening, I basically invited friends. The open auction and the secret auction are actually not very friendly. The fundamental reason why I use the Vickery auction is to let everyone think more about the product. Don't think about stir-frying all day long, that will harm the market.

Just like in the past few years, antiques have skyrocketed, and a small number of people have made a lot of money, but now they are booming and declining, and batches of practitioners have died. Can such a market be considered healthy? ?So I have a wish, I hope to make the antique market a healthy market in my lifetime. "

Jiang Mingrui gave Fang Hao a thumbs up: "It's a good idea, I hope you can succeed."

"Don't laugh at me, I'm overestimated."

Fang Hao smiled slightly. In fact, what he said just now was just one of them. He wanted to gain a good reputation in the circle. When others think of him, they will think that he is a good person, not greedy for money, and buy from him. Antiques are certainly not expensive.

After a long time, Fang Hao thinks that people will think that the prices of his antiques are relatively fair, and they will use this as a reference for the valuation of similar antiques. At this point, he can laugh.

Such an idea can only be slowly figured out and fought a protracted battle.As for the loss of some profits during the period, he has a system, will he care about this gain and loss?

Peng Shanshan raised her hand: "I have a question. If you continue to use this method of auction in the future, someone can get in touch. If you work together to bid a low price, won't you lose money?"

Fang Hao nodded: "The situation you mentioned is indeed possible, so I will definitely set a relatively reasonable reference price."

This reference price is set by the system and is closer to the original value of the item.

"Okay." Peng Shanshan rolled her eyes: "We should be able to get the moon first, let's look at the things first, and then listen to your valuation, so we can go back and prepare. This request is not too much, right?"

Fang Hao smiled and agreed, let the brother and sister sit in the living room for a while, he called Shang Xiaoxuan, went to the room, and took out a few study antiques from the safe.

When Fang Hao and Shang Xiaoxuan entered the room, Peng Shanshan said secretly: "Brother, why do I feel that what he said just now is not all the thoughts in his heart?"

Jiang Mingrui said angrily: "Why, you still want people to tell you everything in your heart?"

"I'm just talking, why are you showing me face!" Peng Shanshan pouted.

Jiang Mingrui said with a serious face: "Teach you to be good, make friends, don't break the casserole and ask the end of everything, you will have no friends."

Peng Shanshan whispered: "If you don't have friends, you don't have friends. I don't care about that!"

Jiang Mingrui originally wanted to reprimand her a few words, but this girl is not a worry-free person, and her memory will improve only when she suffers a loss.

(End of this chapter)