Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 1247 Take it all

  Because Shimadzu Nakano doesn't put on airs very much, even Liu Xing and others have his personal phone number, so Liu Xing directly sent the news of the auction to Shimadzu Nakano.

   A minute has passed before Shimadzu Nakano called, "Mr. Meteor, are you sure there is such an auction?"

   "That's right, Luomu Auction House has already started to promote this auction, so I want to know whether this Luomu Auction House is related to our martial faction or a public faction?" Liu Xing replied directly.

Shimadzu Nakano on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment before he said, "From what I know, this Luomu Auction House is most likely to be on the side of the public faction, because such foreign auctions are like this. When they enter the island country, they usually cooperate with a certain family in the island country, so that they can do things conveniently. After all, the auction house is involved in special things, and the audience is also special, so it can be with the big family in the island country. Through cooperation, auction houses can integrate into the island country faster and find more and better buyers.”

"So when the Luomu Auction House entered the island country, it was a cooperation with the Yingsi family of the Wushe family. Although this Yingsi family is the bottom of the Wushe family, and the overall strength is not very good, but the Wushe family. The name of the Wushe family still makes it a lot of glory. After all, before the real fight, we still have to give some respect to the name of the Wushe family; also because of the name of the Wushe family, the Yingsi family must belong to the public family. Faction, but I believe you should have heard of Mr. Meteor, the Wushe family does not intend to interfere in the battle of Gongwu."

"The reason is very simple, the Wushe family is not so much a public family as it is a royal family, so even if the public faction is completely defeated in the battle of Gongwu, the Wushe family will not be affected too much. Of course, if the Wushe family is Too much participation in the battle of Gongwu, our Wu family faction still does not mind breaking one of their arms; therefore, today's Wushe family is just a name to participate in the war, and at most a few family members will be sent to join the battle in the name of individuals, so Wushe family The family can win and earn blood, and lose without losing, in short, unless the royal family is finished, the Wushe family cannot fail."

"So I suspect that the reason why Luomu Auction House is holding an auction at this time should be the ghost of the Eagle Division family behind the scenes, and the reason is simple, that is, after our martial family faction took over the urban area of ​​Nagoya, the public family It is not easy for a faction to transport certain things to the city through normal channels. After all, we have already controlled the channels for various materials to enter the city, and we are also prepared on the main road for the smuggling car route, although it is impossible. To be watertight, but it can also stop nine out of ten."

"But the antiques and works of art to be sold at the auction are not channels that we can intervene, because these things are delivered to the airport by air route, and then escorted to the auction house by the auction house's own security force, so During this process, it is very difficult for us to get access to those auction items, because these auction items have been inspected by customs, and it is normal for customs to not find something unusual... So even if we know that there is something wrong with those items , and can only watch things enter the auction house, unless we send people to pretend to be robbers."

After listening to Shimadzu Nakano's words, Liu Xing could only sigh and say: "Indeed, it seems that the public faction came prepared this time, and it was decided that even if we knew, we would have nothing to do with them. . . . So I doubt that the Luomu Auction House will send invitations to the families of our Wu faction to provoke us."

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, Sonoda Juli's cell phone rang, and then Sonoda Juli turned his mobile phone screen towards Liu Xing, and Liu Xing saw an invitation letter, and the sender of this message was Zetian Miyin.

   It seems that Luomu Auction House is really starting to dance.

   "It seems that you are still a prophet, Mr. Meteor. Just now, Luomu Auction House sent someone to send me an invitation letter. I hope that our Shimadzu family will be able to participate in this auction tomorrow."

   Liu Xing can tell that although Shimadzu Nakano's tone is slightly smiling, he is also biting his teeth.

   After all, this level of face jumping is still very uncomfortable, because this is the way "I know you look at me, but you can't bite me".

   One thing to say, Liu Xing is a little unhappy now, but he can't find a place to vent.

  So, Liu Xing could only ask: "What should we do now? Do you want to go to this auction and give them a few more shows?"

"Forget it, even if we try to raise the price maliciously, the public faction will end up taking what they want. After all, the public faction has already colluded with the Luomu auction house, not to mention the fact that the auction industry is already very deep. ."

Shimadzu Nakano said with a wry smile: "There is a saying in the auction world that when a thing fetches a high price, there will be 100 similar things on the market that will increase in value at the same time, so you will It can be seen from the news that after a pair of calligraphy and painting has sold for a high price, the news in the next period will mention that other auctions are also topped by calligraphy and painting, and this trick is also used by some conscientious people to raise the price. The worth of a famous person."

"Oh, I know this, more than ten years ago, the average price of a painter's works was more than 100,000 yuan, but in just a few years, every time his works appeared in the auction house, they would be more expensive. Wan, so now his works are guaranteed for millions... To put it bluntly, I think Van Gogh's paintings have been hyped up bit by bit, although his paintings are indeed quite good. Yes." Liu Xing couldn't help complaining.

"I also think so."

To Liu Xing's surprise, Shimadzu Nakano actually agreed with his idea, "Actually, Mr. Meteor, you may not know, I used to be an oil painting lover when I was in college, and Van Gogh at that time was only a minor. Fame, after all, he is also a typical posthumous fame... Let me put it this way, like this kind of painter who only became famous after death, his works are the easiest to hype, because the miserable life of underappreciated talent is the easiest for the public Bonus points for acceptance, after all, tragic stories are often more memorable than comedy stories, and it is also easy to sympathize with the weak."

"For most antiques, their workmanship is definitely far less modern, so there is only one reason why they can sell for sky-high prices - history, and the history here can be divided into two, that is, the age and the story, Generally speaking, the longer the age, the more valuable the antique is. However, the antiques of the past few hundred years or so have not changed much because of the age, so these ancient times have to tell stories, and the stories here are Emphasize its producers and owners."

"So, if Van Gogh's works want to sell for high prices, in addition to being beautiful in themselves, we have to make Van Gogh a real celebrity, so that these works can be sold for sky-high prices... If two paintings of similar painting level can be sold for 10 million by a famous artist, and a thousand by an unknown artist... So I can be regarded as witnessing how Van Gogh became the most famous painter in the world, because In the first round of the Van Gogh hype that year, I was also a witness."

   "Hype? You mean "Sunflower"?"

  Because Liu Xing's mobile phone was on hands-free, Sonoda Shuri on the side also heard Shimadzu Nakano's words.

"Yes, it is "Sunflower". In the golden age of the island country, when the economic bubble just started, I also felt that I had countless money in my hands, and I liked oil paintings at the time, so I waved it. The banknotes went to buy famous masterpieces all over the world, but at that time I knew several oil painting lovers, one of whom once bought a pair of "Sunflowers", and that pair of "Sunflowers" was destroyed because of the war, so he I just want to buy another pair, after all, there are more than ten copies of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers"."

"Because I was also going to Europa to buy paintings at the time, I set off with that person, and he got a call from the seller on the way, and then something interesting happened - the seller decided to put "Sunflower" up for auction, but In the end, no matter how high the bidder was, he could get the "Sunflower" for free; thus, that person took the "Sunflower" with hundreds of times the price, and Van Gogh's paintings have gone up since then."

"By the way, Van Gogh created thousands of paintings in his life, but most of them are hand-painted or immature works in terms of today's saying, and two of the best of them after Van Gogh's death More than 100 paintings were bought by the same collector, which can be said to be controlled by the current stock market. Of course, we can't rule out that this collector really likes Van Gogh's paintings, but if the collector really likes Van Gogh's paintings Like, then Van Gogh will not find shortsightedness in poverty; of course, the most important thing is that Van Gogh is indeed qualified to be portrayed as an underappreciated tragic genius."

"Besides, Van Gogh's main point of credit is that his works are different from the mainstream painters at that time in terms of technique and topic selection, which makes Van Gogh a non-mainstream artist. , represents rebellion against the secular and speaks for the people... In short, if you look up Van Gogh's Wikipedia, you can see that his paintings have become a symbol, representing a spirit, and this is a typical subjective assumption. Well, Van Gogh can't speak anymore anyway."

   After hearing what Shimadzu Nakano said, Liu Xing suddenly felt as if he had seen a reading comprehension question - what kind of spirit do you think Van Gogh's painting "xx" showed him?

   Maybe let Van Gogh do this question, and the result may be zero.

  Wait, this topic seems to be getting more and more biased.

Listening to Shimadzu Nakano's tone, Liu Xing felt that he could still talk about the topic of "Van Gogh" for an hour or two, so Liu Xing quickly said: "Uh, Mr. Shimadzu, let's talk about tomorrow's auction now. Bar."

"Uh, okay, let's go back to the topic. In fact, the reason why I talk about Van Gogh is mainly to prove the conclusion I mentioned earlier - if one person gains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven; I took a look at tomorrow's Auction, I found that this auction will last for three days, and the composition of the auction items in the three days is actually similar. At the same time, the auction items on the first day are not comparable to the similar auction items in the next two days. So I think you know what I mean, right?" Shimadzu Nakano said seriously.

"I understand, Mr. Shimadzu, you mean that Luomu Auction House wants to use the auction items on the first day to raise the price, so that the price of the auction items in the next two days will rise, so if we want to participate in the auction, it is very likely that You will pay a very high premium to buy it, and what you buy is not necessarily what the public faction wants... It seems that the Luomu Auction House wants to eat both ends!"

Liu Xing immediately figured it out and continued: "If we participate in the auction, although we may lose some money, we can determine how many items the public faction has taken from this auction, and then based on these items to determine what might be in there, so we still have to go to this auction, and we have to be in the bidding.”

   "This is not a small amount of money."

Shimadzu Nakano sighed and said: "Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times, now after decades of peace, the price of antiques has been rising, and it can even be said to be inflated, so we put more money on the inflated prices. If you increase the price, then the loss is not a star and a half, so I have been on the phone and looking at the album, and found that even in the auction tomorrow, the cheapest painting can be sold for hundreds of thousands, or even millions. , and in these three days, a total of 120 items will be sold!"

   "his~"

   Liu Xing and others couldn't help taking a deep breath.

Although Liu Xing and others have always said that they are not short of money, it is only relatively speaking. It will also be a bit traumatic, not to mention that this is just an antique that has no practical use, and it is not easy to exchange it for cash in the future. . . The most important thing is that the price of this antique is still artificially high, so this time and again, one hundred million of Liu Xing and his party may become half a hundred million.

"In the auction world, since there is a person who is right and the dog is raised to the sky, that person will be slaughtered if he is convicted. Recently, a porcelain that just sold for a sky-high price was revealed to be a fake. As a result, the porcelain in the last few auctions has either passed in the auction. , or the price just hit rock bottom.”

   Well, it seems that this 100 million may only be 0.11 billion left.

   (end of this chapter)