Chapter 1570: 1570. Public Auction (2/3)

Chapter 1570 1570. Public Auction (23)

Regarding the construction and development of the Chinese village, the two squatted at the door and chatted.

After chatting for a while, Da Mao walked out in a daze.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Li Du asked, "How is it? Is there anything I need to help you with?"

Da Mao smiled and said: "It's okay, I asked Liu Ye to help me continue the investigation, Liu Ye said that he can almost handle this matter, don't bother the boss."

Hearing what he said, Li Du stood up and put his arms around his shoulders and patted him a few times without asking any more questions.

Everyone has privacy, and everyone has their own considerations. Although Da Mao likes to talk nonsense, he is a smart man and he has his own judgment on things. Li Du respects his choice.

Furthermore, Li Du has no contacts in Pagan and is not even familiar with it. When it comes to investigating some things, it is obvious that Zhong Dapao and Liu Zi, two local snakes, are more suitable.

Every public auction of Hongshawadi jadeite wool is a grand event. This auction lasts for seven to ten days, and the turnover can reach a terrifying tens of billions of RMB.

The transaction volume is high, but the price of this auction is very low.

The location of the auction is in Pagan Town. Li Du went to have a look in advance. The interior is being decorated, and a large amount of ore is continuously being sent into it.

According to Hongshawadi's new land law, emerald ore is state property, but first, the country is severely corrupt, and the collusion between the government and businessmen is severe. Second, the major sites in Pagan have been privately contracted for hundreds of years. For various reasons , private ore trading is still the main body.

Li Du has participated in many auctions, and Sotheby's is the only one that can reach the level of public auctions. He remembers the various high-end and stylish settings of Sotheby's auctions.

In contrast, the public auction is too bad. It didn't even rent a hotel as a venue, but just scratched a piece of land, and made a big shed with iron rods and color steel tiles, which can keep out the rain but not cover it. wind.

The shed is surrounded by barbed wire, with three steps and one post and five steps and one sentry. There are military police with guns on guard, and patrol cars provide support. The security work is not to be chosen.

Li Du walked around the shed and exclaimed, "We are here to participate in the auction?"

"That's right." Zhong Dapao said carelessly with a cigarette in his mouth.

Li Du said: "But what kind of auction place is this? I feel like this is more like a concentration camp?"

Zhong Dapao laughed and said, "A place where you can make money is a good place, don't care what kind of concentration camp it is."

Li Du couldn't help shaking his head, the Ministry of Mines of the Central Government of Hongshawadi and the Jade Organizing Committee were really too rough to make such an important auction like this.

Auctiongoers don't value comfort, they value security, after all everyone comes to Hpakant with huge sums of money.

There was no problem with the security of the auction. Li Du and the others just walked around, and a military policeman came up with a gun and asked, "What are you doing? Hey, stop!"

Zhong Dapao went over and stuffed a pack of cigarettes. The military police put on a sullen face, seeing that no one was paying attention, and quietly put it on, then frowned and said, "Master Pao, don't cause trouble."

"What's wrong with me?" Zhong Dapao rolled his eyes, "I'll come over with my friend to take a look, we're going to participate in this auction together tomorrow."

The military and police laughed: "You want to participate? You are a squib, did you burn it with too much money?"

Zhong Dapao pushed him and said with a dark face: "Fuck you, you are a squib, idiot, I double-bang!"

The military police knew him very well, and they didn't make things difficult for them, and left with a cigarette and a smile.

After seeing the venue, Zhong Dapao knew that Li Du had never participated in the public auction, so he briefly introduced the rules.

The auction will be conducted in two ways, one is the secret auction and the other is the open auction.

Secret auction is the mainstream. When entering the venue, someone sends out a bidding form. Merchants find the jade they are interested in, and then fill in the number, name, jade number and price issued by themselves on the bidding form as required, and finally put in the corresponding bidding The standard box with the item number is enough.

During this process, the jade merchants participating in the bidding do not know each other's interested jade or the price offered by the other party. When the bid is released, the successful bidder and the bid price are publicly announced according to the bid item number, so as to complete the auction.

Clear bids are relatively rare, and this is the same as other auctions. All jade merchants participating in open bids are concentrated in the trading hall. Every time the public auction operator announces the number of a bidding item, the bidders will take turns to bid on the spot. Whoever bids the most wins the bid, which is fair and just. .

"In terms of proportion, hidden bids are the mainstream, accounting for 80%, and open bids are only 20%." Zhong Dapao introduced.

Li Du nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Zhong Dapao said helplessly: "Made, the Ministry of Mines is too smart, so everyone is optimistic about the stone. In order to avoid being robbed, they can only blindly pay a high price. It's really annoying!"

Li Du said with a smile: "The purpose of the Ministry of Mines is to sell the ore at a higher price. What's so annoying about it? Then look at me. I'm too good at this. Do you know what my profession is?"

"A senior executive from the Harry Winston Group?" Zhong Dapao asked back.

Li Du shook his head: "No, Brother Wolf told him."

Brother Wolf said: "The boss works in the auction industry and is a professional auction expert. He participates in hundreds of auctions every year, including real estate auctions, car auctions, and luxury auctions such as Sotheby's, involving all industries in life!"

Zhong Dapao was in awe when he heard it: "Ah? Young Master Li has such a research on jade, I thought you were a full-time expert in luxury goods."

Li Du laughed. Brother Wolf is quite good at talking. He talked about storage auctions and real estate auctions so high. These two industries are actually low-end jobs in the United States.

After understanding the auction environment, the next day's work became easier.

Li Du followed Zhong Dapao and the six sons to the auction site. Since there were a large number of police and military forces in charge of security, there was no need to bring bodyguards into the venue, so Li Du let them wait outside.

The current auction is very lively. If Li Du didn't know it well, he would definitely think that this was the fair in his hometown.

The location of the auction is on the side of the road, not far from an intersection, where many tricycles, forklifts, tractors, and cranes are parked. Forklifts are used to deliver stones, and tricycles are used to carry passengers.

Because the roads are narrow and the road conditions are poor, tricycles are the mainstream means of transportation here. No matter it is a big boss worth hundreds of millions, they all come to the auction site by this kind of three-wheeler.

So when Li Du walked over, he saw a lot of scenes that opened his eyes. A man with a big belly got off a dilapidated tricycle in front of him. The golden H belt on the man's waist was shining, and the belt alone could be changed. Several tricycles.

There are also slim and beautiful women who get on and off the tricycle and twist their waists. After getting off the car, they all look disgusted and wipe their butts with paper towels.