Rebirth of the Wild Age

Around the mid-1980s, auction houses began to appear in mainland China.

But these are not real auction houses, but state-run antiquities corporations (shops). Because private trade in cultural relics was explicitly prohibited at that time, there were only more than 70 state-owned stores across the country that could sell them. The so-called auction is also a misnomer. The price of cultural relics is uniformly set by the government. During the auction, it can only fluctuate slightly according to the quality of the cultural relics.

Around 1993, the century-old state-owned store Duoyunxuan established an auction company and held China's first calligraphy and painting auction, which immediately attracted widespread attention at home and abroad. The auction was extremely successful, so other state-owned cultural relic stores established auction companies one after another.

The State Administration of Cultural Heritage pushed the boat forward, and at the same time took action to control it, so there were six major state-run auction houses, and there are only six so far, and the Administration of Cultural Heritage no longer issues auction licenses.

It wasn't until next year that half of the six state-run auction houses were not doing well and were on the verge of bankruptcy, so the Bureau of Cultural Heritage issued licenses again, and several private auction companies popped up all of a sudden. One of them has also obtained the trademark authorization of the international giant Christie's, and is generally considered to be a backdoor listing of the international auction giant. Investigation rectified.

Beijing, Guardian International.

This is a state-owned auction company established in 1994. Except when it first opened, many people came to see it. Today's auction is the most attended. The entire venue was full, and it was like a concert. You can make a lot of money by selling tickets.

One time for 160,000, two times for 160,000, three times for 160,000! Congratulations to this gentleman, you successfully won the auction of Dean Shen Weifeng's work Qian Kun Qing Qi!

There was a burst of sparse applause in the auction hall, and the middle-aged tycoon who succeeded in the auction just sat on his seat with a smile on his face. The price of this painting is slightly high, but if it is traded in a few years, it will definitely not lose money. The author, Shen Weifeng, is the dean of Suzhou Academy of Painting. The works created last year are hung in the xx Great Hall, and the works created this year are hung in the ministerial meeting room of the xx Department.

The next lot is Master Qi Baishi's Shrimp Play... The starting price is 150,000 yuan!

Qi Baishi has too many handed down works, so the auction price fluctuates greatly, depending on the quality of the works. Fifteen years ago, a pair of Qi Baishi's boutique in Hong Kong City set an auction record of 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars, but ordinary goods can be bought for tens of thousands of dollars.

On the mainland, the price of Qi Baishi's works has been rising year by year, and now it has increased by about 180,000 yuan per square foot. Four years ago, it was only 50,000 yuan per square foot, and it will rise to more than 1 million per square foot in a few years.

If you are a traveler with little pursuit, and you have some money but not enough to buy a house, then invest in Qi Baishi's paintings. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to appreciate calligraphy and painting. You can go to auction houses to buy high-quality goods. The appreciation of this thing is faster than real estate speculation. From 2000 to 2011, the price has increased by 20 times in eleven years, and you don’t have to worry about finding a buyer.

The main reason is that Qi Baishi is so famous that he is a household name in China. Those collectors who have become rich and want to play with art to improve their taste naturally prefer local masters such as Qi Baishi (Western masters are too expensive), as long as they are genuine, they will rush to buy them, so the price of Qi Baishi's works is getting higher and higher. In 2009, it ranked third in the world's art sales list, and one of the high-quality works sold for a sky-high price of more than 400 million yuan.

The lot in front of me is about 1.5 square feet, and it has been sold from 150,000 to 350,000. It was bought by a local tycoon at a price far exceeding the market average price.

About an hour later, the auctioneer suddenly said: Today's last lot is quite special. Under the introduction of Mr. Hu Run, our Guardian Auction House was honored to be entrusted by Mr. Song Weiyang, the richest man in Asia, to auction 'Song Weiyang Charity Dinner' invitation qualification. Next, I would like to invite Mr. Hu Run to introduce the specific situation.

Hurun walked up to the front desk with a happy face, took the microphone and said, Hi everyone, I am Hurun. I am good friends with Mr. Song Weiyang. A few years ago, I said to Mr. Song: 'Buffett auctioned off the charity lunch, you As the richest man in China, why don’t you auction off a charity dinner?” Mr. Song replied: “I’m too young, I don’t have enough qualifications, and I’ve only been in business for a few years. I’m afraid no one will believe my ability. What if I get a first-rate auction?” I said : How about I help you organize a charity dinner when you become the richest man in Asia? Mr. Song agreed, and today's auction began.

Crack clap clap!

The applause was the loudest this time, because at least half of the people present came here for Song Weiyang's charity dinner. They didn't necessarily participate in the auction, but they must have watched the excitement carefully, after all, this is a very new thing.

Hu Run continued to introduce: Song Weiyang's charity dinner will be held in Mr. Song's private courtyard in the capital. The invitees can choose to hide their identities and names, or of course they can choose to disclose their identities. The dinner lasts for one and a half hours. The time will start at the moment of the courtyard, and Mr. Song Weiyang will answer some basic questions. As for the proceeds from the auction, all proceeds will be donated to the Youth Foundation for the construction of Hope Primary Schools in impoverished areas... If you have any questions, you can come to Hurun Company interviewed me.

Song Weiyang's charity dinner, the starting price is 10,000 yuan, and each increase must not be less than 500... The auction begins!

The Buffett Charity Luncheon started in 2000. In the first three years, no one responded, and the bidding price just exceeded the starting price. It's about $20,000, and the lowest one is only $18,000. You can sit and eat with Buffett for such a small amount of money.

This year's Buffett charity lunch only sold for a high price of US$250,000.

Historically, Buffett's charity lunch was fueled by the Chinese. BBK boss Duan Yongping took the lead in spending money, almost doubling the price (US$620,000) from the previous year, and then Zhao Danyang doubled the price (US$2.11 million). The more expensive it is. The main reason is that Zhao Danyang recommended the company he holds shares to Buffett. Buffett said think about it, the company's stock price suddenly skyrocketed, and Zhao Danyang made a profit of 130 million Hong Kong dollars from it.

These are all things to say. At least in 2004, no one had a meal with Buffett to drive up the stock price. Everyone's purpose is relatively simple, just want to ask Buffett some questions, and learn investment skills seriously.

100,000!

The Chinese are obviously more enthusiastic about this matter. The first bidder turned the base price of 10,000 yuan into a sky-high price of 100,000 yuan.

110,000!

148,000!

158,000!

168,000!

168,008!

180,000!

...

The price of this dinner has been rising all the way, which surprised ordinary people who just bought tickets to watch the excitement.

But the rich think this is normal. They usually spend one hundred and eighty thousand to entertain distinguished guests. Song Weiyang is now the richest man in Asia, why spend hundreds of thousands to eat with him? If you change it to other times, you have no chance to ask for it!

But, among the rich people who participated in the bidding, there were not those bosses of big companies. It may be because the bosses are more reserved and feel that participating in the auction is an act of losing face; it may also be that the bosses are more conceited and think that Song Weiyang has nothing to teach them; or it may simply be that the bosses are busy and don't want to waste money on such things. time.

Those who bid the most vigorously are, without exception, the little rich and famous. They may have a net worth of tens of millions, but they have various problems. They hope that Song Weiyang can help them solve their doubts, or they hope to use Song Weiyang to make a name for themselves.

As for those who want to have a relationship with Song Weiyang through eating? Don't dream, it's just a meal, who knows who after the dinner!

680,000!

680,008!

880,000!

1000000!

When the bid of 1 million was called out, all the audience turned their attention to it, and the atmosphere of the auction became extremely hot, but there were suddenly no more bidders.

1 million can already invite very high-level business consultants. If the boss of the business has problems, there is no need to have a meal with Song Weiyang because of this.

As for the guys who want to pretend to be famous, 1 million is almost their bottom line. After all, their personal assets are not very large, so there is no need to spend millions to pretend to be tough, and spending too much money on food will only make them look stupid.

1.08 million!

Finally someone raised the price again, and the auctioneer shouted excitedly: This gentleman bid 1.08 million. Is there any higher bid? 1.08 million once, 1.08 million twice... No. 37 raised his card again, this gentleman's The bid is... 1.18 million!

The one who raised the price earlier seemed to be hesitant. After dawdling for nearly 20 seconds, he finally raised his placard again and bid 1,188,000.

1.68 million! This man raised his placard again in an instant, showing that he was bound to win, and suddenly raised the price by 500,000 yuan.

You won, the previous person put down the sign, got up and said with a smile, 1.68 million is enough for me to go to Jinniu Business School twice. Anyway, Mr. Song will teach seven classes every semester. If I have any questions, go directly to Jinniu Business School. he.

Song Weiyang's dinner finally sold for 1.68 million yuan.

And Buffett's lunch this year only sold for 250,000 US dollars. Considering the economies and price levels of the two countries, Song Weiyang is absolutely winning! It can only be said that the Chinese are more enthusiastic about this thing and are more willing to spend money on such illusory things.

If it weren't for the Chinese people's coquettish manipulation, Buffett's charity lunch would never have risen to more than one million US dollars.

When the sign holder left the venue, he was surrounded by reporters.

Faced with all kinds of questions, the man smiled and said, I took the photo for a friend. He doesn't want to show up and he doesn't want to be too famous, so don't ask.

The next day, related news broke out: the most expensive dinner in China was born, and the mysterious rich man offered 1.68 million yuan, just to have a meal with Song Weiyang, the richest man in Asia!

Buffett's charity lunch is not very famous in China at this time, and 99% of Chinese people don't know that there is such a thing. As a result, Song Weiyang's charity dinner became an extremely sensational event, and the big newspapers, tabloids, and online and offline reprinted the reports one after another, and the topic of it even far surpassed the debate between Lang Xianping and Mr. Gu.

Is a one-and-a-half-hour dinner really worth 1.68 million?

Except for those who want to make special hype, I am afraid it is not worth it. Because it is impossible for Song Weiyang to chat too deeply, at most, he would give some casual pointers, and he didn't even bother to give pointers, and he couldn't make friends with Song Weiyang even after eating.

And it's not so easy to hype. You can brag in private at most, and you really use Song Weiyang's guise to boost the stock price. Do you think Song Weiyang is a wooden man and doesn't respond? If you deny it in front of the reporters at that time, the stock price may plummet, and it is possible to steal the chicken and lose money.

Zhao Danyang took advantage of Buffett's speculative operation of stock speculation, and bullied Buffett for being too far away from China, so he didn't realize it for a while.

Sohu took the lead in launching an online poll: If you had 1.68 million disposable cash, would you be willing to use it to have dinner with Song Weiyang?

Voting results

Willing: 3.8%.

Not willing: 94.5%.

Well, let me think about it again: 1.7%. The latest chapter of Rebirth of the Wild Era is here: