I looked at my father Jackie Chan in 1988

Just when Ji Sheng was about to have a good night with Shen Xia.

A shocking news came suddenly!

It was already ten o'clock at night, and Ji Sheng was flirting with Shen Xia and wanted to stay and live together.

Boom, boom, the door was knocked.

Ji Sheng stopped fighting with Shen Xia, wondering who is it so late, he ran over and opened the door, saw Lu Zhengqing, Zou Qingqiu and other partners, frowned and said, "So..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Zhengqing said with an ugly face: "Mr. Ji, it's not good, something serious happened!"

Zou Qingqiu, Niu Yuanzhong, Tian Liangping and Wu Hongyi all frowned and looked gloomy.

Seeing their appearance, Ji Sheng immediately realized that something serious happened, and quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Let's find a convenient place to talk." Lu Zhengqing pointed downstairs.

Ji Sheng guessed that they didn't want to disturb Shen Xia's rest, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I remember there is a coffee shop downstairs, I don't know if it's closed now, go and have a look."

"No, go to my room."

Lu Zhengqing turned around anxiously.

Zou Qingqiu, Niu Yuanzhong and others followed behind without saying a word.

Ji Sheng said to Shen Xia who was sitting on the sofa, "I'll talk about things first, you go to bed early."

"Understood, you should do your work first." Shen Xia said.

Ji Sheng didn't say anything more, turned around and closed the door to follow.

……

Came to Lu Zhengqing's room.

Ji Sheng and the others went straight to the living room.

He had just sat down on the sofa and hadn't had time to ask about the situation.

Lu Zhengqing, who was standing there, said solemnly, "I just received the news that we are going to collide with Sotheby's!"

what?

Autumn auction and Sotheby's crash?

Ji Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and only then did he know why Lu Zhengqing and the others looked so ugly. It turned out that the car crashed during the auction.

Normally, the auction will be announced one to two weeks before the auction, and the boutique tour will not start until after the announcement is made.

Lu Zhengqing and the others set the time for this joint auction at the beginning of October. According to past practice, this time period can be staggered by industry giants such as Christie's and Guardian.

Indeed, even when auction giants want to hold auctions, they will try to stagger as much as possible with Sotheby's auctions.

For example, Sotheby’s autumn auction last year was in mid-October, but Christie’s chose to shoot at the end of November in order to avoid the edge. Guardian and Poly also tacitly chose the end of November. They would rather be tough with Christie’s than with Sotheby's crashed.

why?

Because Sotheby's is so strong!

As long as the word auction is mentioned, the first reaction in many people's minds must be Sotheby's auction house.

If the auction is held at the same time as such a strong opponent, it will have a huge impact on its own customer base. The negative kind, because there are only so many people in the world who collect and collect, and there are only so many core customers. Sotheby's is the golden word Signboard, you hold an auction with it at the same time, aren't you waiting to be robbed of customers?

Even giants like Guardian, Poly and Christie's are unwilling to compete with Sotheby's.

However, Xiling Yinshe was no match for these giants, and the autumn auction was held in September last year, with the purpose of avoiding the auctions of these giants.

The joint auction of Ji Sheng, Lu Zhengqing and others may be stronger than Xiling Yinshe in terms of strength, but the strength is limited, and it is not as good as poly, guardian, Christie's and Sotheby's.

If they meet Sotheby's head-on, Ji Sheng knows that their joint auction is likely to fail.

Ji Sheng immediately said: "You can't run into Sotheby's head-on!"

"We also think the same way, so we want to discuss with you and renegotiate the auction date." Zou Qingqiu sat there and said slowly: "If it doesn't work, let's put it in the middle and late October. Forbes’ autumn auctions are over, and the time for Christie’s, Poly and China Guardian’s autumn auctions has not yet come.”

Niu Yuanzhong frowned and said: "This way we have plenty of time, but for the buyers, the time is too rushed. They have just participated in the Sotheby's auction, and it is very likely that they have bought the collection they want. Time may not be happy to join us."

"Xiao Niu is right." Wu Hongyi held a cigarette in his hand, "Actually, the best time for us is to hold the auction before Sotheby's, which can be held every other month or so, such as now, just you know Impossible, the publicity and tour are the same, and it can’t be held even if you want to.”

Ji Sheng listened without saying a word.

Indeed, the lack of announcements and touring exhibitions are very detrimental to the auction.

It stands to reason that it is best to move the time back, but the disadvantages of moving back are also very clear just now as Niu Yuanzhong said.

Now they can't move forward in time, and they can't go backward, so they are caught in a dilemma for a while.

What should we do?

Ji Sheng felt that one head was two big, and he was looking forward to making a lot of money in this joint auction, so that he could completely enter the ranks of the rich, but when he suddenly learned that Sotheby's autumn auctions were held around the same time, he felt a little nervous for a while. be discouraged.

In fact, this incident cannot be blamed on Lu Zhengqing and the others. After all, Sotheby's hadn't disclosed the time of the autumn auction to the public before. Who knew it would be similar to their autumn auction?

"What do you say?" Lu Zhengqing asked.

Wu Hongyi said depressedly: "What else can I do? Of course it's different from Sotheby's."

Tian Liangping smoked a muffled cigarette and said: "The empress dowager can only be moved backwards, otherwise she will be attacked from three sides by Guardian, Christie's and Poly, but the impact of being caught in the middle time period is also very big, customers Just finished participating in the Sotheby's auction, and there are Guardian, Christie's and Poly waiting behind, will you still come to us then?"

Niu Yuanzhong sighed and said, "Who knows? But if it doesn't work out, it will have a fight with Sotheby's. Do you think our companies are rivals together?"

Ji Sheng thought for a while, and said: "It's okay to move the time back a little bit. Mr. Shen helped me contact the Huaxia Art Museum, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, etc. for the tour exhibition halls, and also invited several masters such as Fan Yang and Wang Jiaxun to come. For the catalog, although the time will be affected by Sotheby’s autumn auction, but with these trump cards, the turnover should not be too bad.”

"Huh? Lao Shen is so interesting?" Lu Zhengqing's eyes widened, "Even the Huaxia Art Museum will help us contact us as an exhibition hall?" At this point, his face was moved, "If we can really hold it in the Huaxia Art Museum A touring exhibition must have a great impact!"

"Yes, as long as we can hold a tour exhibition at the Huaxia Art Museum, it should be able to make up for the impact of Sotheby's autumn auction." Zou Qingqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and she said with a smile: "In addition, there are masters like Fan Yang and Wang Jiaxun to help out, I guess It can attract a lot of potential customers."

Niu Yuanzhong sighed and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity, if it hadn't collided with Sotheby's time, relying on the tour exhibition at Huaxia Art Museum and the influence of several masters such as Fan Wang, it would definitely be a big success, but it's a pity that the effect would be halved." .”

"No way, who made us face Sotheby's?" Lu Zhengqing looked helpless.

Yes.

Sotheby's is too powerful.

Ji Sheng would rather move back in time than confront Sotheby's.

"You guys prepare the auction items first. After I meet Fan Wang and several masters tomorrow, I will take these auction items to the Huaxia Art Museum the day after tomorrow." Ji Sheng directed.

"Okay."

"The lot is ready."

"Hehe, it would be great if Fan Wang and the masters could personally help us to participate in our autumn auction."

"Yeah, their influence is too great. As long as they are willing to show their faces during the auction, once the news spreads, many people will definitely come here after hearing the news."

Lu Zhengqing and the others were chatting.

Ji Sheng wrote down what they said, and wondered if he would take the initiative to invite Fan Wang and other masters tomorrow, even if he gave some money.

……

At noon the next day, Ji Sheng met four masters including Fan Yang, Wang Jiaxun, Lu Yishun, and Feng Yuan.

Needless to say, Fan Yang and Wang Jiaxun are both masters.

But Lu Yishun and Feng Yuan have a higher status in the painting circle than Fan Yang and Wang Jiaxun.

For example, Feng Yuan and Lu Yishun are both in the top ten in this year's ranking of the popularity index of famous Chinese painters, while Wang Jiaxun and Fan Yang are in the top ten.

But several people have a very enthusiastic attitude towards Fan Yang, because Fan Yang's uncle is the most powerful master of calligraphy and painting among domestic Chinese painters, Master Fan Zeng!

Some people may not understand Fan Zeng's status in the painting world, but even Xiao Riben is respected as one of the top ten modern Chinese painters.

"Teacher Fan, Teacher Wang, Teacher Lu, Teacher Feng."

Ji Sheng greeted them one by one.

"Hehe, hello Xiao Ji." Fan Yang reached out and shook his hand.

Wang Jiaxun, Lu Yishun, Feng Yuan and others have a very kind attitude.

Originally, Lao Shen promised to accompany Ji Sheng to meet these masters today, but unfortunately he suddenly received a phone call in the morning and flew abroad.

Ji Sheng had no choice but to bring Shen Xia, Lu Zhengqing, Zou Qingqiu and several partners to meet these masters.

Shen Xia, Lu Zhengqing and others also greeted several masters one by one.

After the initial acquaintance, everyone sat down in the coffee shop.

Because of Lao Shen's face, Fan Yang, Wang Jiaxun and others were very talkative, and expressed their willingness to help them draw a catalog of the auction, without mentioning money.

Although the masters didn't mention the money, Ji Sheng knew that the retouching fee should still be paid, so he handed the envelope that Lu Zheng had prepared early in the morning stuffed with the cash check to several people.

Fan Yang, Wang Jiaxun and other masters were polite, but still accepted it.

As the saying goes, the manpower is short, and the attitude of several masters after taking the retouching fee is even better than before.

Ji Sheng also took the opportunity to invite: "Are the masters free in late October?"

Several people were obviously headed by Fan Yang, they looked over.

Fan Yang took a sip of coffee, "Are you free, what? Do you have something to do?"

Ji Sheng explained his intention and said, "That's it. We are planning to hold the autumn auction in late October. We would like to invite some masters to show their faces. I don't know if it's convenient for you."

"Hehe, I'm very convenient, I don't know how they are doing." Fan Yang readily agreed.

Wang Jiaxun smacked his lips and said, "I'm fine, that's fine."

Lu Yishun hesitated for a moment, "I will have an art exhibition in late October, I'm afraid I may not be able to participate, it would be great if you put it in early October."

Feng Yuan joked with a smile: "Mr. Ji still invites you in the first ten days of October? Just ask Lao Fan to invite his uncle."

what?

Can you invite Master Fan Zeng?

Ji Sheng, Lu Zhengqing and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. Who in China didn't know the influence of Fan Zeng, a master in the painting world. If they could invite Fan Zeng to help out in the auction, it would definitely be a sensation both at home and abroad!

Ji Sheng's brain became active all of a sudden, he pondered and probed Fan Yang's tone.

As a result, before they spoke, Shen Xia asked curiously: "Uncle Fan, is Mr. Fan free in late October?"

"He's not free in the second ten days, if I can help him in the first ten days." Fan Yang obviously said this for Lao Shen's sake. After all, his status in the painting world doesn't need to explain anything to Ji Cheng and the others, but He still explained, "My aunt passed away in early November last year, and he will be preparing for my aunt's first anniversary in late October, so he must not be free to come."

wipe!

Our original joint auction time was early October!

Ji Shengxin said that if it hadn't been for the collision with Sotheby's, they would have had the opportunity to invite Fan Zeng, a master of the painting world, with the help of Fan Yang's line, and now they would miss the good opportunity.

This is a master-level master!

If you can invite them to help them auction, it will definitely be overwhelming.

Ji Sheng was a little unwilling to miss Master Fan's help, and even if he could really invite him, he wanted to toughen Sotheby's.

Do you want to make Fan Zeng come to help and toughen Sotheby's?

Ji Sheng was very conflicted.