Golden Fishery

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A middle-aged Caucasian man with a big beard stood on the auction stage, and two young men pushed out a small cart, on which lay a two-meter-long bluefin tuna, marked with No. 1.

After the fish appeared, the huge LED screen behind the bearded auctioneer lit up, and some parameters appeared on it, including a 360-degree picture of the fish, including the length of the fish head, the length of the body, and several parts The fat degree, body thickness, place of origin, estimated fish age, etc.

This is very different from the Tsukiji Market Auction in Tokyo. In Tokyo, participants will observe the tuna for auction in person. The texture of the fish will be judged by themselves. In this way, the same fish often has different values ​​in the eyes of different people. .

At the auction in Amsterdam, the condition of the tuna was also allowed to watch, but it was not free to watch at any time like in Tokyo. It was just that everyone took a quick look at it and had a general idea in mind.

The auction organizers will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of these tuna, and the evaluation data will be displayed with each fish, so that bidders can combine these data and their own observations to locate the fish.

"This is a big fish from George Shoal. It is six feet six inches long, weighs 450 pounds, and has a fat percentage of 138%. The starting price is 22,000 euros. Please bid!" The bearded auctioneer shouted eagerly.

Qin Shiou was not a participant in the auction, so he sat in the back seat, where the scenery is better and he can see the whole scene at a glance. Of course, it is impossible to see the current condition of the tuna participating in the auction here, and the heavyweight participants are all sitting in the first two rows.

Qin Shiou couldn't see the fish's appearance clearly, so it was difficult for Qin Shiou to estimate the price, and the pictures were deceptive. But judging from the fat percentage and length-to-weight ratio, the quality of this fish is average, and the starting unit price is close to 50 euros, which is not cheap.

Qin Shiou shook his head. He felt that this fish might fail the auction, but he obviously underestimated the enthusiasm of this year's tuna market. Even at this price, some people raised their hands to bid.

The pace of the tuna auction was fast, and everyone raised their hands one after another. This places high demands on auctioneers. It is necessary for him to keep an eye on six roads and listen to all directions, to find the bidder in the first time, and at the same time stir up the atmosphere of the auction, so as to bid a higher price.

"This gentleman offered twenty-two thousand five hundred euros!"

"Handsome offer, the price has risen to 24,000 euros!"

"Nice job,

The gentleman gave a beautiful price, twenty-four thousand five hundred euros! "

"24,500 euros! Now the price has reached 24,500 euros! Is there a higher price? Ok, it seems that this fish is already in this gentleman's pocket, 24,500 euros once! 24,500 euros twice! 24,500 euros, deal!"

"Crack!" There was a crisp sound. The auctioneer shook his fist heavily, and the fish was tagged with the bidder's mark and pulled down.

One fish leaves, another fish is pulled up, and the same procedure is repeated.

If you were watching it in front of the TV, Qin Shiou must be impatient, it's just a circle of quotations, the auction items are all the same thing, at most they are different in size and fat content, which is not interesting.

But at the scene, the atmosphere is completely different. Unlike art auctions, where everyone bids lazily, the frequency of bids here is very fast, and the voice of the auctioneer is also very loud. The atmosphere is very lively and it is easy to get involved.

One by one tuna was pulled up, and one by one was pulled down. The turnover rate was 100%, and none of the fish was unsold.

Butler quietly walked up to Qin Shiou and sat down next to him, and said in a low voice, "How is it? Compared with the auction at Tsukiji Market, this place has a different flavor, right?"

Qin Shiou nodded, and also said in a low voice: "It's really good, why did you come?"

Butler smiled mysteriously and avoided talking about it. Instead, he said: "Look carefully, buddy, this is just the beginning, and now it's just a warm-up stage. The atmosphere of the auction will be even more enthusiastic later!"

The first round of auction lasted for forty-five minutes, and a total of about 100 tunas were auctioned, the largest of which weighed only 600 pounds. In Qin Shiou's opinion, the quality was mediocre, but the prices were all good. Fish King is full of anticipation.

However, he noticed that Aoyama Aoyama and Takata Tezuka were not very active. Although they raised their hands several times, they did not take a single fish in the end. It seemed that their judgment was the same as Qin Shiou's. These fish were good, but the quality was not good. Just good, not worthy of the price.

It was the Mori brothers who made the most of the show, and without the rivals Kota Tezuka and Aoyama Inobe to raise the price, they took more than half of the 100 fish.

After a ten-minute break, Butler asked Qin Shiou if he was going backstage to have a look. He said that the highlight of the auction was at the back, and there were still fifty big fish in total.

Qin Shiou asked curiously: "A total of one hundred and fifty fish? Isn't the scale of this auction very large?"

The auction at Tsukiji Market can sell 500 tuna at a time. Compared with today's auction, the scale is indeed a bit small.

Butler didn't think so, he smiled and said, "Of course, of course, my buddy, you see the total turnover has exceeded two million euros, isn't this a big scale?"

Seeing Qin Shiou shrugging his shoulders and making an incredible gesture, Butler continued: "Man, the Amsterdam auction is the highest grade among seafood auctions. It's not that it can't find enough tuna, but only accepts the best tuna. Make sure that every fish will be bought after entering the market.”

"In addition, if you pay attention to this auction, you will find that so far, there has not been a single tuna sold here! Do you know how many tuna have flowed from here? Five thousand fish!"

Hearing Butler say this number, Qin Shiou was more convinced. There were more than 5,000 tunas, and none of them were unsold. From this, it can be seen that the status of this auction market in the seafood industry is indeed comparable to that of the Tsukiji Market.

The Tsukiji market is the real market, and the Amsterdam auction is the real auction, where the tuna that comes in is a work of art.

After the break time was over, everyone returned to the venue one after another, and the second round of auction began. Butler winked at Qin Shiou, signaling him to take a good look.

The auctioneer for this round of auction was replaced by a veteran auctioneer in his seventies, with white hair and beard, ruddy complexion, and wearing a neat vest and suit. When Qin Shiou saw him, he thought of Hamley. Gentleman of England.

The old auctioneer made a crisp sound with his mallet, and someone came out dragging the cart again, and this time it was not young people who came out, but two tall blonde beauties in bikinis.

The tuna that came out this time was bigger, better in appearance, and looked very fresh. The light shone on the fish and moved slowly, and you could see colorful halos flowing on the surface of the tuna.

I don't know if it was the reason of the fish or the stimulation of the two beauties, but the moment they appeared, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became more intense.

The Mori brothers, Tezuka Kota, Inobe Aoyama and the others looked at each other, the laziness on their faces was gone, replaced by solemnity and eagerness. (To be continued.)

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