Real Cthulhu Running Game

Because Shimazu Nakano didn't put on much airs, even Liu Xing and others had his private phone number, so Liu Xing directly sent the news about the auction to Shimazu Nakano.

Not even a minute passed before Shimazu Nakano called, "Mr. Shooting Star, are you sure there is such an auction?"

"That's right, Luomu Auction House has now started to promote this auction, so I want to know whether Luomu Auction House is related to our Wu family faction, or is it related to the public faction?" Liu Xing answered directly.

Shimazu Nakano on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment before he said: "From the information I know, this Luomu Auction House is most likely on the side of the public faction, because foreign auctions like this When the auction house enters the island country, it usually cooperates with a certain family in the island country, so that it can be done more conveniently. After all, the auction house involves special things and targets a special group of people, so it can cooperate with the big families in the island country. By cooperating, the auction house can integrate into the island country faster and find more and better buyers."

"So when the Luomu Auction House entered the island country, it cooperated with the Takaji family of the Wushe family. Although the Takaji family is at the bottom of the Wushe family, and their overall strength is not very good, the Wushe family The name of the Wushe family still adds a lot of glory to it. After all, before the fight actually starts, 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 company. Factional, but I believe Mr. Meteor, you must have heard that the Wushe family actually does not intend to interfere in the battle between public and military forces."

"The reason is very simple. The Wushe family is more of a royal family than a public family. Therefore, 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 If we participate too much in public and military battles, our Wu family faction still doesn't mind breaking off one of their arms; therefore, today's Wushe family only participates in the war in name, and at most sends a few family members to join the battle in their own name. In this way, Wushe family The family can make a profit if they win, and lose no money if they lose. In short, unless the royal family is destroyed, the Wushe family cannot fail."

"So now I am very suspicious that the reason why Luomu Auction House holds an auction at this time is that the Taoji family is behind it. The reason is also simple, that is, after our martial arts faction took over the city of Nagoya, the public family It is not easy for the factions to transport certain things into the city through normal channels. After all, we have controlled the channels for various materials to enter the city, and we are also prepared on the main roads for smuggling family cars, although it is impossible. It’s watertight, but it can still stop it nine times out of ten.”

"But the antiques and artworks to be sold at the auction are not channels that we can intervene in, because these items 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 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 not to find any abnormalities in certain items... So even if we know that there is something wrong with those items , we can only watch the things enter the auction house, unless we send someone to pretend to be a robber."

After listening to Shimazu Nakano's words, Liu Xing could only sigh and said: "Indeed, it seems that the public faction is well prepared this time, and it is determined that even if we know, there will be nothing we can do to them. ...So I highly doubt that Luomu Auction House will send invitations to our Wu family to provoke us."

As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, Sonoda Shuri's cell phone rang. Then Sonoda Shuri turned the screen of his phone to Liu Xing. Liu Xing saw an invitation letter, and the sender of this message was Sawada. Miyin.

It seems that Luomu Auction House has really started to show off.

"It seems that Mr. Meteor, you are still a prophet. The Luomu Auction House just sent someone to send me an invitation letter. I hope that our Shimazu family can attend the auction tomorrow."

Liu Xing could tell that although Shimazu Nakano's tone was slightly smiling, he was also gritting his teeth.

After all, this level of facial expression is still very uncomfortable, because this is the "I know you are unhappy with me, but you can't bite me" look.

After all, Liu Xing was a little unhappy now, but couldn't find a place to vent his anger.

Therefore, Liu Xing could only ask: "What should we do now? Should we go to this auction and add some programs to them?"

"Forget it, even if we raise the price maliciously, the result will be that the public faction will take what they want. After all, the public faction has already colluded with Luomu Auction House, not to mention that the auction industry is already very deep. .”

Shimazu Nakano said with a wry smile: "There is a saying in the auction world that when one thing is sold at a high price, there will be a hundred similar things on the market that will increase in value at the same time, so you just It can be seen from the news that after a calligraphy and painting is sold for a high price, the news in the next period of time will mention that other auctions are also won by calligraphy and painting, and this trick is also used by some thoughtful people to raise prices. The net worth of a certain famous person.”

"Oh, I know this. More than ten years ago, there was a painter whose works cost an average of more than 100,000 yuan. As a result, in just a few years, every time his works appeared on the auction house, they cost a few dollars more. million, so now his works are guaranteed to be worth a million... To put it bluntly, I think Van Gogh's paintings have been hyped bit by bit, although his paintings are indeed quite good. "Yes." Liu Xing couldn't help complaining.

"I also think so."

What surprised Liu Xing was that Shimazu Nakano actually agreed with his idea, "Actually, Mr. Shooting Star, you may not know that I was also an oil painting enthusiast when I was in college, and Van Gogh at that time could only be regarded as a minor artist. Fame, after all, he is also a typical person who becomes famous after death... Let me put it this way, the works of painters who become famous after death are the easiest to hype, because the tragic life of unrecognized talent is the easiest for the public. Bonus points for acceptance, after all, tragic stories are often easier to remember than comedic stories, and people can easily sympathize with the weak.”

"For most antiques, their workmanship is definitely far inferior to modern times, 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, era and story. Generally speaking, the older the antique, the more valuable the antique is. However, the antiques of the past few hundred years or so have not changed much due to their age, so these ancient times have to tell stories, and the story here is Emphasis should be placed on its producers and owners.”

"So, if you want Van Gogh's works to sell for high prices, in addition to being beautiful, you have to make Van Gogh a real celebrity, so that these works can sell for sky-high prices... It's not nice to say. If two paintings with similar painting skills are sold, the famous one can sell for 10 million, while the unknown one can sell for 1,000... So I have witnessed how Van Gogh became the most famous painter in the world, because I was also an eyewitness during the first round of hype about Van Gogh."

"Hype? You mean "Sunflower"?"

Because Liu Xing's cell phone was on speakerphone, Zhuri Sonoda also heard Shimazu Nakano's words.

"Yes, it's "Sunflower". In the golden age of the island country, when the economic bubble just started, I also felt that I had endless money in my hands. Plus, I liked oil painting at the time, so I waved it I spent money all over the world to buy masterpieces by famous artists. As a result, at that time, I met several oil painting enthusiasts. One of them once bought a pair of "Sunflowers", and the "Sunflowers" was destroyed due to the war, so he I just want to buy another pair, after all, there are more than ten pairs of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers"."

"Because I was also going to Europa to buy paintings, so I set off with that person, and on the way he received a call from the seller, and then something interesting happened - the seller decided to put "Sunflowers" up for auction, but In the end, no matter how high the person’s bid was, he could get the “Sunflowers” ​​for free; then, that person paid hundreds of times the price to get the “Sunflowers”, and from then on, Van Gogh’s paintings skyrocketed.”

"By the way, Van Gogh created thousands of paintings during his lifetime, but most of the paintings are now said to be hand-made, or works from a period when his skills were immature. After Van Gogh's death, the two best paintings were More than a hundred paintings were bought by the same collector, which can be said to be controlling in today's stock market. Of course, we cannot rule out that this collector really likes Van Gogh's paintings, but if this collector really If you like it, then Van Gogh would not have found a short-sighted life in poverty; of course, the most important thing is that Van Gogh is indeed qualified to be portrayed as a tragic genius whose talent was not appreciated."

"In addition, Van Gogh's main scoring point is that his works are unique. There are certain differences in technique and subject selection from the mainstream painters at that time. This makes Van Gogh a non-mainstream artist. , represents resistance to the secular and speaks for the people... In short, if you check Van Gogh's Wikipedia now, you will know that his paintings have become a symbol and represent a spirit, and this is a typical subjective assumption Anyway, Van Gogh can’t speak now.”

Listening to what Shimazu Nakano said, Liu Xing suddenly felt as if he had seen a reading comprehension question - What do you think Van Gogh's painting "xx" expresses his spirit?

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 Shimazu 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: "Well, Mr. Shimazu, let's talk about tomorrow's auction now. Bar."

"Uh, okay, let's get back to the topic. In fact, the reason why I talked about Van Gogh is mainly to prove the conclusion I mentioned before - if one person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs will 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, from the introduction point of view, the auction items on the first day are not as good as the similar auction items in the next two days. So I think you know what I mean, right?" Shimazu Nakano said seriously.

"I understand, Mr. Shimazu, what you mean is that Luomu Auction House wants to use the auction items on the first day to raise prices, so that the prices of the auction items in the next two days will go up. In this way, if we want to participate in the auction, it is very likely that You will have to pay a very high premium to buy it, and what you buy may not necessarily be what the public faction wants... It seems that the Luomu Auction House wants to take advantage of both!"

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 things the public faction took away from this auction, and then based on these things To determine what might be inside, so we still have to attend this auction and we still have to participate in the bidding.”

"This is not a small sum of money."

Shimazu Nakano sighed and said: "Antiques in prosperous times were gold in troubled times. Now, after decades of peace, the prices of antiques have been rising. It can even be said to be artificially high, so we continue to increase the price on the artificially high price." If you increase the price, you will lose a lot of money, so I have been reading the album while talking on the phone, and found that even at tomorrow's auction, the cheapest painting can be sold for hundreds of thousands, or even millions. price, and a total of one hundred and twenty items will be sold in these three days!"

"Hiss~"

Liu Xing and others couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Although Liu Xing and others have always said that they are not short of money, the lack of money is only a relative term. If Liu Xing and others are really asked to come up with 100 million at a time, although it is indeed possible, but It will also be a bit of a stretch, not to mention that what I bought is just an antique with no practical use, and it will not be easy to convert it into cash later. . . The most important thing is that the price of this antique is still artificially high, so over time, Liu Xing and his team's 100 million may turn into half a million.

"In the auction world, if one person achieves enlightenment and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, that person will be punished by everyone. Recently, a piece of porcelain that was just sold for a sky-high price was revealed to be a fake. As a result, the porcelain in the recent auctions has either failed to sell. , or the price will fall directly to the bottom.”

Yes, it seems that there may be only 0.100 million left of this 100 million.