Chang Yongnian and Xie Wan were the only ones left in the small conference room.
Chang Yongnian asked Xie Wan: "Miss, what is your expected starting price?"
Xie Wan asked him to give some advice.
Chang Yongnian said: "There was originally a Yongzheng famille rose plate in this auction, and the starting price was HK$1 million.
But that one is just an ordinary imperial enamel porcelain, and cannot be compared with yours.
This is just yellow glaze.
Yellow is the royal color.
The yellow glaze in Yongzheng's famille rose is the best of the best.
I suggest starting the bidding at five million.”
Xie Wan was actually shocked himself.
Although she knew that Yongzheng famille rose pieces in later generations could easily fetch tens of millions, it was the 1970s now. How could a yellow-ground famille rose plate with flower and bird patterns be sold for more than five million Hong Kong dollars?
She asked in disbelief: "It's so expensive, will anyone buy it?"
Chang Yongnian smiled and said to Xie Wan, "I observe that the young lady is not a native of Hong Kong City, right?"
Chang Yongnian had probably guessed that Xie Wan was from mainland China.
Xie Wan did not respond.
Chang Yongnian continued, “Miss, you may not know much about the consumption of Hong Kong’s wealthy circles.
Let me give you an example. Last month, Inspector Lu's second wife bought a necklace from us and spent one million Hong Kong dollars.
When Xie Wan heard the name Inspector Lui, he suddenly thought of the famous Inspector Lui Lok.
Yes, in the 1970s, even a detective like him could embezzle 500 million yuan, which shows that there are still many people in Hong Kong with purchasing power.
The prices here are really different from those in the mainland. Xie Wan suddenly thought of a way to make money by taking advantage of the price difference.
But after thinking about it carefully, she couldn't do it because that was called "smuggling".
Xie Wan pulled himself back to his senses and agreed to Chang Yongnian's suggestion.
Then, when Chang Yongnian was about to sign the auction contract with her, Xie Wan became sneaky again.
"Um, Manager Chang, I have some antique jewelry here, can you help me take a look..."
Xie Wan took out the bag of jewelry.
Chang Yongnian was stunned.
You're not a tomb robber, are you?
How can you have so many antique jewellery and wrap them so casually?
Chang Yongnian picked up a jade hairpin with trepidation, put it under his nose and smelled it, but did not smell any earthy smell.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it is common to see burial objects in auction houses, Chang Yongnian himself does not like dealing with tomb robbers.
"Miss, there are so many. Are you going to sell them all?"
Xie Wan smiled and said, “If the price is right, I’ll sell them all.
Don't be in a hurry, look at them one by one."
There are too many jewellery in Xie Wan's space, but she doesn't wear them, so there's not much point in keeping them. Xie Wan thinks about selling some for money every time.
Chang Yongnian spread a red velvet tablecloth on the table and laid out the bag of jewelry one by one.
There are twenty pieces of jewelry in total, some made of ancient gold and some made of jade.
Appraising the value of these jewels one by one is a job that tests one's vision and professional ability.
Chang Yongnian spent a full hour evaluating each of the twenty pieces of jewelry.
He invited an expert to come and review everything.
It took another hour and a half.
Some of these jewellery items are not valued highly, at only tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, while some are very valuable, estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.
Chang Yongnian said the starting price for the most expensive jade necklace could be one million Hong Kong dollars.
A separate consignment contract must be signed for each antique and jewelry.
Xie Wan signed twenty-one auction contracts at once.
Eventually, the items were placed in Christie’s vault.
Chang Yongnian gave Xie Wan two invitation cards to the auction three days later and sent Xie Wan and Xu Bing out of Christie's auction house.
Although Xu Bing had not seen the antiques in person, he knew that his eldest brother had taken out some extraordinary items for auction.
He found that the security level of the entire Christie's auction house suddenly became higher, and everyone became nervous.
He was not a nosy person and was too lazy to ask.
While waiting for the valuation in the auction house, Chang Yongnian invited the two to have lunch.
It's already afternoon. After thinking about it, I decided to go directly to Xie Changle's house first.
After Xie Wan gave Xie Sanjin acupuncture last night, Xie Sanjin felt much more comfortable. He coughed less at night and slept soundly.
Even Xie Changle felt that his little niece Xie Wan was really capable.
You have to know that in the past six months, his father has been coughing almost all night long. Not only did Xie Sanjin himself couldn't sleep, but Xie Changle also couldn't sleep well because of the noise.
So when Xie Wan arrived today, Xie Changle was much more enthusiastic than yesterday.
"My little niece, you are finally here.
I didn't go out today because I was waiting for you.
Have you eaten yet? I'll go buy some groceries and treat you to roast goose tonight."
Xie Wan stopped him and said, "Uncle Sanjin can't eat roast goose recently. If you want to buy it, buy something else."
After entering the house, Xie Wan took Xie Sanjin's pulse again.
He first took out the ointment that he had prepared for Xie Sanjin the previous night, and asked Xie Changle to mix it with water according to the dosage and give it to Xie Sanjin to drink.
"I have boiled three days' worth of this ointment, you can take it first, Uncle Sanjin.
It's hot this time, and the ointment is hard to preserve. I'll make some pills for you when I get back, seal them with wax, and send them to you.
I will also leave the prescription. If you have finished taking it, ask Changle to prepare another one for you.
Take it for three months, and your lung and liver diseases should be cured."
Xie Wan said as he gave Xie Sanjin acupuncture.
Xie Sanjin and his son were really excited this time.
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