Chapter 13: Unexpected Respect
Xu Youyou felt that her ideas should not be too rigid.
After she received the invitation letter to the auction, she carefully looked at the organizer of the auction.
This was an auction held by a top auction house. She asked someone to check and found out that the person who could get this invitation would not be of low status in Shanghai.
She looked at the Doucai Cup next to her. The last time the Doucai Cup was sold at a sky-high price was at an auction. She has always believed that the system would not do anything for no reason. She felt that there must be some connection between the two.
Xu Youyou quickly found a private number on the invitation letter and called it.
The person on the other end of the line seemed to be a middle-aged man with a very pleasant voice. He asked in a gentle tone, "Dear Madam, how can I help you?"
Xu Youyou said: "I have a private collection to auction."
The other party politely asked Xu Youyou for the invitation number.
After Xu Youyou answered, she clearly felt that the other party's attitude seemed to have become three points more respectful.
"Okay, tomorrow at 10 a.m., a team of experts will come to assess the value of your collection."
After Xu Youyou hung up the phone, she suddenly felt relieved. Although she had obtained such a valuable treasure, she did not have much experience in dealing with antiques. She was also afraid that she would become like Xiao Huangmao and sell things at a low price without knowing it. What she didn't know was that the person in charge of the auction was also very excited at this time.
"Is it a lady? Really?" the person in charge asked the middle-aged man who answered the phone earlier.
The other party nodded: "It sounds like the voice seems very young."
The person in charge of the auction said, "No matter how young she is, we can't be lax about her affairs. Have you arranged the expert team for tomorrow? We must invite the top team, understand?"
"Don't worry, we know what we are doing." When the middle-aged man said this, his eyes were full of excitement.
Xu Youyou received a call from the other party early the next morning, around nine o'clock, saying that the expert team had arrived at Tomson Yipin.
After Xu Youyou released the access control, the other party walked in quickly.
In front of her, a group of identification experts surrounded the Doucai cup and looked at it for a long time, and then they looked at each other.
"It is indeed the Chenghua Doucai Cup! This will definitely be the highlight of this auction!" an expert said excitedly.
At the same time, Xu Youyou also received the certificate stamped with the seal of the appraisal agency, and the auction house signed an auction commission agreement with her on the spot.
The reserve price for this Doucai cup is 200 million yuan. After all, nine years ago, a Doucai cup of the same quality could be sold for 280 million yuan. After experiencing a long period of inflation, its value has only increased.
Xu Youyou saw in the commission agreement that the auction house’s commission was 0.5%. She had also checked the auction house’s commission in advance.
This is because state regulations set an upper limit on auction commissions, at a maximum of 5%, and this top auction house unsurprisingly charges a commission based on the highest amount.
"Is this number marked incorrectly?" Xu Youyou asked.
A middle-aged man in a black suit said respectfully, "Don't worry, Miss Xu, this number is correct, because you are the most distinguished guest of our auction house."
Xu Youyou looked at the other person in confusion. She recognized that this person seemed to be the one she had talked to before.
"I've never dealt with you before." Xu Youyou said.
The middle-aged man explained: "All invitations sent out by our auction have numbers on them. Those who receive this invitation are our most distinguished guests and will enjoy the lowest commission."
Xu Youyou looked down at her invitation letter, the number was "000".
Normally, this kind of numbering starts from 1. This number is obviously a bit strange, but if you think about it carefully, her invitation letter was sent by the system, so it is special and doesn’t seem strange.
"Okay, I understand." Xu Youyou said.
Even though Xu Youyou behaved like an ordinary girl, the middle-aged man never showed any contempt from beginning to end. Instead, he was always particularly respectful to her.
When the team left, they skillfully used a small safe to take the Doucai Cup away.
Although Xu Youyou thought the little chicken on the Doucai cup was cute, she would not give up hundreds of millions for a cup she liked.
Soon, the news that the Chenghua Doucai Cup had appeared at an auction again caused a stir in the wealthy circles of Shanghai, and invitations to the auction immediately became hard to come by.
Not only the wealthy people in Shanghai wanted to see the Doucai Cup, but even the wealthy people in the capital and Hong Kong were attracted to it. There were even wealthy people from foreign countries who wanted to get the Doucai Cup.
Xu Youyou now focuses all her energy on the short drama that has just started filming.
Song Zhibai is a man who keeps his promises. Since he promised Xu Youyou to shoot the film well, he did what he said.
Before filming started, the crew held a meeting. Ouyang Ouyang was originally worried that the leading actor might not fit the script, but the moment he saw Song Zhibai, all his worries disappeared.
"Boss, where did you find this actor? He looks like he was taken out of the script. No one is more suitable than him!" Ouyang Ouyang was very excited.
The focus of this short drama is not the heroine, but the hero. A broken and lovable hero is basically half the battle.
Xu Youyou raised the corner of her mouth. This script was tailor-made for Song Zhibai, so there was no one more suitable than him in the world.
The actress who was about to play the female lead, whose originally pretty face, looked mediocre next to Song Zhibai's extremely attractive face.
"Let's shoot quickly and try to have it online next month." Xu Youyou said.
Short dramas can be shot quickly and released online even faster. Short dramas are just starting out now, and the review process is fast and relaxed. If they are successfully completed this month, it is indeed possible that they will be released online on the video website next month.
Ouyang Ouyang rubbed his hands with excitement on his face. It was hard for him to imagine that his first work would be released so soon.
The filming process of the entire short drama went exceptionally smoothly from the beginning. Although the entire team was made up of newcomers, everyone was determined to make the work a success.
Half a month later, the short drama was successfully filmed, and Ouyang Ouyang immediately led a team to engage in intensive editing work.
Xu Youyou also changed into a high-end dress at this time, and with the help of Xu Fang, she got into her new car: a customized bulletproof Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Xu Youyou was not supposed to get the car so soon because the original owner's business went bankrupt and he could not afford to buy the car, so she got a bargain without any systematic guidance.
(End of this chapter)
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