Chapter 409 Expected Price
Liu Lan felt very troubled. If she quoted too low a price, wouldn't it mean that she was not confident in herself, which would leave a bad impression on the auction company and affect the pricing of her future works? If she quoted too high a price, it might not be sold at all, which would further affect her pricing.
Seeing her struggling, the staff smiled. This is the reaction of many novice sellers. He took out a document and said to Liu Lan, "There is still plenty of time. You can take your time to think about it. Once you have thought it through, fill in the expected price here and sign your name. Don't be nervous. I'll wait for you outside."
After saying that, he left the room and closed the door considerately.
Liu Lan used her mobile phone to check the recent transaction prices of works by other young calligraphers and painters. The lowest price was about 100,000 yuan, and the highest was over 2 million yuan.
Artworks are different from houses and cars. Their value is intangible. If everyone thinks it is valuable, it can be priced sky-high. If no one cares about it, it is worthless. This has a lot to do with the artist's artistic level and luck. This is why Van Gogh died poor, while Picasso died rich.
How to value a work of art is indeed a difficult matter.
After careful consideration, Liu Lan wrote down three prices on the document: 500,000, 450,000 and 200,000.
After finishing these things, Liu Lan saw Zhou Budai and Wu Qu waiting outside. She quickly asked them what their expected price was.
Since Zhou Budai's best work, "The Western Regions", was collected by the State Banquet Hall, he only had two works auctioned, and his prices were 250,000 and 350,000 respectively.
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Wu Qu also auctioned two works because he did not write "Yunyang Ding" in the second round of the test. He felt that the "Jiangjinjiu" he wrote later was not good, so he took the initiative to ask not to auction it. He told Liu Lan that his prices were 150,000 and 200,000 respectively.
After such a comparison, Liu Lan suddenly felt that her price was too high!
"I don't think it's high. You wrote too little. Your fame is there. Your fans won't let you down," Zhou Buyai said with a smile. "I discussed this with my brother Wu in the hotel last night. We both agreed that you will become rich today!"
He put one hand on Liu Lan's shoulder and said earnestly, "If you become rich and powerful, don't forget me!"
Liu Man: “…”
The staff of the auction company had not walked far away. They were surprised to hear the chat between the three of them. The expected price is the bottom card of each seller, and they will not easily tell others. It is like asking someone how much their salary is. Most people will be vague. But these three people are obviously competitors, but they are all outspoken, afraid that the other party does not know their psychological price, and they are discussing it seriously. This is too harmonious! He is also drunk!
Zhou Budai said to Liu Lan and Wu Qu with a smile, "Let's take a group photo to keep a souvenir of ourselves before we became rich!"
Liu Lan and Wu Qu were both happy, and Liu Lan smiled and said yes.
Wu Qu laughed and said, "It's as if we've all transformed gorgeously after the auction. It's not like we've grown three heads and six arms."
Zhou Budai handed his phone to the dazed staff member and asked him to help take a photo. The three of them stood together, Liu Lan stood in the middle, Zhou Budai and Wu Qu stood on either side of her.
"Come on, have some cheese."
The three people's mouths opened to the same arc at the same time, laughing happily, and the person taking the photo also felt happy.
Zhou Budai photoshopped the photo and posted it on his Weibo, captioning: "The auction will start this afternoon. I hope everyone will like our three works!"
Liu Lan reposted Zhou Budai’s Weibo post, and some of her fans only found out at this moment that her works were going to be auctioned!
"It's such a big deal, but the princess didn't even tell us in advance. She had to wait until the shit hit the door before informing everyone. I wanted to go to the auction to support you, but it's too late."
"The upstairs is so gross, I'm having lunch!"
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