Chapter Eighty-One
It was time to eat in a while. Liu Yuanshan asked Zhou Xia to stay and have dinner together. He also said that the auction catalogue had not been completed yet, and he would need his help later. (.)
Zhou Xia nodded and agreed. He didn't have much psychological pressure when he was eating and drinking.
The Liu family prepared the meals very early, and after the time was time, they all came up. They were all delicious dishes. Although Zhou Xia had already been empty, her eating habits were still quite gentle, which was because he was influenced by the surrounding environment. Of course, Liu Yuqing and the younger generations were all very regular. However, Zhao Xiangbo and several old people were all waiting for the drinks. Compared with the restrained younger generations, they were all the most comfortable.
Zhou Xia controlled the speed of eating, then put down the bowls and chopsticks with Liu Yuqing and the others, and then the few people were driven away by Liu Yuanshan and the others, asking them to go for a rest first.
When several people left the dining room, Liu Yuqing asked Zhou Xia if she was under pressure.
Zhou Xia said, "It's okay, I just care about filling my stomach, and I don't care much about it."
Liu Yuqing laughed at this and asked him if he wanted to rest and found him a guest room for a while.
Zhou Xia waved his hand and said, "This is a waste. It's better to take advantage of this opportunity to check out our auction catalog."
Liu Yuqing said it was okay, and she asked Liu Suifeng and Zhou Nanming again if they wanted to take a nap.
Both of them shook their heads and said that it would be better to get the catalogue done as soon as possible. In the morning, Liu Yuanshan and others pointed out that there were problems. First, they had to modify the electronic version in multiple places, and add the picture of the cuckoo blood crying brought by Zhou Xiaxin. These alone are enough for everyone to work hard.
Several people have this idea, and time is tight, so they don’t care about rest.
Zhou Xia did not add a series of changes before, so he underestimated Zhou Nanming and Liu Suifeng, whose basic qualities are excellent and his business skills are quite proficient.
Zhou Nanming's photography level is quite high, so he took photos of this cuckoo's blood crying picture, and uploaded it to the computer to make it into an electronic catalog, which became one of the important tools introduced in this painting part. After all, he has played since childhood and was much better than Zhou Xia's half-time half-baked man, let alone equipment, they are all top-notch.
Zhou Xia knew it himself, so he didn't compete with him for this job and just chanted the catalogues modified by Liu Yuanshan and others, so that Liu Yuqing would make changes to the computer. The modifications made by Liu Yuqing were mainly in terms of wording. Zhou Xia had to admit that after their modifications, the text was more beautiful and sophisticated, making people more likely to come to bid./
At the same time, under their order, some lots were also removed.
The names of those named are mainly painting items. For a long time, calligraphy and painting have been the hardest hit areas for the products. In China, there are many imitations in large auction houses like Poly Garda De, not to mention second-tier auction companies such as Tiandi Auction Company have received some imitations, which is the most normal thing.
Of course, this responsibility must be counted on Liu Suifeng. After removing the items, the auction numbers for this autumn auction must be re-arranged, and the workload suddenly increased.
Liu Suifeng is really suffering and has a huge head.
But Liu Yuanshan and the others cannot disobey the opinions. How to deal with the aftermath and explain the scriptures to the seller who sent the auction? Liu Suifeng will have to deal with this by himself. Liu Yuqing will definitely not help him clean up the mess.
But Liu Suifeng cannot complain yet. The reason is that it is also a good thing that Liu Suifeng and Zhou Nanming did by themselves, and they are also reaping their own consequences.
This batch of removed items were all quite obvious imitations, that is, those kinds of items that old experts can judge from the auction catalog to be unreal.
Liu Yuanshan and the others are all wise. It is inevitable that high-quality imitations will be involved in auctions. Nowadays, there are major auctions. It can be said that they are a secret in the industry, so they turned a blind eye. But Liu Suifeng and Zhou Nanming dared to take out these too obvious imitations. Isn’t it obvious that they want to smash the sign of the Tiandi Auction Company and openly insult everyone’s IQ?
There is no need to discuss, or should I withdraw it.
Liu Suifeng was extremely troubled to renumber the items in the catalog. While the old men were not around, he complained to Liu Yuqing and the others, "Grandpa and the others are really good. Is it easy to collect these items with great effort? If the auction is full of authentic products, then everyone will be happy."
"You are doing too much, no wonder others." Liu Yuqing replied to him that she had a lot of arguments with Liu Suifeng and the others about this.
Liu Suifeng said, "You don't know that the current methods of fraud are thousands of miles away. Even if we have thousands of skills, we cannot guarantee that the appraisal will not go wrong or imitations will appear. Furthermore, the bidders should have their own judgment. If they are willing to buy, we cannot stop them! They are all our parents who are feeding and clothing."
"There is no easy appraisal? As you said, you might as well ask Zhou Nanming to do private contact with him, and why are you going to the auction?" Liu Yuqing argued.
"This is different. People like to bid at auctions! This is also a market need." Liu Suifeng said that the phenomenon he said is quite common.
Knowing that fake is fake, it is not an ulterior motive in the auction industry.
There are quite a lot of different channels here. The simplest one is that even if you are on the auction catalogue of an auction company, you can increase your exposure even if you cannot be auctioned. Sellers can also use the catalogue to show off, saying that they have been to the auction, which will increase the value of the items and deceive some collectors who are not very knowledgeable.
Some buyers and even experts may also specifically choose imitations from auctions to buy, because such imitations are actually not expensive, but they are auctioned by auction companies. It is like an extra layer of packaging and a layer of gold is used to give gifts, which is the most suitable one.
In addition, knowing that fakes can be used for money laundering, etc., and the interests in this matter are even more complicated. For example, those unknown auction companies suddenly sold hundreds of millions and hundreds of millions of dollars in a sky-high price. People who know the business basically have to ask questions in their hearts.
Liu Yuqing naturally knew these things very well, and she was too lazy to argue with him, just do her own job.
Zhou Xia only made soy sauce to show his attention, but he also knew that Liu Suifeng’s statement was actually quite reasonable. The current identification methods have developed too slowly compared to fraudulent methods.
Take paintings as an example. You can now use high-tech counterfeiting, scan the original authentic paintings into the computer, and then use Hehe software and means to finally print them out. The replicas produced in this way are fake and real, and they are not difficult to deceive many unprepared experts. But the key to the problem is that Liu Suifeng, you cannot use too shoddy imitations to defile people's attention! No wonder the old men can't stand it.
Liu Suifeng only dared to complain in front of them. After the old men had a good meal and rested for a while, he could only shut up and humbly accept the teachings of his elders.
During this period, Zhou Xiaban read the catalogue of this autumn auction, especially painting.
In terms of porcelain miscellaneous matters, Liu Yuqing is more cautious and steady in doing things. With Su Lao like Xu Zhendong, there are no items that need to be removed. At most, the words are modified. If the photos are not taken well enough, take a photo again.
Although Zhou Tong and others helped to make an appraisal on the painting side, this is true only when encountering some better items. Especially for modern art works, a large part of them are provided by Zhou Nanming's gallery, and only the two of them know the tricks.
What Liu Yuqing has always tried hard to strive for is the management and management of ancient Chinese painting works. She has no interest in modern art works, and she rarely visits the gallery run by Zhou Nanming.
After this incident, the elders of the Liu family also relaxed their voices, but the key point is to see how successful the autumn auction is.
Zhou Xia, who is the center of the vortex, was a little unaware of it. What he was thinking about was to do his own job as much as possible and to help Liu Yuqing as possible.
For him, the Tiandi Auction Company's autumn auction business does not require him to be concerned about it. He is more concerned about how to quickly increase his own practical experience.
Of course, it is also a very good learning opportunity now.
Liu Yuanshan and Zhou Tong and other old men commented on the items in the autumn auction. Zhou Xia should try his best to learn as much as possible. He also felt that his vision now is much greater than in the past.
This is also the benefit brought to him by the archaeological identification system. He has become much more confident. He can try his best to try any areas he did not want or was unable to contact with before. If his vision has not improved, he will seem too stupid.
Zhou Xia also felt that Liu Yuanshan and his team had quite high expectations for this autumn auction, because in addition to carefully agreeing on the marketing strategy of auctioning heavy equipment, they also had to launch personal relationships to spread the news.
Afterwards, several more items were removed. In Liu Yuanshan and the others' opinion, it would be unprofitable to affect the overall image of Tiandi Auction Company because of this little profit.
Zhou Xia only did some recording work until the sun sets, and finally decided on the matter of the auction catalogue. The old men still seemed to be a little impressed.
Zhou Xia could see that they gathered together and exchanged their experiences and thoughts with each other, and they were all quite different.
Then, he had a supper at the Liu family, and then helped Liu Yuqing and Liu Suifeng to sort out the electronic version of the auction catalog. He found a printing company to print it out, and after confirming that it was correct, he could officially carry out the publicity and marketing work of this autumn auction.
Because of the difficulty in collecting items, their auction catalogue came out late, so Liu Yuqing and Liu Suifeng, who were in charge of this work, were under great pressure on their shoulders.
In the end, when he sent Zhou Xia out, Liu Yuanshan repeatedly expressed his gratitude to him because he contributed these many lots of items to greatly enrich the autumn auction. If this autumn auction is successful, Zhou Xia will be the biggest contributor.
Chapter completed!