As for Su Maolin's case, the public security and procuratorate is still investigating. Not to mention the jail time, the minimum number of years is the one that is locked up for seven or eight years. Su Maolin is in his prime. If he had been locked up for so long, he would have been almost forty years old. He spent his most golden years in prison, and his life was basically ruined.

Su Xue Town has only Su Maolin, the son. Although Su Maolin is not good at doing well, he still implicates him and destroys his career. He still fights his life, gives his face, asks others in various ways, and tries to reduce Su Maolin's sentence. Just like Zhang Pei's reaction after Liu Chengyu caused a drunk driving accident.

Wu Qu said that after he returned to his hometown, he had received a call from Su Xue Town, "I don't know how he knew my number. He said on the phone that he was willing to give me 1 million and asked me to write a letter of understanding. I refused at once, and my work was about to be auctioned. If one piece of the characters sold for hundreds of thousands, would I still want him to have a million?"

Zhou Buli laughed, "Brother, I'm convinced you, why are you so confident! I think I can get one hundred thousand in my handwriting, so I'm thankful!"

Wu Qu disagreed, "You are just rude yourself. Your "Western Regions" was hung in the state banquet hall by Vice Minister Guo, and are you still worried that your works will not be sold at a high price?"

"Shh, I'm a little bit loud. This matter cannot be made public until the actual transaction price of my work comes out," Zhou Buli looked around. "The big guys at the upper level don't like us to hype with their reputation."

If Zhou Bukui released this news in advance in order to increase his value, his works would definitely be snatched up at the auction, but he would also seriously offend Vice Minister Guo, his "Western Regions" would definitely be returned, and he would also be blacklisted by those who like calligraphy. In the end, Zhou Bukui would not only fail to make money, but also lose his future.

The next afternoon, the autumn art auction will be held at the conference center of the Capital Panoramic Hotel. The auction is hosted by an auction company in the capital. The auction items include calligraphy, paintings and sculptures, with a total of more than 30 pieces, including no antiques or any famous works, all of which are new works by new people. The auction company released an auction preview online a month ago, introducing the items of the auction, and providing online and offline registration channels for buyers.

In the morning, Liu Lan and Zhou Bulu and Wu Qu had already arrived at this hotel. The staff of the calligraphy department of the auction company held a one-on-one "small meeting" for them, told the three of them the basic auction rules, and told them that the company's appraisers set a reasonable starting price for them based on various research, which cannot be changed, because the starting price has been written into the auction introduction and printed into a book, and will be distributed to the buyer at that time.

Liu Lan has three works in total that participated in the auction, namely two versions of "Yun Yang Ding" and woodcut "Wu Xie". Her first review of the work, "Heart is like a mirror, free and harmonious" was directly mailed back to Suyi by the exhibition because it was originally a gift from Liu Lan to Suyi. The owner was him, and he said he would not sell it!

The starting price of the seal carving version of "Yunyang Ding" is 90,000 yuan, the starting price of "Wuxie" is 850,000 yuan, and the lowest is the starting price of the regular script version of "Yunyang Ding" is only 350,000 yuan.

The staff member also honestly told Liu Lan that from a professional perspective, her regular script version of "Yunyang Ding" was written in a relatively immature manner and could be called a work of art, but it was still a little far from a real high-end calligraphy work, and the collection value was not great, so they set it a relatively conservative price of 350,000 yuan. Of course, if Liu Lan was a real calligrapher, her character could be called an early work, and there would still be collectors at high prices, which was an incalculable commercial value.

Liu Lan's seal script works are impeccable. "Wu Xie" is Liu Lan's award-winning work and should have been the highest price, but because the wood of the wooden table is too poor, the tabletop itself has cracks and flaws such as insect eyes on the legs, the appraiser gave a price lower than "Yunyang Ding".

After saying this, the staff member asked Liu Lan what her expected transaction price was.

Liu Lan was very satisfied with the starting price of these three. Her income from filming "The Sound of the Wind" was only 50,000, while the remuneration for "The Autumn Moon of the Han Palace" was originally agreed to be 120,000. Later, after she became the heroine, she could finally get 400,000 according to the agreement she signed with Lin Zhi. It is said that Fu Feiqian's salary is as high as 4 million, and the 3.6 million saved by the crew can make up for part of the losses in the reshoot.

Liu Lan told the auction company employees, "As long as the starting price is about 50,000 yuan, it's fine."

The employee smiled, "Your expected price is the most conservative one I have ever encountered since I started working. The starting price we set is already the lowest and lowest, which is definitely far lower than the final transaction price, so that we can attract more bidders in the early stage. I also explained the rules just now. The bidding ladder for your first two works is 8,000 yuan, and the bidding ladder for the latter one is 2,000 yuan. By yesterday's deadline, there were 1,043 bidders registered online and offline in our company, and 5% of them paid a deposit for your work, which means that at least 50 people will definitely participate in the auction."

The staff also worked as part-time auctioneer. He spoke very fast. When he was talking about the rules, Liu Lan was confused and now she couldn't figure out the situation. She asked what the bidding ladder was.

The staff saw that Liu Lan did not understand the auction industry at all, so they could only explain again patiently, "It is the amount of bidding increase, the latter must be higher than the former."

Liu Lan nodded repeatedly, "I understand, I understand."

The staff felt that Liu Lan was easy to get along with. When the leader arranged work and asked him to receive Liu Lan, he was worried that the other party was an internet celebrity and would have airs. Unexpectedly, she was a bit simple and cute like an ordinary little girl.

"Do I have to say the expected price?" Liu Lan asked.

"Yes, this way the auctioneer has a clear mind and can guide the bidder to slowly get closer to your expected price."

"Can you give me some advice?"

"I can't say this. If you make the worst prediction, the total transaction price of the three works is usually 400,000." He just considered Liu Lan's popularity and the number of registered buyers, and said that he was talking about a total value. He dared not mention such stakeholder suggestions casually. "But you can't raise the price too high, otherwise the final bid will not meet your expected price, and your work will fail to sell."

"What are the consequences of the failure to sell the film?"

"The works that failed to be sold will either be returned to you or will be auctioned for a second time. You can choose one of them, but they will be detrimental to your future development."

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Chapter completed!