Chapter 928

Tricolor pottery has a profound influence on China's ceramic art, especially the tricolor of Tang Dynasty, which is an epoch-making milestone in the history of ceramics. In addition, the tricolor of Tang Dynasty is more in line with the aesthetic concept of foreigners. Therefore, many foreigners like the tricolor of Tang Dynasty very much, and some of them have almost reached the level of totem worship.

However, domestic collectors prefer to collect blue and white porcelain. It was based on this that Chu Chen had an idea.

Then he said, "it's better for us to buy cultural relics abroad than for those who are scattered abroad. Besides, you think those foreigners are good people! In foreign countries, even in some large auctions, counterfeits are common

"It's impossible, isn't it?" Gu Gongyi felt that Chu Chen's words were hard to believe.

"This is because you don't know much about antiques. Some of the tricky things at the auction will scare you..."

Chu Chen chuckles. Considering that Gu Gongyi is half a person in the antique industry, he usually only studies porcelain. He doesn't know much about many things in the antique industry, so he introduces some of the tricky things in foreign auctions to Gu Gongyi.

Generally speaking, the main revenue of most auction houses comes from the commission fee. The domestic auction houses generally have a commission of 5-15%, while the Commission of large international auction companies is even higher. Therefore, for auction companies, raising the transaction price can not only charge more commission, but also gather famous buyers and sellers to improve their popularity, which is a good thing for both fame and wealth.

There are many ways to raise the transaction price. First, set up a bureau on the spot to hang big fish and raise the transaction price. In general, special nurseries will be set up on the spot to create a tense atmosphere of multi person bidding for the auction items, and the rich who do not know the auction items or the inside information of the auction will be taken the bait.

When such "big fish" enter the auction house, they will pay more attention to the "cover" of the catalogue of the auction house because they don't understand the quality of the auction house. On it are usually some exquisite and "extraordinary" auction pieces, as well as the calligraphy and painting works of the leading artists.

So there are many ways to distinguish customers in auction houses, one of which is what they call "cover buyers". Naturally, such buyers must pay tuition fees to the auction house. But these buyers are not fools. Now, with more and more information about the auction, the number of such big fish is gradually decreasing.

Second, the buyer and the seller have reached an agreement in private. The scene is just a show, allowing the price to rise to 18000 Li, and finally paying or not paying according to the price decided in advance. Among them, the interests of the auction company and the buyer and the seller are the same. What we want is the "name" or the longer-term interests.

In the news, we often hear where the auction house has made a surprise price. If we carefully check the collector's foundation, the main business may be real estate and other industries, which hides a longer chain of interests. In a word, they are good at "empty handed White Wolf", as for what, you can imagine freely.

Third, false auctions, which earn commissions from the pockets of those who fish for fame and money laundering, are common in large and medium-sized auction companies.

There are several purposes of false auction: first, some artists who want to become famous use the auction to set their own price in the secondary market. In order to take a shortcut to fame, they submitted their works to the auction company for auction, negotiated the Commission in advance, and then invited friends to do the auction on the spot, obtained the auction record, and bought a ticket for their works to go to the high market.

The reason for this is that many collectors now aim at investment, and they prefer the money behind art. Therefore, shopping is not to see the quality of the work with the eyes, but to listen to the price with the ears. This way is popular, so some young artists put their capital and energy into it, and they can really earn a lot of platinum, but the value of art is ultimately determined by their works.

The second way is to use auction to launder money. It's not hard for people to guess who they use this method to launder money. Generally, they find a work at random and present it to the auction house to make the transaction records expected by both parties. The auction company charges a certain amount of commission, and the huge amount of money turns white.

Finally, there is another major item, which is what Chu Chen said earlier. Auction houses deliberately purchase fake products for sale, in pursuit of maximum profits. There is also a saying in the industry, which is called "if you don't sell fake goods, the auction house will close down.". In fact, it makes a lot of sense to think about it. If there are no fakes, how can there be so many rare products circulating in the market all the time?

Usually, international auction houses make these fake porcelains with thousands or tens of thousands of Yuan soar to the price of hundreds of millions by compiling "stories". They are resourceful, but also let Chu Chen feel some anger is that they will use "burn the Old Summer Palace", "Eight Allied forces" and other marketing rhetoric to attract the attention of the domestic government and business, direct domestic buyers.

"As far as I know, the well-known auction houses at home and abroad send specialists to the porcelain capital every year to negotiate with the high imitators here, and then the imitations are sold through various means of circulation."

Chuchen said with a smile: "because according to the auction law, auction companies are not allowed to auction items belonging to auction companies, but there are still many auction companies trying to put the ownership of the collection in their own name before the auction, so that the auction companies can earn the price difference and commission together."Hearing this, Gu Gongyi suddenly said: "boss, after listening to what you said, I think of one thing. Last month, an acquaintance of mine went there with a boss and said that if I made the official kiln porcelain of the third generation of gaofangqing, the other side's tone was very strong. He said that if I did it well, I could come to order it every year, and the price was quite good.

"I told the boss at that time that I wouldn't do anything that I didn't want to keep. He advised me a few words. Seeing that I didn't agree, he left angrily. Now, judging from his dress and behavior, the man is probably also from the auction company. However, are these people not afraid that buyers will settle accounts with them when they do so? "

Chuchen said with a smile: "auction houses have all kinds of evasive measures. If we really find him, we can solve it. It's not so difficult as climbing to heaven, and it's not so different. I will show you the book "auction Sotheby's" published by British journalist Peter Watson one day, and you will know the virtue of international auction companies. "

Hearing this, Gu Gongyi couldn't help cursing: "MD, these foreign devils who eat people and don't spit bones! Boss, I agreed to what you said! "

After listening to Chu Chen's talk about the dark scenes of the auction house, Gu Gongyi's hesitation suddenly disappeared. As Chu Chen said, no matter how much money can contribute to the return of cultural relics, it's better than those buyers' money to foreigners.

"Good!" Chuchen said with a smile: "however, this matter can't be seen after all. As for the cost of Tang Sancai, don't go away from the fund of the laboratory. I'll give it to you separately. Besides, you have to keep it a secret. You'd better not tell your family about it. "

After all, it's to take things abroad for sale. Although he will take things to Nannan at that time, the process will be kept secret and there will be no clues for him to participate in it. But there is an old saying that if anyone wants to know, he can't do it unless he wants to. If someone really wants to check, even if there is no evidence, he can still be suspected.

At that time, those people have nothing to do with him, but Gu Gongyi is unlucky. Can't let him protect Gu Gongyi all the time?

Now, Wu Ke and Hu Yong are sure not to talk nonsense among the people on the bus. In addition, the driver of the car is also the one sent by Chu Chen to prevent the leakage of Mao porcelain formula. Today, he is sure that this will not be reported. Therefore, it was Gu Gongyi who worried Chu Chen.

Gu Gongyi also knew that it was related to his own safety. He immediately nodded his head solemnly and said, "boss, don't worry. I won't say one more word about it in front of outsiders..."

Next, Chu Chen had Gu Gongyi discuss some details of the incident, as well as the development direction of the ceramic laboratory. Soon, the car arrived in front of Gu Gongyi's kiln.

After getting Gu Gongyi off the bus, the driver took them to CIDU airport.

Although Chu Chen returned to Beijing on a plane from Shanghai Stock Exchange to Beijing, he stopped at Beijing airport before 5 p.m.

After getting off the plane, Chu Chen directly takes Wu Ke home and Hu Yong back, so that he can go back to his hometown early to take care of Li Xiaoping. He told him that when he got married, Wu Ke and he would be there for sure. Then he drove back to his home.

Because today is Saturday, his sister Chu Yulan is also at home. Seeing Chu Chen coming back, the whole family is very happy. They all ask him what he has gained from this trip. Chu Chen also tells his family about some of the things that happened.

In a word, Chu Chen's trip to the star city and the porcelain capital brought him a lot of benefits. Not to mention the precious antiques he got during the trip, it brought him at least two benefits.

First, Chu Chen's status in the national antique collection field was basically established. Based on his performance at the exchange meeting, he believed that, at least in the circle, ordinary people would no longer question his level of identification. Moreover, because of the theft, he showed a strong background, even if the wood show in Lin, there is no wind dare to blow him.

The second advantage is that Chu Chen established a development direction based on the ceramic Laboratory (Research Institute), setting up ceramic stores and promoting Chinese ceramic culture.

Because of this goal, Chu Chen decided to focus on museums, ceramic companies and jadeite in the future. Among them, museums are mainly used to promote Chinese culture, while ceramic companies are mainly used to promote Chinese ceramic culture and make money, while chuchen's jade business is only used to provide him with financial convenience.