Chapter 1768: An unprecedented auction

Ye Chen didn't expect that mentioning Jiqingtang would make Song Wanting choke with sobs.

Seeing this, he thought Song Wanting was sighing with emotion for the several twists and turns and hardships in the past, so he hurriedly comforted her: "The bad things are all in the past. You are now the head of the Song family, so you should be stronger and look forward."

Song Wanting nodded hurriedly, wiping her tears while laughing: "Sorry, Master Ye, let you see a joke..."

Ye Chen smiled knowingly: "I don't care, but Old Chen will be up soon. If he sees you like this, I don't know what he will think."

As he spoke, Ye Chen muttered to himself with some surprise: "By the way, why did this guy park the car for so long?"

At this time, downstairs at the Song Group.

Chen Zekai took a puff of his cigarette, watched the cigarette butt burn to the end, then raised his hand to look at his watch, and muttered in a low voice: "It's been almost 10 minutes, that should be enough, right?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but mutter: "The Young Master and Miss Song must have a lot of private words they don't want me to hear. Leaving them a little more time alone is always right."

After finishing, he immediately threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and took out another one from his pocket to relight it.

After finishing this cigarette, Chen Zekai went upstairs slowly and came to the door of Song Wanting's office.

He listened carefully at the door for a few seconds, and after finding no strange movements, he knocked on the door boldly.

Song Wanting had already recovered from the emotion just now, and hearing the knock, she said loudly: "Please come in!"

Chen Zekai then pushed the door in and said politely: "Young Master, Miss Song."

Ye Chen asked him in surprise: "Did you park the car back at Buckingham? Why did it take so long to come up?"

Chen Zekai hurriedly laughed twice and explained: "No, I just received a call when I wanted to come up, so I was delayed for a while."

As he spoke, he hurriedly asked: "Young Master, how did you and Miss Song talk?"

Ye Chen said: "Just talking about the auction. You and Wanting will take the lead then."

"No problem." Chen Zekai agreed without thinking and said to Song Wanting: "Miss Song, I don't know too much about antique auctions, so I might have to rely on you for this part. I will be responsible for the preliminary publicity, software development, and online launch, as well as the support for the entire auction site. You will have to check the specific process and execution links of the auction."

Song Wanting hurriedly said: "Mr. Chen, you don't have to be so polite with me. You always say 'you' and 'you', I really can't afford it."

As she spoke, she added: "As for the specific process and execution links of the auction, there is definitely no problem with me operating it, but what I am most worried about now is the selection of auction items..."

Ye Chen asked: "What specific problems are there in the selection of auction items?"

Song Wanting's expression was somewhat embarrassed and said: "To tell you the truth, although Jiqingtang's reputation in the Jin Ling antique market is not small, looking at the national collection market, it is only second or third-rate. Therefore, our customer resources and auction item resources are not very good, and the collection resources we can find are also relatively average. When the time comes to set up the stage for the Rejuvenating Pill, I am afraid it will be a bit unpresentable..."

Speaking of this, she added: "Jiqingtang's current treasure of the shop is a genuine work of Mr. Qi Baishi, but that painting can't be considered Mr. Qi Baishi's representative work, so its market value is only about 80 million..."

After Ye Chen finished listening, he couldn't help but laugh: "I thought it was something, so it was for this that you were worried."

Song Wanting said very seriously: "Whether an auction is high-end or not mainly depends on the value of the collections it takes out. Although the Rejuvenating Pill will definitely be auctioned for a sky-high price, if other accompanying auction items are relatively average, I am afraid it will lower the grade of the Rejuvenating Pill and smear your reputation, Master Ye..."

Ye Chen laughed: "This is too easy to solve."

After finishing, Ye Chen paused and said confidently: "When you promote the auction, add another collection solicitation information, welcoming everyone who signs up for the auction to take out the most valuable piece from their own collection and join this auction."

Song Wanting said hesitantly: "Master Ye, those who can afford the Rejuvenating Pill are probably the richest people in the world. They buy collections like Pixiu, only entering and not exiting. I have never heard that they would take out their own collections to participate in the auction, unless it is some charity auction activity."

Speaking of this, Song Wanting added: "But when they participate in charity auctions, they can't take out the most expensive collections. Generally, they take out collections worth several hundred thousand to several million US dollars. The money obtained from the auction is directly donated to the charity fund."

Chen Zekai also agreed and said: "Young Master, that group of rich people buy collections just like ordinary old ladies go to the vegetable market to buy cabbage. Even if their homes are piled up like mountains, they won't sell them. At most, they spend some money to set up a museum and then put all their products into the museum for public exhibition. It is indeed rare to hear that they are willing to take out their collections for sale. What's more, you still want them to take out the most valuable piece of collection. I am afraid they won't respond at all."

Ye Chen laughed: "This matter is not difficult. When the publicity starts, you release the wind to the outside world, saying that the organizer will select twenty most representative collections from the signed-up collections for auction. When the time comes, everyone participating in the auction will vote anonymously for these twenty collections. At the end of the auction, the organizer will count the votes publicly on the spot, and the owner of the collection with the most votes will receive an extra quarter of a Rejuvenating Pill!"

Speaking of this, Ye Chen said with a bit of contempt in his eyes: "The vast majority of rich people don't necessarily really understand art and collection. They just like to use sky-high collections to show off their force and wealth, or use collection to seek asset appreciation. Once there is a higher interest temptation, they won't care about external things like collections. They will definitely take out their most precious things."

Song Wanting hurriedly said: "Master Ye... even a quarter of a Rejuvenating Pill is extremely precious. Using it for this matter, will it be a bit wasteful..."

Ye Chen waved his hand and said: "If you want to make a big scene, you still have to take out this bit of cost. Imagine, if the twenty collections we select that day are all top-tier artworks worth over 100 million US dollars, plus the final Rejuvenating Pill, then this auction will definitely be unprecedented and unrepeatable. Once this auction comes out, I am afraid that for a long time to come, those top auction houses will be afraid that no one will dare to organize any auctions!" ===== CHAPTER 1769 =====