Tang He's evaluation of the Taoyuan Company was beyond everyone's expectations, including Feng Jing's.
No one had expected that the Star of China, a super rich man, would actually hold Taoyuan, a small Chinese company that was still unknown in the world, in such high regard. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, no one would have believed it.
Feng Jing was also surprised and happy. She calmed herself down and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Tang, for your high evaluation of our Taoyuan Company!"
There was a certain delay in the network. Tang He paused for two seconds, then continued to say with a smile, "In addition to my trust in the Taoyuan Company's products, I also have an agreement with a young friend. If the average price of the abalone sold at this auction exceeds three million Huaxia dollars, our Shengbang Group will be the sole distributor of the Taoyuan Company's abalone products in North America. I watched the entire live broadcast of the auction just now, and I'm very happy to see that we achieved our goal early! So … I have to get this last abalone no matter what. Otherwise, it won't be enough to express my excitement! Haha … "
The tycoons, bosses, and media reporters who came to participate in the auction were all stunned.
To be able to cooperate with a super tycoon like the Shengbang Group was a great thing that couldn't be asked for! Why did it sound like the Taoyuan Company was a little unhappy with Old Man Tang's tone, and even set a threshold? After reaching this threshold, Old Man Tang was still so happy, as if he had picked up ten thousand yuan?
Everyone felt that their brains were a little short.
Feng Jing naturally thought that Tang He's "young friend" was most likely Xia Ruofei.
She glanced at Xia Ruofei with a faint smile, only to see Xia Ruofei touch his nose awkwardly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Xia Ruofei saw it very clearly. When Tang He said those words, his eyes were staring at the camera. It was as if he was looking at himself when he said those words.
The old man was so bored that he watched the entire live broadcast. In the end, he couldn't help but spend 1.5 million US dollars to buy the biggest abalone. He even praised the Taoyuan Company in front of so many guests and reporters.
This was more effective than any advertisement!
It could be imagined that the major media would spend a lot of time reporting this detail tomorrow. After all, Tang He's wealth and influence were too great.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but laugh. This Old Master Tang was truly a wonderful person!
Feng Jing naturally thought of this, and she was also overjoyed. She forced herself to maintain a calm expression and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Tang, for your praise of our Taoyuan Company. Congratulations on successfully winning the auction!"
The whole auction ended with Feng Jing's simple interview with Tang He.
Feng Jing and Hengfeng Auction House's Dong Jiajun moved to the press conference room next door and held a press conference to answer the questions of the media reporters.
As for the delivery of these abalones, naturally, the staff of the auction house would be responsible for it.
Including Tang He's abalone, the auction house would take good care of it until Tang He sent someone to hand it over.
The total transaction value of this auction reached 81.5 million Hong Kong dollars and 1.5 million US dollars, which was equivalent to about 93.2 million Hong Kong dollars.
If all of it were converted into Huaxia dollars, the total transaction value would be about 78 million Huaxia dollars.
The commission of the auction house, according to the industry's standard, was about 15% to 30%. The ratio paid by the buyer and the seller were different. Under normal circumstances, the buyer paid more.
In this auction, according to Ma Xiong's intention, he didn't take a single cent and helped purely out of friendship.
However, Xia Ruofei still rejected Ma Xiong's good intentions. It was better for brothers to settle accounts clearly when doing business. Ma Xiong had already used his own resources to help Xia Ruofei. If Xia Ruofei didn't spend a single cent, Xia Ruofei felt that he wouldn't be able to get over it.
In the end, Ma Xiong couldn't resist Xia Ruofei's insistence. He could only give a discount on the standard fee and charge a 12% commission. The Taoyuan Company would pay 5% of the total transaction value, and the buyer would pay 7%.
For example, for an abalone bought for 5 million Hong Kong dollars, the buyer would pay 5.35 million Hong Kong dollars. The Taoyuan Company would pay a commission of 250,000 Hong Kong dollars to the auction house from this 5 million Hong Kong dollars. The actual income would be 4.75 million Hong Kong dollars.
This commission ratio was quite low for both the buyer and the seller.
So in the end, Xia Ruofei's Taoyuan Company actually earned 88.65 million Hong Kong dollars from this auction, which was equivalent to 74.23 million Huaxia dollars.
Just the 20 to 30 abalones that were experimentally bred in the Ring-Tu space brought more than 70 million to his company. Xia Ruofei was naturally very satisfied.
Of course, it was also because of Mr. Tang He's almost unreasonable price increase in the last round of the auction, which raised the total transaction value. If it had been a normal auction, it wouldn't have reached such a price.
Feng Jing went to deal with the reporters, and Xia Ruofei sat in the venue accompanied by Ma Zhiming, watching Ma Xiong personally send off the rich people one by one.
If it weren't for Xia Ruofei's reluctance to show his face in public, Ma Xiong would have been very willing to introduce Xia Ruofei to those rich people, whose combined wealth was more than half of Hong Kong's total wealth.
However, Xia Ruofei wanted to keep a low profile, so he just acted as a spectator during the entire auction.
After sending off the people, Ma Xiong walked over with a smile and said, "Xia Sheng, congratulations! Today's auction was an unprecedented success! Your Taoyuan Company really gained both fame and fortune this time! "
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Congratulations to you too! Mr. Ma, Hengfeng Auction House also shone in front of the Hong Kong media! "
"Haha! That's all thanks to Xia Sheng! "Ma Xiong said with a carefree smile.
He looked at the young man in his twenties in front of him, and his heart was filled with emotion and admiration. He remembered that when he was this age, he was still running a small business, while Xia Ruofei already had his own company. Just one auction alone had earned tens of millions.
Ma Xiong had to admit that the abalones that Xia Ruofei took out to auction this time were really attractive. If he hadn't bought two abalones in advance, and if the auction wasn't organized by his Hengfeng Group, he definitely wouldn't have been able to resist participating in the auction today.
Ma Xiong asked thoughtfully, "Xia Sheng, have you reached an agency agreement with Mr. Tang He?"
Xia Ruofei said with a wry smile, "It was a joke a few days ago. Mr. Tang also bought two one-headed abalones from me. The price of three million each was set by him at that time, and he also told me that if it was auctioned, the price would definitely be higher, so …"
Speaking of this, Xia Ruofei shrugged.
Ma Xiong asked, "If I didn't hear wrong, you are betting on the agency rights in North America, right?"
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "Yes."
Ma Xiong heard this and immediately asked, "Then Hong Kong …"
Xia Ruofei said with a wry smile, "Mr. Ma, our business in the abalone area hasn't been fully developed yet. It's just an idea … And even if we start to cultivate abalones in the future, it's definitely impossible for all of them to be one-headed abalones or two-headed abalones …"
"Of course, I know this!" Ma Xiong said with a smile.
Things were precious when they were rare. If one-headed abalones and two-headed abalones were so easy to cultivate, would the rich people at today's auction be fighting over them?
Ma Xiong continued, "But I'm still very interested in your company's abalones! Xia Sheng, if your Taoyuan Company starts to cultivate abalones, can you hand over the sales in Hong Kong to our Hengfeng Group? Our business in the sales of seafood is quite big, and we have a lot of channels … "
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but feel flattered when he heard this. His own project hadn't even started yet! Super rich people like Ma Xiong and Tang He were rushing to talk about cooperation.
For this auction, under Ma Xiong's personal instructions, Hengfeng Group naturally put in a lot of effort, so Xia Ruofei really couldn't refuse Ma Xiong's request.
Moreover, it was only in Hong Kong. Although there were more people in Hong Kong who liked seafood and the market was big, it was still a small place.
He thought for a while and said, "Since Mr. Ma is so kind, then we'll do as you say! Once we start to mass-cultivate abalones, I'll let my people contact you in advance! "
Ma Xiong heard this and said happily, "That's great! Xia Sheng, you don't know … Just now, the bosses in the seafood industry all came to me to ask for cooperation. Many of my old friends who couldn't attend the auction got the news from somewhere and kept calling me … The demand for seafood in Hong Kong is still very high! "
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "Then I'll have to ask Mr. Ma to take care of me in the future!"
"You're welcome! This is your business! "Ma Xiong said with a laugh.
"Right …" Xia Ruofei said, "Mr. Ma, our company's abalones production may still take time, but in the high-end market … We should still have room for cooperation!"
"Xia Sheng, what do you mean?" Ma Xiong's eyes showed a hint of interest.
"The one-headed abalones and two-headed abalones that are being auctioned today!" Xia Ruofei said, "I think if we hold one or two auctions a year, or even become a tradition, we should be able to create a huge brand effect!"
Ma Xiong showed a shocked expression and asked, "Xia Sheng, are you saying that you can provide more one-headed abalones and two-headed abalones?"
Xia Ruofei nodded with a smile and said, "If there aren't many, there shouldn't be a problem! Of course, this will also take time. "
"Yes, yes!" Ma Xiong said excitedly. "One-headed abalones and two-headed abalones are rare products. If there are too many, it will cause the price to drop. In addition, time is not a problem. Even if we only auction them once a year, as long as it becomes a regular practice, we can even monopolize the high-end abalones market!"
One-headed abalones didn't appear on the market for many years, and two-headed abalones were also quite rare. If Hengfeng Auction House could auction high-quality one-headed abalones and two-headed abalones every year, it could definitely be said to be a monopoly.
Because there was only one auction house, there was no other!
As long as this continued for one or two years, as long as people talked about high-end high-quality abalones, they would inevitably think of the Taoyuan Company and Hengfeng Auction House.
Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "Then it's settled! When the next batch of high-quality abalones comes out, I'll contact you in advance! "
After witnessing the huge success of the auction, he felt that it was too easy to earn money from high-end quality abalones. Today, he had only experimentally bred 20 to 30 abalones, and he had already earned nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
It wasn't difficult for Xia Ruofei to obtain one-headed abalones or two-headed abalones, especially when there weren't many of them. He could completely replicate the previous experimental breeding model and use the time flow of the Archean Realm to mass produce them.
It was just that the matter of changing the water was more troublesome. However, with Xia Qing taking care of all this in the space, if there weren't many abalones, Xia Qing would only need to work hard for a few days a year. It wasn't a problem at all.
Xia Ruofei and Ma Xiong hit it off and decided to prepare for such an auction on the eve of the Chinese New Year.
There was still about half a year before the Chinese New Year, and that was also the time when people were most enthusiastic about spending money. At the same time, the Chinese New Year was so festive, so those rich people definitely wouldn't mind spending a few million to buy high-quality abalones to add color to their reunion dinner.
While Ma Xiong and Xia Ruofei were chatting happily, the press conference next door finally ended.
The media reporters left one after another, rushing back to rush their articles and snatching the headlines.
Xia Ruofei was very assured about the press conference. The experienced Feng Jing would definitely be able to deal with all kinds of tricky questions from the reporters. Furthermore, she would be able to promote the Taoyuan Company in a timely manner.
When he saw a trace of a happy smile on Feng Jing's tired face, he knew that the press conference would be very successful. He couldn't help but look forward to the reports from the major media outlets the next day.
In fact, with such advanced information technology, there were already online media outlets reporting on the auction site.
However, large-scale reports, including some mainstream newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations, would definitely be published tomorrow.
Ma Xiong, who was in a good mood, held a celebratory banquet at Hengfeng Jiahua Hotel to reward the staff of Hengfeng Auction House who had participated in the preparation of this auction. Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing naturally attended the banquet.
Xiao Huanhuan, who had finished her morning classes, also followed Tian Huixin to the banquet.
Tian Huixin heard from Ma Zhiming about the auction in the morning and immediately congratulated Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing.
Xiao Huanhuan was definitely not concerned about the auction. She only knew that Brother Ruofei had finished his work and had time to play with her, so she was very happy.
During the banquet, the staff of Hengfeng Auction House naturally frequently toasted Ma Xiong. Xia Ruofei also walked to Feng Jing with a glass of wine and said with a smile, "Manager Feng, you have worked hard these days! Let me give you a toast! "
Feng Jing said with a faint smile, "I don't dare to accept a toast from the chairman! I should be the one toasting you … "
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