Chapter 338 King Crab

"What's the price of red wine here?"

"The lowest price is several thousand yuan per bottle, and there are also tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. As I said, the key is to see the eye. If you are not an expert, it is best to buy cheap ones, and the chance of making money is greater.

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Sister Wang introduced very patiently.

Xu Dong nodded.

Of course, his target is not red wine. Besides, his family is not short of wine. For this auction, he brought a full 1.5 million in cash.

Including the backpack, it is almost 40 kilograms.

If it is not too heavy, 10 million is not a problem. In general, there are still many good things at this auction. .

Xu Dong's main target today is the king crab.

This time he was lucky, and there were more than 800 king crabs on the auction, all of which came from the United States.

The North Pacific Ocean was unsealed at the end of March.

These king crabs are probably the first batch of this year's harvest, so the number is far more than before, but it was unexpected that they were finally seized by the customs.

For "luxury goods" like king crabs, the customs import tariff is usually as high as more than 500%, almost ten times that of normal years.

Because of the huge profits, smuggling is so rampant.

"Sister Wang, is it common here to bid privately like you?" Xu Dong asked.

"It shouldn't be common. In fact, there are rarely good goods at auctions. Most of them are things that are not common in life and have no market.

Don't look at the many people who came today. They all came for king crabs. Usually there are less than half of them. In Yanjing, there is no shortage of rich people at any time." Sister Wang sighed.

"Sister Wang, do you want to make a move? ”

Sister Wang shook her head: "I am just a salaried worker, how can I have the financial strength? Besides, king crabs are too precious, it is easy to lose them, and the risk is too great. ”

"What was the price of king crabs in the past?"

"I remember there was an auction in October last year, the starting price was ten, and the final transaction price was around 500,000 yuan." Sister Wang recalled.

"Fifty thousand yuan for one?" Xu Dong was a little shocked.

He checked the information before coming here. A king crab is about three pounds. Converted into a unit price, this is much more expensive than pork, almost 20,000 per pound!

Of course, pork is now out of stock, and there is no stock even if you want to buy it. King crabs can still be bought, so it is normal to be a little more expensive.

Sister Wang explained: "In the past two years, deep-sea fishing has become more and more difficult, and the harvest has become less and less, so the price has remained high. If you don't eat it now, you won't be able to eat it in the future. ”

"In addition to seafood, is there meat at the auction? "

"Of course there is. I heard that people in the United States and Canada like to eat steak, so they built a lot of indoor farms, and the customs occasionally seized some smuggled beef.

However, the beef that can be auctioned only appears a few times a year. Most of it goes into the canteens of government agencies. Maybe you, Xiao Xu, have eaten it too!"

Xu Dong shook his head firmly. He definitely hasn't eaten it. Maybe his level is not high enough!

Sister Wang smiled and looked at the big backpack at Xu Dong's feet meaningfully and said: "Xiao Xu, it seems that you are well prepared today. Can you not fight with me for the red wine later?"

"Don't worry, Sister Wang, I'm not interested in red wine, and I will definitely not compete with you." Xu's mother quickly assured.

"Sister is right, Xiao Xu, you are indeed a big businessman. Tell me honestly, are you here for that batch of king crabs? "

"Hehe..."

Xu Dong smiled.

...

At ten o'clock in the morning, the auction officially began.

Before the auction, a senior leader of the General Administration of Customs went on stage and gave a ten-minute speech. The content was very clear, asking everyone to participate rationally, do what they can according to their own strength, and cherish their own budgets.

Xu Dong summarized it.

In plain words, everyone present is one of us, so don't hurt the harmony. There are also people from above who are watching closely, so don't use public funds for personal purposes.

Of course, "independent" bidders like Xu Dong are not within the scope of restrictions. Customs still wants to rely on them to recover funds, so how could they destroy their own skills?

After some preparation, the first auction item was put out. Because it was inconvenient to go on stage, the explanation video could only be played through the projector.

"80% new Cadillac XT6, four-wheel drive luxury six-seater, 20 units, starting price 20 million, each increase of not less than 100,000. "

"21 million. "

Someone immediately made a bid. With the discontinuation of private cars, official cars became scarce. For example, many senior executives of the power company where Xu Dong worked did not have cars.

Either wait in line or pay for it yourself.

"Twenty-one million and two hundred thousand."

"Twenty-one million and five hundred thousand."

In less than five minutes, the price was raised to thirty million, and only three companies were left competing.

A large plant factory, a seawater desalination plant, and a coal production company are all leaders in the industry that are related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

In the end, the twenty cars were bought by Daxia Energy Investment Group for thirty-two million and five hundred thousand yuan.

In the next few rounds of auctions, more than one hundred cars were sold one after another. There was rarely any vicious competition at the scene, and everyone looked like they were making money in harmony.

It was half past eleven.

The king crab that Xu Dong had been longing for finally appeared. As Sister Wang introduced, the auction started in groups of ten, and there were a total of eighty-three groups.

Due to the large number of items, this auction is divided into two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with 48 groups in the morning and 35 groups in the afternoon.

Looking at the excited Xu Dong, Sister Wang couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on him:

"Xiao Xu, don't bid in the morning, there are big backgrounds behind them, and it's time for us to make a move in the afternoon."

"What background? In this environment, no one should dare to test the law, right?" Xu Dong said calmly.

"Although government agencies don't dare, others do, such as consulates of various countries, some politicians and celebrities who come to our country for refuge, and some important scientific research units, etc., are not within the scope of restrictions."

Ration distribution emphasizes absolute fairness, so domestically produced food must not be moved, and can only be distributed according to big data.

As for things that are not produced domestically, because they are not within the distribution range, they can be handled flexibly, so that fairness can be taken into account and public anger can be avoided.

Xu Dong sighed: "Is there such a saying? No wonder it is divided into two sessions. I thought it was to keep us!"

"Why sigh? Anyway, there are quite a few in the afternoon. You will definitely win a group." Sister Wang comforted.

Xu Dong pulled the corner of his mouth. His plan was to buy at least 20 king crabs. There were many people in his family, so he would just try a group.

Since he wanted to buy, he would buy as much as he wanted.

"Sister Wang, are the prices of the two auctions the same?"

Sister Wang shook her head: "How can it be the same? Generally, the competition here is much more intense, and the price is usually more than doubled."

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