At this moment, Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager, who was standing to the side below the stage, looked even more delighted.
One should know that Jiang Cheng had originally held a standard invitation.
That invitation was issued by the Overseas Chinese Company and had nothing to do with him personally.
It was he who, because of Jiang Cheng's status, had temporarily arranged for Jiang Cheng to be in the first row.
Thus, Jiang Cheng's status had also changed to that of a guest invited by him personally.
Most of the items in this auction were provided by their Overseas Chinese Company, while a small portion was provided by other sellers.
However, their company had commissioned Poly Auction House to host the proceedings of this auction.
Huaqiao Company was just an investment company, whereas holding an auction involved aspects that were extremely complex and professional.
It required not only hiring various professional appraisal agencies to first authenticate the products.
Then, there was the exhibition and promotion of the auction items, as well as the setup of the auction venue.
The auctioneers, floor staff, on-site security, and the logistics for transporting various goods after the transactions.
All of these required a significant amount of professional labor and time.
And although he was the Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager of their Overseas Chinese Company, there was a rule at the auction.
As a partner of the auction, if you invited someone to bid on items at the auction, you would receive a commission.
In other words, as long as Jiang Cheng won items at this auction, he would receive a commission of two percent of the hammer price.
As for why there were these service fees and commissions?
Only those who have attended auctions would know.
Auctions always require the collection of certain commissions and handling fees.
Moreover, these handling fees are very high.
After all, auction houses rely on these fees to operate.
Take the two items Jiang Cheng just won as an example.
The price of these two individual items did not exceed 10 million.
When the price is under 10 million, the commission charged is generally twenty percent of the item's price.
That is to say, Jiang Cheng won this Blue-Glazed Hexagonal Bottle for 7.5 million.
Upon final delivery, he would not only have to pay the 7.5 million but also a service fee of 1.5 million to Poly Auction House.
And Poly Auction House would extract a 2% profit from this 20% service fee to give to Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager, as the middleman.
And when your auction amount exceeds ten million, the service fee drops to 12.5%.
Although the percentage is lower, upon closer calculation, such high service fees are still daunting.
This is why they say when the gavel strikes, gold flows in by the tens of thousands.
Because the service fees are indeed ridiculously expensive,
For Jiang Cheng's two previous orders, with Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager's 2% commission, he directly earned 194,000.
Although as the Planning Department Manager of Huaqiao Company, his original salary and bonuses were not low.
But even a mosquito's leg is meat; moreover, this was meat gained for free unexpectedly.
Besides, the auction has only just begun.
Perhaps if Jiang Cheng wins a big one later, he'll make a fortune.
He had merely exchanged Jiang Cheng's invitation for a private VIP one, and this move gave him infinite possibilities—wasn't that sweet?
After Jiang Cheng won another two items in a row, Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager, could no longer contain himself.
Because by now, his commission had reached 400,000.
He immediately grabbed an exclusive picture catalog of the auction proceedings and then trotted over to Jiang Cheng's side, stooping low.
Because Jiang Cheng's seat was a temporary arrangement, he and Yu Xiaoxiao were seated at the far right of the first row.
Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager, was very glad he had arranged it this way; if they were in the middle, he wouldn't have felt comfortable running out there.
This side position was less likely to attract attention.
He obsequiously stooped and handed the catalog to Jiang Cheng.
"Chairman Jiang, this is the auction sequence for the items. It contains some introductions, prices, and pictures of today's items. Please have a look."
Looking at Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager, crouching at his feet, Jiang Cheng felt a bit puzzled.
There were quite a few people sitting in the first row.
According to Jiang Cheng's observation, the identities of those middle-aged people sitting in the center must be quite extraordinary.
The guests who boarded the ship for the auction today were all meticulously dressed.
Among them, the very plump middle-aged woman sitting in the center was particularly glamorously dressed.
She was wearing a full set of emerald jewelry.
Under the lights, the purity and luster of that jewelry set were top-tier, emitting a very charming deep green glow.
Jewelry of this quality was clearly worth at least several hundred million.
Wearing several hundred million on her person—she truly was a big shot sitting in the center of the first row.
And why was Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager, fawning over him instead of those big shots?
His attitude was clearly a case of preferential treatment.
Was there some benefit he wanted to gain from me?
Although Jiang Cheng was confused, he saw that his Danger Perception Skill gave no warning.
So he simply let it be.
Taking the catalog from Li Zewei, Planning Department Manager, Jiang Cheng handed it directly to Yu Xiaoxiao.
"See if there's anything you like?"
Yu Xiaoxiao flipped through the catalog: "I've seen all of these. I'm not interested in antiques, most of the watches are for men, and while the jewelry is pretty, I don't think it suits me. However, I think some would be quite suitable for your mother, especially some of the emerald diamond rings and bracelets."
Yu Xiaoxiao had already long considered Jiang Cheng her man.
Everything she thought of was from his perspective, so she naturally felt that Jiang Cheng buying these things for her would be expensive.
Thus, being very sensible, she didn't say what she wanted.
Jiang Cheng saw through Yu Xiaoxiao's little thoughts, squeezed her palm, and said, "I'm going to win everything at tonight's auction unless the price premium is too high, so feel free to choose boldly."
After Jiang Cheng said this, not only was Yu Xiaoxiao shocked, but even Wang Congcong on the side couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Originally, his interest wasn't very high.
Because he generally had no interest in this kind of occasion.
To him, coming to such an event was not as good as going home to play games with friends or watching beauties on live streams.
However, seeing Jiang Cheng win several items in a row, Wang Congcong felt that this trip was worth it after all.
He had taken the initiative to come to this event with Jiang Cheng just to get closer to them.
Seeing Jiang Cheng bidding so enthusiastically, he also felt a bit excited.
"You want to buy everything?? You think you're grocery shopping??"
In his shock, Wang Congcong forgot to control his volume.
When he said that, everyone present couldn't help but focus their gaze on Jiang Cheng.
Although they were somewhat skeptical of Wang Congcong's words, they couldn't help but feel shocked.
After all, Jiang Cheng had already very conspicuously won five items in a row.
"Not exactly; I'll bid as long as the price is right."
After all, grocery shopping costs money, but buying these things doesn't.
Jiang Cheng didn't say that last part out loud.
However, Jiang Cheng's nonchalant attitude once again caused the people present to gasp.
Even the big shots sitting in the center of the first row turned their heads to glance at Jiang Cheng.
After all, everyone attends an auction because they are more or less interested in one or even several items, but then you say you want to win them all.
This young man is a bit too arrogant!