blenderwars Chapter 1312 Housing Fair
Chapter 1312 Housing Fair
Su Xing raised an eyebrow when he saw that the message was from Shen Bai.
She thought it was a message from He Xu.
Her fingers flew across the screen as she typed, quickly sending a message back to the other party.
Can't I stay awake? "Hello, Mr. Shen. I'm at the studio, not too busy."
Mr. Shen, an antique dealer: "I happen to be in Haidian District. If it's convenient for you tonight, how about we grab some time for dinner?"
Su Xing thought for a moment and realized that he and Shen Bai hadn't seen each other for quite a while. During the Chinese New Year, they exchanged two messages to wish each other a happy new year.
Friendships also require careful management and maintenance.
She remembered that she didn't have anything urgent to deal with that evening, so she decided to agree.
Can I stay asleep? "Sure, that's convenient."
After exchanging a few words, the two quickly agreed on a time and place.
Afterwards, Su Xing sent another message to He Xu.
Can't you stay asleep? "What are you doing, handsome?"
He Xu took a moment to reply to her with a few words.
Xu: "I have something to do, I'll be back later."
Can't I stay asleep? "Shen Bai asked me to have dinner with him tonight, so I might be back late."
Xu: "Okay, don't drink alcohol."
It's normal for a girlfriend to have her own social life, especially since she and the man from the Shen family occasionally have business dealings.
He certainly wouldn't be jealous for no reason, especially since his girlfriend had already informed him beforehand.
However, while he understood, he still didn't want her to drink alcohol when having dinner with other men; it was best to remain sober in such situations.
Can I stay asleep? "Okay, I'll drive out in a bit, and I definitely won't drink."
After they finished talking, they went about their own business.
Su Xing checked the time and saw it was almost five o'clock, so he shut down the computer, got up, and started getting dressed.
She left the studio and went directly to the restaurant where she and Shen Bai had arranged to meet.
Traffic was congested in the evening, and even though the restaurant they had arranged to meet was not far away, her car was still moving at a snail's pace.
When Su Xing arrived at the restaurant, he checked the time and realized he was alright; he wasn't late.
Fortunately, she set off a little earlier.
She found an empty parking space, parked her car, got out, and went into the restaurant.
"Hello, may I ask how many guests are in your party?" the greeter politely asked Su Xing.
Su Xing said, "You two."
She gave him the private room number that Shen Bai had sent her.
A hostess came over and led Su Xing to a private room.
Shen Bai had just arrived.
He smiled when he saw Su Xing come in.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Su Xing smiled and said, "Long time no see."
"Sit down quickly," Shen Bai said to Su Xing.
Su Xing walked to the opposite side of Shen Bai, took off his coat, and sat down.
The two ordered their food and chatted while waiting.
They ask each other how they've been doing lately.
After a while, all the dishes were served, and the two began to eat.
During the meal, Shen Bai finally brought up the real reason for his meeting with Su Xing.
He and Su Xing hadn't seen each other for a long time, and he wanted to meet and chat. Secondly, he wanted to invite Su Xing to an antique and real estate fair.
Shen Bai said, "There's a private antique fair next week. Are you interested in going?"
Upon hearing this, Su Xing's eyes lit up immediately. "Antiques and Real Estate Fair? I've never been to one before. I've heard it's very interesting. What time is it next week? Where is it held?"
The antique room fair, also known as the bed fair, is an antique trading fair held in a hotel room.
Merchants would book hotel rooms, using beds and tables as display stands to showcase their goods, allowing buyers to browse the rooms, negotiate prices privately, and complete transactions on-site.
The venue is usually an entire floor of a hotel or the guest rooms of an entire hotel building, depending on the scale of the trade fair.
Exhibitors can book rooms in advance, set up their stalls during the day, and go to sleep at night.
Buyers visiting the exhibition can view each room by floor and room number, and can directly purchase and negotiate prices privately.
These housing fairs typically last three to five days.
In terms of categories, it has everything from porcelain, jade, calligraphy and paintings, ancient coins, antiques, miscellaneous items, and raw jewelry.
It differs greatly from antique markets, street stalls, and auctions, offering better privacy, closer proximity, hands-on experience, flexible negotiation, no counters, and no commission.
Before I woke up, I had heard that in some hotels near Panjiayuan and Shilihe, there would occasionally be bed-sharing events spontaneously organized by collectors or merchants.
She's been wanting to find an opportunity to go shopping.
Now that Shen Bai was talking about it, she naturally became interested.
Moreover, the "private real estate fair" that Shen Bai mentioned must be a high-end event.
These private exchange events are exclusive and invitation-only, typically requiring collectors to be qualified, recommended by regular customers, or have their collections pre-approved for entry.
Without Shen Bai's recommendation, it would have been very difficult for her to get in.
Shen Bai smiled and said, "I knew you would be interested. The event will be held next Wednesday to Friday at Xinggong International."
Upon hearing that it wasn't the weekend, Su Xing immediately became conflicted again, "What time period is it? I have some classes during the day..."
Shen Bai said, "It's from nine in the morning to nine at night. If you have classes during the day, you can go and have a look around after you finish your classes."
Su Xing nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I'll go!"
Upon hearing that it was being held at Xinggong International, she became even more certain that this antique and real estate fair was a high-end event.
The target audience for these exchange meetings is highly specific, consisting mainly of seasoned private collectors, family collection institutions, art investors, and other buyers, and is mostly a meeting of experts with other experts.
Inventory for a single room typically starts at a million, and million-level single items and tens of millions of transactions are quite common.
A team of authoritative appraisal experts will be specially invited to oversee the entire process, providing appraisal and valuation services.
Although Su Xing had bought almost all the antiques at low prices, the items at these trade fairs were too expensive, and there might not be any room for finding bargains.
But it's good to broaden your horizons in the past.
Shen Bai said, "Okay, when the housing fair starts, call me in advance to let me know what time you're going."
Su Xing said, "Okay."
Shen Bai added, "If you have any items you'd like to trade, you can put them in our exhibition room."
It's definitely too late for Su Xing to book a room now.
Moreover, according to his understanding, Su Xing probably doesn't have many collectibles; she usually sells the good items she finds very quickly.
Su Xing thought for a moment and said, "I do have an ancient book that I want to sell, but it's a bit damaged and I haven't finished repairing it yet. I'll try to repair it in the next couple of days, and if I don't have enough time, then forget it."
Shen Bai nodded and said, "Alright, there's no rush. If we can't make a sale at this housing fair, there's always next time, or we can go through an auction."
He was too embarrassed to say directly that if the goods were of good quality, they would be happy to accept them from Zhenbaozhai.
After discussing the housing fair, Shen Bai inquired about Su Xing's team's comics.
"Is your comic about traditional opera coming to an end?"
“Yes,” Su Xing asked Shen Bai, “How did you know?”
Shen Bai smiled and said, "I read that comic. It's quite good. This kind of Chinese comic is more suitable for Chinese people to watch. I think it's more meaningful than those Japanese comics."
Su Xing was somewhat surprised, "You... you've also been following the serialization of 'The Spiritual Path of Opera'?"
"Ahem..." Shen Bai was a little embarrassed, "Yes, I'm also a big fan of your comic."
Su Xing was a real surprise. Shen Bai is so busy, how could he have time to read comics?
However, her comic only updates two chapters a week, and he follows the serialization, so a week doesn't seem to take much time.
Thinking about it that way, it doesn't seem so strange.
She smiled and said, "I'm honored that you like our comics. The last volume will be published soon, and I'll send you the whole set when it's published."
Shen Bai immediately made a request, "Then you have to give me a few more sets, my niece likes them very much too. Oh, and I want them signed."
Su Xing readily agreed, "Of course!"
Shen Bai then asked, "By the way, have you sold the rights to this comic yet?"