book eye

Chapter 34
In the afternoon, in the bedroom at home.

Sitting on a small bench, Liu Xing was silently working on his work—appreciating books.

There were only two days left before the three-day appointment with Huang Caiyun, so Liu Xing had to seize the time to appraise some more books.In the morning, he bought more than 3000 waste books and was busy appraising them, hoping to find good ones.

"The Wandering Singer's Woman", musical novel, none, matching 1.4%;

"The First Tyrant of Eternity", historical novel, none, matching degree 0.2%;

"Machina", science fiction, none, matching 1.2%;

……

One waste book after another was flipped through in the hands, and each book was handled in about five seconds, just like the work of an assembly line.

Every useless book is a hope, but unfortunately, it all ends in disappointment.Liu Xing has tested more than 1500 copies, but only found two romance novels, worth only more than 1000 yuan.

Today's luck seems to be worse than yesterday.

However, Liu Xing's mood was not affected too much, because he knew that there was a certain chance in the search for books. When the base of waste books was relatively small, it was difficult to guarantee that he would be able to make money, and there was no need to pay too much attention to temporary losses.

Just when Liu Xing was unprepared, at this moment, a blockbuster appeared.

[Title] "Street Fighter"

【Category】Violent Fiction

【Grade】Three-star
[Matching degree] 15%
"Three Star?"

Liu Xing's eyes lit up, after identifying so many useless books, he finally found a three-star novel!
It's just that after flipping through a few pages of "Violent Street Fighter", he suddenly felt lost again like a deflated balloon.

This "Violent Street Fighter" is indeed a three-star novel. Based on the market price, it can be worth at least 50000 yuan.

However, this is a violent novel. This type of novel is likely to arouse the desire for violence in readers. After reading the novel, you may become a violent thug, which is a threat to social stability and order.

Eight years ago, there had been a violent gang in Fiction Street, who often robbed bookstores of star novels, and there was even a murder case in which a bookseller was killed.Later, this violent gang was wiped out by the police. After investigation, it was found that these thugs were all lovers of violent novels, and they even hired some novelists to write violent novels for them.

After this case, the Reading Alliance strengthened its control over violent novels, and banned violent novels with a rating of two or more stars from being sold in the market. Only book appraisers have the opportunity to come into contact with novels of this category.

Therefore, this three-star "Street Fighter" cannot be sold at all.

Although it was nothing but joy, the appearance of this novel made Liu Xing look forward to appreciating books even more. It at least shows that three-star novels can be found in waste books.

Putting away "Street Fighter", Liu Xing continued his identification work.

Dangdang, not long after, there was a sound of hurried footsteps, and Liu Shiming hurried into the bedroom.

"A Xing, your phone number."

As soon as he entered the room, Liu Shiming immediately handed over the phone, "Director Wu Guokun of the Book Inspection Center has something to ask for you."

"Wu Guokun?" Liu Xing didn't know Wu Guokun very well. He just met once when he appraised "Book Tomb Notes" last time. Wu Guokun called suddenly. What's the matter?

Pick up the phone: "Hello, Director Wu, what's the matter?"

"Liu Xing, I have good news for you." Director Wu Guokun's voice came from the phone, "There will be an auction this afternoon, and the scale is quite large. Your last book "Notes on the Tomb" will be auctioned in the afternoon , would you like to come and take a look?"

"The "Book Tomb Notes" is going to be auctioned?"

Liu Xing's heart moved, this auction really came too timely, it was a timely gift.If "Book Tomb Notes" can be sold for a good price in the afternoon, Liu Xing can make a lot of money, "I will definitely attend on time."

"Okay, give me a call when you come over, and I'll arrange for someone to pick you up."

……

Plans really catch up to change.

Liu Xing originally planned to continue buying scrap books in the afternoon, and then continue to appraise novels. As a result, "Book Tomb Notes" was suddenly going to be auctioned publicly, interrupting all his plans.

"Book Tomb Notes" signed an auction authorization agreement last month, but the auction house has never arranged an auction, which is mainly out of interest considerations.

Last month, Yufeng Mountain had just excavated the tomb of the book. If the "Notes on the Tomb of the Book" had been auctioned at that time, the price would definitely not be high.The situation is different now. The tomb of Yufeng Mountain has been unearthed for a month, and the news about the tomb and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has spread all over the streets and alleys. Almost doubled a month ago!
Therefore, now is the best time to auction "Book Tomb Notes".

With such a great event, Liu Xing will naturally go to the auction site to observe it.

After receiving a call from director Wu Guokun, Liu Xing changed his clothes, and then rode his sister's motorcycle to the auction site alone.

The auction house is located at the north end of Fiction Street, across the street from Jianshu Building.

The two institutions have established a cooperative relationship since the establishment of the Reading Alliance 40 years ago.The novels tested by Jianshu Building can be directly auctioned in the auction house.

However, only novels with a certain value can enjoy the auction treatment, and most of them are above two-star novels.

When they came to the auction building square, they saw luxury cars one after another, and many of the owners came to the auction.

Without thinking too much, Liu Xing followed the crowd to the auction site.

"Sir, please show me your ID."

When he reached the gate of the auction house, Liu Xing was stopped by security guards.

According to the relevant provisions of the "Huaxia Book Management Regulations", a mental health certificate is required to purchase novels with a two-star rating or above.The novels auctioned tonight are basically two-star or above, and all bidders must show a mental health certificate, otherwise they will not be eligible to enter the auction at all.

Liu Xing didn't have relevant documents, so naturally he couldn't get in.He had no choice but to call director Wu Guokun. A few minutes later, Wu Guokun sent a female assistant. Under her leadership, Liu Xing entered the auction site.

When he came to the auction hall, Liu Xing was arranged to sit in the first row of seats.He specially noticed that there were more than 300 guests attending the auction tonight. Apart from some booksellers in Fiction Street, there were also people from all walks of life, including many millionaires.

To Liu Xing's surprise, Cai Fugui also came to the auction site and sat in the corner of the seventh row.

What the auction mainly auctions is not the copyright of the novel, but the right to read the novel.

Due to the huge impact of star novels on society, any novel that goes on the market on a large scale may have an inestimable impact on the entire society.

Therefore, for a star-rated novel to be sold on the market, it needs to go through a very long period of review. The review cycle ranges from several months to several years. Some novels that may have adverse effects on society may never even be listed.

Even if it goes on the market, the number of star-rated novels issued is very limited. They are like weapons and weapons. The Reading Alliance will strictly control the number of sales of novels.

For some novels that cannot be listed in the short term, the Reading Alliance will choose to auction.An important purpose of the auction is to allow those who find star novels to get paid first.

After all, it takes a long time for a novel to hit the market, and it might not even hit the market.If you take the reading right of the novel, you can have the opportunity to read the novel before it goes on the market.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone was almost there, and the auction officially started.

"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to today's auction. There are a total of 18 novels to be auctioned in this auction. Don't gossip, the auction will start soon."

The host at the scene held the microphone, and then introduced, "The first novel to be auctioned next is a character novel "The Iron Man of the Dark World", with a two-star rating. It is a well-known writer of the Tianhai City Character School It is written by Iron Butterfly. The base price is 2 yuan, and the price will be increased by at least 1 each time."

The so-called character novels refer to genre novels whose core is to create distinctive characters.Reading such novels can help readers develop better character qualities.

As the saying goes, character determines destiny.Having a good character has a decisive impact on a person's life.Therefore, character novels like "The Iron Man of the Dark World" are very popular in China.

When the auction started, the atmosphere on the scene became active immediately.

"2!"

"3!"

"4!"

……

The price rose like a tide, and after several rounds of bidding, it soon exceeded 5 yuan.

Looking at the ever-increasing prices, Liu Xing basically understood that there were many rich people among the guests present.

While thinking about it, the auction for the first character novel "Iron Man of the Dark World" has ended, and it was finally auctioned off by a real estate agent at a price of 21 yuan.

As soon as the first novel was shot, the auction of the second novel began.

Liu Xing looked at the order list of today's auction, and found that his "Book Tomb Notes" was arranged last, which was the finale of this afternoon's auction.

The novels were auctioned one after another, and the prices remained high, with the transaction price basically above 15 yuan.Among them, the highest transaction price was a three-star science fiction novel, as high as 39 yuan, which was bought by the general manager of a technology company.

In order to read a science fiction novel, he was willing to spend 39 yuan. Liu Xing finally saw what a local tyrant is tonight.

What surprised Liu Xing was that during the auction, Cai Fugui, who was sitting in the corner of the seventh row, did not ask for a price from the beginning to the end.Since there is no asking price, what is Cai Fugui doing at the auction house?

Two hours later, 18 of the 17 star-rated novels at the scene had been auctioned, and only the last novel remained unauctioned, which was the highlight of today's auction - "Notes from the Tomb".

(End of this chapter)