Chapter 1492: Bidding

After an urgent discussion by the organizing committee, the "Varyag" with revised auction conditions was put on the shelves again.
However, the state of the ship being auctioned again is quite different from the previous ones. The auctioneer clearly stated that most of the equipment on this ship will be dismantled upon delivery, except for the hull and power system. What valuable things will be left.
And buyers who intend to bid for this ship are required to sign an agreement first. There are not many clauses in this agreement. The most important one is that the buyer must declare to the organizing committee the true purpose of buying the ship in advance. , And use the assets and credit of the participating enterprises and corporate legal persons as guarantees, and promise to purchase the ship for any military-related purposes. This promise will be restricted and protected by the United Nations Convention on International Sales of Goods.
As soon as the contents of this agreement were announced, they immediately persuaded a lot of countries that planned to buy this ship and continue to build it to own an aircraft carrier and some agents, even the Indian delegation and the Chinese delegation. After hesitating repeatedly, he gave up signing this agreement, and in fact gave up the qualification to bid for this ship.
There are only a handful of people who are truly qualified to participate in the bidding of this ship, including the representative of the "Henry Regenerative Materials Processing Company", Henry, whose purpose is naturally to dismantle the ship and sell scrap steel; Xu Zhengping, a representative of Longmen Chuanglu Tourism and Entertainment Co., Ltd., declared that the purpose he declared was to be bought and converted into a luxury gambling boat.
At the beginning of the auction, the starting price was estimated based on the actual weight of the built part of the "Varyag" of approximately 50,000 tons converted into the ship steel price, which was only 5 million US dollars.
Even if it is really bought and dismantled into scrap steel, this is a profitable price. Therefore, there are still a few people presenting the placard, and the price quickly climbed to US$10 million, reaching US$200/ton for the shipbreaking industry this year. The international market price broke through 15 million U.S. dollars without stopping, breaking through the recognized break-even point of the shipbreaking industry of 300 U.S. dollars/ton.
Just like what everyone expected, after this price, the vast majority of bidders have already consciously withdrawn, and there are only two remaining, which are still "Henry Recycling Assets Processing Company" and "Omen Chuanglu Travel" "Entertainment Co., Ltd." This pair of old rivals, everyone also knows that the real purpose of these two companies is by no means the one they declared, and only they will buy this ship at a price higher than the market price.
It seems that the scene from the auction of the Ulyanovsk will be repeated again, but this time, will the result be different?
Xu Zhengping once again raised his placard to indicate that 17 million!
The chubby old Henry did not immediately follow up. Instead, he kept wiping his sweat while holding his mobile phone while talking in a low voice. He did not take into account the surprised glances of people around him, although he could not be heard. Talking to someone, but from his increasingly rushed tone and involuntarily rising voice, it can be seen that the conversation was not very smooth.
Someone quickly guessed the reason-probably because the old guy has no money!
According to the rules set by the organizing committee, everyone who wants to participate in this auction needs to pay a deposit of 20 million US dollars in advance to prevent malicious behavior of not paying after the goods are taken. This is a common practice in the world. It’s just that because the goods that participated in the auction this time are special and their value is relatively high, the amount of deposit paid is relatively large.
US$20 million is not a lot of money to many people present, because many of the people sitting here represent the participation of a country, but for a company engaged in scrap metal recycling, this It’s just a lot of money. It seems that this old Mr. Henry is not prepared enough—in fact, he’s wronged this old man if he thinks so. Think about it, if the boats that were photographed were not so special, it would have to be international If the shipbreaking market is auctioned, a deposit of 20 million is enough for him to buy both the Ulyanovsk and the Varyag, and he is still rich, but now? Because he has just used $13.5 million to take the "Ulyanovsk", the balance of the deposit is only $6.5 million, but the price has soared to 17 million, that is to say, he must withdraw To compete, either prepare enough money to pay the insufficient part after the auction.
The old Henry knew about his family affairs from his family. The 16 million dollars he just gritted his teeth was already counted as all the cash he could get out of his hand, and then he could raise the price, which was beyond his ability. range.
Damn CIA, you just let me bid, but don't even want to pay a cent?
Old Henry complained to the people who called him to direct the work and asked them to raise enough funds immediately, while gritted his teeth and raised the number plate in his hand again, adding another $1 million.
There is no other way. The people who came out to look for him showed their identities with great fanfare. These people can use the state apparatus at any time, and they still have a lot of his painful feet in their hands, as long as he wants to continue in that ancestral place in New York. Hunk, these people can't openly offend them. Otherwise, they have launched the IRS and FBI to come to him for coffee in three days. How can he open the door to do business?
The price of 18 million U.S. dollars has exceeded the latest valuation of the ship made by the organizing committee. They knew very well that after losing the possibility of being built into a real aircraft carrier, the "Varyag" had already been extremely important. Most people have lost its appeal. It is just a big ship now, and it is still a big ship using high-horsepower steam turbines. For civilian use, this kind of ship is very economical. Its 4 boilers There are about 60 tons of water. Every time before going to sea, the water needs to be boiled. Therefore, if it is a cold start, it will take 10 hours to boil the water. All civilian ships will not consider this power system at all. After all, freighter or something, where can the high speed of 30 knots be used?
The auctioneer is very satisfied with the price, but he still sets his sights on the middle-aged Chinese man present, hoping that he can raise his placard again, push up the transaction price, and his commission will also increase. Who doesn't want to earn more. Some?
He was not disappointed. After a little hesitation, Xu Zhengping raised his placard again for US$19 million!
The attention of the audience turned back to old Henry.
Old Henry should have finally reached an agreement with someone. He wiped the sweat from his forehead again, put away the phone he had been holding in his hand, and raised the number plate in his hand again.
20 million, 20 million US dollars!
The auctioneer’s bidding sounded with obvious excitement and excitement. This kind of tit-for-tat bidding is probably his favorite in his profession. Mr. Xu Zhengping, let me give you another price. I am optimistic about you?