I looked at my father Jackie Chan in 1988

As soon as this question was asked.

Ji Sheng saw that Shen Xia obviously stopped zipping the bag.

"Talk about it."

Shen Xia continued to zip the zipper as if nothing had happened.

If he hadn't paused just now, Ji Cheng might have believed it, but he observed it, and stared at her with great interest, "Could it be true that you haven't been in a relationship before?"

Shen Xia put the zippered bag aside, she didn't admit it at all, and said, "How is it possible? I'm in my twenties, how could it be possible that I haven't been in a relationship?"

"Really?" So who was your ex? "Ji Cheng thinks she's lying.

Shen Xia faltered and couldn't answer.

Ji Sheng laughed loudly, and teased, "No way? You really haven't been in a relationship, have you? I laughed so hard, people in their twenties haven't even been in a relationship?"

"Talk about it! I really did talk about it!" Shen Xia flatly denied it but refused to admit it.

Ji Sheng said: "Then tell me, who is the ex?"

Shen Xia tilted her head and thought for a moment, then looked into his eyes, and whispered a shocking name, "Sebastian."

Ji Sheng: "???"

your sister!

Fool me with characters from anime?

Ji Sheng laughed angrily at her, and asked curiously: "You are so beautiful, why haven't you ever been in a relationship? It stands to reason that many people should pursue you."

"You'll know when you see my dad." Shen Xia groaned, "I think it's better for you not to see him, or your legs will be broken."

Is your dad that scary?

Ji Sheng didn't believe her words.

Just about to say something, Shen Xia stood up directly, picked up the small bag, "Let's go."

Ji Sheng wondered, "Go? Where are you going?"

Shen Xia was speechless: "Didn't I just tell you to meet my dad's friends to discuss the joint auction?"

Look at my memory!

Ji Sheng patted his head and stood up, "Okay, let's go see him."

……

Walk down the long corridor.

The two took the elevator to the 48th floor.

Because Shen Xia stayed in the supreme suite, she could have free afternoon tea here.

Ji Sheng and Shen Xia each ordered a cup of coffee, and then they sat down facing each other by the window.

On the way here, Shen Xia had already contacted her father's friend, and it was estimated that she would arrive in a little while.

Ji Sheng was not in a hurry, he just chatted with Shen Xia while drinking coffee.

About seven or eight minutes later, a 8-meter-five, about 1.7-something gentleman with glasses came to their table.

"Xiaoxia, is this the friend you introduced?" said the gentle man.

Shen Xia quickly stood up, and said obediently: "Uncle Lu."

As she spoke, she pointed to Ji Sheng who also stood up and introduced, "He is the friend I introduced, Ji Sheng. Ji Sheng, this is my dad's friend Uncle Lu."

"Uncle Lu, hello."

Ji Sheng stretched out his hand to say hello.

Uncle Lu also reached out to shake his hand, and said with a smile, "You can just call me Lao Lu. Mr. Ji is young and promising, and you started a company at such a young age?"

Ji Sheng said modestly: "I was lucky and made a small fortune, so I wanted to start a company to make more money."

The three chatted and sat down.

At the beginning, there was no serious talk, the two sides just exchanged pleasantries and information.

Therefore, Ji Sheng learned that "Uncle Lu"'s full name is Lu Zhengqing, and he is the owner of Zhenli Auction Company in Shanghai. He has heard a little about this company, and he knows that it is also among the top 2000 companies with auction qualifications in China. Although It is not as good as Xiling Yinshe, Guardian and other giants in the auction industry, but Zhenli Auction is also considered a big company. The joint auction spring auction organized in the first half of this year, the total turnover reached an astonishing [-] billion banknotes.

You must know that the highest single-season auction record in the mainland is only 21 billion yuan created by China Guardian, and the combined spring auction turnover organized by Zhenli can reach 8 billion, which is very remarkable.

We chatted for a while.

Lu Zhengqing slowly brought the topic to the topic, "The spring auction in the first half of the year was a huge success, this time I want to expand the results and try to break through the total turnover, but you also know that an auction company like us that is not a giant in the industry, It is difficult to create brilliance by relying on one's own strength, and only by uniting several companies with comparable strength can we have the strength to compete with Guardian and Xiling Yinshe."

"I know that."

Ji Sheng nodded, agreeing with Lu Zhengqing's opinion.

The auction industry is different from other industries. In other industries, your third- and fourth-tier brands can still live well.

But auction is an industry with abnormal development. First-line auction companies such as Poly, Guardian, Xiling Yinshe, etc. almost monopolize the entire industry. scale auction.

The lifeblood of an auction company's survival is the supply of goods, and there are very few really rare goods.

If collectors intend to release this kind of goods, it is often the first-tier auction companies that grab the auction rights. It is rare for second-, third-, and fourth-tier auction companies to stand out.

The second, third and fourth tier auction companies can't find the source of goods, so they can only create the source of goods.

In other words, it is to find some real-looking goods from jdz's hundreds of millions of modern imitations and street stalls to take pictures. First, it can fill up the scene, and second, it can build a chicken shed, waiting for the stupid "money" "Water fish" go fishing and earn a pot full of shellfish.

First-tier auctions like Poly’s are not accessible to ordinary people, because first-tier auction companies don’t solicit items from outside, and they don’t entertain buyers who can’t afford six-star hotel suites. Ordinary collectors can’t afford the [-]% selling price. shoot fee.

Since the first-line auction company is so rich and powerful, and the threshold of the auction is so high, are all its auction items really rare?

That's not necessarily the case, the ratio of fakes to genuine ones is not as high as the second, third and fourth tier auctions, it's about 20.00% to [-]%.

Therefore, whether the goods can be obtained is the key factor for an auction company to become bigger and stronger.

Just because Ji Sheng knew that he could get a lot of rare antiques in the 80s time and space, he was naturally full of confidence in this cooperation negotiation.

"Well, as long as you know it." Lu Zhengqing said slowly: "Originally, I wanted to make the reputation of several partner companies more famous in one go, but one partner withdrew from the autumn auction due to some factors. It happened that Xiaoxia said that your company intends to participate in the joint auction, so I came here specially to chat with you."

Shen Xia frowned when she heard this, but said nothing.

Ji Sheng didn't hear anything wrong with this sentence, but just followed the other party's words: "I intend to participate in the joint auction. The main reason is that I just bought this collectibles company. Although we also have auction qualifications, in terms of customer source Some are lacking, thank you Uncle Lu for providing this opportunity."

"Hehe, you don't have to thank me. If you want to thank me, Xie Xiaoxia asks for it." Lu Zhengqing finally explained the meaning clearly, and said to Ji Chengyu earnestly: "Mr. Ji, I know that you bought a collection at a young age. The company is a capable person, but the size of your company like you just said is not qualified to participate in the joint auction normally, understand what I mean?"

Shen Xia frowned even more, and she took the initiative to defend Ji Sheng, saying, "Uncle Lu, it's not that I strongly demand that you give Ji Sheng the opportunity to participate in the joint auction, but because one of your partners quit, and I Knowing that Ji Sheng has the strength to replace him, I specially recommend him to cooperate with you."

Lu Zhengqing didn't know the truth or hypocrisy, so he apologized and said: "Mr. Ji, I'm not questioning the strength of your company, I just want you not to forget Xiaoxia's love, if what I said just now was not nice, don't take it to heart. "

Ji Sheng smiled calmly and said, "It's okay, I don't mind, it is indeed Xiaoxia who is thinking of me, and introduced you to me, so that I have the opportunity to participate in the joint auction."

Lu Zhengqing seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "That's good, I'm really afraid you might mind."

Ji Sheng smiled and said, "How come, I'm not that stingy."

How could he not understand what Lu Zhengqing meant.

Lu Zhengqing was simply saying that he didn't like a small company of Ji Sheng's level at all, and the reason why he agreed to let Ji Sheng participate in the joint auction was for Shen Xia's face, so that Ji Sheng could remember Shen Xia's kindness.

In this way, Ji Sheng owes Shen Xia a favor.

In fact, it is nothing that Ji Sheng owes Shen Xia a favor, and it's not that he has never owed it, the two of them are now friends again, this kind of favor is considered a trivial matter.

The most important thing is that once Ji Cheng accepts Shen Xia's favor, it means that Shen Xia owes Lu Zhengqing a favor.

But now on the scene, Ji Sheng can't directly refute the other party, so it's a trivial matter for the other party to make trouble, and it will make Shen Xia who introduced him and Lu Zhengqing feel uncomfortable.

Of course, he didn't pinch his nose to admit it.

Didn't the other party say that their company is not large enough to participate in the joint auction?

Don't you know if you are qualified enough when you take out the bids in the auction later?

Ji Sheng believes that once he takes out the antique jades he brought, it will not be Shen Xia who owes Lu Zhengqing favors, but Lu Zhengqing who in turn owes Shen Xia favors. After all, the value of the antiques he can bring out is too high , completely solved Lu Zhengqing's problem.

Sitting there, Shen Xia's expression was not very good-looking, not because Ji Cheng wanted her to owe Lu Zhengqing favors, but because Lu Zhengqing "looked down" on people when he said that just now.

What touched her was that Lu Zhengqing's speech was actually very ugly, and Ji Sheng was able to bear it for her.

Thinking of this, Shen Xia couldn't help but glanced at Ji Cheng, her eyes were full of tenderness.

"Thank you Mr. Ji for understanding." Lu Zhengqing said one by one: "Then let's talk about the details next?"

Ji Sheng knew what he wanted to say, "You mean the cost?"

"The cost is one aspect, and the other is the source of customers." Lu Zhengqing said carefully: "The cost is nothing more than labor, venues, and touring exhibitions. These are all negotiable, and the source of customers is the most important thing."

Ji Sheng didn't say anything, just listened.

Lu Zhengqing continued, "Show tours and publicity should attract a lot of customers, but those customers are not the core customer resources. Several partners and I have core customer resources in our hands, and we will share resources when it comes to auction. , Mr. Ji, your company has just been acquired not long ago, and I can understand that you don’t have any core customers, but you have to make up for it in other ways? I’m fine, I’m just afraid that other partners will be unhappy. "

Oh!

After all, it's about money!

Ji Sheng understood it as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile: "How to make up for it?"

"You pay more for the promotion fee, what do you think of this proposal?" Lu Zhengqing looked at it without blinking.

If he really has no core customers, Ji Sheng is of course willing to spend more on publicity expenses, but it's not that he doesn't have customers, or in other words, as long as he takes out those treasures, even if he doesn't have customers, these treasures alone can Can attract a large number of high-quality customers.

That being the case, why should I pay more?

Of course Ji Sheng couldn't agree.

But what is surprising is that before he even opened his mouth, Shen Xia said blankly: "Uncle Lu, are you going too far?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhengqing immediately laughed and said, "Yes, I was the one who went too far. Since Xiaoxia, you open your mouth, then I won't make too many demands. Mr. Ji, let's cooperate normally, and all the expenses will be shared equally. "

I still want Shen Xia to owe favors!

Ji Sheng immediately realized that Lu Zhengqing's ulterior motives were not about drinking, and that agreeing his company to participate in the joint auction was all a cover, and his main purpose was probably to make Shen Xia owe this favor.

This old fox really knows how to calculate.

Seeing Lu Zhengqing's scheming, Ji Sheng wasn't going to bear it this time, so he simply let go and said, "It's fine if I pay more for the promotional expenses, but I have one request."

"Ji Cheng!" Shen Xia worried for him.

Ji Sheng gave her a trusting look.

Shen Xia didn't say anything more.

Lu Zhengqing said, "What request?"

Ji Sheng blinked his eyes and said, "Since I have paid more for publicity, should I be given the name of the main company this time?"

What is a flagship company?

For example, five or six companies participate in a joint auction. When publicizing to the outside world, the company with the most famous name will always be selected as a signboard to attract more customers.

From this perspective, Ji Sheng's collection company is not qualified.

But the main company has a huge advantage, that is, the exposure rate. Others can know about this company immediately before participating in the auction. After participating in the auction, if they take a high-quality goods, even if the high-quality goods are provided by other cooperative companies The target will also be mistaken for the main company, which is conducive to the growth of the company's reputation.

It can be said that Ji Sheng's request is too much.

But now he has the confidence to make this request.

Because the quality of the antique jade brought by Ji Sheng is too high, he can also attract a group of core customers, and Lu Zhengqing is aggressive, why not fight for the benefits?

Sure enough, Lu Zhengqing yelled as soon as he heard it: "Impossible! Your company is not qualified to participate in the joint auction. How can it become the main company?"

Ji Sheng was not angry at all when he was underestimated again. On the contrary, he leaned on the chair calmly and said calmly: "It's not my decision whether I'm qualified or not, but my strength!"

Lu Zhengqing was speechless for a while: "How powerful is the company you just bought?"

Ji Sheng didn't respond to his words, but instead said, "Why don't you decide whether to give me the spot in the main company after you have finished viewing the collections on my company's auction?"

Lu Zhengqing doesn't believe that Ji Sheng can get too many good auction collections. Isn't this a joke? They, the second, third and fourth tier companies that have been in business for many years, can't get too many good things, and sometimes they have to fake or even cheat How could Ji Sheng, a small collectibles company just bought, be able to acquire a large number of high-quality goods?

So he didn't hesitate at all, and said directly: "Yes, when will you bring the bid for appraisal and valuation?"

All of Ji Sheng's things are in the mysterious space of the system, and they can be taken out at any time, but he certainly can't take them out so directly and hastily, because his secret will be discovered by others, and there must be a process.

He thought for a while and said, "I'll let the general manager of my company fly over with something tonight. If it's not too late for you, then we can appreciate and evaluate it tonight."

"Okay, I'll call the heads of the other partners over." Lu Zhengqing agreed.

Although the negotiation was not very pleasant, Ji Sheng didn't take it to heart. Negotiations are about fighting each other. Everyone wants to get enough benefits for themselves. Lu Zhengqing can understand why he did this.

Moreover, it's not that Ji Sheng has gained nothing from this negotiation. On the contrary, he has gained a lot. As long as he shows things to the other party tonight, it will achieve a certain effect. He believes that the huge benefit of being the main company cannot be escaped.

Alright, since we have made an appointment, let's talk about the collection tonight after appreciating and evaluating it.