Christie's Auction House, 8 King Street, London, England.

Christie's was busy preparing for the summer auction in 10 days' time.

Christie's summer auction is half a month behind Sotheby's.

Today, the news about Sotheby's auction house is flying all over the sky, and as a bitter rival who has been competing for 200 years, the helm of Christie's auction house is naturally very concerned.

In the office of Chairman Herman Woods, Herman Woods, who is in his fifties, sits at his desk and listens to the report from Hunter Simpson, the general manager of auction house operations.

After introducing the situation, Hunter Simpson expressed his concerns: "Chairman, the current situation seems to be mainly aimed at Chinese cultural relics, but I don't know whether Sotheby's or Eskenazi Co., Ltd. offended people, or indiscriminately targeted all Chinese cultural relics. ”

"If it is indiscriminate against all Chinese cultural relics, then we have to prepare. ”

Herman Woods' brow furrowed when he heard this, apparently believing that Hunter Simpson's concern was reasonable.

"In the next summer auction, how many Chinese cultural relics will be auctioned in our company?"

After thinking for a long time, Herman Woods suddenly asked.

Hunter Simpson immediately said: "There are 36 Chinese artifacts at the auction in St. James's in London, of which 18 are supplied by Eskenazi Ltd. ”

"There will be 25 Chinese artifacts at the auction in New York, 11 of which are provided by Eskenazi Ltd. ”

“......”

Hearing this, Herman Woods' face was a little unhappy, he thought for a while, and ordered: "It's not clear the real reason yet, it's too late to withdraw now, we must prepare in advance." ”

"First of all, the admission qualifications must be strictly controlled. ”

"In addition, we will arrange for some people to bid on these Chinese artifacts to make sure that each one of them is covered by our people, but remember not to bid too high. ”

In Herman Woods's view, a big reason why Sotheby's and Eskenazi Ltd. were in a predicament was that they were unprepared, they were attacked by unknown enemies, and they were exposed before they could be dealt with.

In fact, these methods are simple and easy to deal with, but there is no denying that the effect of a surprise attack is very good.

The countermeasures he is talking about today are designed to prevent these risks, and in the absence of other means, they are absolutely effective.

Hunter Simpson immediately nodded in response: "Understood, I'll arrange it right away." ”

Herman Woods asked again, "Hunter, do you have anything else to add?"

Hunter Simpson hesitated for a moment, with a sinister look on his face, and said: "Chairman, now the stock price of Sotheby's auction house has definitely fallen a lot, as long as it has been caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, it will definitely be dragged into the quagmire, I think this is a rare opportunity, should we do something secretly?"

Herman Woods's heart moved, remembering the aggrieved past of being the second child for one or two hundred years, he suddenly made up his mind in his heart, and showed a smile: "You go and arrange it, remember to be hidden, you can't have anything to do with us." ”

"I understand!

Watching Hunter Simpson leave, Herman Woods stretched and let out a long breath.

He lowered his head and looked at the newspaper in his hand, and the words of Hunter Simpson came to his mind again, and his heart gradually became hot.

The Woods family is the third owner of Christie's.

The first was founded by James Christie's, and Christie's has been in the Christie's family for two generations for a total of 65 years.

The second owner was William Hansen, who was at the helm for 28 years.

Then, in 1859, Herman Woods's great-grandfather Thomas Woods joined Christie's, and it has been passed down to him for four generations in the Woods family, and Christie's has long been branded with the Woods family.

However, for more than 100 years, the Woods family has worked diligently to develop the auction house, but they have never been able to catch up with Sotheby's auction house, and have been pressed by the other party.

Now that it's rare to see Sotheby's in crisis, and it's clear that someone is messing with them, Herman Woods is really tempted.

This opportunity, if well seized, can definitely deal a serious blow to the reputation of Sotheby's.

Just now I can think of one point, that is, at least in the next few years, Sotheby's auction of Chinese cultural relics will definitely not be good.

If Sotheby's does not solve the problem and announce it to the public, collectors will definitely have psychological scruples.

While this business isn't a major contributor to Sotheby's, it's not small, is it?

Maybe this opportunity will allow Christie's to surpass Sotheby's!

Thinking of this, Herman Woods's heart became more and more hot, feeling that it was not enough to let Hunter Simpson do the trick, so he immediately set off and went out, ready to mobilize the power of his family, and seize this opportunity to step on Sotheby's auction house a few times.

Peers are enemies, nothing more!

......

Eskenazi Ltd. and Sotheby's were already overwhelmed, and the next two days worsened for worse.

Xia Yu's people have been breaking the news to major newspapers, and major newspapers are of course very keen to report relevant news for the sake of sales, which is completely harmful to others and self-interested.

After all, Christie's auction house has been competing with Sotheby's auction house for so many years, and it knows its roots, and the effect is very significant at this time.

In just two days, the market value of Sotheby's, which was surrounded by all kinds of negative consultations, plummeted, from 292 million pounds to 220 million pounds, a drop of nearly 25 percent, and the price-earnings ratio fell to about nine times.

Although Christie's auction house was also affected by the turmoil, it was not big, and the stock price only fluctuated a little, surpassing Sotheby's auction house with a market value of 235 million pounds.

Herman Woods was in a good mood when he heard the news.

Giuseppe Eskenazi Co., Ltd., general manager of Eskenazi Co., Ltd., had an angry face and directly crumpled the newspaper in his hand and smashed it on the ground.

"Damn the media, for the sake of sales, there is no bottom line at all, especially the Sun, it is as disgusting as feces!"

Giuseppe Eskenazi cursed angrily.

He didn't know where the Sun got the data, but he was able to count all the lot information provided by Eskenazi Ltd., as well as the unsold data that he couldn't even get to cover.

With the influence of the "Sun", once it was reported, it immediately attracted the attention of a large number of readers.

Reflected in the stock market, the share price of Eskenazi Ltd. plummeted, from £78 million to £55 million, and is still falling.

Obviously, capital is very optimistic about the revenue of Eskenazi Limited this year and its future prospects.

Thinking about it, this kind of thing happened, as long as people who understand it are aware that the Chinese cultural relics market will collapse in the next few years, and the new business developed by Eskenazi Co., Ltd. will be directly abolished.

"Tuk Tuk!"

Hearing a knock on the door, Giuseppe Eskenazi took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, and said in a cold voice, "Come in!"

Soon, the door opened, and it was his cousin Robert Esmithnerzy, whom he had arranged to investigate the situation.

Thinking of this, Giuseppe Eskenazi hurriedly asked, "Robert, how is the investigation?"

Robert Eskenazi smiled bitterly, shook his head and sighed: "The identities of those five people have been found, they are just ordinary people, but the enemy should have expected that we would investigate, so as soon as the auction ended, the five of them were arranged to go abroad, and now it is estimated that they are all on vacation in unknown places." ”

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