Chapter 901: Auction House
In the car, Nie Wei started the car and asked, "Mr. Chen, where are we going?"
Chen Ping directly said a place name.
Nie Wei was stunned for a moment, and then a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face, and he said with a wry smile: "Mr. Chen, I forgot one thing. ”
Chen Ping looked at him in amazement.
Nie Wei's face was a little bitter: "Mr. Chen, I have never been to the Demon City, I don't know where this place you are talking about?"
Chen Ping's face suddenly darkened.
The two of them unexpectedly forgot about it completely!
Since coming to the magic city yesterday, whether it is to the branch or to the villa of Yuteng's homeland, Zhang Kangnian took them, and today when he went to Huayan Electronics Company, Chen Ping didn't even bring Nie Wei, and he simply took the subway by himself.
Thinking about this now, Chen Ping is also a little helpless.
After being silent for a long time, Chen Ping also sighed helplessly.
In these days, even smartphones are still in their infancy, let alone GPS navigation.
In desperation, Chen Ping could only smile bitterly and said, "You drive, I'll show the way!"
Along the way, Chen Ping said that his mouth was a little dry.
The Demon City is not like Anhe City, it is just a small city.
The area of the magic city can be ranked among the top few in the entire range of China, and the urban area of Bi'anhe City is not much larger.
From the south of the magic city to the farthest part of the north area, even if the road conditions are not bad, it takes more than an hour!
Along the way, Chen Ping has been showing Nie Wei the way, and Nie Wei is also a little embarrassed.
As Chen Ping's bodyguard and part-time driver, Nie Wei didn't know the road himself, and he still needed Chen Ping to guide him, which really made Nie Wei feel a little embarrassed, and made up his mind, after going back, he must study the roads in the magic city.
At least the general direction, how to go, you must know it in your heart, and when you take Chen Ping out in the future, even if you take the wrong road and waste some time, you can't let Chen Ping personally show you the way.
Anyway, his driving skills are good, if he is really pressed for time, the big deal is to drag crazy in the city, and the speed will always be pressed on the speed limit, which is not a difficult thing for Nie Wei.
Finally arrived at the place, and after parking the car, Nie Wei also asked with some curiosity: "Mr. Chen, where is this?"
Chen Ping smiled faintly: "This is the North District of the Demon City, there is an auction here today!"
Hearing Chen Ping say about the auction, Nie Wei's eyes lit up suddenly: "Is it a land auction? Mr. Chen, are you planning to use real estate to open the market in the magic city?"
Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Nie Wei a little strangely and asked, "Why do you think so?"
Nie Wei was also a little stunned, and asked rhetorically, "Isn't it? I've never heard of Mr. Chen, you have participated in other auctions!"
Chen Ping smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Indeed, since his rebirth, Chen Ping has been busy with the affairs of the Pingyu Group, and even rarely has contact with people outside the Pingyu Group, and as for the occasions that the so-called successful people often attend, Chen Ping rarely participates.
For example, Chen Ping has almost never participated in the cocktail parties, auctions, dances, etc., which are often held in the business world, and for more than three years, Chen Ping has attended similar occasions many times, and he can count them on one hand!
Therefore, it is not surprising that Nie Wei has such an idea, after all, Chen Ping has participated in the land auction several times.
Chen Ping couldn't help but shake his head and denied: "No, this is a charity auction, it is said that the scale is not small, you just follow me, maybe, it will surprise you!"
Nie Wei scratched his head, pouted lightly and smiled: "It's not a land auction, I don't have any interest in watching it." ”
Chen Ping asked funny, "What do you say?"
Nie Wei smiled, a little excited look flashed in his eyes and said with a smile: "I saw Mr. Chen before, you have participated in two land auctions in the Linhai Provincial Business Alliance, and the feeling of strategizing is too admirable!"
Chen Ping glanced at Nie Wei with a smile, casually made fun of this guy who suddenly learned to pat on the back, and didn't continue to say anything.
So soon, the two of them arrived at the door of the auction venue.
There is a big difference between the magic city and ordinary small cities, and even some provinces.
In the capital cities of many provinces, it is rare to see formal auction houses, but in the magic city, there are several!
Of course, the scale of the one that Chen Ping came to at this moment is the largest among them.
The entire auction hall has five floors, and the lowest floor is just a reception hall.
The second floor is a special place for cocktail parties and dances, and many parties will be held in several cocktail halls on the second floor, and it is said that renting one night will cost hundreds of thousands, and even the two largest cocktail halls are as high as more than two million!
The third floor is a number of small auction halls, the largest, can only accommodate hundreds of people, the smallest can only accommodate ten people, after all, modern auctions, not all are large-scale, sometimes, the auction place can play, in fact, is a guarantee place.
Some people who don't know each other, only have one side relationship, but have something very important to trade, there is no basis for trust between each other, ordinary contracts, etc., there is no way to confirm the credibility.
Therefore, there is a need for such an intermediary place, charging a hundredth, or even a thousandth, as a guarantee between the two parties, so that whether it is the goods or the money, they are directly handed over to the auction house, but it can make both parties extremely trusting, but it is only necessary to pay a small price.
As for the fourth floor, there are two large auction rooms.
One of them, it is open once every three days, and the auction house collects all kinds of items and conducts auctions, and in less than a month, a medium-sized auction is conducted, a large auction is held every six months, and a rare auction is held every three years, the higher the grade, the higher the value of the things that appear, and the rarer they are!
As for another large auction hall, it is specially used for other auction occasions, such as land auctions, or a certain force has come up with something, but does not want the auction house to host, but just wants a venue for auction, you can lease it, but the rental price is as high as at least five million!
Chen Ping had heard of this auction hall countless times in his previous life, but he was never qualified to enter this auction hall!
After all, Chen Ping in his previous life was just an ordinary programmer, even if he became one of the shareholders of Huayan Electronics Company and held 5% of the shares of Huayan Electronics Company, he was not qualified to enter the auction hall at all!
But that's different now.
Today's auction in the fourth floor is a large-scale auction jointly organized by the auction house, several major families, and several large group enterprises.
In the reception hall on the first floor, at the door of several elevators leading to the fourth floor, there are two security guards and a hostess waiting politely for guests to visit.
Chen Ping took Nie Wei to the door of one of the elevators.
After the receptionist saw Chen Ping, before Chen Ping could speak, he had already said softly and respectfully: "Good evening, this gentleman, there is an important auction on the fourth floor that is about to be held today, if there is no invitation, there is no way to enter the fourth floor, please show your invitation!"
The other party's tone was calm, and there was no rudeness.
For the auction house, there will never be a matter of watching people put on their plates.
Even if a beggar comes here, the auction house will not be arrogant, and the same courtesy and non-discriminatory.
After all, many rich people have a bit of bad taste, wearing clothes from roadside stalls, flip-flops walking all over the street, and there are many people!
Therefore, the first thing the hostess needs to do when facing visiting guests is to explain why people who do not have invitations are not allowed to enter the fixed floor of the auction house, and then let the other party show the invitations to avoid conflicts.
Chen Ping also nodded slightly, and then said indifferently: "I don't have an invitation." ”
A look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on the face of the receptionist: "I'm sorry sir, today's situation is special, if there is no invitation, I don't have the authority to let you enter the fourth floor." ”
Chen Ping nodded, took out a business card, and handed it to the receptionist in front of him: "This is my business card, can you inform me about it?"
The receptionist took the business card, didn't even glance at the contents of the card, and immediately said, "Yes sir, please wait!"
After speaking, the receptionist walked directly into the elevator with his business card, and the two security guards next to him bowed slightly to Chen Ping and stopped the elevator door.
Chen Ping just stood here and waited.
After the receptionist walks into the elevator, he will look at the business card.
Regardless of whether the other party is qualified or not, the receptionist cannot directly refuse in person, he can decide whether to report or not, but in front of the other party, the receptionist must enter the elevator, go to the fourth floor, and then come down, indicating that he has asked for instructions and given enough to the other party, so as not to give the other party a feeling that the receptionist looks down on people.
However, after entering the elevator, the hostess looked at the business card and frowned slightly.
This business card is exactly the same as the business card that Chen Ping gave to the round-faced little girl at the front desk of Huayan Electronics Company before, and the hospitality staff can naturally see that this business card is somewhat special, and it should not be an unreasonable work of ordinary people.
Although Chen Ping is young, and he is so young that the receptionist is surprised, but looking at the other party's indifferent temperament, coupled with this business card, the other party is not an ordinary person.
In this case, the receptionist also made a decision, and after coming to the fourth floor, he hurriedly walked into a room.
In the room, there were two middle-aged men and an old man, who were chatting boringly, when they saw the receptionist walk in, one of the middle-aged men looked over and asked casually, "What's wrong?"
The receptionist came to the middle-aged man and respectfully handed the business card in his hand to the other party: "Mr. Ma, there is a young man downstairs, in his early twenties, who has no invitation, and gave me the business card, let me report it." ”
quickly explained the whole story, and then stood aside and stood respectfully with his hands down.
Mr. Ma, a middle-aged man, took the business card, and after taking a look, he immediately raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little surprised, and looked at the other two with a smile: "Brother Song, Old Fang, take a look." ”
In addition, the middle-aged man, Mr. Song, and the old man, Mr. Fang, looked over in some surprise and looked at the business card handed over by Mr. Ma.
Mr. Song frowned: "Pingyu Group, is there such a company in the Demon City?"
Elder Fang immediately laughed and looked at the receptionist: "You said the other party is a young man in his early twenties?"
The receptionist nodded hurriedly.
Fang Lao turned the chair around, operated on the computer for a moment, and then turned the screen over: "Is it him?"
The receptionist only glanced at it, then nodded directly and said, "It's him!"
Fang Lao laughed, glanced at each other with Mr. Ma, and said in unison: "Go and write him a new invitation and ask him to go up to the fourth floor!"