New York, USA

A black stretch sedan drove through the bustling city of Wall Street, the limousine had DVDs, TVs, bars, caviar in the refrigerator, etc., however, the owner of the car had no interest in this qiē, his eyes swept out the window, his mind returned to that moment, her voice in his ear: "Always like this, Alan?"

The blonde young man stood still, stared intently at her dark eyes, and said slowly, "Alice, that's impossible. ”

Unwilling to hear him, she ran back to Rome.

He lowered his eyes, suppressed the feeling that rose in his heart, there were some words hidden in his heart, unspoken, he should probably tell her that he had never intended to be with Catherine, those women, no one.

He didn't want her to know what was going on around her, and if she pushed the door open, there would only be danger - the world around him was not what she saw it to be.

Later, at the banquet, Alan rejected the silver-haired man's offer, and of course he would not say why.

For people here, for a long time in this circle, they have almost never heard of it, they are married because they love someone very much, and they have never heard of such a thing...... Not only the members of the Rosehill family see it this way, but also the people of other families - the matching of the conditions of the two becomes the end of marriage.

The true face of marriage is not a continuation of love for them, not a pair of lovers who know each other well, or an unswerving vow to death. Marriage is nothing more than a means of insurance, a means and tool for the upper class.

Is the world already like this, or is the people of this world becoming more realistic? A good marriage is a luxury for the weak.

The Rosehill family has an ambitious goal, they want to become the most influential family in the world in one fell swoop, and unite the Wilson family to control the power of the twelve major families, which was confirmed in an internal meeting when Alan took over the power from his grandfather. If Eren announces marrying her, it will be tantamount to putting her in a dangerous whirlpool, and the best thing to do at this stage is to hide it and not let others know about it, otherwise, her life is in danger.

He made up his mind at the banquet and talked to her well, the conditions were not ripe now, but it could always be solved, and he knew that even if the two were cold, they still loved each other.

In the morning, he learned that Alice had come to him, and he guessed that the old man had arranged for Fermi to follow him, but no one came to her. When he got the news, he immediately set out to look for her, but there was no sign of her, and Katerina's Qiē disappeared cleanly, without her personal file, without any records, as if there was no such person in the world.

Between the two, they finally took a wrong step.

They are the only ones who can do it, kclub, and although they claim to be the most powerful private club, there are many kinds of organizations like this. For example, there are twelve supreme councils of the families in the country, and their councils of elders have extremely high powers.

Maybe it's time for him to get ready.

After Alice left, although the Rosehill family later got a little clue, he sent someone to Russia to inquire, but she left again, and Alice came to cut off the past with herself in this way.

He knew that she had made up his mind and would not send anyone to look for her.

Gradually, as time passed, he still remembered one morning in France, in the forest through which the golden sun passed, and the girl woke up lying on the grass, her eyes fixed on him.

After that, every morning, they woke up from each other's side, and the girl reached out and stroked the hair on her forehead with affection, and these memories were so vivid that all the memories of her loving him and believing in her own were vivid.

London, United Kingdom

Eighteen months later, the London Auction Week was even more successful than the original one.

Since then, Dugardefier has been as unstoppable as Katerina's name – as Forbes magazine has written, Katerina has become a news figure, and her pioneering work is rewriting the concept of the auction industry, "invading" the traditional realm of Subi and Spotby, proving that women can go hand in hand with men.

Soon after, rival art critics attacked her in the newspapers, "The secret of Katerina's success is that she broke all the rules of the auction industry, and still do—"

The newspaper wrote: "Katerina initially chose a piece that no one had yet worked on: the sale of the works of Russian expatriate painters at the Paris art school. Then she took the irrational step of starting to auction Russian art in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and entered the territory of Sotheby's and Christie's......"

"It's disappointing that her auction house actually sells sketch paper, and what follows can be regarded as crazy-"

Four years have passed, and everything seems to be yesterday, on the helicopter rumbling in the propeller, she is a Muscovite, Katerina, the founder of the British Dugardfield auction house.

At this moment, Levi was sitting on a private plane with her, Levi took a document in his hand, glanced at her, and asked, "Have you finished reading the materials for the interview?"

Su Xiaoqi was thinking about the upcoming meeting with the bank, and forgot the schedule of a certain program for a while, and asked, "What did you say?"

The secretary reminded her, "You have an interview with an American TV program. ”

From the UK to the US, Dugardefier has already generated a lot of buzz about the auction house, as well as denigration from rivals, and now it's time for the founders to have to deal with the media.

Su Xiaoqi flipped through the speech materials and asked, "What time is it?"

"Half past seven. ”

She wondered that maybe she wasn't ready to face the media and someone a year ago, but after so much time, he didn't need him anymore.

In the evening, the well-known host gave a live interview, and he was polite and courteous, and his gaze was pressing, as usual, and he asked: "The last time people talked about you, the auction house of Dugardefel-Fil Company shocked the world art market by setting consecutive records in the United Kingdom. One thing I'm curious about is, why did you get into the art trade?"

She sat on a chair at the show, clasped her hands and said, "I grew up in paintings. My maternal great-grandfather's house used to hang works by classical painters of the 19th century, such as Repin and Perep Schottchikov. ”

The host of the program smiled at the corner of his lips, "So, you have been nurtured since childhood, and what do you think of Russian contemporary artists?"

She smiled gently: "I haven't met a Russian contemporary painter who really interests me. There are many talents, but geniuses do not. She bluntly stated, "I used to think that a genius was just a person with a lot of talent. But then I learned that genius was a different concept entirely. ”

"For example?"

"Mozart or Michelangelo. Even repeated training can never train a child to become a six-year-old Mozart, and an innate ability is required for artistic beauty. ”

The moderator asked curiously, "You've made great achievements in a field that has traditionally been a century of corporate domination, and this industry used to be the domain of Sotheby's and Christie's, and I want to know, how did you run it? How did you make decisions?

She smiled slightly, "Sotheby's and Christie's are classical, they have mansions, and all of our entrepreneurs were originally crammed together, but then with the help of the global network to attract more appraisers, they are more professional." We have made a lot of efforts to make the company have an active and innovative management model, they are a group of determined and strong-willed members from the United States, Japan, Russia, and colleagues in London who are responsible for collecting market information. ”

He said in his heart, is it so simple? Her experience is never as mythical as a myth, Sotheby's and Christie's have been established for more than two centuries, and how long has Dugardfeld been founded?

She drooped her eyelashes, not all, of course. In the market game, success or failure sometimes does not depend on strength, but on the rules of the game, which is like a gunman game, because of the complex contrast between the parties, the weak can become the final winner by virtue of the rules.

Startups often don't win because they have huge resources, they see the tide changing, and then they move forward, and they can beat their opponents, often delivering a fatal blow. The market strategy is a bit shocking, but the market is not an amateur's game. The ladder sequence determines that the company should not be timid in the market strategy, but should directly take an offensive strategy against the first. If timid, Dugardefel will be vulnerable to attacks, not just from the first brand, but from many brands in the back steps.

The moderator asked: "Now in terms of the entire art market, Dugad Fairfield has achieved very brilliant results, what do you think of today's Yiqiē?"

She smiled lightly, "I founded Dugardfield with one goal in mind, and I didn't think about it that much, I just felt the power of time. ”

After a commercial break, the host returned to the show and said, "She explained her success as simply feeling the power of time, and when I asked about her novel about a Russian female boxer, Katerina said that the world was not mature enough to evaluate her novels, and that the heroine who could star in her film was not yet born, I couldn't help laughing, and she smiled and asked me, 'Why are you laughing? At this moment, as most Americans often say, a strong dimple appeared on her face. ”

"In the European market, some people call her 'Lady of the Storm of the Art World' – because she returns her masterpieces to humanity, even if only for a brief moment at auction. Although the art market has become more selective, people used to not buy drawings at all, they would say, 'Why should I buy a piece of paper like this!', but Dugardefel has reversed this perception and even set up an auction specifically for sketches. ”

When the TV show, a black stretch limousine was slowly gliding down the streets of London, and the video above opened up with a clear and smooth picture, and now everyone knows that she is from Russia, that her family used to live in a villa in Malakhovka, and that her maternal great-grandfather once owned a sports and medical bandage and suspension factory.

The secretary on the side reported the phone calls from all over the country to her, and these things need to be decided by Su Xiaoqi, "Danny Fell wants to make some changes to the plan, and it will cost a lot of money......"

"Mr. Mayor wants to know if you can attend the opening ceremony, he wants to arrange a grand banquet......"

"The National Bank wants to be involved in our next business ......"

"The Austrian art went up the price. ”

“......”

While listening to the secretary's convergence, she instructed that Levi sat in the car with a document in his hand, and glanced at her, "Dress a little differently today?"

She turned her head, narrowed her eyes and smiled, "There is a negotiation with the bank today, I hope to dress a little more romantic, when you dress more festively, it will be easier to talk about money, and the result will be in our favor." So, my butterfly jewelry is going to come into play and help me deal with financiers. ”

He raised his eyebrows, a little meaningful, and said, "This line of people is the 'fiercest bulldog' on Wall Street." ’”

Twenty-five minutes later, Su Xiaoqi and Li Wei went to the agreed place to meet the customer. When she entered the conference room, the bank's side had already arrived, and one of them handed her a piece of information, and one of the blond men said, "There are some lists, I would like you to look at them." ”

She took the text and saw that it was a list of artworks, and it seemed that she intended to maximize the asset management of their artworks.

Again and again, Dugard Fell has created a miracle of value at its London auctions, making them the world's biggest bankers.

Since the 19th century, the bank has collected art for office decoration and investment, with a global collection totaling tens of thousands of diamond-quality artworks, a wealth of evidence of its global prowess and footprint.

Who would have thought that the global banks of the past would start a long road to repay their debts in the midst of a financial turmoil. The total amount of debts of this bank is as high as more than $800 billion, and more than 60,000 creditors have come to collect debts.

It is not uncommon for financial institutions to own art collections, when one side is weak, and the relatively strong side is more capable of operating the market.

The negotiation lasted from the afternoon to 11 a.m. the next morning, and Su Xiaoqi said at the end of the negotiation, "Gentlemen, rest assured, Dugar Fair's strategy for maximizing the value of your company's assets will be realized for the art collected by your bank." ”

When they came out of the door of the conference room, Dugardefel had taken full charge of the auction, acquiring 20,000 works of art.

The owners of the company raised their glasses that night to celebrate the success of the negotiations. People from every department arrived, including the appraiser of the artwork, the project leader, the head of the department, and Mr. Mars said to her, "Girl, well done!"

Goldilocks Aurora also came, and accompanied Levi and smiled, "Cheers, you saved my life, you said on the phone that you were going to make a break in London, and now you have broken out." ”

Levi said, "Let's have a toast!

Su Xiaoqi finally said, "Cheers to us being the best team." ”

For Katerina, Dugardfeld's career was booming even more than they had designed and dreamed of, and then she had no personal life at all, and even the secretary suspected that she didn't sleep at all, sacrificing all her personal time to be busy with company affairs and meeting clients.

She drank some alcohol that night, and naturally she turned out to be drunk. At the end of the party, Aurora patted Levi on the shoulder and said, "Give her a ride." ”

After Li Wei helped her into the lounge next to the office, he turned around and saw the woman lying on the sofa sleeping lightly, a gust of wind blew from the window, Su Xiaoqi was lying on the sofa, her consciousness was a little regained, she raised her eyes and asked, "Li Wei?"

"It's me, you're drunk. Levi said.

She put her hand on her forehead and said, "No, I'm not drunk." ”

She got up from the couch and walked slowly to the window in a black evening gown, "You see, this is just the beginning - there are tens of thousands of companies in the metropolis, but there are only a few giants," she said to the street scene of London at night: "The Lutkins, the Tisers, the Rockefellers, the Stern ......"

Li Wei stared at the face of the woman in front of him, at this moment, Su Xiaoqi's eyes reflected the bright starlight, and said a little childishly, "Hmph, whether these people like it or not, Dugar Fairer will be on their equal footing one day." ”

"From now on, we will rewrite the history of the art field......" A cool wind blew, and the hair that blew across her forehead flew up, she blinked, and came back to her senses: "Well, it seems that I am really drunk?"

He clasped his hands and said, "No, you're not drunk." ”

London, United Kingdom

Since its listing in London, Dugardefier has refreshed the attention of the investment community again and again, and in a short period of time, it has entered the European market like a Russian storm, surpassing Christie's and Sotheby's, which have been established for more than two centuries, to occupy the first place.

The Financial Times headline read: "Dugardefel's auction illustrates the world's fourth-largest investment bank's global prowess and its global footprint......

Mr. Li, vice president of the European corporate collection department of Dugardefel, who was in charge of the auction, said in an interview with this newspaper that the special auction was scheduled to be held on the fourth anniversary of the bank's bankruptcy, and all the proceeds of the auction will be used to repay creditors. ”