James finished a long sentence in one breath, but there was only silence in the microphone, and there was no sound.

What does that mean?

Refusal, thinking, or deliberately putting on a score?

Nervous, James couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, how could he say that he was the head of Nielsen France, here he was the second only person to the general manager of the branch, and now he was so low-voiced, what else did he want?

Damn yellow-skinned monkeys.

After a long time, the Asian voice finally came through the microphone, "So, the price?"

The shame that had just risen was immediately thrown out of the clouds, and at this moment James was in high spirits, as if he heard the voice of an angel, and said with excitement on his face, "Mr. Enzo, don't worry, it must be the best price, three and a half million dollars, as long as three and a half million dollars, this office building in the city of Zurich with an underground warehouse is yours." ”

Three million dollars? Chen Dahe silently calculated in his heart, now the housing prices in Switzerland and Paris are not much different, but they are still slightly cheaper than Paris, the ordinary apartment in Paris is about 400 US dollars a square meter, villas and commercial buildings will be a little higher, but generally not more than 500 US dollars, and this bank building covers an area of 2,000 square meters of five-story building, which is 10,000 square meters of units, apportioned to 350 US dollars a square meter, cheaper than the apartment in Paris, this is not counting the underground warehouse that costs at least more than 150,000 US dollars, it is indeed a very real price。

But Chen Dahe naturally wouldn't just agree, "James, this price is not much different from the market price, even if someone buys it, they won't sell it at this price, and most of it is a loan payment, you need to give me a real price, otherwise there is no need to talk about it." ”

"Enzo, this is already a very affordable price," James gritted his teeth, "My authority is only $100,000 at most, $3.4 million, you can see it for yourself before deciding." ”

"Not enough, James, it's not enough,"

Chen Dahe, who was still frowning just now, did not look anxious at all at this time, and said lightly, "Of course I have to go to the scene to check it out, but this price is not enough to attract me to the past." ”

James secretly scolded the little fox, and said in a tone full of helplessness, "Enzo, what is the bottom line that you can accept, I'll see if I can apply to the headquarters." ”

"Two million eight thousand dollars," Chen Dahe opened his mouth, "two million eight thousand dollars, this is the price I can accept." ”

"No, no, no," James was about to go crazy, "Mr. Enzo, this is impossible, if so, then Nelson would rather keep this building in his hands and sell it when the economy improves, Nelson is not short of money!"

Chen Dahe pouted, no one in this world is a fool, it seems that Nelson will not accept this price.

But he didn't feel anxious, picked his nails with one hand, and said slowly, "Then you can also wait until you sell later, by the way, you yourself are doing market research, of course, you can predict the time of economic recovery, maybe you can sell it at a good price soon, but if you exchange this building for cash and use this cash to invest, will you make more money?"

This sentence poked James's weakness at once, of course he knew that it was precisely because of these two reasons that the headquarters would be so desperate to throw this building out, and it would take at least three or four years for the economy to recover, maybe longer, if it was converted into cash to invest, even if it was a conservative investment, with Nielsen's market acumen, at least it could earn more than 30% of the profit, which was far more cost-effective than holding a building that could not appreciate.

"Mr. Enzo, really, it's really impossible for us to accept this price, but it doesn't matter," after all, James has been in charge for many years, and he calmed down at the moment of battle, "I will communicate with the headquarters and then fight for a more favorable amount for you, and during this time, I can accompany you to the site to have a look, I believe that as long as you have seen the field, you will definitely be satisfied there." ”

Chen Dahe didn't continue to be hypocritical, holding the microphone and saying, "Yes, but I'm short on time, can you arrange it tomorrow?"

"We're here for you," James laughs, "and we're going to the Swiss branch tomorrow, and I think your new investment company will be ready by then." ”

As long as you can fool him over, it will be a great achievement, even if you can't make a deal, it doesn't matter, don't compete for the head of the European region, it's not bad to be promoted to be the general manager of the branch, George's dead old man should have given up his position a long time ago, James was secretly happy.

After setting a time for tomorrow's departure, James thought that Chen Dahe would hang up the phone, but he didn't expect to hear another thing.

"Mr. James, I'd like to ask a few real Chinese antiques experts to help you identify something, do you have any recommendations for this? I mean a human agency or an art company consultant, of course, it must be a real expert, at least at the same level as the researcher at the Guimet Museum!"

Familiar words, familiar tone, James felt a little toothache, fortunately Nelson no longer had this kind of task that had to be completed, he didn't want to fight this yellow man again.

After thinking for a moment, James said, "Mr. Enzo, can you tell me about the specific requirements, even if I don't know very well, I can know that there are many types of Chinese antiques, and no one can be proficient in all kinds of identification." ”

Chen Dahe blurted out, "Mainly porcelain, in addition to calligraphy, painting and jade, and a small amount of miscellaneous." ”

Although he didn't look carefully today, and Sophie didn't give him a roster, most of them were large and small colorful altars and jars, and then there were scrolled up calligraphy and paintings, and there were not many other messy things.

"Understood," said James, "then you need to hire four experts, we know some of them in Europe, but there are very few who can match the research experts of the Guimet Museum, and they are all difficult to date, Mr. Enzo, if you are in a hurry, we can get someone from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, at least a little bit more expensive." ”

Chen Dahe was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, how much do you estimate it will cost?"

"A thousand dollars per person per day," James expertly quoted the price, "you are responsible for all travel expenses and all necessary living expenses here, plus you will have to pay a consultation fee from Nelson for fifteen hundred dollars per person, a fair price." ”

This is not a sale of a house, you can still bargain with James, the price of the consulting fee is basically Nielsen's final say, unless it is a big customer to have the possibility of discounting, Chen Dahe did not hesitate to agree.