Tang Xiang smiled, he didn't expect Jacqueline to know a lot, and he also knew that this matter would cause political cannons between countries, and he had the impression that European liberal whites were a little stupid and naïve.

Of course, Jacqueline is South American, not strictly white.

"No, getting more attention isn't necessarily a bad thing. Tang Xiang shook his head.

In his estimate, it will take about 10 million to win these two bronze statues, and he can't squander it with his current financial resources, but if he can make this matter bigger with himself as the center, it will be worth it back.

At present, Tang Xiang plans to take the opportunity to promote its products such as Eleme and Yifutong to the whole country when he is on the cusp of public opinion.

Jacqueline shrugged: "Well, I can't help it if you say that, what I hate the most is to get involved in controversy, I didn't expect you to jump into it in a hurry." ”

"That's your fault. Tang Xiang said seriously.

"Your fashion industry is also half of the nature of the entertainment industry, the more people who know how to hype can be more popular, when you encounter similar things, not only can you not hide, you must seize the opportunity to make yourself popular is the right reason. ”

Jacqueline's head shook like a wave drum.

Tang Xiang spread his hands helplessly: How do you feel like you're teaching a bad child?

However, he can be sure that Jacqueline, as a person in the fashion industry, will understand this truth sooner or later, and now she is still young, and only after being unnoticed for a long time can she know the value of being noticed.

Jacqueline parked the car on the Champs-Élysées as instructed by Tang Xiang, and was greeted by the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, which looked like a medieval royal palace.

"Okay, I'll send you here, I'll have work in a while, remember to tell me if there is any progress in the Sotheby's auction." Jacqueline could advise.

Although she couldn't help much, she was still a little worried.

Tang Xiang nodded: "Thank you." ”

Jacqueline smiled and made an OK gesture, then rolled up the window and rushed to the COACH headquarters, where she was going to take a few posters of the COACH today.

The Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris is one of the world's finest hotels, located in a prime location on the Champs-Élysées and Avenue George V, and is architecturally reminiscent of the thirties of the last century.

Tang Xiang stayed in the presidential suite for 50,000 nights, and at the same time he booked seven rooms, because the team he hired would also come here later.

Of course, he could not fight alone in such an important auction, so he hired a professional team of overseas auction consultants.

After Tang Xiang checked in, he found that there were many oil paintings in the suite, the overall layout was like the palace style of the last century, and the room was decorated with the creative flowers of the world's most famous florist Jeff Leatham, which looked very gorgeous and dreamy.

Walking to the balcony, Tang Xiang looked into the distance, and the Eiffel Tower, a landmark building in Paris, was not far in front of him.

Well, the environment is good.

......

In the afternoon, the suite's living room.

In front of Tang Xiang sat four European-looking people and three Hong Kong people, they were the auction consultant team invited by Tang Xiang, of course, these seven are just the company's contact figures, and there is actually a huge consulting company behind these seven people.

"Mr. Tang, this is your list of main competitors. A European handed Tang Xiang a list.

Tang Xiang glanced at it, seventy percent of them were Chinese, and half of the Chinese were from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and some of the names were even very familiar to him, all of them were prominent figures in the Chinese business community.

This is quite normal, due to historical reasons, the bronze heads of the zodiac are more well-known in the Chinese circle, and foreigners may not understand their value.

Therefore, the buyers of Chinese cultural relics in foreign auctions are often Chinese.

Tang Xiang scratched these names with his right finger and asked, "What is the expected price of the auction venue?"

The consultant thought for a moment and said: "Sotheby's is expected to sell for 10 million euros on the surface, but based on our calculations and information gathering, Sotheby's will not actually let the auction price of the two bronze heads be less than 28 million euros." ”

In other words, Sotheby's will send someone to raise the price at the auction. The advisor emphasized.

"You don't have to think about Sotheby's influence in it. Tang Xiang raised his hand and interrupted him: "I have a way to make Sotheby's unable to manipulate the auction bidding." ”

Yes?

Several consultants looked at each other in surprise, the customer in front of them was really a big breath, the auction is Sotheby's home field, what kind of means can make Sotheby's be tied hand and foot in his own home?

However, although they were curious, they did not take the liberty to ask whether they could see at the auction in the end, which was not something that they needed to interfere with within their scope of business.

Tang Xiang asked: "Can you put aside the influence of the auctioneer's bidding, and tell me that only other bidders will be considered, what is the possible final price?"

The advisor replied: "If this is the case, the final price may fall between 13 million euros and 18 million euros. ”

Tang Xiang nodded, it seems that the difference is quite big, which shows that the malicious price increase behavior of the auction is very important to the final price of the auction item.

"Is there any other relevant information you don't have?" asked Tang Xiang.

"One more important thing is that we understand that the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has lodged a solemn protest with the French side through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we suspect that on the day of the auction, all the national media will publish and broadcast and criticize Sotheby's," said a Hong Kong consultant. ”

"I expected that. Tang Xiang didn't think this was important information, this kind of thing would inevitably come forward, but it must be limited to lip service.

The advisor shook his head: "It's not just that. ”

"We also understand that the relevant commissioner of the Cultural Heritage Bureau has flown over to Paris to make contact with the embassy in France, and the current rhetoric is that the cultural heritage bureau is likely to communicate with the Chinese buyer who has won the auction to negotiate the refusal to pay. ”

Tang Xiang became serious at this time: "There is such a thing?"

In other words, the reason why Mr. Cai, who won the bid before rebirth, refused to pay was not entirely his own intention?

In this way, things are troublesome, and if the state opposes an individual's bid for cultural relics with significant historical symbolism, then it may not be a wise choice for him to forcibly auction them.

If they refuse to pay, they are likely to be sued by Sotheby's and face huge damages and six months of detention.

In the previous life, Mr. Cai returned safely, but who can say for sure what is happening now?

The Hong Kong consultant reminded Tang Xiang: "Mr. Tang, so you have to be prepared, if the bid is really successful, you may have to make a very difficult choice." ”

Tang Xiang thought for a while and came to a conclusion: "Don't think about these things first, let's take a picture and then talk about it." ”

Tang Xiang has his own trade-offs, and he believes that even if Sotheby's core lot fails, there is a high probability that no lawsuit will be filed, because once it offends the public, their China business will be completely cool.

They don't have the guts.