Chapter 19 Zhang's Auction House's Troubles
Lin Ran's original intention was to pinch Shen Ming, but now that the goal has been achieved, and Shen Jiayi has gone out in person, he naturally agreed very spinelessly, and was ready to go to Ou Yangming to see what he wanted to find himself.
In order to show the strength of his company, Shen Ming specially sent an employee to drive Lin Ran over in his car, but soon the employee returned to the company.
"What, does that kid have a car, or a BMW?" After receiving the report, Shen Ming's face suddenly showed a look of astonishment.
How is this possible? He still has some understanding of Lin Ran's situation, although the other party is a local, he is definitely not a rich person, and he can even be said to be relatively poor, which can be seen from the other party's previous life, otherwise, he would never be so resolute against Lin Ran's relationship with Shen Jiayi, and now that he suddenly heard the news, he was suddenly a little confused.
Stunned for a moment, Shen Ming came back to his senses, waved his hand to signal the employee to leave, and said in his heart, "This kid is really not a good thing, in order to hook up with Jiayi, he even learned to rent a car and load a large amount of money, it seems that he must communicate with Jiayi well after going back......"
Came to Wanteng Real Estate again, this time, Lin Ran did not register for an appointment, and after explaining his identity, the front desk lady directly invited Lin Ran to the president's office on the sixth floor.
"Little brother, you're here, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Seeing Lin Ran walk in, Ou Yangming's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up with a smile and greeted him.
Lin Ran was quite flattered, the difference between this and the treatment he came over last time was too big, look at this smile, it was too kind.
However, he was more vigilant in his heart, and the other party's kindness was a bit abnormal.
"Mr. Ouyang, I don't know what you came to me for?" Lin Ran sat down on the sofa and asked straight to the point.
"Sure enough, he is a good boy who is honest, not to mention those false. The smile on Ou Yangming's face became even kinder, as if he admired Lin Ran very much.
But the next moment, the smile on his face disappeared in an instant, and his brows were furrowed tightly, as if he had encountered something difficult, and it took a long time before he sighed and said, "Lin Ran, do you remember that you went to Zhang's Auction House with me two days ago, have you read the discussions on the Internet in the past two days?"
Lin Ran shook his head, he had encountered a little too many things in the past two days, where did he have time to look at the things on the Internet? Not to mention that he himself was not a person who loved the Internet.
Ou Yangming's expression was serious, and he began to speak, talking about the relationship between him and Zhang Yiman to the difficulties encountered by Zhang's Auction House now.
Although Ou Yangming was Zhang Yiman's uncle, but he was called uncle, this relationship made him feel a little messy, but Lin Ran was not more surprised, but focused his attention on what Ou Yangming said later.
"Mr. Ouyang is going to let me go to Zhang's Auction House to help them identify antiques?" Lin Ran's expression was calm, and he understood Ou Yangming's meaning at a glance.
Nodding, Ou Yangming said: "That's right, the current situation is very dangerous, originally Yiman and I planned to use public opinion to force the secret person to start a jade-related auction competition with us, but I didn't expect that the other party would not play cards according to common sense at all, since this morning, there have been many people who have come to Zhang's Auction House with antiques and antiques to entrust, saying that they want to entrust our auction house to auction." ”
"Is there a fake?" Lin Ran raised his eyebrows and asked, if it was genuine, Ou Yangming would definitely not be this kind of worried performance, but should be very excited, after all, there are many resources commissioned, which proves that the reputation of Zhang's auctioneer will also be better.
With a serious face, Ou Yangming's face rarely showed such a look, nodded heavily, and said: "That's right, and these fake things are not only very rare, but even the craftsmanship of counterfeiting is also very exquisite. ”
"So serious?" Lin Ran was surprised, Ou Yangming's appraisal ability, he still had some understanding, the other party could see at a glance that the crutch was a treasure, obviously the level was very good, plus the owner of an auctioneer personally took action, but that's it, he was still almost blinded, which shows how realistic those consignments are.
"Could it be an accident?" Lin Ran asked.
Ou Yangming shook his head and said, "This is intentional by the other party, and the other party does not intend to hide it, but just come to trouble and accept the commission on the surface, then it is inevitable to accept the risks that come with it, if there is a fake, it will have a great impact on the reputation of the auction house, but if you don't accept it, the other party will hype it up after all, and the reputation of the auction house will be affected even more." ”
Lin Ran finally understood what kind of situation Zhang's Auction House was facing now, and it could be said that it was in a dilemma.
"I'm afraid that even if I am in the past, I have no way to help Mr. Ouyang, I am very clear about my level, but it is just a half-level, if I make a mistake in the past, it will really push Zhang's Auction House into a more dangerous situation. ”
Lin Ran felt that what he said was right, he felt that although he could identify some antiques, it was only because those antiques that could be identified had rare things, such as gold or jade, and other than these, he had no way to determine whether he could identify other types of antiques.
For example, some famous paintings or other works of art from the past.
He hadn't tried this for sure, so there was no way to know for sure.
There is another reason, that is, he does not want to get involved in these things, obviously this is a fight between two large groups, and it is not a good thing to get involved in this way.
"Little brother don't have to be presumptuous, I can still trust your level, your performance in the auction house that day can prove your attainments in antiques, and little brother rest assured, the remuneration will definitely satisfy you, and you will not be allowed to contribute in vain." Ou Yangming said with a smile: "Moreover, all the consequences will be borne by us, and we will not have anything to do with the little brother." ”
Ou Yangming was old and refined, and he saw Lin Ran's concerns at a glance, but he didn't feel that Lin Ran was doing something wrong, but appreciated Lin Ran even more, being able to stay calm in such a situation and avoid trouble, this is indeed a rare quality.
However, he didn't expect that Lin Ran really felt that he couldn't take on such a heavy responsibility.
If it doesn't work, wouldn't it hurt others?
Lin Ran had no way to explain clearly, so he could only smile bitterly and refuse again and again.
In the end, Ou Yangming had no choice but to send Lin Ran out with a disappointed face, not enough before leaving, he still hoped that Lin Ran could think about it again.
Lin Ran walked out of the Wanteng Group with apologies and got into the car, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Although doing so is likely to make Ou Yangming feel a little unhappy, it is better than really pretending to be a treasure expert, in case he really doesn't have that ability, then he will really trap the other party.
"What, that guy actually doesn't agree? Uncle Ouyang, are you giving a little low compensation, that guy is obviously a money fan, so he might refuse?" Zhang Yiman immediately frowned when he got the news.
The current situation is really very dangerous, the original public opinion guidance, the situation is going in the direction she wants, I didn't expect the other party to come to such a move, and now there have been a lot of remarks on the Internet about Zhang's auction house is not good.
Originally, I thought that I could pay for Lin Ran to go out, but I didn't expect the place to refuse, which made Zhang Yiman feel very puzzled.
Although she and Lin Ran have only known each other for a short time, she can see that the other party is a person who loves money, and under such a generous reward, how would she refuse?
"Boss, a few more people came outside, saying that they were going to entrust our auction house to auction antiques. A girl walked in and reported.
"Okay, I see, you tell them to wait first, and I'll be right over. Zhang Yiman replied.
"How many antiques are there now that can't be authenticated?" asked Ou Yangming with a frown.
"Since this morning, a total of fifty-six antiques have been wanted to be auctioned at our place, and after identification, we can now determine forty-three, of which five are genuine, the other thirty-eight are fakes, and as for the remaining thirteen, we have no way to verify the authenticity. Zhang Yiman sighed, the expression on his face was very solemn.
Ou Yangming's face also sank, if these antiques were fakes, it would be simple, but these things are real and fake, if the real ones are identified as fake, then obviously the people in the dark will publicize these situations, and the reputation of Zhang Shi Auction House will obviously suffer a big blow.
No one wants to entrust something to an auction house that lacks even the ability to authenticate.
"I'll go find him. Zhang Yiman gritted her teeth and asked Ou Yangming to go over for appraisal first, and she went to find Lin Ran herself.
She thought that Lin Ran was reluctant to come forward to help because of her own reasons.
Although she was very reluctant to do so, she couldn't have done anything better when she thought that the display auction house was likely to suffer a serious blow.
Xiangyang Decoration Company, Lin Ran was sitting in the manager's office, drinking tea leisurely, behind him, Shen Jiayi was standing there prettyly, two soft little hands were massaging him on his shoulders.
On the other side, it was Shen Ming, whose face was darker than the bottom of the pot.
"Manager Shen, you see, I have to work hard for the company, not only to pull the list, but also to do the specific construction plan myself, you say, where can I find a good employee like me?" Lin Ran took a sip of tea and said with a smile.
Later, Shen Jiayi blushed a little, this guy really lied without a draft, what to think about the construction plan, it was obviously nonsense.