Chapter 46: The Auction (I)

"Mr. Yan, don't forget, at 6:30 p.m., the door of the Friendship Auction House will be gone!" a hearty voice said.

"Well, okay. I won't forget it, don't worry, Lao Zhang. See you then!" Hanging up the phone, Yan Xiwen squinted his eyes and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.

Under the blazing sun outside the window, the sound of cicadas is endless.

The traffic is busy and lively

He hadn't been out for a long time, and hadn't stepped out of the house since he got home two days ago.

Paced to the bathroom and took off his glasses in front of the mirror. In the mirror was a young man with a pale face and a sallow forehead. With thick dark circles under his eyes, Yan Xiwen washed his face, and the whole person instantly felt much refreshed.

Today is June 15th, the day I agreed with Lao Zhang to participate in the auction.

He was not in vain during last weekend, he had dinner twice with Lao Zhang of ICBC, and the two became more familiar after several phone calls.

Cao Jian of CCB called yesterday and the day before yesterday, because Yan Xiwen transferred nearly 500 million yuan of funds in CCB's card to 300 million.

Yan Xiwen did not talk nonsense and directly told the other party that the money had been transferred to the account of OPM (Owl Plastic Machinery Co., Ltd). OPM is about to enter China's plastic machinery industry at the mid-year auction of Friendship Auctions, and it is imperative to acquire shares in Jianghai Plastic Machinery Co., Ltd. and Ningqiang Plastic Machinery Co., Ltd.!

Cao Jian had heard of the mid-year auction of Friendship Auction Company, after all, NB Friendship Auction Co., Ltd. is the largest auction house in the NB region, and he has participated in it before.

In the end, Lai Caojian wanted to go with Yan Xiwen, on the grounds that he was from the past and was familiar with the process, so he could follow him as a guide.

Yan Xiwen didn't refuse after thinking about it, so the people who traveled today would become four. When the auction company gathers Lao Zhang, there will be 5 people, but fortunately, each invitation can bring two people in. Yan Xiwen has an invitation letter, and he can bring Bao Yujing and Chen Lijun together, and it is very easy for President Zhang to get the invitation.

Although Cao Jian is only the head of the asset management department of a district branch, it is not difficult to get an invitation letter, the reason why he didn't have it before was because he didn't want to participate, and now it is very easy to get an invitation letter from the organizer if he wants to participate.

"Bags, go to an auction with me in the evening. Take a good rest in the afternoon and recharge your batteries. ”

At noon, Yan Xiwen ate the lunch cooked by Bao Yujing, while giving Bao Yujing a vaccination in advance.

Sure enough, Bao Yujing raised an objection.

"Why? Don't want to go. Ah, yawn, so tired. Isn't it possible to have a good rest at home? People don't want to go out at night. ”

Yan Xiwen was depressed, if he only told her at night, it would be too late to say anything.

But he said very strongly: "No." The evening auction is very important, the highlight of the company is tonight, you have to go and drive me, and by the way, be my female companion in the evening. ”

Bao Yujing tilted her head and looked at Yan Xiwen inexplicably. She had already had doubts in her heart, and at this moment it was more like she understood something. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he chewed the rice in his mouth, and agreed casually.

"Okay, let's go!"

The auction held by Friendship Company will start at 6:30 a.m. and officially start at 7:15 a.m.

For this auction, Friendship Auction Company has carefully prepared 52 lots for it, including but not limited to various high-end luxury goods and villa real estate, as well as the auction of shares of several companies.

Among them, it is limited to the requirements of individual sellers, and when special lots are auctioned, there are financial restrictions on the entry of buyers, and they are not even eligible to participate in the auction if they do not reach a certain amount of funds.

This is where the so-called special invitations come from, which will be held exclusively in a small conference room after the normal auction event.

At 4:30 p.m., Yan Xiwen began to prepare for hair after dinner.

At 5 o'clock, the two drove the BMW 7 Series from Sanjiang Mansion, all the way to CCB to pick up Cao Jian, and then rushed to the BL area to pick up Chen Lijun.

In the end, the five of them slaughtered the Friendship Auction Company again, but fortunately, the Friendship Auction Company was in the BL area, and it was not far from the auction house after receiving Chen Lijun.

A little after 6:30, Yan Xiwen and Bao Yujing appeared at the door of the Friendship Auction House on time.

"Mr. Yan, Miss Bao, good evening! I've been waiting for you for a long time, the invitation says to enter at 6:30, in fact, you can enter early enough. Yan Xiwen had just approached the door of the auction company, and a slightly obese middle-aged man in the distance had already come over with a smile to shake hands and say hello, it was Zhang Tianxiang, the president of the Meixu branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Yan Xiwen stretched out a hand and shook President Zhang's hand before letting go, President Zhang reached over and shook Yan Xiwen's hand twice with both hands.

Cao Jian, who was standing behind Yan Xiwen, looked stupid.

It was not surprising that Cao Jian knew Zhang Tianxiang, because the two banks were on the same street, and he couldn't look up to see him.

Cao Jian is very familiar with Zhang Tianxiang's experience, as the saying goes, the person who knows you best is often your enemy. Although Cao Jian and Zhang Tianxiang are not enemies, the presidents of the two banks have done research to understand each other.

As far as Cao Jian knows, this person graduated from Fudan University with a master's degree in finance and started from scratch. After entering the work, he was appreciated by a bigwig at the headquarters of ICBC, married the daughter of the bigwig, and made steady progress all the way. If it weren't for the fact that the big guy was targeted by the enemy and retired early, he might have more room to rise.

Such a famous President Zhang actually admired Yan Xiwen so much, either Yan Xiwen had something that the other party needed, or the other party had more information about Yan Xiwen and took the initiative to befriend. In any case, it is certain that CCB does not know Yan Xiwen well enough.

Cao Jian felt a real annoyance in his heart.

This is also the reason why Yan Xiwen's background is not deep enough. The so-called heritage is not the number of a person's assets, but the embodiment of a person's cultivation and knowledge.

A farmer who has never been out of the village, has never played with a computer, and has been farming all his life, suddenly gets a huge sum of 10 billion US dollars, and he can only be a rich farmer, and he cannot become the helm of a wealthy family. To use the simplest analogy, if this farmer is allowed to fly to SH alone, he may not even be able to get to the airport. Even if he arrived at the airport, he didn't know where the waiting hall was, how to buy plane tickets, how to go through the security check, and how to get on the plane, and he didn't know how many jokes to come up with in the middle.

Of course, in the end, the farmer may slowly learn to take the train, plane, or even drive himself, and slowly buy high-end luxury goods, clothes and shoes from world-famous brands.

But it all takes time to settle!

Yan Xiwen is currently at this stage, and he is not proficient in interpersonal etiquette. It's a shame to know that you can take the initiative to shake hands with someone when you meet, but if you ask him the difference between extending one hand and extending two hands when shaking hands, it's a bit difficult for him.

Let's just talk about this auction, if it wasn't for Zhang Tianxiang to introduce him to the way, he wouldn't know how to participate.

"Lao Zhang, didn't WeChat tell you on the way that it was about 6:30, why have you been waiting outside. I would like to introduce you to two friends, this is our legal counsel at OPM, Mr. Chen Lijun Chen. ”

"Lao Chen, this is the president of the Meixu branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the seal of the seal, the president of the chapter!"

President Zhang happily shook hands with Chen Lijun and said, "Lawyer Chen, I am glad to meet, I am fortunate to be here!"

"Where, it's my honor to know President Zhang, this is my business card, you can ask me for help with any legal matters in the future. Chen Lijun shook his hands and handed a business card to Zhang Tianxiang.

"This is Zhang's business card, Lawyer Chen will have business dealings in the future, please take more care of it!" Zhang Tianxiang took the business card with both hands, first glanced at the name and phone number on it, and then put it in the pocket of his suit, and then found a business card from nowhere and handed it to Chen Lijun.

Here, Chen Lijun happily accepted the business card, and said: "Surely!"

Yan Xiwen pointed to the other side with his hand, but before he could speak, Zhang Tianxiang even took a step ahead of Cao Jian and said with a smile: "Mr. Yan, this one doesn't need to be introduced, I have dealt with it." ”

"Minister Cao, it's been a long time! If you don't like what you do on Lao Wang's side, the door of our Industrial and Commercial Bank of China will be open for you!"

Cao Jian's face turned cold all of a sudden, and he didn't smile on his face: "That's it! President Zhang's appreciation is flattered! President Zhang can come to our CCB to sit down when he is free, our Wang Xing has admired you for a long time, and he will definitely entertain you well when you come." ”

Cao Jiannai is Wang Youde's henchman, who has received the grace of dripping water, and still reciprocates with springs. What's more, the nobles appreciate and promote?

The ancients said: A man dies for a confidant, and a woman is a person who pleases herself.

Although Cao Jian is not loyal to Wang Youde, he is not comparable to ordinary feelings, how can the other party stand the anger of the other party digging his corner in front of him?

The two had a sharp-tongued confrontation!

Although Yan Xiwen's emotional intelligence is not high, this is mainly due to lack of experience. There is still some ability to judge the scene, and it can be seen for a while that the two may be a little incompatible.

"Old Zhang, come on, come on. Let's stop standing at the door and say hello, let's go inside. ”

"It's the first time I've participated in this auction of your NB, so tell me about this auction company. ”

Yan Xiwen started the round, grabbed Lao Zhang's hand and walked towards the Friendship Auction House. Bao Yujing followed Yan Xiwen with the bag in her hand, and Chen Lijun and Cao Jian said hello and followed together.

Cao Jian's face was cloudy, he looked at the backs of Yan Xiwen and Zhang Tianxiang in front of him, struggled a little, and finally chose to follow behind with Chen Lijun side by side.

"This friendship auction company is our largest NB auction house, the company was established in December 2004, with a registered capital of 5 million yuan. It is one of the few large-scale auction houses with auction qualifications such as state-owned land use rights, real estate ownership, motor vehicles, cultural artworks, equity and intangible assets.