Chapter 130: The Pride of the Chinese People

At this time, Xi Qing, who was walking at the front of the crowd, was blocked by a group of reporters, and countless flashing lights flashed in front of him, which made Xi Qing feel a little irritable.

"Sir, I'm a reporter for The Times of London, may I give you an interview?"

"Hey, buddy, that's good, leave a contact number, I'll get back to you for an interview......"

"Hello sir, I'm a reporter from the United States, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Hello, I'm a reporter from the French evening newspaper, can I ask you a few questions about what you just said?"

For a while, countless microphone recorders were handed to Xi Qing's mouth, and some reporters who were far away even climbed onto the backs of their counterparts in front of them, and the scene was extremely chaotic. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"Damn, it seems that this reporter also needs to have a good body......"

Xi Qing looked at these people in front of him speechlessly, he was also a little overwhelmed, originally he was just trying to be happy, but he didn't expect to provoke such a big turmoil, looking at this momentum, I'm afraid that I can't wait for tomorrow, and the whole world will know what happened today.

"Damn, if these things are reported by reporters, it will be a big scandal......"

Dennis, who had just been dazed by Xi Qing's reaction, suddenly reacted, but he didn't have the slightest solution, and the gaffe was out of his control.

"Fire Kate right away, I don't know what the pig said to the man?!"

Poor lawyer Kate, he just did what his boss told him to do, but at this point, he was the only one who was unlucky.

"It's over, this auction is completely finished......"

Dennis, the owner of the auction house, sat back on the sofa with a gray face, Dennis did not expect that the Chinese, who had not been very united, would be instigated by a few words from this young man, which was simply better than the words of Cook, the auctioneer.

Organizing an auction requires a lot of work in the early stage, and the printing and promotion of the lots will cost a lot of money, and Dennis has high expectations for this auction, which has already cost hundreds of thousands of euros in the early stage, and now it seems that it is likely to be lost.

In addition, for those who provide lots, he also has to compensate for the losses, because some of the lots he has signed an agreement to eat himself if they cannot be auctioned at a certain lowest price, so Dennis's loss is even greater.

"Dennis, now is not the time to hold accountable, let's think about it first, how to appease these Chinese, right?"

Sitting next to Dennis was Danielston, a partner at the auction house, and although Daniel was so anxious that his forehead was full of beads of sweat, he finally made a constructive suggestion.

"Yes, yes, Daniel, hurry up and notify the security guards and ask these Chinese to go to the conference room and bring the situation under control......"

Dennis jumped up from a dream when he heard Daniel's words, and what was happening seemed like a nightmare for him, for he had worked in an auction house for decades, and it was the first time he had seen a large number of buyers leave.

After giving instructions on the walkie-talkie, Dennis and Daniel also hurried downstairs, now counting on Cook to control the scene? That was almost impossible, for poor Cook was already shouting out on stage by this time, and no one paid any attention to him.

…… Just when the owner of the auction house was trying to calm down the incident, the auction hall was very lively, at least more than 10 reporters from various countries surrounded Xi Qing, and the questions raised in different languages made Xi Qing's head almost blow up.

"Say less, it's better not to say a word at all......"

Wu Lisha, who was standing next to Xi Qing, was a lawyer, and he knew that no matter what Xi Qing said, it would be distorted by these reporters, so he hurriedly reminded him in Xi Qing's ear.

"I'm sorry, I don't have ...... comment"

After Xi Qing heard Wu Lisha's words, she suddenly remembered a line she often saw in movies, and said it casually, but those reporters were not so easy to fool, and they still held the microphone and chattered questions.

"Mr. Xi, I heard that you are a master of carving in China, so does your behavior today represent the opinion of the Chinese art world?"

The reporter from the Evening de France who asked the question just now asked a malicious question.

"Oh, I'm sorry, my actions are only personal......"

After Xi Qing heard the man's words, he couldn't help but reply, and Wu Lisha, who was behind her, was in a cold sweat, but fortunately, Xi Qing didn't fall into that person's trap.

"Then why are you following so many people?" The reporter saw Xi Qing open his mouth and asked relentlessly.

"You have to ask them this question, I only represent me personally, I'm sorry, please let me, you are in my way......"

After Xi Qing answered the man's words expressionlessly, he gently pushed him aside, but he still couldn't get out of the auction hall.

Because at this time, the security guards in the venue, who were already dumbfounded just now, finally received instructions from the bosses to stop those reporters, trying to save some of the impact as much as possible.

The bosses of the auction house knew that once this matter was publicized, it would be an extremely heavy blow to the credibility of their auction house.

Whatever the reason, if the buyers of the entire country or region leave the auction house en masse, the fault must be on the part of the auction house.

And the fact is that Cook told the organizing committee to send a lawyer to warn Xi Qing, which is indeed an extremely stupid thing.

Obviously, the auctioneer didn't pay enough attention to Xi Qing at the beginning, and when they thought about it, they would send a lawyer to warn the young man, and they would definitely get a satisfactory answer, but the development of things was completely contrary to the result they imagined.

At best, this incident hurt the feelings of Chinese buyers, and at worst, France's refusal to recognize history hurts the feelings of the Chinese and French people, and Dennis, the owner of the auction house, cannot afford to bear this responsibility.

"Mr. Xi, Mr. Xi, please stay, I sincerely apologize to you for some people's inappropriate words, and I hope we can communicate, this should be a misunderstanding......"

Dennis, who had just rushed down from the private room on the second floor, stood in front of Xi Qing sweating profusely, making an extremely sincere expression, never bending over, and also bent down to Xi Qing at this time, and even had a pleading look on his face.

"Mr. Xi, I believe that what happened just now is just the private behavior of some people, and it does not represent the auction house, I think, we can sit down and talk, and we will definitely make compensation and apologize for the harm caused to you......"

Daniel's attitude was equally deferential, much to the surprise of many of the auction house employees present, and two bigwigs appeared at the same time to plead with a young man, something they had never seen before.

And Kate, the lawyer who is about 10 meters away from Xi Qing and others, has an incredible expression, what he says is authorized by them, how can it become his own private behavior now?

"Daniel, you are responsible for your words, I am a lawyer hired by your bank, all my remarks are authorized by you, let me go, I will sue you ......"

"Security, take him out, he can't represent our auction house......"

Daniel didn't wait for Kate to finish speaking, and immediately signaled the security guard next to him and pulled him out, and Kate's voice still echoed in everyone's ears.

"Who are you two?"

Xi Qing looked at the two middle-aged people in front of him with some doubts, the scene just now was just a dog-eat-dog farce in Xi Qing's eyes.

"I am Dennis, the chairman of this auction house, this is Daniel, I think, only our words can represent the will of the auction house, Mr. Xi, friends, please go to the conference room first, we can give you a satisfactory answer......"

Dennis took the microphone that the employee had just handed over and shouted loudly into the crowd in front of him.

"I'm very sorry, due to some communication misunderstandings, our auction today will be postponed to the afternoon, because of the inconvenience brought to everyone, I apologize very much, everyone's food at noon will be taken care of by our auction house, I'm really sorry......"

Just when Dennis asked Xi Qing and others to go to the conference room to communicate, Daniel also walked up to the auction table and announced the auction house's decision to suspend the auction in the morning with a microphone.

Those buyers from outside China, after hearing this decision, although it is not rare to organize the committee's meals, but they are also helpless, after all, the main customer group of this auction is those Chinese, they are just here to have fun, not to mention, among the remaining dozens of people, more than 10 are arranged by the auction house.

"Sister Lisa, do you want to go?"

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention in the audience was attracted by Daniel's words, Xi Qing whispered Lisa's opinion for an afternoon, after all, this is a professional lawyer.

"Of course you have to go, this auction house is also one of the best in the world, it is not easy to make them soft, then again, maybe there will be some unexpected gains after going......"

Wu Lisha smiled a little treacherously, before the auction began, he connected in many ways, but still failed to stop the auction, but he didn't expect to be unintentionally done by Xi Qing, if Wu Lisha can't maximize the benefits of this matter, then he, the lawyer, will do it in vain.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, and I'll say you're my lawyer, and you can talk about ...... something."

Xi Qing nodded and agreed, although she and Wu Lisha had known each other for a short time, but the two hit it off at first sight, Xi Qing still trusted her, so she simply entrusted this matter to Wu Lisa.

"My lawyer's representation is a very expensive ......"

Wu Lisha replied with a smile, turned her face to look at Dennis with an urgent look, and said, "I'm Mr. Xi's lawyer, I think we can sit down and talk about it......"

"Of course, but these people ......"

Dennis took out a tissue to wipe the sweat from his forehead, pointed to the crowd behind Xi Qing, and looked at Wu Lisa.

"Oh, Mr. Dennis, do you think these people were instigated by my boss? No...... No, it's not, it doesn't have anything to do with us......"

Dennis, who listened to Lisa's words, was almost so angry that he vomited blood, it has nothing to do with you, what the hell, it wasn't for the words that the surnamed Zhuang said, there were no such things at all, Dennis seemed to have forgotten again, and they provoked the incident.

"Of course...... Of course, it has nothing to do with Mr. Xi, but can you please ask Mr. Xi to talk about it and let everyone go to the conference room? ā€

Dennis said the above words very against his will, he is almost crazy now, why did a good auction become like this, why were these damn rich people instigated by Xi Qing so easily?

"This ...... I don't really know them......"

Xi Qing spread his hands very innocently, buddy is telling the truth, if they listen to me, I simply won't let them come to this auction.

After Dennis heard Xi Qing's words, his old face turned red, he was already low enough, why did the other party still not give up?

"Everyone, I think we need an explanation for the behavior of the auction house, but it's not a way to gather all here, let's go to the conference room......"

Just as Dennis was about to bang his head against the wall, a female voice rang out, and the bustling crowd became quiet, and the person who spoke was Ms. Wang.

"Okay, let's hear their explanation......"

"Let's go, let's all go to the conference room, if the auction house doesn't have an explanation, I still have to withdraw from this auction......"

Wang Baozhen still has a lot of status and prestige in the Chinese collecting circle, and after she spoke, everyone nodded in agreement, and the group left the auction hall and walked to the conference room on the same floor.

"Ms. Wang, thank you for ......"

Xi Qing walked a few steps slower and expressed his gratitude to Wang Baozhen beside him, although this matter is comfortable and enjoyable today, but if all these people leave, then the incident will become a big deal, and I am afraid it will rise to the level of negotiations between countries.

The background of this auction house is the shadow of the French government, and this kind of irresponsible remarks about history appears, and if it is hyped up by the public opinion media, the Chinese government will definitely protest, and at that time, Xi Qing will definitely be more famous than CCTV.

If the situation develops to that point, Xi Qing's name will definitely be blacklisted in future international auctions, although Xi Qing is not afraid, but he cannot participate in international auctions, and it is not in his own interests, so Wang Baozhen can be regarded as relieving both sides.

"Hehe, I didn't do anything, young man, what you said, what you did, is what many Chinese people want to say and do, yes, very good......"

Ms. Wang laughed, where did she look like a strong woman in the business world at this time? It's like a kind old mother.

"Young people, leave a business card, and let's get in touch with ...... when we return to China."

"Okay." (To be continued.) )