Chapter 133: Striving for Interests
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"Okay, Mr. Xi, please stay, you won!"
Seeing Xi Qing stand up and was about to walk out of the door, Dennis's short and fat body, like a balloon full of gas, suddenly deflated, became even shorter, and showed an indescribable expression on his face.
"Mr. Xi, on behalf of XX Auction House, I would like to express my most sincere apologies to you for what happened today, and my most sincere apologies for the physical and mental damage caused to you! I hope you can forgive me. ”
Dennis walked up to Xi Qing, bowed slightly, and said the above words to Xi Qing in English with a London accent.
In the huge conference room, it suddenly became silent, and this sudden change not only made Xi Qing, but also all the people in the venue feel a little sudden. This guy actually bowed his head?
But what followed was refreshment, everyone's hearts seemed to be watered by the rain, and the refreshing feeling could not be expressed in words, and for a while, everyone's eyes were a little moist.
You must know that with the development of China's economy, Chinese enterprises or individuals are also playing an increasingly important role on the world stage, but in some fields, they have always been controlled by foreigners, such as international auction houses, none of which are Chinese.
In these fields, foreigners have always been the ones who make and implement the rules, and the Chinese can only passively participate in their rules of the game, and have no ability and strength to negotiate conditions. But now, this rule has been faintly broken, and the powerful auction house owner has lowered his self-proclaimed noble head in front of Xi Qing!! He even apologized to Chinese!!
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At this time, everyone has such a feeling in their hearts.
These Chinese present are often traveling abroad, and when they are negotiating with others, they can more or less always feel the superiority of the other party, but at this time, this sense of superiority is broken, on the contrary, in front of Dennis, their waists seem to be much straighter than usual!
And at this moment, they also feel the power of unity, as long as they are united, the predators of the international auction house must also bow down and admit defeat, and also make concessions, it is not necessary to obey their rules of the game, the important thing is unity, on the contrary, if only Xi Qing insisted, I believe that Dennis will never make concessions.
Thinking of this, everyone had a little more confidence in the auction plan proposed by Xi Qing, and for Xi Qing, a young man, they couldn't help but be impressed, and they would never have a trace of underestimating Xi Qing because of his age.
"Mr. Dennis, China is a country of etiquette, and I accept your apology, but do you think that just these few words can make up for my hurt heart?"
As soon as Xi Qing's words came out, a few pairs of glasses suddenly fell off the scene, and just when everyone thought that Xi Qing would push the boat and get off the donkey, no one could have imagined that Xi Qing would say such a thing.
"Xiao Xi, this ...... This ......"
Ms. Wang was behind Xi Qing, and quietly pulled Xi Qing, she also thought that she had enough face today and could end this act of winning glory for the country, she was afraid that Xi Qing would make trouble again, and there would be some bad factors.
"Ms. Wang, I have heard that foreigners are the most pragmatic, presumably they will not apologize in vain, and should take practical actions, at least I think so, what do you say? Mr. Dennis? ”
Xi Qing's words were even more explicit, the meaning was obvious, I want to apologize, come up with some dry goods, don't think that if you touch your mouth, you can get rid of it, and there is no door.
"This young man, it's amazing......"
"Yes, it's really terrifying, it's terrifying......"
"I want to make a good friend of this young man in the future......"
"He's really not afraid of anything."
Some people in the audience also saw the clue, Xi Qing is taking advantage of the situation, borrowing the momentum of more than 100 Chinese collectors to suppress Dennis, the predator of the international auction house, and the general trend has been achieved, and he is not afraid that Dennis will not bow his head.
That's right, Xi Qing is taking advantage of the situation, he asked Dennis to apologize, in fact, it was a temptation at the beginning, he was testing Dennis's bottom line, he was testing whether these Chinese collectors could make Dennis bend his waist.
The result of the temptation was that Dennis softened, and if Xi Qing didn't beat the water dog, then he wouldn't be Xi Qing.
Although China is a country of etiquette, but Xi Qing has no good impression of these four words at all, during the Kangxi period, he fought with the old man of Russia, and won the war but divided a large area of land, which was poisoned by the state of etiquette, in order to show his mind, but in fact lost a lot of more valuable sovereignty.
Later, after the victory of the Anti-French War, Jiang Lao, who ran to Taiwan, gave up asking for compensation from Japan for some reasons after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. That despicable clan changed its textbooks, did not recognize history, did not think about it at all, and now wantonly plundered the economy from China, and wanted to revive the heart of militarism, which was all caused by his mother's state of etiquette.
Why?!
Why do you have to back down when you take advantage of the reason?!
Why can't you justifiably demand compensation?! This is what Lao Tzu deserves and must strive for!
Xi Qing doesn't care about that set, buddy is taken care of today, don't knock you, it is estimated that this short and fat man will not increase his memory, Xi Qing just wants Dennis to remember, don't show that kind of superiority in front of the Chinese in the future!
"You...... You ......"
Dennis was "shameless" by Xi Qing, his face was flushed with anger, he had already apologized in a low voice, but he didn't expect Xi Qing to make more "excessive" demands, and actually asked him to compensate materially, although Xi Qing didn't say it directly, but the meaning of the words is that even fools can understand.
"Dennis, calm down...... Calm"
"You have to be calm."
Daniel grabbed Dennis, since he was ready to soften, there was no need to intensify the matter, Daniel could see that more than 100 Chinese behind him were all supporting Xi Qing at the moment.
As one of the world's largest auction houses, they may not be afraid of any politician, but they dare not easily offend the super-rich in these countries.
After all, if you want to do an antique business, you still have to rely on them, and you can't sell this object worth tens of millions to ordinary people with a monthly salary of 1,000 yuan, right? Can they afford it?
Now the consumption power of Chinese has become famous in the world, not only reflected in the art auction market, but also in those luxury stores, you can see Chinese everywhere, there are many luxury stores in international metropolises, and even arrange Chinese-speaking salesmen to facilitate those Chinese shopping, Chinese have played a more important role in the world.
"Mr. Xi, your request is reasonable, in order to express our most sincere apologies, we will waive the commission and the auction house's handling fee for the oil painting of Lang Shining's "Bust of Chunhui Guifei" that you auctioned, I don't know this result, are you satisfied?"
After Daniel grabbed Dennis, he discussed it with him in a whisper, and finally gave Xi Qing the compensation plan he wanted, and their behavior was also superficial, and the auction house completely bowed to Xi Qing.
In this world, there is no one who can't get along with money, and there is absolutely no shame in bowing down in front of money, and Westerners are especially sure of this.
"Satisfied? Of course satisfied......"
Xi Qing's heart blossomed at this time, 1.2 million euros has to pay a lot of other fees, the sum of seven, seven, eight or eight is also one or two hundred thousand euros, and now the auction house has waived it, what reason does Xi Qing have to be dissatisfied?
However, this thought Xi Qing was just thinking in his heart, and did not say it, but looked at Daniel with a straight face, and said: "As an individual, I have already felt the sincerity of your bank, but you know that your behavior just now has damaged the feelings of all Chinese groups...... Isn't that a bit out of place? ”
"What?"
Hearing Xi Qing's words, Daniel almost vomited blood this time, daring to love this kid for taking advantage of himself, not to mention, he still wants to seek benefits for others, this is taking the auction house to make fun?
"Xiao Xi is right......"
"Well, the auction house's behavior has indeed hurt our ......"
"Brother is not short of this money, brother is to condemn you for this kind of behavior......"
"Hey, this guy is good, he knows that it's better to be alone than to be happy......"
"I'm really getting more and more fond of him."
For a while, Dennis and Daniel's ears sounded in English with various tones, and these words were naturally supporting Xi Qing, which made the two of them look at each other, and some didn't know how to end. Mother, these people want to get benefits to put it bluntly.
As an auction house, the profit they make on the surface is the commission they withdraw after the collection is auctioned, if all of them are waived, then wouldn't they have to drink the northwest wind?
Of course, the auction house still has some other hidden accounts, such as the price floor negotiated with the owner in advance, etc., but all of this can only happen under the premise that the auction can be carried out normally and the item can be auctioned out.
“…… Well, in this auction, we will reduce the commission by five percentage points for all the items sold, as our most sincere apology to our friends, I don't know if you are satisfied with this? ”
After biting their ears for a while, Daniel and Dennis finally made the decision that they would make less money by doing so than to risk the auction going unsuccessful.
However, this time, Daniel's words were not asked to Xi Qing, he was afraid that Xi Qing would spit out another unsatisfactory word in his mouth, so he asked directly to the Chinese collectors present.
"It's okay, I see the sincerity of your bank...... Ms. Wang nodded first, if the stalemate continues, I'm afraid the auction house will really cancel the auction.
Generally, the commission charged by the auction house is 8 to 15 percent of the auction price, and 5 percent is reduced, which is a large amount, although these people present do not care about this money, but they are still very satisfied with the benefits that Xi Qing has won.
"Okay, we have arranged a banquet at noon, please be sure to enjoy it, the auction will be held in the afternoon, everyone will take a rest first, and the chairman and I will leave first......"
Daniel saw that the matter was settled, and he didn't want to stay here anymore, and after explaining a few words, he pulled Dennis out of the conference room, and when they walked out of the door, they heard the applause coming from inside, and their faces couldn't help but become a little gloomy.
"Daniel, can you ......"
Dennis gestured to his neck with an unkind face.
Everything that happened today was caused by Xi Qing, and it is estimated that this incident will bring millions of euros to the auction house at least, and it will also have a very bad impact on the reputation of the auction house.
As a well-known auction house with branches all over the world, Dennis has undoubtedly dealt with all kinds of people, international mercenaries, international thieves, and even international tomb thieves.
Behind the capital, it is often bloody, for Dennis and the auction house, it is not very difficult to evaporate a person in the world, and it is not the first time that Dennis has done such a thing.
"No, never, Dennis, dispel this thought......"
"But this guy is too much."
"I know, too, but now, if anything goes wrong with this kid, we'll be the first to be suspected."
"Besides, you've seen the details of this guy..."
Daniel was taken aback by Dennis's words, if Xi Qing is a little person with no background, then forget it, but from his information, his background in China is extremely deep, in case he is found out, even the French and British governments have no way to protect them.
“****! There is no way to take him. ”
Dennis angrily kicked the trash can next to the elevator and said viciously: "Inform all branches, this Xi Qing will be the most unwelcome guest of our auction house in the future......"
Unable to move Xi Qing, Dennis can only use this method to vent the anger in his heart, and swallows this breath hard, Dennis doubts that he will hold back his illness. (To be continued.) )