Pierre had mixed feelings during this time, he was indeed in love with Saint Laurent, as can be seen from his eulogy to Saint Laurent: "Divorce is inevitable, but love never stops. Saint Laurent also loved him, and although the two divorced, they were always together, and even Saint Laurent's relics were left to him.

In order to avoid seeing things and thinking about people, he auctioned off the two collectibles, including the two beast heads that caused an uproar. In his view, the current predicament is the fault of the Chinese. These two beast heads are not the first beast heads to be auctioned, and several others have been successfully auctioned in the past, and they have also brought a lot of profits to collectors, but when it comes to him, it is a lot of trouble.

When he opened the door, the first thing he saw was Christie's Hook.

"Hook, what are you doing here, I told you, I don't accept returns, since the auction has been sold, what I should get is the money, not those two damn copper lumps. You don't have to persuade me, I won't accept your returns. ”

"Bell, listen to me first, we've found another buyer interested in the beast's head."

"Oh, really?"

He looked at Leonard, who was standing next to him.

"Is that the gentleman?"

"No, it's not that he's the vice president of Nagao Auction in Germany, Mr. Leonard, the buyer is the one he introduced."

Leonard also leaned sideways in a sense of interest, allowing Pierre to see Xiao Yifei behind him.

"Hell, it's a Chinese, where is he from?"

"He's Chinese."

"Oh, no, now it's caused by the Chinese, and I'd rather donate it to a museum than sell it to the Chinese." They are so hateful. ”

Hook hurriedly persuaded:

"Bell, let's go in and talk slowly, shall we?"

Leonard also hurriedly said:

"Although Mr. Xiao is from China, he is ready to immigrate to the United States, and he has a U.S. green card."

"That's it, Bell, let's go in and talk slowly."

Pierre thought for a moment, got out of the way, and reluctantly let a few people in.

After taking a seat, the maid brought the coffee.

Pierre couldn't wait to speak a bunch of French, but unfortunately Xiao Yifei's French couldn't understand these things at all. Leonard, who was acting as a translator next to him, also hesitated not to translate, and Hu Ke's face was also a little strange.

Xiao Yifei asked Leonard:

"What did he say?"

Leonard still didn't translate directly, but said something to the effect, which was nothing more than something*, rights, Sikang and the like. Xiao Yifei wanted to refute him, but after thinking about it, forget it, this Pierre is honest, he really has a problem with his head, and he can actually say those things about politics before the auction, so that the country criticizes him for political blackmail, obviously belongs to the brainless family, for such a person, you don't have to argue with him, otherwise your IQ will be lowered.

He simply did not express any opinions.

Pierre said for a long time, but when he saw that no one responded, he had to stop.

Hookard was tasked with Christie's, and Christie's wanted to broker the deal and get Christie's out of the mess. Because in their opinion, no matter whether this rich man Xiao from China bought it personally or acted as an agent in China, no matter whether he bought the beast head back to China or where it was shipped, anyway, the thing is not in the hands of Christie's, but in the hands of you Chinese, so you can go and rip it off yourself. Therefore, they knew that Nagao was going to negotiate a private deal, and although they knew that the business would not give them a commission, they still sent Hook out.

Hook had just met Xiao Yifei and immediately asked Xiao Yifei an important question, that is, if Xiao Yifei bought the beast head, whether Christie's would need to provide entry procedures. When Xiao Yifei replied that he didn't need to, he could obviously see that he was relieved.

For any item, there will be a clause in the auction contract, if the lot is sold, and cross-border transportation is involved, then the auction company must provide customs clearance and entry procedures, some to help provide materials, and some to provide direct procedures. Mr. Cai buckled this article so that Christie's did not dare to continue to pester him. Because Christie's knew that it would never be able to help or even provide the formalities for the two heads to enter China.

Now Xiao Yifei said that he didn't need to, so that Hook could see the hope of unraveling. He decided to broker the deal no matter what, even if Christie's and Hook themselves didn't get a penny.

Of course, it is still good for Hu Ke to complete the task, everyone knows that Christie's is brewing a second layoff, the first layoff was planned to lay off 300 people, but after compromises by all parties, it only reduced Christie's employees from 2,100 to more than 1,900 people, which did not improve much for Christie's economy, and then because of the beast head incident, Christie's lost the Chinese market, the profit growth point, so the second layoff was actually larger than the first one, and even rumored to be laid off at the top of the hierarchy.

If Hooke had completed this mission and lifted Christie's out of the quagmire, he would naturally not have been on the list of layoffs, and if he had been rewarded for his meritorious deeds, he might have been able to fill in a certain important position.

He had to come forward and say:

"Bell, this time we are discussing Mr. Xiao's purchase of the beast's head. You make a bid. ”

This old man put on a show in vain, but no one picked up the stubble, and he was sulking in his heart:

"What's the price, of course it's 14 million."

Hook was blocked by him, and it was difficult to continue talking. Leonard can only come forward:

"Monsieur Pierre, the price is not good."

"What's wrong, they Chinese just offered this price at the auction, of course it's still this price now."

Well, Leonard was also blocked. Hook can only go out again:

"Then let's listen to Mr. Xiao's offer, okay."

"Two ten million dollars."

Xiao Yifei's knife is ruthless enough, in fact, he doesn't know how much to give, and directly according to what Leonard said at the auction a few days ago, the private purchase is generally half of the estimated price. The lowest estimate of these two beast heads was more than 10 million euros, so Xiao Yifei simply came half, directly two 10 million. But he didn't resent Pierre's words, and directly changed the unit from euros to dollars. At the current exchange rate between the euro and the dollar, his offer is actually just over 7 million euros, or 3.5 million euros each. This price is actually much lower than the price of the Macau gambling king in 2007 to buy the horse's head.

As soon as he heard this offer, Hook was stunned, and Pierre was furious:

"What? What are you when I am? Beggars? ”

Leonard discussed 10 million euros with Xiao Yifei at the beginning, although he didn't know why Xiao Yifei suddenly changed the currency unit, but he hurriedly remedied:

"Mr. Pierre, business is done slowly."

Hook also reacted and began to persuade Pierre, and Leonard had time to turn his head and ask Xiao Yifei in a low voice:

"Xiao, this is not the price we are negotiating."

"Leonard, don't be angry, the price is negotiable."

Leonard smiled bitterly and said:

"But it's easy for you to talk about it directly."

Pierre is still holding on over there:

"Don't talk about it, they Chinese are so despicable, they really have a conspiracy, first stirred up the auction, and then wanted to spend two dollars to send me, am I short of money?" I just donated it and even smashed it and didn't sell it to the Chinese. ”

Pierre is indeed not short of money, because although the two beast heads were both sold for 14 million euros, they together were not the most expensive lots in this auction, and even 28 million euros could only be ranked third.

In this auction, the highest price is an oil painting by Henri Matisse, the founder of the Fauvist School, just a tablecloth, a vase, and a few flowers, which is as high as 35.9 million euros, or 46.28 million US dollars. The second is said to be the most influential sculptor of the 20th century, after Rodin (the one who carved the thinker), the oak sculpture "Madame lr" by Constantin Brancusi, who asked for more than 29 million euros, or 37.6 million US dollars, for four inexplicable things made up of a pile of wood.

In addition, there are works by Monet, Cézanne, Mondrian and others, so the total auction value of this auction is up to 370 million euros, which will be donated to the AIDS Research Foundation in accordance with Saint Laurent's will. In addition, Pierre is one of the founders of YSL and has been the CEO of YSL, in 1989 YSL was listed with a market value of 500 million US dollars, and in 1999, YSL sold to Gucci Group for 1 billion US dollars, so this Pierre is really not bad for money.

Xiao Yifei offered such a ruthless price, it looked like he was not here to buy the head of the beast, but to disgust Pierre.

Xiao Yifei really wanted to buy the beast's head. Because of these two animal heads, the rat head is the first of the 12 zodiac signs, with these two animal heads, in addition to the treasures in that batch of treasures, in the Qianlong throne he saw a few days ago, buy a few more Qianlong seals, and in the European collectors privately negotiated to buy some things, the screens and porcelain in the space to take out, with Chinese characteristics of the Paris Tong Pavilion. In this way, his museum is very remarkable, although the number of collections is not as good as that of the largest Asian museum in Europe, the Musée Guimet in Paris, but it is obviously much more attractive to the average Chinese tourist. Therefore, it is likely that his museum will become a must-visit attraction for Chinese people visiting Paris.

"No, Hook, you can't say anything, you go."

Pierre is almost 80 years old, I don't know how this old man is so good-spirited, Hook didn't get him, but made him feel isolated, so he was completely exposed.

Xiao Yifei was shocked, it was terrible, it seemed to be self-defeating.

"Bell, this is so capricious, we at Christie's don't care about it."

"I don't care, the beast head has been auctioned off at the auction, and your company should give me money."

Hook was also self-defeating, and he shouldn't have threatened the old man with Christie's at this time. After all, no matter what country it is, the old man is a very stubborn group of people.

"The beast's head was auctioned off, but the buyer didn't pay, so it was an unsuccessful auction, and if it failed, we could refund you. We're already solving the problem by helping to find a buyer. ”

"I don't care, the buyer doesn't pay, you should sue the buyer and recover the auction money."

When it comes to suing Mr. Cai and recovering the auction money, Christie's does not dare to do these two things, because Mr. Cai should cooperate with the state, if Christie's dares to sue, then they will not want to enter China in the future, I believe that all the Chinese cultural relics they auction will not want to enter China, so naturally there will be less of that group of bold buyers who are rich and show off and are fighting, and if they buy and can't bring them back, then no one will want to buy them. If there are fewer buyers, things will naturally not sell for a high price, so no collector will be willing to send things to Christie's, which will make matters worse for Christie's. As for recovering the auction money, Christie's did not dare to do so, because as long as Mr. Cai asked Christie's to complete the customs procedures, Christie's would stop cooking, and maybe Mr. Cai would have to countersue them to pay the deposit.

"It's already involved in politics, and we can't do anything about it. We said that our company bought the beast's head, but you didn't agree. ”

"You vampires, you are embarrassed to say that you bought it, what price did you offer, you say, how much higher is your offer than his?"

Xiao Yifei and Leonard didn't expect to get such key information.

Hook coughed and reminded Pierre:

"So we're also helping to find a buyer, didn't we find Mr. Xiao?"

"No, I won't sell to the Chinese."

Seeing that his momentum was a little weaker, Hook forgot the occasion a little, and threatened in a calm tone:

"Bell, we are really sincere in solving the problem, even if Mr. Xiao's offer is not satisfactory, but the price is negotiated. Why do you do that? If you do this again, we at Christie's will not care. ”

"If you want me to sell it to him, let him trade 'Breaker'."

Hook was even more excited:

"Bell, don't be vexatious, no, everyone knows that the painting has been ruined."

It is not unreasonable for the old man to be called an old child again, and Pierre's awkward temper has flares up again:

"I don't care, either I exchange the painting for it, or I buy it for another person, or you give me money."

After saying that, the old man went upstairs angrily.

Seeing that the old man was gone, Hook, Leonard, and Xiao Yifei looked at each other, could only shake their heads, and left Pierre's house.