Chapter 5: Rules
I wondered how the transaction between the company and the Guizhou Auction House could suddenly become so bleak, so I asked the accountant standing aside: "Uncle Peng, why has the company's cooperation with them suddenly decreased in the past three years?"
The accountant in the company is called Peng Weizhen, in his fifties, he has been in Faqiumen for many years, he was the accountant when the master was there, and he was still used as an accountant in the company until the senior brother was in charge. He is also an uncle who watched me grow up, and I usually call him Uncle Peng.
Uncle Peng was stunned for a moment after listening to my question, and he seemed surprised that I would ask this question.
I saw that his expression had changed, and I felt that something must be here, so I asked, "What?" Have we ever formed a relationship with this auction house?"
Uncle Peng thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "Xiao Qi, I actually want to ask you this question."
"Ask me? Ask me what?" I was a little puzzled and thought, how can this ask me?
Uncle Peng pointed to the transaction records of the last three years and said: "Xiao Qi, you are carefully watching, you have been in charge of the company in the past three years, why don't you cooperate with this auction house, I am afraid that only you know this problem."
Uncle Peng's words instantly reminded me that the company was transferred to my name by the senior brother as early as three years ago, although I didn't know it at the time, but Uncle Peng must have known, after all, he was the accountant in the company, and many of the procedures may have been handled by him for the senior brother.
I looked at the transaction records of the last three years and didn't know what to say. It seems that this question really shouldn't be asked Uncle Peng, because these are all changes that have occurred after the company was transferred to my name. As for why such a big change has occurred, I don't think it's definitely my problem, if I want to figure out this question, I can only ask the senior brother, I'm afraid no one can answer this question except him.
I asked Uncle Peng to help me book a ticket to Guiyang tomorrow, and then asked the vice president over there to communicate with the Guizhou auction house, saying that I was going to Guiyang tomorrow to discuss business, and by the way, I wanted to invite the owner of the auction house to have a meal, but I didn't know if I had time to appreciate this face.
Soon the vice president replied to me, saying that the owner of the auction house had agreed to have dinner with me tomorrow, but he must not let me have a treat, saying that they wanted to do their best to be a landlord, and as for the place of dinner, they would inform the vice president tomorrow.
I cleaned up in the company and went back to the senior brother's house, I told Long Jiu that I was going to Guiyang tomorrow, so that she could pay more attention to the company recently, and it was almost the New Year, so let her think about giving some benefits to all the guys. As for what to send, let her decide, I gave her three suggestions, the first should not be too shabby, do not ask for a province in this welfare. The second is that it must exceed the welfare standards of the elder brother. Third, to achieve national unity, no matter which branch receives the same benefits. In addition, there is a special case, I asked her to communicate with the Yunnan company, and refer to the standard of Tianxiang's welfare in previous years, and the welfare issued there must not be lower than the standard of previous years.
In the evening, I called the old prostitute again and told him what time I would arrive tomorrow, and he said that he would pick me up with the vice president. I drove back to Shijiazhuang overnight, stayed at my home for one night, and then boarded a flight to Guiyang at 7 a.m. the next morning.
The journey of the flight is not described in detail, the plane stopped in Xi'an, and arrived at Guiyang Airport at more than 12 o'clock, and the old prostitute and the vice president waited at the airport for a long time. We rushed to the hotel where they were staying, and the vice president had already opened a room for me in advance, and then had a brief lunch in the hotel. During the meal, the vice president described to me the details of the place where I ate in the evening and the owner of the auction house.
Through a detailed introduction by the vice president, I learned that the owner of this auction house was a woman, and it was a female heir to her father's business, her name was Xia Mo, and she liked to be called Boss Xia.
The vice president said that the place where Boss Xia invited me to eat is very special, it is a century-old store in Guiyang, although the store is not big, but the people who can eat in this store are all people with heads and faces in Guiyang.
Actually, it doesn't matter what kind of food I eat, I only came for one purpose, which is to meet the people who sell turquoise.
After lunch, I went back to my room to rest, and I asked the old prostitute to show me the turquoise. After looking at it carefully for a while, I really couldn't see any difference from the desert, even the weight in my hand was the same.
The old prostitute made me ask who the man who sold the turquoise was, and I found that his curiosity was much stronger than mine. Maybe I know too much about the underground auction industry, so I really don't know much about it, and it depends on my luck whether I can ask or not.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Boss Xia sent a car to the hotel to pick me up. Originally, I wanted to take the old prostitute with me, but Boss Xia's buddy said that Boss Xia only wanted to eat alone with me if he had orders. I had no choice but to let the old prostitute wait for me in the hotel, and when I left, I asked the old prostitute to give me the turquoise, and I took the turquoise to the banquet.
It didn't take long for the car to arrive at the place to eat, and it was indeed a quaint little shop, so small that there was only a round table in the shop. When I entered, I glanced around, in fact, it is not small, it is 80 square meters, but why there is only one round table, this is a bit confusing.
At the round table sat a man of about thirty years old, wearing a white and gray MiG suit, which looked particularly conspicuous. When the man who had been sitting saw me come in, he immediately stood up and said, "Here we are." Then he stretched out his hand and motioned for me to sit across from me.
I don't know who this man is, but I think he must know who I am. I looked left and right again, and found that there was no other woman in the whole hotel, except for one standing waiter.
When the man in the MiG suit saw that I didn't sit down immediately, he said, "Please take a seat first, my sister is still on her way."
When I heard this, I let go of my heart. I thought that Boss Xia was not coming, so he sent someone to accompany me to dinner, it seems that I was wrong, and the person in front of me was his brother.
I politely stretched out my hand and asked while making a gesture to shake his hand, "Are you Boss Xia's brother?"
"Yes, my name is Xia Tao."
After we shook hands, we all sat down and exchanged pleasantries. Xia Tao told me that her sister had something to do temporarily, so she had to be late for a while, and I understood.
We talked about our respective businesses, and it turned out that he was not from our business. Xia Tao is an authentic businessman, who is in the real estate business. Although he grew up in a family of reselling antiques, he was tired of the business, so he did not take over the auction house left by his father. However, her sister is the opposite of him, Xia Mo has a good impression of antiques, and has loved to read antique books since he was a child, so his father let Xia Mo take over the auction house.
After chatting about business, Xia Tao and I chatted about this century-old store again. I finally knew why there was only one round table in this shop, it turned out that it only served one dinner a day, and it was a private shop, and there were no more than one table. In other words, guests are only accepted once a day, and there are requirements for the number of people.
I've also seen a lot of things, and it's the first time I've heard that a hotel can be opened like this. No wonder the vice president said that all the people who come here are people with heads and faces, and ordinary people can afford it.
When I was chatting happily with Xia Tao, a Volvo came outside and stopped at the door, and a woman in her twenties got out of the car, wearing brown sunglasses, shawl hair, a pink woolen trench coat on the upper body, a super short leather skirt on the lower body, and black Korean leggings on her legs, which looked particularly sexy at first glance.
After watching it for two seconds, I was embarrassed to watch it again, for fear that I would have a nosebleed if I watched it for too long.
"The protagonist is coming." Xia Tao stood up after speaking, and said to me, "Let's talk, my mission is complete." Then he walked outside, talked to the woman who had just gotten out of the car, and left.
You don't have to think much to know that the woman who got off the car is Boss Xia. It's just that I didn't expect that she would be so young, and she must not be a good stubble, otherwise how could her father rest assured that the underground auction house would be handed over to her.
When she came in, the two of us introduced ourselves, and the waiter began to serve the food. I don't know if the food on the table is the best of class here, but one thing is for sure, it's the most sumptuous dinner I've ever seen. Of course, this is also the most wasteful dinner, a large table of dishes, only the two of us eat, how can it be finished.
At the dinner table, at first we talked about some business matters, and complimented each other that they were all young and promising young people, until the wine had passed three rounds and the dishes had passed five flavors, and I explained to her that I had come to take out the turquoise that the old prostitute had pat, hoping that she could help me introduce the seller of this thing.
After listening to my intentions, she hesitated, looked at me and said, "You are also in this business, you should be clear about the rules of this industry, how can you casually leak customer information."
"I thought it would be this before I came, and the reason why I thought of it and still came here was purely to try my luck. Since I didn't have the luck to do that today, it didn't matter. ”
After I finished speaking, I stood up, and I wanted to toast her with another glass of wine, but she thought I was leaving, so she hurriedly said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave, I haven't finished my words yet."
As soon as I heard this, I sat down and motioned for her to continue.
"Are you northerners so anxious?" I didn't say anything, she continued: "Business is business, and favors are favors." We can talk about business, we can also make favors, and we can do you favors, but now I don't want to talk about favors, how about we talk about business first? ”
I didn't answer her immediately, thinking to myself that she was trying to make a deal with me about this?
"Okay, let's talk about business first." I said.
"You Fa Qiu Men used to be one of the important partners of my family's auction house, but since I heard that Fa Qiu Men has changed his family, he no longer cooperates with us, I want to ask what is the reason? Did we have a misunderstanding, or did Fa Qiu Men have a better partner?"
As soon as I heard that it was this question, my heart was finished.