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As early as about 2,000 years, Sotheby's added six floors to the area, integrating offices and warehouses, allowing each specialist department to have its own exhibition space, especially the art gallery on the 10th floor, which is considered one of the best exhibition venues in New York, rivaling any museum in New York City.

As president of Sotheby's, Ted Smith enjoys the unparalleled satisfaction of walking through the middle of the gallery and admiring priceless paintings, sculptures, antique furniture, musical instruments, and more on his commute.

Today, however, he was not in the mood to admire these expensive works of art, and walked briskly through the corridor into the conference room on the top floor.

Just as he was about to cross the threshold, a female secretary in her forties hurriedly ran over and whispered, "Mr. President, fifteen minutes ago, there was an Asian who claimed to be Mr. Lu who wanted to see you, and he had a consignment auction agreement signed with us. ”

Hearing this, Ted chuckled in his heart, and suddenly had a bad feeling, and hurriedly asked, "What is the auction item......?"

"Yes, the gem that was almost stolen two days ago, and...... And he seems to have brought a lawyer with him...... I think he must have seen the news recently......" the female secretary replied cautiously.

"Damn!" Ted couldn't hold back, and let out a small foul mouth.

You must know that he only claimed a day ago that the theft of the insiders did not cause any financial loss to Sotheby's, but now the owner has come to the door!

After all, only a few members of the board of directors in the entire company knew that the gems found next to Georgia Ville's body were not the original ones at all, they had been dropped!

Ted had planned to wait for the situation to calm down completely, and then find a way to solve the seller's problem privately, preferably by signing a non-disclosure agreement to ensure that the matter would never be known to the outside world.

But who would have thought that in less than two days, the seller had already arrived at the headquarters of Sotheby's!

He couldn't imagine how far the stock price would plummet once the media knew that the board was lying en masse.

What's even more frightening is that due to the decline in creditworthiness, a large number of consignors will become suspicious of the Sotheby's brand and switch to another auction giant, Christie's.

You must know that the battle between the two international auction giants has already reached a white-hot level, and sometimes in order to compete for precious collections, they even do not hesitate to fight a price war, and pay tens of millions of dollars to the consignor before the auction.

Obviously, as a professional manager, Ted Smith would never allow a similar situation on his resume, so he immediately instructed the female secretary: "Send someone from the public relations department to stabilize that Mr. Lu first, and by the way, probe his tone." Also, convening the board members, I'm going to have an emergency meeting. ”

"As you wish, Mr. President. The female secretary quickly returned to her place and began to make calls.

After just ten minutes, several old men in suits and leather shoes arrived from all directions and began to discuss in the conference room how to deal with the current crisis.

Compared with the painful and tangled Ted Smith, Lu Li was undoubtedly much more relaxed, sitting in the spacious reception room at the moment, drinking fragrant coffee, while patiently waiting for the reply of Sotheby's.

Since getting his passport, he put Qian Jun on the flight back to China and began to solve the problem of green cards.

No, the white lawyer in his mid-fifties named Wilson sitting on the sofa across from him was specially invited for this purpose. His expression is serious and serious, especially the two sharp eyes, which always give people a huge sense of oppression.

Needless to say, the lawyer's fee must be quite expensive, $3,500 an hour to be exact, which can be called the top even in a world financial center like New York.

But as the saying goes, you get what you pay for, and just look at the stiff face of the customer reception manager to see how nervous he was when facing Wilson's lawyer.

The reason why Lu Li is willing to spend a lot of money to hire an expensive top lawyer is mainly to put a little pressure on the senior management of Sotheby's auction house and strive to make it smooth when applying for a green card.

But now it seems that this pressure is a bit too great, so that the other party did not dare to come forward easily, and sent a female public relations manager to test the tone.

Lawyer Wilson undoubtedly knew this trick of temptation very well, and seeing that an hour had passed, and the main owner had not yet come out, he immediately stood up, pretended to be angry, and said, "Mr. Lu, I don't think there is any need for us to wait any longer. Because it turned out to be clear that Sotheby's lost your gem and also tried to hide the fact. I suggest that you sue them right away and inform the media so that the world can see how Sotheby's is shirking its responsibilities!"

"Really, did you really lose my unique gems in the world?" Lu Li asked the female public relations manager in shock.

After these days of training, his acting skills can be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, both in action and expression, and he has the power to enter the entertainment industry.

"No, please let me explain, Mr. President and the directors are in a meeting to discuss the autumn auction. I promise that he will give you a satisfactory answer as soon as the meeting is over!"

The lawyer's words obviously frightened the female public relations manager, and she hurriedly tried to calm the two, even with a hint of pleading in her tone.

But unfortunately, the hard-hearted Wilson did not accept this, and sneered and sarcastically said: "I'm afraid that Mr. President and the board of directors are in a meeting to discuss, how can we cover up this matter? I'm sorry, your behavior has damaged the interests of my client, and I think it is necessary to take legal measures." ”

With that, he made a gesture and walked towards the door.

Lu Li, who had already entered the state of acting, also followed with a displeased face.

But at the moment when the door was pushed open, Ted Smith immediately walked in from the outside, blocked the way between the two, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry for delaying your precious time." I'm Ted Smith, President and CEO of Sotheby's. ”

"Hello, Mr. President. I don't want to talk about superfluous nonsense, now either take my client to see the gems that belong to him, or wait for the lawyer's letter and tell me, what is your answer?" Wilson unceremoniously gave an ultimatum...... (To be continued.) )