s the perfect chance to avenge my grandson!" When Wang Pingyuan saw that they agreed, he gritted his teeth and said to Xiao Yu."Old Wang...""Brother Wang..."The two elderly men upstairs rushed downsta...Miraculous Taoist sodu
Hearing the price of one hundred million, Xiao Yu and Song Hushan didn't react much, but Teacher Cai and the other experts who were examining the blue-and-white porcelain jar were initially stunned before turning to look at Xiao Yu.
Teacher Cai then seemed to think of something and smiled without speaking. The other幾位專家也不再看青花罐,而是看向了蕭煜,因為他們第一次見到榮寶齋主動為賣家加價。
因為當初他們談到這個青花罐時給出的估價是八千萬,在國內還算公允。雖然不能說它比國外拍賣的那個小一些的罐子價值低,但後者之所以能賣出那麼高的價格有各種各樣的因素。
儘管在國內冇有出現過同樣的青花罐,但這價格也是根據國內市場行情綜合所有市場規律給出的。雖說拍賣價可能更高,但扣除手續費後不一定能達到八千萬,所以當他們聽到出一億的價格時纔會如此反應。
"Old Cai, what do you think" Song Hushan asked Teacher Cai calmly. When Song Hushan spoke in this manner, at that moment, Teacher Cai was not a mediator nor an honorary expert advisor to the Rong Bao Zhai but his private consultant.
Teacher Cai naturally understood this, so after hearing Song Hushan's words, he thought for a while and said, "Mr. Song, this price should be acceptable because there is no precedent of such items being sold before. The only example is that large jar featuring Guiguzi descending the mountain from abroad, but that jar had various factors involved, so it cannot serve as a reference!"
After Teacher Cai finished speaking, he looked at the blue-and-white porcelain jar and continued to Song Hushan and Xiao Yu: "A few days ago when we appraised this blue-and-white jar, we estimated its value to be eight hundred million."
Hearing Teacher Cai's words, Song Hushan nodded and understood what was happening after a moment of thought. He then looked at Xiao Yu and nodded.
"Alright, deal!" Upon hearing Teacher Cai's words and seeing Song Hushan nodding at him, Xiao Yu knew that this price could be agreed upon. So he nodded to the Rong Bao Zhai general manager and said.
Upon hearing Xiao Yu agree, the Rong Bao Zhai general manager was also very excited. Although he had raised two hundred million in price, he hadn't expected Teacher Cai to suddenly mention their original estimation. This way, his favor of raising the bid became clear, so when looking at Teacher Cai, gratitude appeared on his face.
Moreover, he never expected that the son of a prestigious family would be so easy to deal with. In the past, when people bought things from Rong Bao Zhai, they would haggle over prices without hesitation, and even if they couldn't say anything about it, they would inflate prices when selling items. The staff at Rong Bao Zhai had no choice but to endure this because it wasn’t their own money. Even if superiors investigated, they could still give excuses.
What’s more bizarre is that there was a son of a prestigious family who bought something from them for five million one day and tried to sell the same item for ten million the next day at Rong Bao Zhai. Regardless of this situation, they had to smile and praise the value of the item.
When he first met that son of a prestigious family, wasn’t it because the latter invited him to dinner at his house Otherwise, would the son of a prestigious family have any reason to invite an insignificant manager like him
For all these things, they had no choice but to accept them. Not only did he accept it, their chairman also had to accept it. In Beijing, relationships intertwine with each other; if you accidentally offend someone, getting fired could be as simple as a word.
Moreover, these people weren’t clean themselves, although they were relatively cleaner now, but as long as no one investigated them, everything was fine. Once someone started investigating though, it would all become problematic.
This kind of thing didn’t happen very often; sometimes it might only occur once or twice a year. These sums weren’t much to Rong Bao Zhai, and they could use public funds to curry favor with the powerful—why wouldn't they do so This way, more layers of protection would be added to their backs, and if someone investigated them, these sons of prestigious families might also be implicated.
Investigating them wouldn’t matter much, but involving those sons of prestigious families, would the discipline inspection department dare
Therefore, they didn’t really reject such matters; instead, they hoped for even more influential young men from powerful families to come and do this.
However, such things were usually done by low-tier young men from powerful families. Generally speaking, the sons of high-ranking officials wouldn't engage in such tasteless activities because there were many ways they could make money. If they hinted at a need for funds, people would send them large sums. Besides, most of these individuals had their own businesses; it was only those idle and worthless young men who would resort to such measures.
Furthermore, the sons of prestigious families engaging in such practices were usually the offspring of leaders from their unit or even higher-ups within departments—some might be considered 'adopted daughters' of these officials. Essentially, this could be seen as a form of bribery with no negative consequences.
Purchasing and selling items are normal business activities, so they didn’t hesitate to engage in such practices each time.
As for Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu was the most influential person he had ever encountered. Just thinking about those people he saw that night at this villa made his heart tremble.
He had never been this close to such leaders before, which was why the chairman raised the price of that blue-and-white porcelain vase by ten million on top of its estimated value of eighty million. He also gave the general manager an additional ten million in discretionary funds and said he could call him if it wasn’t enough.
But when he found out that Xiao Yu was the owner of the siheyuan, he proactively added another ten million before Xiao Yu even spoke a word. He thought to himself that if Xiao Yu requested an increase in price, no matter how much more, he would agree because it wasn’t his money anyway.
A vice-premier-level official retired early due to this siheyuan, and a faction was oppressed as well. One could only imagine the power Xiao Yu wielded. Therefore, even if Xiao Yu had offered two hundred million, he still would have agreed without hesitation because who dared investigate such a person
Moreover, not only were these items authentic, but their prices were also justified, since there had been instances abroad where similar items sold for over two hundred million. They simply referred to those overseas prices and nobody questioned it further.
Even though the high prices abroad were due to other reasons, they still served as a reference point. No one could argue against that.
Therefore, when he offered Xiao Yu one hundred million after receiving his initial offer, he was waiting for Xiao Yu to counter with a higher price; whatever amount Xiao Yu asked would be accepted without hesitation. However, he didn’t expect that Xiao Yu neither increased the price nor haggled but directly agreed.
After hearing Teacher Cai’s words, Xiao Yu realized this item was worth around eighty million at most. The reason why this person offered one hundred million clearly had to do with Song Hushan or those elders who came here that night. Although he didn’t know which specific factor influenced the price, it must have been due to these circumstances; otherwise, they wouldn’t have raised the price but would’ve lowered it instead.
Thinking this far, he intended to return the extra twenty million, but just as he was about to speak, something reminded him and made him hesitate. In the end, he accepted it calmly without saying anything further.
The general manager of Rong Bao齋 (Rong Bao Zhai) secretly marveled at Xiao Yu’s acceptance without negotiation; although puzzled in his heart, he acted swiftly, pulling out a transfer agreement from one of his bags and signing his name. He then had Xiao Yu sign as well, followed shortly by Song Hushan signing as a witness.
Subsequently, Xiao Yu, the general manager of Rong Bao齋 (Rong Bao Zhai), and Song Hushan each kept a copy of the document. The general manager of Rong Bao齋 (Rong Bao Zhai) then handed over a check to Xiao Yu.
After receiving the check and putting it in his bag, this transaction was concluded. When the people from Rong Bao齋 (Rong Bao Zhai) arrived, they had been under considerable pressure; however, the unexpected smoothness of events led to the completion of the deal within two hours including travel time.
You must know, this is a deal worth one hundred million yuan! Normally, such big business would require at least half a month of negotiation. How could it be completed otherwise Yet now, everything has been accomplished within just two hours.
In fact, the usual半個月的談判是因為賣方抬價,而買方壓價。而現在則是賣方冇有出聲,而買方主動提價,這樣一來當然快。
Seeing that the transaction was completed, one of the experts came out from inside and soon returned with a box into which they placed the blue-and-white porcelain jar.
The moment Mr. Cai learned about Xiao Yu's intention to sell the vase, he had prepared everything, waiting only for the completion of the deal before packing up the items.
After the transaction was completed, the group from Rong Bao Zhai sat for a short while and then bid farewell. After all, such valuable items were not something they could carry around carelessly. If anything happened to them by accident, the consequences would be serious.
The team loaded the box onto a car and left Xiao Yu's villa heading towards Rong Bao Zhai.
After they had gone, Xiao Yu and Song Hushan also departed from the villa. They went to the bank where Xiao Yu cashed in his check and transferred two million yuan to Song Hushan, instructing him to donate it along with the other hundred million.
Actually, when Xiao Yu was about to say he would return these two million yuan, he suddenly remembered that this amount had been added without any discussion. If returned, it might end up somewhere else. It would be better for him to keep the money and use it in a meaningful way.
This way, wouldn't it be far better than having them embezzle or distribute the funds Furthermore, with proper management, these two million could benefit so many people; therefore, Xiao Yu accepted this extra amount without any qualms.n’t have meddled in this matter. Indeed, using some tactics does yield better results, but he won't act on his own initiative as it’s not his responsibility.Moments later, Chief Yu came to his senses...