Fight to the third generation

Chapter 492 The Investigator

Having money works well.

Linda Yun handed over the task to the assistant office, Su Yehao's family office, and soon contacted an investigator named Dick Whitt.

The artwork investigator, who worked in the Metropolitan Police Department's Art and Antiques Detective Unit, later married an American girl and joined the FBI's Art Crime Investigation Unit.

And then.

Dick Whit left his job and started a company in Los Angeles with his friends. He was mainly responsible for finding desirable collections for the rich, and he was also a consultant for the Getty Art Center.

After some works of art are bought, they will not be seen for decades or even hundreds of years. They may be lying in the collection room of some big family, or deposited in the bank vault, never seeing the light of day.

If you want to understand the clues, you need the help of these art investigators.

Ordinary people seldom touch this circle in their lives, because there is no such demand, but it is more common among the rich, not only artworks, but also old wines that are hard to find on the market, limited edition antique cars, or Jewelry and more.

When it comes to the degree of enthusiasm for collecting, the United States is undoubtedly more popular, and many related industries have emerged around the entire circle.

After receiving Su Yehao's mission and receiving the deposit.

Dick Whitt, 42 years old this year, bought a plane ticket immediately and went to the office of Christie's auction house in San Francisco. As an art consultant, he directly investigated the news related to Van Gogh's oil painting. Find out why buyers regret buying.

At an auction like Christie’s, regretting the bid often means a lot of trouble. Not only is it likely to be sued, but it will also be blacklisted by major auction houses afterwards, treated as someone without credibility, and boycotted by collectors.

The total reward for doing this business well is [-] U.S. dollars. Dick Whitt felt that this task was not troublesome, and it was just a matter of picking up money.

This middle-aged art investigator did not know Su Yehao before, and this was the first time he heard of his name.

But now, if you search the Internet casually, you can find a lot of news related to Su Yehao. It is not difficult to get to know him.

After learning about the employer's information, Dick Whit was dumbfounded. He wanted to make things more beautiful, and get on the line of Su Yehao in the future to maintain a long-term cooperation...

For two days.

Dick Whitt was busy investigating the matter.

Unlike what Christie's auction house told him about "the buyer's capital turnover problem", the more he checked, the more he felt that it was a bit weird.

One is that the identity of the buyer is fictitious. The Kingdom of Bahrain in the Middle East does not have a rich man who bought this work. The other is that the seller who sent it for auction is in a lawsuit, and several heirs are chattering about the ownership of this painting.

After collecting enough clues, Dick Whitt appeared in front of Su Yehao and handed over the collected information to Su Yehao.

Just two thin pages.

At this moment, Su Yehao finished reading it quickly, frowned slightly, and asked: "The seller is still in a lawsuit, will it not affect me if I buy it? There is also a buyer, why can't I find his information?"

Dick Whitt sat on the sofa of Su Yehao's house, and told with a calm expression:

"Christie's is very experienced. As long as you buy the painting from the auction house, it is yours. Even if there are some differences, it is a problem between the seller and other heirs, and has nothing to do with you and the auction house."

"As for the buyer who disappeared, Mr. Su, this is actually quite normal. Maybe some people hoped to launder money by buying paintings, and something happened during the period. It is difficult to hide tens of millions of dollars in cash, but a Van Gogh painting , you can take it away in your suitcase at will, and no matter where in the world, as long as the price is right, you can easily find a buyer who is willing to take it over and exchange it for legal cash.”

"There are trillions of dollars of black money circulating in the gray area every year in the world. If there is no art market without them, the value of most antiques will drop. Fortunately, Van Gogh's work is not one of them. It is very popular, and the only ones who can surpass Van Gogh are Da Vinci and Raphael..."

It was the first time Dick Whit dealt with Su Yehao, and he spoke a little too fast.

However, as an Englishman, his enunciation was clear, so he could barely understand the meaning. Su Yehao nodded and said, "That means there is nothing wrong with this work itself, right?"

"Of course, if there is a problem, I will recommend you to buy it, because it will mean a large amount of compensation. Christie's auction house is not strict this time, and dare not disclose the buyer's fictitious identity, for fear of money laundering In connection with the relationship, it would rather not receive a commission of several million dollars, and it would not dare to sell a fake Van Gogh, it would definitely be a fatal blow to the reputation."

After listening to Dick Whit, Su Yehao told, "...OK, I understand what you mean."

After thinking about it for two days, I also called President Peng of the Bank of China and asked if they would accept a Van Gogh oil painting as collateral to help me buy the painting.

After cooperating so many times with the Hong Kong City Branch of the Bank of China, President Peng wished that Su Yehao could lend more money, only 4000 million U.S. dollars, a trivial matter.

The reason why I searched for funds in advance was to prepare for the purchase of paintings.

now.

Su Yehao asked Dick again: "Since Christie's hasn't found a buyer for that painting, if you come in, can you lower the price for me? I know, you guys have a lot of connections, I can agree For every $[-] you reduce the price, you will be paid an additional $[-]."

If you have money, you have money, and you can't waste it carelessly.

A situation like this made him feel that it was very suitable to suppress the price, and it would be easy to be slaughtered if he showed up to talk in person. Su Yehao himself felt that he had a lot of money recently, and he looked like a standard fat sheep.

Those auction houses seem to be business-like, but in fact, as long as there is money to be made, they can talk about many things.

Dick Whitt had never tried to bargain with auction houses for others, but he had helped clients many times, lowered part of the transaction commission, found it profitable, and immediately agreed:

"No problem, the buyer's commission is waived, and the seller can still make them money. It is impossible to reduce the price too much. I will try to talk about 900 million US dollars, or 950 million US dollars."

……

Su Yehao's work in Silicon Valley is over.

Xiao Nizi reminded her several times at home that they were going to go back to Hong Kong City directly.

I remembered Jack Ma, who came to Silicon Valley, he was worthy of winning over, so before leaving, he called Mr. Ma and asked if he wanted to take his own private jet and send him back to the mainland.

Mr. Ma has been inspecting Silicon Valley for the past two days, stayed in a hotel and placed an order through Amazon, and received the package at the front desk of the hotel the next evening, which surprised him.

In fact, Amazon has a logistics transit warehouse near San Francisco.

Even if FedEx is slow and only a few dozen miles away, it should be delivered to him in one day.

Now that he agreed to work for Su Yehao, Mr. Ma quickly changed his mind. He no longer considered how to raise money to start a business, but how to use the funds that Su Yehao was about to invest in him where they should be used.

Four hours later.

Su Yehao brought Yin Liuli and Jack Ma to the San Francisco airport, and listened to Mr. Ma's suggestion to find a team in the United States to develop a state-of-the-art shopping website.

Soon I received a call from Dick Whitt, who said that Christie's auction house only wanted to lower the price to 4000 million US dollars, mainly Van Gogh's works, and they could always be sold if they could find a way, and some museums were already considering it.

Excluding the promised remuneration, it is equivalent to saving more than 60 US dollars, which is enough to refuel the plane and fly a few more times, which is not bad.

So he asked Dick Whitt to inform Christie's to send the oil painting to Port City, where it will be traded...

Chapter 493

Harbor City.

In the past few days, Nangong Tian followed Su Yehao's arrangement and began to toss about the preparations for the film and television entertainment company.

She rented an office building in Central, and contacted headhunters to start recruiting staff, mainly behind-the-scenes staff such as screenwriters and producers. By the way, she also arranged for people to go to Korea to investigate and learn how to create an idol group with handsome men and beautiful women, and train newcomers from scratch. .

No need to guess, this is of course Su Yehao's opinion.

On the fifth day of March.

Xiao Nizi and Jiang Yu came to the company together. Since they had to wait for Su Yehao to make up their minds, the entertainment company hadn't been named yet. They just went to the furniture store yesterday to buy some office supplies, as well as flowers and plants. Please call the cleaning staff to clean it up.

This office building was previously the office of a foreign trade company, with an area of ​​about [-] square meters.

At the end of last year, the company fell into disrepair, and was rented by Xiao Nizi after being vacant for more than three months. The building management not only took the initiative to lower the rent, but also waived the property fee for half a year.

It can be seen that Hong Kong City's economy is really not in a good mood.

There are also many film and television companies that have closed down, and some popular TV series have also been cut off, or replaced by newcomers with cheap pay. As long as you are willing to spend money, it is not difficult to recruit some capable talents.

At this moment.

Nangong Tian picked an office with the best view of Victoria Harbour, and ordered others to move the desk away and throw it away.

Jiang Yu asked her curiously, "Hey, why do you throw away a good table? Don't you like this style?"

"It takes up too much space. I want to rearrange it and put in two new desks and share the same office with Brother Hao."

After listening to her explanation, Jiang Yu rubbed his arms and said contemptuously, "Goosebumps are about to rise, why don't you be so clingy and sit together even at work?"

Xiao Nizi smiled happily, and continued to tell: "There is still a place next to it, how about putting a table for you? When the time comes, one on the left and one on the right, there will be two guardian kings."

"I don't want it. People who come over and see it will think we are secretaries."

Jiang Yu smiled, and said again: "Then I'll pick the office next door. Arrange a super big desk for me. It's better to be aggressive. It's like the one in Ah Hao's father's office. It's probably four meters long and made of mahogany. Forged, carved with patterns."

She refers to Papa Su's office.

Back then, Master Jiang was still working under Papa Su, and Jiang Yu often went to hang out in the headquarters building of the Universal International Group. Of course, he knew exactly what Su Yehao's dad's office looked like. The decoration style was particularly luxurious and full of domineering style.

Xiao Nizi has also been there, and she shook her head decisively when she heard the words: "No, in this way, Brother Hao and I are like guarding the door for you, and we will go to the furniture store in the afternoon, and you can choose by yourself... "

With something to do, life will never be too boring.

Nothing happened at the University of Hong Kong. With the support of Brother Hao, Xiao Nizi could go to her class or not. The last time she went back to school was last year.

Many professors and deans of the School of Economics and Business Administration are now consultants hired by Su Yehao, who occasionally assist the family office and give some business advice.

With this relationship, and the principal of the University of Hong Kong playing tricks from time to time, he even hoped that Su Yehao would recruit more graduates. It would be no problem for them to graduate together.

As for Jiang Yu, the idea of ​​further studies is also not firm, so when Xiao Nizi greeted her a few days ago, she immediately agreed to come over to help and jointly prepare for the establishment of this film and television entertainment company.

The topic changed.

Jiang Yu suddenly said: "In a blink of an eye, Ah Hao has been in the United States for a few days. I don't know when he will come back this time. That guy must be happy to see the blond beauties all over the street. You have to be careful. Walking by the beach Come on, many white girls who like to work out have really hot bodies, even I envy them when I see them."

After hearing this, Xiao Nizi smiled and said, "Isn't your figure bad? You like dancing so much, it's not like I haven't seen you before..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Yu covered her mouth.

Nangong Tian was also quite bad, and she stuck out her tongue to lick Jiang Yu's palm with the intention of teasing her.

Jiang Yu felt like getting an electric shock, retracted his hand, and retaliated: "Ah, I just went to the bathroom, and I seem to have forgotten to wash my hands."

This time it was Nangong Tian's turn to be covered in black lines.

Standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the outer Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei on the other side, after the two had fought, Nangongtian continued:

"Brother Hao loves freedom since he was a child, like a wild horse running wildly. Although he has lost his temper a little in the past two years, I can't control him alone. You have to help me manage him a little bit more. Now Hao My brother has made a fortune and his business is so big. Every time I hear other girls mention him, it seems like I want to eat him alive. This kind of man is too good. Even my mother said that my situation is very dangerous. As long as he With a wave, girls who are willing to be with him can line up from Stanley to Dapu, turn a corner and go to Lantau Island."

That is to say, when the two of them were alone, Xiao Nizi spoke her mind.

How could Jiang Yu not understand what she meant, recalling the incident in the Maldives, she couldn't help but feel hot, embarrassment is good for exercising her toes.

Reaching out to pat Nangong Tian's shoulder, Jiang Yu comforted him and said, "Man is a creature that cannot be controlled, just like when my dad sings occasionally, my mother pretends not to know, and says that the more you press, the more you will bounce back. Usually Ah Hao treats you so well, there must be no problem."

Nangong smiled sweetly, and then said:

"This film and television entertainment company will select beautiful girls to form a team in the future. I am a little worried about what will happen if wolves are drawn into the house."

Jiang Yu didn't have any worries in this regard, and said with a smile: "You are the boss, whoever dares to have unrealistic ideas will kick her out. I think it's better not to arrange Ah Hao's office, so that he won't have an excuse at that time Come here often, the two of us can manage this entertainment company."

The two together.

In a few words, Su Yehao was removed from this company.

Hong Kong city female stars and so on, the circle is full of scandals and gossips, and the reputation is not very good. No wonder Jiang Yu and Nangong Tian feel that they should be more careful and reduce the chances of Su Yehao contacting them.

It's not that the two of them have no confidence in themselves, it's that the enemy is too cunning and hard to guard against.

Poor future girl group members, they were targeted by the two proprietresses before they even joined...

……

at the same time.

Su Yehao is in Lin'an.

He originally planned to send Jack Ma here and go, but Ma always invited him warmly.

Thinking of taking Yin Liuli for a walk along the way, it wouldn't take too long anyway, so Su Yehao half-pushed and accompanied him off the plane to the urban area, preparing to go to the West Lake and have a meal on a painted boat.

Mr. Ma was very enthusiastic. On the way to West Lake by car, he suddenly asked:

"Mr. Su, my friends have always admired you. Today I am the host. How about asking a few friends to eat together? Have a drink or two. I heard that you like Moutai. I just have a box at home. Let my wife deliver it directly to the restaurant." .”

Su Yehao took it for granted that Mr. Ma was referring to the backbone of his subordinates, and agreed indifferently.

however.

Wait until a group of people meet.

He was shocked to find that more than a dozen people came, most of them were middle-aged and elderly.

Su Yehao listened to their self-introduction, they were all official people, and they greeted and shook hands with him one by one, which made him a little confused.

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Chapter 494 Sprinkle water

Originally, I traveled quietly to the West Lake.