Chapter 248 [Cui! 】
The next day, before noon.
The sun is shining, the summer is hot, and a few dragonflies are happily lighting the water in the pond.
In the garden of Jishuitan Hospital, among the envious and admiring eyes of several patients and nurses in hospital uniforms, a beautiful woman is pushing a wheelchair and walking along the pond and flowerbed with a smile on her high heels. Strolling around, a plain-looking man sat in a wheelchair, looking at the sky, looking at the water, and turning back to talk to the woman from time to time. The two are naturally Qu Yunxuan and Dong Xuebin.
"Aunt Xuan, how's the spring shoot?"
"Haha, didn't I tell you last time I called you?"
"I mean the specific amount, have you figured it out?"
"Well, the general rule is to pay within a week or two, and now all the commissions have just been recovered."
"How much money do we have?"
"Hehe, didn't our auction company have assets of about 9 million yuan at the beginning? Later, you bought a Mercedes-Benz for my aunt, and others spent a lot of money. The final total assets are about 7 million yuan, but because of you We raised a few sky-high prices in the first auction, whether it is wild ginseng or Hetian hosta, all of which have given our auction a lot of fame. As a result, this spring auction has received a lot of goodies. Now, ah , the total assets have less than doubled, about 12 million."
Dong Xuebin said, "So much? So we are now multi-millionaires?"
Speaking of this, Qu Yunxuan also showed a smile, "Yeah, it's like a dream, hehe."
"Oh, I didn't expect my buddy to have today."
Whether it is Qu Yunxuan or Dong Xuebin, they were both ordinary people a year ago. Aunt Xuan's family situation is a little better. An office worker earns a few thousand yuan a month, which is enough to spend. Dong Xuebin and his mother are not With no money, even eating was a problem when they were poor, but today, a year later, the two have become little millionaires with assets over 10 million, which makes people feel a little embarrassed.
For a time, Dong Xuebin said proudly: "This is not enough, our next goal is 20 million."
Qu Yunxuan rolled her eyes at him, "It's so simple, how can it be so easy."
"You forgot that I can bet on stones, let's go, let's go back to the company to discuss the plan."
Since he came to the capital, he also had two or three months of free time and couldn't do anything. The first thing Dong Xuebin thought of was to make money.
One is to make Aunt Xuan happy, and the other is to spend more spare money. Dong Xuebin also plans to buy a better large villa in the future. Third, it is naturally for the smoothness of the official road in the future. When the time comes, you have to be ready now.
For two three months, if I don't find something to do, I'm bored to death.
Yunde Auction Company.
On the top floor, Qu Yunxuan's office.
Qu Yunxuan said straight to the point: "Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Dong Xuebin. He will be in charge of the jadeite auction after a while."
Dong Xuebin smiled and nodded to them.
There were a few heads sitting below, mostly middle-aged males. They looked at each other when they heard the words.
Qu Yunxuan did not intend to seek their opinions, but just announced a decision.
Yunde Auction is still a small company, the staff are all new, and most of the relationships have not been sorted out properly. Seeing that Mr. Qu directly dragged a new person and pressed them on their heads, of course everyone had a little opinion, but seeing Qu Yunxuan She was pushing the wheelchair dotingly like a big sister, and the fool could see how close the person named Dong Xuebin was to Mr. Qu, so no one said anything.
Dong Xuebin didn't say anything.
In Yantai County, he was all-powerful. As soon as he returned to Aunt Xuan, his leadership momentum was immediately restrained by Dong Xuebin. Perhaps it was because Qu Yunxuan took care of him for too long and was always like an elder, so in front of Aunt Xuan Dong Xuebin couldn't even raise his momentum.
After the meeting, Qu Yunxuan deliberately kept one person, a little old man with a lot of spots on his face.
Qu Yunxuan introduced: "Xiao Bin, this is Teacher Wei, an expert in jade identification."
Dong Xuebin smiled and stretched out his hand, "Hello."
Qu Yunxuan said again: "Xiao Bin is also proficient in gambling stones."
Mr. Wei also shook hands with him politely, but he didn't take Dong Xuebin too seriously. What matters in the country is the ranking of seniority. People of Dong Xuebin's age have limits, no matter how talented they are, gambling stones? Most of it depends on luck, no one dares to say that they are proficient
After getting to know each other, Qu Yunxuan smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about your plan."
Dong Xuebin sneered and said: "Actually, it's not a plan, go to Ruili to gamble on stones, let's go together."
Qu Yunxuan said without thinking, "Absolutely not. You are so hurt and still want to go away? If something happens on the way, how do you ask your aunt to explain to Sister Luan?"
"Hey, what can I do?"
"That's not OK."
Dong Xuebin spread his hands, "Then what do you say?"
Qu Yunxuan thought for a while, then looked at Teacher Wei and said, "Is there any place to gamble on stones in the capital?"
Teacher Wei said with a wry smile: "Yes, yes, but the materials are not very good. Most of them are leftovers from Ruili's Myanmar side. Ten bets and nine losses are too many. Mr. Qu, the next emerald show is getting closer and closer. , It is not realistic to want to collect good jade from the private sector, not to mention the best glass species, even the ice species is not very hopeful. After all, there are so many auctions in Beijing every year, and there are only a few pieces of really good jade that I see. Some people don't sell it." I didn't say a word, even if there was a glass jadeite that wanted to be auctioned, they would not choose Yunde auction.
Qu Yunxuan picked up the cup and gave Dong Xuebin saliva thoughtfully, "What good idea do you have?"
Mr. Wei shook his head helplessly, "I didn't agree to hold a special jadeite auction. How long has this kind of auction been held? Even the big auction houses in Shanghai and Hong Kong can't avoid it. Why? There are too few good jadeites. There are too few people who are willing to get it at the auction, and it is too late for everyone to rush to collect it, and none of the ten people who are willing to sell it can find one, so most of these jadeite specials are thankless."
Qu Yunxuan dipped the corner of Dong Xuebin's mouth with a handkerchief, "Haha, that's why you have to gamble on stones."
"But the risk..." Mr. Wei sighed, "Let me say something unlucky, the risk of gambling stones is too great. If one is bad, the entire company may collapse."
Qu Yunxuan smiled and said, "That's why I invited Xiaobin."
Mr. Wei didn't know whether to cry or laugh, "How confident can Mr. Dong be?"
Dong Xuebin shook his hand, "Don't say no, just call Xiao Dong, hold on tight, Khan, how should I put it, um, I won't owe anything anyway."
Teacher Wei shook his head secretly, is this a bit big?
Qu Yunxuan put away the handkerchief and smiled, "The advertisement has already been released, and people from all walks of life know what they should know, but now, I have collected a few pieces of waxy jadeite ornaments. It’s not a lot of money, and it doesn’t really mean much. The first thing I thought about was to let Xiaobin get a few pieces of ice or even glass jade back. In this way, not only can I make money, but also the reputation can be more famous, killing two birds with one stone. Son."
Teacher Wei is speechless, Bingzi? Glass species? How can it be so easy to do?
Qu Yunxuan paused, "Xiao Bin, why don't you just take a look at Jingli first."
"Also." The stone in Jingli was a little worse, but it wasn't necessarily good.
"Okay, that's it, let's go now?"
"Well, don't forget to take the checkbook."
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Panjiayuan Flea Market.
The scorching sun, the scorching sun, and perhaps there are too many people, it feels much hotter here than in Yantai County.
However, Dong Xuebin, who was sitting in a wheelchair, not only did not feel hot, but felt warm, and his whole body was refreshed. There is no intrigue, no official struggle, and there is only a big beauty pushing a wheelchair. This kind of plain warmth is something Dong Xuebin has longed for Ah go, go, go, walk with Aunt Xuan for a lifetime.
Unconsciously, Dong Xuebin fell asleep.
When he woke up faintly, he suddenly heard Aunt Xuan talking to someone behind him.
"Yeah, what a coincidence that Mr. Feng also came here to see the stuff?" It was Aunt Xuan's voice.
"Well, I'm preparing for the next auction, just come and see what's good here." It was a young man's voice, "...Who is this?"
"It's my friend, my leg hurt."
"Oh, you also came to see the antiques? By the way, I heard that your bank is going to hold a special jade show?"
"Hehe, no, I'm just here to see wool."
"Yo, that's a coincidence, our company is also going to hold a special jadeite jade show."
"Um?"
The voices were full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm, Dong Xuebin opened his eyes slightly and found that Aunt Xuan had pushed him into the Panjiayuan Market, in the center. From the voices behind, Dong Xuebin gradually understood that this young man surnamed Feng also understood. The owner of the auction company is not far from Yunde Auction House. In this case, competition is inevitable. Listening to the tone of voice of President Feng and Qu Yunxuan, it seems that it is nothing on the surface. friendly.
"Hey, is Xiaobin awake?"
"Well." Dong Xuebin looked back.
Qu Yunxuan smiled and said, "Let me introduce you, this is Feng Yi, the boss of Jiaxin Auction Company, um, this is Dong Xuebin."
Feng Yi thought that Dong Xuebin was a relative of Qu Yunxuan, and he didn't pay attention to it, so he nodded without shaking hands.
Dong Xuebin didn't reach out, glanced at him, and nodded.
Feng Yi was about 30 years old and looked about the same age as Aunt Xuan. He was very tall, about 1.8 meters tall. The style of successful people. Feng Yi didn't pay much attention to Dong Xuebin, and after talking to Qu Yunxuan for a while, he said, "Mr. Qu, let's go shopping, I have an appointment, and there is a chance for us to go out and do it someday."
"Hehe, no problem."
After watching Qu Yunxuan push the wheelchair away, Feng Yi couldn't help frowning.
Feng Yi's auction company was on the opposite side of Yunde Auction, very close to each other. At first, Feng Yi didn't take Qu Yunxuan seriously, because ordinary auction houses didn't run too long, and they had no supply or popularity. After a year and a half, he closed his business, but with the great success of Yun De's several auctions, a sense of crisis gradually approached Feng Yi. He felt that Qu Yunxuan was really amazing, not only beautiful, but also smart. , Since Yunde Auction Company was established on the opposite side, his business has been seriously affected. Although it is not fatal, who thinks that there is too much money.
So Feng Yicai thought about breaking Yunde Auction. It was not the first time he had done this kind of thing.
far away.
Qu Yunxuan was also frowning.
"What's wrong with Aunt Xuan?" Dong Xuebin asked.
Qu Yunxuan took out her phone, "Wait for Auntie to make a call first." She dialed a number and put the phone to her ear, "...Hey, little Tao'er, check the Jiaxin Auctions website for me to see what their jadeite sale is about. It's time to start... If there is nothing on the Internet, just ask someone... Yes, it's urgent, I won't hang up, you can go check it now..." After waiting for about five minutes, "I found it? You said... what... it's true. That day... well, I see."
Dong Xuebin blinked, "What's the matter?"
Qu Yunxuan tapped her forehead with her finger, "Then Feng Yi is going to hold the jade show on the same day as us."
"the same day?"
"Yes, the date they just posted on their website in the morning."
Jadeite is not easy to get, and good jadeite is even more difficult, so even in a place like the capital, it is rare to see jadeite specials, and now the two auction houses on the east street of Panjiayuan Bridge are in Open the jade special on the same day? Dong Xuebin frowned and said, "Is he sick? Which day can't you choose after so many days?"
"It's probably intentional." Qu Yunxuan said with a wry smile: "You don't quite know about some things. Since the day we opened, several auction companies around us have not been very friendly to us Yunde Auctions, and our development momentum is so fast. , in the first small auction, we compared all auction companies, and it seems that we are getting more and more unpleasant, sigh, now it's good, it has already started a war with us, and I thought I would have to wait until next year to face this problem. What kind of pressure."
Dong Xuebin said: "We can't compete with them?"
Qu Yunxuan shook her head slightly, "Our foundation is still shallow, we only have more than ten million yuan in assets, but they are already towering trees, and the liquidity alone is likely to exceed one hundred million yuan, so we will rush to Feng Yi's auction house's brand, the same special event. There must be 90% of people who will send the lot to them, not us, and in a vicious circle, since it starts on the same day as us, most people will also go to Feng Yi's auction house, although they don't want to admit it, But we really don't have a chance."
"Since Feng Yi's company is so big, can it still compete with us?"
"I'm afraid that we can develop and take precautions before it happens, and our development will definitely harm his interests, after all, it's on the same street."
Dong Xuebin smacking his lips, Guandou, Shangdou, how come these are everywhere?
Relying on my buddies to finally clean up for two days, why is the struggle here again?
Qu Yunxuan looked at him, "Do you think we should change our days?"
Although Dong Xuebin was also annoyed by fighting back and forth, he squinted his eyes when he heard this, "Didn't you announce your life to the public? You must be honest in business, and you must never change it. If you change it, it will weaken our momentum. , Besides, we ordered that day first, they came later, this has to be changed, where do we put our face?" On the road of Dong Xuebin's officialdom, he has never compromised, fought, fought, fought, Dong Xuebin He came through the struggles again and again. Although his path was criticized by Xie Huilan as useless, Dong Xuebin felt very handsome, at least he lived happier than others.
Qu Yunxuan smiled, "Auntie thinks so too, let's not change our life."
"Huh? Really?" Dong Xuebin was taken aback, he felt that Aunt Xuan would not be as impulsive as himself.
Qu Yunxuan explained: "Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, no one can benefit from this vicious competition, Feng Yi must have calculated that we will avoid them and change our lives, which overwhelms us in momentum. It’s like giving us a slap in the face and letting everyone see our jokes, but if we don’t retreat and bite the bullet, then the Jade show will definitely not be able to match theirs, and it may even make our company collapse overnight.”
Dong Xuebin sneered: "This is enough for my grandson."
Qu Yunxuan raised her hand and gestured to fight, "If you say dirty words again, do you believe my aunt will tear your mouth?"
"Cough, you go on, go on."
Qu Yunxuan put down her hands and straightened his hair that had been ruffled by the wind, and said gently, "Auntie is also new to this business, and I'm not familiar with many things, but this time I reminded my aunty, I'll do it next time. The opening time of this kind of auction cannot be set in advance, so as not to change." Qu Yunxuan looked back at Feng Yi's back, "Since he wants to fight with us, let's fight, we just don't change our life. Now, as long as we can get a batch of high-quality jadeite, we don't need to be afraid of Feng Yi."
Dong Xuebin looked at her unexpectedly, "You have momentum, Aunt Xuan, you are becoming more and more like a big boss."
Qu Yunxuan glanced at him, "You are slick, isn't the boss working for you?" After a pause, she said, "Well, but the only thing I worry about is Feng Yi's background. I heard that he is the nephew of the director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau. "Feng Xueliang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Committee and a senior official at the deputy ministerial level.
Dong Xuebin said in surprise: "Director Feng's nephew?"
Sure enough, it is the capital, and if you drop a brick, you can hit several officials.
Qu Yunxuan said, "I don't want to offend this kind of person, but if they bully us, we can't help but fight back."
"that's right"
Feng Yi didn't take Dong Xuebin in his eyes just now, so why did Dong Xuebin take him in his eyes, but let Aunt Xuan say this, Dong Xuebin couldn't help but look back at him a few more times, it turned out to be a relative of Director Feng. , No wonder I feel that this girl has a domineering taste. When they ate at the palace that time, Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan met with Director Feng. Looking at the atmosphere at the time, they thought that Feng Xueliang was also from Sister Xie's father's faction. Later, they learned that it was not the case at all. Feng Xueliang was the mayor's person. .
"Xiao Bin, this time we can only win but not lose."
"Don't worry, leave it to me, then let's let the surnamed Feng change his life."
"Hehe, I hope so, let's go, there is a place for gambling stones ahead, go and see."