841 Do You Have a Treasure Bowl?
Chen Qiushan also looked at the gold ingots in a daze. “This… There are at least a hundred of them, right? This is the first time I’ve seen so many gold ingots. It’s too spectacular!”
Before he could finish, Xu Jingxin took out four similar woven bags from under the bed.
Chen Qiushan was shocked when he saw this. Could it be that the remaining four woven bags also contained gold ingots? That was impossible, right?
When he opened the four woven bags and saw the shiny gold ingots inside, he fell onto the chair behind him and looked at Ye Feng in disbelief.
“Brother Ye, where did you get all these gold ingots? Do you have a treasure bowl?”
Ye Feng heard his question and frowned. “Brother Chen, you should know the rules.”
Chen Qiushan finally reacted and hurriedly apologized, “Brother Ye, I’m sorry. I was too shocked and lost my mind. I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
According to the rules of this business, it was not allowed to ask the seller about the origin of the items. He had already broken the rules by doing so.
Smith had been thinking about how to take the credit for this.
If he could get his hands on the 500 gold ingots for Sotheby’s, it would be a great achievement.
Seeing that Chen Qiushan had unintentionally offended Ye Feng, he was delighted. His chance had come!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly pushed Chen Qiushan away and smiled at Ye Feng. “Hello Mr. Ye, I am William Smith, the director of Sotheby’s China Auction House. Nice to meet you.”
Ye Feng had already noticed this guy. When he first came in, he was still disdainful of him, but now that he saw the gold ingots, he suddenly became enthusiastic. He was also a guy who would not wake up without benefits.
“Hello.” He nodded indifferently.
“Manager Chen said something wrong just now. I apologize on his behalf. I hope you don’t take it to heart.” As the leader, Smith spoke up for Chen Qiushan.
But Chen Qiushan did not appreciate it at all. With his relationship with Ye Feng, the other party would not be angry at him just because of a sentence. This Smith was obviously meddling in other people’s business.
With his experience, he could tell that Smith was most likely trying to steal his credit.
However, the other party was a leader after all. Even if he really wanted to do so, he had no choice.
Now, it all depended on Ye Feng’s attitude. Whoever he was willing to give the gold ingots to would be the one to take the credit.
At this moment, Ye Feng waved his hand at Smith indifferently. “If you say that, it means that you don’t understand my relationship with Brother Chen.”
“When I was still useless, Brother Chen helped me. With our relationship, do you think I would be angry with him?”
His words were undoubtedly showing Smith his attitude. The credit this time was Chen Qiushan’s, so he could stay where he was.
Chen Qiushan was instantly touched, and at the same time, he couldn’t help but feel lucky.
Back then, when Ye Feng had yet to make a name for himself, he had befriended him and never abandoned him after that. This was probably the wisest decision he had ever made in his life.
Smith’s expression did not look too good, but he still suppressed his displeasure and continued, “I’m not too interested in the personal relationship between Mr. Ye and Manager Chen. But no matter what your relationship is, we have to be business-minded. We can’t abuse our personal feelings and do things that harm the company’s interests. Am I right, Manager Chen?”
As he spoke, he turned to look at Chen Qiu Shan.
Chen Qiushan’s face darkened. “Smith, what do you mean?”
“You have to make it clear to me today. What did I do to harm the company’s interests?”
Smith hurriedly waved his hand. “I didn’t say what you did. I was just reminding you.”
“When I looked through the financial expenses for the past few months, I realized that the price you gave Mr. Ye was basically the same as the final auction price. Then what will our auction house earn? Electricity for love?”
Chen Qiushan immediately argued, “Because Mr. Ye’s items are the best of the best. He handed them over to our auction house because of me.”
“Although we didn’t make any money from these auctions, we managed to attract customers. How can you say that it’s for love?”
Smith immediately sneered. “I don’t want to argue with you about the past, but I can’t let you do whatever you want next.”
“Mr. Ye, we can accept these gold ingots, but we have to renegotiate the price.”
As he spoke, he turned to look at Ye Feng. “I have two plans. As for which one to choose, it will depend on Mr. Ye.”
Ye Feng looked at him calmly. “Tell me.”
Smith slowly raised a finger. “The first plan is to auction these gold ingots here. You can set the starting price, but our auction house will take a 10% commission.”
Ye Feng lowered his head and calculated. If each gold ingot was priced at 1.1 million, five hundred gold ingots would be 550 million. If they were to take the 10% commission, he would lose at least 50 million.
Chen Qiushan, who was standing beside him, panicked. “Smith, do you know what this means?”
He was not entirely thinking for Ye Feng, he was also thinking for the auction house.
Offending Ye Feng would undoubtedly cause the auction house to lose a good source of goods. It would be very disadvantageous in the long run.
This guy was really short-sighted.