Six Hundred and Sixtieth Chapters Fall Into the Hole

Christie's auction house headquarters, 8 King Street, London, UK.

Christie's auction house is busy at this time, preparing for the summer auction that will be held in ten days.

Christie's auction house's summer auction time is half a month later than Sotheby's auction house.

Today's news about Sotheby's auction house is flying all over the sky. As a rival that has been competing for two hundred years, the helm of Christie's auction house is naturally very concerned.

In the office of chairman Herman Woods, Herman Woods, who is over 50 years old, sat at his desk and listened to Hunter Simpson, general manager of auction house operations, reporting the situation in front of him.

After introducing the situation, Hunter Simpson expressed his concerns: "Chairman, the current situation seems to be mainly aimed at Chinese cultural relics, but I don't know whether Sotheby's or Eskenazy Co., Ltd. offended people, or whether There is no difference for all Chinese cultural relics.”

"If all Chinese cultural relics are targeted indiscriminately, then we have to prepare."

Herman Woods frowned when he heard this, apparently thinking that Hunter Simpson's concerns were not unreasonable.

"In the next summer auction, how many Chinese cultural relics will our company auction?"

After thinking for a long time, Herman Woods suddenly asked.

Hunter Simpson immediately said: "There are 36 Chinese cultural relics at the auction held in St. James, London, of which 18 were provided by Eskenazie Limited."

"There will be twenty-five Chinese cultural relics at the auction in New York, eleven of which are provided by Eskenazy Co., Ltd."

"..."

Hearing this, Herman Woods looked a little unhappy, he thought for a while, and ordered: "The real reason is still unclear, and it is too late to withdraw now, we must prepare in advance."

"First of all, the qualifications for admission must be strictly checked."

"In addition, arrange some people to bid for these Chinese cultural relics to ensure that our people have the bottom line for each piece, but remember not to bid too high."

From Herman Woods' point of view, the big reason why Sotheby's Auction House and Eskenazie Co. exposed.

In fact, these means are very simple and very easy to deal with, but it is undeniable that the effect of a sudden attack is very good.

The countermeasures he is talking about today are to prevent these risks, and in the absence of other means, they are absolutely effective.

Hunter Simpson nodded immediately and replied, "Understood, I'll arrange it right away."

Herman Woods asked again, "Hunt, do you have anything to add?"

Hunter Simpson hesitated for a moment, with a sinister look on his face, and said: "Chairman, the stock price of Sotheby's auction house has definitely fallen a lot now, as long as it keeps getting caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, it will definitely be dragged into the quagmire, I think this It's a rare opportunity, should we do something secretly?"

Herman Woods moved in his heart, remembering the suffocating past of being the second child for one or two hundred thousand years, he suddenly made up his mind and showed a smile: "You can arrange it, remember to hide it, and have nothing to do with us. ."

"I understand! Don't worry!"

Watching Hunter Simpson leave, Herman Woods stretched and let out a long breath.

He lowered his head and looked at the newspaper in his hand, the words of Hunter Simpson reappeared in his mind, and his heart gradually became hot.

The Woods family is the third owner of Christie's auction house.

The first was the founder James Christie's, and the Christie's auction house has been passed down through two generations in the Christie's family for a total of 65 years.

The second owner was William Hansen, who held the helm for 28 years.

Then in 1859, Thomas Woods, the great-grandfather of Herman Woods, entered the auction house of Christie's. It has been passed down to him until now. It has been passed down in the Woods family for four generations. Christie's auction house has long been branded with the brand of the Woods family.

But for more than 100 years, the Woods family has worked diligently to develop the auction house, but they have never been able to catch up with the Sotheby's auction house, and have been under pressure from the other party. starter

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It's rare to see Sotheby's auction house encounter a crisis now, and it's obvious that someone is messing with them, and Herman Woods is really tempted.

This opportunity, if seized well, can definitely damage the reputation of Sotheby's auction house.

The only thing I can think of now is that in the next few years at least, Sotheby's auction of Chinese cultural relics will definitely not get better.

If Sotheby's auction house does not solve the problem and announce it to the public, collectors will definitely have psychological scruples.

Although this piece of business is not a major contributor to Sotheby's auction house, it is not a small one, is it?

One trade off and one trade off, maybe this opportunity will allow Christie's auction house to surpass Sotheby's auction house!

Thinking of this, Herman Woods became more and more fiery. He felt that it was not enough for Hunter Simpson to get down. He immediately set out to go out, ready to unleash the power of his family, and seized this opportunity to stomp on Sotheby's auction house.

Peers are enemies, nothing more!

...

Eskenazie Ltd. and Sotheby's were already overwhelmed, and the next two days, the situation worsened.

Xia Yu's people have been breaking the news to major newspapers. Of course, major newspapers are very keen to report related news for sales, which is completely selfish.

After all, Christie's auction house has competed with Sotheby's auction house for so many years, and it knows the bottom line.

In just two days, the market value of Sotheby's Auction House, which was surrounded by various bad inquiries, plummeted all the way, from £292 million to £220 million, a drop of nearly 25%, and the price-earnings ratio fell to nine times. about.

Although Christie's auction house was also affected by the turmoil, it was not too big. The stock price only fluctuated a little. At this time, it surpassed Sotheby's auction house with a market value of 235 million pounds.

Hearing the news, Herman Woods was in a good mood.

Giuseppe Eskenazi, the general manager of Eskenazi Co., Ltd., had an angry expression on his face, and smashed the newspaper in his hand into a ball and smashed it on the ground.

"Damn the media, there is no bottom line for sales, especially the Sun, it's as disgusting as feces!"

Giuseppe Eskenazi cursed angrily.

He didn't know where the data from The Sun came from, but he actually accurately counted all the auction data provided by Eskenazie Co., Ltd., as well as the pass-through data that he was too late to cover.

With the influence of The Sun, once it was reported, it immediately attracted the attention of a large number of readers.

Reflected in the stock market, that is, the share price of Eskenazi Ltd. has plummeted, from £78 million to £55 million, and it is still falling.

Obviously, the capital is very optimistic about the revenue and future prospects of Eskenazy Co., Ltd. this year.

If you think about it, if this kind of thing happens, anyone who understands will realize that the Chinese cultural relics market will be stagnant in the next few years, and the new business developed by Eskenazi Co., Ltd. will be abandoned directly.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

Hearing the knock on the door, Giuseppe Eskenazi took a few deep breaths, calmed himself down, and said coldly, "Come in!"

Soon, the door opened, and his cousin, Robert Eskenazy, came in. He had arranged for him to investigate the situation. Now that he came, did he find any news?

Thinking of this, Giuseppe Eskenazi asked quickly, "Robert, how is the investigation?"

Robert Eskenazy smiled wryly, shook his head and sighed: "The identities of those five people have all been found out, they are just ordinary people, but the enemy should have expected that we would investigate, so as soon as the auction ended, the five of them were arranged to go abroad. , and now it is estimated that they are all vacationing in unknown places."