Chapter 336 [Reduced to 10%]

Seeing Belsinger's firm attitude, West knew that today's matter was a little difficult to deal with. The other party had already grasped his lifeline. They would rather lose part of the profit than let you eat meat. What can you do?

If you don't give them a good contract, they will definitely disappear immediately with a large number of art works. You are not the only auction house in the world that is afraid of you. What kind of opponent is the most difficult to deal with? The most difficult opponent is the one who is not afraid of anything.

This is a desperate strategy. Even the world's top auction house like Sotheby's can't afford to lose it. The profits of these golden artworks! This is money, a huge amount of money. Who can afford to lose it?

So West had to take out the blue folder in his briefcase again, which contained 20% of the distribution share. But Belsinger still shook his head and disagreed with such a distribution. 10% of the profit was his bottom line. If it exceeded this number, I would leave. After more than two hours of negotiations, it was always within the range of 15%. A tug-of-war was launched, and no agreement was reached in two hours.

At this time, both sides were exhausted physically and mentally. Using brains is much more laborious than using physical strength. What to do when you are tired? Belsinger played a little trick, stood up with a smile, patted West on the shoulder and pulled him to the office window, looking at the dazzling array of gold artworks in the warehouse and said with a smile.

"After talking for so long, our mouths are dry. We should move around, otherwise our bodies will be stiff. The blood vessels are blocked, so what do you think? Seeing this dazzling array of gold artworks in the room, are you shocked? Let them go down and take a look, so that you can open your eyes."

Bel Singer's suggestion was very good, and West was even more tired. West also wanted to indirectly see if these gold artworks were as perfect as the information said. If there was any trick, then Sotheby's auction house would suffer a loss, but seeing is believing, so it doesn't hurt to take a look.

Belsinger took West downstairs and walked around the dazzling array of gold artworks. After walking around for a few times, West noticed that each gold artwork had a label on it. Although the label was written in Hindi, the price on it surprised him.

The prices written on it are basically the most real prices of these gold artworks. If they are operated well, the profit can increase by 30%. And large auction houses like Christie's and Sotheby's have auction skills that are not comparable to those of ordinary auction houses.

The customer base is also a group of the richest people in the world who are not short of money. If they are not royal relatives, they are all heirs of aristocratic families. The premium can even reach 50% to 80%. Being able to serve as the general manager of Sotheby's auction house, the number of treasures in his hands in a year is really countless. What kind of priceless treasures have he not seen.

He has trained a pair of fiery eyes and can judge with just one look that the real information of this gold artwork reaches more than 99%. He will never make a mistake. These things are all treasures, all good things. Most of them are made of pure gold and covered with various gems.

Although they are all Buddhist artifacts, they are gold antiques, which are quite valuable and popular among the rich. Trouble, this is trouble. It turns out that this Belsinger has done all the work in advance, and even the real price of these gold artworks has been estimated, and the estimate is almost right. What should I do now?

There are countless small auction houses in front, like wolves, surrounding Sotheby's, and there will be Christie's in the future. Will Belsinger go to Sotheby's instead of Christie's? There are wolves in front and tigers behind, plus Belsinger, a client who is determined to hold on to 10% and not let go, what should I do.

While walking, West calculated his negotiation strategy, walked a few laps to stretch his muscles, and continued the discussion when everyone returned to the office. But Bel's character is determined to hold on to 10% and will not change. Either you accept it, or we break up. Anyway, I auction everywhere. At most, I will lose some profits, but I can't let your Sotheby's auction house succeed.

There was no choice but to take out the yellow folder, which was also the last folder. On it was clearly printed a 10% commission fee. This was the bottom line that Sotheby's could accept, and it was also the number that Belsinger wanted most.

The contract was taken out, and both parties were very satisfied, so let's sign it! But when signing, West interrupted Belsinger's soft and hard grinding, and increased the number of 1,300 gold artworks entrusted to Sotheby's auction to 1,800.

Sotheby's has a big appetite and ate up 40% of the gold artworks that can be auctioned at once. 1,800 gold artworks are enough for the top auction house like Sotheby's to organize ten special auctions. It can completely complete the operation time of two months. 1,800 gold artworks, although each one only earns 10% of the auction profit, Sotheby's also made a lot of money.

Although the other party's soft and hard grinding made Bell's personality very awkward, he also put forward a condition, that is, the minimum price set for each gold artwork. For example, the gold cup worth $40,000 was re-priced at $50,000. If it is less than $50,000, Sotheby's will compensate for the lost profits. If it is more, it is more. The extra amount is mine. But if it is less, Sotheby's will compensate me. This condition is harsh enough, but you have to accept it.

In the morning, a cooperation agreement was drawn up in the tug-of-war between the two sides, and both parties signed their names. Then West excitedly called his men, and several large trucks rumbled over, loading all the gold artworks in batches onto the trucks and then transporting them to London.

When he left, he also left a VIP ticket for Sotheby's special auction house for Belsinger, and a special box was reserved for the Belsinger family. Inviting Belsinger to bring family members to the special auction of gold artworks and watch their own profits on the spot, that would be a great feeling.

The next afternoon was to meet with Christie's general manager, named Malone, a fat middle-aged man, who was also very difficult to deal with. The other party insisted on keeping the 17% profit unchanged. When Belsinger took out the 10% contract of Sotheby's auction house, the other party gave in. The dirty competition between Sotheby's and Christie's has lasted for hundreds of years.

The two auction houses can be said to be mortal enemies. The other side actually took 1,800 pieces of gold artworks, so how could Christie's fall behind? Christie's also took 1,800 pieces of gold artworks, and the conditions given were the same. The two top auction houses in the world took more than 80% of the gold artworks that can be auctioned.

No mistake, one song, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Then the remaining 20% ​​can't be kept in hand, Belsinger will not be so stupid, the remaining 20% ​​of gold artworks Belsinger will take them to Switzerland. Hand them over to the local auction house in Switzerland for auction, and keep the remaining little in hand, ready to give them as gifts to those who are worthy of flattery and useful to him.