When Zhu Changan arrived at the airport, Cheng Mei was already waiting in the terminal with other staff.
There were eighteen people in total, including men and women, security guards and accountants. Seven or eight of them were carrying trolley cases, which contained antiques to be auctioned.
"Hi boss."
Seeing Li Xiaobai and others appearing in the departure hall with Zhu Changan surrounded by stars, Cheng Mei, who was dressed smartly in a professional suit, hurriedly greeted him with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Cheng."
Zhu Changan smiled, shook hands with Cheng Mei, and joked: "Why do I feel that the title boss is a bit rustic? Is it better to call me Mr. Zhu?"
"Nowadays, this boss and that boss are worthless. The boss is the symbol of capital."
Cheng Mei smiled lightly and introduced Zhu Renxia to the staff behind her, "This is Mr. Zhu Changan, the boss of our Chang'an Group. Everyone, come and get to know him."
The staff present applauded: "Hello, Boss Zhu!"
Zhu Changan likes this feeling of being admired by many stars. Capital is indeed a good thing.
It was already 9:30 and the flight was open for check-in and boarding, so Cheng Mei led more than 20 staff members to line up to the boarding gate.
There are more than 50 pieces of antique calligraphy and paintings auctioned in Macau this time, ranging in weight from a few taels to seven or eight kilograms. They are divided into more than a dozen suitcases, with an average weight of less than ten kilograms per box.
Therefore, there is no need to check it in, and the staff can board the plane by carrying the box with their hands. After all, the value of these antiques ranges from millions to thousands, and carrying them with you can prevent loss to the greatest extent.
When checking the tickets, Zhu Changan discovered that Cheng Mei had booked first class for himself and Li Xiaobai, and all other staff members had booked economy class.
"Uh...Mr. Cheng, you are too frugal. Our staff are carrying millions or even tens of millions of antiques. Upgrade them all to business class." Zhu Changan made a bold decision .
Cheng Mei frowned and said: "The economy class fare from Lanling to Macau is 1,680 and the business class fare is 3,280. The air tickets for our trip alone will cost nearly 50,000 yuan more. As the general manager, I must carefully calculate the cost of this trip. spend."
"But if they just throw away any of the boxes in their hands, it will start at several million!" Zhu Changan expressed his worries.
Cheng Mei explained: "There are more than 20 people in our group, and many of them are specially trained security guards. There will never be any cases of lost boxes. When the company makes money in the future, I will consider business class when traveling. Now I have just When starting out, you have to plan carefully.”
"Then just listen to Mr. Cheng!"
Li Xiaobai pushed Zhu Changan straight to the boarding gate. The two passed through the VIP entrance and quickly boarded the Boeing 747 large passenger plane.
Other staff, including Cheng Mei, had to line up to pass the security check and board the plane in order. Naturally, the convenience and comfort could not be compared with that of first-class VIPs.
At 10:20 in the morning, the flight took off on time, roaring straight into the sky.
It was not Zhu Changan's first time to fly, he had even flown on a private jet, but this was his first time flying in an airline's first class cabin.
Excited Li Xiaobai looked at this and touched that, because this was the first time he took a plane in his life.
"Father, stepfather, look, this stewardess has such a perfect figure!"
Li Xiaobai stared at the flight attendant's beautiful legs with his eyes. At the same time, he lightly nudged Zhu Changan next to him with his elbow and muttered something.
"Comrade Li Xiaobai, you are the boss of a group company after all. You represent the company's image when you go out. Can we not be so insignificant?" Zhu Changan glared at Li Xiaobai fiercely.
"Everyone has a love for beauty. I'm just appreciating it. How can I say it's obscene?"
Li Xiaobai had no choice but to put away his greedy eyes and imitate the person in the front seat by snapping his fingers: "Hi...stewardess, give me a glass of Sprite."
The flight attendant with a sweet smile and a hot figure immediately pushed the service cart to the seats where the two of them were sitting: "Hello sir, first class does not provide cheap drinks such as Sprite and Coke."
"Uh... Where can I get something to drink?"
Li Xiaobai blushed immediately. He had known that he should have ordered a higher-grade drink, such as Red Bull, Pulse, juice, etc.
The stewardess replied patiently: "There are coffee, milk, purified water, cocktails..."
"Two glasses of champagne." Zhu Changan made his decision directly.
The flight attendant had a professional smile on her face: "Okay, sir."
Then he glanced at Li Xiaobai: "Sir, are you too?"
"Champagne, champagne." Li Xiaobai said with a smile. In this first class cabin, his performance was indeed a bit low.
After a while, two glasses of champagne were delivered to the hands of the two people. Li Xiaobai drank the champagne and gradually calmed down from the excitement.
Two hours later, the plane landed smoothly at Macau Airport.
Jiebang Auction Company, which cooperated with Chang'an Antiques, sent a minibus to pick them up and arranged for a group of 27 people to stay in a five-star hotel.
As a partner, the cost was borne by Jiebang Company. Zhu Changan was very satisfied with the company's enthusiastic attitude. At least he did not bother to find a business hotel perfunctorily.
The senior management of Jiebang Company arranged a reception banquet to receive several leaders of Changan Wenwan. Zhu Changan was unable to come forward, so he went back to the hotel to rest.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, a sweet-looking person from Changan Company with a ponytail knocked on the door: "Hello, boss, my name is Nie Hui. Mr. Cheng sent me to pretend to be your assistant. I can provide information in English, Portuguese Chinese, Japanese, Cantonese and other languages, please give me some advice."
"Do I still need an assistant? I'm just a caretaker." Zhu Changan asked with a puzzled smile.
Nie Hui said: "Mr. Cheng just sent me a message and asked me to accompany you to Jiebang Company to pay the deposit and receive the number plate. Because those who participate in the auction must go through the procedures in person, I have to trouble you."
"Well, it's okay for me to just sit around in the room anyway."
Zhu Changan combed his hair, put on his leather shoes and coat, and followed Nie Hui out of the hotel.
The two took a taxi to the auction company, completed the formalities, and received the bidding plate No. 76.
"Not bad. I didn't expect that there are already sixty or seventy customers participating in the auction."
Zhu Changan was very happy about this, as if he saw a lot of money waving to him.
The next day.
Cheng Mei took the personnel of Chang'an Company with the bidding items and rushed to the auction company at seven o'clock in the morning to go through the procedures and hand over the bidding items.
Zhu Changan, on the other hand, didn't get up until eight o'clock. He went to the first floor to have breakfast. Accompanied by his assistant Nie Hui, he took a taxi and rushed to the auction site arranged by Jiebang Auction Company.
After arriving at the scene, Zhu Changan learned that there were more than a hundred buyers participating in today's auction, and the bidding number plate alone had been issued to No. 112.
Moreover, most of the big names in the collection industry came here for Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Fu", and they were all confident and determined to win it.
Zhu Changan took Nie Hui to find a place to sit down, and said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Cheng is completely over-worried. I'm afraid we won't have a chance to perform today."
Assistant Nie showed a charming smile: "I don't know much about it. Everything depends on the decision of you and Mr. Cheng, boss."
At 9:30 in the morning, the auction officially started.
The first lot was a jade from the Southern Song Dynasty, with a starting price of 1.2 million yuan. After thirteen rounds of bidding, it was finally sold at a price of 2.35 million yuan.
For the buyers participating in this auction, this is just an appetizer. Most capable collectors are waiting for Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Fu" to appear.
The second auction item, a porcelain from the Hongwu period, had a starting price of 1.5 million and a final transaction price of 1.85 million. It seems that the buyer is not too interested in this product.
The subsequent three consecutive auctions all sold for less than 3 million. Cheng Mei, who was sitting in the background, and the chief auctioneer of the auction company decided to sell a hard item next.
The auctioneer who presided over the auction immediately raised his voice after receiving the instruction through the headset and said loudly: "Dear guests, the next lot 006 has a great background. It is "Pictures of Ladies" written by Liu Shengzong, a painter during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. The starting price 15 million, now I’m asking the seller to appreciate it.”
As the auctioneer finished speaking, two graceful emcees in red cheongsam each held one end of the picture and slowly walked onto the stage.
Next, the lights flashed in the auction hall, the shutter kept ringing, and many interested buyers stood up and came forward to comment and point.
Zhu Changan shook the number plate No. 76 in his hand and smiled at the beautiful assistant beside him: "Haha... Xiao Nie, it seems it is our turn to perform next."
