The three-day meeting of the World Auction Summit has finally ended, and the world-famous auction event has begun!
This auction event was hosted by Lattis Group. The auction involved Western art, modern luxury goods, real estate, luxury cars, and items used by world celebrities, etc., in many categories. The auction event lasts for three days. From morning to night, countless auction items are auctioned in turn according to categories, and there is no end!
Ladis Group definitely made a big deal this time. Not only did they invite industry leaders from all over the world to the meeting in the first three days, but they also sent invitations to celebrities in the top international circles at the auction event. In addition to the giants in the international business circle, the auction event was attended by international gangsters, first-line directors and stars in the entertainment industry, experts and scholars in the cultural field, and even members of the royal family of some countries. In short, I invited all the famous and respectable people I could. Although not everyone has time to come, there are quite a few people who come to show their support!
It's early in the morning again. Outside the red carpet and cordon that was rolled out outside the venue, media from various countries once again crowded together and held their cameras high. The flashes were even more intense than on the opening day of the Auction Summit!
This time, many of the luxury cars that drove up the red carpet at the venue were in a motorcade, and the people in the cars behind them were all bodyguards. The giants from the international business circle got out of the cars in straight suits, with their arms around them. A tall and beautiful woman. The occasion of grand auction, especially the auction of luxury goods, is mostly a favorite of women. Moreover, it has become a common rule to bring a female companion to such occasions. Whether he is willing to bring a female companion with him or not, there is always a beautiful woman by his side, whether it is to show off his money, status or to enjoy the gaze of women. , it is rare for someone not to bring a female companion on such an occasion.
Therefore, when someone gets out of a luxury car without a female companion, the scene seems a bit unusual, and it attracts the attention of media from various countries.
The media's vision and observation skills are unique. After this situation happened several times, some people's faces showed a bit of surprise and confusion - those men without female companions all had oriental faces!
Moreover, the background is not small!
Two of them turned out to be two Chinese gang leaders in the world's underworld! There is another one, Li Qingyu, the young president of Hong Kong Jiahui International Group!
Gong Muyun and Qi Chen didn't have many gang members behind them. As the heads of world-class gangs, the two of them had even fewer bodyguards than some entrepreneurs, directors and stars. Compared with the empty space around the two of them, there was a man in Li Qingyu's car who got out of the car with him.
That man had a mixed-race face and a smiling face. The media reporters present recognized him at a glance!
Suddenly, some people were stunned—isn’t this the second son of the Genose family of the American Mafia, Geno? How come the president of the Li Group knows this young man from the underworld? Moreover, looking at the two getting out of a car, they seem to be on good terms
Today, the eldest son of the Genose family is also here. He just entered the venue not long ago, and he should be here to support on behalf of the family. So why was the second young master Geno not in the family car, but came over in Li Qingyu's car? I heard that Young Master Geno is an illegitimate son and his mother is Chinese. Because of his impure blood, he has a bad relationship with his half-brother. It is just a matter of the Mafia family. How can ordinary people dare to gossip casually
Although these things are not dared to be written in gossip magazines, people's gossip mentality is always unlimited. The reporters immediately took pictures of Geno and took the opportunity to speculate about the young talents in the world's top celebrity circles. Is it a coincidence that he doesn't have a female companion? Or is there some other reason
Geno was neither annoyed nor angry in the face of the fierce shooting from the media. Instead, he smiled and waved. It was not until Li Qingyu walked into the venue that he trotted after him.
Celebrities arrived one after another, and reporters took photos outside the venue for more than two hours before the number of people who came to see them began to become a little sparse.
Xia Shao was definitely a late arrival, she didn't arrive until the end. Moreover, she was still on the phone the moment before getting off the car.
"Okay, Mr. Abel, then I wish our cooperation tonight a success."
Tonight is the highlight of the auction—the auction of the national treasure mural! It is also the time for Xu Tianyin and his team to take action, and it is also the time for a big drama between Xuanmen and the Obi Kris family to be staged.
Putting down the phone, Xia Shao lowered her eyes. The news she just received last night was as she thought. Some people hiding in the dark finally showed up.
This was something to be happy about, but Xia Shao's smile was a little cold. After hanging up the call with Abel, she raised her eyes and looked at the passenger seat, "How is the check?"
In the passenger seat, Liu Banwang was sitting there. After hearing this, he turned around and said solemnly: "Not yet. The other party's technology is quite advanced, and it will take some time for our personnel to investigate the source of the attack. Chairman, you have arrived at the venue, get out of the car first. "
Xia Shao raised her eyebrows when she heard this. Although her eyes were cold, she snorted. When she got out of the car, her face returned to its normal expression, and she walked into the venue with a smile and the people behind her in the flashlight of the media.
This morning, Huaxia Group was hit by a cyberattack from an unknown source.
These attacks caused some confusion for Huale.com, but were quickly resolved by technical staff. But what followed was a sudden change in online public opinion!
In the past few days, the domestic public has been paying close attention to the auction of national treasure murals by the Ladis Group, and they are also very angry about the arrogant attitude of the British side. These things are quite common sense. But just this morning, public sentiment suddenly turned against the Huaxia Group!
Some people spread rumors and over-interpreted what Xia Shao said in the interview. In an interview, Xia Shao once said, "There are many things in the world, and no one can predict the outcome until the last minute. Perhaps, what awaits us will be a surprise." This sounds like a lie, but in fact, there is something that cannot be said clearly. The reason is that this is related to a national mission. Even if she is involved and is determined to return the national treasure, she can't say anything now.
However, someone pointed the finger at the Huaxia Group. Calling Xia Shao's words just a pretext, she is a Chinese entrepreneur, and Huaxia Group started out in the antique industry. Now that the national treasure is in trouble, she actually came to participate in the British auction summit. Huaxia Group has never made a statement or position on the return of the national treasure from beginning to end, which is obviously a bit indifferent.
As soon as this statement came out, some uninformed people began to doubt it, and the extreme ones believed it to be true and began to abuse and attack Huaxia Group. Some people even say that the Huaxia Group has lost its dignity to the Chinese people. In the past, it was founded in antiques, but it is not known whether it colluded with foreign devils and sold national cultural relics.
These attacks started this morning. In just two hours, they had a very negative impact on the reputation of Huaxia Group. Xia Shao arrived so late today because she was dealing with this matter in the morning and confirming with Abel what to do in the evening.
In the past few days, the voice of domestic public opinion has been valued by media from various countries. Therefore, although it has only been two hours, the changes in domestic public opinion have already attracted the attention of the media. When Xia Shao got out of the car, the atmosphere changed obviously. The flashbulb hit her as if it was about to explode. Xia Shao ignored the various questions behind her and led people into the venue with a smile and a leisurely manner. Her casual and unfazed look made many people in the media mutter to themselves, "Why doesn't she know how to be nervous when such a big thing happened?" Pretending
Xia Shao really wasn't pretending. Although I was unhappy inside, I was really not nervous. Public opinion, she was too aware of its influence. Didn't she use public opinion to build momentum when she fought against Century Real Estate? But if Huaxia Group can't even withstand the pressure of public opinion, then there is no need to survive in the international business community.
Now, she just wants to know who is playing tricks on her behind her back.
"You really don't need help?" Xu Tianyin walked behind Xia Shao like a bodyguard and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
Xia Shao smiled when he heard this, "No, if the experts hired by Huale.com with high salaries can't even find out the source of the attack, there's no point in raising them."
When Xu Tianyin learned about the situation this morning, he wanted to help her investigate, but Xia Shao refused. Firstly, she wanted to test the emergency response capabilities of the people hired by the company with high salaries, and secondly, she didn't want to distract Xu Tianyin. Today was the day of his operation to obtain the mural. The mural was auctioned in the evening and their operation was also at night. Because only then will the mural be taken out of the warehouse, which is the easiest thing to do in the whole process. During the day, they would follow her into the venue as bodyguards to first find out the situation at the venue so they could move at night. After the bodyguards arrived at the venue, there would be a special area for activities. At that time, the venue was crowded and it was easy for them to escape.
"As long as you succeed, all rumors will be self-defeating." Xia Shao turned back slightly and smiled.
Only after these words did Xu Tianyin nod slightly.
At this time, Liu Banwang walked over quickly and said to Xia Shao with a solemn face: "Chairman, there is a new situation! There has just been a new trend of public opinion in the country, and now there is an opinion about the surprise you mentioned in the interview Maybe Huaxia Group will spend money to take pictures of the national treasure mural. This statement has been supported by many people, and many people have already responded."
Xia Shao raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
Sun Changde came over from behind, with an unusually serious expression on his face, "This momentum is not good. That is a national treasure, and the Ladis Group estimates the auction value to be one billion pounds! Our group is at the time of expansion, and it's not like we can't produce something like this." It’s a lot of money, but putting it here is too restrictive for working capital.”
Chen Manguan frowned. Ever since he followed Xia Shao and spent these years as a companion with Gu Gu, his temperament has become more tolerant and he rarely gets angry about anything. But this incident made Chen Manguan look very unhappy, "These people are really making noise! They don't even know what happened, so what are they yelling about? They think they are speaking for us, but they are just adding chaos!"
"Speak for us? Not necessarily." After hearing this, Xia Shao glanced at Chen Manguan and snorted inexplicably.
Now there are two kinds of speeches and two kinds of momentum, which are likely to come to blows. One is to criticize Huaxia Group, and the other is to speak for Huaxia Group. But in fact, it is very detrimental to Huaxia Group.
The former will damage the reputation of Huaxia Group, and the latter... If Huaxia Group rushes to put it on the shelves, but cannot withstand public opinion, and finally gets this mural, at a critical time for the group's development, liquidity will be greatly restricted. And if there is no bidding, then those people who have the last hope for Huaxia Group, or those who have fervent hopes, will be even more angry than those who are criticizing Huaxia Group now. In the end, the group's reputation will be more seriously damaged, and it may even be boycotted.
The new situation that is emerging now is actually more difficult to deal with than the blindly attacking remarks in the morning.
Chen Manguan and others are not fools. Their ability to reach their current heights in the market is inseparable from Xia Shao's Bole vision, but it is also inseparable from their own abilities. There were some things that they didn't expect at the moment, but as long as Xia Shao mentioned it a little bit, the expressions of Chen Manguan, Sun Changde and Liu Banwang all changed!
If this is the case, then the other party's methods are too sinister.
"Check, check on the companies attending the auction summit." Xia Shao gave direct instructions.
"What does the chairman mean?"
"Will there be anyone else?" Xia Shao sneered. Whether it was damaging Huaxia Group's reputation or restricting Huaxia Group's liquidity, it was all related to business competition. The auction summit has just started, and the domestic market is being targeted. At this critical moment, domestic public opinion has undergone such a big turn, and it is obvious that someone is behind the scenes. And this is probably the motive!
After the Huaxia Group is destroyed, it will be easier for outside companies to enter and steal the market!
"I'm going to ask them to check! Just now they said they have captured some information about the other party, and the results should be available soon." After Liu Banwang finished speaking, he turned around and made a call.
At this time, one of the few senior executives of Huaxia Group who were following behind said: "Chairman, the public opinion is fierce now. Should we issue a statement first to express our patriotic stance?"
The employees behind them all nodded. After all, if something like this happens, crisis public relations must be done. In fact, when the company discovered this incident in the morning, it should have refuted the rumors urgently, but the chairman has not responded, which has caused the matter to get worse. Regardless of whether the mastermind behind it can be found out, we shouldn't be so silent now, right
Xia Shao glanced at the executive and smiled loftily, "Why should we respond? What we have to do is not to respond, let the other party play a one-man show from beginning to end, and suffer the consequences in the end."
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The executive opened his mouth and stared at Xia Shao.
Is this possible
Xia Shao smiled and turned around, looking at the lively scene inside the venue. "To subjugate the enemy without fighting has always been the highest level of military art. I have never tried it. This time, I want to try it."
What does this mean? It is even more difficult to understand. But Sun Changde and Chen Manguan looked at Xia Shao's profile. Five years ago, the face of a childish girl had not changed much now, but there was always a more settled aura about her that they couldn't understand. , but when I see her smile, I always feel an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.
In times of crisis, my heart is at peace.
"Don't worry! Haven't you seen the group's previous legends? The past has passed. Looking at it now, maybe you can witness the future." Sun Changde smiled and patted the executive on the shoulder, and told everyone accompanying him with one sentence I couldn't help but feel my heart surge, and even at this moment, I forgot about the crisis I was in.
Witness the future? Will there really be an exciting legend happening at the Auction Summit this time
The employees looked at Xia Shao's back, but she had turned around and walked into the venue.
Yingzhao, who was following at the end, frowned and glanced at Xia Shao's back with a strange expression. Will this crisis be a crisis for her? She is the person who executed this mission. Huaxia Group is currently suffering reputational damage due to the national treasure mural. As long as Xia Shao makes a phone call, any public opinion or national aspect can immediately settle it for her! Why are you still playing the game of subduing the enemy without fighting
Yingzhao frowned, not realizing that she actually used the words "play" and "game", but she had seen some of Xia Shao's abilities, and for some reason, she had an intuition in her heart - this woman was just playing! Playing with her opponents.
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Xia Shao walked into the venue with various eyes on her. Today's auction still started in the afternoon because it was the first day. The morning was the time for people in the international celebrity circle to exchange greetings. The men and women in the venue were holding wine glasses, as if they were Reception scene. In this scene, Xia Shao saw not only pleasantries, but also some unpleasant scenes.
The scene was not far away. A middle-aged British couple with a noble daughter stared at Hu Guangjin and Hu Jiayi's father and daughter with unkind eyes.
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Almost, I will make up the ending tomorrow morning, only about 300 words