C287 A Seasoned Guerrilla
C287 A Seasoned Guerrilla
As soon as the auction ended, Li Yun was surrounded by the jewelry businessmen. They all rushed to exchange business cards with Li Yun. No one wanted to lose the chance to enter the auction in three days.
As this jewellery exhibition was a national exhibition, the jewellers participating in the exhibition came from all over the country. The five-star hotel next to the exhibition became the hotel designated by the host, and more than 90% of the jewellers stayed in this hotel.
Under Lin Anshi's warm invitation, Li Yun drove to the Gary Hotel next door and participated in a dinner hosted by the Jade Jewelry Association. Taking into account that the exhibition hall was quite far from his home, Li Yun directly booked a presidential suite at the front desk.
There were a total of five tables in a medium-sized banquet hall in the hotel. Tonight, the people who received President Lin's invitation to attend were all the big bosses who owned hundreds of jewelry stores. Normal jewelry owners would not be able to enter this banquet hall at all.
In a corner of the banquet hall, four tall beauties in black evening dresses were playing a cheerful string concerto, adding a festive atmosphere to the banquet. Lin Anshi enthusiastically pulled Li Yun and Joanna to his side.
He said to Li Yun with excitement, "After playing with jade and jewelry all my life, I finally got to know what jade and fine stone are called today. This old man is very curious, but at the auction in three days' time, Dong Li's treasures won't be just the four he prepared, right?"
Li Yun smiled and said, "I also have a lot of precious gems. If I took them out during that auction, I would feel like I'm turning the tables upside down. For any jeweller, it might not be a good thing."
President Lin looked at Li Yun approvingly and said, "Mr. Li has a long term vision. I wonder if I can have a chance to try my best at this auction?"
How could a smart person like Li Yun not understand the hidden meaning behind Lin Anshi's words, he immediately said: "The success of this auction naturally cannot be avoided with President Lin's help. I am willing to pay 10% of the proceeds from the auction to hire President Lin as the host. I wonder what President Lin thinks?"
What's the point? Lin Anshi saw with his own eyes that Li Yun had paid Gao Fu 400 million in labour fees, and he himself had been busily running all day and only took 1 million red packets as the host. Until now, Lin Anshi was still depressed to death in his heart.
The meaning behind Li Yun's words was that as long as he successfully held this auction, he would be able to obtain 10%. These four jade artifacts were no ordinary jade artifacts; their value would be more than ten times the value of the jade artifacts he held in the afternoon. His 10% service fee might be billions of dollars.
Even the dignified Guild Leader Lin of the Lin Clan had never made so much money in his entire life. Lin Anshi was very clear why Li Yun wanted to hire him as a host. Li Yun was interested in his contacts in the jade and jewelry world, as well as his right to command heroes.
After the contest at the auction this afternoon, these jewelry businessmen were basically suffering from financial injuries. No one could rely on their own strength to buy a single piece of jade and sell four pieces.
Furthermore, being able to sell for a good price had become Lin Anshi's first problem to be solved. After all, he had a 10% income at the total price. The higher the price, the higher his income. Suddenly, Lin Anshi's eyes lit up. He thought of a brilliant idea. Once it was completed, he could reap both benefits and fame in the circle.
Therefore, Lin Anshi expressed to Li Yun, "Leave this matter with me. I definitely won't let you down. For now, don't say anything. Let me handle it."
Li Yun nodded slightly to express his understanding.
Therefore, Lin Anshi stood up and said loudly to everyone, "Tonight at 10 o'clock, I have a friend in charge of loans who asked me to sing. Anyone interested can come with me and play. The road isn't close, it's in Pushi."
There were only two possibilities for those who did not respond. The first was that they had already given up on the auction, and the second was that he had already solved the problem of the funding. After all, everyone present had a very wide network of connections.
Sure enough, not long after President Lin sat down, five to six people came over in succession to toast with President Lin. They also expressed that they would be joining the gathering at 10 o'clock at night.
Li Yun and Joanna remained silent as they ate and drank. The words of everyone present could not escape their ears.
Looking at the time, it was already close to 8: 30 PM. Guests were leaving the banquet hall one after another. Lin Anshi said to Li Yun, "You can go with me today. If you know more people, you can get along. After drinking a bit, you don't need to drive anymore. We can call him directly."
Li Yun originally wanted to say that drinking wine didn't affect him, but he suddenly remembered that everyone in this circle valued rules. They were afraid of interacting with people who didn't follow them. Thus, Li Yun immediately agreed.
Pussi was always more prosperous than Pudong in any age, even though it was already after 9 p.m. and nightlife had just begun, and the streets were still filled with people. Four taxis pulled up in succession in front of one of the quaint, low-key clubhouses.
Several doormen quickly ran forward and opened the doors for everyone, respectfully welcoming them as they alighted.
After Lin Anshi got off the car, he took out his cell phone and made a call, "President Chen, which room are you in? We have a lot of people coming this time, but you don't need to order too small. Ah, Zhu Tao Xuan, you're quite impressive. Everyone's here. We'll be right up."
Together with Li Yun and Natasha, the group of 11 people walked into the hall of the clubhouse. On the left and right side were two rows of beauties in shoulder-revealing evening dresses. They bowed together and greeted, "Welcome."
Everyone at the scene immediately felt that they didn't have enough eyes. They were so anxious that they started to look around for their target.
Li Yun followed behind President Lin with Natasha in tow. Natasha glanced at Li Yun and said with her telepathic thoughts, "Before you start cultivating, do you come here often?"
Li Yun immediately replied with his telepathic thoughts, "Do you think that my performance of looking straight ahead is not good enough?"
Natasha curled her lips and replied with telepathic thoughts, "My eyes tell me that you don't have the slightest bit of curiosity when you're in a place like this. That means you're an experienced guerrilla."