"Thehuanracehasonereayeffectiveon,andthatisughterone of mankind's most effective weapons is smile."
Ole von Kluge gracefully put the last piece of pigeon meat and thyme dumpling on the plate into his mouth, and slowly Chewing, "This is a sentence I took when I was taking a business negotiation class at the University of Pennsylvania. During the first class of the professor, I walked into the classroom and wrote a sentence with chalk on the blackboard. I heard that it seemed to be said by Mark Twain." < /p>
"He said that a smile is a great weapon to relax people's guard."
Oler took a sip of his wine and showed an equally great smile, "Yang, Do you know what’s the best thing about it?”
“No money required”
Lao Yang hung up the phone and sat across from him, scratching his chin casually. , responded with Yang Bapi’s stingy nature.
"The answer is free, wow, it hits the target."
"Has anyone ever told you that you will have a good future as a banker?" Oler Yuhan said in amazement, "It's rare for me to see such a rich smile on a person's face. To be honest, your smile made me feel a little panicked."
"I just watched you answer While we were on the phone, I was thinking about the person who could make Master Cao Xuan's most trusted personal assistant smile like this. Otherwise, he is very important to you, or his status is very noble. Yang, let me reveal it for you. What kind of situation is it?" Ole asked curiously.
"Just a funny young man."
Old Yang replied vaguely, tugging at the corner of his mouth, "Mr. Kruger, I think I smiled at you. It’s quite brilliant.”
He bared his teeth at the unopened champagne bottle in the barrel next to him, and looked at his twisted smile rippling on the honey-colored glass, and held it there for a few seconds. .
Lao Yang nodded and commented to himself, "It's really brilliant, and my face will cramp up if I smile any more."
"Just call me Oler."
"That's different. Yang, since we sat on both sides of the table, you have never been completely sincere." Oler was tired of the other party's soft-spoken and indifferent attitude.
His patience finally ran out.
"If you hadn't just spoken in Chinese, I couldn't help but guess that it would have been an olive branch from the Elena family on the phone."
Oler Shrugging, he prepared to change his approach and get straight to the point. "After all, this time and occasion is very special. Both of us should be looking forward to reaching a result, right?"
"That was the 1988 Dom Pérignon Champagne. A very good vintage. Very good wine."
Oler saw Lao Yang staring at the letters on the bottle with interest and said casually, "During my coming-of-age ceremony, my father specially gave me a batch. You know, he is usually stingy in life, in that standard and stereotyped wayTraditional Prussian banker. One Christmas, each of our children was given only a $50 Apple gift certificate. A bottle of this wine costs $15,000. ”
“It’s so expensive, it’s a robbery. "Lao Yang stared at the wine bottle on the table and sniffed hard.
Oler took out the bottle from the champagne bucket on one side and placed it on the table. "It is very expensive. It was born for big occasions. And born. I brought it here today, which means I really want to drive it. I have always come with full sincerity, but Yang, with all due respect, I have never felt enough respect from you. ”
“You guys, why are you slandering others? It’s not authentic. I answered your call and hurried over to have dinner without even sending Mr. Cao to the hotel. I'm sincere enough. "
Old Yang shouted dissatisfied, with that aggrieved little expression, as if all his sincerity was wrongly paid by the blond heartless man in front of him.
"300 million US$30 million, 10 shares. ”
The smile disappeared from Oler’s face.
He looked directly into the eyes of Assistant Cao Xuan across from him, supported the table with both hands, and leaned forward, hoping to put pressure on the other party to negotiate. “Such conditions are anything but respectful and sincere. ”
“$330 million, do you know how much it is? This can directly buy the street under our feet.” No painter has ever received a signing fee of this amount, from the Stone Age to today, not even Leonardo da Vinci, nor Picasso. This is an outrageous number. Mr. Cao Xuan's appetite must be too big. ”
Oil Painting Magazine will have big news to announce tomorrow.
They would like to announce by the way that Cao Xuan will be included in the magazine’s future development plan. At least the two parties have reached an agreement.
Yes.
It is not a gallery, but a magazine and an art fund signing the most important painter in the world. First, this is almost a ground-breaking cooperation method.
However, if the news is not explosive enough, how can it ignite the fire of the oil painting magazine that has already taken off? It attracted media attention from all over the world.
What they wanted to do was to make a shocking amount of money.
They thought it was a win-win situation. p>
As a result, the negotiations during this period were not smooth.
The other party did not refuse, and asked for a signing fee of several hundred million US dollars, plus 10% of the magazine's shares. p>
Although for such a large deal, there are definitely many cooperation details that need to be negotiated and polished by the brokerage teams on both sides, but if Cao Xuan doesn't let go of these two main conditions, the oil painting side will already feel that it is unnecessary. In-depth negotiations have continued.
This is really brave.
The signing fee alone is almost equal to Yayoi Kusama’s job.This is the total price of all the works in his career.
Oler went crazy when he saw this condition.
After such a long non-nutritious conversation, Oler felt that he had not put the mustard on Assistant Yang's face yet, which was quite a good self-discipline.
However, Lao Yang was still smiling.
The kind of warm, bright smile that exposes your teeth and makes you want to be punched.
He is a person who will show exaggerated exclamation when faced with a bottle of Champagne King.
When it comes to business negotiations, figures of hundreds of millions of dollars are often chewed in the mouth, but they are downplayed as if they are facing the Happy Beans of Landlords.
It is also a rare spectacle.
"That's because Leonardo da Vinci didn't live to this day, and Picasso has caught up with the booming art market today. It's not that they are not worth the money. Otherwise, if you want to sign Picasso today, If you don’t have a billion, let’s not open our mouths. It’s only 330 million U.S. dollars. A banker like Mr. Kruger can easily have tens of billions or thousands of dollars in his fingertips. Savings on a scale of billions of dollars."
Lao Yang picked the vegetable leaves between his teeth and commented, "It's so watery."
"Saved money is saved. Money, the money of the Kruger family is the money of the Kruger family, and the funds of the oil painting magazine are the funds of the oil painting magazine. The three are not the same thing at all."
Oler was too lazy to talk to this guy. Financial literacy, irritable tone.
"Even if Buffett is here, believe me, 300 million U.S. dollars cannot be easily revealed from under the nails. If R Cao has such a big appetite, he might as well open 3 billion U.S. dollars, he You can even ask for the entire earth, but it’s an impossible negotiation anyway,” he said sarcastically.
"You can't give us the earth, and Mr. Cao can't take the three billion US dollars."
"But 300 million is different. We all know in our hearts that this is possible. This money Is it possible that although few people in the industry can get such a contract, in fact, Hirst has been able to sell this amount in two auctions, and that was 20 years ago. It’s all a matter of two or three paintings.”
“You are eager for Mr. Cao to be your savior and cash cow, and this money can only buy half of the savior’s face. Have a clear conscience." Lao Yang still looked carefree and lazy.
"It's just win-win cooperation. If we don't choose Cao Xuan, we will have someone else replace him. This is his loss. Oil painting does not need any savior, and no one can be a savior for oil painting. Every investor with a right mind knows that the rise of oil painting is unstoppable."
Oler said coldly, "On the contrary, the Irina family is a broken ship with leaks everywhere. There is a vote, cousin Anna or Princess Leonor, who is more miserable?a little. I am willing to vote for Anna. Although Princess Leonor is barely my distant cousin by blood, I am still theoretically one of the top 100 royal heirs in Spain. ”
Princess Leonor is the next generation queen of Spain, but the reason why she attracts more attention on the Internet is that compared to her relatives in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Sweden, Spain is probably the most precarious. A constitutional monarchy in Europe.
Maybe when the princess grows up, she will suddenly find that the parliament has turned to a republic, and the throne of the family has been lost.
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The Spanish royal family is objectively one of the poorest and least powerful royal families in Europe. Even if the throne is gone, it is more of an honorary status. Moreover, the royal family has spent 12 years. Several thrilling moments of crisis
And Anna seems to have lost the "crown" of oil paintings passed down from generation to generation in her family, as well as their unwavering voice in the field of art and the work created by their ancestors. The transcendent status she came out of has become a foregone conclusion.
Even her seat on the board of directors was lost.
“Believe me, even so, I don’t think so. The Lian Na family has the ability to spend the same amount of money to sign Mr. Cao. Even if you have the money, there is no need. ”
“The oil painting magazine can have a chemical reaction with Cao Xuan, the i, and create mutually beneficial value. Why did cousin Anna sign Cao Xuan? She couldn't drag Mr. Cao to create a Chinese painting magazine. I can't think of enough profit points. "
Ole analyzed the current situation in a simple and easy-to-understand way for Lao Yang, clarifying the reality, hoping that they can understand the current situation.
"That's absolutely right. That's why I came to meet you first.
Lao Yang nodded his head and said, "Come on, young man, I'm very optimistic about you." "I'll make an appointment for afternoon tea with Miss Elena's representative after dinner." Drink, take it seriously. "
"The Irina family is also in contact with Mr. Cao. They have met Mr. Cao. "Ole was stunned for a moment.
"Who wouldn't want to try to talk about this unclear matter, Mr. Cao is so popular? Don't worry, Mr. Cao is concentrating on preparing for the annual meeting. He has been tired for the past two days and doesn't want to see anyone. You can’t see it, and neither can Miss Elena. You are talking to me, Miss Elena’s secretary Elliot is also talking to me. The negotiations between the various parties were between assistants, which was very fair. "
"If Mr. Kruger nodded on behalf of Sir Brown, I would reject Miss Elena's invitation on the spot. No, please call now and announce that Mr. Cao has reached a cooperation with you. ”
Lao Yang put his cell phone on the dining table and assured him boldly.
Oler was a little annoyed. He wanted to say that he was working for Kruger Bank in the oil painting magazine. Equity director.
We have an equal partnership with Sir Brown, not an errand boy like the other party’s assistant.
But the topic has already been discussed.When the critical point came, he couldn't care about it anymore.
"Two hundred million US dollars, 2 shares, plus or minus a few decimal points, which can be negotiated later. This is a real minimum price, and it is also an unprecedented price. If you think it is okay, we Work on the remaining details immediately. If we go quickly, we can come up with the first draft of the cooperation intention before the annual meeting. We can announce this news to the world the day after tomorrow."
"You. Look, Mr. Kruger, we are back to the original point of the topic. Our perceptions of Cao Xuan’s value are different, so the price is not on the same baseline at all.”
Old. Yang also slowly suppressed the smile on his face.
"You said Cao Xuan is not irreplaceable, but I think Mr. Cao is irreplaceable. Who can you invite to replace Cao Xuan? Should you sign Yayoi Kusama or bring Dami Amherst pushed it back"
"Why not"
"Yang, Oil Painting Magazine needs a landmark painter who will also become a leader in the art world in the future. But there is always only one leader, and there is only one candidate for oil painting. We hope that this candidate is Cao Xuan, but it does not have to be Cao Xuan," Oler said calmly.
"The price you are asking for is enough to impress any living painter in the world. None of these painters have a lower or even higher artistic status than Cao Xuan. I believe their management team must be very Anyone who is interested in contacting us. In other words, at this moment, contacts are being made all over the world."
"Haha, art status and market price are always two different things. I have no disrespect for Kusama. Masters like Yayoi mean it, but who among them can replace Mr. Cao’s position in the Eastern Xia art market?"
Lao Yang directly interrupted Oler.
“We are talking about the second largest art trading market in the world, which is a huge market calculated in tens of billions of dollars every year.”
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