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Sosby has attached great importance to this collection that may be worth hundreds of millions of yuan. The lineup is as large as that of the team. The team is also led by the vice president, an American in his 40s, Jansen.

Sosby's oil painting appraiser is actually an appraiser. After seeing 6 oil paintings, he also gave the conclusion of the authenticity and gave each oil painting a minimum price. Xiao Yifei roughly calculated it with the exchange rate, which was about the same as the bottom price of the Nuogao. Next, when talking about the seller's commission and tax payment issue, Sosby is worthy of being an international group. Jansen said first:

“We are going to auction these works at London auction.”

Xiao Yifei wondered, now he was talking about the tax burden, which involved the amount of money he received, which was related to the auction in London.

After Jansen's explanation, Xiao Yifei learned where auctions are also a science.

London is an art trading center. In addition to the UK's crazy collection of artworks around the world, another reason is that the UK provides tax incentives to the auction industry, such as the auction of art does not charge value-added tax.

That is to say, sales in London do not have to bear a large part of the tax, but taxes are required in other European countries such as France and Germany. Because the UK does not collect taxes, the seller can get a higher proportion of the price at auction. For example, in France, the seller's actual money to be put into the bag is slightly higher than the total purchase price of the buyer; in London, this proportion can reach 90%.

"You don't have to worry about any other fees, we guarantee to pay you 90% of the auction price."

"But, are you getting the US dollar, the pound, or the euro?"

"What are your requirements?"

So Xiao Yifei told me about his preparation to immigrate to the United States and go to Napa, California to buy a winery.

"No problem, we deal with Napa Winery a lot."

No, you are an auction company and they are a winery, so this is not a big deal.

Jansen continued to answer Xiao Yifei's doubts: "We auction precious red wine every year, and of course we have a lot of contact with the winery. In addition, don't you know there is a Sosby International Real Estate Company?"

Khan, is your business too extensive?

“There are wineries for sale in the real estate company?”

"Real estate companies are intermediary businesses, specializing in high-end real estate agencies. Judging from your business, you will definitely not buy a small winery. They will definitely be willing to find high-quality customers like you."

By the way, Jansen gave Xiao Yifei a high hat.

"In addition, can I get a formal green card or naturalization as soon as possible?"

"We need to consult an immigration lawyer for this issue, but I don't think the problem is big. By the way, you don't have a lawyer yet, right?"

"When I was in Germany, he also handled the auction-related documents this time."

"I suggest you choose another lawyer after you arrive in the United States. Because our legal system is different from Germany."

"I know this, but you won't say that Sosby also has a law firm, right?"

"No, of course, there must be law firms that cooperate with our company. I personally have private lawyers for me, but they are all in New York. What I want to say is that my dad and my brother have law firms in California, so you can go and have a look at it."

Xiao Yifei joked, "You are so enthusiastic about introducing them, do you have an agency fee?"

"Haha, you reminded me, and I will call them when I go back to the hotel."

"Okay, I can work with you."

The two sides signed the auction contract again. But Jansen did not leave, he continued:

"Mr. Xiao, can we appreciate the other 4 works?"

After careful consideration, Xiao Yifei made six works in the last shot, and he detained the fat models of Picasso and Renoir.

Obviously, Jansen has a certain level of oil painting identification. He looked at the oil painting carefully. After reading it, he looked at Xiao Yifei with envy.

"Mr. Xiao, can our experts see it?"

"What's wrong?"

“I imagine Mr. Shaw recommends one of our business in Sosby, Arts Financial Services.”

"Can you explain?"

"That's right. You are a collector. You must know that artworks like oil paintings require special preservation conditions, and also involve anti-theft measures. We can first provide you with these preservation conditions so that your oil paintings can be kept safely and safely in a suitable space."

Shan, it seems that there is no need to do this. The oil paintings of the Latour family in the space are just placed, with no signs of mold or damage at all.

"In addition, we can also provide displays to museums or certain exhibition halls every year, which will not only allow you to earn money, but also allow the public to appreciate the master's works."

Xiao Yifei thought this seemed interesting.

"Finally, since it is called Financial Services, that is, you can temporarily mortgage the oil painting to us and get a certain loan amount. After you repay the principal and interest, the ownership of the oil painting will completely belong to you."

"Isn't this the same as the bank?"

"It's different, different. For bank mortgages, approval, appraisal and valuation are required. For us, because the artwork has been kept in our custody, all procedures are very fast and can be approved in as soon as a few hours. And our interest is lower than the interest of the bank."

This seems good. If he had known this service, he would have auctioned something and just got money from them to buy a winery.

"Well, can I withdraw the 'Sunset Water Lily'? Let's use this kind of business operation."

Jansen's face was immediately turned into a pig's liver:

"Mr. Xiao, this, this, can be, just, just..."

Xiao Yifei thought for a while and forgot it. Anyway, he couldn't understand the water lily sunset, so he could just keep the water lily pond.

"Haha, don't mind, I'm kidding."

It was obvious that he could hear a long breath, and Jansen echoed and laughed a few times.

"This service is good, but how can I ensure that my oil paintings will not be damaged or dropped during the exhibition or storage period?"

"Please rest assured that we will definitely purchase insurance business. If there is any damage, the insurance company will compensate. The units that hold exhibitions will also have insurance. Their insurance companies are also very nervous about these works of art. As for what you said, even if you don't believe in our Sosby's credibility, you should trust other experts."

"Okay, let your experts come."

These four paintings were identified by these experts who were more careful than those of Na. After a while, they reached the conclusion that they were genuine. However, they still had to go back to the United States for machine identification before they could give the final conclusion.

"I will bring these 4 paintings when I arrive in the United States, so I won't give them to you with those oil paintings this time."

"When will Mr. Xiao go to the United States?"

"I need your help. You may not know that a visa to the United States is harder to get than a visa to Europe. I need your Sosby's help."

"This is OK. Our company still has some energy, and we will let you arrive in the United States as fast as possible."

"Okay, see you in California then."

"Yes, we also have a cooperative laboratory in California, where we can also do identification."

"Then thank you."

Jansen happily returned to the United States with the painting.

According to common sense, auction companies like Sosby, which are among the best, will not be so laborious for an ordinary collector. The reason why he treats so favorably is because he has done Jensen a great favor, or that his oil paintings are very important to Sosby.

Sosby is very sad now, and this hard life is still caused by the economic crisis.

Sosby borrowed $300 million in 2005. According to the company, $250 million of the $300 million had been used up last year, mainly to deal with the sudden economic depression. For Sosby, they faced more than that. In two months last year, because the auction result was not ideal, Sosby lost a total of $52.6 million in margin.

Based on such a fiscal situation, the stock price of Sosby also plummeted. At the end of October 2007, Sosby's stock price was US$55 per share, and the company's total market value was US$3.7 billion; in February 2009, the company's stock price had dropped to US$6 per share, and the company's total market value also shrank by less than US$500 million. This figure has not included the debts they owe.

Now Sosby is already in a quagmire, and the bank's reluctance to lend has left them with no way to continue to borrow.

Xiao Yifei's batch of oil paintings are the most valuable oil paintings they can collect at present. When Jensen saw these oil paintings, he immediately decided to put the oil paintings on the London Autumn Auction in October. Perhaps the single work is not worth a lot (not high compared to the other 4), but these 6 oil paintings are all Impressionist works. This autumn auction can be completely transformed into a feast of Impressionist oil paintings, which will definitely attract more buyers, give this autumn auction a peak in the transaction volume of this autumn auction, give shareholders some comfort, give market confidence, and give stock prices a shot of the heart.

At this critical moment, Jansen made such a great contribution to the company, and he believed that this would leave a deep impression on the directors. Therefore, he agreed to some of Xiao Yifei's requests and offered to provide artistic financial services to Xiao Yifei. But in fact, if Xiao Yifei really borrowed money from the company with the mortgage of oil paintings, then the company would definitely have to use these oil paintings to mortgage the cooperative bank, get a loan from the bank and then lend it to Xiao Yifei.

For Leonard, who was waiting in the hotel, Xiao Yifei gave up his cooperation with them and instead gave him a Sosby auction. This was absolutely bad news. Xiao Yifei considered that he had been working with Nagao for so long and Leonard had indeed spent a lot of effort on this business, and other reasons, his relationship with Nagao could not be broken. In the end, he commissioned Nagao to auction the silver candlesticks on the desk and some European gold and silverware that Hans got. After all, this batch of lots was several million euros. Leonard returned to Stuttgart with these consolation prizes.

(The other reason why Xiao Yifei gave Nagao comfort gifts, is explained later.)

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