The phrase "Brother Li" that Gong Jian called Li Ming came from his heart.
He shook his head and sat on the sofa at Li Ming's invitation. "No, I haven't gotten my hands on anything new recently. I came today mainly to trouble Brother Li. I want to find out what happened with Mr. Su.
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Li Ming picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea for each of them, and handed a cup to Gong Jian, "You are going to call me brother, why are you so polite? Do you know Mr. Su too? Yes, he is a big player in this industry.
Famous."
After speaking, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, carefully thinking about what happened before.
After a while, he put down the tea cup and looked at Gong Jian: "I also heard the staff report to me after the incident about Mr. Su."
Li Ming continued: "About a month ago, a middle-aged man with a foreign accent came to the auction house to auction his family antiques. After appraisal by our appraiser, it was finally determined to be a modern imitation."
Gong Jian listened to Li Ming's words and constructed the scene in his mind.
"When the middle-aged man heard that it was a fake, he was stunned at first, and then became furious. He shouted loudly that this antique had been appraised by Mr. Su. It couldn't be a fake."
Li Ming picked up the teacup again and said something to Gong Jian, "That appraiser is our gold medal appraiser here and has never made any mistakes."
He continued: "Seeing the middle-aged man, he really couldn't believe it, so the appraiser pointed out several flaws in the antique one by one."
He took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, "When the appraiser pointed out the flaw, the middle-aged man became even more excited. He picked up the antique and looked through it carefully, and suddenly shouted, this is not his family heirloom.
His family heirloom has been stolen."
"At that time, his loud shouting attracted many people to watch, and our staff had to step forward to persuade him. Later, the middle-aged man left here holding the fake antique."
At this point, Li Ming ended his recollection, "What happened next is what I saw in the newspaper. The middle-aged man never came to the auction house again. No one, whether it was the police or reporters, asked about it again. You
It’s the first one.”
Gong Jian was very grateful to Li Ming for telling him the exact scene at that time, "Brother Li, what exactly is that person's heirloom?"
"It's an antique vase from the previous dynasty. Although the imitation is very similar in appearance and color, there are flaws in the base."
When Li Ming mentioned this matter, he also had a lot of doubts. “I heard from the employees that judging from the behavior of the middle-aged man, he probably didn’t know that his vase had been replaced by a fake one. But that man didn’t do anything except go to the newspaper office and the TV station,” he said.
I didn’t call the police, let alone go back to the auction house to verify the situation.”
"So you think this is strange too, right?" Gong Jian didn't expect that Li Ming also had such doubts.
"Yes, no matter what, the incident broke out at the auction house. But the reporters chose to bypass the auction house. This is completely inconsistent with their past behavior."
After listening to Li Ming's words, Gong Jian was convinced that Mr. Su had been framed.
He asked Li Ming without high hopes: "Brother Li, did that foreigner leave his address?"
Li Ming stood up, took out a business card from the information box on his desk, and handed it to Gong Jian, "When the outsider came, he exchanged business cards with our staff. And when he left,
, the taxi he took was hailed by our staff. I happened to hear his destination, and he was probably staying at the Haichao Hotel."
"Great," Gong Jian took the business card, "Brother Li, you have really helped me a lot."
Li Ming smiled and sat down again, "We are all brothers, why are you always so polite? By the way, is your company undertaking the annual project of United Litian? You may not know that United Litian and I
Chairman Li Zeguang is still somewhat related. Look, we are even more of a family."
Gong Jian raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the Li Ming in front of him was actually related to the chairman of United Litian. There are so many people named Li in the world, and there are quite a few in a medium-sized city like theirs. He actually met him.
family.
He gave a wry smile and said, "Just now, we evacuated all the workers and machinery from the construction site. Now the project of United Litian has nothing to do with us."
Li Ming was surprised. He was in the auction house profession and was familiar to people in various social circles. He had clearly heard before that Jianyong Construction had indeed won the bid for the United Litian project.
Why did he actually get negative news from Gong Jian within a few days? He couldn't help but doubt his intelligence network.
"Then what happened? Why did you evacuate from the construction site? Did you have any conflict with United Litian?"
Gong Jian's reaction to this matter was also very complicated. At first, when he heard that United Litian Group planned to break the contract, he felt very angry.
After talking with Chairman Li, he somewhat understood their approach, although he did not agree with it himself. But within the scope of City A, Lianhe Litian's approach can be regarded as a wise way to protect himself.
And just now, after the farce he saw on the construction site, he is now a little worried. Such an important project of United Litian Group has been handed over to such a construction company, and the construction quality cannot be guaranteed at all.
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Since Li Ming was related to the chairman of United Litian Group, Gong Jian felt that it was necessary to explain the situation. Of course, he only described the situation as it happened and did not add his own feelings.
"On this Monday, specifically yesterday morning, our project manager reported to me that although we won the bid during the project bidding process, United Litian Group refused to sign a contract with our company."
Gong Jian's face darkened as he thought of the negative impact of this incident on the company.
"Then I took the initiative to find Chairman Li of United Litian Group. He only said that due to some objective reasons, he had to refuse to cooperate with our company."
Gong Jian continued to use his serious tone and said: "This morning, we withdrew all the personnel and equipment from the construction site. During this process, a group of people from the construction site appeared on the construction site, claiming to be Zhenxin Construction Company. According to them
They said they were here to take over the construction site."
At this point, Gong Jian stopped. He looked at Li Ming sincerely, hoping that the other party would understand that what he said was true.
"Judging from the behavior of the dozen or so workers, the management of the other company is relatively loose. I am still a little worried about whether this project will go smoothly."
Gong Jian has already beautified the other party's behavior. You must know that if you are a worker in your own company, you will be punished not only for playing cards but also for chatting and gossiping. (To be continued)