Chapter 267: Rich is a Showoff
Boss Parker is so nervous.
He originally thought that no matter how bad his company was, someone would at least auction it off, and it would cost at least $1500 million to buy it. However, he didn't expect that no one was willing to bid for it, and no one was willing to bear such risks, responsibilities and debts.
People who do business are all seeking profit, but buying Parker not only does not bring much profit, but also requires a loss of 20 million in the early stage. It is not cost-effective no matter how you look at it. It is better to invest the money in other recycling companies. At least they have not collapsed and are still operating normally.
Seeing that the item was about to fail to sell, Boss Parker became extremely anxious and looked at the chief with pleading eyes.
Zhang Ailun understood that if he didn't take action, no one else would.
After thinking for a while, he immediately raised his hand to bid.
"The guest at seat 12 has bid $10. The current bidding price for the item is $1210 million. Are there any other guests willing to participate in the bidding?" the auctioneer said hurriedly upon seeing this.
"..."
There was silence for more than ten seconds, and basically no one was willing to raise a sign to bid.
After waiting for another minute, the atmosphere was silent and no one was willing to bid.
Boss Parker sighed helplessly and could only accept this outrageous price.
Although the bid was $1210 million, after purchasing the company, the leader still had to repay the bank's debt of $2060 million and the overdue salaries of employees. The total cost of purchasing Parker was $3300 million.
This price is indeed in line with the market price.
Fortunately, it didn’t fail to sell, right?
One should not be too greedy. If the leader had not made the offer, he would not have gotten $1210 million.
Although he had to pay a consignment fee for the auction and dividends to other temporary shareholders, the final amount of money he received was only about eight or nine million, but at least he did not go bankrupt. He had some money from selling his property before, so he was still a multi-millionaire, and it was enough for him to live on for the rest of his life.
The auctioneer saw this and could only drop the hammer. "1210 million once, 1210 million twice, 1210 million three times. Deal! Congratulations to buyer No. 12 for successfully purchasing Parker Resource Recycling Company. Please sign the formalities with the company's former boss Mr. Parker after the auction and pay the balance."
Seeing the company's deal, Zhang Allen smiled and comforted Parker, "It's really unexpected. I thought it would cost more money. After all, as long as your company can survive the difficulties, it is still very valuable. Although I don't care about another 10 or 20 million, it's always good to save some money."
Boss Parker smiled bitterly and said, "I really have to thank you very much, Mr. Jin. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't even have 10 million US dollars."
"We are all friends, there is no need to be polite. You also sold me a villa at a low price, didn't you?" Zhang Ailun immediately waved his hands to indicate that it was all a trivial matter.
The leader is well-known for his generosity.
Soon the auction continued, and various private collections and mortgages were put on the auction block, with prices ranging from tens to millions of dollars.
Until the horn coin that caught Zhang Ailun's attention was thrown onto the curtain.
It was an ordinary silver coin with a vague horn pattern printed on it. It looked like it had gone through a lot of vicissitudes of life and I wonder how many times it had passed through the hands.
"This is a rare Spanish coin. It was once a popular currency among pirates in the 16th century. In order to better distribute prey at sea and plunder cargo ships, they privately formulated a blood pact. They only plundered merchant ships and the navy, and pirates did not clash with each other, otherwise it would be considered betrayal. Anyone who held it was very famous and had a high status at the time. They were hailed as the pirate king of the 16th century. It also symbolized the alliance and contractual spirit among pirates."
"Until the mid-to-late 16th century, in order to disintegrate the rampant pirate forces, the navies of various parties deliberately minted a large number of Spanish counterfeit coins, causing internal divisions among the pirates. In a naval battle, the pirate alliance was destroyed in one fell swoop, and tens of thousands of coins were melted. It is said that there are only 16 remaining trumpet coins in the world. One of them was bought by collector Madison for $426 million at the last auction in New York. It is very valuable and meaningful to collect!"
“The estimated market value is $360-430 million, the starting price is $250 million, and each bid must not be less than $10000.”
The auctioneer announced the start of the bidding process. Many people were very interested in this and raised their placards to bid.
Seeing Zhang Ailan eager to try, Parker asked curiously, "Is Mr. Jin also interested in this collection?"
"I am indeed interested in it, but not for collection. I just heard that collector Madison is also collecting this kind of coin. Maybe I can buy it and sell it to him." Zhang Ailun smiled slightly, and when the price reached 375 million, he made a decisive move and raised his paddle to bid 20 US dollars.
"Guest No. 12 bid $20. The current bid for this dime is $395 million. Are there any other guests willing to participate in the bidding?" asked the auctioneer.
"410 million!" Someone soon raised a sign to bid. Zhang Ailun looked back at the middle-aged rich man wearing a hat, and the other party also smiled and greeted.
Seeing the other party being so polite, Zhang Ailun immediately responded and raised his placard to bid, "425 million!"
"425 million US dollars! VIP No. 12 bid 425 million. Is there anyone else willing to participate in the auction? If no one participates in the auction, the trumpet coin will be purchased by VIP No. 12!" The beautiful auctioneer saw so many people bidding and became very excited and began to add fuel to the fire.
"$430 million!"
The middle-aged rich man behind him raised his placard and bid without hesitation, and the price was already higher than the price of Spanish coins at the New York auction.
After thinking about it, Zhang Ailun raised his placard again and bid, "432 million US dollars."
"$435 million."
"$440 million."
"$445 million."
"$450 million."
"..."
The other party looked at Zhang Ailun helplessly, considered it, and had no choice but to give up.
You are rich and you think you are great. You spent 450 million US dollars on a Spanish coin?
Sorry, having money means showing off.
Zhang Ailun smiled slightly.
If I buy this coin for $450 million and then sell it to collector Madison for $500 million, I will still make a profit.
Even if you only give the other party a friendly price and don't make much money, you can still make friends with the other party.
Madison certainly has no shortage of money. His greatest hobbies in life are getting married, having children, buying collectibles, and playing with small animals. The collectibles and animals raised on the island are worth hundreds of millions of dollars!
His life was worth it.
"Congratulations to guest No. 12 for successfully auctioning this dime coin. After the auction, please follow the staff to complete the transaction procedures." The auctioneer dropped the hammer to announce the end of this round of auction, and then continued to take out the next collection.
However, Zhang Ailun was not interested in the items to be auctioned next, so he chose to leave with Boss Parker halfway through. He called the staff over and went backstage with him to sign the contract and go through the transfer procedures.
We also saw people in the backstage who were consigning the dimes, and they were actually a few young people.
"Sir, congratulations on buying the horn coin. This price is absolutely worth it!" The young man congratulated the leader with a smile on his face.
"Really? Then can I ask where did you get this coin?" Zhang Ailun smiled. Judging from their clothes, they didn't look like they were from wealthy families.
The young man in the lead said with a smile: "We were fishing at the port when we accidentally caught a fish and found this coin in the fish's belly."
"Then you are really lucky. You are a millionaire at such a young age." Zhang Ailun said with emotion.
"Yes! We are indeed very lucky! We are ready to organize a group tour around the world." The young man was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling, talking and laughing. Boss Parker looked at the chief leader speechlessly, you are still a billionaire, and you have also dug up oil.
What about me? I'm approaching middle age and I'm damn near broke. The gap between people is even bigger than that between dogs.
The staff completed the formalities and took out the contract for Zhang Ailun to sign. After checking it and finding no problems, he signed his name decisively and made two transfers to the Whale Auction account.
Whale Auction deducted the handling fee and made two separate payments to Parker’s boss and the coin seller.
Now that the money had arrived, Boss Parker felt relieved. He handed over all the relevant documents and qualification certificates to the chief leader and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Jin, I hope this company can do better in your hands. Although it does have many problems and difficulties now, it is also the result of my hard work for so many years."
"I'll manage it." Zhang Ailun smiled slightly.
"Mr. Jin, do you need me to take you to familiarize yourself with the venue? The company's department heads and employees are still looking forward to meeting the new boss. Of course, the most important thing is that their salaries are in arrears." Parker said.
"Of course, let's go now." Zhang Ailun agreed readily.
After the two came out from the backstage of the auction, they also saw several hot socialites and internet celebrities waiting in the hall. When they saw Zhang Ailun finished his work, they also gathered around and greeted him enthusiastically, "Mr. Jin, are you done? Do you have time now?"
"My darlings, I'm sorry, I still need to take over my new company, so I may not have that much time to accompany you." Zhang Ailun smiled slightly, his invisible pretense was the most deadly.
The beauties became even more eager when they heard this.
The leader is surrounded by people and naturally accepts all the high-quality resources that come to him, but the bottom line of principles has not been broken.
Mandy, the little loving butterfly, dribbled the ball and ran into the opponent, wishing she could stick close to him and merge with the leader. "Mr. Jin, when you have time, you can call me. I'll be there whenever you need me."
Zhang Ailun was very impressed with her and said immediately: "There will be a chance, dear beauties, I'm leaving first, see you another day."
He pinched each of them.
"Goodbye, Mr. King."
The hot beauties didn't care at all, and some even regretted not getting too close and not being touched. They were afraid that the rich would see too little, and the poor would see too much.
The chief leader had already seen through this. To be honest, I was just lusting after their bodies.
If you don't take advantage of it, you are a bastard.
"Mr. Jin, you are really popular. But you'd better listen to my advice as a person who has been through it. They are all after your money. If you want to have sex with them, you'd better take safety measures. When I was young and had money, I was also crazy. I was in the love field and got several women pregnant. I almost broke up with my wife. Fortunately, I stopped in time and paid them to deal with the disaster." Pike sighed, "Otherwise, my child support alone would cost millions of dollars every year."
Zhang Ailun fell into deep thought after hearing this, and then replied: "Even if I don't have money, I have 9 inches, isn't that enough?"
"...Oh, that's enough. Some people may not be here for your money." Parker's mouth twitched and he was choked.
What kind of erotic movie protagonist template.
After getting the car keys from the reception staff, Zhang Ailun drove Parker to the office building in the city, on the 26th floor of the building in the commercial district.
There's nothing to see, because the chief himself rented an empty house as the foundation's office, and there's basically no one going there on weekdays.
Parker had informed the company's executives in advance. After arriving at the commercial building and parking the car at the door, several middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes came to greet him. Among them was Zhang Ailun's acquaintance, Director Lei Ke.
"This is the new boss of Parker Company, Juan Jin. You can call him Mr. Jin." Parker introduced him after getting out of the car.
"Hello, Mr. Jin!" The group of people hurriedly greeted him warmly and complimented him.
"Hello." Zhang Ailun smiled, turned his head and said to Lei Ke: "Congratulations, my old friend, you are fired!"
"..."
The group froze instantly.
"Hahaha, I was just kidding!" Zhang Ailun immediately patted Lei Ke on the shoulder, "I've already bought your shares, go ask your boss for the money when the time comes. Although you're no longer a temporary shareholder, I still need your help as an old employee."
"You really scared me then." Lei Ke wiped the sweat off his forehead. He really thought that after Zhang Ailun took over the company, he would settle the score for the previous incident. After all, he had abused his power for personal gain before.
I entered the building and took the elevator to the business building. I visited the 26-story office building, which only had a dozen computers, offices, and cubicles.
Zhang Ailun mainly looked at the revenue status of the accounts and found that there had been positive revenue in the previous few months. If it were not for the fire accident caused by malicious competition, there would be no bankruptcy problem at all.
Parker's contracts with various departments and companies are still there, and there are no major problems with the procedures. The suspension of work is only due to a serious lack of funds. The most important reason is that it owes the bank a debt of 2060 million US dollars.
Problems that can be solved with money are all small problems. The leader lacks everything now, except money.
After visiting the Parker Company's office building, Zhang Ailun also sent a message to the Beggar Gang disciples, asking them to follow him to the suburbs to visit the newly acquired site so that it would be easier to recruit people from within to take up the job later.
We drove Cullinan, Leco and Parker to the suburban factory. When we arrived, we saw that the door of the warehouse was covered with graffiti.
There were more than a dozen tents of various sizes pitched on the roadside, and there were people eating with tableware at the intersection nearby. At first glance, Zhang Ailun thought he had come to a homeless community on a poor street.
Graffiti on the wall reads 'Geneva! Give me back my money! ! ' 'Black-hearted boss! Give me back my salary! ! ' 'Give me back my hard-earned money! ! '
There was also barbed wire at the door, and several armed security guards were watching at all times, staring at the employees like thieves, and prohibiting them from approaching the factory equipment.
Seeing this, Parker said helplessly: "Can't they wait a few more days? I'm already trying to raise money. Isn't the company good enough to them on weekdays?"
Lei Ke was also helpless. "It was the union who did it. They have been urging us to pay salaries. To be honest, employees who earn $3000 a month really don't feel a sense of belonging to the company. They are all low-educated people, some of them didn't even graduate from high school. They just want their salaries back. It's impossible to communicate with them. And they have been very restrained."
Fortunately, they did not recruit black people, otherwise the venue would have been smashed and the valuable instruments and equipment would have been looted overnight.
Even these few security guards were hired by Lei Ke at a daily wage of $200 from the roadside. He really treated the company as his own property.
It’s a pity that his shareholder experience card has expired, Parker’s boss has run away, and the chief leader, as the new boss, will not give him shares.
The security money was not in arrears. After all, if even the bodyguards didn't have their salaries, no one would be willing to serve them.
Zhang Ailun also sighed: "After the company was short of money and had debts, the situation was much more serious than I thought."
"Fortunately, Mr. Jin is here. They are blessed to have a billionaire like you backing the company!" Lei Ke quickly added.
Parker also agrees with this.
(End of this chapter)
