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The next day, Zhou Buqi called Ning Yaxian again and went to PayPal for a board meeting. Today is much brighter than yesterday. Yesterday I was confused, today I am full of ambition.

Zhou Buqi was very relaxed and said with a smile: "What will you do when you are done with this period of work?"

Ning Yaxian pursed her lips and said, "Just take care of the kids."

Zhou Buqi hesitated for a moment and suggested: "Sister Wu wants to buy antiques, which is quite important. If you have time, you'd better get in touch to see what kind of relationship is needed and what kind of person you are looking for."

Ning Yaxian said with a smile: "Just give me money."

Zhou Buqi snorted: "It's okay to give money, but you can't take advantage of it! They want 100 million US dollars, really give 100 million US dollars? Wouldn't that become a big joke in the overseas cultural relics collection market?"

Ning Yaxian nodded lightly, "That is an important weapon. The cultural relic is extremely valuable, but it cannot be collected... It was used for sacrificing and steaming living people. What's scary is that it is also a ghost weapon. Except for foreigners, those who know the art don't understand. No one would keep it at home and appreciate it every day. If it lacks collection value for Chinese collectors, the transaction price will not be too high."

In fact, this is indeed the case.

At this year's auction, Pan Fang Lei wanted to sell it for a sky-high price of US$100 million, because the other party knew that this was an important weapon of the country and it was a must-win for the country.

The price is a bit ridiculous.

It was rejected.

Later, domestic officials joined forces with patriotic collectors at home and abroad to negotiate repeatedly with each other to lower the price. The other party agreed to half the price and said it would be sold for US$50 million.

But this is still too high.

We still have to talk.

Talking about 2014, everything was finally settled and it was sold for $20 million.

The reason why there is such a huge price drop...

It relies on internal response strategies.

Found the auctioneer.

Then, the internal reserve price of this thing obtained from the auctioneer is 18 million to 20 million US dollars. But the French collector on the other side always insisted on US$50 million and would not let go.

Through "collusion" with the auctioneer, we successfully won the auction at a low price of US$20 million.

If you want the auctioneer to violate business ethics and reveal the secrets of customers, it will be difficult to rely on collectors at home and abroad. Domestic officials must come forward.

No reserve price?

Well, the government came forward and stopped the auction, saying that this was an important national weapon that was illegally lost from the country, and demanded that it be returned without compensation.

This cultural relic has passed through several hands overseas. The previous collectors spent huge sums of money to buy it. It is impossible to return it without compensation. But in this way, you can create trouble for the relevant auctions and make them terminate the auctions.

Neither party wanted to cause any unpleasantness, so they worked closely together and successfully closed the deal at the lowest price.

For Zhou Buqi, money or not is not important at all.

What he needs is big news.

The world's richest man and patriotic businessman Zhou Buqi spent a huge sum of US$100 million to buy back the national treasure Fang Lei, a bronze vessel from the Shang Dynasty that had been lost overseas for hundreds of years, and then donated it to the country!

If you want to make big news, you definitely can’t do it if you don’t have enough money.

But Zhou Buqi was not willing to be taken advantage of.

Zhou Buqi said: "If you can buy Panfang Lei as a collection, you must be a big collector. The good things in your hands must be thousands or tens of thousands. Spend 100 million US dollars to buy Panfang Lei, and then let it go. The other party gave dozens of other things as gifts. You can keep the gifts, but you have to dedicate them to the country."

Ning Yaxian laughed and said, "Yes, who can do business better than you?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "We are here to help. If we don't let the other party go to auctions again and again, we may not be able to sell out and pay the inheritance tax in the year of the monkey."

In countries with inheritance taxes in Europe and the United States, inheritance taxes must also be paid when inheriting collections.

Up to 50%.

Therefore, when a great collector passes away, it will be very troublesome to deal with the large number of precious collections he left behind. Because of those priceless collections, future generations simply cannot afford inheritance taxes.

what to do?

There are usually two ways. One is to donate all the collections, so you don’t have to pay inheritance tax. Or go to an auction, sell everything, and pay the tax after you get the money.

You have to sell quickly.

Inheritance tax is calculated based on the time when the owner of the estate passes away. If it is paid late, there will be interest... A precious collection worth US$1 billion will have an inheritance tax of US$500 million. If it is paid late, the annual deferred interest will exceed US$20 million.

Many times they simply cannot be sold.

Can't even pay the interest.

Then just donate.

The reason why Panfang Lei came out this time was because of inheritance tax. This thing is in the hands of a big French collector, but he passed away two years ago. The widow doesn't want to donate everything, but wants to auction it to make money...

Zhou Buqi can be considered a help.

It's been two years since he died, and he still can't sell anything.

Hurry up, the world's richest man will take action and liquidate everything for you at once! Don't wait too long, or you'll be bankrupted by the interest.

"Okay, then let me help Wu Yu do it." Ning Yaxian pursed her lips, "Yameng also likes collecting. It seems that our family is going to have a big international collector!"

Zhou Buqi said: "A good thing is much better than pornography, gambling and drugs. This is the right way to spend money."

"Yes." Ning Yaxian nodded lightly, "Oh, by the way, those two girls from Korea, Xu Zhuxian and Zheng Xiujing, may come over tonight. They will stay here for a week."

"knew."

Zhou Buqi's task was very heavy. Just a few days after Wang Yanan and Chen Yan returned to China, the Korean "maknae duo" Xu Zhuxian and Zheng Xiujing came to take over.

After Seo Joo Hyun and Jung Soo Jung leave, maybe Yang Mi and Dili Reya from China will come over.

They are all lined up.

At this time, the call came.

Ning Yaxian was a little surprised, "It's Zuckerberg."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi didn't expect it, so he answered the call and got angry when he got up, "Mark, what's going on with Marcus? What are you doing behind your back?"

Zuckerberg almost burst into laughter and pretended not to know, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "What did you say? PayPal is going to be listed soon, and you poached my CEO. What does this mean? How can anyone be like you?"

Zuckerberg said in embarrassment: "I can't help it. Talents are rare. I urgently need people now. After searching all over the world, David Marcus is the only one who is most suitable."

Zhou Buqi said: "It's so immoral to stab someone in the back!"

Zuckerberg said: "You took away orders from the French operator Orange, and it doesn't seem to be much worse."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Can the two things be compared? What I took away was just a cooperation project, how much is it worth? You poached my CEO, which may cause PayPal's listing plan to be ruined! Just now Morgan Both Goldman Sachs and Goldman Sachs have contacted me and said they might lower the issue price."

Not to mention how happy Zuckerberg was, he laughed and said: "Zhou, isn't that what you said? Business competition, as long as it doesn't involve individuals, will not give in."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "You went too far this time! Yesterday was the first meeting after the formation of PayPal's new board of directors. I thought it was a good thing to be happy about, but I didn't expect such a major change to happen. Now The whole world knows that David Marcus is leaving PayPal. Many people have pointed the finger at me, and you have affected me personally."

Zuckerberg asked: "What should we do?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Make a statement as soon as possible, saying that you were the one behind this, and that you poached Marcus before I became the chairman."

"this……"

"You have to do this, otherwise we will be ruined!"

"No, not really." Zuckerberg smiled broadly. The angrier the other party was, the happier he became. "Okay, when Facebook officially signs a contract with Marcus, I will make an announcement here. Let me explain the relationship clearly and free you from the whirlpool of public opinion."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "What about a formal signing? As soon as possible! Immediately! Immediately! Let me handle this matter quickly. How many investment banks and financial media are putting pressure on me."

"I also want to hurry up, but..." Zuckerberg took deep control of the initiative and extended his topic to his own. This was the purpose of his call, "But with Marku There are some minor problems that need to be dealt with before Sri Lanka can officially sign the contract."

"What trouble?"

"It's a non-compete agreement. How much compensation is appropriate?"

"100 million!"