golden ear

Chapter 205 Iron-Blooded Mercenary

In the 20s, the Bonhams family bought a large piece of land in the Knightsbridge area of ​​London and built their first store there.By the early 50s, Bonhams, Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips were considered the four major auction houses in the UK and Europe.After a decade of fame, Bonhams' fortunes have met with adversity.A large number of experts were poached by Jiashide and Sotheby's.

In order to turn things around, Bonhams ushered in a new leader Elvis in 1987.The former Castart hero has led Bonhams to focus on small divisions and gradually become a unique specialist company in contemporary porcelain, musical instruments, portrait painting and rock ephemera.For example, Bonhams established a ceramic art department in 1988, and by the early 90s it had almost monopolized large-scale ceramic auctions, including works by Picasso.

The 20s were the toughest times for the UK auction industry when the European Union imposed a 90% import duty on goods sold in the UK.In addition, the development of the auction business in Paris in the 2.5s also took away part of the business in London.Looking for foreign buyers was the most fashionable buzzword in the auction house at that time, but Bonhams had a monopoly in the professional field in the early stage, and was spared the fate of rushing to find foreign buyers.

The growth of overseas business in the following years was largely due to the first public auction in Tokyo in 1996. The main lot of this auction was Beatles memorabilia, including the Beatles' velvet cape, Sir Paul birth certificate etc.Because of the extensive news media coverage, the transaction price was much higher than estimated.An auction of Elvis Presley memorabilia followed in Tokyo, which was also a dramatic success.

Domestic circles are used to calling it Baolong Auction. A few years ago, it set up a branch in Hong Kong, and there are special sales every month.It also entered Shanghai last year and formally opened up the domestic market.

The reason why Wu Tianyuan wants shares is to cooperate with the future god-making plan. Bonhams is an old-fashioned auction house, and some have European resources and network channels.This is the most basic condition for hyping up artworks. Auction houses are the most critical link in order to get others to recognize new artists and raise their net worth.

"No problem, this is too simple, as long as you don't regret it!"

Tajir was happy, this was nothing to him, as long as it could be solved with money, it was nothing to him!

"I'll find a lawyer to handle the equity transfer contract in a while, and tomorrow you will be one of the three major shareholders of Bonhams!"

The rest is very simple. Master Ah Han pleases the holy relic away with satisfaction, and Tajir officially transfers the equity to Wu Tianyuan, which is a good thing that everyone is happy.

"You want to contact the mercenaries?"

Tajir was curious. After this transaction, he regarded the magical Wu Tianyuan as a good friend, and he would inevitably keep in touch with him in the future.Suddenly heard that he wanted to introduce some reliable mercenaries?

"I travel all over the world, and some places are not safe. Doesn't it mean that the bodyguards in Israel are the best in the world? You are a big local tyrant, so there should be a way for this?"

Tajir puffed up his chest, patted his chest and assured: "Of course, whoever is better than us in the Middle East is more ostentatious! Looking for iron and blood, they are the most reliable!"

Mercenaries are professional soldiers who are employed by any country or nation and fight for them regardless of national interests and all consequences.Since the ancient Greek era, mercenaries, as a special group, began to appear on the world stage with "war" and "adventure" as their occupations.In the early 19th century, Britain used a large number of mercenaries when it expanded outwards.They are armies when they fight wars, and they appear as corporations when they plunder resources and conduct business cooperation.

Although the international community strongly opposes the use of mercenaries, the actual situation is that the scale of mercenaries is still expanding.There is no shortage of them in many hotspots around the world.There is now one foreign mercenary in every five soldiers in Iraq.

"They say that Swiss mercenaries are the best? That's a lie!"

Tajir said disdainfully: "They eat the most delicious food, and they are also the most notorious! At the beginning, the Swiss state governments raised large-scale soldiers for employment by European countries. These mercenaries enjoyed a high reputation. But since the 18th century , Most of the mercenaries there are **. After the Second World War, some third world countries, such as Israel and Iraq, both the government and the anti-government groups have hired mercenaries, and the record is quite good."

"In 1996, former Congolese President Mobutu recruited mercenaries to stop the attack of the anti-government forces led by Kabila at that time. The emergence of foreign mercenaries. Currently there are dozens of mercenary companies in Iraq with more than 2 employees, and they are responsible for defending important targets such as Iraqi interim government buildings, airports, and oil pipelines."

Wu Tianyuan has also heard about this for a long time. Many large domestic companies rely on mercenaries to protect their property and personal safety. For example, Huawei's companies in Africa and the Middle East all rely on mercenaries.

"Since the 90s, mercenaries have gradually transformed. The first is to engage in a group company business model. There are now more than 100 such mercenary companies in the world, including South African private armed companies, SI companies, military professional resource companies, Blackwater The company and the other four are the largest.”

"However, based on my personal experience, I don't recommend big companies. Iron Blood is a small team with less than a few dozen people, but it has experienced hundreds of battles and is extremely powerful!"

"Their strongest record was once breaking a city, and they are best at beheading operations. They are very famous in the circle! Whether it is reputation or word of mouth, they are the best. I have always been a loyal customer."

Wu Tianyuan nodded. It was not easy to get such a high evaluation from Tajir. He just asked in advance. If he went to a dangerous place to hunt for treasure in the future, he would have to find someone to protect him.

After all, some places are inconvenient for Wang Jun. It is more appropriate to find outsiders if you have money.

"I am very familiar with their team leader, when you need to say something, I promise to give you the best service!"

Tajir took out a pen and paper, handed it to Wu Tianyuan, and said, "You write down all the conditions, and I'll send it to the iron-blooded boss, Scar, and ask him to customize a team for you. There are only five people for general protection tasks, and ten people for higher-level tasks." This will solve most of the problems."

"15 people is the highest configuration, the team has a complete range of roles, and can complete most of the requirements according to the employer. It is only 80 US dollars a month, which is very cost-effective!"

Wu Tianyuan secretly thought that as expected of a local tyrant, more than 500 million a month's protection fee is not cheap?Write down your general requirements, and let Tajir send them to Iron Blood when you have time, and have time to chat.

"By the way, I'm going to buy an Italian armor museum next month. Are you interested?"

(End of this chapter)