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Chapter 52

Chapter 52. The Spring and Autumn Alliance

Ten minutes later, Wu Yousheng's car stopped in front of Renrenzhai Gate.

Before getting into the car and sitting still, Ren Ping asked:

"Uncle Wu, the Spring and Autumn League you mentioned should be the Nanling City Branch?"

"Huh? So you know?"

Wu Yousheng was a little surprised, but he didn't think too much about it. While driving quickly, he briefly introduced the situation of the Spring and Autumn League.

The Spring and Autumn League is a group organization similar to an industry alliance, which only targets auction houses.

The reason why it is called this is because most auction houses will hold two large-scale special sales a year, spring auction and autumn auction, which together means "Spring and Autumn".

This Spring and Autumn League was first launched in the auction world of the capital, and later spread rapidly, with branches in all major cities in China.

The main function is to exchange information and share resources within the alliance, including mutual transfer of collections, joint auctions, etc.

For example, because some auction houses are not good at certain categories, the backlog of collections cannot be auctioned, and after transferring to another auction house for a certain amount, they can be successfully auctioned;
Or for some combined collections, half of them are in this house and half in that house. In order to maximize profits, the collectors of both parties will be asked to agree to conduct joint auctions, and the two parties will draw a percentage according to the agreement.

All in all, it is to help each other, there are many people, and everyone can make money together.

This kind of alliance organization actually exists in all walks of life, but not everyone can join, and generally set some rather high thresholds.

Take the Nanling branch of the Spring and Autumn League as an example. Since its establishment, no more than ten auction houses have joined the alliance, and all of them are top in the industry.

In terms of scale, the total turnover of various special events in a year is at least a few hundred million, which is far better than that of Youshengxing.

Originally, You Shengxing was not eligible to join, but early this morning, Wu Yousheng received the news that their application was approved and invited him to discuss matters related to joining the alliance.

This is not a small matter, if it can be achieved, it will be more meaningful than holding a few more special sessions!

It's no wonder that with Wu Yousheng's character of not expressing emotions or anger, he couldn't help but feel elated and proud at this time.

"Uncle Wu, don't blame me for talking too much. I think it's a bit strange. With the scale of You Shengxing, it should not meet the requirements of the Spring and Autumn League."

After briefly understanding what happened, Ren Ping couldn't help but say.

"I also understand, but since everyone has invited you, why don't you have to fight for it?"

Wu Yousheng smiled:
"We write the application for membership every year. In previous years, it was just a process. Who would have been lucky enough to pass it this year? I don't think it is unreasonable."

"What's the point?"

"Did you forget the special auction last time? This kind of unlimited special auction can fetch close to [-] million yuan, which is rare in Nanling City. It can probably meet the bottom line requirements of the Spring and Autumn League,"

"Of course, the most important thing is to help Jinshi He's family find the "Tanzhou Chronicle". They took a fancy to that too.”

"Speaking of which, I would like to thank you very much. Without your insight, there would not be so many things that happened later. It seems that my 180 million yuan is not unfair, hahahaha..."

Amidst the loud laughter, Wu Yousheng lost his composure in a rare way.

Ren Ping was also sincerely happy for him. After all, the Wu family and his sons had helped him a lot, and You Shenghang's business was booming, which was of great benefit to him.

But for some reason, he always felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't tell what it was, but it was a little too sudden.

"By the way, where's Wu Zui?"

"He's not here. This kid can't stay idle. I asked him to negotiate a contract with the Tibetan owner early in the morning. When I received the news, he had already left."

"Then why did you call me?"

Ren Ping asked the last question.

Wu Yousheng frowned when he heard this:
"I'm also wondering, when the other party made a special mention on the phone, as if knowing that I know you, you must go with me. Maybe your performance was a bit more conspicuous in the last special session. Although you tried to keep a low profile, everyone You are an expert, you can tell."

"All right……"

Ren Ping nodded, unable to think of any other explanation for the moment, so he stopped asking any more questions.

The Nanling branch of the Spring and Autumn League is located in the largest auction house in Nanling City - Rongluhang, located in the financial building in the city center.

About a quarter of an hour later, the two arrived by car.

Along the way, Wu Yousheng briefly introduced the internal situation of the alliance, and with the information obtained from the system records, Ren Ping had a rough outline in his mind.

Although it is only a local branch, the Nanling branch of the Spring and Autumn League is no small matter, accounting for more than [-]% of Nanling's market share, and it is also a giant in the entire Jiangning Province.

The leading company, Rong Lu Xing, was founded by the Rong family. It ranks among the top [-] auction houses in Huaxia and ranks first in Jiangning Province.

The other eight families in the alliance are also separated from each other, Qitaihang, Luyunhang, Hanhaihang...

Including Rongluhang, there are currently only nine auction houses that have joined the alliance, known as the "Nine Families". In total, no emerging force has joined for many years.

In addition, there are nine other relatively small auction houses among them, but they are only listed and belong to the reserve quota, which cannot be compared with Rong Lu's and others.

Wu Yousheng thought about it all the way. With You Shengxing's current strength, he could only fight for a reserve spot at most. The other party probably meant the same thing, but even so, it was not easy.

After a while, I took the elevator to the top floor of the building, the headquarters of Rongluxing.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see the signboard of "Nanling Branch of Spring and Autumn League" hanging in the center of the front desk, which is very conspicuous.

A reception lady came up and asked about their names and matters, and then led the two of them to a meeting room.

Floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides of this conference room, with a 270-degree city view, is extremely magnificent.

The two of them thought they would sit and wait for a while, but unexpectedly, when they pushed open the door and walked in, they saw nine chairs facing the door in a half circle in front of a huge round conference table, with people sitting on them. Zhang Bu failed.

Among these nine people, some are old men with white beards, with majestic expressions;
Some are middle-aged refined scholars with free and easy manners;

There was even a young girl in her early twenties, younger than Ren Ping, who actually sat on one of the chairs carelessly, looking around, with a half-smile on her face.

Needless to say, these are the representatives of the "Nine Families".

In addition to these nine people, there were more than a dozen people sitting sparsely in the scattered seats behind, no less than twenty people in total.

The moment the door opened, more than 20 eyes fell on the two of them.

To be precise, he stayed on Wu Yousheng for a while, then turned around and looked at Ren Ping in unison.

"Oh, what a huge formation..."

In an instant, he seemed to be the target of public criticism, and Ren Ping couldn't help but feel the pressure doubled.

But he had expected it in his heart, so he didn't care about it at the moment. He looked around, smiled, and immediately dispelled most of the tense and solemn atmosphere, and the hostile atmosphere in the conference room eased unconsciously.

At this time, Wu Yousheng didn't notice too many strange things. He thought that the nine great masters came together, which showed that the Spring and Autumn League attached great importance to Yousheng's entry into the alliance, and he couldn't help but feel happy.

After greeting each other one by one, they were about to speak when suddenly, a familiar voice came:

"Mr. Wu, long time no see."

The voice did not come from the Nine Great Masters, but from one of the people sitting behind the round table.

Wu Yousheng looked up and immediately recognized:

"Mr. Kang? Are you here too?"

The speaker was about fifty years old, short in stature, with a slashed face and long throat, with a wild and funny appearance.

When Ren Ping saw it, he immediately thought of the last special auction of Youshenghang, the young master Kang Minlong who jumped up and down and made trouble in Jiaqiaohang, the two seemed to be carved out of the same mold.

Wu Yousheng called him Mr. Kang again. It seemed that enemies were not getting together.

Ren Ping's expectation was right, that person was Wu Yousheng's deadly enemy, Kang Yan, the boss of Jiaqiaohang.

Over the years, the two families have fought openly and secretly for countless times. As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet. When seeing the old opponent reply, Kang Yan couldn't help but sneer:

"Why, can't I be here?"

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Wu may not know that this year the Spring and Autumn League recruits a total of two places. Coincidentally, I have already occupied one of them. As for the remaining one, it depends on Mr. Wu's ability."

It turns out that Jia Qiao Xing has already joined the alliance?

Wu Yousheng was surprised when he heard this, although nine times out of ten it was just a reserve quota, but it was no wonder that he was admitted. With the momentum of Jiaqiaoxing in the past two years, he did have this capital.

After hesitating for a while, Wu Yousheng ignored the other party, and greeted several familiar colleagues in the industry.

At this time, a slightly impatient voice came from the round table:

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and let's start the assessment."

(End of this chapter)