Chapter 5 third chapter

Cheng Bi pushed the focus of the monitor forward, and now the mysterious No. 9 buyer was completely in the picture. I can't see anything special about this buyer. In Cheng Bi's impression, this person has never raised his cards in the previous auction of more than a dozen works of art. Watching others out there.He was a young man in his thirties, with a thin face, short hair, tight lips, soft eyes, and a pair of ordinary glasses that made him look like a young scholar-it didn't look like he bought them at all. Buddha head money. The board must be crazy!Cheng Bi saw that the huge photo of the Buddha's head had been pushed onto the stage, and the host was also making final preparations, and there was a small riot among the bidders, many people were whispering and whispering. Whispering something, some people even stood up and squeezed forward, and there was a burst of noisy voices at the scene.

At this time, Cheng Bi hoped that the dedicated line in front of him would ring again, and he needed to know what was going on.Is this ordinary Buddha head really so valuable? Just when Cheng Bi became more and more nervous and couldn't help thinking about the worst, the screen on the monitor shook violently, and after a burst of signal switching, Sally's face appeared on the screen.He heard her voice, "President Cheng, this is Sally. I have received special instructions from the board of directors and need to discuss with you immediately." Cheng Bi was shocked, how could she use this surveillance system?In any department of the company equipped with a surveillance system, there is no such supreme authority that allows the system signal to be connected to this secret room.

Unless it's that special conference room. In fact, it is also the special meeting room for the company's board of directors, which is only opened when all members of the board of directors need to hold secret meetings.But the fact is that during the many years that Cheng Bi has worked for Jiade Company, he has never seen the board members get together.Another situation is that when encountering a major auction event, the board of directors will send someone to sit in this conference room to watch the scene. Today, there is only one possibility that someone from the board is now in the company and sitting in that conference room.

Just in time.Cheng Bi thought to himself, someone should come out. "Sally, how many people are on the board?" Sally's face looked very strange on the monitor, and Cheng Bi heard the loudspeaker say: "Mr. Cheng, there is no one from the board of directors." "But you are in the special meeting room of the board!" "That's right, I can only do this. Mr. Cheng, I have to see you right now. It's very complicated." It is indeed complicated.Cheng Bi thought that a special assistant to the general manager claimed to have received special instructions from the board of directors, and entered the special meeting room without his permission—you must know that it is the brain of the entire company, and its importance is second only to this room. The underground secret room, the unpredictable board of directors, and the mysterious phone call... Cheng Bi felt at a loss, so many strange things happened in a short period of time.

Especially Sally, since the board of directors directly arranged for her to join the company, this young woman has always made Cheng Bi feel strange.According to the company's system, the board of directors cannot directly appoint employees. She is the only one, and she has no educational background in art appraisal, let alone the auction industry.The board of directors is using a person who knows nothing as a special assistant to the general manager.What made Cheng Bi even more uneasy was that what was he doing in such a company by arranging a beautiful young lady, especially by his side?

Fortunately, Sally is not like the assistants in many companies who don't understand anything except being beautiful. At least, Cheng Bi appreciates the decisiveness, calmness and firmness she exudes all the time.But he couldn't understand, how could such a charming young lady like the auction industry? Cheng Bi made up his mind.He realized that it was not a good choice to go out from the underground secret room at this time, so he made a bold decision, "Sally, please go to the second basement floor." "But, Mr. Cheng, I don't have the power." "Now is a special period, and I have the right to approve it." Cheng Bi continued, "Don't take the shared elevator. You know there is a shelf in the suite of the special meeting room, right?"

"Know." "Move the shelf, there is an elevator behind, you press the green button first, I can open the permission for you here." Sally really didn't know that there was such a secret passage hidden in this special meeting room. No one had ever used that suite, and she thought it was used for a temporary rest of an octogenarian director.But the board of directors had never used this conference room, and she didn't know much about the suite. Sally walked into the suite, and on the left hand side was the Bogu shelf, which was as tall as a person, and gilded Buddha statues, glazed glass, porcelain, ancient inkstones, etc. were placed in random places.Through the Bogu shelf, the wall behind looks a bit strange. People who don't know the inside story will think it is a decorative background wall made for the Bogu shelf at first glance.

sky!How can I push such a big shelf!Sally groaned inwardly, it wasn't difficult to move it, but she was really not sure about keeping those antiques from falling. Sally put her body close to the shelf and tried hard with both hands. To her surprise, there was a "click", and the shelf turned slowly to one side.Under the shelf, Sally saw a steel channel track slowly rising up, and sliding wheels were obviously installed under the shelf. Sally moved the shelf far enough, leaned back, and indeed saw two buttons, one red and one green, near the baseboard.She pressed the green button, and after two or three seconds, there was a slight noise in the wall. When she stood up, the wall parted and an elevator appeared.

There are no buttons in the elevator, and it seems that it leads directly to a certain room underground.After getting on the elevator, Sally quickly closed her eyes for a while to calm herself down, but her mind was in a mess, and she remembered the last strange phone call.Obviously, it was a secret order from the board of directors, but how could it make sense for the board of directors to let her, a weak woman, do that thing? The elevator suddenly shook slightly, Sally opened her eyes, and saw Cheng Bi with a haggard face through the slowly opened elevator door. "Smoke? Why is there such a strong smell of smoke here?" Sally stepped out of the elevator, frowning slightly.

Cheng Bi smiled apologetically, "I turned off the smoke sensor." "But here..." "That's right, smoking is not allowed, but..." Cheng Bi seemed embarrassed, and turned his head to the TV wall. The picture displayed there immediately stopped the two of them from discussing safety issues. Staring at the young scholar who didn't seem to have raised his placard, Cheng Bi said, "I received a call from the board of directors, asking us to take a picture of the Buddha's head to No. 9, but he doesn't seem to be interested in it." "Maybe it's not time to act yet."

"But you know, if this matter gets out, it will ruin Jiade's reputation. We have never done such a thing, and it is so blatant!" Cheng Bi's voice seemed a little excited. He calmed down a little, and said, "Oh, you said that the board of directors gave you a special order directly? Is this also the case?" "No." Sally said lightly, "If I didn't say that, how could I go to the underground secret room?" Cheng Bi stared at Sally with wide eyes, and said in disbelief, "What did you say!" Sally smiled, there are still many things you don't know.