jdhmnovel Chapter 113 Nobility is not my epitaph
Chapter 113 Nobility is not my epitaph
The executive was clearly unaware that Xie Junfei had already anticipated his prediction. At that moment, he was still drinking and chatting with his artist friends who had come with him, exchanging ideas.
Having been in the industry for decades, he has countless resources at his disposal. In addition, he has been helping wealthy people with their films and television shows in recent years, dealing with powerful figures every day. He was riding high at the time.
His artist friends have been pampered all these years, and some of them have become incredibly arrogant.
When these people get together, they naturally can't come up with anything good. Having done too much for the rich, they've lost all moral compass and all ended up cursing Xie Junfei.
They all say that Xie Junfei is just a woman who is timid and hesitant in everything she does. When she was at "Tia", helping people launder money was already considered an unspoken rule in the art world, yet she still pretended to be high-minded and gave up such a lucrative path!
Now that they've finally left "Tia," they can finally show their skills.
After the video conference ended, Huo Shen lingered in his office in the reception area for a while, carefully looking at the latest news about "Tia" that his assistant had found for him.
He was still worried.
After all, those old hands have been in the industry for many years, and even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake.
Moreover, with the development of the market and the economy, galleries around the world will inevitably become tools for the wealthy, since rich people today are not fools and will not continue to pay for sentiment and art.
Only genuine profits can sustain the hundreds of employees in the gallery, whose average annual salary is in the six figures.
Judging from Xie Junfei's actions of expelling executives and refusing to "over-commercialize" Tia, he probably didn't even consider this aspect.
Huo Shen turned to a page of Tia's information and began to read it carefully.
However, if Xie Junfei wanted to turn Tia into an art utopia, he wouldn't mind helping his little girl realize her wish.
It's just that we lose hundreds of millions every year; consider it as buying her a large toy.
When Huo Shen returned to his room, he happened to catch Xie Junfei having a detailed discussion with his sister-in-law about Tia's problem.
My sister-in-law comes from an artistic family and has inherited three or four galleries of varying sizes, one of which is an internationally renowned family business. Therefore, she knows a great deal about this field.
Seeing that the two were chatting enthusiastically, Huo Shen did not disturb them. He simply stood under the eaves and slightly opened the window to listen to their conversation.
Xie Junfei first gave the basic information about "Tia", and the sister-in-law frowned repeatedly after hearing it.
She hadn't expected that Tia would have such serious internal problems.
Furthermore, as an established gallery founded in the 1980s, Tia's internal management structure and power distribution are not very standardized.
Fortunately, Xie Junfei used a clever trick to get that senior executive to leave with his confidants, so Tia now has 60% of its middle and senior management positions vacated.
The remaining 40% are mostly old fogies who are not up to par and rely on their seniority, unable to shoulder the responsibility and unwilling to follow orders.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Xie Junfei's explanation of the large number of vacancies in the current management team, the sister-in-law's brows relaxed.
She patted Xie Junfei on the shoulder:
"If that's the case, then things will be much easier."
“I will help you transfer a brand new leadership team from Europe with experience working in the Greater China region to assist Wang Xiaoyun in taking full control of ‘Tia’. Give them six months and I guarantee that ‘Tia’ will be on the right track.”
"However, they need to offer salaries 15 percent higher than the market rate."
Xie Junfei was just worried about not having enough talent, and upon hearing this, he immediately nodded repeatedly:
"Don't worry, as long as the people can come, money is not a problem."
Seeing that she had a good attitude, the sister-in-law then revealed the most important part:
"Furthermore, all galleries around the world, to varying degrees, cooperate with the upper class in some way; this can be considered an unspoken rule."
"Galleries have never been an art utopia, and artists are not people who can live on dew."
"So Junfei, since you've chosen this path, you have to accept reality."
At this point, the sister-in-law even cracked a joke:
"Unless you make Huo Shen the sucker and give Tia 200 million every year to ensure that Tia's accounts are balanced."
Upon hearing this, Xie Junfei laughed twice and immediately refused:
"Never mind, that would be too presumptuous."
Standing under the corridor, Huo Shen felt a pang of discomfort upon hearing her subconscious formality.
Who knew that the next second, Xie Junfei would say:
"His money is my money, and my money is still my money. I can't do something as silly as moving money from my left pocket to my right pocket, hahaha."
Huo Shen: "........."
Okay, at least I still consider him one of my own.
The sister-in-law laughed upon hearing this, and then listened to Xie Junfei's explanation:
"Actually, my falling out with that high-ranking official this time wasn't about money, it was about connections."
The elder sister-in-law nodded, indicating her understanding:
"After all, you've only just taken over Tia. The real resources and connections are still with those who have been in the management team for so long."
Xie Junfei nodded, her voice gentle, but the content of her words showed a maturity beyond her years:
“‘Tia’ opened in Shanghai in the 1980s, and 60% of its clients are celebrities and wealthy people in Shanghai, which is an astonishing percentage.”
"My current industries and network of contacts are mostly concentrated around Beijing. I am unfamiliar with Shanghai, so 'Tia' became my breakthrough point for entering the Shanghai market."
"Once I take over 'Tia,' I might be able to host the celebrities I want to get to know at an art salon, and it will be very high-class, making it easier to do business."
Huo Shen and his sister-in-law thought too highly of her, believing that she genuinely loved art and wanted to restore Tia's purity, which was why she worked so hard to kick out the senior executives.
But in reality, Xie Junfei is a businessman, and the primary goal of doing business is to make money.
She's just an ordinary person, only interested in money.
In her view, since it was going to be done anyway, rather than letting that executive use her platform to gain favors from wealthy people, it was better for her to do it herself, so that there would be no middleman taking a cut.
As for that executive, well, he's just unlucky.
After all, anyone capable of doing this kind of thing must have some powerful connections. That executive didn't know his own limitations and just wanted to be someone else's front man. He was truly ignorant and arrogant.
Hearing Xie Junfei's true thoughts, her sister-in-law looked at her with new respect.
The eldest sister-in-law, from an artistic family, looked the young and beautiful girl up and down, as if seeing her for the first time, and exclaimed:
"No wonder Holland said I had too much of a filter on you, and that you weren't as innocent as you seemed."
"Now it seems I really underestimated you."
"Calling you Miss Xie or Young Madam is an insult to you. I should call you President Xie."