"Hello! Director Li? Feeling pressured online? Do we, the authorities, need to care about online pressure? Let me tell you, without our permission, you must prevent Qingyun Company from commencing operations, or you can just wait to rest..."

"Director Zhang? Haha, it's the same thing again. You must keep a close eye on Qingyun Company. The fire safety issue must be handled strictly. What? Qingyun Company has no fire safety problems? No problems? Can't you just find a problem? What rules? Didn't you make them? Do I need to teach you? One inspection, and they're shut down for ten days to half a month. Just a few inspections are enough..."

"Section Chief Li, I'll leave this matter to you. You don't need to do much, just check it a few more times. Even if Qingyun Company's products are perfectly fine, you should still make sure they can't produce them..."

Just then, videos and audio clips spread rapidly online, revealing each person's name, position, and even information about their past bribery.

These people were following the orders of the Lu and Mo families to cause trouble for Qingyun Company, and Lin Yun was not without temper.

In the past few days, he has had the supercomputer specifically search for various information about these people and conduct focused surveillance on them.

The high-tech equipment on the cosmic trading system monitors them so closely that these people have no way of detecting it.

Some netizens were already complaining about the official actions against Qingyun Company, and some conspiracy theories had even spread. After these videos and audio recordings were released, they immediately caused a huge sensation on the Internet.

The individuals featured in these videos and audio recordings immediately became the focus of online discussion, drawing angry comments from numerous netizens. While these officials were not immediately punished due to the involvement of the Lu and Mo families, they were no longer able to perform their duties normally.

It is foreseeable that their future path is very uncertain.

At this point, an official statement was issued, stating that the appearance of these videos and audio recordings, along with the heated discussions surrounding the events of the previous days, was quite coincidental. Relevant departments have begun investigating the authenticity of the content of these videos and audio recordings, and netizens are urged not to be misled by those with ulterior motives.

The statement had a significant effect. Some people dared not comment casually anymore, fearing they would fall into a trap set by "malicious individuals." Others expressed disbelief, but their influence was much weaker. In addition, the authorities instructed some internet companies to cooperate in deleting a large number of posts, making it impossible to post or search for posts containing sensitive words.

The hype died down quickly.

Lin Yun observed the progress of the matter but did not take any further action.

He simply wanted to tell the truth and let the public know the truth. As for how many people believe him, that's a matter of opinion.

Most importantly, he wanted to see what tricks the authorities were planning to pull.

He also wanted to see what the authorities could do and what decisions they would make with the help of the Lu and Mo families.

However, some law enforcement officers who went to Qingyun Company again dared not go so far.

Those videos and audio recordings are not just videos and audio recordings of officials making phone calls and speaking face-to-face, but also videos of law enforcement officers being arrogant in their enforcement actions at Qingyun Company. The lessons of the past are there, and they dare not become the protagonists in the next one.

...

At 2 PM, the large-scale auction in Shenzhen began, and Lin Yun entered.

As expected of a large-scale auction in Shenzhen, the event was not only grand in scale, but also attracted many social elites and important figures.

Each item in the auction was quite expensive, with the cheapest costing hundreds of thousands of Chinese yuan, and many costing over a million yuan.

A painting, a bottle, a bowl, or even a dark bronze object can sell for millions.

Watching the scene of many people bidding against each other, Lin Yun felt a slight sense of emotion.

Although he is now rich.

However, he could still recall how he had worked hard for five years to save up one million Chinese yuan.

He genuinely couldn't see the value in many of these antiques.

He doesn't understand these antiques; he can only tell whether they possess any spirituality.

Speaking of which, several of these antiques do possess a kind of spirituality...

Perhaps some people can't distinguish which antique has a special quality, so they cast such a large net? Or perhaps some people see some antiques selling for high prices and then try to inflate the prices of other antiques as well?

Lin Yun thought to himself.

Or perhaps these antiques are truly worth the price. After all, most of them are of high artistic quality, and out of dozens of antiques, five possess a spiritual quality, which demonstrates the overall quality of this batch of antiques.

Unfortunately, these five antiques, which possess spirituality, are all of the highest level.

Lin Yun sighed softly.

It seems that it will be impossible for him to purchase an antique with level two spirituality on this trip.

However, discovering five antiques with first-level spirituality made the trip worthwhile.

"Three and a half million!"

Just then, the first antique with spiritual properties went up for auction, with the price soaring from 1.2 million to 3.5 million – a price increase rarely seen for the previous antiques.

"Could it be that some people have also discovered that this antique possesses a spiritual quality?" Lin Yun pondered.

Thinking this, he glanced at the groups of people who had just bid. He didn't recognize any of them, which was normal. There were too many wealthy people in Shenzhen, and he hadn't seen many of them. It wasn't strange that he didn't recognize them, especially since there was a group of foreigners among them.

"Three and a half million per time!"

"Three and a half million times!"

Just then, on the auction stage, the auctioneer shouted loudly.

Five million!

Lin Yun raised the sign in his hand and said calmly.

He's short of money now, but not of these small sums.

Leaving aside the value of the antique itself, the first-level spirituality within it alone is worth over a hundred spiritual crystals. Even if he used Chinese currency to purchase resources and exchange them for spiritual crystals on the cosmic trading system, it would still cost him three to five hundred million. The current price is simply insignificant.

"Five million! This gentleman has offered five million! Are there any other customers who will offer a higher price?"

Upon seeing Lin Yun call out a price of five million, the auctioneer on the stage looked excitedly at the audience and shouted loudly.

The price was increased by 1.5 million, which was a significant increase. Some people were also attracted by Lin Yun's bid and turned to look, wanting to see who was making the bid.

"It's actually a young man?"

"So young..."

Who is this young man?

Some people were surprised.

There aren't many young people of this age who collect antiques.

"They're bidding five million? That's way above the starting price. Is this guy a shill?" One of the people who bid three and a half million earlier frowned.

"I know him. He seems to be the owner of Qingyun Company. He owns Qingyun Restaurant and Qingyun Hotel..."

"That's right, this person is indeed the owner of Qingyun Restaurant and Qingyun Hotel. I've seen him at Qingyun Restaurant before..."

"Qingyun Restaurant, Qingyun Hotel? Is that the Qingyun Restaurant and Qingyun Hotel where a single bottle of wine sells for tens of millions?"

"The Qingyun Hotel, where a jacuzzi and a massage chair cost over a million?"

"I didn't expect this person to be interested in antiques as well..."

At this moment, some people recognized Lin Yun's identity and began to whisper among themselves.

The whispers of these people naturally reached the ears of the other group.

"It shouldn't be a shill. The other party is actually the owner of Qingyun Hotel and Qingyun Restaurant. Selling a bottle of wine for tens of millions, they're really rich and powerful..." one of the people exclaimed.