Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Shan Ying walked onto the stage with excitement, pressed the button, and the box gradually lowered, revealing the scroll inside. Shan Ying held her breath and carefully took out the scroll.
The host's excited voice echoed from the side: "This painting of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains, with its delicate brushwork and open composition, is elegant and refined in style. It exemplifies the style of the great painter Tang Yin."
Everyone gasped. It was really an authentic work of Tang Yin. Ninety million was not expensive at all!
Just when everyone thought they had missed the treasure, the host's next words left everyone dumbfounded.
"This is a painting of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains by a modern artist, modeled after Tang Yin's style. It's so lifelike it's practically indistinguishable from the real thing. Market value: six million."
When the truth was revealed, everyone was stunned. Shan Ying stood on the stage holding the painting, the smile on her face completely frozen.
She stared at the host in astonishment. "What are you saying? A modern painter imitated Tang Yin's style, making it look real? You're saying this is a fake?"
"Miss Shan, this painting cannot be called a fake. It is an authentic work by a famous modern painter and is worth six million."
Six million wasn't a low price, but Shan Ying had managed to get it for ninety million. She'd thought she'd gotten away with it. Countless eyes were scrutinizing her from the audience, some unable to resist sniggering, their eyes filled with sarcasm. At that moment, Shan Ying felt like a fool.
She came to her senses and looked in Lu Anning's direction. She wouldn't have bid impulsively, it was all Lu Anning and Tang Jingyuan's fault.
Now, she finally understood that Tang Jingyuan had deliberately raised the price.
She angrily rushed to Tang Jingyuan with the painting and said, "You did it on purpose! Master Pei, I didn't offend you, did I? Why did you mislead me into bidding? You paid me 90 million for a lousy painting worth 6 million. Don't you think you've gone too far?"
Tang Jingyuan sneered, "You don't understand? You're stupid, so how can you expect everyone to be stupider than you? Miss Shan, you're really asking too much."
"you……"
Shan Ying was so angry that she wanted to lose her temper in front of Tang Jingyuan, but Tang Jingyuan gave her a sidelong glance. The cold look in her eyes scared Shan Ying so much that she shivered and looked towards Pei Chengyi.
At this moment, she hoped that Pei Chengyi would stand up and speak a fair word for her. But who knew that Pei Chengyi didn't even give her a glance, which made her even angrier. She could only glare at them fiercely and return to her seat, suppressing her anger.
"Why didn't you speak up for me just now?"
Pei Chengyi glanced at her, his eyes fixed on the painting that was about to be crumpled by her, without the slightest ripple: "If you push any harder, this painting won't sell for six million."
Shan Ying was shaking with anger, and the more she looked at the painting in her hand, the angrier she got. But she couldn't do anything with it, and had to keep it like a treasure. After all, six million was still money.
The uproar caused by a landscape painting replaced the finale of the night's auction. With the previous experience as a lesson, when Tang Jingyuan made another bid, the others were no longer fooled. The finale set of jade jewelry was once again easily won by Tang Jingyuan for a price one million above the reserve price.
When he opened the box, the entire set of imperial green jewelry once again amazed everyone in the audience.
The Buddhist beads necklace, imperial bracelet, bracelet, hairpin and earrings were all exquisite and eye-catching. The host announced the market price. This set of jewelry had a market value of 12 million, but Tang Jingyuan bought it for 6.5 million. Even Mrs. Smith envied their good luck.
Some people even suspected that Tang Jingyuan and Lu Anning were hired by the auction venue.
A thrilling auction ended with some happy and some sad. The crowd dispersed, and Mrs. Smith walked towards Lu Anning with a smile, her eyes falling on the jewelry set.
"Mrs. Tang, I really like your set of jade jewelry. Could you please name a price? I want to buy that imperial concubine bracelet."
Lu Anning glanced at Tang Jingyuan, then smiled and said, "Since Madam likes it, I will borrow flowers to offer to Buddha and give this imperial concubine bracelet to Madam."
"No, how much? We can buy it."
Lu Anning smiled slightly: "My wife and I are actually destined to be together. How about this, I don't want the money, I just hope Mr. Smith can give us a chance."
Mrs. Smith was a little embarrassed: "I don't care about business matters. This..."
At this time, Mr. Smith stepped forward and said, "Mr. Tang is the president of Feiyun Technology. I remember you. Mrs. Tang is willing to give up, so tomorrow afternoon, we can find a suitable place to have a cup of tea together."
Tang Jingyuan agreed immediately and put the imperial concubine bracelet on Mrs. Smith. She was ecstatic and thanked him repeatedly. She also said that she and Lu Anning hit it off at first sight and wanted to become sisters.
The sudden enthusiasm made Lu Anning a little overwhelmed, but their goal was achieved tonight.
At the entrance of the auction venue, Pei Yongsheng suddenly called them.
Lu Anning looked back and saw him standing in the crowd, still with that cynical look on his face, but with a hint of calmness in his funny expression, as if he was a little different from before.
He stepped forward, his eyes drifting over Lu Anning: "Uncle was lucky tonight, making quite a bit of money, and even had an unexpected bonus. In terms of thoughtfulness, I'd admit he's the best."
"You are still young, you can learn slowly."
Pei Yongsheng smiled. "My uncle is very clever, of course I can't compare to him. But some things are useful without clever ideas. I must win this cooperation, why does my uncle have to compete with me?"
"If you can really snatch it away, I'll be in awe of you. Let me see how powerful you are. There's no need to hide it!"
He smiled, patted Pei Yongsheng on the shoulder, took Lu Anning's hand and turned to get in the car.
Lu Anning looked through the window at Pei Yongsheng gradually disappearing from his sight, and couldn't help but frowned.
"Why do I feel that Pei Yongsheng is different from what he was before!"
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