VIP Room Number One.
After welcoming Ye Chen in, the three family heads quickly left.
The VIP room was divided into two rooms. The inner room faced the auction stage directly, and a huge one-way glass completely blocked the view from the outside.
Ye Chen led Li Muyue into the inner room, walked to the floor-to-ceiling glass, and glanced at the first-floor lobby, which was already full of people, roughly estimated to be no less than 300.
He turned to Zhong Xiaowei and the other two and said, "You can represent me at tonight's auction. You can bid on whatever you want!"
"I'm not short of money, I'll just consider it a donation to charity."
Zhong Xiaowei and the other two exchanged glances and agreed with some excitement on their faces.
They were really looking forward to this kind of extravagant spending!
With Ye Chen's support, they can go all out and splurge!
As for the idea of saving money, it only briefly crossed their minds before being forgotten.
Even if they go all out, the money they spend in that time is probably less than half of what the group earns in that same amount of time!
Ignoring the three enthusiastic individuals, Ye Chen sat down with Li Muyue in his arms, his gaze fixed on the auction stage below.
On the auction stage, a specially invited female host from CCTV stood gracefully and was hosting the auction.
With her eloquent words, each auction item was sold for a price far exceeding its actual value.
The celebrities below have also been very generous in their bidding, and so far, not a single item has gone unsold.
After all, the main purpose of this kind of charity auction is to generate cash for donations.
Even a blade of grass will be bought by someone!
Zhong Xiaowei and his two companions also bid from time to time and won some novel items.
"The next item up for auction is a beautiful oil painting that, with its delicate brushstrokes and vivid colors, depicts a young couple embracing and whispering sweet nothings to each other."
"Look, everyone, the man in the painting is handsome and dashing, and the woman is beautiful and charming. Their eyes are full of longing and hope for the future. Doesn't it remind you of your own youth?"
"This is an oil painting full of romance and warmth, symbolizing the preciousness and beauty of love. Please take it back and bring joy to your partner."
"Now, please place your bids."
As the female host finished speaking, many people in the audience, under the watchful eyes of their female companions, raised their price tags.
"fifty thousand!"
"One hundred thousand!"
"130,000!"
"150,000!"
......
When Li Muyue heard that the next item to be auctioned was an oil painting, her eyes were immediately drawn to the stage.
Upon seeing the contents of the oil painting, she sat up straight, her expression becoming somewhat excited.
"Muyue, what's wrong? Is there anything special about this painting?" Ye Chen asked with some surprise when he saw Li Muyue's expression.
“This was painted by my parents. They met and fell in love abroad and created this oil painting together. It could be said to be their token of love, but it was lost later.”
"After their accident, while sorting through their belongings, I learned about their regret. In an attempt to make up for it, I even went abroad to search for them, but unfortunately, I found nothing."
“Yesterday, I received a message saying that this painting will appear at today’s auction.”
She glanced at Ye Chen somewhat guiltily and said, "Honey, I didn't mean to hide it from you. I wasn't sure if the painting would even appear today, which is why I didn't tell you beforehand. You won't blame me, will you?"
Ye Chen chuckled and said, "How could I possibly blame you for something like this! Since it's a token of love from your parents, then without a doubt, we should do everything we can to get it!"
After saying that, he picked up the price quote device and quoted a price directly—1 million!
"VIP Room Number One is priced at 1 million!"
"Any further bids?"
The people in the lobby below weren't stupid. Seeing that the people in VIP Room No. 1 had made a move and raised the price directly to 1 million, they all silently put down their bidding paddles.
"1 million per time."
"1 million twice."
"One million for three times, sold!"
"Congratulations to our VIP guest in VIP Room Number One for winning the bid for this oil painting!"
......
Before long, the oil painting was brought up.
Li Muyue eagerly took it, stretched out her delicate hand, and excitedly stroked the faces of the young man and woman in the painting.
"Wait, no, this painting is fake!"
They soon discovered that there was a problem with the painting.
It's not the original oil painting; it's a later copy.
It's very simple; the paper for the oil painting is still new, without that worn-out feel of over ten years.
At this moment, Li Muyue's phone received another message, which read: "If you want the original oil painting, come to No. 18 Mingde Road at 10:00 AM tomorrow to pick it up."
Ye Chen's face turned cold, and he directly ordered, "Zhi Zi, check this number and address information."
This was clearly aimed at Li Muyue; the method wasn't particularly clever, but it was full of scheming!
Soon, Zhizi provided the results.
"Master, the number is invalid and there is no registered owner information. No. 18 Mingde Road is a villa, and the owner is the Hong Group, which belongs to the Hongmen."
"Hongmen? Is that the overseas Chinese organization?" Ye Chen asked, as he also knew something about the famous Hongmen.
“Yes, Master, the Hong Group is indeed the Hongmen’s business in China,” Zhizi replied.
Ye Chen frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled by the Hong family's intentions.
If the goal is to discuss cooperation, this method is hardly a clever one.
If not, wouldn't it be foolish to so easily reveal one's information?
"Mu Yue, do you know any people from the Hongmen?" He couldn't understand the other party's intentions, so he turned to ask Li Mu Yue.
“I’ve had contact with people from the Hongmen while I was abroad, but I didn’t have any close relationships with them!” Li Muyue frowned, thought for a moment, and then shook her head.
She had too many suitors, and many of them behaved even more outrageously than Hong Shaojia.
As a result, Young Master Hong didn't leave any deep impression on her at all, and she simply categorized him as just another nobody!
"I'm hacking into all the Hongmen's phones in China. I want to know their every move. I want to see what tricks the Hongmen are up to."
A sharp glint flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, and he said with a stern face, "Mu Yue, let me handle this matter!"
Although he possessed advanced technology far ahead of his time, he always advocated for cooperation and win-win outcomes and never resorted to any drastic measures against others.
Now that someone dares to plot against his family, no matter what their purpose is, they have successfully enraged him!
"Yes, honey, I'll do whatever you say," Li Muyue replied obediently.
As a woman raised in a family with a thousand-year history, she naturally knows when to be weak.
A woman's greatest weapon is knowing how to show weakness in front of men; this is an experience summarized by generations of women in the family!
Sure enough, upon hearing Li Muyue's reply, Ye Chen's eyes showed even more affection, and his expression softened. He took her hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to get my hands on your father-in-law and mother-in-law's painting."
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