Chapter 79 [79] His heart was in a panic.
Shen Yu had a gentle smile on his lips, his voice was soft and pleasant, and he seemed to be joking humorously.
Tang Yuanyuan smiled and said, "I'm taking a break from my busy schedule."
Shen Yu: "Since you are free, there is an auction tomorrow night. See you at the school gate at 5 pm."
Tang Yuanyuan didn't know what an auction was, but every time Shen Yu led her into the world, it broadened her horizons, so she habitually said, "Okay."
The driver pulled over. At the entrance of the University of Finance and Economics, Li Mu saw Shen Yu's Mercedes-Benz and ran away.
Through the car window, Shen Yu saw that Li Mu's eyes were curved, and his bright gaze was filled with a small figure.
He turned on his toes and stood shoulder to shoulder with the girl, his neck slightly tilted, even his hair was filled with joy.
The girl didn't know what he said was funny, she kicked him, but Li Mu dodged it nimbly, so she raised her leg to chase him.
This was a childish side of her that she had never shown in front of him. Shen Yu even rarely saw Tang Yuanyuan smile. Of course, Tang Yuanyuan herself was a cold and steady person. Family changes had made her mature prematurely, and she showed this side of herself in front of everyone.
Her childish side is very pretty.
But this side is not facing him.
Shen Yu withdrew his gaze, tugged at his suit and tie irritably, and ordered the driver: "Drive."
It was Tang Yuanyuan's first time at the University of Finance and Economics. All university campuses were similar, with red bricks and red walls. Li Mu was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and sneakers, chewing gum in his mouth, walking in a nonchalant manner, and blowing his bubble gum into big pieces from time to time.
"What are you doing? Why don't you go in?"
Li Mu turned around and asked while chewing bubble gum.
Tang Yuanyuan planned to go in quietly in two minutes: "I don't want to be watched. You go in first, I'll go in later."
Li Mu had no choice but to come back and ask: "Are you shy?"
Tang Yuanyuan kicked him and said, "I'm ashamed of you."
Li Mu dodged quickly and patted the non-existent dust on his butt. He shouldn't have expected anything. This woman was not a woman at all. He went in first.
He is the only bachelor in the entire dormitory.
The same goes for the team. Even if they don't have a stable girlfriend, there are so many girls who are interested in them that they don't know how to choose.
Everyone is hanging out with their girlfriends, but the girl he likes is a rough one.
Not interested in dating yet.
Li Mu walked into the gym in a depressed mood and picked up a basketball to play with to relieve his boredom.
"Hey, Li Mu, didn't you say you'd bring your girlfriend along? Why are you here alone? Are you bragging?"
Li Mu angrily threw the ball in his face: "Shut up."
A pretty round-faced girl came running over with a towel and water. "Who said he was bragging? I'm his girlfriend."
Li Mu said unhappily, "Go away."
I went to a corner of the stand and sat down to rest.
The pretty round-faced girl wasn't angry at all. She ran over and sat down next to Li Mu. "Li Mu, look, where else can you find a girl as pretty as me? Just let me be your girlfriend."
Li Mu: "I have a girlfriend, didn't you hear me? Get out of the way."
The girl leaned towards him and sat down again: "I won't leave."
"You are sick!"
Li Mu cursed, got up from the rest platform, and went straight to do warm-up exercises, then did push-ups with his hands on the ground.
The girl didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, she thought Li Mu had a lot of personality, and her eyes became more fanatical.
Li Mu did a hundred push-ups and when he stood up, he saw Tang Yuanyuan going up to the stands along the edge and finding the last corner to sit down.
The corners of his lips curled up, and his mood finally improved.
It was getting close to the start time and there were already a lot of people in the stands. Li Mu showed off his skills. The ball kept spinning between his fingertips and around his body, causing the girls to scream.
The game officially started. It was a friendly match with Fudan University. Li Mu was as agile as a flash of lightning. He carried the ball through one pedestrian barrier after another. With a leap, he was almost as high as the basketball stand. He dunked the ball into the basketball hoop with his hand. The ball passed through the basketball net. He supported the basketball hoop in a show of skill and landed easily.
The referee blew the whistle: a technical foul was called and one free throw was awarded.
In fact, the ball had already entered the basket supported by the net, so the score was legitimate. Li Mu was just showing off his skills. This kind of penalty is very subjective.
Li Mu wiped his nose with his thumb and gave the Fuda team a provocative smile, saying, "You're so weak!" "Even if I let you win, you can't win."
Everyone at Fudan University was furious. They had never seen anyone so crazy!
The coach and players discussed secretly and attacked Li Mu directly when they came on the court, but Li Mu still played the basketball in a fancy way. With a feint and a leap, the ball went into the basketball hoop from outside the line.
An overwhelming victory, the girls from the University of Finance and Economics stood up and cheered.
Li Mu walked down from the court, stepped onto the middle steps, and walked through the audience stands and cheers step by step. Everyone saw him walk to the corner of the last row and sit down next to a girl.
The young man's bright smile makes the spring flowers bloom.
"I took the championship back."
"It was a beautiful fight."
Li Mu put his palm in front of Tang Yuanyuan: "Handkerchief."
Seeing the question marks in Tang Yuanyuan's eyes, he tilted his head and whispered, "Give it to me, there are so many people watching."
Tang Yuanyuan put the handkerchief in his hand, and Li Mu used it to wipe the sweat off his face.
The round-faced girl ran over and asked, "Li Mu, who is she?"
Li Mu hugged Tang Yuanyuan's hand and said in a double voice: "Don't move, I've acted for you."
Under everyone's gaze, he raised his interlocked hands and said, "My girlfriend."
The round-faced girl burst into tears and turned around and ran away.
Tang Yuanyuan covered her forehead with her other hand. She was not used to being so high-profile. She should not have come if she had known.
She pulled her hand back and wanted to go back to school.
Li Mu stood up and left the gym. "What's wrong?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "I should go back to school."
Li Mu: "This is your first time at my school, I'll show you around."
Tang Yuanyuan: "No, I'm in a hurry."
Li Mu: "You have to eat first, then go back."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I ate it back at school."
Li Mu: "Tang Yuanyuan, do you have any conscience? I'll act with you till the end, and you won't even eat. People will think I hired some extras from somewhere. I'm going to be laughed to death, okay?"
"It's just sister-in-law, it's so beautiful!"
Tang Yuanyuan almost spit out the millet and pumpkin porridge.
Li Mu said with disdain, but with a raised corner of his lips, "Get out of the way. Do you have any sense?"
"Brother Mu, you're amazing. You secretly found such a beautiful woman. Which department is she from? Why haven't I seen her before?"
"He's not from our school, he's from Fudan University. Of course you haven't seen him."
"I was wondering why you were always running back and forth. It turns out it was the attraction of a beautiful woman."
At first, Tang Yuanyuan was almost shocked to death by the word "sister-in-law". Li Mu seemed to be doing well in this school. One after another, younger brothers came to join in the fun. Gradually, she didn't care anymore. She herself was not the kind of person who cared about what others said. She just ate quietly. When others teased her, she didn't even blush, as if others were teasing outsiders.
Soon her plate was empty.
Li Mu sent her out of the school again.
"Brother Mu, why do I feel that my sister-in-law is not enthusiastic about you at all?"
Li Mu: "She has this personality, aloof and aloof, goddess-like, understand?"
"So many girls are passionate about you, but you don't even look at them. No wonder, Brother Mu, it turns out you like this type."
"Brother Mu, why do I feel like you're being outshined by your sister-in-law? You don't submit to anyone, and you don't care about anyone. And you still have to serve someone for a whole year? Strange, is this considered a case of one thing conquering another?"
Li Mu was so angry that he laughed: "Get lost!"
Liu Lijuan didn't expect to run into Tang Yuanyuan at the school gate. She first glanced at Tang Yuanyuan, then looked at Li Mu: "Who is this?"
Li Mu spoke first: "Her boyfriend, Li Mu."
Liu Lijuan looked at Tang Yuanyuan with a strange look in her eyes, then laughed: "He's quite handsome."
Tang Yuanyuan felt that Liu Lijuan wanted to talk to her about something, so she glanced at Li Mu and said, "I'll go in by myself, you can go back."
Li Mu nodded, turned around and left.
Liu Lijuan tilted her head and looked between Li Mu and Tang Yuanyuan, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to like this."
Tang Yuanyuan didn't want to dwell on this issue any further: "Senior sister, are you looking for me?"
"Yes," Liu Lijuan said, "I went to look for you this afternoon and thought you were still at Shen's."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I went to the University of Finance and Economics to watch a basketball game."
"That's quite annoying," Liu Lijuan said directly, "I wanted to tell you that there's a dance at school tomorrow afternoon, and we still have a few sponsors to get. You should come early. Do you have dance clothes?"
Tang Yuanyuan shook her head. She did listen to people talking. There were dances in the auditorium every Saturday afternoon, but she had never been there. "I can't dance."
Liu Lijuan: "It doesn't matter if I can't dance. You don't know if you've never solicited sponsorship. Not everyone is as easy to talk to as Mr. Shen. Going to the dance party is the best choice."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Then I'll go buy one tomorrow morning."
Liu Lijuan: "We have similar body shapes. You can just come to my dorm tomorrow at noon to change."
Most children of Tang Yuanyuan's generation picked up other people's old clothes when they were young. From the time a piece of clothing was made to the time it was torn, it would eventually be used as a diaper for a child. Therefore, they neither mind lending their clothes to others nor mind wearing other people's clothes.
It also saves you from running away.
The next day, she regretted putting on the dress because the waist of the dance costume was hollow and she was not used to it. She did not expect Liu Lijuan to have this aesthetic: "I'd better wear my own clothes."
Liu Lijuan helped her smooth out her clothes: "Dance costumes are all like this, just get used to it."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I'm not used to it."
Liu Lijuan glanced at her and said, "Why, are you afraid your boyfriend will be jealous? This is an order."
Liu Lijuan also changed into her dance costume. Sure enough, her skirt was even more revealing than her, with her entire shoulders exposed, with two thin straps hanging on them.
Tang Yuanyuan put on a coat and went to the auditorium, and found that everyone was wearing the same. It seemed strange to be the only one wearing it, but if everyone was wearing it, it wouldn't be so special anymore.
"Hello, Mr. Chen, I'm Liu Lijuan. Do you remember me?"
Liu Lijuan skillfully struck up a conversation with the CEOs, brought up the matter of the Entrepreneurship Cup Competition, and went to the dance floor to dance.
Tang Yuanyuan couldn't dance and didn't know anyone. Most importantly, it was Liu Lijuan's job to attract sponsors, and she didn't need to be in the spotlight. She found a corner and stayed alone. She felt extremely bored and kept looking at the watch on her wrist.
She was ready when it was half past four.
"Miss, why are you sitting here alone?"
A young man in a suit and with slicked-back hair asked, "Are you also a student at Fudan University?"
Tang Yuanyuan nodded.
The man held out his hand: "Let me ask you to dance."
Tang Yuanyuan shook her head: "Sorry, I'm a bit stupid, this is too difficult for me."
The man didn't know what funny thing he was thinking of, and he laughed and said, "That's because other men don't know how to lead you. I will lead you, and I will definitely teach you."
Tang Yuanyuan was not used to interacting with strange boys: "Sorry, I didn't plan to learn this."
Liu Lijuan hurried over and poked Tang Yuanyuan's arm: "Mr. Chen, this is my junior, a freshman from the Business Administration Department. She's new here and doesn't know the rules yet."
Then he said to Tang Yuanyuan, "This is Mr. Chen from Tiancheng International. He is one of the entrepreneurs who has donated the most to our school. He has often sponsored startup incubation competitions in previous years. Mr. Chen is the best at dancing. It would be an honor for him to take you with him."
Mr. Chen looked slick, so Tang Yuanyuan pursed her lips into a line, smiled, and silently refused.
Mr. Chen took a look at Tang Yuanyuan and smiled slightly: "So Miss Tang is a freshman with a bright future."
She is a freshman, so how can she have a bright future?
Liu Lijuan poked Tang Yuanyuan's arm and said, "Mr. Chen is very capable and has a good relationship with the school leaders. It's a good thing that he is willing to promote you. Don't be so ungrateful."
Tang Yuanyuan didn't think dancing with him was a good thing. She pursed her lips and didn't speak or move.
Liu Lijuan sighed, "Miss, you really live in an ivory tower. I shouldn't have counted on you."
I went to dance with Mr. Chen.
There was no point in staying any longer, so Tang Yuanyuan went to the bathroom and changed out of her dance costume. Seeing that there was still plenty of time, and not knowing whether the place Shen Yu was taking her to was suitable for carrying a backpack, for safety reasons, she returned the backpack to the dormitory. This way, she was a little pressed for time, so she ran out of the campus.
As expected, Shen Yu's car was already at the school gate.
"Sorry, Mr. Shen, I'm late."
Shen Yu glanced at her slightly wet bangs, the makeup on her face, and her lips, which were even smoother with lipstick, and had a red luster like the tips of peaches.
Shen Yu retracted his gaze and looked towards the front of the car: "You are never late. What happened?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "I went to the school dance and changed my clothes in the dormitory."
Shen Yu: "Can you dance?"
Tang Yuanyuan shook her head.
Shen Yu asked again: "Why go to the dance?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Senior sister wants to get sponsorship."
Shen Yu twirled the ring on his middle finger. "The ball is a place of fame and fortune. It's certainly a good opportunity to climb the ladder, but there's no such thing as a free lunch. Once you're involved, you can't easily break free. Remember to refuse unreasonable requests. With me here, you don't need to be afraid of anyone."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Thank you, Mr. Shen, I remember."
Entering an exquisite private restaurant, Shen Yu said, "There's not much to eat at the auction, so let's just have a simple meal."
"Try this. It looks like Kung Pao Chicken, but it's actually button mushrooms."
Tang Yuanyuan picked up a piece and ate it. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it was more fragrant than meat.
Spicy tofu, black truffle taro, dendrobium and lily soup, each one is very special. Her favorite is the emerald pepper tofu, and she unknowingly eats an extra bowl of rice.
After dinner, Tang Yuanyuan followed Shen Yu to the car. When she saw Shen Yu was about to arrive, she hurried over and opened the door for him, completing the work of a subordinate competently.
Shen Yu glanced at her and said, "You're so perceptive. Be my assistant and I'll leave the bidding to you."
Shen Yu bent down and got into the car. Tang Yuanyuan followed him in and closed the door. He asked, "What is a bid?"
"The auction is all about collecting antiques. The host will call out the reserve price. If you want something, you can bid higher. The person with the highest bid will get the collection. You will understand after watching a round. My goal is to get pit jadeite. My grandmother likes that."
Tang Yuanyuan felt that she could understand rich people, but she couldn't understand why they would pay such high prices when buying things.
She is still well-off.
Looking at these big bosses, all dressed in suits and talking about this and that, it can be concluded that auctions are a circle for the rich, and her wealth is not enough to understand the hobby of making money.
"Mr. Shen," Tang Yuanyuan didn't know if it was because enemies often meet on narrow paths, or because there were so few particularly wealthy people and they all belonged to the same circle. He thought it was the latter, because there were so many people here. He saw Shen Yu coming to shake hands with him at a glance, and looked Tang Yuanyuan up and down: "So this new student is Mr. Shen's man. No wonder he looks down on me."
Shen Yu tilted his head slightly, glanced at Tang Yuanyuan, and understood. He chuckled, "Miss Tang is my distant relative. She really doesn't need to find resources through the ball. I am her greatest resource."
Mr. Chen: "So there is this connection. No wonder."
"Excuse me."
Shen Yu nodded slightly and sat down. Tang Yuanyuan sat down beside him in a servile manner. After taking a look, he understood.
In the second round, we took a photo of a painting.
Shen Yu nodded, and Tang Yuanyuan understood. This meant he wanted it. The host said the reserve price was 90,000, and Tang Yuanyuan raised the sign and added 5,000.
Mr. Chen raised his sign and directly added 15,000, "110,000."
Shen Yu leaned back slightly and leaned against the back of the chair.
Tang Yuanyuan held up her sign: "One hundred and fifteen thousand."
Mr. Chen: "130,000."
Tang Yuanyuan blinked lightly, faintly tasting the smell of gunpowder. She didn't raise the price until the hammer fell, then raised the price and raised the sign: "One hundred and thirty-one thousand."
Mr. Chen raised the sign with amusement: "Two hundred thousand."
Tang Yuanyuan waited for the hammer to fall again, "Two hundred thousand and one hundred."
Mr. Chen tugged at his tie with amusement. The current market value of this calligraphy and painting is only a few hundred thousand: "Three hundred thousand."
Host: "Three hundred thousand once, three hundred thousand twice."
Tang Yuanyuan didn't raise the price.
"Three hundred thousand three times, congratulations, Mr. Chen, this famous painting is yours."
Mr. Chen: “…”
Shen Yu's lips curled up slightly, "How do you know he's playing tricks on you?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Does he really have a grudge against you?"
Shen Yu: "It's not really a holiday. In business, conflicts of interest are inevitable sometimes. We recently had our eyes on the same piece of land."
Tang Yuanyuan: "If he makes trouble, do you want to take the old pit jade?"
Shen Yu: "There's no ifs or buts. He will definitely fight with me."
The second auction item is a jade artifact with the inscription "Sanyang Kaitai Water Container".
Mr. Chen was obviously very interested in the jade and added 20,000 yuan to the price at the beginning.
No one argued with him.
When Tang Yuanyuan and the other hosts dropped the hammer for the second time, they raised their placards: "One hundred and twenty-one thousand."
Mr. Chen was so angry that he raised his placard. Tang Yuanyuan would add one thousand every time the hammer fell for the second time. The jade piece that was originally worth 110,000 yuan was increased to more than 600,000 yuan.
Tang Yuanyuan didn’t add it.
She also smiled and said to Mr. Chen: "Mr. Chen, congratulations, you have obtained another favorite collection."
Mr. Chen smiled sinisterly: "Thank you."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Mr. Chen, you're welcome. It's my duty."
The next item for auction was a Ming Chenghua cup with a Doucaihua saucer pattern. Mr. Chen immediately raised the price by 200,000 yuan, but Tang Yuanyuan didn't add any more.
Shen Yu: "His anger has probably reached his neck."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Does he also know that you must have this old pit jadeite?"
Shen Yu: "He came here today mainly to compete with me for this jadeite."
Tang Yuanyuan didn't know the price of jadeite: "Then just quote the highest price. What's your upper limit?"
Shen Yu: "One thousand five hundred."
So, as soon as the host finished quoting "3 million", Tang Yuanyuan directly raised her sign and her cold voice echoed throughout the venue: "15 million!"
Fifteen million, the entire venue was shocked!
This has never happened in the entire history of auctions in China. The previous high price of 8 million was already amazing!
Mr. Chen held the sign tightly in his hand, with veins on his wrist visible, which showed that he was obviously engaged in a fierce ideological struggle.
Tang Yuanyuan said with a smile, "Mr. Chen, it's your turn to raise the price."
Mr. Chen stared at Tang Yuanyuan, and suddenly let go of the hand holding the sign. He was not fooled. "I'm not interested in this jade, so I won't compete with Mr. Shen for it."
Shen Yu got the jadeite, a pure imperial green, like morning dew condensed on leaves, breathtakingly beautiful.
Tang Yuanyuan, however, couldn't appreciate it. If she had 15 million, she would definitely keep it in her passbook and look at it beautifully.
Mr. Chen's face was not very good. He had never seen a woman who dared to play tricks on him. "Where did Mr. Shen find this little girl? She is quite a powerful character."
Shen Yu was also very satisfied: "Your evaluation is correct, she is indeed excellent."
Two weeks later, the preliminary results of the startup incubation came out, and Tang Yuanyuan's group's cake shop project successfully passed the preliminary round and entered the semi-finals.
On the day of the semi-finals, in addition to the six judges from the school, several CEOs of sponsoring companies were also present, for a total of eleven judges. A total of six project teams entered the semi-finals. The top four teams with the highest votes entered the finals. The last event was a roadshow defense, and only the top three teams with the highest votes could obtain funding and implement the projects.
There will be some very sharp questions in the difficult questions section, and everyone in the group has made sufficient preparations. Tang Yuanyuan is no exception. She has been frantically studying professional knowledge in this area recently. As the competition is about to officially begin, the atmosphere is very solemn.
Suddenly, Li Mu stood up in the audience with his fist raised: "Come on, Tang Yuanyuan! I'm counting on you to win the championship!"
"Sister-in-law, come on, we are all rooting for you!"
In the audience and on the judges' bench, everyone was waiting seriously for the show to begin, when they heard such a sudden shout.
Tang Yuanyuan wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Shen Yu held the tip of the pen and scratched many marks on the paper, and the tip of the pen split.
His heart was in a panic.
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