Chapter 0012 Private Auction
I'm really sorry, I didn't expect to meet them.
Leaving the restaurant in a hurry, Li Rui apologized to Yao Sixuan.
Yao Sixuan sighed: You are young and rich, and it is inevitable that some shameless women will stick to you. Hey, you won't become bad when you have money, and you can't resist the temptation of sugar-coated bullets, right?
Li Rui quickly changed the subject and said: Do you want to eat somewhere else?
Forget it, I've almost eaten, so I won't kill you. Yao Sixuan smiled and said, if you feel bad, just go for a walk with me.
OK
Before Li Rui finished speaking, Yao Sixuan's cell phone rang. She looked at the caller number and looked confused.
It's a call from my boss. I must answer this. Yao Sixuan stuck out his tongue, turned around and answered the phone.
Before she could speak, a series of roars came from the microphone.
Although Li Rui couldn't hear what was being yelled across from him, he could see that Yao Sixuan's body was shaking, and the fingers holding the phone were slightly white from exerting too much force.
A few minutes later, Yao Sixuan choked out: I understand, boss, I will go.
After hanging up the phone, she was silent for a few seconds before turning around, with a very stiff smile on her face and said: The company has something to do temporarily, and I have to go back and work overtime, so I won't play with you anymore.
Are you really working overtime? Li Rui asked with a frown.
Yao Sixuan forced a smile and said: Of course, why did I lie to you?
If you still treat me as a friend, tell me what happened? Li Rui is not a three-year-old child, how could he be fooled by her?
Yao Sixuan's face changed several times, and the emotions he had finally suppressed suddenly collapsed, and tears flowed down silently.
Li Rui quickly comforted: Don't cry, if someone bullies you, just tell me and I will help you!
Woohoo, it's that bastard Zhou Yunhao who asked me to accompany him to a private auction and threatened to cancel the cooperation with our company if I didn't go.
Luye Culture is the company's largest customer. If it loses it, the company will go bankrupt.
I don't care, but dozens of colleagues in the company are counting on this salary. If I don't go, everyone will be unemployed!
Seeing her crying so hard, Li Rui couldn't help but cursed: What a bastard!
To be rich and unkind is to say people like Zhou Yunhao.
But why does the name Greenfield Culture sound familiar?
Is Greenfield Culture a listed company on the magnesium stock market? Li Rui suddenly had an idea flash in his mind and asked in surprise.
Yao Sixuan nodded and said: Well, it's that Green Field Culture. Zhou Yunhao has been bragging all day long that domestic business is boring and he wants to develop in Magnesia.
Li Rui smiled: So don't cry. Aren't you going to the auction? Take me with you. I also want to get to know the young master of Green Field Culture and see how many more days he can jump around!
In the suburbs of Haizhou, luxury cars gathered outside a private museum.
Dozens of paintings are displayed in the brightly lit museum hall, including Western oil paintings and Chinese ink paintings, masterpieces by famous artists and new works by newcomers, all of which are collected by the museum owner.
The owner of the museum, Ma Shaotian, is a billionaire from Haizhou. His main business is stock investment and his hobby is collecting. He once claimed to be the best collector among the rich and the richest among the collectors.
It's a pity that such a famous figure was also affected by the 2008 financial tsunami. After two years of hard work, he still had to put his collections up for auction to make up for the losses in stock investments.
Ma Shaotian has a wide network of contacts and a rare collection. The auction attracted many local rich and famous people.
When Li Rui followed Yao Sixuan into the museum, he recognized several famous figures at a glance.
In his previous life, these people were all beyond Li Rui's reach.
In this life, Li Rui firmly believes that he will soon be on equal footing with them.
Yao Sixuan looked around and didn't see Zhou Yunhao. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: Zhou Yunhao is not here. Wait another five minutes. If we can't see him, we will leave.
Li Rui smiled and said: You're already here, let's just take a look around. If I come across a painting I like, I'll buy one back.
You also know how to draw? Yao Sixuan asked in surprise.
Li Rui lowered his voice and said: "You can pretend to understand if you don't understand. You see, among so many people, who really understands? They are not all arty."
Yao Sixuan chuckled and quickly covered his mouth for fear of being noticed by the big shots.
The two of them walked around in the hall, looking at this painting and that one. Although they couldn't quite understand the technique and connotation of the painting, they could understand the price.
2.8 million! Yao Sixuan stood in front of a painting known as a masterpiece of Conceptualism and read out the price in shock.
Li Rui came over to take a look, that's it?
A picture frame is filled with dark red and nothing else.
Li Rui didn't know what the painter wanted to express. If you look at it purely based on the painting technique, it's quite smooth and even, but it's not worth 2.8 million, right?
Art is indeed not something that a mortal like me can understand. Li Rui shook his head.
Just as the two were complaining, a sneer came from behind.
What do country bumpkins know?
Zhou Yunhao is here.
He walked over arrogantly, pointed at the painting and said: This is a painting by Gerhard Richter. He is a famous German pop artist who pursues the reduction and neutrality of tones as much as possible in terms of technique, and pays special attention to the use of
Apply paint. This painting expresses the painter's hatred and resistance to industrialization, and also shows the lonely and sad inner world! If you can't even understand this, it means you know nothing about art.
Li Rui was shocked.
Are you sure you won't be struck by lightning for such blatant nonsense?
Zhou Yunhao glanced at Yao Sixuan triumphantly and said: It's good that you're here. But why did you bring him too? This is not a place for a poor man!
Yao Sixuan couldn't help but said: Li Rui is very rich!
Zhou Yunhao laughed loudly: Isn't he just a poor guy riding an electric bicycle? You actually said he was rich? Have you never seen money?
After saying that, he waved to Li Rui and said: You are not qualified to participate in this kind of occasion. If you know the truth, get out of here!
Li Rui looked at him coldly and said: Who said I am not qualified?
Zhou Yunhao curled his lips disdainfully and said: I said so! The cheapest painting here costs hundreds of thousands. Can you afford it? I don’t think you can even afford the frame!
Li Ruidao: It's my business whether you can afford it or not. I won't worry about it for you. If you have the energy, why not study your own business carefully to avoid going bankrupt and living on the street one day.
Zhou Yunhao's face darkened when he said that, and he suddenly loudly said to the guests around him: Have you ever seen someone riding an electric bicycle to participate in the auction? This is it!
The guests looked sideways.
Several security guards heard the sound and rushed over. After asking about the situation, they surrounded Li Rui and said: Sir, how did you get in? Do you have an invitation letter? If not, please leave immediately.
At this moment, a voice sounded from outside the crowd.
Chapter completed!