I Received Messages From Future Self!
Chapter 535 - 531: The Auction Begins

Chapter 535: Chapter 531: The Auction Begins

Pfft—

Hearing the mantis’s words, Ye Lingchen laughed.

"This is easy, watch me."

Ye Lingchen said with a chuckle.

As he spoke, Ye Lingchen pressed a green button on the remote control on the coffee table.

ZZZ—

With a soft sound, the display on the wall turned on.

"Prince Ye, what are your orders?"

A woman appeared on the display.

To be precise, a disciple of the Tang Sect.

"Have Qin Lan come up!"

Ye Lingchen leaned back on the sofa, speaking lazily.

"Got it!"

"Please wait a moment, Prince Ye."

The Tang Sect disciple on the display smiled and said.

One minute later!

Knock knock knock—

The door of the Superior No.1 Room was knocked.

Ye Lingchen pressed a button on the remote control.

A small display appeared on the door.

Qin Lan’s figure appeared on the display outside the door.

Qin Lan noticed it, and as the door camera moved, she knew someone inside the room was watching her.

Qin Lan looked up at the camera, showing a smile she thought charming, and spoke with a slight fawning tone, "Prince Ye, I’m here."

Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao raised an eyebrow.

"So high-tech?"

Fang Xiaocao was a bit surprised.

Originally, Fang Xiaocao thought that the so-called Superior No.1 Room was just luxuriously decorated.

She didn’t expect that there would be hidden high-tech gadgets everywhere.

"This is just the beginning."

Ye Lingchen seemed to take it for granted.

"Watch me!"

Ye Lingchen said playfully.

He picked up a microphone.

"I have a germ phobia, if you’re afraid of being dirty then don’t come in. Go out and buy me a case of iced mineral water and a case of iced cola. What a crappy room, all just junk drinks, not even cola or mineral water."

Ye Lingchen’s words were transmitted through the microphone to the speaker on the room door, and then conveyed to Qin Lan’s ears outside the door.

Through the display on the door, Fang Xiaocao and her companions could clearly see Qin Lan’s expression change dramatically.

A trace of resentment flickered in her eyes.

Fang Xiaocao knew that Ye Lingchen was taking his own way to get revenge for himself.

Fang Xiaocao’s heart warmed, and she looked at Ye Lingchen with even softer eyes.

This silly brother, she accepted him.

Fang Xiaocao vowed to try not to bully Ye Lingchen in the future.

Even if she did, she would try to be gentle.

"Didn’t you hear what I said?"

Ye Lingchen shouted into the microphone.

"Yes!"

"I’ll go buy it right away!"

Qin Lan put away the expression on her face, responded respectfully, and turned to walk quickly downstairs.

"Tsk—"

Ye Lingchen scoffed and put down the microphone in his hand.

"My dad said that if you have privileges, you shouldn’t waste them, you need to deal with her like this."

Ye Lingchen said with a chuckle.

Hearing Ye Lingchen’s words, Fang Xiaocao smiled and thought to herself, "This Head of the Ye Family, whom I’ve only heard of but never met, is quite a character."

Five minutes later!

Qin Lan returned to the door of the Superior No.1 Room with two cases of water and cola.

Knock knock knock—

Qin Lan knocked on the private room door.

"Prince Ye, I’m back."

Qin Lan called out.

"I’ve seen it."

Ye Lingchen responded lazily.

Fang Xiaocao smiled: "Mantis, you go."

"Yes, Princess Your Highness!"

Mantis nodded in response.

Turned and opened the private room door.

Seeing the door open, Qin Lan wanted to enter the room with two cases of water and cola.

But was stopped by Mantis reaching out: "Lady Qin Lan, sorry, Prince Ye has a germ phobia, you are not suitable to enter, it’s better to hand it over to me."

Mantis was indeed a sly guy.

Helping Fang Xiaocao to vent her anger was inevitable for her.

A single sentence almost made Qin Lan explode with anger.

Fortunately, Qin Lan was calm enough.

Especially when she saw Long Lie.

Qin Lan had to force herself to calm down.

If she didn’t, her body might soon grow cold.

Mantis lifted two cases of water and cola with one hand.

Before Qin Lan could react...

Bang—

Closed the private room door.

Startling Qin Lan to the point she almost bumped her nose.

One hour later!

The display in the private room showed the Tang Sect disciple from before.

"Prince Ye, the auction has started. We will provide you with a live broadcast of the entire auction process through this display. If there’s an auction item you’re interested in, you can participate in the bidding using the remote control. Your bid will be promptly received by the auctioneer and on the big screen at the auction house."

After speaking, the display flashed.

The Tang Sect disciple disappeared from the screen.

The auction site appeared on the display.

"Now, for the first auction item."

"A gilt-bronze Buddha statue from the Tang Dynasty."

"A palace collection from the Zhen Guan Period."

"The auction item has no reserve price. The first bidder automatically bids five million."

The auctioneer on the screen shouted.

With the auctioneer’s call, soon there was a frenzy of bidding.

Quickly, this Tang Dynasty gilt-bronze Buddha had its price bid up to fifty million.

Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao took a deep breath. Just a Tang Dynasty gilt-bronze Buddha costs fifty million.

The ancient painting she wanted to acquire, named Shu Han Romance, how much would that cost?

The few billion in her hands...

She didn’t know if it would be enough.

Fang Xiaocao began to worry in her heart.

One by one, the auction items were being bid on and sold.

In half an hour, seven items had been auctioned off.

The lowest-priced auction item was twenty-five million.

The highest-priced item reached two hundred million, which was taken by the pawnshop.

Fang Xiaocao wanted to mess with the pawnshop and raise the price, but when she thought about her own need to bid on the ancient painting later, she restrained herself.

Develop stealthily, don’t act recklessly!

"The next auction item is an ancient painting named Shu Han Romance. It is said that when Emperor Zhao Lie of Han was ennobling the Five Tiger Generals, he ordered the then-leader of the Five-Dou Rice Sect to personally paint this life-sized painting of Emperor Zhao Lie of Han with the Five Tiger Generals."

"Legend is legend, no longer verifiable, but through carbon-14 tests and expert examination in the field of ancient paintings, this painting is indeed from the late Three Kingdoms Period, early Jin Dynasty."

The auctioneer introduced the ancient painting named Shu Han Romance in a loud voice.

"Enough said, let the auction begin."

"This Shu Han Romance starts at one hundred million. Each bid increase is defaulted to one hundred million. The auction begins."

As the auctioneer announced the start of the Shu Han Romance auction, Fang Xiaocao’s heart grew tense.

Fang Xiaocao didn’t know how many people had their eyes on this painting, but she knew that if what the auctioneer said was true, then Zuo Ci definitely knew the story behind it.

Knew the authenticity of the painting.

Would Zuo Ci covet this painting?

Did Zuo Ci know the secret of the painting?

Fang Xiaocao took a deep breath and didn’t rush to bid. She wanted to see how many people would bid.

And if Zuo Ci would make a move!

Bidding rashly now would attract attention from those with ulterior motives, and that’s not what Fang Xiaocao wanted.

"Two hundred million!"

"Five hundred million!"

"Eight hundred million!"

The bids climbed rapidly.

Soon it shot up from one hundred million to eight hundred million.