novelraw Chapter 340 - 183: Wow, the Lin Family Sisters Were Actually Rejected by a Ride-Hailing Driver_3
Chapter 340 - 183: Wow, the Lin Family Sisters Were Actually Rejected by a Ride-Hailing Driver_3
Yang Chen: "Mm. I got it. You take care of Zhang Jieying’s matter first."
Soon, Zhang Jieying received a call from the hospital, informing her that she was hired and could start work the next day.
Not long after, the news reached Renmin Hospital.
The dean angrily called Dean Li at Longmei Hospital to question why Zhang Jieying was hired, and Dean Li chuckled, saying, "Why do we need to explain our actions to you?"
These people following Yang Chen will eventually become kings of persuasion.
The lawsuit was represented by Zhang Xiang, and the job matter was settled.
Zhang Jieying was very happy and bought a lot of groceries to make a hearty dinner to thank Yang Chen.
After dinner, Zhang Jieying asked Yuan Xiaozao to see Yang Chen out.
Yuan Xiaozao is directionally challenged and usually doesn’t go out at night.
However, to see Yang Chen out, she agreed.
The two of them went to the parking lot, and because Yang Chen had drunk a little, he needed to wait for the alcohol to metabolize before driving, so they chatted in the car.
"Brother Chen, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, my mom might not have pulled through this time, and our family would have been shattered. You have been a great help to our whole family, and I really don’t know how to repay you. So... let me give you another kiss." Yuan Xiaozao said, then leaned over and kissed Yang Chen.
"Girl, wasn’t it supposed to be just one kiss?"
"So, you’re treating one continuous kiss as just one?"
As it approached eleven o’clock, Yang Chen had to go home.
Only then did Yuan Xiaozao reluctantly get out of the car, hobbling back home while clutching her stomach.
...
Early the next morning, Xue Yinong came to talk to Yang Chen about something.
On Friday night, a charity dinner would be held at the Peninsula Hotel’s No. 1 banquet hall, and Xue Yinong had sent those four paintings for auction.
Moreover, she had found experts and plants, ensuring the price would be pushed to at least 10 million per painting.
If Yang Chen had time, he could join the excitement.
After all, watching others fiercely bid high prices for one’s own paintings should be quite a unique feeling, right?
Just hearing this made Yang Chen feel a bit excited inside.
The idea that collectors would fight desperately over paintings he casually painted must be some immortal feeling.
Yang Chen agreed and accepted the two invitations from Xue Yinong.
After two days of revisions, Yuan Xiaozao had rewritten the latest Chapters of "You and the Spring Breeze are Both Passersby," incorporating Yang Chen as a character.
Indeed, she directly used Yang Chen’s name as the domineering CEO’s name, becoming the last test for the female and male leads, proving that love must withstand tests of wealth, status, and many other factors to be called love, and Yang Chen’s character was meant to test the couple’s love.
Therefore, Yuan Xiaozao would use real stories about Yang Chen as plots to shape this character.
For example, dining at a high-end hotel and damaging a painting without having to pay, or breaking a vase without compensation.
With real-life examples, Yuan Xiaozao found it quite easy to shape Yang Chen’s character.
The moment Yang Chen’s character appeared, it quickly caught the readers’ attention.
In the book’s review section, many Cinderella types were leaving dream-filled comments.
"Author, the revised plot is so much better. The character Yang Chen is really great, I’ve already fallen for him."
"I feel like the Yang Chen described by the author is the image of the Prince Charming I’ve always had in mind. I wonder who should play this role when the novel is adapted into a drama?"
"What’s the deal with the hater above? You can choose not to love, but don’t harm. Is it fun to slander my brother like this?"
"Darn! I’m a true fan, almost led astray by the hater above. So uncivilized, we’re not bashing your brother, yet you’re here to bash ours, it’s too much!"
...
Yang Chen finished reading the new plot and laughed openly after checking the comments.
However, this indeed showed that the novel Yuan Xiaozao wrote was still popular towards the end, and when adapted into a drama, it would likely draw viewers.
At seven o’clock on Friday evening, Yang Chen brought Yu Shishi to the Peninsula Hotel’s No. 1 banquet hall.
Tonight’s charity auction was jointly organized by Christie’s and several art collection companies.
Each company operated some auction items to be auctioned tonight.
Zhang Quan’s mother Liu Xiuling’s Xiuling Art Collection Evaluation and Sales Company managed the four paintings Yinong bought from Yang Chen.
Xue Yinong gave Liu Xiuling an order: these four paintings must be guaranteed to sell for at least 10 million each, or she won’t pay any fees.
Liu Xiuling agreed but proposed a condition that if the auction didn’t go well, she would have her people bid, pushing the price above 10 million for sale.
However, after all procedures, Liu Xiuling would return the paintings to Xue Yinong, and Xue Yinong wouldn’t actually take the money.
In essence, it was a scheme to push the price of these four paintings above 10 million.
Xue Yinong’s goal was to hype these four paintings so the market recognizes their value as over 10 million.
As long as this goal could be achieved, even if it required some behind-the-scenes manipulation, it didn’t matter.
Actually, those familiar with the auction industry know that there’s a lot of manipulation involved.
Many items fetching high prices don’t mean they’re worth that much; sometimes someone manipulates the scene, intentionally driving up item prices, giving gifts, laundering money, etc.
Yang Chen and Yu Shishi found a discreet place to sit down.