Imperial Treasure

Chapter 474 - 322 She Doesn’t Follow Entertainment News, Odd Person?

Chapter 322

Gong Jiu?!!

Xiao Xianting was astonished, but suddenly thought of the people he had been keeping an eye on in Sui Yi’s circle. His sister seemed to have noticed something, yet he had never imagined that she would think it was Gong Jiu.

"I can hardly believe you would suspect Gong Jiu," Xiao Xianting couldn’t help but doubt whether his sister, who had always been known as the one with the highest emotional intelligence in the Xiao family, was having a brain short circuit.

Still, he managed to keep a straight face, appearing very dismissive of the topic.

Gong Jiu?

That woman? A woman!!?

Hehe~~

"Could it be someone else? Flower Demon?" Xiao Ran asked with an amused smile.

Flower Demon... isn’t even as good as Gong Jiu!

"Can’t it be someone else?" Xiao Xianting squinted his eyes and said indifferently.

"Yo, it looks like there really is someone... But most of the people around Sui Yi are exceptionally beautiful and have outstanding temperaments. Could it be that you’ve taken a fancy to Miss Jiang? Or the Eastern Lady who came later? Anyway, I think each of them is quite impressive..."

Why can’t it be her?

Xiao Xianting was about to say something... when he heard his sister say, "But Sui Yi and they all interact on an equal footing, and Ranjun likes Sui Yi. If you like them, and if that kid Ranjun is fortunate enough to move a lady’s heart, the family hierarchy will certainly be interesting in the future."

"..."

Xiao Xianting looked down and then said emotionlessly, "If I really like her, hierarchy is not a problem."

No, why am I saying this? I hope my sister didn’t catch on...

Xiao Ran nodded, "Indeed, it’s not a problem. I think Ranjun wouldn’t mind either."

Xiao Xianting: "... No, I."

Dammit! Sis, where’s your EQ? You can’t even catch that!

Xiao Ran: "Quick, Yi Chilian is about to buy the lot!"

Xiao Xianting snapped back to reality.

Only to see the hammer had already fallen.

"Congratulations, Mr. Yi..."

Damn!

Xiao Xianting kept a stony face, his eyes seeming to spit fire, and the assistant sitting behind him suddenly shuddered.

Yet Xiao Ran turned her face away with a corner of her mouth hooked upwards.

Oh, little brother, do you know your EQ just now wasn’t zero! It was infinitely negative!

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The auctioneer, a famous host, had just brought the hammer down, smiling as he said, "Congratulations, Mr. Yi, for purchasing the ’Supreme Goodness like Water Painting’ from the time of Emperor Taizong of Tang for eighty million."

A deal sealed with a bang!

Eighty million... Not long ago, Xiao Xianting had bought a jade bracelet for twenty million, attracting many eyes. Among the rich people here, Xiao Xianting’s looks definitely ranked at the very top. Even Li Ling had said he was handsomer than those popular young actors in the entertainment industry...

But Yi Chilian, with apparently higher looks, batted an eyelid and bid eighty million.

A very low-key but overwhelmingly powerful move!

As soon as the auction ended,

a plethora of flashlights immediately moved from Xiao Xianting to converge upon Yi Chilian.

If Xiao Xianting was known to everybody in the Provincial City as the business world’s White Wolf, then Yi Chilian was the mysteriously unpredictable ’Supreme Goodness like Water’ lotus.

Elegant as a celestial exile, but when she spoke...

"Mr. Yi, are you certain that the painting you spent so much money on is an authentic piece?"

The teeth of most journalists are sharp, and every question is laced with traps.

Yi Chilian didn’t even lift her eyes, "Would I spend money on fake goods?"

How should one respond to that?

The reporter was stumped by the counter-question, internally cursing how could this rich person not follow the script, say something ambiguous so there’s some leeway to work with, and what’s with that utter disdain in your voice!

It felt like not only their vision but also their IQ and EQ were being ridiculed...

And every cell in their body.

This journalist backed down, but another seamlessly picked up, "Mr. Yi, you rarely attend such auctions. Did you participate this time because of a past connection with the owner of Sui Tang Square?"

Mr. Yi: "What about this kind of auction? Do you think it’s not good?"

Journalist: "No, that’s not what I meant"

Mr. Yi: "You work on the entertainment pages, don’t you?"

Uh, can I say no?

"Cough cough, no."

"Then there’s no need for me to answer."

Holy crap!

What does that even mean? I am though!

An entertainment page journalist quickly chimed in: "I am, I am. Mr. Yi, please answer the previous question."

The other journalist stared in disbelief!

Yi Chilian’s expression unchanged, she looked at the journalist languidly, "It’s no use that you are. She never reads the entertainment pages."

Damn! This is going to kill all journalists!

The journalists were about to throw their microphones in annoyance, but they quickly realized, wait!?

Her?

Oh my!

This definitely had the rhythm of a romance!

The journalists were fired up...

But he saw Yi Chilian walk out...

Outside was the main sales hall, suddenly, his steps halted, and he looked at the completely renovated exhibition hall before him, his eyebrows arched involusively.

Then the media that had followed behind him were also taken aback,

"My God!"

"What is this?"

"So many jewels...."

The auction lasted for an hour and a half, with over thirty items ranked, the value of which people hadn’t even calculated yet, when the media saw the not-small cabinets in the exhibition hall filled with dazzling jewelry, mostly jade, the various colors of the jade light were simply blinding.

Three hundred display cabinets surprisingly contained an additional twenty or so independent, separate cabinets with jewelry inside...

"Yellow Jade!"

"Heavenly Water Jade!"

"Is that Emperor Green?!"

"No, it’s not Emperor Green, but it’s definitely glass-type jade...!"

After the auction, the many wealthy people who were still discussing it were either in a satisfied state from bidding on treasures, or in a state of loss from not bidding, but suddenly in this state, seeing the exhibition hall that was completely different from an hour and a half ago, upon seeing the dazzling array of jewelry...

After a start,

Lin Yun came out from the back, smiling, "Welcome all distinguished guests and media friends as the first wave of customers to our Sui Tang Square’s jewelry exhibit, please~~"

Surprise, absolute surprise!

The crowd laughed and swarmed toward those jewels and jades...

Yi Chilian looked towards Gong Jiu and company, her eyes slightly sparkling, a very nice idea, but definitely not her own.

That person would never resort to such deceptive means.

Not that she couldn’t think of it, but that she wouldn’t use it.

It also proved that the owner of Sui Tang Square, who everyone called a dark horse in the jewelry world, didn’t really care about it.

So she didn’t come.

"That owner of Sui Tang Square actually didn’t come!"

Many people deep down were feeling this kind of surprise as well.

The media were filming the exhibition hall on one hand and asking Gong Jiu on the other hand,

"Miss Gong, it’s said that you hold shares in this Sui Tang Square, but you are not the owner of this shop, is that correct?"

"Yes"

"So the real owner of Sui Tang Square is the enigmatic young woman previously rumored on the Internet?... Why didn’t she come today?"

Media is an invisible sword, even the wealthy and powerful must manage their reputation well, otherwise, ruin could come in just a few swings of these people’s pens.

Especially businessmen, need to be even more attentive.

And the media also fears those with power and influence, it’s a respect given silently on both sides.

So Gong Jiu did not neglect this question, squared her shoulders, curled her lips, and smiled, "She doesn’t like such occasions."

Businessmen who don’t like such occasions?

And, not liking it means not coming?

Such a wilful answer, but thinking back to the statements Lin Yun had relayed in a previous report, one might guess the independence and obstinacy in the character of the owner of Sui Tang Square.

"Doesn’t like it?" Pu Qinghan, who was also being interviewed by the media, was surprised to hear Gong Jiu’s words, such that she hesitated when a reporter asked her why she came to the auction, whether she received any special invitations, and ended up directly admitting she did.

After the answer, she frowned, and Li Ling’s face also changed.

This wasn’t good; the media might make up stories after leaving, considering there were many rich people here, and before, Qinghan had no other relationship with Sui Tang Square...

"Next, our Sui Tang Square will establish a dedicated sales building and will also create our own brand, of course, we need to invite some stars that match the style of Sui Tang Square for endorsements..." Lin Yun looked toward Pu Qinghan and smiled, "I wonder if Miss Pu would be willing to accept the invitation from our Sui Tang Square?"

The surroundings buzzed with excitement.

Pu Qinghan suddenly recalled the meaningful glance Sui Yi had given her at the stadium.

Meaningful.

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Over at Yujiang Mountain, Sui Yi received a happy call from Gong Jiu, listening while flipping through a book, and after a while, he said, "Xiao Xianting and Yi Chilian came?"

"Yes, yes, those two big spenders spent over a hundred million on auction items and jewelry... Sui Yi, you guys..."

"Big spenders?" Sui Yi asked coolly.

"Okay, they have an eye for gems," Gong Jiu immediately corrected herself, "but those two... hehe~~"

The fascination for gossip never dies, does it?

Sui Yi felt his usual imposing presence might still not be enough, otherwise, why would Miss Gong be so bold?

"Xiao Xianting has an opening ceremony for Purple Sand in the afternoon, he sent me an invitation"

"Oh? I know about that.. but I didn’t know he secretly sent you an invite, he didn’t even invite me despite me being so rich!.. Do you suspect he is using a hundred million here for advertising?"

"No," Sui Yi lightly pressed his fingertips to his eyebrows, "not to that extent."

Such a self-conceited person, always good at getting something for nothing, one hundred million is too much, it would hurt his pride.

But his true intentions were unknown.

"So do you plan to go?"

Knock, knock, knock, Sui Yi’s fingers tapped a third time, just about to say no, when he suddenly heard Gong Jiu with a strange tone, "Sui Yi, we’ve got a strange person in our store."

"Hmm?"

"He bought ten pieces of jewelry, including two of Yellow Jade and Blue Eyes that we used to keep the prices down, amounting to almost three hundred million... He gave me something, said it was for the owner of Sui Tang Square... that’s you, it looks like a belt, but I can’t read the writing on it... very strange, I’ll take a photo and show you first."

"Okay."

Sui Yi quickly saw the photo Gong Jiu sent.

In the photo, there was a table, and on the table lay a belt... certainly not a modern belt, but an ancient one, moon-white, with faint silver patterns, and the threadwork seen in the photo itself was astonishing, the patterns on it... eerily familiar.

Sui Yi unconsciously gripped his phone. (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote, recommend tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)