Rise of the Wasteland

Chapter 419 You Forced Me to Do This

"Gentlemen and ladies, please be quiet. ??? ? Wen Wen? ? ?? We will start the official auction, first let us look at today's first artwork painting "Venus and Adonis". "

The hammer-wielding auctioneer walked up to the stage, and someone placed a medium-sized painting on the easel beside him. As soon as this painting was painted, the atmosphere in the entire auction venue suddenly heated up, even becoming hotter, and the scene that had calmed down just now was full of whispers again.

The auctioneer was very satisfied with the sensation he had caused by the heavy gunfire. When Brigitte, who was sitting in the corner, saw the painting being put up, she immediately clenched her hands and stared straight at her eyes. She scolded in an unladylike way: "These damned thieves, they are profane, profane the sacred art."

On the other hand, Zhou Qingfeng was a little puzzled by the commotion at the venue. He asked strangely, "Is this painting special?"

If others showed their ignorance like this, Xu Yun would feel contemptuous in her heart. But Zhou Qingfeng's wise and funny image has already been planted in the heart of Miss Tianhou, but now his bewildered look is somewhat real and cute.

Xu Yun was even happy in her heart, and after careful consideration, she explained: "The author of this painting is Titian, who is known as the father of oil painting. His works represent the beginning of an era, and even influenced the three masters of the Renaissance. Raphael and Michelangelo in it. It’s also a very interesting painting, a story about incest,  …”

Listening to Xu Yun telling the stories behind the oil paintings, Zhou Qingfeng realized that he didn't even have a superficial understanding of artworks. He said weakly: "Isn't the Renaissance people like Picasso? Where did Titian come from?"

"Hahaha, the era in which Picasso lived was far behind the Renaissance." Xu Yun's stomach ached from laughing at Zhou Qingfeng's silly appearance. She pulled the man's arm and almost leaned against his generous chest, feeling in her heart. The joy almost forced her to say the three words of confession.

It's just that this sudden strong emotion was destroyed by the scorching auction venue. There was a bang of a hammer, and after a dozen rounds of fierce bidding, the auctioneer sold the painting.

The sound of the hammer shattered Xu Yun's charming mind, she managed to calm down, and when she heard the auction price on the stage, she couldn't help sticking out her tongue and said, "It's too expensive, I can't afford it. "

The world has been peaceful for too long, and the prices of all kinds of artworks have been rising steadily, even the current black market prices are staggering. Xu Yun looked at Zhou Qingfeng, and said with a little embarrassment, "I haven't had any income for the past few years, and I'm almost bankrupt. It seems that I can't find a bargain if I want to."

The dignified singer actually said that she was going bankrupt. If this news were released, the entire entertainment industry would explode. But Xu Yun's heart was surging today, taking the opportunity of being alone with Zhou Qingfeng,

I really want to express all the distressed thoughts in my heart, "Would you like to hear about my business?"

Xu Yun's words were almost begging. She didn't have many friends and worked hard in the entertainment industry alone, but there were thousands of pairs of eyes on her. Generous, elegant, confident, and proud, she actually wanted to be weak for a while, but she couldn't find anyone to confide in.

"Speak, I'm listening." Zhou Qingfeng gently held the woman's catkin. In this increasingly fierce auction venue, the two men and women treated others as if they had nothing to do, and only cared about expressing their feelings.

Xu Yun felt that her heart was extremely calm, and her usual anxiety disappeared. She leaned on the man's shoulder and said softly: "I haven't released a new song for several years, but I can't do anything else. I can only sing. Someone invited me Going to TV shows and commercials, but I just can't do it.

In the past ten years or so, I have lived a luxurious life, and my monthly expenses are very high. After being sought after by people all the year round, I suddenly found that I might not be able to sing, and I became extremely panicked. Everyone calls me Queen of Heaven, but I'm actually just an ordinary girl!

I can't find a song that I like, and the songwriters have already told me behind my back that I'm too picky. The current music world is already secretly waiting to see my jokes, but I really don't want to sing songs that don't suit my heart. It's ridiculous, but it happened to me.

I'm like a little mouse locked in a cage, and I've reached the point where I have nowhere to go. I thought about changing, but I didn't know how to change. In the past two years, I have suffered from severe insomnia, and I have to rely on sleeping pills to fall asleep. I even suffered from anorexia. I was very hungry, but I couldn't eat, and I threw up when I ate.

However, I ate well and slept well in the past two or three days, and my assistants said that my complexion had improved greatly. do you know? I always thought that I would be insulated from love all my life, but now I find that the person who suits me has not appeared. "

Miss Tianhou's forehead was sweating, and drops of water could be seen on the tip of her nose. She stared at Zhou Qingfeng firmly, feeling that as a girl, she was at her limit to be able to speak to this extent, so now it's time for the boy in front of her to say something? Even coaxing her would be fine!

"But I, I am."

"That's not what I want to hear."

"Are you sure I'm right for you?"

"I want to hear a word of affirmation, no excuses."

Under Xu Yun's burning eyes, Zhou Qingfeng opened his mouth several times but didn't say anything. After waiting for more than ten minutes, Xu Yun's eager heart gradually turned cold. When she found that she couldn't get the words she wanted, a wave of hatred even arose in her heart, and she said with sorrow, "Are you so cruel? I don't ask you anything, just a word of comfort? "

After saying this, Xu Yun's strong self-esteem made it impossible for him to continue sitting beside Zhou Qingfeng. She got up abruptly, lowered her head and sprinted away, holding back her tears and quickly left the auction venue.

But Zhou Qingfeng sighed, and said to himself: "It seems that I am only suitable for the overlord's domineering and domineering, such a pure love and passionate love can't be dealt with! Seeing this girl so pitiful, I actually gave birth to a child." Feeling guilty."

See you the next day, Xu Yun returned to normal. She was still smiling with Feng Wan, and the two women continued to wander around on the cruise ship, but she no longer flirted with Zhou Qingfeng. Originally, she liked to watch Zhou Qingfeng eat and drink all kinds of delicacies, but this time her anorexia came again, so she could only watch and drink nutrient solution secretly to replenish her strength.

The auction continued. Since there were only ten collections in each auction, it took five or six days for more than fifty collections to be auctioned. During this period of time, Erwin and Brigitte used the channel of CA to contact several members who participated in the auction and successfully bought all the outflowing paintings.

And Xu Yun would come to every auction, but she no longer brought Zhou Qingfeng with her. She occasionally raised a sign, but in the end she failed to sell because the price was too high. Until the finale painting "Madonna, Child and Saints" was put on the easel, it came from Raphael, one of the three masters of the Renaissance.

"This is Raphael's most important altarpiece. It has been in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of New York for more than a hundred years. It must be bought and cannot be left in the hands of others." With a deep understanding of its importance, this last painting is extremely representative both in terms of artistic and historical value.

But Erwin ran out of money, and the black market prices of more than 50 artworks were far beyond his estimate. CA has specially prepared 200 million cash for this case and stored it in the cruise ship's safe. This huge sum of money is enough to bury several living people. But now the money has also been consumed.

"We're out of money."

"How many are left?"

"It's less than five million."

"Damn it, go get some money. Let's hope no one bids us up."

But something unexpected happened, Xu Yun, who had never sold any works, was determined to buy this painting this time, even though she didn't like that painting at all.

Never been in a relationship, the heartbroken woman who really liked a man for the first time, went into a paranoid state of mind. She almost self-destructively invested all the money she had left and ended up embarrassing CA's top agents.

"three million."

"Three and a half million."

"four million."

"Four and a half million."

"five million."

"Five and a half million."

After round after round of bids, Erwin couldn't bear it anymore. The ruthless woman was completely unreasonable and forced him to the end. The plan to contract all the paintings fell through, and what was missing was the treasure of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

If he knew the reason behind this, Erwin would definitely point at Zhou Qingfeng's nose and scold furiously: Wouldn't it be good if you coaxed this woman? Letting you sleep for free but pretending to be innocent, actually letting her out to harm us? Do you know how serious the consequences of this matter are? You forced me to do the next thing. (To be continued.)

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