Chapter 55: Dragon's Tree House Bookstore
Duan Yun's leave application was finally approved. Lin Yuyu, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", was afraid that he would call himself a 'bad boss' behind his back, so he had to do what he wanted.
On the other hand, in order to make up for the backward work progress, Lin Yuan worked overtime again tonight and worked with Lin Yuyu until nine o'clock.
This time, Lin Yuyu seems to have a little courage to face her love. After announcing that she would get off work, she nervously ran to her sweetheart and asked, "Do you want to go to supper together?" It should be compensated for overtime. ”
"Okay, let's find a dumpling restaurant to eat!"
At the same time, Luo Haoru was holding the phone at this time to ask someone for supper, and the other party was An Xiaoyi.
"Miss An, let's come out and have something to eat together. Let's talk about the follow-up funding, I want to expand the investment. ”
An Xiaoyi, as a girl from a military family, has a very strict family education, and she can't come out at all so late. She was worried that her refusal would displease investors, so she apologized vigorously on the phone.
"Oh, that's right. It's okay. Luo Haoru seemed very generous, "Otherwise, there will be an art exhibition and auction the day after tomorrow, which is held by my family." How about we meet there and talk? ”
An Xiaoyi grabbed her phone and nodded into the air, "Okay, I'll be on time!" ”
Putting down the phone, Luo Haoru's hearty expression disappeared from his face. At this point, he couldn't laugh at all. He had suffered more humiliation in one week than he had in more than twenty years combined.
First, his biological mother's cheating was exposed, and now his father is locked in his room and his freedom is restricted. He himself was forcibly dragged for a paternity test this morning.
But it's nothing.
After returning from the hospital, Luo Haoru visited his mother and revealed what happened today. He wanted to hear her say from his mother, 'You're your father's own flesh and blood.' ’
However, what he saw was his mother's guilty dodgy gaze. The answer is coming out.
"MD, that mean woman!" Thinking of this, Luo Haoru gritted his teeth in anger. "The part of the money that my father gave me to take care of must be transferred as soon as possible, before he recovers it."
He didn't think that his perfectionist father would allow his wild seed to stay in the family when he had the eldest son. Being kicked out of the house is the best-case scenario, and he needs to be prepared for it.
It's a pity that his current social circle completely coincides with the Longxin Group, all of them are business partners, all of them are exposed to his father's sight, and the transfer to these people and institutions does not play an insurance role. There are a few fox friends and dog friends, but I can't believe any of them.
Only An Xiaoyi, a scheming little girl who has just known each other for a short time, is most suitable for serving as a temporary treasury.
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On the day of the auction, Duan Yun was wearing the clothes that Ren Ruoruo bought for him on the day of the killing, and stood at the entrance of his house waiting for Kemi Chen's people to drive over to pick him up.
As a result, what was waiting for was a blonde purebred girl.
"Get in the car, I was deceived by navigation software and wasted a lot of time on the road. It's almost too late! ”
This girl speaks in English, Duan Yun listened to her self-introduction after getting in the car, and knew that her name was Van Niss, one of Kemi Chen's assistants, and she had just been transferred because she had a driver's license from country X after working for a few months, and she just got off the plane yesterday.
Duan Yun didn't talk to her, after all, this girl's boss was that kind of big liar, and every word in her mouth could be fake. Ignoring it is the best policy.
The venue is the flagship store of Dragonsin Group's largest bookstore in the city, Dragon's Treehouse. (The prototype is the concept bookstore 'Cat's Sky Castle')
There are two bookstore brands under the Luo family, 'Dragon's Tree House' is more geared towards young people, more functional, and suitable for holding some small events. The other 'Dragon Heart Book City' is relatively traditional and serious, and is the preferred target of the writers' book signings.
The car was parked in front of the bookstore, and it was crowded like a concert, and it was impossible to squeeze in.
"I've never seen so many people in front of a bookstore?" Duan Yun looked around, and always felt a little strange.
In the last two days, he had seen the news of the auction on the local news, but he only read the headline and didn't click on it. Now I grabbed my mobile phone and searched it, and found that several big-name entrepreneurs were invited over, saying that there were several speeches for entrepreneurs.
"Well, that makes sense."
In addition to reporters in the economic and cultural circles, there are also a large number of college students and young people who are eager to start a business. Coupled with Leonardo da Vinci's "Portrait of Isabella in Esther", it is not surprising that this Golden Week tourist attraction is a big picture.
The car couldn't get in, so Fanny took out his work card and hung it on his chest, and squeezed in with Duan Yun through the slightly less crowded back door.
There are still twenty minutes before the exhibition, but there are already some people in the bookstore. Their looks are stranger than the other, men are mainly long-haired, women are mainly bald, and they are either minimalist or dressed in 'sacks'.
Fanny whispered to Duan Yun: "They are all artists of the new generation in the mainland, and their paintings are also going to be auctioned today." ”
"Oh?" Duan Yun was very curious when he heard this, "The real auction, or the kind that is right-handed?" ”
Fanny said with a smile that this kind of thing is tacitly known to everyone, and it is vulgar to say it. Despite this, she pointed out two of the young artists, saying: "Their works will be sold for 100,000 yuan today." Renminbi. Bought by Boss Ma of QQ Group. Then she pointed out a few, "These people's will be bought by Boss Lei of Xiaodou Company at a price of about 50,000 yuan." ”
The collection of these up-and-coming artists by these corporate stars naturally attracts many middle-class people to follow suit and start their art collecting journey. This is the same as finding a celebrity endorsement for luxury goods.
For the middle class, it is their natural attribute to imitate the life and consumption of high-end people. After all, everyone needs to be self-identified and needs to go further. Such imitations can fill their emptiness in this regard.
As for the bigwigs, Vanney said they were chatting with Kemi Chan on the third floor. The auction is quite famous in the fashion world and the international collection of paintings, but it is the kind of shame that it is not a show of face but a sight.
Kemi Chen relied on his foreign connections and favors to bring in these domestic bigwigs, hoping to develop one or two members to make up for the losses.
Duan Yun had no interest in celebrities, and was wandering around the first floor of the bookstore, which had been dressed up as a gallery. Vanney accompanied him as a sideman.
As soon as he walked two steps, he saw Luo Haoru and An Xiaoyi admiring a few paintings worth thousands of dollars. They are all children's plays by some modern foreign masters, and they are similar to stick figures. It doesn't have much artistic value, but you can buy it for a collection with the artist's signature.
Seeing that the two had developed a relationship of coming out on a date, Duan Yun was almost so angry that he vomited blood.
He kept telling himself in his heart, 'Bear with it any longer, endure it until next week, and Luo Haoru will be finished.' ’
Having said that, he was very worried that An Xiaoyi would have fallen into the clutches of the devil, in that case it would be a big sin. In order to find out the truth, he took off his iron ring to summon the apocalyptic world, and verified it in person in front of other girls.
When he came back, he breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, that stupid girl's chastity is still there." ”