Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan walked out, Feng Yong walked inside, the two sides happened to meet, Feng Yong was stunned for a moment, although he talked to Wang Yuan on the phone, but he had not met, so he didn't know Wang Yuan.

However, Feng Yong is a careful person, he saw Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan holding the scroll in their hands, and his deputy curators Zhang Zhang and Master Chen were standing behind with a blank expression, Feng Yong guessed in his heart, so he immediately stopped and stretched out his hand to stop Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan.

"Stay, several." Feng Yong said with a smile, "Excuse me, have you called me before, and how many works of art do you want to sell?" ”

Li Chengqian didn't speak, Wang Yuan opened his mouth and said, "We are in contact with Director Feng Yong, are you Director Feng Yong?" ”

Feng Yong hurriedly stretched out his hand and shook Wang Yuan and said, "That's right, I'm Feng Yong, where are you going?" I haven't seen anything yet, so why are you leaving? ”

Wang Yuan said angrily, "Your deputy curator has no one in his eyes, thinking that our things are fakes and imitations, but he found a Master Chen, who has been firm from ten o'clock in the morning to the present, and it turns out that our things are still real, and we are very dissatisfied with his attitude, so we decided not to sell it!" ”

"There are thousands of people who are engaged in collecting, why should we be cheeky to beg you?" Wang Yuan snorted angrily and continued, "And ours is genuine, and some people rush to buy it, so they don't have to worry about not being able to sell it." ”

Feng Yong hurriedly said, "Don't be angry, I'll go and find out the situation." He took Wang Yuan and Li Chengqian's hands and said: "Deputy Director Zhang Zhang does not represent me, let alone our art museum, a few of you sit down first, drink a cup of tea to dissipate your anger, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." ”

After that, Feng Yong walked quickly towards Zhang Zhang and Master Chen, and he asked in a low voice, "Xiao Zhang, what's going on, tell me quickly." Previously, Zhang Zhang also reported the situation to Feng Yong, but the time was too tight at that time, and it was not clear on the phone, so Feng Yong only knew a general situation, so Zhang Zhang and Master Chen re-explained the specific process to Feng Yong.

After hearing this, Feng Yong immediately shook his head dissatisfiedly, and said to Zhang Li, "Xiao Zhang, you didn't do the right thing about this matter, how can you judge people by their appearance, now people are picking fault with us in this matter, and we have nothing to say." ”

Zhang Zhang also sensed his problem, and apologized in a low voice, "This matter is indeed what I did wrong, Curator, what should we do?" ”

"No matter what, I have to leave this painting today!" Feng Yong frowned and said, "This is a major event related to the future development of our art museum, no matter what kind of request and what kind of price the other party proposes, we can only accept it, otherwise once this painting flows into the hands of others, we will miss a great opportunity!" ”

After the three of them finished discussing, Feng Yong walked in front of Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan with Zhang Zhang and Master Chen, Feng Yong smiled and said, "Three distinguished guests, I have understood the matter clearly, the problem is indeed our own, I also severely criticized Deputy Director Zhang Li, he said that he would personally apologize sincerely to the three of them!" With that, he winked at Zhang Li.

Zhang Zhang immediately stepped forward, bowed ninety degrees to Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan, and said respectfully: "I'm sorry, it's my bad attitude towards you, this is not the behavior that a deputy curator should have, I sincerely apologize to you, I hope the three of you don't get off." ”

Wang Yuan saw that Zhang Zhang had already apologized, turned his head to look at Li Chengqian, and asked his opinion in a low voice, Li Chengqian was silent for a while, nodded and said, "We are not unreasonable people, since Deputy Director Zhang Zhang has realized his mistake, there is no need for us to hold on to this point, and we are also sincere in doing business, since the matter has been said, then turn it over." ”

As soon as Li Chengqian said these words, Feng Yong, Zhang Li and the other three suddenly looked happy and said with a smile, "Mr. Li is really open-minded, I believe that the two of us will definitely cooperate happily!" ”

So Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan sat in Zhang Li's office again, this time it was Feng Yong who was in charge of receiving them, and Zhang Zhang and Master Chen were only accompanying them.

Feng Yong poured tea for Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan, and was prepared by Chan'er with a glass of juice, he could see that Li Chengqian should be the leader among the three people, so he asked Li Chengqian with a smile, "Mr. Li, how much is your work going to sell?" ”

Feng Yong was actually prepared in his heart, he thought that Li Chengqian would definitely open his mouth, after all, this painting is not an ordinary famous painting, it is the work of Leonardo da Vinci, and it is also a treasure that has just been released. The lowest prices for Leonardo da Vinci's paintings in existence are more than $500 million!

Therefore, he estimated that Li Chengqian's oil painting called "Savior" would start at least $500 million!

Zhang Zhang and Master Chen also look like Li Chengqian, their thoughts are similar to Feng Yong's, and they also think that Li Chengqian will pay a sky-high price!

Li Chengqian smiled slightly and stretched out five fingers.

Feng Yong, Zhang Zhang and the others immediately understood it when they saw it, and secretly said in their hearts: "He really asked for 500 million US dollars!" At the same time, the three of them were secretly happy in their hearts, although the price Li Chengqian asked for was very high, but in the eyes of Feng Yong and Zhang Zhang and others, this painting still has a lot of room to rise, that is to say, if this painting is taken out for public auction, it can be sold for at least more than 800 million, and if you wait for a few more decades, maybe the price will become even higher!

"It seems that Mr. Li is a knowledgeable person!" Feng Yong rubbed his hands and smiled slightly, "The current market price of this painting is about 400 million, but because it is very precious, I can accept it if you want 500 million!" After speaking, he said to Zhang Li, "Go and bring my checkbook, and I'll write a check to Mr. Li." ”

Zhang Li immediately went to get it, but he heard Li Chengqian wave his hand and say, "No! You misunderstood, Director Feng Yong, I didn't ask for $500 million, but 50% of the total amount of this work at auction! ”

As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, everyone present was taken aback!

Wang Yuan and Chan'er were surprised: Why did Li Chengqian not take the $500 million that was coming in his hand immediately, and asked for the illusory 50 percent of the auction money? To be reasonable, anything can happen at auction, maybe the painting can sell for more than a billion dollars, or maybe it won't even sell for 500 million dollars, so they don't understand why Li Chengqian made such a choice.

Also incomprehensible are Feng Yong and Zhang Zhang and others, for them, Li Chengqian's choice is not suitable for him, and it can even be said that he has lost money! According to Feng Yong's estimates, this painting should be sold for about 800 million, which means that Li Chengqian will get 50 percent, which is only about 400 million US dollars, which is 100 million less than 500 million US dollars!

Of course, it is also possible to sell for more than one billion, but this probability is too small for most people to gamble.

Feng Yong said to Li Chengqian in disbelief, "Has Mr. Li made a decision?" I must remind you that the market of oil paintings, like stocks, will go up and down, maybe the price will be very high, maybe it will be surprisingly low, so you must think about it, and you will not be able to regret what you have decided. ”

Li Chengqian smiled and said indifferently, "I've already thought about it, so I'll do as I say." ”

Feng Yong nodded, he and the tension next to him glanced at each other, and they both saw a look of surprise in the other party's eyes, the reason is very simple, no matter what price this painting sells for in the auction house, they will make a sure profit.

They were happy in their hearts, when they suddenly heard Li Chengqian say again: "But...... I also have a request, which is that our identities should not be disclosed to the public. ”

"It's nature!" Zhang Zhang hurriedly said, "Our art museum is reputable and will definitely keep it confidential for customers, so you can rest assured." ”

"I believe in the credibility of your museum, but this kind of thing is better off on paper, and it is safer." Li Chengqian looked at Feng Yong and said, "Please ask Director Feng to draft a contract, and then write all our treaties into it." ”

Feng Yong nodded hurriedly, and then he immediately arranged for Zhang Zhang to draft the contract, he accompanied Li Chengqian, Wang Yuan and others to chat in the office, and soon, the contract was written, and Zhang Zhang took it over for both parties to see.

Li Chengqian took it and handed it directly to Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan was more experienced than him in this regard, Wang Yuan carefully read the contract a few times, nodded and whispered to Li Chengqian, "The matters stipulated in the contract are very fair and reasonable, there are no loopholes, and you can sign it." ”

Li Chengqian nodded, picked up the pen and wrote his name on the contract, Wang Yuan also wrote his name next to him, and then he handed the contract to Feng Yong, Feng Yong and Zhang Zhang also signed the contract, and the contract was officially effective.

In fact, it stands to reason that Li Chengqian will not be afraid of this contract or not, he just doesn't want to cause trouble, now his strength is not strong enough, and there are still many people around him who need his protection, he doesn't want to involve them because of this trivial matter.

So he decided to do things according to the rules of human society, and everything according to the contract.

And the reason why he gave so much to Feng Yong was also to let the other party help him keep his secret.

Feng Yong looked the contract up and down again, and let the tension be put away, then stood up and shook hands with Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan, he smiled excitedly, "Then we will be partners in the future, I hope our works can be sold at a higher price on the auction house!" ”

Li Chengqian also nodded with a smile and said, "I hope so." He turned around and saw Wang Yuan, "Leave this painting to Director Feng, how to take care of this painting, they are more experienced than us." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and handed the oil painting to Master Chen, who held the oil painting in both hands, as if holding a rare treasure, and carefully sent it into the safe.

After that, the two sides discussed and finalized the details of the auction in the future, and they tentatively scheduled that the auction would be held in half a month, because Feng Yong needed to vigorously publicize it to the outside world, so as to attract the attention of buyers and attract those powerful collectors.

In addition, he has to contact a well-known auction house to help them auction the painting, and at the same time, he has to contact the security company to take care of the security work during this period of time, so that there will be no problems with the oil painting during the auction.

"Half a month later, we will auction this oil painting, and after the auction is over, the money will be credited to our account within 24 hours." Feng Yong said to Li Chengqian and the others, "So, Mr. Li and Mr. Wang just wait to sit on the ground and collect the money, hahahaha." ”

After leaving the auction house, Li Chengqian, Wang Yuan, and Chan'er returned to the hotel where they lived, and when they passed by the hotel lobby, the waiter in the lobby stopped Li Chengqian and handed him a letter.

"May I ask if you are Mr. Li Chengqian? This morning, someone sent me a letter saying that I had hand it over to you personally. The waiter said politely to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian opened the envelope suspiciously, and after seeing the contents of the letter, he laughed and threw the letter in the trash.

Wang Yuan and Chan'er both felt strange, Wang Yuan was very knowledgeable and didn't ask much, but Chan'er took Li Chengqian's hand curiously and asked, "Master, what is written on the new one?" Why did you throw your heart away? ”

Li Chengqian smiled faintly and said, "Your curiosity is really heavy, there is nothing big about it." ”

The three of them came to the room where they lived, only to find that there was someone waiting for them outside the door, it was none other than Li Shihong, the second master of the Li family, and the four elders of the Li family.

Li Chengqian's brows were locked, and he secretly said in his heart, "These old guys are really persistent!" With a smile on his face, he walked over to greet Li Shihong, "Second master, why did you come to me?" ”

Li Chengqian and Li Shihong greeted each other, but they ignored the four elders of the Li family, and the four elders could only stand in place awkwardly, leaving or staying.

Fortunately, Li Shihong relieved them and said, "The four elders of the Li family and I came to look for you on purpose, and I also know that a letter will definitely not move you, so a few of our old guys came together, why don't you let us go in and sit down?" ”

"How can you not let it! Come in! Li Chengqian smiled faintly, opened the door, and invited the five old men in.

And Wang Yuan took Chan'er and went to Chan'er's room, leaving enough space for Li Chengqian, Li Shihong and the four elders of the Li family to talk.

Entering the house, Li Chengqian poured a glass of water for Li Shihong, the old man's injury was almost healed, although he still coughed sometimes, but he was in good spirits, he smiled and took Li Chengqian's water and took a sip, and asked, "What do you think about what I told you in the letter?" ”

The four elders of the Li family also set their eyes on Li Chengqian, waiting for his reply.

"Don't go!" Li Chengqian said lightly, "I have been expelled from the Li family by my grandmother, not the Li family, so I don't want to get involved in the affairs of the Li family, you can continue to let Li Chengkun inherit the family business, I don't have any opinion." ”

The Li family is a famous family, strong strength, countless industries, according to incomplete statistics, there are as many as 41 listed companies alone, real estate, stocks, securities, cash, but also in billions!

With such a family industry, all the Li family members who have a little chance to inherit the family business have sharpened their heads and rushed forward, and even some people will be so excited that they can't sleep for several nights even if they get one percent or even one thousandth of the family business!

However, Li Chengqian, who is most likely to inherit the family business, was not interested in this, and directly said two words: "Don't go!" ”

The second master of the Li family seemed to have known Li Chengqian's answer, so his face was very calm, but the four elders of the Li family were shocked!

One of the elders said tremblingly, "Do you know how much property our Li family has?" Enough for an ordinary person to live dozens of lifetimes! You have this opportunity, you have this qualification, why give it up? ”

Another elder also stood up and said, "Yes, although you were expelled from the Li family by the head of the family, you still have the blood of the Li family in your body, and the family now needs you to go back to preside over the overall situation, how can you say that you can just shirk, it's too irresponsible!" ”

Li Chengqian looked at them quietly, and suddenly said, "You suddenly came to me and asked me to inherit the family business, did something happen to Li Shengkun?" Now there is no one to inherit the family business, so I thought of this spare tire? ”

As soon as Li Chengqian finished asking this, the five people present were silent, and it was obvious that Li Chengqian was right.

Back two weeks ago, after Li Chengqian left the Li family, the Zhao family and the other three major families also left one after another, so the Li family was left in the villa.

Because the first floor of the villa hall was seriously damaged, Qi Wenfeng asked everyone to rest in the large conference hall on the third floor of the villa, and at the same time arranged for people to clean up the wreckage and ruins of the hall on the first floor.

The second master of the Li family, the four elders and Qi Wenfeng came to the hall on the third floor, and the six of them sat together and began to study the affairs of Li Chengqian and Li Chengkun.

The second master of the Li family said, "When Li Chengqian was expelled from the house five years ago, I was not in the Li family, so I don't know much about the specific situation, but from what Li Chengqian said today, I can hear that there must be a lot of problems in between, I hope my sister-in-law can investigate it well, neither wronged the good people, nor let the bad people go!" ”

The second master of the Li family has already made it very clear that he is on Li Chengqian's side.

The four elders of the Li family looked at each other, and they all turned their heads to look at Qi Wenfeng, after all, she was the head of the family, and this matter had to be decided by her.

Qi Wenfeng's face is not very good-looking, although she is the sister-in-law of the second master of the Li family, she cannot be arbitrary, and the status of the second master of the Li family in the Li family is not lower than her, so she must give a positive response.

Qi Wenfeng nodded and said, "What the second master said is that I will call Li Chengkun over now, and we will testify in person." After speaking, he immediately arranged for someone to find Li Chengkun.

As a result, after two hours, everyone was impatient to wait, and only when they went out to find Li Chengkun came back, he reported to Qi Wenfeng with a panicked face, "The head of the family, the second young master is gone!" ”

Everyone was suddenly surprised, and Qi Wenfeng hurriedly asked, "Has he searched all the places he frequents?" It's impossible for such a big living person to disappear! What about the bodyguards and drivers around him? Don't you know? ”

The man said hesitantly, "The second young master didn't let the bodyguards follow him when he left, and he drove away by himself, so no one knows where he went, and we have also looked for the places he often goes, and there is no shadow of him, the second young master ...... Probably missing. ”

"Fart!" Qi Wenfeng scolded angrily, "I don't care what method you use, get him back for me immediately, if you can't find it, don't come back, get out!" ”

The man nodded, and ran briskly out of the hall.

The four elders of the Li family looked at each other and asked in unison, "How could the second young master disappear?" ”

Qi Wenfeng held his forehead, shook his head and said, "I don't know, he must not have any three long and two short, otherwise how can I be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors of the Li family!" ”

"Humph! I think, did this kid abscond in fear of sin? A cold voice suddenly sounded, and it was the second master of the Li family who spoke.

The four elders of the Li family did not answer, but they did not raise any objections, and it was obvious that they also suspected that Li Chengkun had run away after the East Window incident.

Qi Wenfeng bit his lip, thumped the ground with his cane and said: "My grandson is definitely not this kind of person, second master, don't be confused by Li Chengqian, he is the one who harmed his cousin, and now he still wants to shift the responsibility to his younger brother, it is really something that is not as good as a pig and a dog!" ”

The second master of the Li family said lightly, "Then sister-in-law, you should tell me, why did Li Chengkun disappear?" He didn't disappear sooner or later, but he disappeared when we confronted him, what is the reason? ”

Qi Wenfeng was speechless when asked by the second master of the Li family, in fact, she also vaguely felt in her heart that Li Chengkun's disappearance at this time was very strange, and she was also asking herself, was she really wrong? Isn't the person who really harmed Li Ruo Li Chengqian, but Li Chengkun?

She thought that Liu Xin had been mixed with Li Shengkun all the time, and Liu Xin had now been confirmed that his true identity was a spy inserted by the Zhao family, so Li Chengkun was likely to have fallen into the trap designed by Liu Xin!

Thinking of this, Qi Wenfeng's hands began to tremble, she knew that if her speculation was true, Li Chengkun and Liu Xin were embarrassed and deliberately designed a trap to harm Li Chengqian, not only killing Li Ruo, but also causing Li Chengqian's reputation to be ruined, and even expelled from the Li family, then Li Chengkun's sin would be great!

According to the Li family's family rules, those who betray the family will be lynched! The so-called lynching is a secret execution! This point, no matter who the Li family is, must be complied with, even if the head of the Li family betrays the family, once it is verified, he will be executed, not to mention Li Chengkun, a junior.

Thinking that Li Chengkun was going to be executed according to the family rules, Qi Wenfeng felt that his eyes were dark, and his body involuntarily fell to the side, but fortunately, the second master of the Li family was quick to hold her up, and asked eagerly, "Sister-in-law, are you okay?" ”

Qi Wenfeng fell into the arms of the second master of the Li family, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, and the four elders of the Li family next to him hurriedly shouted, "Find a doctor, find a doctor!" ”

Soon Qi Wenfeng was sent to the hospital, and experts from all walks of life hurriedly came to diagnose and treat Qi Wenfeng, and the conclusion was that she was in a hurry, coupled with her age and weak body, so she caused a brain coma, and it took a long time to recuperate before she could recover her senses.

Outside the ward, the leaders and clansmen of the Li family, large and small, were anxiously waiting outside, Qi Wenfeng's life and death, in fact, they didn't care too much, they were more concerned about who would take over Qi Wenfeng's class and become the next head of the Li family.

In the ward, only the four elders of the Li family and the second master of the Li family looked at Qi Wenfeng, who was still unconscious on the hospital bed, with a sad face.

"Second master, now that the head of the family has fallen into a coma, and no one is in charge of major events in the family, this is not good!" An elder looked at the second master of the Li family and said.

"That's right, our Li family must not be leaderless." Another elder said, "Look at how many people are gathered outside, those people are waiting, once they know that the old lady can't wake up, and no one comes out to preside over the overall situation, I'm afraid our Li family will be in chaos!" ”

The other two elders also nodded their heads with anxious expressions.

The second master of the Li family had a gloomy face, and snorted angrily and said, "With me here, who do I think dares to make trouble?" ”

Having said that, the second master of the Li family also knew in his heart that if he didn't hurry up and find a way to introduce a new head of the family to replace Qi Wenfeng, once the matter got out, it would really be bad for the Li family.

Because the Li family has developed to the present, there are countless enemies, and now there must be many enemies in the shadows, although it is now an era of peace in civilized society, and there will be no such things as fighting and killing, but there are surging in the secret, and the intrigues and tricks have never been less, even worse than in the past.

"That's it," the second master of the Li family said in a deep voice: "Now immediately send everyone out to find the way out of Li Chengkun and Li Chengqian, no matter which one we find, report to us immediately, and then we will find these two people back, and in front of everyone in the family, everyone will decide who will inherit the position of the head of the Li family." ”

At present, there is indeed no better way, so the four elders of the Li family nodded, and they all agreed to the suggestion of the second master of the Li family. They immediately sent out all the bodyguards and secret posts that the Li family could send out, and tried to find the whereabouts of Li Chengkun and Li Chengqian.

After two weeks of searching, Li Chengkun's whereabouts are still unknown, and Li Chengqian was still active, so he was found by the Li family's bodyguards and secret agents, and reported his location to the second master of the Li family and the four elders of the Li family.

The second master of the Li family immediately wrote a letter to Li Chengqian, and the content of the letter was to ask him to return to the Li family as soon as possible and prepare to inherit the family business.

And Li Chengqian was obviously not interested in these, and threw the letter directly into the trash, but he also underestimated the determination of the second master of the Li family and the fourth elder of the Li family to let him inherit the family business first.

The five old men ran here from Liaozhou thousands of miles away, ready to explain their words to Li Chengqian in person.

Li Chengqian listened to the stories of these five people, but shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in the position of the head of the Li family and the Li family's industry, so please go back." ”

The four elders of the Li family looked at each other, they really had no way to deal with Li Chengqian, so they looked at the second master of the Li family, hoping that he could convince this stubborn young master of the Li family.