In fact, He Yang completely understood their rules, but he was suffering from the fact that he couldn't explain to Su Tao. He regretted it in his heart now, and he knew that he should show Su Tao the painting before deciding what to do with it. What now? Su Tao wanted this painting so much, but unfortunately this work happened to be very popular, and the organizers couldn't give it up so easily. And Su Tao values this painting so much, she has to get it for her. But when it comes to auction, I don't know how many of my paintings I can sell...... If you don't have much, you might be able to shoot it yourself, but how can you not have many? Thinking that he still had to spend money to buy his paintings, He Yang felt quite depressed.

He returned to the lounge sullenly, and was struggling with how to explain to Su Tao, but saw that Su Tao had woken up and was sitting on the sofa in the lounge waiting for him, and he was a little flustered for a while and didn't know how to speak. Unexpectedly, Su Tao was the first to break this embarrassing silence, "He Yang, I understand your situation. If my sister's portrait doesn't come back, don't be embarrassed. ”

"How's this going, don't you really want to keep it as a souvenir?" He Yang said uneasily.

"It's okay, let's go to the auction later. If it really doesn't work, buy it back, anyway, it's not so much room for maneuver. Su Tao said with relief.

"Well, it's all my fault. If I think about it a little more seriously, I won't be ......" He Yang was still remorseful.

Su Tao said lightly, "It's not a big deal, everything that can be solved with money is not a problem." ”

At the auction site, Su Tao and He Yang sat in the crowd, waiting for the results of the voting with some anxiety, starting from the tenth place...... Su Tao and He Yang could guess from the reaction at the scene that the work "Sakura" would definitely be selected for the top ten, and they only hoped that the ranking would be slightly lower and the price could be slightly lower.

"No. 9, Mr. He Yang's work - "Light and Dark".

He Yang was a little surprised, obviously he didn't expect this work to be shortlisted. Su Tao turned her head and looked at him with a smile, with appreciation and encouragement in her eyes, "Hey, my great painter, you can also paint a few pictures for me in the future." Let me collect it, and when you become famous, it will be worth it. ”

He Yang quipped, "Art is priceless, how can you measure it with money?" ”

"Because we're going to buy back my sister's portrait with vulgar money later, you say that without money, where is the art?" Su Tao stuck out her tongue.

"What a clever little girl!" He Yang was amused by her.

"Fourth place, Mr. Fang Qingyang's "Ears of Wheat"." The rankings continued to be reported one by one, and the applause from the audience became more and more enthusiastic every time.

…… Su Tao gasped and whispered, "He Yang, it's not you yet, you won't be the first this time, right?" ”

He Yang said a little anxiously, "Little Tao, don't be a crow's mouth." I haven't even entered the top five in this kind of evaluation before, so it's impossible to catch up so coincidentally. He Yang thought helplessly, he was afraid that he had never been so eager to hope that his works would be ranked lower.

"Third place, Ms. Liu Jiaxin's "The Coming of the Gods". The audience burst into applause again.

Su Tao and He Yang glanced at each other, and they both held their breath......

"Second place, Ms. Lu Yijun's "Prairie". Su Tao was stunned, this is really a prophecy. She turned her head to look at He Yang, and saw that he also had a loveless expression.

"First place, Mr. He Yang's "Sakura." Su Tao and He Yang's sighs were drowned out in thunderous applause.

The next auction was even more desperate, He Yang's work "Light and Dark", which ranked ninth, had a starting price of 60,000 yuan, and the final transaction price reached 100,000 yuan...... The later quotation is basically hovering between hundreds of thousands, and Su Tao secretly thinks that he doesn't have so much cash on hand for the time being, but he can swipe his credit card first. It's just that he withdrew so much money at once, how to explain it to Su Jiatang...... Thinking about it, Su Tao felt annoyed again, why did she spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to explain to this guy?! This uneducated little uncle just took advantage of his father's death to take control of the company, and he had no ability at all, so why let him be in charge of the company like this, and even appoint him as his guardian? Why is he? Why can he arbitrarily withdraw millions from the family assets at every turn to buy himself a luxury car for his own entertainment, while he has to be constrained by others even to buy a painting commemorating his sister? The more Su Tao thought about it, the more angry she became, and she unconsciously raised her face, so much so that she didn't even notice that the last work "Sakura" had been auctioned. He Yang saw that Su Tao's face was wrong, thinking that she felt that the price was too high, so he asked cautiously, "Su Tao, the price is too high, otherwise ......?"

"Huh?" Su Tao suddenly woke up, seeing that someone had already started bidding.

"One hundred and fifty thousand!" An elegantly dressed middle-aged man quoted.

"One hundred and sixty thousand!" Su Tao hurriedly made a bid.

"170,000!" The middle-aged man continued to quote.

"One hundred and eighty thousand!" Su Tao continued to follow.

"Two hundred thousand!" Another young lady with delicate makeup and grim eyes quoted the price. The middle-aged man looked at the two of them helplessly, and felt that it was not worth investing more money in the painting, so he did not speak again and gave up the offer.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand!" Su Tao had no intention of consuming it, and overreported 50,000 at one time. At this time, many people also noticed Su Tao and found that she looked exactly like the person in the painting, so they whispered underneath.

However, the other lady did not give up, but calmly bid, "Two hundred and seventy thousand!" ”

"Three hundred thousand!" Su Tao gritted his teeth and said, He Yang was terrified when he heard it, and he didn't know what to do, so he seemed quite at a loss.

"Three hundred and thirty thousand." The young lady's face was still expressionless. Su Tao began to feel a little nervous, which was almost double the price she expected at the beginning.

"Has anyone offered a higher price? If not, the work would belong to Miss 10. ”

"Three hundred and thirty thousand!"

"Three hundred and thirty thousand twice!"

"Three hundred and fifty thousand!" Su Tao still quoted the price at the last moment.

"The price of this lady on the 6th is 350,000, is there anything higher? If there is no ......"

"Seven hundred thousand." The young lady still said quietly, as if she was talking not about 700,000, but about 70,000. The audience gasped, no one thought that anyone would be willing to pay such a high price for such a novice novice, although this work is indeed remarkable. There was a buzz of whispered discussion from the audience.

Su Tao's brain was blank, how could this be? He Yang was even more shocked on the side, and couldn't help but persuade, "Little Peach, you ......"

Su Tao waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "One million!" ”

"A million! Someone has paid such an unprecedentedly high price of one million, is there anything higher? If not, then this work will belong to the young lady No. 6! ”

Su Tao turned her head to look at the lady, the young lady smiled coldly at her, there was no chagrin on her face that the auction failed, she was so calm that she thought that nothing had happened, as if the person who had just bid fiercely with her was not her at all.

"Once in a million!"

"A million twice!"

"One million three times!"

"Deal!"

In the office on the top floor of the art museum, Zhou Xiaobei fiddled with the globe in his hand and said lightly, "Su Tao bought that painting?" ”

"Yes, young master." The young lady who had just been at the auction venue nodded expressionlessly.

"How much did it cost?" Zhou Xiaobei asked casually.

"A million." The young lady replied, "Young Master, there is one thing I don't understand, what are you going to do if Miss Su gives up the bid?" ”

"Heh, then I'll buy it, our family is not short of hundreds of thousands. And Su Tao values that painting very much, if I can see her sad look when she can't get that painting, I am also quite satisfied. ”

"Then why don't you keep bidding?" The young lady was confused.

"Cut, it's not worth spending millions on that worthless broken painting! I just need to see that Su Tao has lost hundreds of thousands more unnecessarily for this, so why bother to put himself on it. Zhou Xiaobei said disdainfully, looking at the female assistant's puzzled gaze, he continued, "Secretary Li, you must know that there are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what we want, and the other is getting what we want. This is what Wilde said. Now for Su Tao, whether she gets what she wants or not, I'm afraid she won't be happy. ”

Su Tao finally got the painting, looking at the smiling face of her sister who was worth one million and He Yang next to her, who still hadn't come back to her senses, she suddenly felt a little funny, and couldn't help laughing. Now, she can be regarded as a "gentleman" who spends a lot of money. As for how to explain it to the family, let's think about it tomorrow. In fact, in the end, the auction is not entirely about the painting itself, it is about dignity. If you choose to keep your head down from the beginning, you can keep your head down. But if you start with your head held high, you're never going to be able to bow your head. In the end, honor and disgrace are only a matter of moments. Su Tao's stubbornness made her tired neck choose to keep her head held high. It may be that the recent failure has left her at a loss, and it is even more unbearable that even a painting will be snatched away, so even if it is more than a million tonight, she will not stop and will not give up. She wanted to grab something, even if it was just a little bit.

She looked at He Yang who was stunned and said, "Hey, stop being frightened!" ”

"But ......," He Yang said sneeringly.

"Don't say it." Su Tao reached out to cover He Yang's mouth, "Because art is priceless, right?" And you promised me to draw a few more and give it to me. When you become famous, I'll sell them, and that's more than a few million. ”

He Yang was amused, "Okay, then Xiao Tao, my house is nearby, do you want to go and see my studio now?" ”

"Studio? Okay. Su Tao nodded happily.

The two bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun and walked side by side. In a golden haze, the sunset has thousands of fine lines.