New Year's Day brought a few days of rest.

As people returned to work, bad news began to pour in.

After crunching the numbers, institutions discovered that amidst the tech industry's bubble and companies struggling to survive by drastically cutting costs, the global media industry also suffered massive losses in the latter half of the previous year.

Yanwenzi Group claimed to be a social media giant, but its profit model was still based on the traditional media approach, with the bulk of its revenue coming from advertising fees paid by other companies.

Now that the global media industry was taking a hit, Yanwenzi Group was not spared. On January 8, 2001, its stock price fell by 4.98%.

Upon learning that there was still a large amount of capital shorting it, Su Yehao chose to intervene in a timely manner.

His approach was quite simple.

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"...Stop! Don't ruin my mood. I didn't think of it that way until you mentioned bathwater."

Jiang Yu changed the subject, taking out a palm-sized flat wooden box and opening it. Inside were Hello Kitty-themed crystal accessories, including earrings, pendants, and hair clips.

She smiled and said, "When I visited the Swarovski Crystal World in Austria, I thought this set of kitty jewelry was especially cute, and I immediately thought of you."

"Wow! How cute..."

Nearby.

After looking around, Su Yehao said, "You're actually carrying a backpack. Does it have a gift for me?"

Jiang Yu nodded and reached into her bag to pull out a woolen sweater and two cans of tea.

"..."

Taking the sweater and examining it for a long time, Su Yehao asked speechlessly, "Tell me honestly, did you forget and only remember to bring me souvenirs at the airport?"

"How could that be? I chose them carefully for you, okay? It costs more than three thousand Hong Kong dollars, and it's an Icelandic specialty."

"Well... I won't lie, it feels a little prickly."

Su Yehao rubbed the sweater against his face, felt it, and then said, "Also, what's Iceland's latitude? It's on the edge of the Arctic Circle, right? You brought me such a thick sweater, when will I ever get a chance to wear it?"

"Hmph, I give you a gift and you still complain. Who will dare to buy you anything next time!"

Jiang Yu struck first, blocking Su Yehao's endless complaints, and pulled Nangong Tian to try on the crystal jewelry.

At that moment.

The butler suddenly came over and reported, "Young master, a transport vehicle has arrived outside, saying that the painting you bought has arrived."

"Painting?"

Su Yehao patted his head and continued, "Oh, right, someone from Si Jiu City called me before Christmas and said they had received a good piece of artwork, and the seller was in a hurry to sell."

The person who called him at the time was the manager of Rongbaozhai in Liulichang, Si Jiu City. The seller of the item was a Chinese-American, and the artwork was by Qi Baishi.

Qi Baishi was extremely famous in the mainland, but his works did not fetch very high prices on the international market at the time.

Therefore, the seller brought this item to Si Jiu City to try his luck. Su Yehao, upon hearing the news, directly bought it, spending a total of eight million RMB including commission, which he didn't even pay attention to.

When this piece of artwork was opened by Su Yehao, it was inscribed in seal script on both sides with "Longevity in Life, Peace Under Heaven," and its full name was "Pine and Cypress Standing Tall, Seal Script Four-Character Couplet."

The reason for the blind purchase was that Rongbaozhai had said it might be Qi Baishi's largest surviving work. They had never heard of anything larger.

The painting in the middle was more than two meters long and one meter wide, and the couplet was also more than two meters long and just over sixty-five centimeters wide.

Since it was rare, it must have collectible value. The piece was indeed excellent, but it didn't match the modern decor of the house. After Su Yehao finished looking at it, he handed it over to the butler and asked him to find someone to help customize a constant temperature and humidity display case and hang it in the small castle...