Tao Liangchen

Chapter 381 Agent

A pair of mammoth tusks, excavated from Siberia, were bought by Su Yehao for 80,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The small cup that the old master wanted eventually sold for 9.2 million, and the buyer was also Su Yehao.

After the auction ended, a round-faced, portly old man came over to shake hands with Grandpa Tang, jokingly saying,

"It's good to be rich. We're here working our butts off, while you and your grandson are just shopping around. Before my paddle even went down, your precious grandson already raised his, almost killing the auctioneer."

Su Yehao smiled after hearing this. He only spent a little over ten million tonight, so he didn't even need to raise funds. He was just about to go and pay the bill.

His grandfather smiled happily and helped introduce him, "This is my grandson, Su Yehao. Xiao Hao, this is your Uncle Xu, one of the most impressive collectors in all of Hong Kong. Back then, it was his father who helped send the *Er Xi Tie* national treasure to the capital. His ancestors can be called great experts in cultural relics, and he still is today."

"Hello, Mr. Xu."

Su Yehao was a grandson before the auction, and he's still one now. All his grandfather's friends are of a much higher generation than him, so he has to be polite.

Uncle Xu's name was Xu Zhinian. When he shook hands with Su Yehao, he said with a smile, "The young people these days are really something. We earn money like it's our life, but you're always in the newspapers. I've seen the news. *Er Xi Tie* and all that is old history. I went to the Forbidden City a couple of years ago and saw it. It really is a treasure, quite impressive."

Su Yehao stood beside him, completely confused.

After Grandpa Tang helped explain, he learned that the so-called San Xi Tie refers to Wang Xizhi's *Kuaixue Shiqing Tie*, Wang Xianzhi's *Zhongqiu Tie*, and Wang Xun's *Boyuan Tie*, and the *Er Xi Tie* they were talking about was Wang Xianzhi's *Zhongqiu Tie*.

Back then, when Emperor Qianlong obtained these three national treasures, he even specially renamed his small house the "San Xi Tang." If they were put up for auction now, each one would easily be worth over a hundred million.

Such famous treasures were far more impressive than Su Yehao's collection. Even his grandfather only had a bronze sheep *gong* from the late Shang Dynasty that could compare, which was also a national treasure, but its fame still couldn't match the *San Xi Tie*.

Su Yehao could only watch the excitement during the real collectors' exchanges.

When he went to pay for and collect the items, he bought them in the old master's name, which saved him more than 700,000 Hong Kong dollars in commission.

Once the money was credited to the account, he could arrange for an armored truck to deliver the goods to his door tomorrow. Su Yehao only took Zhang Daqian's painting and the jade seal away with him for now...

On the other side.

Zhao Yimeng was dozing off, when she suddenly thought of something and shook Jiang Yu's shoulders back and forth.

Jiang Yu was confused and asked her in puzzlement, "What are you doing?"

"Just wondering if I could hear water sloshing around in your head. Only someone with water in their brain would like you... You're ruthless, even cursing yourself?" Zhao Yimeng raised her eyebrows. With her relationship with Jiang Yu, she naturally knew what her best friend was thinking.

Usually, there were more people chasing Jiang Yu than could cross a river.

Among them, some of those who liked her, even Zhao Yimeng thought were pretty good, but no matter who chased Jiang Yu, she wouldn't agree. It was obvious that she had someone in her heart.

As for who that was, it was obvious.

When facing other people, Jiang Yu was still quite the "goddess," and although she had a good relationship with everyone, she drew a red line, saying that being friends was fine, but falling in love was not.

Only when facing Su Yehao did this girl act silly, a cooked duck with only a stubborn beak left.

In Zhao Yimeng's opinion, this was enough to explain a lot.

Hearing these words.

Jiang Yu's tender face turned slightly red, and she pretended to be stupid and said, "You're the one with water in your brain. Mine is full of brain matter."

Zhao Yimeng smiled without saying anything, and suddenly changed the subject, "Speaking of which, it seems like it's been a long time since I had tofu pudding. Let's have breakfast together tomorrow morning, okay? I'll find a good shop and then pick you up."

"Sure, and steamed dumplings too..."

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After the auction ended.

Su Yehao made an excuse to say he was going out for a late-night snack with friends, and found a chance to slip away first.

Nong Qingying ordered some fried chicken at home and asked him to eat with her. When Su Yehao arrived at the entrance of the Upper Wind and Water neighborhood, he happened to run into the delivery guy and conveniently brought the fried chicken upstairs.

This made the security guard a little regretful.

Because the neighborhood was strictly managed, outsiders weren't allowed in. The security guards helped the residents bring things to their doors, and if they encountered easygoing residents, they could often get an extra tip.

The residents who lived here certainly didn't care about this bit of errand money, but for the security guards, it was a considerable income accumulated over time.

In addition.

Nong Qingying was known for her beauty. Although they knew there was no hope, there were always poor guys who held expectations, thinking that maybe they could play out a moving story between a poor guy and a "rich girl," like in the movies.

So it was common for them to run over to Nong Qingying to get close to her.

With Su Yehao showing up from time to time, this shattered the dreams of many security guards. Most of them were former employees hired by Sihai International, so of course some of them recognized the young master.

It wasn't just him, but also Nong Qingying. Their backgrounds had long been spread around with gossip, dug up completely.

In short, it was probably the story of a young widow and a young master. Fortunately, Su Yehao wasn't married, so it wasn't really a big deal, just giving some people something to talk about after dinner...

Arriving at the top floor.

Su Yehao and Nong Qingying were sitting on the living room carpet, eating.

The maid and female bodyguard who usually lived in her house had been sent away at the moment. After they finished eating, she personally cleaned up the trash.

Wearing a silk pajama, Nong Qingying opened a bottle of red wine and said to Su Yehao, "Oh right, the couple who rented my house have decided to settle in New Zealand. They asked me if they could sublet or just refund them one million of the rent."

"And then, what do you plan to do?" Su Yehao asked in return.

"I think it's better to just refund the rent, so as to avoid troublesome tenants. I was short on money last year, but I'm not so short on it now. When the time comes, you can keep this house for yourself to live in, and I'll also move back to my own house. It'll also be convenient for my parents to occasionally come and stay with me."

Nong Qingying took out two wine glasses, poured the wine, and lazily sat down next to Su Yehao.

It was just a little bit of rent, so Su Yehao said, "Whatever works, you can arrange it however you want. Your parents are so busy fishing at sea, will they have time to come and stay?"

"It's not convenient to go to the pier, so they probably won't come to settle down, just to keep me company when they have time, anyway, you're never free."

Hearing these words, Su Yehao smiled awkwardly.

Nong Qingying didn't plan to push him, and continued, "Also, I'm planning to become an agent for a skincare product recently. I've used it myself and it feels very good. When the time comes, I'll open a few stores in Hong Kong and Casino, and strive to get the general agency for the mainland. You're always saying that there are a lot of people in the mainland and the market is big, can you help me study it?"

"Which brand? Skincare products pay attention to brand effect, so ordinary products may be difficult to sell."

"It's a Japanese brand called SK-II. It's said that they found a unique skincare formula in a brewery. Look at my face, isn't it fair?"

Hearing this, Su Yehao stared at Nong Qingying for a while, and said, "When aren't you fair? If it's this brand, you can invest some money and try it out. I think I've seen it somewhere."

"Tokyo? This brand has been around for almost twenty years, and it's selling well in Japan..."