Amusing Ourselves to Death
Chen Ling slowly stopping footsteps in front of auction house.
"【Special Envoy】. Your items needing consigning auction. We will have dedicated person inventorying storing. However because quantity too much. Evaluation probably needs two three days... Your resting's room already prepared good le. Please follow me coming." Gu Kaixian's gentle and honest voice sounding.
This auction house's person in charge. Looking already not is first time receiving Golden Society 【Special Envoy】. Regardless is communication with Chen Ling. Or beforehand doing's preparation work. All extremely perfect.
Chen Ling gaze sweeping past everyone behind his back. Slowly loosening palm. Both hands inserted in pocket going towards auction house walking going.
Until this time. Staff behind Gu Kaixian's back only then dared to walk stepping forward. Using a black cloth temporarily taking gold mountain covering up. Cautiously taking it pushing in... Result discovering auction house's height still not reaching gold mountain's one half. Only able to be forced beginning disassembling piece by piece sending inside.
Waiting until Chen Ling and gold mountain all vanishing at auction house doorway. Surrounding crowd only then gradually dispersing. 【Zong Wen】 towards Chen Ling leaving's direction waving waving hand. Sincerely shouting:
"【Lord】 【Special Envoy】. Tomorrow evening treating you eating meal ah~"
【Lu Yuanzheng】 coldly snorting one sound.
"What? You think 【Special Envoy】 is you ma? Walked far then cannot hear le?"
"Heard le he also won't go's."
"He going or not going is his matter. I treating or not treating is my matter." 【Zong Wen】 unhurriedly walking to 【Lu Yuanzheng】 in front. Patting patting his 【Suit】 shoulder. With a kind of tone towards junior saying, "Young man. Doing business ne. Then cannot too want face."
"Indeed. 【Flower Capital Consortium】's face also being thrown almost le." 【Lu Yuanzheng】 sneering, "【Willow Town】's matter exposed coming out. Your Flower Capital's situation seemingly not too good ba?"
【Zong Wen】 face on's smile slightly a stiffening. Subsequently slowly restraining. That pair of aged eye pupils inside only remaining poisonous snake generally's ice-cold.
"Young man. Don't be too arrogant le... You think your Dinglu then doesn't have handle outside ma?"
【Lu Yuanzheng】 both eyes slightly narrowing. Just like this looking at each other with 【Zong Wen】. Two people behind back's bodyguards at same time vigilantly up. A burst of deadly intent rapidly spreading at auction house doorway!
...
Auction house. Ninth floor.
Spherical shaped ice cubes lightly colliding inside 【Glass】 cup. Emitting crisp sounding. Whiskey's malt fragrance permeating in air. Intoxicating people's heart and spleen.
Giant 【Glass】 window reflection inside. An ancient golden mask currently reflecting in midair. Calmly looking down at downstairs swords drawn and bows bent's two groups of people. Eyes inside as if not bringing slightest emotion.
"【Special Envoy】. Your goods all settled good le. All in upstairs' VIP storage room inside... Still having what needs ma?" Gu Kaixian behind his back. Slightly bowing body. Like an elegant humble butler.
"Take inside all medium small piece gold. Listing a copy inventory to me."
Hearing this sentence. Gu Kaixian slightly a blank. After all before's several 【Special Envoy】s all didn't have passing this kind of requirement. One time somewhat at a loss. However still nodding nodding head.
"Yes. Please you slightly wait."
"Wait wait." Chen Ling paused a bit. Again opening mouth, "Bring me newspapers coming. Red Dust 【Main City】 recently two years' newspaper. I all want."
"...Yes."
Gu Kaixian turning body leaving.
Following room door being closed. Gloomy room falling into deathly stillness. Chen Ling alone standing at window side. Both eyes still gazing at lower direction's two groups of people and horses. Face after golden mask surfacing deeply interested expression.
However. Gunfight between two absolutely didn't appear. Deadlocked a burst after. Then respectively dispersing going. Letting Chen Ling couldn't help somewhat disappointed.
"Fighting up how good..."
To Chen Ling speaking. These several top-tier consortiums between's relationship more bad. To him speaking more is good matter. Best each other tit for tat water and fire not tolerating. Like this coming. Oneself's existence to them speaking only then will be even more important. Only several great consortiums all crazily roping him in. He only then able to grasp absolute trading initiative.
Chen Ling retracting gaze. Slowly pacing inside luxurious spacious room. Like is seriously pondering what.
Don't know passed how long. Gu Kaixian again knocked sounding Chen Ling's room door.
First handing to Chen Ling's hand on's. Is a copy up to twelve pages long's goods inventory. Densely packed fully having above hundred items. From gold necklace gold wine cup. To half person high's gold 【Holy Grail】. Almost everything that should be there is there. Every one item still annotated respective's gold weight. Purity. Still having craft detail rating. Lastly still stamped on a Red Dust Auction house's special use seal to show authority.
At the same time. Still having a handcart filled full of newspapers. Red Dust 【Main City】's press industry developed's extremely not bad. Big big small small's newspaper offices fully having several tens of families. These two years all newspapers stacking up. Looking also quite spectacular.
Gu Kaixian leaving after. Chen Ling then sitting back leather sofa. Casually picking up a copy newspaper reading up:
"New cutting-edge female singer Tian Jie falls into 'nude photo gate' disturbance! Male lead actually is..."
Chen Ling: ...
This kind of title's news. Chen Ling on the contrary also didn't see few. After all in 【Aurora City】 also had some this kind attracting people's eyeballs's entertainment tabloids. However wanting to obtain what useful information from here. Simply hard as ascending heavens... He taking this newspaper throwing to one side. Again pulling out a copy from another big newspaper office's pile inside. Just seeing title. Mouth corner then crazily twitching:
"Well-known male star exposed sleeping with fans. Actually wants to rely on drugs maintaining function?"
"New generation trainees officially debuting. Whole people voting fever starting!"
"Female star and paparazzi in love. Purpose actually is for deleting black material. Relevant verdict today opening court!"
Chen Ling couldn't help standing up body. Taking these newspapers flipping more than half. Entering eyes's places all are all kinds of all sorts's gossip news or paparazzi secretly photographing. Doggedly didn't see one strip news related to people's livelihood or situation... Moreover these still are inside Red Dust 【Main City】 several biggest newspaper offices.
"Shouldn't ah... how would like this?" Chen Ling hard to comprehend.
He after all also is person who served passing reporter. 【Aurora Daily】 although also reporting gossip news. But that in the end only is extremely small section. Is 【Aurora City】 residents leisure time amusing's conversation topic. If truly discussing up. From humanity situation. To exposing black evil. Again to dissecting strong power... Should have's these all have. Moreover still having 【Wen Shilin】 this kind of extremely having justice sense's reporter.
But 【Red Dust Domain】's media. Yet giving him a kind of light and airy soft and weak feeling. Just like is having people putting on a layer of tulle on originally should be sharp's public opinion blade. Not only covering up all people's eyes. Still able to silently between turning around blade edge. Taking it playing with in palm inside.
Chen Ling not believing evil. Continuing rummaging newspapers. From right now most blazing hot's several major newspaper offices. All the way flipping to remote unpopular small newspaper offices. Finally in a small pinch of 【Unregarded】 newspapers inside. Found several not same's titles:
"【Aurora Domain】 Annihilated, 【Dusk Society】 Everyone Shouting Beating"
"Data Census: 【Main City】 Young People Average Savings Actually Is Negative Number?"
"Entertainment Inducement And Advanced Consumption, Bringing What To This Generation Young People?"
Chen Ling taking these several pieces newspapers picking up. Carefully flipping reading up. Discovering newest one issue as early as one month ago then stopped publishing le. Page's last is an apology letter. Saying is due to poor management leading to newspaper office closing door. And regarding 【Dusk Society】. And discussing 【Red Dust Domain】 perhaps facing crisis's articles. Exactly is this newspaper office's last one time printing.
Messy gossip newspapers scattered on marble ground. Outside floor-to-ceiling window. Long bright's lights as if group of stars decorating mortal world. Gradually bewildering people's eyes.
Chen Ling standing between full ground newspapers. Hand holding this copy using material coarse. Handwriting blurry's newspaper. Silent for a long time.
He suddenly a laugh. Face after golden mask full of mockery.
"Truly is amusing to death ah..."