Going Home
"【Special Envoy】 【Lord】, the things you instructed us about have been prepared."
At the entrance of the auction venue, Gu Kaixian stood in front of a cart piled full of black boxes, speaking respectfully:
"The last five treasures were auctioned for a total of twenty-five million. Counting your previous silver notes, the total is two hundred and twenty million. It has all been boxed and stored for you."
Twenty-five million... Although this price wasn't high, it was also within Chen Ling's expectations.
The cash reserves of the five major consortia had long been squeezed dry by him. Moreover, the Beidou Consortium still had a "discount coupon" he had given out. It was already not bad to be able to reach this price relying only on those second-tier consortia.
"Which consortia bought them all?"
"The ones with higher bids were the Beidou Consortium and the Huang's Consortium. However, the Beidou Consortium itself had a discount, so the highest ultimate transaction price was still the Huang's Consortium." Gu Kaixian seemed to have remembered something,
"Yesterday, the precious daughter of the Huang's Consortium came looking for you, saying she wanted to buy the small pieces of gold in your hands... However, those were all sold out. After I finished talking to her, in the end, she still used the price of seven point five million to auction the last consigned treasure, saying she had a prior agreement with you."
More than seven million, for a non-top tier consortium, was not a small number. And the other party, clearly knowing he was about to leave and had no opportunity to gain any benefits, still spent such a large amount to fulfill an agreement made when entering the city. This surprised Chen Ling somewhat.
Thinking of how he had scammed the other party out of hundreds of thousands when entering the city, Chen Ling immediately felt a little apologetic... He pondered for a moment, took out a sticky note from his chest pocket, quickly wrote down something, folded it up, and handed it to Gu Kaixian.
"Help me pass this thing to the Huang's Consortium... just treat it as a free gift."
Gu Kaixian was slightly taken aback, but still put the sticky note away, nodding and saying: "【Special Envoy】, please rest assured, I will definitely deliver it."
Chen Ling counted the number of boxes, and there were no missing ones. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, a short figure floated down lightly from a distance, tiptoeing and raising both hands, striking a "perfect landing" pose.
Seeing that 【Clown】 had only just followed him over, Chen Ling was immediately a little doubtful:
"Where did you go just now?"
Chen Ling was naturally not worried about 【Clown】's strength. There was no one in the entire Red Dust 【Main City】 who could threaten him. However, just now when 【Heart 9】 and 【Jian Changsheng】 were acting, he didn't seem to see 【Clown】 participating in it. But looking at the direction he flew over from, it was again towards the manor... So what happened during this period of time he disappeared?
"Yi ya, yi ya yi ah!" 【Clown】 gesticulated wildly for half a day, but Chen Ling didn't understand his meaning.
"... Forget it, in short, the task is already complete."
Chen Ling dragged the cart full of silver notes with one hand, and patted 【Clown】's shoulder with the other. His eyes beneath the golden mask gazed in the direction of the Red Dust 【Main City】's city gates...
"【Fifth Brother】, we should go home."
Selling an amount of fully two hundred and twenty million, plus conveniently helping the 【Dusk Society】 lay a foundation in the Red Dust 【Main City】, Chen Ling's descent down the mountain to experience the world this time was already complete. The role-playing as the Golden Society 【Special Envoy】 was also time to end.
【Clown】 blinked his eyes and excitedly raised both hands: "Yi ya!!"
...
【Flower Capital Consortium】.
The sun gradually slanted westward, and the light grew visibly dim. Under the deep blue sky that looked like the bottom of the sea, the devastated manor was completely lifeless.
"Chairman... We completely lost track of them." A bodyguard walked forward and said carefully, "The last time they appeared, it seemed to be near the Beidou Consortium."
In the corridor, 【Zong Wen】, who was overlooking the unrecognizable garden below, gripped his hands tightly, cold glints flashing crazily in his eyes.
"【Mu Chunsheng】... do you really think our 【Flower Capital Consortium】 is made of mud?!"
"Concerning the Beidou Consortium, there is one more thing..."
"Say it."
"Today's matter has already been published in the evening paper by the Beidou Consortium. Right now, the public opinion outside is very disadvantageous to us. Adding on the Beidou Consortium's blockade in all aspects against us, quite a few artists under our banner have already started making small moves..."
The bodyguard paused, but continued, "They privately all feel... feel that the 【Flower Capital Consortium】 can't hold on for much longer."
"Bullshit!!!"
This sentence completely ignited 【Zong Wen】's fury. This grizzled old man flew into a rage!
"It's all fucking bullshit! Laozi will not lose!! That group of artists just wants to use this opportunity to escape Laozi's control... Don't forget! Without my, 【Zong Wen】's, help, how could they have today?!"
【Zong Wen】's eyes were completely red. The ceramic teacup in his hand was forcefully smashed to the ground. After a crisp sound, the fine fragments scattered in all directions, and the entire corridor fell into a deathly silence.
【Zong Wen】 looked angrily at the fragments on the ground. Then his gaze shifted slightly, seeing 【Liu Qingyan】 standing behind him in a black dress, and his eyes narrowed slightly...
He stepped over the broken dregs all over the floor, grabbed 【Liu Qingyan】's fair neck, and forcefully pressed her against the wall!
"You! You piece of trash, why couldn't you make the 【Special Envoy】 stay?!"
【Liu Qingyan】's hair was shaken loose on her shoulders, hazily covering her face. She didn't resist. Her calm eyes looked at 【Zong Wen】's furious red eyes without uttering a word.
"You also want to escape my control, right!? You wanted to curry favor with the 【Special Envoy】, but he didn't appreciate your feelings at all..."
"Do you also feel that Laozi is going to lose?! Do you also want to take the opportunity to escape?!"
【Zong Wen】 unrestrainedly vented his anger on this young girl. He glared at that absolutely beautiful face, and those eyes that were as tranquil as autumn water. After cursing a few more sentences, he finally relaxed a little.
He took a deep breath and released 【Liu Qingyan】's neck. A completely red handprint was left on her fair neck.
【Zong Wen】 narrowed his eyes and sized up 【Liu Qingyan】. A moment later, he slowly asked the bodyguard beside him:
"Where is the 【Special Envoy】?"
"He has already left the city."
【Zong Wen】 nodded slightly. He pinched 【Liu Qingyan】's chin with one hand, and spoke in an icy and unquestionable tone: "... Go to my room."
After speaking, he turned and walked towards the end of the corridor, towards that private room, as if there was a ball of fire in his heart and he wanted to find a place to vent crazily.
【Liu Qingyan】 stood among the broken dregs all over the floor, slowly turning her head to look at the back of 【Zong Wen】 leaving, a cold glint flashing through her eyes.
She took a deep look in the direction Chen Ling had left, as if making up her mind. She lightly lifted the hem of her black dress, and like a ghost, walked quietly towards that room...