"I don't know anything else. I only know one thing. Did you see the man sitting behind the beautiful young lady surnamed Tang? That man is a big boss. He spent 400 million to buy a mansion in Jinhua Palace last year. Now he can only sit behind Miss Tang's assistant."

"I don't understand, but he's the boss anyway?"

Tang An Ning leaned back in the comfortable chair in her bedroom, allowing Duan Jinghe to carefully massage her feet.

She was playing a game in her hands, and the live broadcast of the auction was displayed in a small window. Tang An Ning took a look from time to time.

Now there are only a few items left. Tang Anning is listening to the live broadcast with headphones and playing games at the same time, trying to kill time.

In a couple of days, Luo Baozhu will invite me to go out and play, and school will start in a while. Tang Anning is extremely idle these days.

"Next is lot No. 28..."

Tang An Ning squinted his eyes slightly and listened to the auctioneer's voice on his mobile phone, playing the game in his hands.

"...The next lot," the auctioneer paused for some reason, then continued, "is provided by the British Edward Foundation. It is "Fishing Alone on a Cold River" by Ma Yuan, a famous court painter of the Song Dynasty in Longguo."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the big guys present and the people watching the live broadcast changed all of a sudden.

"Fishing Alone on a Cold River"!

This ancient painting was once collected in the Old Summer Palace in Longguo.

Later, he was taken away by criminals because of...

Tang An Ning sat up suddenly and retracted his feet.

Duan Jinghe was startled and sat quietly on a small stool. Seeing Tang An Ning waving at him, he carefully left the study.

Tang Xue noticed that Tang An Ning was in a bad mood on the other end of the call, so she frowned slightly and asked, "Miss, do you need to take a picture of this painting?"

Tang An Ning frowned: "Wait a minute."

The Edward Foundation...what a notorious organization.

This organization likes to search for some antique paintings from Longguo all over the world and then sell them at sky-high prices at various auctions.

Tang An Ning keenly realized that this matter was not simple.

At the auction, the auctioneer continued, "The starting price of the painting "Fishing Alone on a Cold River" offered by the Edwards Foundation is 5000 million. Each bid increase must not be less than 50. The bidding starts now."

"6000."

The moment the auctioneer's hammer fell, someone raised the price.

Tang An Ning quit the game immediately and watched the live broadcast of the auction on the big screen.

The man who raised the price was clearly British.

It was someone from the Edward Foundation.

There was a hint of disgust in Tang An Ning's eyes.

The Edward Foundation is notorious in certain circles, and has often used the patriotic sentiments of the Chinese people to deliberately raise the prices of Chinese antiques.

Tang Anning looked at the number of people watching the live broadcast on his phone.

More and more people are watching the live broadcast.

"Isn't this an ancient painting from our Dragon Country?"

"This thing was originally kept in the Old Summer Palace, but later on everyone knows, it was stolen by a thief anyway."

"Doesn't the country do anything about it? Thieves are blatantly auctioning off our national treasures on our own soil!"

"I can't do anything about it. The Edward Foundation is directly under the British royal family. If it were an ordinary company, I could give them a warning or impose tax restrictions, but I can't do anything about this!"

"Then what should we do? Should we let foreigners auction our antiques?"

"There's nothing we can do. With so many financial giants here, we can only hope they can buy it back."

"By the way, I've never been to an auction, and this is my first time watching a live auction, but can I bid for something that's being auctioned myself?"

This question was asked in the barrage, and someone also asked it at the auction.

"Where is the person in charge of Christie's?" Feng Yun said dissatisfiedly: "Can you bid for the auction items you provided yourself?"

The people present also agreed with dissatisfaction.

The people from the Edward Foundation smiled and said, "Oh, beautiful lady, you may not know that this auction item was provided by the previous person in charge of our foundation in Longguo in his personal name. We regretted it, but we can't take it back, so we can only come to participate in the auction."

The Englishman gave a smug smile. "I guess that's not against the rules, is it?"

Many people set their eyes on the auctioneer.

The auctioneer frowned, but still spoke: "This gentleman is right, this does not violate the rules."

Now even Tang An Ning outside the screen frowned.

President Lei raised his hand and said something to the people around him. Then President Lei, President Dong and others applied for a break on the field.

The auctioneer immediately suspended the auction.

This is the rule of the auction venue. If someone who wants to participate in the auction has problems with funds or other things, and more than five people with invitation letters request a break in the auction venue, the auction will be suspended for one hour and will resume after one hour.

The Englishman smiled widely.

One hour. Having been in Long Country for so long, he knew too well the capital turnover speed of the rich people in Long Country. This ancient painting could definitely be sold at the sky-high price he wanted.

However, what he didn't know was that Tang An Ning was planning to come to the scene.

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The auction site is located in the center of Shanghai, only about ten minutes’ drive from Jinhua Palace.

Tang An Ning wore a light green halter dress, picked up the new summer bag sent by Hermes, and got into the Lamborghini. Tang Yun increased the speed and sent Tang An Ning out of the venue.

At this time, 15 minutes of break time had passed.

Tang Xue came out to greet Tang An Ning. At the same time, she had informed the organizer to adjust the seats ten minutes ago. After Tang An Ning entered the venue, he sat directly in Tang Xue's seat. Tang Xue sat quietly behind Tang An Ning.

Tang An Ning was not the only person who came, but he was definitely the most noticed one among those present.

Gree's CEO looked at Tang Anning and said, "Is this the girl who bought Villa No. 1?"

Mr. Lei hummed softly, "Does he look familiar to you? Can you tell whose child he is?"

President Dong shook his head and said, "It's probably from Beijing. Only the wealthy families there could hide for so long."

Her background is in Guangdong, and she is not particularly familiar with the distribution of power in Beijing.

"Aren't you from over there? Can't you see?"

Mr. Lei chuckled and said, "Those companies don't come out very often, so why would I rush to ask? But there's no one with the last name Tang among them."

"Did you change your last name?"

"It shouldn't be. Those families value surnames the most. They didn't even ask them to change their names during the war. How can they be asked to change their surnames when they come to develop in the Magic City?"

Dong Zong thought so too, and she didn't want to say more, so she changed the subject: "How much money can you raise?"

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