Chapter 89 Shield
Until the end, Li Yi didn't understand how much this bronze statue could be worth. However, based on Liu Xiong's bid and Liu Xibo's hesitation afterwards, he thought that between 150 and 20 million US dollars should be more reliable. If it is more, it depends on luck.
It is a pity that Liu Xibo did not win the auction rights for the bronze statue, but within one day, he not only sold Li Yi's "Untitled" and earned 1.5 million US dollars, but also won his own auction house with the "Presential Lotus Wind", which was originally planned to be auctioned at Christie's. It was already a great harvest, and the old guy had nothing to complain about.
After abolishing the previous contract, he signed another one again. Li Yi went downstairs to find the bank to record the 13 million US dollars. After looking at the time, Shi Shiran walked towards the hotel. At this point, he put the clock back to the hotel, which was just enough to invite the Chen family and his daughter to dinner.
When Li Yi arrived at the exhibition hall, it was almost time to close. Seeing that it was still a few minutes away, he refused to enter the audience. He quickly trotted a few steps.
Ten minutes later, he found the booth of Qiancui Jewelry and saw Chen Yingtong chatting and laughing with a tall and handsome young man from afar. He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart for no reason. Then he suddenly realized that this might be his boyfriend... Even if it wasn't, he had only met others twice, which onion was considered? But why did this girl only meet twice and she didn't feel strange?
When he was about to reach the booth, Chen Yingtong saw him, her eyes suddenly lit up, she greeted the young man, and welcomed Li Yi with steps like a willow swaying.
If ordinary people walk in this posture, Li Yi will definitely feel dressed and ugly, but if he is wearing a plain ink style cheongsam and decorated with a full set of jade jewelry, he feels extremely harmonious, as if this woman is born to walk like this.
Not only him, but also tourists around him, both men and women, were paying attention to this place intentionally or unintentionally. As for the man behind Chen Yingtong, his eyes were even more reluctant to turn.
In just a few short steps, the little woman was so excited! Looking at the perfect expression on Chen Yingtong's face, Li Yi was a little unaware of what to say. In a hurry, Chen Yingtong's magic skills were completely destroyed.
"Where is your dad?"
Not only Chen Yingtong, but all the audiences around him fainted when they heard this. You kid, you probably won’t be able to find a girlfriend in this life!
Li Yi also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly made up for it.
"I didn't mean that, it was..."
I just saw you as beautiful as a monster and didn’t know how to speak, so why did you feel embarrassed to say it? So it took me a long time to put it in my mind.
"Where is Boss Chen?"
Chen Yingtong almost couldn't help laughing regardless of her image. This kid is too weak, right? It's not interesting to play with such an opponent. Forget it, my sister will let you go in large quantities!
"Boss Chen is busy with noble people and is still talking about business. If you have anything to do, just tell my sister. I have lollipops in my pocket."
Li Yi regretted it, very much. Originally, I just wanted to invite a meal and call me. I had to come here for a while. Now, I couldn't even open my mouth.
"Oh, it turns out that I want to invite Boss Chen to dinner..."
Chen Yingtong's tone was ups and downs, and the ending sound was very long, and then suddenly asked:
"What about me, Xiao Chen?"
“Together, together.”
"Where is it? The store will be closed later and I will go there together with Lao Chen."
Where is it? Li Yi suddenly remembered the scene of Ding Tai Fung queuing last night. He thought it was bad. Wouldn't it seem too fake if he didn't book a place? He was quick to learn and pointed in a direction.
“It’s the Renaissance Seaview Hotel next to it.”
While talking, I thought I would call later. A VIP who lives in the presidential suite could ask them to add a table even if there was no seat?
"Thank you, okay, I won't tease you anymore. Come with me and take a look at your jewelry designed with your high-bing. These are my works. Remember, just say good things!"
Li Yi followed Chen Yingtong to the booth and heard her say to the young man just now:
"Mr. Xu, sorry, this is the one who invited us to dinner tonight. I just said you don't believe it yet. Look, they came over to urge me."
The young man named Xu glanced at Li Yi fiercely, as if he wanted to remember his appearance in his heart, then snorted coldly and turned around without saying a word.
Li Yi smiled bitterly, Sister, it would be better if I just didn’t say hello, just let me be a shield, right?
"Haha, what I'm talking about is the fact. Why? Isn't it good to be a shield for me? Many people want to be a fool but can't!"
Li Yi shook his head and said, "How brave should you be to be a shield?" I'm still afraid that I won't be able to leave this exhibition hall later!"
Knowing that he was not Chen Yingtong's opponent, Li Yi stopped talking and looked down at the exhibits.
To be honest, there are only a few pure jade jewelry, so Li Yi did not give any hope for Chen Yingtong's design. Unexpectedly, when he saw it, he was surprised. Maybe because this girl was charming, so this jade jewelry that had almost been set up made her play with new tricks!
Li Yi looked at more than a dozen models and finally grasped her design idea, that is, don’t treat jade as jade, just design it as a gem. Don’t stick to the whole piece of jade, cut it as much as it looks good! Don’t say that she is really different when she makes this happen.
"Awesome, really amazing. I've never seen anyone using jade like this. It's amazing."
Li Yi's praise made Chen Yingtong smile. To be honest, these designs took her a lot of thought. Because even if you treat jade as a gem, the way of designing diamonds will be broader, but the gems and diamonds themselves have almost been designed to the extreme, and it is very brain-consuming to think about it.
A few minutes later, Li Yi pretended to be something and hid aside and called the hotel. As expected, the hotel restaurant had already been fully booked. But given that he was a VIP guest in the Presidential Suite, the lobby manager directly used a reserved private room, which finally solved his urgent need.
After getting this done, Li Yi was relaxed and was about to take a look. He chose a new jewelry for his mother that was not very dazzling. Suddenly, he received a call from Wang Haoqing.
"Brother, what are you doing? Brother, I invite you to dinner to celebrate in the evening."
Li Yi smiled and told him that there was already an arrangement. After Wang Haoqing knew that he wanted to invite Chen Xiangfu, he changed the topic directly.
"Brother, do you know how many more Dushan jade decorations have been sold today?"
How many sets? Isn’t there only three sets left in total? It’s impossible to sell them all, right?
"Two sets?"
Wang Haoqing's hearty laughter came from the phone.
"Haha, I picked up two sets on the spot and ordered three sets. I told them that the supply will be provided in a month. Brother, you have really sent it this time! I was wondering if it should be raised!"
I'll go, and I'll go out five more sets? It seems like this is going crazy!
"Brother, I've been out in just two days. Brother, I really can't hold on. Otherwise, I'll book a plane and you can't get some materials for it?"
Chartered flight... All these words were said, it seemed that it would be impossible not to go back! Li Yi thought about it. Anyway, since the time was still long, and he had nothing to do here. This time, it would take up three days at most, so he agreed directly.
"No need to charter a flight, I will go back tomorrow. Just find someone to accompany me."
Wang Haoqing repeatedly expressed his gratitude and hung up the phone. Li Yi thought about it and decided to buy a piece of jewelry for his mother first. What if he didn't want to come back?
As for the choice of jewelry, he planned to choose from the designs of Chen Yingtong. One is because it is indeed unique in design, and the other is that he wants to buy it anyway, why don’t he support acquaintances?
As soon as he turned around and was about to return to the booth, he saw Chen Yingtong waving to him with a sweet smile. Li Yi didn't know what it meant, so he waved his hand with a smile, and then he saw the girl turn around with a sweet look on her face and say something to a young man who looks very outstanding...
Chapter completed!