Chapter 54

"Professor Qin, is there anyone else?" Yang Kang looked at the rather crowded living room and frowned, saying.

"There's me too!" At that moment, a clear voice came from the doorway. Yang Kang turned around and was instantly stunned. Then he hurriedly stood up and went to greet the person at the door.

"Mr. Tang, how did you...?" Yang Kang didn't need to ask the rest; he knew that Tang Chen, being one of those with more money than sense, had heard about the Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain and wanted to come and "take a look."

"Master Yang, I didn't know it was you. I kept asking Professor Qin, but he wouldn't say it was you!" Tang Chen shook his head. "I even prepared a gift and was ready to visit you, but Professor Qin wouldn't tell me, so I couldn't come."

"I..." Yang Kang suddenly remembered the question Tang Chen had asked him before.

"Professor, do I have any strange habits?" Yang Kang asked Professor Qin, who was standing beside him.

"No, no, I was just talking casually," Professor Qin hurriedly said. "Do you know Mr. Tang?"

Yang Kang looked at Tang Chen, feeling very awkward. If Professor Qin hadn't spread the word, he could have easily set a price for the Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain and sold it, as Guo Fatso wouldn't care about the price.

But now, with so many people here, the situation was out of his control.

"Mr. Tang, why have you never told me you were interested in Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain?" Yang Kang asked in a low voice.

"I didn't know you were in the antique business," Tang Chen replied.

"Professor, didn't you say yesterday that the young prince said—following the rules of Langyuan, the reserve price auction? If you don't have enough money, don't come?" Cai Yuan was very polite to Yang Kang but was quite arrogant towards Professor Qin and the others, saying, "Mr. Tang, don't try to pull strings. Let's follow the rules."

"Mr. Tang really doesn't need to pull strings!" Wang Chunping, who had been silent, immediately said with a smile. "I've known the young prince for a long time, and I didn't pull any strings."

Yang Kang looked at Tang Chen with some regret. He really didn't know that Tang Chen was also interested in Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain.

"It's fine, I have plenty of money," Tang Chen walked to the sofa and sat down, then pulled Yang Kang to sit beside him, smiling. "You set the reserve price, and we'll bid. As long as you're willing to sell, it's just a matter of money. Let's start the auction in euros, following international market rates. Does anyone have any objections?"

"Good, euros are best, it saves trouble," Cai Yuan said straightforwardly.

"I also agree to follow international market rates," Wang Chunping said calmly.

Yang Kang couldn't help but glare at Professor Qin. This was all because of Professor Qin!

Professor Qin was also quite frustrated. Could he be blamed for this? Moreover, he never expected that Yang Kang would know Tang Chen, and that their relationship seemed quite good. Even more absurdly, with Tang Chen's power and influence, he didn't know Yang Kang's identity.

"Let's start the auction at 8 million euros, everyone can bid freely," Yang Kang leaned back on the sofa and sighed softly.

Starting at 8 million euros, this price was not high, so everyone present felt that Yang Kang was quite reasonable.

"Everyone came with such momentum, why are you all being so polite now?" Wang Chunping smiled. "Since that's the case, I'll be the host and make the first bid—15 million euros. Let's not play small."

Cai Yuan puffed out his round, plump belly and said, "20 million euros, we can't let people think we're small-minded!"

"22 million euros!" Lu Mingxiang said calmly, as if money was nothing to him.

Wang Qiyang couldn't help but laugh when he heard this price, then looked at Yang Kang. As Yang Kang would say, this was a typical price for a fool.

Mo Ming looked at Gu Hua, who shook his head and decided to give up. Although he knew that once a Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain with a figure pattern appeared, it would be worth a fortune, he was still reluctant and wanted to take a look. Unfortunately, the news had spread, attracting some wealthy but foolish tycoons.

"25 million euros!" Cai Yuan wanted to prove that his wallet was as big as his belly.

"40 million euros!" Tang Chen, who had been silent, said calmly with a gentle smile.

Yang Kang couldn't help but touch his heart and looked at Tang Chen. This person was indeed a representative of those with more money than sense. 40 million euros—this was in euros...

The entire room fell silent.

Yang Kang looked at Tang Chen and finally asked, "Is there anyone else bidding? If not, this Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain will go to Mr. Tang."

"I'll prove that my wallet is very full," Tang Chen said, looking at Cai Yuan with a mischievous smile.

"Tang, I hate you just looking at me," Cai Yuan said through gritted teeth. "What are you doing in Nanjing? And don't bid and not pay. Hurry up, I'm waiting for you to transfer the money to the young prince before I leave, hmpf."

Saying this, Cai Yuan turned and walked to Yang Kang's side, sitting down beside him and said, "Young prince, let me tell you, this guy has a bad character, you need to be careful."

Yang Kang smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cai, but Mr. Tang saved my life. If it weren't for you all being here today, I would have sold it to Mr. Tang at the reserve price."

"Master Yang, you're joking, talking about saving your life is a bit much!" Tang Chen laughed. "I just mistook you for someone else and took you in. I'll transfer the money."

Saying this, Tang Chen stood up and called the bank to transfer the money.

"Mr. Tang, I didn't give you my bank account?" Yang Kang was stunned, but the bank account number Tang Chen had just read out was indeed the one he often used.

"Master Yang, did you forget? I once went through your phone, and you had stored your bank account and name in it," Tang Chen smiled.

"But—" Yang Kang wanted to say, even if so, how could he have remembered it after just one look?

Everyone realized that Tang Chen and Yang Kang were indeed very familiar, so familiar that Tang Chen knew his bank account number.

After a moment, Yang Kang received a text message from the bank confirming the transfer. Then the bank called, being very polite, informing him of an overseas transfer and offering various preferential services.

Yang Kang sighed again, feeling that being rich meant being treated like a VIP, even by the bank.

"Young prince!" Cai Yuan moved to sit beside him and said with a smile, "Look, I'm a big fat guy. It's not easy for me to come from Guangzhou. I even had to book two seats on the plane, otherwise, I wouldn't fit."

When he said this, Yang Kang couldn't help but laugh. He found that fat people were often quite funny.

Tang Chen had already carefully packed the Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain. They had all seen it before, and it had been personally appraised by the big boss of Langyuan. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come specially.

"Mr. Cai, I'm really sorry, and... why do you all call me 'young prince'?" Yang Kang had noticed that they all called him "young prince" when they came in.

He didn't mind his close friends calling him that for fun, but being called that seriously made him feel very awkward.

Even when Zhou Bomin came in, he had called him that teasingly.

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Tang Chen had already carefully packed the Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain. They had all seen it before, and it had been personally appraised by the big boss of Langyuan. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come specially.

"Mr. Cai, I'm really sorry, and... why do you all call me 'young prince'?" Yang Kang had noticed that they all called him "young prince" when they came in.

He didn't mind his close friends calling him that for fun, but being called that seriously made him feel very awkward.

Even when Zhou Bomin came in, he had called him that teasingly.