Chapter 216

“However…” Su Meng’s smile became even stranger.

“I originally planned to use this painting to get 300,000 or 500,000 to help renovate the teaching building of Daping Village Elementary School.”

“I didn’t expect Mr. Xie to be so generous, actually spending so much at once, benefiting various fields in Wanshan County.”

“Mr. Xie’s boldness is truly admirable!”

“Since that’s the case… hahaha… Mr. Xie, don’t feel like you’re losing out!”

“Congratulations, the ‘Spring Trees and Autumn Frost’ is yours!”

What?

Su Meng actually agreed to the deal?

Just for such a bizarre price?

……

In a hall in the Imperial Capital, the Chief’s hand, which was about to tap the screen, suddenly stopped.

He froze for a moment, then suddenly became furious.

“Su Meng! Are you playing with me?”

“If you had been one second later, my offer would have gone through!”

“I even took out the old man’s coffin money!”

“And it was only one second away from this masterpiece?!”

“Damn it! I lost a billion!”

The entire hall was silent, everyone staring at the Chief in shock.

The Deputy Commander’s mouth twitched a few times, and he said gloomily.

“You gave him 567 minutes just now!”

“If you hadn’t been watching the fun on purpose, this painting would have been in your hands long ago, right?”

The Chief sat back in his chair, looking devastated.

“How could I have imagined that someone would actually guess his thoughts?”

“And this Xie Xie Lecheng, he actually used those few short hours at noon to finalize the intent with Wanshan County.”

“This boldness… tsk tsk tsk… it seems there’s an expert guiding him from behind!”

“Even I only guessed it after watching him sit under the Daping Village Elementary School sign for so long.”

“There really is always someone better, and heavens beyond heavens!”

“If I had known earlier, I definitely wouldn’t have given him those five minutes!”

“Is that so?” The Deputy Commander glanced at his phone screen and suddenly laughed dumbly.

“346,000… tsk tsk tsk… what a grand gesture!”

“To use such a large sum of money, you must have had to get your wife’s approval, right?”

“So those five minutes just now… were you going to report to your wife?”

Clatter clatter… clatter clatter…

The sound of keyboards suddenly erupted in the hall, and everyone stared at their screens with serious expressions, pretending to be working hard.

I’m working hard, I didn’t hear anything!

I didn’t hear any gossip about the Chief being henpecked!

……

“Dad! How was it?!”

Wanzi puffed out her chest, looking proud.

At this moment, Xie Xie Lecheng was completely dumbfounded.

Even now, he couldn’t believe that he had actually taken down this world-class masterpiece?

Defeated the three richest men, defeated a billion in cash, just with 300 million?

How is this world… so surreal?

A moment later, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart and stared closely at Wanzi.

“Did you guess long ago that Su Meng only wanted to renovate Daping Village Elementary School?”

“Yeah.” Wanzi nodded and said proudly.

“I already said, I’m Brother Su Meng’s die-hard fan, I know him best!”

“Then… then you…” Xie Xie Lecheng pointed at her, his fingers trembling.

“Since you guessed it long ago, why did you make me spend so much?”

“It was something that could have been done with 300,000 or 500,000, but I actually spent… 300 million?”

“Of course!” Wanzi said as if it were only natural.

“As a die-hard fan, isn’t it only natural to be a leek for Brother?”

Pfft~~~~ Xie Xie Lecheng couldn’t hold it back anymore, and a mouthful of old blood sprayed out.

How did this little cotton-padded jacket in front of him suddenly turn green?

……

“Cough cough cough!” The Chief coughed a few times and quickly changed the subject.

“This… is not important!”

“What’s important is that this kid is in big trouble now!”

“Yeah.” The Deputy Commander’s look at Su Meng also had a different meaning.

“He made such a big scene, dug out so many billionaires, even the three richest men stepped out.”

“And they all returned in defeat, who knows who might have other ideas.”

“In the future, in the entertainment industry… hehe…”

The Chief nodded and said thoughtfully.

“It seems it’s time to make our stance clear…”

“Teacher Su, how did your painting sell?”

The bell for the end of class rang, and Teacher Liu walked over with a book, smiling.

Swish swish swish~~~ Everyone’s eyes at the scene turned toward him.

Teacher Liu looked at this one, then at that one, suddenly feeling a bit confused.

Xiao Xiao Xiao Yueyue held it in for a long time before finally blurting out.

“Teacher Liu, this teaching building of yours… is really valuable!”

What the heck? Teacher Liu turned to look at the dilapidated, low teaching building, looking completely confused.

“Valuable? It’s just a row of broken houses that are decades old, what’s valuable about it?”

Everyone looked at the dilapidated houses and fell into silence.

For the sake of this broken building, Su Meng gave up a billion and offended the three richest men!

Su Meng shook his head and said seriously.

“Teacher Liu, the house isn’t valuable, the hope nurtured inside the house is the most precious thing!”

These words… everyone looked at him and fell into deep thought.

Could this be the real reason he made such a choice?

……

“Su… Brother Su, someone else made an offer!”

The assistant’s words broke the silence at the scene.

What? Everyone at the scene and in the live broadcast room was stunned, and Su Meng was no exception.

Didn’t I make it clear just now? The auction is over, the painting has been given away! Why are you still making offers?

For a moment, curiosity also arose.

“Who made the offer?”

The assistant looked carefully, and her eyes suddenly widened.

“Brother Su, it’s… it’s that Jin Jin Dafu from the Imperial Capital Jinyuan Real Estate Agency!”

“His message is… it is…”

“What is it? Tell me quickly.” Boss Yang was so eager she wanted to grab his phone.

The assistant was silent for a while before continuing.

“I’m a rough guy, I have nothing but money, but I really like this painting.”

“Since I’ve already taken out the billion, I won’t take it back.”

“I had my secretary check, the situation in Qianshan County and Baishan County next to Wanshan County is about the same.”

“So I will invest 500 million in each of these two counties, copying the homework of Mr. Xie from Shanghai!”

“The only request is that when Master Su’s next masterpiece comes out, I hope you can give me a chance to participate in the auction!”

“Thank you, Master Su!”

What? Everyone was stunned.

It’s already over, and you still won’t give up, voluntarily taking out a billion?

And the only request is to get a chance for the next auction?

Is this what they call being stupid and rich?

Su Meng was also numb.

Damn it, I really just wanted a teaching building, how did things turn out like this?

But the most confused person at the scene had to be Teacher Liu, the old man’s whole brain was spinning.

“That… did I hear that right? A billion? What’s going on?”

Liu Liu Liu Tianxian looked at Teacher Liu, her eyes looking a bit different.

“Teacher Liu, Su Meng raised 300 million in funds for Wanshan County.”

“Used for renovating mountain elementary schools, subsidizing rural teachers, building roads…”

What? As she spoke, Teacher Liu’s eyes widened more and more, wider and wider…

“Brother Su! There… there’s more!”

More? Everyone turned their heads sharply, staring at the assistant.

The assistant’s hands were shaking a little.

“Pinghe City Xie Yingying Musical Instrument Store donated 768,200 yuan to Project Hope.”

“There’s also a netizen named **, who donated 346,000 yuan to Project Hope.”

“They… they didn’t make any requests…”

“Wait! There’s more…”

“Netizen Zulong donated 1.2 million yuan to Project Hope.”

“Netizen donated 500,000 yuan to Project Hope.”

“Netizen Dazed Little Sheep donated 666,600 yuan to Project Hope.”

“Netizen Luoyue Qiusheng donated 40,000 yuan to Project Hope, and donated 1,244.7 yuan for their daughter…”

As she read them one by one, the scene and the live broadcast room suddenly became silent.

……

In a hall in the Imperial Capital, the Chief suddenly laughed.

“It seems we don’t need to take action.”

“This kid Su Meng… did a beautiful job!”

The Deputy Commander shook a document in his hand and laughed.

“We used him as a gun, and we caught such a big net of fish.”

“Do you have the heart to let him work for free… work for nothing?”

The Chief snorted coldly and said righteously.

“What’s wrong with that?”

“Back then, I overcame all opposition and pushed two of his programs onto the Spring Festival Gala.”

“Shouldn’t he repay me?”

“Hehe…” The Deputy Commander gave a contemptuous smile.

“Isn’t your face a bit too thick?”

“He was able to get on the Spring Festival Gala because of his own real ability.”

“Is there anyone else who would shamelessly gild their own face like you?”

“I really don’t know if this shameless look of yours is inherited…”

“Cough cough cough!” Several people in the command seats suddenly coughed loudly.

The Deputy Commander froze and quickly changed the subject.

“That… no matter what you say, anyway, we in the tax department owe Su Meng a favor.”

“We will take action to help him out.”

The Chief nodded and instructed seriously.

“Be careful with the measure.”

“Understood, understood.” The Deputy Commander nodded.

Then the two of them suddenly fell silent.

……

“Stop!”

Wang Wang Jianlin’s face darkened, and he said angrily.

“What?” Wang Wang Sicong became anxious.

“Dad, he didn’t give me face just now, and he didn’t give you face either!”

“If this painting had really been taken by the two Mas, that would be one thing.”

“But that bullshit Xie Lecheng Investment…”

“Shut up!” Wang Wang Jianlin’s face was so dark it was almost dripping water.

Damn it, is it too late for me to practice with a small account?

Alright, that’s a luxury.

“From today on, even if we can’t be friends with Su Meng, we must absolutely not become enemies!”

“Dad, you…” Wang Wang Sicong saw Wang Wang Jianlin’s murderous gaze and finally shut up resentfully.

……

“Young people these days…”

Ma Ma Huateng took off his glasses and wiped them slowly.

“Have the video and film departments step forward and go to Xinghai Entertainment to move around.”

“Whether we cooperate deeply is another matter, but we must convey a friendly attitude.”

“Okay, Boss!” The secretary didn’t ask anything and agreed immediately.

……

“Interesting, it really is a big show!”

Ma Yun sipped his tea, watching the screen with interest.

“Increase this month’s charity quota by 10%, and tilt it toward Project Hope.”

“Okay, Boss.”

“Also, in my private name, formally issue an invitation to Su Meng, asking him to come to Hangcheng to sit for a while when he’s free.”

“Okay, Boss.”

……

The internet, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly exploded like a mountain torrent and tsunami.

“Holy crap! Is this Su Meng’s true purpose?”

“I kneel! This wave, I kneel to the big boss with complete conviction!”

“For such a masterpiece, Su Meng’s psychological expectation was just a mountain elementary school?”

“A billion! The three richest men! Su Meng rejected so much, just for a teaching building?”

“Can’t understand, can’t understand, but… this wave, I’m a fan of Su Meng!”