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Chapter 311 Conversation with Lu Zhan

After hanging up the call with Duan Lixin, Gu Ning told Leng Shaoting that she was going to the Jinlin Hotel to discuss business with Duan Lixin, and that he didn't need to keep her company if he was busy. Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was displeased, as if he had been abandoned by Gu Ning. "I'm not busy today," he said. In other words, he could go with her if she wanted him to.

"Didn't you say that you would help me get Lu Zhan's phone number and find a good store as well as an office building with a great location?" Gu Ning asked. She had no intention to get rid of Leng Shaoting, but she was afraid that he would forget the important things.

Right at this moment, Leng Shaoting's phone rang and a new message came in. He looked at it and then gave his phone to Gu Ning. "I've already gotten his phone number."

Lu Zhan's phone number was there along with lines of words which explained why Lu Zhan had been thrown out of the entertainment industry. Tang Bingsen was the man who had thrown Lu Zhan out. Reading the name, Tang Bingsen, Gu Ning got nervous and a touch of animosity flashed through her eyes, because Tang Bingsen was precisely Tang Aining's father in her previous incarnation.

"What's wrong?" Leng Shaoting asked noticing Gu Ning's sudden emotional change. "Nothing," Gu Ning said, but didn't explain further. Leng Shaoting didn't ask further, but felt worried about Gu Ning because he saw the obvious animosity in Gu Ning's eyes although he had no idea who it was aimed at.

Two years ago, Lu Zhan had planned to shoot a TV series of which the Tang Family had been the investor. However, the Tang Family had made an abrupt decision to replace the leading actress with a newcomer without any acting skills. Lu Zhan who had always had a high standard for his works' quality had refused to do so, and he had been forced out of the industry afterwards.

Before long, Gu Ning adjusted her emotions and calmed down. She looked to Leng Shaoting and complimented plainly, "Thank you so much for your fast and detailed information!"

Leng Shaoting was happy at being complimented by Gu Ning and said, "I've already sent people to find a store and an office building with a great location, but it takes time." No matter what Gu Ning needed, he would help her do it right away. It was easy to get someone's phone number, but it took time to find a good store and an office building. Moreover, Leng Shaoting wanted to give Gu Ning a few choices.

Gu Ning smiled resignedly, "Fine, then let's go to the hotel together!" Leng Shaoting wanted to spend every second with Gu Ning, which was slightly annoying sometimes. Getting Gu Ning's permission, Leng Shaoting beamed with happiness.

After breakfast, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left together.

The minute that Gu Ning arrived at the Jinlin Hotel, she read an extract from Duan Lixin's imperial-harem drama. Gu Ning wasn't a professional, but she was able to distinguish the good ones from the bad ones. She had to admit that this was an excellent novel.

After reading its extract, Gu Ning went on to read the first chapter of the novel. It was full of novelty and Gu Ning thought that it could be popular. "I think that this is really good. It will certainly be popular," Gu Ning complimented.

Duan Lixin was excited that Gu Ning approved her novel.

"However, I think that it'll be better if the director also likes it. The director will only be absorbed in shooting if he is interested in the story." Although Gu Ning was the investor, she wasn't a dictator. Hearing what Gu Ning had just said, Duan Lixin felt nervous again, but she couldn't agree more with Gu Ning, because normally the director was the decision-maker when it came to the script.

"The New Year festival is around the corner. You can go back home and spend the festival with your family first, and we'll discuss more after the festival. I'll inform you. You don't need to be worried," Gu Ning said.

"Of course I trust you, Miss Gu." Although Duan Lixin was anxious, she chose to believe Gu Ning.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting then left the hotel, and Gu Ning called Lu Zhan at once.

Lu Zhan was in a café, leaning against a sofa, sighing with sadness. He just finished a conversation with another director, but he didn't get the result that he wanted. The director wanted Lu Zhan to be his co-director, but Lu Zhan's name wouldn't be shown on the screen, because he didn't want to annoy the powerful person who had shut Lu Zhan out of the entertainment industry. Besides, Lu Zhan would only get the basic salary without a bonus, which was complete exploitation! However, if Lu Zhan disagreed, he wouldn't find another suitable job.

All of a sudden, his phone rang, and it was a strange number.

"Hi."

"Mr. Lu, this is Gu Ning. We met on the plane. I must apologize that I got your phone number without your permission, but I wanted to talk to you about our potential cooperation concerning TV shows and movies. Is it convenient for you to meet me?" Gu Ning asked politely.

Lu Zhan didn't know Gu Ning's name, but he recognized her voice. He was greatly surprised that she would call him. Gu Ning had apologized in the beginning because she had secretly gotten his phone number and Lu Zhan forgave her. And apparently she knew that he was a director, because she wanted to talk to him about TV shows and movies. As for Gu Ning's invitation, Lu Zhan had no idea that Gu Ning was going to hire him. He thought that Gu Ning was probably a student who was majoring in film and wanted to learn something about that from him.

"Sure. I'm free now." Lu Zhan welcomed her. Gu Ning had saved his life after all.

"Great! Where are you right now? I'll come to you," Gu Ning asked.

"I'm in California Café at table No. 8," Lu Zhan replied.

Half an hour later, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting found him in the café. Seeing Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting, Lu Zhan immediately stood up to greet them. "Nice to meet you! Please have a seat."

"What do you want to drink?" Lu Zhan asked.

"Two cups of Mocha please," Gu Ning said directly without reading the menu.

"Sure, please wait a second," the waiter said and left.

"May I ask? Why do you want to talk about TV shows and movies?" Lu Zhan asked. Speaking about the topic, Lu Zhan instantly wore a serious expression, which showed that he was indeed a professional.

"I read the news about Director Lu, and heard that you've been shut out of the entertainment industry by a powerful figure till now," Gu Ning put it plainly and wasn't worried that Lu Zhan might be unhappy.

Lu Zhan, instead, was already used to it. "That's true."

Gu Ning smiled and asked, "Then do you want to come back? Do you want to be famous again or even more famous than two years ago?"

Chapter 312 Get Involved in the Entertainment Industry

Hearing that, Lu Zhan looked at Gu Ning with an astonished face. He obviously understood what Gu Ning was talking about, but he didn't know why she brought it up. Could she help him? Nevertheless why would she? No matter what, Lu Zhan still answered Gu Ning's question with sincerity, "Of course I do."

He had worked in the entertainment industry for more than half of his life, and it was already part of his life, so he had a high standard for his works' quality. Unconsciously because of that, he had annoyed a powerful figure and had been shut out till now.

"If you trust me, you can cooperate with me," Gu Ning said.

"You?" Lu Zhan was surprised as well as curious.

Gu Ning added then, "I know that I'm young and that you might doubt my ability, because many people have done the same thing but all of them changed their minds in the end. You can never judge a person from appearance. I'm a businesswoman, and I appreciate your way of directing and your talent. I have always wanted to get involved in the entertainment industry, and I think that you're a great choice to be the general director in my company. What do you think?"

Lu Zhan was shocked after that. What? This girl is going to be involved in the entertainment industry?

Lu Zhan indeed doubted Gu Ning's ability because of her young age. However, just as Gu Ning had said, it was unreasonable to judge a person from their appearance. He had met many different kinds of people in the entertainment industry, and he was able to form an accurate opinion of a person at first sight. Seeing Gu Ning being so serious and sincere along with her air of maturity, Lu Zhan believed that she wasn't lying and she had no reason to deceive him. However, what worried Lu Zhan was the fact that Gu Ning would be affected because of him.

"Miss Gu, I've angered a powerful figure so he shut me out. Even if I finished a great TV show or a movie, it wouldn't pass the censoring," Lu Zhan said. Although he was badly in need of help now, he didn't want to hurt anyone else's career.

"It will," Leng Shaoting said with confidence before Gu Ning could say a word,. He didn't care about the Tang Family at all.

Lu Zhan was surprised. Are they more powerful? Lu Zhan wasn't dumb, and he sensed that Leng Shaoting wasn't simple after he said that. In addition, Leng Shaoting had an air of nobility and power.

"Director Lu, please don't worry about that. Since I came to you during this time, I don't care who has shut you out," Gu Ning said with confidence too.

It seemed like they could indeed help Lu Zhan. "Do you know who has shut me out?" Lu Zhan asked. Lu Zhan actually had no idea who the powerful figure was.

Gu Ning laughed lightly and said coldly, "The Tang Family."

It wasn't a surprising answer to Lu Zhan. He thought for a while before opening his mouth again. "Miss Gu, thank you so much for your approval. Nevertheless, since you already know me, I assume that you must be aware of my way of working. I'm very strict with the actors in each show, especially the leading actors. I have no request for famous ones, but he or she must be skillful at acting." Otherwise, he wouldn't have been shut out just because he had refused to use an actress without any acting skills.

Lu Zhan added later, "As for the script, I must be involved too. I will only use scripts that I'm interested in, so that I can get absorbed in shooting the story. Of course, I know that it's important to satisfy the audience's need, and I will certainly do that, but I can't promise that each of my works will be popular. Instead, I can only promise that I'll do my best every time." Lu Zhan thought that it was necessary to lay his cards on the table, in case they disagreed with each other while working together in the future.

Hearing that, Gu Ning smiled, "I can't agree with you more, and I value quality the most as well."

Lu Zhan was excited to hear that. "Well then, I think that we can have a great cooperation!" They shared the same values and the same goal, which was quite exciting.

"I'm looking for a suitable office building for my company at the moment, and I won't register a new company until the office building is settled, so we'll begin to work after the New Year festival," Gu Ning said.

"Sure," Lu Zhan replied. He was a little uneasy that the company hadn't been established yet, but all he could do now was to wait.

"As for the actors and scripts, you can have complete control of it as long as you're the director." Gu Ning would allow Lu Zhan to make the decisions all on his own, but there would be more than one director in her company.

"I already found an interesting novel about an imperial-harem drama and you may read its extract first. If you're interested in it too, we can shoot the story first once our company is established. If you're not interested, I can hire another director to shoot it, and you can prepare for your own shows," Gu Ning said.

"Sure, I will," Lu Zhan said. Then Gu Ning took out pieces of paper with the extract on and gave it to Lu Zhan.

Lu Zhan read the story and his eyes lit up. Apparently, he liked it too. After reading it, Lu Zhan complimented the story plainly, "I think that it's a great story! It's very different from previous ones, and I'm interested in the details of the story." Lu Zhan was satisfied with the extract, but he hadn't read the whole novel, so he wasn't sure whether its details were also attractive.

"Well, I'll send you the novel then. If you're interested, we can buy this IP[1]. I already hired the writer to be a scriptwriter in our company. You can talk to her if you have any questions after the New Year festival," Gu Ning said.

Till now, they had made great progress, and they would discuss the rest after the company was established.

[1] IP stands for Intellectual Property which has been copyrighted.

Chapter 313 Pretty Boy?

"Director Lu, see you then!" Gu Ning stood up reaching out her hand to Lu Zhan. Lu Zhan immediately stood up, shaking hands with Gu Ning. "It was very nice meeting you today, boss!"

After that, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went to have lunch together.

"Where do you want to go next?" Leng Shaoting asked Gu Ning when they left the restaurant. Gu Ning thought for a while and said, "The New Year festival is coming. Let's go to the shopping mall! I want to buy gifts for my family."

"No problem," Leng Shaoting said. He held her hand while walking to the parking lot. On their way, Leng Shaoting asked Gu Ning, "What's the name of your new entertainment company?"

"Well, I'll call it Fenghua Entertainment," Gu Ning said.

"What about the employees? Do you need me to help you hire people?" Leng Shaoting asked.

"That would be so much better! However, it seems like you've done everything for me." Gu Ning suddenly realized that Leng Shaoting had helped her a lot.

"You're the big boss, all you need to do is count the money," Leng Shaoting joked.

"Ha-ha, you're right!" Gu Ning agreed.

Leng Shaoting took Gu Ning to the best shopping mall in the capital. Seeing the familiar places, Gu Ning had mixed emotions again, but in order to not worry Leng Shaoting, she tried to curb her anger. She walked to the male clothing area first to buy some clothes for Leng Shaoting.

The minute that Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning walked inside, they attracted attention from people around them. To be specific, many people were surprised by Leng Shaoting's extraordinarily handsome appearance.

"Welcome!" a saleswoman walked over and greeted them with passion. "Nice to meet you, Sir and Miss. You may try any pieces that you like."

"Thanks," Gu Ning said. She walked around, followed by Leng Shaoting.

With a glance, Gu Ning chose a thick, linen coat and gave it to Leng Shaoting. "Try it." Leng Shaoting was surprised. Gu Ning then explained, "The New Year festival is coming, and I want to buy my boyfriend a New Year gift!"

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was touched. This was Gu Ning's gift for him, and he definitely wouldn't reject it, so he directly changed his coat with the new one.

Leng Shaoting always wore black clothes and had an air of coldness, which made people want to stay away from him, but now this linen coat animated him. Gu Ning's eye lit up and she complimented him, "You look so great no matter what you're wearing!"

"I'm glad that you like it." Leng Shaoting stared at Gu Ning with affection. He couldn't care less about his clothes or style of dressing; he only cared about Gu Ning's opinions.

"Well, we are definitely buying this coat." Gu Ning was very satisfied. "I think we need a wool sweater, a pair of pants and shoes as well."

After they shopped for a while, Leng Shaoting was wearing a totally new outfit, which animated him greatly.

"Very nice! Let's go and pay the bill." Gu Ning didn't bother to ask the price and took out her card to settle the account. The outfit cost nearly a hundred thousand yuan.

Leng Shaoting didn't pay the bill before Gu Ning could, because it was Gu Ning's gift to him. However, some people around them had the opposite idea. There were two women who had been shopping along with two men standing beside Gu Ning, and the two women said acidly. "Gee! What an extraordinarily handsome man! It turns out that he is just a pretty boy!" "Exactly! To think I was envious of that girl just now."

Leng Shaoting ignored them, but Gu Ning was displeased. She looked to the two women coldly and said, "You don't know our relationship at all, so why did you call my boyfriend a pretty boy? Is there anything wrong with me wanting to buy a gift for my boyfriend? Or, do you think that it's noble that you beg your men to buy you an expensive bag?"

Gu Ning had just heard those two women playing cute in front of the two men so that the men would buy them designer bags and clothes. It was obvious that the two women were merely materialistic girls.

"You…" Gu Ning hit the point and the two women were embarrassed. However, the two men beside them had no intention to help. They stood aside to watch the drama, because they knew that the two women only loved their money. Of course, the two men were just playing with them too. They were willing to pay a limited amount of money for them.

Although Gu Ning hit the point, they were unwilling to admit it. The woman who was wearing a white feather coat criticized Gu Ning, "What are you talking about? I love Haoxuan, not his money!" Saying that, the woman held onto the man's arm like they were truly in love. She didn't notice that the man's face contorted with disdain, but Gu Ning did. The woman was indeed a fool.

"Exactly, I also love Yihua, not his money!" The other woman who was wearing a black feather coat echoed.

"Oh, really?" Gu Ning sneered. "Then why don't you pay your bills yourself?"

"You…" The two women were mad, but didn't know how to argue back. In fact, they only loved the two men's money. Otherwise, with their outstanding appearances, they wouldn't end up with two rather plain men.

"What? Why did you suddenly lose your confidence?" Gu Ning asked provokingly.

"It's none of your business!" The woman in the black feather coat snapped in anger.

"Well, I do agree with this miss. True love won't care about material things," the man who was called Haoxuan said. "Right, honey?" He turned to the woman by his side. The woman's expression changed at once, but she couldn't deny it.

"Baby, do you feel the same way?" the man called Yihua also asked the woman beside him.

"Yes," the woman replied reluctantly.

"Very well. I guess that we don't need to buy those expensive clothes, bags, and makeup, nor go to high-end restaurants and clubs any more. True love has no price tag after all," Luo Yihua said.

Chapter 314 Proud Gu Ning

In fact, they had already had the idea to change the women by their side, and they planned to dump them after buying them some stuff and f*cking them tonight, but it seemed like they could directly dump them right now and save a lot of money.

"Yihua," the woman said and played cute. She was obviously dissatisfied, but didn't dare to say it directly.

"What, babe?" Luo Yihua pretended that he didn't understand what was going on.

The two women weren't dumb and they knew that the men were going to dump them. It wasn't the first time that they had played around with rich second-generation heirs, and they were aware that their relationship wouldn't last long, which was the reason why they seized every chance to let them pay the bills for them. However, once the men wanted to dump the women, the women could do nothing to keep them or their wallets even if the women begged.

Gu Ning had vented her anger at them and lost interest in arguing any longer. However, before she left, Gu Ning still intentionally showed off in front of the two women. She raised her left hand and the blood-red jade bracelet was bare in the air. "Didn't you say that my boyfriend is just a pretty boy? Take a look at this blood-red jade bracelet. A 46 gram blood-red jade bracelet was sold at the price of forty-eight million yuan at auction, while this one weighs heavier than that. It's worth at least fifty million yuan. Now do you still think that my boyfriend is merely a pretty boy? And my boyfriend has sent me many priceless jewels till now. All of them are worth at least a hundred million yuan. I don't think that you're qualified to judge me." After that, Gu Ning left with Leng Shaoting, and the rest of the people were shocked still.

At least a hundred million yuan? Her boyfriend must be super, super-rich! Many people had the same thought. At the same time, some doubted its authenticity. However, no matter what, the two women were quite jealous of Gu Ning now. They wished that they had such a super, super-rich as well as handsome boyfriend.

"I think that she is just a materialistic girl too!" the woman in the white feather coat said.

"I agree!" the woman in the black feather coat echoed.

When they left the shopping mall, Leng Shaoting said to Gu Ning, "I don't actually care."

"I do," Gu Ning said. She cared about others' attitude towards her boyfriend.

Afterwards, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went to another male clothes store to shop for Jiang Xu this time. Leng Shaoting paid the bill before Gu Ning without delay. As Gu Ning's boyfriend, he tried to show his kindness to her family. Although her family wouldn't know that he paid the bill, Gu Ning knew, which was enough. Gu Ning didn't stop him, because she knew that he was just being kind.

"Well, I'll buy some gifts for you family later as well. Although they won't know that I paid the bill, you know, which is enough." Leng Shaoting sent her family gifts, so Gu Ning planned to do the same thing.

"Please just send a gift to my grandpa." Leng Shaoting didn't reject but he limited the range of his family.

"Sure," Gu Ning answered. She didn't ask further, because she knew that Leng Shaoting didn't get along with the other members in the Leng Family. Gu Ning then thought for a while about the gift that she was going to send Leng Shaoting's grandpa. She thought of the antiques in her telepathic eyes space.

"Oh, does your grandpa like to collect antiques?" Gu Ning asked Leng Shaoting.

"Yes," Leng Shaoting replied.

"Does he like ancient objects, paintings or calligraphy?" Gu Ning asked again.

"Calligraphy and paintings," Leng Shaoting answered. Gu Ning immediately made her decision to send the Luo Shen Fu, a piece of calligraphy written by Zhao Mengfu.

During the following hours, they went to buy gifts for Gu Man, Gu Qing, Jiang Xinyue and Gu Ning. Leng Shaoting paid all the bills and carried the bags. Gu Ning was willing to carry the shopping bags on her own, but Leng Shaoting insisted on helping her.

It was said that men hate shopping with women because it was so boring. However, Leng Shaoting didn't feel bored at all, and they didn't leave until Gu Ning had shopped for well over an

hour.

On their way home, they went to buy some food ingredients and planned to cook at home.

It was only 4:30 pm when they got home, so they decided to have a rest before cooking.

During the break, Gu Ning went to a bedroom and took out Luo Shen Fu from her telepathic eyes space. She handed the calligraphy to Leng Shaoting. "I bought this from the antique street, and I think that it's a great New Year gift for your grandpa."

"It's a great New Year gift for grandpa," Leng Shaoting said, correcting Gu Ning's sentence.

"What?" Gu Ning didn't understand why Leng Shaoting repeated her sentence.

"It's grandpa, not 'your grandpa'," Leng Shaoting explained. In other words, he hoped that she would call his grandpa her grandpa too.

Gu Ning realized what was on Leng Shaoting's mind now, but she was telling the truth. They weren't married yet after all. Nonetheless, Gu Ning believed that Leng Shaoting was her Mr. Right, and his grandpa would be hers one day in the future if everything went well, so she didn't reject. "Fine, grandpa."

Leng Shaoting wore a satisfied smile, and his beautiful smile made Gu Ning's heart skip a beat.

Leng Shaoting didn't know much about ancient paintings and calligraphy, but he trusted Gu Ning's choice. After that, the two sat on the sofa watching TV. Gu Ning was on her period, so Leng Shaoting didn't dare to kiss or touch her too often because he got turned on but couldn't have sex with her.

Before long, Leng Shaoting received an email with several choices for stores as well as office buildings written in it. Gu Ning immediately read the email. There were five choices for stores, and all of them had great locations. Its rent varied according to its location. Gu Ning liked the third one among the five.

In addition, she had three choices for office buildings. Two of them were available for renting, and one was up for sale. However, the one which was for sale was a half-built, 18-story building that was 550 square meters in size. It was completely empty, without even having any doors or windows. The previous owner of that building had been found guilty of tax evasion, and had run away with all the money, so the government confiscated it in the end.

Chapter 315 I Enjoy It

The housing price in the capital was extremely high and that half-built office building cost at least hundreds of millions of yuan. For those who were rich, they already had their own office buildings so it wasn't necessary for them to buy another. And for those who wanted to buy it, they couldn't afford it. Therefore, that building had been in the market for at least half a year without a buyer. However, Gu Ning decided to buy it.

It wasn't far from the Capital University and the store, so it would be convenient for her to commute between her university and her company. More importantly, it was only two kilometers away from the Tang Family's company too. Thinking of the Tang Family, there was a touch of hostility that flashed through her eyes. "I think that the third store and this half-built office building are great," Gu Ning said to Leng Shaoting. Although it was shown in the survey that there was no problem with its quality, Gu Ning thought that it was better if she went to check it herself. That office building cost hundreds of millions of yuan after all.

"No problem," Leng Shaoting said. He immediately called a subordinate and told them to pay the deposit.

Without much trouble, Gu Ning got the store and office building that she wanted, so she was in a good mood.

Si Ming and Qiu Yuxin both really thought that the other was a great partner, so they went to dine and watch a movie together this afternoon.

They had just met, and it took time to get to know each other well. Neither of them knew whether they would still like each other after they got to know each other a bit better. They weren't teenagers who treated relationships like a game anymore and their aim was marriage. Therefore, they both took it seriously, no matter what the end result might be.

The next morning, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went to look at the store and office building after breakfast. Gu Ning was satisfied with her choices and they went to buy the office building and rent the store afterwards.

With Leng Shaoting's powerful network, Gu Ning only spent two hundred million yuan on the office building, which was much lower than the market price. In fact, Gu Ning could also acquire a piece of land from the government and build an office building herself to save more money, but it was hard to find a good piece of land and it took a long time to build an office building.

After she got the office building and the store, Gu Ning went to register a new company, its name was Fenghua Entertainment.

With Leng Shaoting's help, Gu Ning's problems were easily solved within days. "I'm so lucky to have you as my boyfriend! You've helped me a lot," Gu Ning said.

Leng Shaoting was happy to be complimented by Gu Ning. "I'm willing to help you."

"Don't you think that it's a bother?" Gu Ning asked. Actually, she thought that Leng Shaoting had helped her too much, and she felt slightly guilty. At the same time, she had to admit that she needed his help badly.

"I enjoy it," Leng Shaoting said with sincerity. No matter how much of a bother it was, he enjoyed it as long as it could help Gu Ning. Gu Ning was deeply touched, and felt that she was blessed to meet Leng Shaoting who was so considerate and cared about her.

"It's almost 12 pm. What do you want for lunch?" Gu Ning asked.

"Up to you," Leng Shaoting said.

Gu Ning took a glance around to see what they could choose.

"There is a restaurant. Let's go and have a try!" Gu Ning said.

"Sure," Leng Shaoting replied, and then they walked to the

restaurant.

Since Gu Ning had already settled the store and the office building, her next step was to decorate and furnish them. There was a decoration company under Shenghua Real Estate, so Gu Ning directly called An Guangyao and told him that she had acquired an office building as well as a store. After the New Year festival, An Guangyao would send people to decorate them.

An Guangyao was greatly surprised by Gu Ning's efficiency. Luckily, An Guangyao had hired many employees earlier on, so he was able to send a group of people to be in charge of the decoration in the capital. However, before decorating, they had to measure the size of the building and the store. Thus An Guangyao would fly to the capital along with a designer tomorrow.

Leng Shaoting wanted to help Gu Ning, but Gu Ning could handle it herself, so he stayed quiet.

After the meal, Gu Ning said to Leng Shaoting, "Shaoting, if you have anything to deal with, you can leave as you like. You don't need to keep my company all day."

Leng Shaoting was upset and felt hurt. "Don't you want me to be with you?"

Gu Ning instantly explained, "Of course I do. I just don't want to waste your time in case you have something important to deal with."

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting relaxed. "Don't worry. I'll leave if I really have business to deal with, but I'm free now."

"Great! Then let's go to the antique street later," Gu Ning said. The antique street in the capital was much bigger than that in City Teng, and it was highly possible for Gu Ning to get real antiques.

After they left the restaurant, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went straight to the antique street. The antique street in the capital was full of activity and visitors.

Gu Ning walked around it, and got five real antiques in the end. Two of them were worth hundreds of thousands of yuan each, while another two was worth around two million yuan each and the last one was worth over ten million yuan.

"Let's go to the street of stone gambling now!" Gu Ning said after they finished touring around the antique street. The street of stone gambling in the capital was also very large, but it was still barely comparable with that in City Teng, because City Teng was a base for jade raw materials anyway.

"Does grandpa like jade?" Gu Ning asked Leng Shaoting.

"Yes, but he only likes high-level and top-level jade," Leng Shaoting said plainly.

Gu Ning beamed and said, "Very well, then I'll send some top-level jade to him!"

"Great!" Leng Shaoting understood that it was easy for Gu Ning to cut out high quality jade, so he didn't stop her. Meanwhile, he felt proud of his girlfriend.

Chapter 316 The King's Green

Gu Ning visited many raw materials shops and finally found one with top-level jade inside. Other than that, she also got two raw materials which contained high-level jade. Although there were many pieces of top-level jade in her telepathic eyes space, she couldn't take them out in front of Leng Shaoting, so she could only search for some at the street of stone gambling.

Gu Ning later requested a worker in the shop to cut out the raw material with the top-level jade inside. The raw material wasn't big, it was the size of a man's fist, but its outer layer was thin, and it only needed rubbing.

Whenever there was a worker who was cutting out a raw material, there was a group of onlookers surrounded him.

"It's green inside!"

More people gathered around the worker after he announced that there was green in the raw material.

Someone bid the minute that the green showed, but was stopped by Gu Ning. "Sorry, I have no intention to sell this jade. It's a New Year gift for the older generation."

Since the owner didn't want to sell it, others couldn't force her to do so. However, a woman suddenly said acidly, "Gee, a New Year gift for the older generation? It isn't certain that there is jade inside yet! Don't jump to conclusions!" The woman was in her early twenties and dressed in designer brands, but did not look stylish at all.

Gu Ning retorted, "It's none of your business!"

"So what? I've already said it," the woman said with disdain. However, the woman was immediately terrified when Leng Shaoting gave her a cold, sharp glance. She shut her mouth without delay and didn't dare to utter another word. Gu Ning wasn't bored enough to argue with her, so she ignored the woman. The woman felt humiliated and played cute in front of a middle-aged man beside her, "Honey!"

Honey? Gu Ning was surprised, and realized their relationship at once. The middle-aged man must be the woman's sugar daddy. Everyone looked to the woman with disdain now, because she was a mistress at such a young age.

"Be quiet, or you can just leave right now!" the man snapped in anger. He actually didn't care about other people's opinions, but was displeased that the woman interrupted the process of cutting the raw material. The woman was struck speechless from fear.

With its outer layer being removed little by little, the jade appeared in full scale. It was dark green and looked so beautiful!

"Jesus! It's the King's Green!" the worker raised his voice in excitement. Everyone around him also drew a long breath in, and couldn't believe their eyes. The King's Green was the king of jade! However, Gu Ning got a piece of it so easily. Everyone was jealous of her now, and they all wished that they could have the King's Green.

Gu Ning knew that there was top-level jade in it, but didn't know that it was the King's Green, so she was also surprised to see it. Nevertheless, it was a perfect gift for Master Leng.

Many people came to the shop after they heard the news, but they were all disappointed that Gu Ning wouldn't sell it.

Gu Ning paid the fee for cutting the raw material and quickly left with Leng Shaoting. Everyone could only watch them disappearing from sight. The King's Green was worth at least a hundred million yuan! However, the news also attracted some bad people's attention. With the priceless jade in her hands, Gu Ning was in a dangerous situation.

The minute that they left the shop, they felt that some people were stalking them. However, they ignored them, walking straight to the parking lot.

There were many people on the street, so the bad men didn't have chance to attack Gu Ning. They planned to grab the jade from Gu Ning when they were in the parking lot.

However, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting walked to a Hummer, which shocked the bad guys. The car was extremely expensive, and its owner must be either super-rich or powerful, so those bad guys hesitated. Meanwhile, they were reluctant to miss the King's Green which was worth at least a hundred million yuan. Therefore, they made up their mind to take the risk. A hundred million yuan wasn't much to Gu Ning, but it was a fortune to ordinary people.

There were few people in the parking lot, so the bad men directly ran at Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning when they were about to get in the car. However, before they could attack them, Leng Shaoting punched them first. Within several movements, the three men were kicked away. To their astonishment, they failed before they even began to attack Gu Ning. The three men were moaning in great pain on the ground, and they now realized that they had made a terrible mistake. They were scared by Leng Shaoting and eager to escape away. Unfortunately, they could barely stand up.

Leng Shaoting didn't bother to waste time on them, so he got in the car and drove away without hesitation. Both Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning weren't affected by what just had happened.

"We need to find a good box to pack it up before sending to y-grandpa," Gu Ning said. She almost said "your grandpa" again, but changed it at once.

"I think that it's too expensive. Can't we prepare another gift?" Although Leng Shaoting understood that Gu Ning didn't lack jade at all, the top-level jade was too rare. He wanted her to think about it twice.

"Don't worry, this isn't the first time that I've cut out the King's Green," Gu Ning said. Since she promised that she would send his grandpa top-level jade, she would fulfill her promise. No matter how expensive it was, she was willing to send it to his grandpa.

"But…" Leng Shaoting still hesitated. The King's Green was too expensive after all. A hundred million yuan was nothing to him either, but it was too much for a gift.

"Well, if we get married one day, we'll share our properties and wealth. What is mine is yours," Gu Ning said. She had no intention to take Leng Shaoting's properties as her own, but she wanted to comfort him.

Chapter 317 Valueless Calligraphy?

Hearing what Gu Ning had just said, Leng Shaoting was cheered up at once. He didn't mind Gu Ning taking his properties as her own at all. "Well, then I'll take the gift on behalf of grandpa."

After that, they went back to the house. Before long, the news that someone had cut out the King's Green went across the street of stone gambling. Many people were shocked as well as jealous.

When it was time for dinner, Leng Shaoting cooked for Gu Ning at the house. Gu Ning was on her period now, so Leng Shaoting persuaded her to rest a bit more. Nevertheless, even if she wasn't on her period, he would still be willing to cook for her. Leng Shaoting was a great cook; even better than Gu Ning.

During the meal, Leng Shaoting's phone rang all of a sudden. The caller was Xu Jinchen. Xu Jinchen invited them to attend an auction at 2 pm tomorrow afternoon.

Gu Ning heard that and was excited. She asked Xu Jinchen whether she would have a chance to put her objects up for the auction. In fact, Gu Ning just wanted to sell her ancient objects for fun, not for money.

"Do you have antiques as well? What is it?" Xu Jinchen asked with curiosity.

Gu Ning thought for a second before she said, "An Official Kiln Writing-brush Washer." She just wanted to attend the auction for fun, so she didn't want to put an object that was too expensive up for it.

"No problem," Xu Jinchen answered with alacrity. He knew little about antiques, thus he didn't ask further about the Official Kiln Writing-brush Washer. At the auction, there was an appraiser who was responsible to evaluate the objects anyway. Of course, the appraisers weren't always right, so occasionally there would be replicas. Some of them looked so real, and many experts failed to tell the difference from real ones. However, before the auction, potential buyers could check the object themselves and so they would be responsible for their own choice. The auction house didn't need to bear any responsibility, and its reputation wouldn't be damaged because that was the rule in this industry.

A few minutes later, Master Leng called Leng Shaoting again talking about the auction too.

Master Leng was an antique lover, so he was interested in the auction. He asked Leng Shaoting whether he was free tomorrow to keep him company. There was one of Xu Beihong's paintings at the auction, and he wanted to buy it.

Leng Shaoting directly replied that he wasn't free tomorrow, because he was going to attend the auction with Gu Ning. However, he didn't tell his grandpa the reason. Otherwise, his grandpa would definitely come to meet them.

To stop his grandpa from coming, Leng Shaoting said, "If you want the painting, I can buy it for you. It'll be crowded at the auction, so I think that it would be better if you stayed at home."

"I have to check it myself! What if it's fake? I don't want to waste money," Master Leng said.

"Well, I can give you a better calligraphy than Xu Beihong's painting, so you don't need to attend the auction," Leng Shaoting said. He was trying every method to stop Master Leng from coming.

"Do you want Xu Beihong's painting, or Zhao Mengfu's Luo Shen Fu?" Leng Shaoting asked.

"What?" Master Leng was astonished and excited. "Are you sure that you have Luo Shen Fu?"

"Yes," Leng Shaoting said.

With Leng Shaoting's affirmative answer, Master Leng was more than excited now. He couldn't wait to get it. "Give it to me right now!"

"I promise that I'll bring it to you later." Since Leng Shaoting mentioned Luo Shen Fu, he planned to send the gift to his grandpa today. Leng Shaoting understood his grandpa's personality well. If he didn't get the calligraphy, he wouldn't sleep at night, and Leng Shaoting didn't want his grandpa to stay up late. His grandpa was elderly after all.

"When? No, you must bring it to me as soon as possible!" Master Leng demanded.

"I'm eating now; I'll bring it to you after that."

"Great! Don't waste your time eating and bring it to me as quickly as you can!" Master Leng urged.

Leng Shaoting hung up the call and told Gu Ning he was going to leave for a while. Gu Ning heard the conversation between them and didn't mind. After the meal, Leng Shaoting went back to the Leng Family's house with the calligraphy and the King's Green in his hands.

Gu Ning then sent messages to Lu Zhan and Duan Lixin, telling them that she had already settled the office building and the new company. Lu Zhan and Duan Lixin both relaxed after reading Gu Ning's message. From now on, they would work for Fenghua Entertainment. Of course, they needed to sign contracts first.

In the Leng Family's house, Master Leng was anxiously waiting for Leng Shaoting, and told the housekeeper to check outside all the time to see whether Leng Shaoting was back home..

It was past 7 pm, so Leng Yuanqian's family and Leng Yuanzhen's family were all in the house with Master Leng. They knew that Master Leng was restless because of Leng Shaoting, so Leng Yuanqian's family was displeased. In their eyes, Leng Shaoting was an outsider, even though he was Master Leng's eldest grandson.

"Grandpa, Shaoting just visited you yesterday. Why are you so excited now?" Leng Shaoxun asked with curiosity. Not only Leng Shaoxun, but everyone else was also curious. They had never seen Master Leng being so restless with excitement just because Leng Shaoting was coming back.

"Shaoting is going to give me the Luo Shen Fu! It's a priceless calligraphy!" Master Leng replied with happiness. He also didn't hide his appreciation towards Leng Shaoting, which made Leng Yuanqian's family feel dissatisfied. However, they had to admit that Leng Shaoting was very able to be able to get Zhao Mengfu's Luo Shen Fu. They all knew that Master Leng was an antique lover, and everyone wanted to gain his favor. Unfortunately, it was so hard to find a real one nowadays even if you had enough money.

"I don't think that it's a big deal. It's just a valueless piece of calligraphy," Leng Shaojia said with disdain. She was obviously annoyed.

"Shaojia, mind your words!" Leng Yuanqian criticized. They all knew that Master Leng was an antique lover, and her words would definitely anger Master Leng.

Chapter 318 Your Girlfriend Is Awesome!

Master Leng indeed was irritated, looking at Leng Shaojia with strong dissatisfaction, and Leng Shaojia immediately lowered her head in fear. She didn't dare to meet Master Leng's eyes.

Master Leng had known about the attitude that the other members in the Leng Family had towards Leng Shaoting the entire time, but as long as they stayed in harmony and didn't attack each other, Master Leng wouldn't interfere. However, if anyone showed his or her animosity against another in front of him, he wouldn't ignore it. Was it so hard for them to get along with each other in harmony like a family?

Leng Shaoxun couldn't tolerate that Leng Shaojia had picked on Leng Shaoting who he admired. "Shaojia, we all know that grandpa loves antiques, paintings and calligraphy. Why did you still say that it's valueless? Who are you aiming at, Shaoting or grandpa? Is something valueless if someone dislikes it? If so, then I think that your designs are valueless too!"

Leng Shaojia was interested in clothing design. Although she was still unemployed at the moment, she had been designing clothes when she was not fooling around. Leng Shaoxun intentionally embarrassed Leng Shaojia in front of their grandpa because Leng Shaojia had found fault with Leng Shaoting many times. Although she didn't dare to say it in front of Leng Shaoting, she had often badmouthed him behind his back.

"You…" Leng Shaojia was mad, but couldn't say anything because of Master Leng's presence.

In fact, Leng Yuanzhen's family didn't get along with Leng Yuanqian's family either.

Moreover, Leng Yuanqian's family believed that they should inherit the Leng Family's wealth because Master Leng's eldest son had passed away. In that case, Leng Yuanzhen's family was also a problem for Leng Yuanqian's family. Nevertheless, they all knew that a powerful family had to be a harmonious family. Thus, even though they didn't get along with each other, they would keep it a secret among them.

"Mind your words too!" Leng Yuanzhen criticized Leng Shaoxun.

What Leng Shaojia had said annoyed Master Leng, and he didn't want to see her anymore. Master Leng went back to his study and told Leng Changzhi to guide Leng Shaoting straight to his study when he got there.

Leng Shaoting got there when it was just past 8 pm. He greeted several of the elder family members before he went upstairs.

"Shaoting, may I go with you?" Leng Shaoxun asked. He was curious about the calligraphy too.

"I have something to talk to grandpa about. If you want to have a look, you can go look in a while." Leng Shaoting didn't want Leng Shaoxun to know about his relationship with Gu Ning, so he rejected.

"Fine," Leng Shaoxun said.

Leng Shaoting knocked on the door of the study, and Master Leng immediately went to open it. Without saying a word, Master Leng directly grabbed the calligraphy from Leng Shaoting, but he did it lightly because he didn't want to damage it. He walked back to his table and unrolled the calligraphy before he began to evaluate its authenticity. It wasn't because Master Leng didn't believe Leng Shaoting, but it was just a habit. In addition, it wasn't uncommon to see replicas nowadays, and it was possible that Leng Shaoting bought a fake one. However, with Master Leng's rich knowledge and experience, he came to the conclusion that this calligraphy was real. His hands were trembling in excitement.

"Ha-ha, ha-ha! It's real! I did not expect that I could still collect such a valuable piece of calligraphy in my lifetime!" Master Leng was more than thrilled now. "I must show it to my old friends. They will be so jealous of me."

"Oh, where did you get it?" Master Leng asked with curiosity.

"Ningning bought it from an antique street by accident. It's your New Year gift," Leng Shaoting said plainly. His grandpa already knew that he had a girlfriend, so there was nothing to hide, but his grandpa didn't know his girlfriend's background yet. Without asking, Master Leng immediately realized who Ningning was. It must be his grandson's young girlfriend. However, Master Leng was shocked that Gu Ning had bought it by accident.

"Your girlfriend is awesome!" Master Leng complimented.

There was a proud smile on Leng Shaoting's lips when his grandpa complimented his girlfriend. Master Leng was amazed again to see Leng Shaoting smiling because of Gu Ning. Master Leng understood that his grandson must have found his true love, so he was increasingly curious about his grandson's girlfriend now. At the same time, he had to admit that his grandson's girlfriend was very generous to send him such a valuable gift.

Actually, Gu Ning's estimated price of Luo Shen Fu wasn't right. She thought that it was worth at least eight million yuan, or over ten million yuan at the most, but it was worth over thirty million yuan at least. If it was put up for auction, its price could be around fifty million yuan.

Master Leng then hesitated. "Nevertheless, I think that this gift is too expensive."

He didn't think that Gu Ning was trying to gain his favor him by sending such a valuable gift, but he believed that Gu Ning must be a smart girl from a rich family. However, the gift was indeed too expensive, and he felt uneasy taking it.

"Actually, there is an even more expensive gift for you." Leng Shaoting laid another gift on the table.

Master Leng was struck dumb. A more expensive gift than Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy?

"What is it?" Master Leng asked and reached out his hands to open it. Leng Shaoting didn't answer his question, but let him find out for himself. Master Leng opened the wooden box and a piece of dark green jade came into his sight. He rounded his eyes in great shock. "This-this…" He was too astonished to say a word. Although he already had the answer, he wasn't sure. Master Leng took the jade out and had a closer look at it. "This is the King's Green! How did you manage to get it?"

"Ningning cut it out at the street of stone gambling today," Leng Shaoting said.

"What?" Master Leng was more than shocked now. Again? He had indeed heard the news that a girl had cut out a piece of King's Green which was worth over a hundred million yuan at the street of stone gambling a short while ago. Unexpectedly, the girl was Leng Shaoting's girlfriend and his granddaughter-in-law-to-be.

Chapter 319 Gifts

The King's Green jade was worth over a hundred million yuan; it could be worth far more than just a hundred million yuan. Master Leng was short of words to describe his feelings now.

��Shaoting, your girlfriend is so incredible! She's able to pick out real antiques and cut out high quality jade." Master Leng had thought that Leng Shaoting had merely chosen a beautiful young girl, but to his surprise, the girl was really talented.

"You'll find out more," Leng Shaoting said.

"Nevertheless, it's too expensive!" Master Leng felt more uneasy this time. The King's Green was worth over a hundred million yuan after all! Over a hundred million yuan wasn't much to the Leng Family, but it was too expensive if it was just a gift. Even the Leng Family wouldn't send a gift at that price to others. In fact, Gu Ning was just Leng Shaoting's girlfriend and they hadn't gotten married yet. Therefore, Master Leng wasn't Gu Ning's family right now, but she was willing to send him such an expensive and rare gift. Master Leng was astonished by Gu Ning's generosity.

"Please don't worry. It wasn't hard for her to cut out the King's Green, and she won't take back what she has given away," Leng Shaoting said, although he had the same thought as his grandpa. Since Leng Shaoting said so, Master Leng could only take the

gifts.

"Well, let me send a gift back to her!" Master Leng said, and was about to find something for Gu Ning, but was stopped by Leng Shaoting. "Don't bother please. I didn't tell her that you already know that I have a girlfriend, because she wants to keep it a secret for now. She told me to send you these two gifts under my name, but I didn't want to waste her kindness, so I told you the truth," Leng Shaoting said.

"What?" Hearing that, Master Leng was shocked. Unexpectedly, Gu Ning had no intention to let him know that she had prepared the two gifts for him. Master Leng believed that Leng Shaoting wouldn't lie to him, so he now thought more highly of Gu Ning than ever.

Leng Shaoting didn't stay there very long. He left right after seeing Master Leng. It seemed like he really didn't take this house as his home. Other than Master Leng who understood that Leng Shaoting was in a hurry to get back to his girlfriend's side, the other members in the Leng Family thought that he must be occupied with business in the military. Leng Shaoting was an important figure in the military after all, and he must be busy especially at the end of the year.

Leng Shaoting didn't want anyone else in the Leng Family to know that he had a girlfriend, so Master Leng promised to keep it between them. Master Leng was curious about Gu Ning, but Leng Shaoting didn't allow him to investigate her, so he had to give up the idea.

However, Leng Shaoting even refused to tell him the girl's full name, which confused Master Leng, but if Leng Shaoting didn't want to tell him, Master Leng couldn't force him to say it.

After Leng Shaoting left, Master Leng immediately called someone. "Hi, Master Jiang! I just got Zhao Mengfu��s Luo Shen Fu. Why don't you come over and have a look tomorrow?"

Master Jiang's full name was Jiang Zhongyu. He was an old friend of Master Leng, and he had been the head of National Antiques Association before, so he naturally had great affection towards antiques. Although he was retired now, he was still influential in the antique industry. Hearing that, Jiang Zhongyu was excited. "What? Zhao Mengfu's Luo Shen Fu? Really? You're a bad person that you call me now but tell me to visit you tomorrow! How will I be able to sleep tonight! No, I'm coming right away, and you must stay awake and wait for me!"

Jiang Zhongyu of course couldn't wait till tomorrow. He walked out of his room quickly and shouted upstairs, "Jiang Ruining, get out here now!" Jiang Zhongyu was already 70, but exercised a lot, so he was still full of energy. Within seconds, a handsome young man around 20-years-old appeared at the stairs looking downwards. "Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Jiang Zhongyu noticed that Jiang Ruining was still in his nightgown. "Change your clothes right now, and drive me to the Leng Family's house."

"It's so late now. Why are you going to the Leng Family's house?" Jiang Ruining asked.

"Stop asking questions, you have only two minutes!" Jiang Zhongyu ordered. Jiang Ruining immediately went back to his room and got changed. A minute later, he walked out again.

Luckily, the Jiang Family's house was just two streets away from the Leng Family's house, so Jiang Zhongyu arrived after a few minutes.

Leng Changzhi was waiting for Master Jiang at the door. Thus, the minute that Jiang Zhongyu arrived, they went to Master Leng's study. Jiang Ruining had to admit that his grandpa was a complete antique addict! It was a winter night, and he still came here without hesitation. Jiang Ruining had to follow his grandpa.

In the living room, there was only Leng Shaoxun. Seeing Jiang Zhongyu, Leng Shaoxun greeted him with respect, but was ignored. Leng Shaoxun was already used to it, because he understood the reason why Jiang Zhongyu was here.

Jiang Ruining had no interest in antiques at all, so he stayed in the living room watching TV with Leng Shaoxun. "The New Year festival is around the corner. Will Shaoting come back home?" Jiang Ruining admired Leng Shaoting as much as Leng Shaoxun did, and he had also been trained by Leng Shaoting along with Leng Shaoxun. Although he couldn't compare with Leng Shaoxun, it wasn't difficult for him to defeat several ordinary men by himself.

"Shaoting has come back these past two days, but he only stayed here for a few minutes. I have no idea why he's so busy. I think that he will probably come back home during the festival." Leng Shaoxun wasn't sure actually, because Leng Shaoting didn't spend the New Year festival with them every year.

In the study, Jiang Zhongyu asked Master Leng excitedly. "Where is Luo Shen Fu? Let me have a look now!" Saying that, Jiang Zhongyu went straight to the study desk and appreciated the Luo Shen Fu placed on it.

The next day…

An Guangyao and the others took the earliest flight at 7:20 am, and arrived at the capital around 10:30 am.

Chapter 320 Auction I

Leng Shaoting helped Gu Ning to arrange a car to pick them up, so An Guangyao's group took the car and headed to Jinlin Hotel the moment that they left the airport. Fifty minutes later, they arrived.

Gu Ning was waiting for them in a private room, and they would dine together before going to the office building.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were going to attend the auction at two pm, so she ordered dishes beforehand. In that case, An Guangyao's group could have the meal right when they arrived.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Gu and Mr. Leng!" An Guangyao said. Because there were other people around, it wasn't convenient for An Guangyao to call Gu Ning his boss.

There was a secretary, Zhang Shunjie, and a designer, Wu Mingkai, along with an assistant designer and two surveyors that came to the capital with An Guangyao.

"Miss Gu, Mr. Leng, it's so nice to meet you!" the others greeted them. Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were their clients, so they had great respect and politeness towards them. Zhang Shunjie, on the other hand, was aware that Gu Ning was their big boss, so he behaved himself the entire time.

Gu Ning invited them to have a seat around the table afterwards.

During the meal, they didn't discuss much about work. Gu Ning had already written down her thoughts and blueprints for the office building and An Guangyao would be in charge of the rest of the work.

It was an 18-story office building, so the reception undoubtedly would be on the first floor, while the chairman's office would be on the 18th floor.

As for departments, they were going to set up Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Information, and Securities departments. The office building was 550 square meters in size, and there were three departments on each floor along with a bathroom and a pantry. The canteen would occupy a floor, while meeting rooms were on another.

Fenghua Entertainment was directly set up at the headquarters of the group, occupying the seventh, eighth and ninth floors. The seventh floor was to be a dance studio; the eighth floor was to be recording studios and the ninth floor were the offices for Fenghua Entertainment's staff.

There would be plenty of empty space in the 18-story office building temporarily, because it wasn't the appropriate time for Gu Ning to merge all her companies. In that case, Gu Ning decided to decorate the floors as planned and the rest of the empty space would wait till they were being used.

An Guangyao was surprised to hear about Fenghua Entertainment. To his astonishment, Gu Ning was going to be involved in the entertainment industry. Because of Shenghua Real Estate and Jade Beauty Jewelry, An Guangyao had no doubt about Gu Ning's ability. He admired Gu Ning more than ever because she was able to establish her business empire at such a young age.

They all knew that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting had something else to deal with, so they finished the meal within half an hour. After that, they left for the office building. The capital wasn't only large, but also had heavy traffic, so they didn't arrive until half an hour later. Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were going to attend the auction, so they left in another direction.

The auction was held in the downtown, and the host was the biggest auction company in the capital. Many celebrities were invited.

Not every attendee was an antique lover. Many came here to expand their network, while some seized the chance to show off his wealth. At the same time, not everyone who had been invited would show up, because some had no interest and some of those with a higher social status didn't bother to come.

When Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting stopped the car in the parking lot, they met Xu Jinchen's group who were waiting for them.

Chen Meng, Si Ming, Qiu Yuxin and Xu Qinyin came along with Xu Jinchen.

"Hi, Shaoting, Gu Ning!" They greeted Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning. Gu Ning also greeted them politely, while Leng Shaoting only nodded lightly. They were already used to Leng Shaoting's style, so they didn't think that it was impolite.

"Gu Ning, I heard that you are putting up an antique for this auction. Could you please show it to us now?"

Chen Meng and the others were all surprised when they heard that Gu Ning was going to sell an antique, so Chen Meng couldn't wait to ask her when she came.

"Yes, but I am just selling it for fun. I'm not actually an antique lover," Gu Ning said, and took out the Official Kiln Writing-brush Washer from her backpack.

None of them knew much about antiques, so they couldn't tell how precious this washer was. They only came here because they were invited and wanted to gather together.

"Let's get inside now! It's about to begin."

It was already 1:30 pm, and Gu Ning had to take the Official Kiln Writing-brush Washer to be appraised first, so it was time for them to go inside.

In the hall, everyone was chatting and shaking hands with one another. However, when Leng Shaoting and the others walked inside, they became the focus and attracted a lot of attention. Not because many people recognized them, but because of their outstanding appearance.

"Wow, those men are so handsome!"

"Yes!"

"I think the beauties are attractive!"

"I agree, especially the taller one. She has the perfect body!"

Both women and men in the hall were busy appreciating them.

Leng Shaoting and the other men were handsome as well as muscular. However, although Gu Ning's face was prettier than Qiu Yuxin, her body and height couldn't compare with Qiu Yuxin's. Qiu Yuxin was a mature woman after all, and dressed in a sexy and stylish way. She was the most noticeable one among them, while Gu Ning looked like a student and didn't attract much attention. However, Gu Ning didn't care, and Leng Shaoting didn't want other men to stare at his girlfriend either. Xu Qinyin was charming too, but still wasn't comparable with Qiu Yuxin.

"Isn't she the daughter of the Xu Family?"

"Do you mean the super-rich Xu Family?"

"Yes, she's the daughter of Master Xu's second son, and is called Xu Qinyin."

"And I think that I've seen the tall woman somewhere before. She looks so familiar!"

"Must be on a magazine cover: because she's a well-known model domestically."

"Oh, it's her! Now I know why she looks so familiar! She's so sexy and even more beautiful than the pictures in the magazines!"

Both Qiu Yuxin and Xu Qinyin were familiar faces to them.