Jenny Hathaway hurriedly explained, "He’s my boss, don’t say nonsense. We’re leaving."
Phillips Hathaway: "Then leave your number with me, so I can contact you."
Jenny Hathaway hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded and gave her number to Phillips Hathaway.
The group left the restaurant.
Buffett: "Yang, there’s an auction tonight, I heard there will be antiques from Dragon Country. Want to check it out?"
Yang Chen: "Is that so? Then I definitely have to go."
Gates: "Then you two go back to the hotel and rest well, we’ll pick you up tonight for the auction."
Yang Chen nodded and said, "Alright! Then we’ll head back to the hotel, you guys go on with your work."
Buffett and Gates nodded and drove away.
The hotel where Yang Chen and Jenny were staying was not far from here, so they could walk back.
Along the way, Yang Chen kept counseling Jenny to look on the bright side, and think positively about everything.
Jenny nodded and said, "I understand, it’s just too sudden, I need some time to process, it’ll be fine."
...
In the evening, Buffett and Gates came to the hotel to pick up Yang Chen and Jenny for dinner, and then they headed straight to the auction house.
This auction was organized by Sotheby’s Auction House, a name often mentioned in movies, TV shows, and novels.
This company has offices in Round Shield and New York and is the oldest auction house in the world, mainly auctioning art and antiquities.
Buffett’s mention of Dragon Country’s antiquities being auctioned off made sense.
At 7:30 PM, Yang Chen and the others arrived at the auction venue.
The auction starts at 8, early guests can enjoy some fruit, snacks, and some red wine at the venue.
Such high-end auctions can actually be seen as a gathering of the upper class, and it is precisely because of such opportunities that many guests are willing to come.
With the economic power of some guests, they are not capable of bidding on lots that can go for millions or even tens of millions; they are purely here to expand their social circles. Without the interaction, they probably wouldn’t come, and the auction would be particularly desolate, and eventually, fewer people would come, and it would be difficult to continue the auction.
Just after Yang Chen and the others sat down, Jenny’s father came running over eagerly.
"Jenny, have you had dinner?" Phillips Hathaway asked.
Jenny Hathaway nodded without speaking.
Phillips smiled and asked, "Can I sit here?"
Buffett and Gates looked at Yang Chen, Yang Chen looked at Jenny, Jenny nodded, and Phillips immediately beamed and squeezed in at the table.
At this time, a young man walked over.
This person is named Marshall Kennedy, the son of Adrian Kennedy, the governor of New York State.
It is well known that politicians in the United States have their own businesses, even the presidents have their companies.
So, it’s normal for the governor’s son to do some business.
However, Marshall Kennedy’s business is not ordinary. Other politicians’ businesses are mostly in technology, energy, and arms, but he deals with antiques, artworks, and precious gold, silver, and jade.
The United States has only more than two hundred years of history, built on the slaughter of Indians, and the seizure and purchase of land, so the current Americans have no cultural heritage, not to mention antiques.
Therefore, Marshall Kennedy mainly deals with antiques from Dragon Country.
This guy even controls a complete supply chain for antiquities, which is why he was able to accumulate a fortune of 5 billion US dollars by the age of 28.
Marshall: "Haha... Mr. Hathaway, you’re here too."
Phillips Hathaway: "Haha... Hey, Marshall, good evening. Let me introduce you to my daughter, Jenny Hathaway."
Marshall looked at Jenny Hathaway and was immediately captivated by the half-blood beauty.
Marshall extended his hand proactively, "Miss Hathaway, hello. I’m Marshall Kennedy, currently the chairman of Mani Art Trading Company, and my dad Adrian Kennedy is the governor of New York State. He and your dad are good friends."
Phillips Hathaway: "Haha... Yes! Adrian and I are old comrades-in-arms. Back in the day, we completed missions together, and afterward, he became the governor of New York State and I became the governor of Alierse State."
Jenny: "Hello, I’m Jenny Hathaway, pleased to meet you."
Marshall: "Jenny, what a great name, it’s so pleasant, I like it. Mr. Hathaway, how come I never heard that you have such a beautiful daughter before?"
Phillips Hathaway: "Haha... That’s a long story, I’ll tell you sometime."
Marshall: "Alright! I’ll sit over there then, I won’t disturb you guys."
Marshall glanced at Yang Chen sitting next to Jenny, then walked aside and sat down.
Marshall whispered to his companion, "Phillips Hathaway indeed has such a beautiful mixed-race daughter, it’s unexpected. I’m very interested in her, I must have her."
The underling quickly flattered him, "A union between the children of two governors, that’s absolutely a perfect match, I think it’s great."
"What are you talking about? Alierse State is nowhere near comparable to our New York State, completely different levels. If the two families united, it would be her who would be marrying up to Marshall."
"But I saw Miss Hathaway getting quite cozy with that Asian guy, could they be a couple?"
"Who knows where he’s from, Japan, Korea, or Dragon Country?"
"Regardless of where he’s from, this is New York, Marshall has the final say."
"Haha..."
Yang Chen was chatting with Buffett and the others when he suddenly received a pop-up notification from the Bibi platform, he got a negative review.
"The driver ruined my family, I hate him. When I brought my husband back to find my wallet, how could you take the thing out and give it to me? If you had even a bit of common sense, you wouldn’t have taken it out in front of my husband! He argued with me for days and nights, insisting on divorcing me. At dawn, we’re heading for a divorce, all thanks to you! Remember your evil deeds, ruining a family!"
Yang Chen was dumbfounded!
Oh my god, wasn’t her infidelity at the gym the root cause of her family’s breakdown?
How can she put all the blame on an unrelated person?
Did she think that as long as her infidelity wasn’t caught, it was fine, the family wouldn’t break, so Yang Chen giving her that set was the cause of her divorce?
Impressive!
Bizarre!
Such a strange thought process!
Indeed, women only admit they married the wrong person, refusing to acknowledge any fault of their own.
However, the negative review soon disappeared, clearly because customer service reviewed it and found Yang Chen had no such fault, so they deleted the review.
Yet, this didn’t affect the system rewarding Yang Chen.
Sure enough, the system prompted a reward.
"Congratulations to the host for receiving a negative review, the system rewards you with an all-access shopping spree. At tonight’s auction, all lots that the host likes can be bid on, all costs covered by the system."
Oh, tonight I can buy, buy, buy, oh no, it should be bid, bid, bid.