Chapter Thirty-Two: So Much Business It Can't Be Finished

  Guo Yu called Huang Wenjing to ask her out, there is a Chanel fashion show tonight, Guo Yu got two tickets and wants to take Huang Wenjing together.

  In May, in Hong Kong, having a meal at a popular street food stall is not bad. Two people first find a well-known street food stall to eat, then drive to attend a fashion show. How to look at such an arrangement is a bit unusual, but being happy is good.

  However, Huang Wenjing's mood was not high all day today. Guo Yu noticed it but didn't ask awkwardly. After watching a wonderful fashion show, the two drove out and Guo Yu stopped the car on Victoria Bay Road. Hand in hand, they walked along the beach, blowing sea breeze.

  Guo Yu looked at the sea and said to Huang Wenjing: "I don't know why you're not happy today, if there's anything on your mind, I hope you'll tell me, I don't want to see you unhappy."

  Huang Wenjing looked up at Guo Yu, then gently laid her head on his chest, wrapping her arms around his waist. This was the first time Huang Wenjing had taken the initiative to hug Guo Yu. "My brother's company is in trouble because of me."

  "Is it Yang Sen?" Gu Yu thought of that kid first.

  "It should be, my brother's company had a lot of business interrupted recently, and the company is struggling to survive. My brother said that after finishing this deal, there will be nothing left to do." Huang Wenjing's voice was very small, carried away by the sea breeze, becoming somewhat ethereal.

  "Nothing's wrong, I'll take care of this. There's plenty of business for him to attend to here, I'm afraid he won't be able to handle it all."

  "Don't coax me, you're the one who runs an auction house, there are so many trade deals to be made." Huang Wenjing gently stroked Guo Yu's chest muscles with her hand, which were both broad and warm.

  "You also know that I went out a few days ago, and I actually went to Africa. I have business there, big business, even bigger than the Huafu auction house, and it's not like your brother doesn't have any business to do." After finishing speaking, he kissed Huang Wenjing's hair, which smelled so good, was straight and smooth, and silky, and could be used for advertising.

  The two of them kissed by the sea until midnight before Guo Yu sent Huang Wenjing back home.

  Huang Wenjing suddenly found that her brother Huang Jiaqiang was still sitting in the living room looking at materials: "Brother, why haven't you gone to sleep yet? It's already 11 o'clock."

  "Are you hungry, I'll get Sun Ma to make you some hot congee?" Huang Jiaqiang asked with concern. The two of them had an age difference of almost ten years, and their mother had passed away early, so Huang Jiaqiang was very fond of his little sister.

  "I'm not hungry, let's rest early and don't stay up late," said Huang Wenjing.

  "If nothing's wrong, let's have a chat, we haven't talked in ages."

  "What's up?" Huang Wenjing sat down on the sofa.

  "Let's talk about Mr. Guo then."

  "What's he doing?" A sentence from her brother made her blush a little.

  "Little sister, if you like him yourself, I absolutely won't stop you. Mr. Guo is also a man with a sense of career and doesn't have any bad reputation. Although they just moved to Hong Kong, they've already established themselves here. I just hope you see clearly whether he's the one you like and whether you two are compatible. Brother always wishes you happiness."

  Huang Wenjing's face turned red and her eyes became red. Finally, Huang Wenjing said: "Today he saw that I was a bit unhappy, so he asked me, I told him about Yang Sen's affairs, saying that our family business had been cut off, he said he could help our family company, just like buying cargo ships, he has many."

  Huang Jiaqiang said: "Having a business is good, but it can't be forced, after all, he also has his own company."

  "But he said that he has a bigger business in Africa, and this is just one part of his business. And the things that need to be purchased over there are on a massive scale, so trade will not decrease." Huang Wenjing said.

  "It's clear that Mr. Guo is a capable person, little sister, you decide for yourself." Having said that, Huang Wenjing ran upstairs.

  Guo Yu came to the auction house on the second day and began studying what he needed to buy. It was really complicated.

  Just as he was still thinking, Zhang rushed into Guo Yu's office with a newspaper in his hand.

  "You're really relaxed, having a romance and making money, you've got the best of both worlds. I'm so envious, resentful and hateful! Poor me, working to death just for your sake." Zhang Chong said with a sigh to Guo Yu.

  "You've been doing well lately, I'll give you a raise."

  "You'd better tell that to your little secretary. By the way, have you read this newspaper?" He said, waving the newspaper in his hand.

  "No, what newspaper is this?" Guo Yu asked in confusion as he took the newspaper from Zhang Chong's hand. He saw that it reported on the recent auction at Huafu Auction House, which had set a record for the highest single-item price in Hong Kong this year. The total sales of the auction reached 14.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking third in Hong Kong, only after Christie's and Sotheby's.

  "Not bad, sold for so much money." Guo Yu saw the money.

  "I'm telling you, boss, the money was transferred to your account yesterday. If I didn't mention it today, you wouldn't even know to check. I'm impressed by you. We just settled everything the day before yesterday and then transferred the money to you yesterday. This time the company also made nearly 100 million, we can have a celebration party now."

  "You arrange the celebration party, if I have time, I will attend."

  "Right, now that it's almost May, do you have any ideas for the summer auction? Will we be focusing on ceramics or calligraphy and paintings? It would be best if we had a theme." Zhang Chong said. Looks like Zhang Chong has gotten a taste of success and doesn't want to take a break at all.

  Guo Yu thought for a moment and said: "You say we mainly deal with European art pieces, this is now the world's mainstream, and the prices are also high."

  "But several hundred pieces of high-quality European art are hard to come by, unless you put out those sketch paintings of yours. There are indeed a few sketch exercises by some late 19th-century European masters that should fetch a good price." said Zhang Chong.

  "Are those sketches organized?"

  "It's not that fast, I was busy for a while before, and the identification was intermittent. Moreover, the quantity is too large now. The statistics are 18942 pieces of paper, 624 paintings, belonging to 188 people. Specifically, who it belongs to, when it was painted, whether it is an exercise work or a small piece of work, or a sketch draft before a successful work, all need to be analyzed and compared one by one, which is very troublesome."

  "No need to be so troublesome, I just want to know who painted it and how much it's worth, nothing else is necessary." Guo Yu said somewhat awkwardly.

  "It's impossible to identify them like that, as there are unified rules for identification all over the world. And you're not afraid of burying these good things either. However, most of these paintings were created between 1880 and 1910, so they should belong to the same period. That narrows down the range a lot." Zhang said with a glance at him.

  "Alright, I'll prepare a batch of European artworks for you. After selecting a few albums, we should be able to put together a special exhibition on European art."

  The two of them said a few more words, and then Zhang Chong bid farewell and left. Guo Yu checked his cash deposits and found that he had received 13.3 billion Hong Kong dollars this time. Adding to the previous deposit of 3.2 billion Hong Kong dollars, he now had a total of 16.5 billion in cash. It seemed like it was time to think about how to spend it.