Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 490

While watching the exchange of bids, Brian glanced at Molly accidentally. He was exactly at a position where he could see her and her companions clearly. Due to the training he had experienced since his childhood, his vision was much better than ordinary people even in somewhat dark places. He could discern the expressions on the faces of people clearly just by looking at them, especially the desire of Mark for the violin.

"Fifty million!"

an offer was given in an indifferent tone, adding twenty million to the prior price. Hearing such an offer, everybody else stopped what they were doing and looked at the person who gave the offer by following the voice.

All heads turned to Brian but he received their gazes casually. Silence filled the room for a moment. It might be because everybody was so surprised or nobody dared to give a higher bid that there was no offer to counter Brian's fifty million. When the auctioneer was about to drop the hammer and proclaim the winning bidder, someone gritted his teeth and added one million suddenly.

"Sixty million!" unexpectedly, Brian raised his bid yet he still delivered it in an indifferent tone. He did not like playing games slowly like this. He wanted excitement and thrill, and creating mental stress to other people.

"Brian?" Eric looked at him and asked in confusion.

"I've decided that I want it all of a sudden..." Brian explained, which sounded casual and playful. While others were so surprised or confused, he, himself, knew clearly that he did it all because of the expression of worry on Mark's face, however, that worry on Mark's face was not meant for him.

Sixty million was a considerable amount of money. For ordinary rich people, a violin was not worth sixty million while for those musicians, sixty million was an astronomical figure. No matter how much they desired or loved the violin, they had no choice but to give it up because in reality, they would never be able to afford it. By then, everybody had known that Brian was that determined to have the violin.

"The Stradivari belongs to Mr. Brian Long!" the auctioneer said while dropping the hammer. Hearing that, mixed emotions could be seen in the faces of everybody present, with different thoughts running through their minds.

With the successful auction of the final item, the charity concert for the benefit of the handicapped children foundation came to an end. To everybody's surprise, more than a hundred million had been raised in the event. The few media that were allowed to attend hastily left the venue to work with their press releases. Everybody agreed that aside from the Stradivari, the fight for "Sunny Day" should also lead the headlines. However, when the reporters went back to their respective agencies, each of them was notified that nobody involved in the auction of those two items was allowed to be identified except for Spark.

People left the venue in succession, while the Dream staff stayed behind to settle any problem that might arise from the concert or auction. Brian and Eric left together and went to the underground parking lot.

Most of the people in the parking lot had attended the auction. Since it was late, people wasted no time to leave and did not talk too much before they left. Brian and Eric respectively walked towards their own cars. At the same time, Molly and her companions walked out of another elevator in the parking lot together with Russell.

Russell was talking with Spark and Molly, with an apparent expression of regret on his face. Molly was also distressed, but Spark looked unaffected and calm as usual.

Daniel was carrying Mark in his arms and the child saw Brian as soon as they went out of the elevator. Mark moved agitatedly and struggled in a hurry. Daniel did not know why he was acting like that, but he put him down. With his little short legs, Mark then ran onto the center of the parking lot.