The Legendary Man novel Chapter 86

Chapter 86 The Starting Price Is A Hundred Million

Inside the grand hall, the crowd began to take their seats.

Only those of stature were allowed to be in private rooms while everyone else was seated in the grand hall.

Through the screen, Jonathan coincidentally caught a glimpse of the Langford Group chairman’s son, Alvin. What caught him by surprise was that Josephine’s best friend, Ysobel, was sitting right next to him.

Ysobel? Why is she sitting together with Alvin? Isn’t she already married?

Back when he moved into the Smith residence, Ysobel had already been married for a few years. In fact, Jonathan had seen her husband before. He was a fat and ugly middle-aged man.

Furthermore, he was more than ten years older than Ysobel.

Also, he came from a rich family.

Watching the screen, Jonathan saw that both Alvin and Ysobel were openly affectionate with each other, as if they were an actual couple.

“Mr. Goldstein, did you see someone familiar?” Harrison couldn’t help but ask when he saw Jonathan staring at the screen.

“Not exactly.”

Jonathan shook his head as he looked elsewhere.

Soon, the auction finally began.

A female host in a short skimpy dress walked up to the stage with a microphone in her hand. With the spotlight trailing her, it highlighted how stunning her figure was.

“A warm welcome everyone to the auction organized by the Hansley family! Today, we have many guests who came from both near and far. Therefore, I’m sure all of you will not be disappointed with today’s auction!

“For everything that we auction off tonight, we will donate one percent of the proceeds to the poor students living in rural areas. Without further ado, let us begin with our first item!”

After a short introduction and barely any time wasted, the host kicked off the auction right away.

“The first item on a block today is a painting by Michaelangelo, titled Spring and Autumn. The starting bid will be five million! Every increment must be at least a hundred thousand.”

The first item was Spring and Autumn by Michaelangelo. Word had it that its market price was at least ten million. In fact, some had even offered twenty million before.

The moment the bid started, someone called out, “Six million!”

“Seven million!”

“I’ll bid ten million!”

In less than a few minutes, the price had escalated to ten million.

And that was just based on the bidders in the grand hall. Those sitting in the private rooms had yet to take any action. Obviously, the painting wasn’t the reason they attended the auction.

In other words, the painting wasn’t worth their time.

“Fifteen million!”

Raising his paddle with one hand, Alvin had his arm around Ysobel who leaned in submissively.

Both of them looked like they were a couple who were madly in love.

“This good sir has bidden fifteen million. Is there anyone else with a higher bid?” Raising her gavel, the host scanned the grand hall.

At that moment, the spotlight was shining upon Alvin, making it a glorious moment for him.

“Fifteen million going once!”

“Fifteen million going twice!”

“Fifteen million, sold!”

The moment the gavel slammed onto the rostrum, Spring and Autumn belonged to Alvin. With that, Alvin proudly lowered his paddle and looked at Ysobel. “How does it feel? Is being with me more satisfying than that useless husband of yours?”