The Legendary Man Chapter 433

Jade Pendant

“Two hundred million going once!

“Two hundred million going twice!

“Two hundred million going trice!

“Sold!”

When that word was uttered, the auctioneer raised his gavel and slammed it to the table. This signified that the guest in Room 9 now owned The King’s Portrait, having offered two hundred million for it.

Logan’s eyes widened when he saw the figures flashing brightly on the LCD screen. The King’s Portrait was valued at a whopping two hundred million!

Shocked, he turned around and asked, “Mr. Goldstein, is this painting really worth that much?”

Although he was the commander-in-chief of the Durbaine Special Forces, his yearly salary was only in the millions.

After tax deductions, he was only left with a few hundred thousand.

He used two hundred million! All of that just to buy a painting? Wouldn’t it be better if he dropped all this cash on raising a few hundred more troops?

“Two hundred million is nothing, really,” said Jonathan coolly. “Drake has a similar painting that fetched five hundred million on the black market abroad. There’s a price for this kind of thing, but it’s not necessarily something money can buy even if you have that much lying around.”

“Surely, this is ridiculous!” Logan was flabbergasted. He scratched his head, unable to imagine how a silly painting could be worth hundreds of millions. With this amount, he could’ve easily bought a brand new helicopter.

“That can’t be helped. There are too many rich people around,” Jonathan said. “Also, the painting isn’t the important thing here. Haven’t you heard?”

by purchasing antiques and dealing in art! But it’s too complicated to explain. I can’t possibly tell you everything in such a short

Logan wanted to continue asking questions, so he stopped the latter immediately by saying those words. He was barely interested in paintings and antiques, nor was he interested in explaining the

Logan said, Jonathan burst out laughing. “Have you fallen victim to capitalistic thinking? Speaking of which, I noticed that Ms. Haberly seemed to be quite interested in you.

It’s obvious she’s interested in my station as the commander-in-chief of the Special Forces. Aren’t they just going to

paused before continuing, “If you got rid of me,

all!” Jonathan couldn’t help but laugh when he heard Logan’s outburst. “Why don’t we test out that theory? I’ll pretend to fire you, and we’ll see if they

I don’t think we should tempt fate.” Logan broke out

kidding. Let’s watch the

decided

of an eye, the action was already in full swing. Given how intense the bidding of The King’s Portrait went,

lot was not

porcelain piece priced at more than five hundred million. This came as a shock to Logan, who could

really know how to throw money

through the auction, Logan

life, he did not even know what the true value of ten million

the point of

Just then, a tray covered in red cloth made its way to

handed to the auctioneer, it seemed

lot for tonight! It’s a dragon-patterned jade

moment this was announced, the red cloth was

silver tray, a crystal clear, dazzling red jade

red as if it had

pendant was a lifelike carving

eyes lit up when he

His moment had come.

attended this auction because he

the auction tonight. To be honest, I’m just as clueless as you are. All I was told is that its origins are shrouded in mystery, and it is deeply rooted in myths and legends. However, what

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