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?”

Jonathan cleared his throat. With a flourish, he continued, “The best way to launder money is 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 period of time.”

that 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 finer details of money laundering. Even if he

what Logan said, Jonathan burst out laughing. “Have you fallen victim to capitalistic thinking?

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

before continuing, “If you got rid of me,

laugh when he heard Logan’s outburst. “Why don’t we test out

tempt fate.” Logan broke out in a cold sweat at Jonathan’s

kidding. Let’s watch the

his hand and decided to stop joking

full swing. Given how intense the bidding of The King’s Portrait went, one could say that the

price for each lot was not lower than a hundred

blue and white porcelain piece priced at more than five hundred million. This came as

really know how to throw

the auction,

fought enemies on the battlefield for half his life, he did not even know what the true value of ten million was. Yet somehow, there were rich people here spending up to five hundred million on a silly porcelain

the

tray covered in red cloth

was handed to the auctioneer, it seemed obvious that she

lot for tonight!

moment this was announced, the red cloth

the silver tray, a crystal clear, dazzling red jade pendant suddenly appeared

red as

pendant was a lifelike carving of a giant dragon hovering

up when he saw the

His moment had come.

auction because he had

be wondering why the pendant is the penultimate lot for 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.