As the bidding price continued to climb, it finally paused at 460 million Euro. Naturally, this high price was paid by a Mafia family in Europe.
This family had so connections with the Sirio family, so upon first seeing the father and son in the painting, the boss of that family was extrely shocked.
Even though they didn’t win the final auction piece, this ti, it still broke Christie’s records in recent years.
There hasn’t been an auction item sold at such a high price for a long ti.
Ye Qiu felt it was a loss, but he wasn’t heartbroken; he already knew the value of the oil painting he created.
Now that the auction had ended, when Ye Qiu, Louise, and Liu Lingxiu were about to leave, the Gauthier family mbers were also getting ready to leave.
The Gauthier family was based in Marseille, but they definitely had their estates here in Paris as well.
For instance, last ti, Louise’s parents ca from Marseille.
Now, when Ye Qiu wanted to take Liu Lingxiu and Louise out for a French dinner, unexpectedly, Louise planned to take Ye Qiu back ho.
"Qiu, are you coming to my house?"
"Louise, isn’t your ho in Marseille?"
"I have one in Paris too, my grandpa should be in Paris now."
Most of Louise’s relatives were over in Marseille since that’s the family’s ancestral ho, but Paris is the capital, and most consortia have estates, company headquarters, branches, etc., here.
Initially, Ye Qiu wasn’t very fond of interacting with mbers of the Gauthier family, but now Louise was looking at him with expectant eyes.
"Then let’s go."
Since they were just going over briefly, Ye Qiu hadn’t prepared any gifts or such, but as they got into Louise’s car, Louise said, "In the family, so people look down on others, Qiu, but if they knew your talent, they wouldn’t be like that."
Today’s oil painting could fetch such a price, Louise felt the painting "Eastern Castle" that Ye Qiu gave her was even more valuable.
Now Louise was driving and following a few family mbers towards an estate in the Paris suburbs.
However, most of the ti, Louise lived in an apartnt in the city center, which was convenient for work, so she rarely ca back to this suburban estate.
Paris has developed for so many years; now, all the houses near the Seine River carry a classic style, unlike in the country where large-scale demolitions occurred early on. Instead, more modern hos can be found in the suburbs.
Upon arriving at the suburban manor, when Ye Qiu, Louise, and Liu Lingxiu got out of the car, Ye Qiu found the environnt here quite nice. At first glance, it felt like a vast Hirano, but with many European-style buildings.
And there were luxury cars parked there; most importantly, the ground was very clean, and even the fallen leaves seed very natural.
Ye Qiu knew that only in Western Europe could such an environnt be found; it was rare to see sothing like this in the country or even other nations.
When Louise took Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu from the car, she also carried with her the oil painting Ye Qiu had given her.
When they reached the main European-style villa, Louise had Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu sit there. When a maid soon ca over to serve coffee, Liu Lingxiu said, "Ye Qiu, why is the environnt here so natural?"
"Actually, it’s not all natural; soone maintains it regularly. If you think this is all perfect, the lawns here would look ugly if not trimd regularly."
Of course, Ye Qiu knew that the environnt here was quite different from the southern environnt back ho; each had its own advantages, mainly because he was used to seeing the dostic environnt. That’s why it felt so different here.
If these Europeans went to Huaxia’s south, they would have similar feelings.
"Grandpa, I’m back."
Louise went directly to find her grandpa.
Louise was over twenty now, and her grandpa was over seventy but was well-maintained and looked only about fifty.
He was drinking red tea in the backyard and had thought that the family mbers who went to Christie’s would win back that painting from the auction.
The Goth Consortium didn’t have their own auction house, but they had pawnshops and collections of antiques from all over the world, so if they found auction items worthwhile, they could bid on them.
Unexpectedly, the Gauthier family mbers had bid over two hundred million Euro but gave up, while others managed to purchase it for over four hundred million Euro; he found it astonishing.
Gauthier X was very shocked.
Upon hearing the voice from behind him, Gauthier X knew his granddaughter Louise had returned.
"My precious granddaughter, you’re back? You look happy!"
"Grandpa, I brought Qiu over."
"Is it that Doctor Ye who cured Count Charley’s disease?"
"Grandpa, it’s him. Now he has Viscount Red Wine and the diterranean Group."
Gauthier X smiled; Ye Qiu’s wealth was insignificant compared to the family’s centuries-old fortune.
Of course, he didn’t dare underestimate Ye Qiu.
After all, Ye Qiu’s dical skills were indeed formidable; if there were any incurable diseases, they might need his help.
"Louise, make sure you entertain him well!"
Gauthier X said.
"Grandpa, he also gave a gift; I was planning to keep it myself, but seeing you feel disappointed about not winning today’s painting, now I’m giving you my gift."
"Your gift, how can I accept it?"
Gauthier X said.
When Louise brought out the unfrad painting and slowly opened it in front of her grandpa, under the light, when Gauthier X saw the painting for the first ti, he was genuinely amazed.
Even, he found it more stunning than the painting "Father and Son."
"Louise, you said this was given to you by Ye Qiu?"
"Yes, grandpa, it’s the gift from Qiu, what do you think?"
"Very good, very good, I’ll have soone co and take a look."
The first ti Gauthier X saw "Eastern Castle," it seed to have a familiar feel from the past, but for a mont, he couldn’t pinpoint it.
The oil painting didn’t have a signature, so he couldn’t determine who created it.
As Gauthier called to have family mbers co over and invited a painter to visit.
anwhile, Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu were drinking tea over there, along with so pastries, but Ye Qiu wasn’t interested in those. He wanted to eat French cuisine; after all, it was dinner ti. Unexpectedly, when he saw Louise coming over, her expression was a bit puzzled.
"Louise, where’s your grandpa?"
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