President Brown let out a relieved sigh.
He walked straight over to Liu Di and invited him to a corner.
After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly said, "Mr. Liu, if you had any arrangements, you only needed to give the word. Why be so formal?"
Liu Di froze. "Hm?"
President Brown grimaced. "Earlier, I had my men investigate Gu Xiao's information and discovered that the company which bought his admission ticket was Witnesses."
"I'm honored to say that four months ago, President Heidina acquired 51% of our auction house's shares. Strictly speaking, our name should now be TO Lingxi–Picasso Auction Center."
"At the time, President Tina said our project had great potential."
"And just now, I asked Witnesses Headquarters about the name 'Liu Di.' I never expected President Tina to call personally."
Liu Di was even more stunned. "That happened?"
President Brown's expression was complicated. "Perhaps you have too many assets and can't keep track of them yourself."
Liu Di felt embarrassed. "Well... it's true that I haven't been back to the company in a long time."
President Brown apologized, "I'm truly sorry. We aren't proficient in operating Headquarters' 'Attendant' system, so we failed to discover your identity right away. Otherwise, we never would have let you spend 3.5 billion yuan on those worthless specimens. I'll return the money to you immediately."
Liu Di found the situation both funny and exasperating.
This was the result of information not being synchronized in time.
It seemed Attendant's intelligence still needed improvement.
But Liu Di immediately shook his head. "Keep the money. It was set at half your net worth, the most appropriate bride price according to traditional etiquette. At the same time, as his brother-in-law, it's the money I'm giving Gu Xiao to marry a wife."
President Brown nodded repeatedly. "Gu