I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

Chapter 74 The Fear of Being Dominated by Huaxia People



In France, Europe, on the glamorous Champs-Élysées, sat an incredibly opulent building. Beside it stood the Louis Vuitton Tower, a Cartier boutique, and various other high-fashion brands. This building was called the Cheryl Building, headquarters to a very famous local conglomerate.

The Cheryl Group's businesses spanned across the world, covering various domains, and most of their ventures were closely linked with art. Relying on these, they had established a vast business empire, even ranking among the top 100 companies in the former world.

The global peak art exhibition this time was a project they had crafted over a year, into which they had poured an unknown amount of human and material resources. Just managing to get the "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre had already consumed a considerable amount of resources.

This touring exhibition would pass through over fifty countries and hundreds of cities. If they could complete it, it was expected to bring them several billion US dollars in direct revenue, not to mention the impact on other brand effects and cultural influence, which was immeasurable in terms of money. The company placed great importance on this project from top to bottom.

"Audra, which country has the tour reached now?" Mossang, the CEO of the Cheryl Group, asked as he looked down at the glamourous Champs-Élysées from behind the glass.

"Boss, it has now reached Huaxia. Today is the second day of the exhibition."

"How is the financial report?"

"So far, we have completed exhibitions in 12 countries, selling a total of 142 pieces of artwork; one-third of those were purchased by clients from Huaxia."

"Huaxia indeed is a place of remarkable people and spirit," Mossang mused.

"Boss, why do you say that? They are just a developing country."

"Ha, Audra, you are still too young. Huaxia is a very mysterious country. If you only know the tip of the iceberg about it, you will understand just how unfathomably deep it really is."

"Oh? Can you tell me about it?"

"There are too many stories about Huaxia, but what most impacted me was a young Huaxian I met over twenty years ago," Mossang recounted, as if he remembered the fear of being dominated.

"Is there someone that made such a deep impression on you?"

"Have you heard about an auction held in Europe in '99, during the Century Auctions?"

"You mean that one where the total transaction amount broke historical records by ten times?"

"Exactly!" Mossang nodded. "You know, not a single item at that auction was passed on, yet still, it's impossible for the maximum amount to exceed the historical auction records by ten times!"

"Were you at that auction?"

"Ha, at that time, our Cheryl Group had just started, and I was merely joining in for the excitement," Mossang said. "Do you know why such a thing happened?"

"Sorry, boss, I can't imagine it."

"Because there was a person, who with an almost frantic bidding style, bought over eighty percent of the items at the auction!" Mossang explained. "I have never seen anyone attend an auction and start bidding at double the starting price, and if anyone dared to bid against him, he would recklessly raise the price further!"

"One person bought all those items? How is that possible? Even if he had a lot of money, he couldn't possibly buy so many items, right?"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe such a baffling thing could happen. You know, simply because a European at the auction called the Huaxians poor, that young man retorted by saying that no European present could take away a single item from the auction today!"

"Did he manage to do it?"

"Indeed, he did. The auction was carried out in Europe, with over 80% of participants from Europe, and not a single European stole away any auction item from him. To reclaim their pride, almost every auction item's price was multiplied several times its original value, hence the astonishing total transaction amount at the end."

"Did he really have the money?"

"Hehe, not only did he have it, but he also produced it very effortlessly," Mossang said. "Can you imagine? One man's wealth challenged the whole of Europe."

"And now the Forbes rankings…"

"That's just child's play. If we truly talked about personal wealth, Bezos wouldn't even make the top ten!"

"Huaxia... truly a mystical country."

"Your phone is ringing."

"I'm sorry, boss, I was too engrossed," Audra pulled out her phone, "Zorn? What's the matter?"

"What did you say? How could something like this happen?" Audra's expression suddenly changed, "And the penalty fees?"

"Alright, I understand. I will inform Mr. Mossang."

Audra hastily ended the call, her expression so dark it seemed moisture could drip from it.

"Audra, you have never been this panicked before." Although Mossang knew that no good news would come, he still remained nonchalant.

"Boss, did something happen to our project?"

"Don't panic, take it slow, what happened?"

"All the venues we contacted previously, now all of them are calling to cancel their contracts with us, they will no longer provide a venue for our art exhibition."

"What about the penalty fees?"

"They have all been transferred to our account."

"The reason?"

"I don't quite understand, something was mentioned about the Bradley family..."

"What? Say that again?" Mossang's face showed fear as if he had heard a ghost story.

"The... the Bradley family..."

"Why?" Mossang's lips quivered slightly, "I have never provoked the Bradley family, why would they target the Sheryl Group?"

"Boss, is the Bradley family that powerful? How come I have never heard of them?" Seeing Mossang's expression, Audra sank into deep thought, this was the first time she had ever seen her boss so alarmed.

"Not just powerful," Mossang said with a bitter smile, "If the Bradley family stomps their foot, the whole of Europe feels an earthquake. They can even make a beggar become the president of any European country if they wish! Their power is beyond imagination."

Audra's mouth dropped open, disbelief thick in her eyes, could a single family really do such a thing? Could they be the emperors of Europe?

Even if Mossang racked his brains, he could not imagine the cause of such serious consequences was merely triggered by a minor employee in their company.

"Investigate! I want you to find out which staff member in this exhibition tour has offended someone from the Bradley family!" It was clear that the target was this tour exhibition, so the cause must relate to it as well.

"Yes, boss, I'll start investigating right away!"

...

At that time, it had been less than ten minutes since they were at the Gusu International Convention and Exhibition Center.

"Manager, something's happened!" Bruce was pondering how to resolve the issue, but Zhang Menglong had already completely lost interest in talking to him.

"What's the big fuss about?" Bruce was in distress, and someone coming to him at this time was just adding insult to injury.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Just now, the head of the Gusu International Convention and Exhibition Center called us, they want to terminate our collaboration, telling us to clear out all our stuff and personnel within half an hour, or they will take forcible measures to expel us!"

"How could this be?" Bruce was so surprised that he was speechless. This international convention isn't a private entity; it's a building of the Gusu Cultural Bureau, a national structure, even with Zhang Menglong's capabilities, how could he possibly influence people within the system?

And forcibly evacuating in half an hour? That's certainly not something ordinary measures could achieve!

Zhang Menglong showed a cryptic smile; their family had been around for 5000 years, and they possessed much more than just wealth...


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