I started to become more self-disciplined at the age of 30

Chapter 149 148. The much-anticipated prize of hundreds of millions! Breaking up doesn’t need to be dramatic? But the reality is even more dramatic.

Pu Yuexi, Han Qing, Chen Xiaojia and others have already learned some news from the Internet.

They also found out that several people came to Zheng Zehao's house and wanted to buy the Ding Fengbo painting in Zheng Zehao's hand. Three parties bid at a sky-high price of 150 million!
They now have a more intuitive understanding of the value of Jiang Chen's works.

They knew that Han Qing had a work that Jiang Chen gave her. It was an early work. Perhaps the calligraphy level was not as good as the Ding Fengbo he had just written, but the literary quality of Drunken Flower Shadows was no worse than that of Ding Fengbo, and its value would not be much lower either, at least worth hundreds of millions.

In other words, Jiang Chen had directly given Han Qing something worth 100 million yuan.

Han Qing could immediately achieve financial freedom if she sold the painting of Drunken Flower Shadows.

And now...

Jiang Chen actually said that he would give away a work of art by lottery in the live broadcast room?
What kind of prize is this?
Prizes worth hundreds of millions!

Several people opened their eyes wide, their minds went blank for a moment, and then after they came to their senses, they looked at each other and stared at Jiang Chen.

The hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live broadcast room were shocked for a moment, then they all came to their senses, and the barrage of comments in the room exploded instantly.

"Old Jiang, is this true?"

"Do I really want to give you a work you wrote? One that's the same as Zheng Zehao's Ding Fengbo?"

"Old Jiang, you are really asking for trouble. You want to give away a work worth hundreds of millions of dollars?"

"Lao Jiang, from now on I will live in your live broadcast room. I will be there whenever you start broadcasting. I will give you ten yuan every day."

"If I win the prize, Lao Jiang, I will erect a monument for you and burn three sticks of incense for you every day."

"Fuck, if I win this, won't I be financially free instantly? It's even scarier than the Double Color Ball!"

"Old Jiang is going back to Chengdu to draw the lottery? How many days are left?"

"Lao Jiang..."

“Please bless me to win the lottery!”

"In order to avoid missing out on a prize worth hundreds of millions of yuan, from now on, whenever Lao Jiang starts broadcasting, I will live in the live broadcast room."

"Lao Jiang..."

……

The number of people online in the live broadcast room rose sharply, breaking through 900,000 in an instant, and was about to reach one million.

This amount of people online usually only appears when Jiang Chen starts singing or performing.

But now, Jiang Chen is about to break one million before he even sings a song.

visible.

Jiang Chen’s news was so shocking and attractive.

……

at the same time!

Li Zheng came to Qin Hanming again, admiring Jiang Chen's works while watching Jiang Chen's live broadcast. When he heard Jiang Chen's words, he stood up and said with a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes: "Great, Jiang Chen is going to give away one of his works in a lottery. I hope I can win the prize then."

Qin Hanming smiled and said, "Now there are 500,000 or 600,000 people in his live broadcast room at any time, and millions of people at night. There are even more people during the lottery. Don't even think about winning with this chance."

Li Zheng's eyes flashed with a smile: "I didn't expect to win the prize. I'm happy that this work came out of Jiang Chen's hands, so everyone has a chance."

This time, Li Zheng didn’t believe that in a random draw, he would pick someone who didn’t like money like Zheng Zehao?
As long as he could get it done with money, Li Zheng felt that he had a great chance.

However, Li Zheng didn’t know which work Jiang Chen would give as a gift. It would be great if he could give away The Knight’s Ode.

Qin Hanming smiled, with anticipation flashing in his eyes: "That's right, if it can be given out, then we can hold a small auction."

Qin Hanming had also made up his mind that he would get involved when the time came. Jiang Chen's work must not be missed.

Although he now has many works of Jiang Chen displayed here, except for the painting "Mercy of Farmers", all of them are temporarily placed here by Jiang Chen and do not belong to him.

Thinking about it now, Qin Han knew that Jiang Chen had taken advantage of him when he exchanged the Four Treasures of the Study and the seal from him with a Painting of Mind the Farmers!

Someone has already offered him 40 million for that painting of peasants!
But, he couldn't sell it either.

…………

In Beijing, Li Wenbin also watched Jiang Chen's live broadcast when he was free in the office, wanting to listen to Jiang Chen's performance in the evening.

He is now considered a fan of Jiang Chen, and the playlist he listens to on repeat every day are all Jiang Chen's works.

If he has time in the evening, he will listen to Jiang Chen’s live singing!
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened Jiang Chen’s live broadcast, he heard Jiang Chen say that he wanted to give away his works?
This……

Li Wenbin felt an unexpected surprise. It was impossible to buy Jiang Chen's work from Jiang Chen, but since it was given away, wasn't there a chance?
Even though Zheng Zehao refused, Li Wenbin believed that sooner or later he would be able to buy Zheng Zehao's works.

Because Zheng Zehao is just an ordinary person, and sooner or later he will be short of money!
Now, Jiang Chen was about to send out another work. Li Wenbin immediately picked up the phone and called the old man who was the middleman in the collection circle: "Have you watched Jiang Chen's live broadcast?"

The old man said: "I watch his live broadcast every day. He said he would give away a work, but he would not send it until Chengdu. I will keep an eye on it. No matter who gets it, I will contact them as soon as possible and try to buy it."

Li Wenbin: "Okay, I'll tell you the budget when we see which piece he will send out."

Old man: "Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."

Li Wenbin hung up the phone.

Then, his phone rang again. It was Li Wenjun calling, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face.

Li Wenjun seldom calls him.

After answering the phone, Li Wenbin smiled and asked, "Why did you think of me?"

Li Wenjun was in the yard not far from Wang Fei. While watching Jiang Chen's live broadcast, he held the phone and said, "I want you to do me a favor."

Li Wenbin smiled and said, "It's too formal to say you can help me. Just tell me. As long as I can do it, I will definitely agree to it!"

After becoming an adult, Li Wenjun had almost never asked him to do anything for her, so when Li Wenjun asked this time, Li Wenbin had already made up his mind to spend a lot of money. As long as he was able to do it, he would not refuse.

Li Wenjun said directly: "Jiang Chen said that when he returns to Rongcheng, he will give away a work of art through a lottery in the live broadcast room. I want you to buy this work back for me when the time comes."

The smile on Li Wenbin's face froze for a moment.

This……

He did want to buy it, but he was buying it for his own collection.

"Wenjun, don't you already have the Qingping Tune that Jiang Chen wrote specifically for you?"

Li Wenbin smiled bitterly and said, "I have asked someone to keep an eye on it. I want to buy this work back for my own collection when the time comes."

Li Wenjun: “I want it!”

Li Wenbin was silent for two seconds, then reluctantly agreed: "Okay, since you want it, I'll buy it and give it to you. By the way, how is your contact with Jiang Chen?"

Li Wenjun was silent and speechless.

Because she would send messages to Jiang Chen every day, but Jiang Chen would not reply most of the time. The occasional replies were also very simple and perfunctory, such as OK, well, I'll take a shower and go to bed, good night, etc.

The in-depth communication and pleasant conversation she imagined had not yet appeared.

Even when she talked about calligraphy, ancient poetry and other areas in which Jiang Chen was good at, Jiang Chen rarely spoke to her.

This made her feel a little helpless and she didn't know how to start.

Seeing his sister not talking, Li Wenbin knew that the communication must be going wrong, so he comforted her, "It's okay, take your time. Great artists like Jiang Chen are very emotional and stubborn, but their ideas change quickly. When he figures it out and wants to get married and start a family, things will be different."

Li Wenjun: "I'm waiting for your good news!"

Li Wenbin: "I will try my best. As long as the winner is willing to sell, I will definitely buy it back for you. If he refuses to sell, I can't do anything about it."

…………

At this moment, the entire Chinese collection circle was in a state of agitation, and many collectors and elite collection companies began to pay attention to Jiang Chen's live broadcast room, waiting for the day of the lucky draw to arrive.

However, Jiang Chen didn't care about these.

He smiled and said to Han Qing, Pu Yuexi, and Chen Xiaojia: "Good things can't always be kept in your hands, you have to share them with others."

Han Qing nodded: "You don't need to explain, it's your own things, you can do whatever you want with them! You take a rest first, we will start cooking."

Chef Chen Xiaojia came online again and several people started cooking.

Jiang Chen sat next to them, strumming his guitar gently, and said to the live camera: "I'm going to sing a breakup song for you today."

"It's called respectability!"

The number of people online in the live broadcast room has exceeded one million!
Everyone was just discussing Jiang Chen's lucky draw, and then they saw Jiang Chen was going to sing. It was another surprise. The popularity of the live broadcast room rose rapidly again, and the barrage of comments and reward messages kept exploding!
Zhang Li, who had already arrived in Chang'an, was looking at the information in Jiang Chen's live broadcast room in the hotel, with a hint of worry and expectation in her eyes.

She took out her phone and sent a message to Mr. Yang: "Have you watched Jiang Chen's live broadcast?"

Mr. Yang replied: "I'm watching it. He will give away a work of art through a lucky draw when he returns to Chengdu. The popularity of the live broadcast may explode then!"

Zhang Li: "During this period of time, Jiang Chen's popularity may rise again. Many people will stay in the live broadcast room because of this lottery! I have a feeling that the number of people in Jiang Chen's live broadcast room tonight will reach a new high."

Mr. Yang was silent for a few seconds and replied: "It's very stressful!"

Jiang Chen's popularity has reached this level, and it can still increase rapidly. The daily per capita fee paid by Penguin Live is also constantly increasing, which makes their financial resources a little stretched. Mr. Yang just feels a lot of pressure and can't help but want to ask the technical staff to limit the flow of Jiang Chen's live broadcast room.

However, he could only think about that kind of thing and didn't dare to do it, because such a thing could not be concealed. Once done, people in the industry would be able to see it, and Jiang Chen would also know it quickly. Not only would their cooperation with Jiang Chen fail, but it would also ruin their reputation.

Zhang Li: "What does the group headquarters say?"

President Yang: "Penguin is still as overbearing as always. If Jiang Chen doesn't sign the contract, they won't give him much support, fearing that he will run away. I proposed giving Jiang Chen shares, and the group agreed in principle, but it can't exceed 10% at most!"

Zhang Li: "Ten percent is too little, it's impossible to keep Jiang Chen. Our company's valuation is only about 2 billion now, and ten percent is only worth 200 million! It's impossible to expect Jiang Chen to give up his head fee for 200 million. Jiang Chen now has tens of millions of head fees every day, and 200 million is only for 20 days!"

Mr. Yang: "That's why I didn't tell you. Now I don't know what to do. If we rely on our platform to make money, it will be difficult to bear Jiang Chen's huge expenses in a short period of time."

Penguin Live was previously making losses, and has only recently begun to break even thanks to the huge popularity that Jiang Chen has attracted. However, it is only just breaking even, and does not have a daily profit of more than 10 million to support Jiang Chen's head fee.

The per capita fees paid to Jiang Chen now all come from the head office, as well as the money from previous financing and loans, but there is not much left.

Once it’s all spent, there will be no money left if you want to renew your contract with Jiang Chen.

Give shares, but the group headquarters does not allow too much, only 10%.

Just 10% is enough to tie Jiang Chen down and make him give up his daily income of tens of millions?

How can it be!

Mr. Yang himself was embarrassed to let Zhang Li speak up.

Zhang Li: "Is there any action on DouYue Live?"

President Yang: "I heard that Li Yumin went to DouYue headquarters and got a bigger authorization. Next time he might offer us the same contract to snatch Jiang Chen!"

Zhang Li was silent. She didn't know what to do. Although her family had some strength, they didn't have the energy to make Penguin Group give up its principles and support Penguin Live.

"I'll go to headquarters again tomorrow."

Mr. Yang said this and stopped talking.

Zhang Li also ended her conversation with Mr. Yang and watched Jiang Chen's live broadcast carefully. She saw that the number of people online in Jiang Chen's live broadcast room had climbed to 1.08 million and was about to exceed 1.1 million.

With such popularity in the past, Zhang Li would definitely be very excited and feel that she had the foresight to sign Jiang Chen.

But now, this huge popularity number only brings her pressure!

It would be better if Jiang Chen's popularity was lower, and maintained at an average of more than 300,000, then the pressure on Penguin Live would be much less.

Jiang Chen played the guitar, and a sad atmosphere swirled in the live broadcast room.

The live broadcast barrage never stopped.

"Lao Jiang's guitar is getting more and more impressive. Just listening to him play the guitar is enough."

"It's inexplicably sad. It's really a song about breaking up!"

"What does respectable mean?"

"Lao Jiang's new song, sit tight."

"Whatever Lao Jiang does now has great taste and style. This guitar is something that no ordinary professional guitarist can compare to."

……

Jiang Chen's singing voice gradually became louder.

"Don't pile up nostalgia to make the plot bloody..."

Jiang Chen opened his mouth.

Many listeners in the live broadcast room felt their mood suddenly become depressed, and they seemed to be back to the scene of their breakup.

Dog blood!

It seems that everyone will try their best in the process of love.

But Jiang Chen’s singing tells you... don’t let it become melodramatic!

However, in reality, most breakups are extremely bloody. It can even be said that there is no most bloody, only more bloody.

Many people don’t want to think about or mention past breakups because they feel it’s stupid and embarrassing!
Therefore, when hearing Jiang Chen's singing, many audience members fell silent, staring at Jiang Chen, but their eyes were a little dazed, and their thoughts drifted to who knows where.

And Jiang Chen's singing voice continued to float.

"Why ruin a classic when you have loved it for so many years?"

"We are all adults and we don't owe any debts..."

"I'd rather waste my time..."

"Like an actor taking his final bow and watching the lights go out."

The number of people online in the live broadcast room quickly exceeded one million, but the number of barrages became much less, with only a small number of barrages passing by, and many viewers did not want to talk anymore.

“I want to cry!”

"I'm willing to waste time, haha, I feel numb all over!"

"We just broke up yesterday. It was very ugly. We blocked each other on the phone and social media accounts."

“I think I understand what a decent song title means.”

……

Jiang Chen's hands gently plucked the guitar strings, and the scene of breaking up with his girlfriend in college appeared in his mind.

Although it was the other party who took the initiative to propose, it was also the other party who cheated on her and fell in love with a rich man...

However, Jiang Chen did not argue or make a fuss. He just accepted the fact calmly. But he would always remember the scar in his heart, so he has never been in love again.

Thinking about it now, his experience is extremely consistent with this song.

Therefore, Jiang Chen sang with great devotion, his voice carrying a kind of sadness and clarity, which made many audiences feel more involved in the song.

"It's too late to make a big splash..."

"Just keep the dignity of saying goodbye..."

"I love you without regrets and respect the ending of the story..."

(End of this chapter)