Chapter 124 - 100 Open a Store

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Chapter 124: Chapter 100 Open a StoreThis birthday party was overall quite harmonious. If it hadn’t been for Lin Wan’s one-hour live stream, it would have been even better. The final part was everyone singing the birthday song together, with Lin Wan, the birthday girl, making a wish, blowing out the birthday candles, and sharing the cake. This cake was purchased by Chen Feng at a high price; the cream was very authentic and, of course, the taste was also quite good. Several women, despite saying they were afraid of getting fat, still ate with big smiles on their faces, especially the plump Li Li, who ate three large pieces, just like Chen Feng. Chen Feng now weighed over 170 pounds and never thought about dieting. Who would think about losing weight when they have a terminal illness? However, many people naturally lose weight after getting cancer, but Chen Feng didn’t exhibit such changes, which was quite miraculous. Therefore, Chen Feng often comforted himself by believing that a miracle would appear. After all, with his current streak of unbelievable luck, it wouldn’t be reasonable for him to die from an illness in the end. Chen Feng could only think so optimistically. Otherwise, he really couldn’t accept it. He had just turned thirty after the New Year, and he was now wealthy. How could he possibly be willing to die like this? After the birthday party, Chen Feng settled the bill, and everyone went their separate ways. This time, Chen Feng still chose to spend the night at East Lake Villa. Xiao Ya had sent a WeChat message around nine o’clock to ask if he was coming home tonight? Chen Feng replied with a simple "No." After that, Xiao Ya didn’t send any more messages. The next morning, Chen Feng didn’t stay in bed; instead, he went to check on the "Lanting Preface" first thing, and this time, he entered into meditation for less than ten minutes, indicating that any potential energy stored within the calligraphy had been "absorbed" by Chen Feng. Although he still had two paintings in hand, Chen Feng felt the need to prepare more. Because this could potentially cure his terminal illness and save his life, even if it seemed very unlikely, it was currently the only hope he had for survival. Or you could say, the last straw to clutch at. After all, he had been sentenced to death by medical science in the real world, with only a few months to live at most. But ever since his divorce, he hadn’t shown any symptoms of a terminal illness; there used to be nausea and vomiting, but later those disappeared completely. More recently, after meditating on a few calligraphic works and possibly absorbing invisible energy from them, Chen Feng suddenly became much stronger. This was undoubtedly like receiving a shot of adrenaline, and also brought a glimmer of hope to his once hopeless life. Even after the experts at the dog hospital proclaimed his death sentence again, Chen Feng hadn’t given up completely. Be it a dying struggle or fooling himself. Now his body did indeed become healthier because of the calligraphic works he discovered, which was not only his personal feeling but also backed by scientific evidence from the dog hospital’s test reports. So, even though this hope still seemed very faint, he continued on. In the following days, Chen Feng visited several artists around Xiu Zhou City District. Unfortunately, there were no more gains. The energy contained in the two paintings he had purchased from Xi Jun had already been drained through his daily absorption over the past few days. This left Chen Feng feeling helpless and insecure. And through these days of continuous "energy absorption," his body had indeed grown even stronger. The most obvious sign was the length of time he could maintain play during several games with Xiao Ya, which kept increasing, causing her both delight and fear. Fortunately, Chen Feng didn’t return to Red Villa Bay every night, otherwise, he even began to wonder if she might terminate their employment relationship early. Of course, the fact that she needed Chen Feng to invest money in opening a bubble tea shop for her was also an essential factor. That day, Chen Feng traveled farther afield to a county under Xiu Zhou City and visited three artists there. A local elder calligrapher with some renown finally brought Chen Feng’s diligent search to a successful end, yielding a painting that resonated. And the price was relatively cheap; Chen Feng spent only 300,000 yuan for it. Chen Feng couldn’t wait and meditated in the car while looking at the painting. When he came to, he saw that almost forty minutes had passed—this was truly an unexpected joy. According to Chen Feng’s standards, the artistic value of this elder calligrapher’s work was certainly higher than that of Song Yi and Xi Jun. This was like finding a hidden treasure for Chen Feng. But in reality, this elder calligrapher was only quite famous in his local county and had a modest reputation in Xiu Zhou City. Not to mention nationwide recognition, he was not even very well-known within the province. This might have been because the elder calligrapher didn’t care much about fame and fortune, or it might have had to do with his lack of understanding of hype and commercial operations. Clearly, he was a person who lived a life indifferent to fame and wealth. So, the artistic value of artworks doesn’t necessarily have to depend on the notoriety of the artist. Sometimes the works of lesser-known artists are just as good, if not better, than those of the more famous ones. This undoubtedly broadened Chen Feng’s perspective. He thought he could cast a wider net, not needing to visit each artist personally but instead spreading the word that he was willing to pay a high price for artworks, especially paintings and calligraphy, and wait for interested parties to come to him with their works. By doing this, his efficiency was bound to increase a lot, and it wouldn’t be as exhausting. At the same time, it would also give him something to do.

Chapter 124 - 100 Open a Store

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