Fang Bingqing brought out one painting after another, and as soon as she finished introducing each, it was snapped up, creating a very lively atmosphere.
Quickly, all fifty paintings were auctioned off.
Xu Yang and Jiang Yuheng didn't get a chance to make a bid.
After the auction, according to the bids tallied, the total reached twenty-three billion.
In reality, it was only two hundred and thirty million.
That amount of money would have been quite impressive if it were put towards poverty alleviation in a township.
But if it were allocated to the three impoverished counties Tang Jinglong spoke of, where not only six schools needed to be built and roads had to be constructed in every village, but also some sort of agriculture fund that would enrich the farmers and lift nearly one hundred thousand people out of poverty and onto the path of modest wealth, then it was far from sufficient—in fact, it could be said to be like a drop in the bucket.