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Chapter 5712

Author: Lord Leaf
As the Boeing 777 carrying the three elders was still flying over the ocean, Jacob, who was extremely excited, carried the portrait given to him by Charlie and drove the Rolls-Royce Cullinan gifted by Kathleen to the entrance of the Calligraphy and Painting Association.

At this moment, Jacob’s face was filled with confidence, almost as if he had just won a crucial battle and was waiting to show off in front of the other troops.

Jacob was somewhat unpopular at the Calligraphy and Painting Association. Most of the people here were literati and scholars. Although some of them lacked true talent and were merely here for the sake of elegance, at least they knew what it meant to be subservient.

Since they had no professional skills, they came here to provide more space for the professionals to show off. This was called being subservient.

If one had no professional skills and came here to be the second-in-command and not only pretended to be superior all the time even though one had no sk
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