Vol V Chapter 44
During the normal auction process, everyone would express their opinions at this time.
Some people who were interested in the auction would ask people they knew to avoid internal strife. In addition, they could also use this method to identify their opponents and make it easier for them to bid later.
For example, if there were three buyers, A, B, C, A, and B were good friends, then they might be able to discuss it privately. If one of them had a strong intention to auction, the other person would not have to fight him to the death, but they could recognize C as an opponent.
Then, based on C's financial resources and so on, they could roughly determine a bidding range.
For billionaires and trillions, the price was naturally different.
However, this auction was a little different!
First of all, the Zhao Clan, Bai Clan, Xuanyuan Clan, and the others were all silent. Because they were all familiar with each other and wanted to compete for this item, there was no need to discuss it.
Although everyone's opponents weren't just each other, each other was enough for them to compete.
After all, these were the few parties with the richest financial resources around Li City.
Of course, they didn't know that the other parties were also bidding, but they were confident in themselves.
For example, the Bai family. Bai Ze was the overlord of both the black and white forces in Li City. One could imagine how rich the Bai family's financial resources were. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was not a problem for them to casually take out more than ten billion in liquid funds.
Although he still needed time to make arrangements, the Bai family was Bai Ze's one-word court. No one would object to what he said. This made Bai Ze's control over the Bai family's funds far beyond everyone's imagination.
Another example was the Zhao Clan. Although the Zhao Clan did not have Zhao Dongyun's authority, they had basically gathered their power in the previous settlement of Zhao Dongshan and Zhao Dongshui.
Now, the amount of funds that Zhao Dongyun could mobilize was also unimaginable for ordinary people.
Moreover, under the premise that Galaxy had not been schemed against by Ice Eye, it was not a problem for it to take out more than a few billion in liquid funds. After all, this was a group with a volume of more than 100 billion.
And the Xuanyuan family, the Xuanyuan family never thought about money.
In Xuanyuan Xing's eyes, money was just a number. There was no difference between billions and tens of billions in her eyes.
Other than these three parties, the Li family of Tian An was also a behemoth that could cause an earthquake in Tian An. Li Siyi, the head of the Li family, had never returned empty-handed in previous auctions.
There was another anomaly in this.
That was the Meng family of Ring City!
This was a family in Ring City that was similar to the Bai family, Zhao family, and Li family. The Meng family was involved in both the black and white forces, the military and political, the business world, and so on.
Although Ring City was not as developed as Li City, it was not much different.
There were at least a few forces competing back and forth in Li City, but Ring City was where the Meng family ruled.
Therefore, the Meng family was really rich. The head of the Meng family was also called Meng Youqian.
This man came to the auction purely to join in the fun. He liked exquisite things, and everyone knew that there were not many exquisite things in antiques. Everyone was just playing with the ancient charm.
No matter how exquisite antiques were, could they be more exquisite than chips and computers?
However, the auction this time was a little different because Madam Bai had also come.
Meng Youqian and Bai Ze did not have any disputes, but his daughter Meng Xiaoling and Bai Bing-er had a grudge.
In order to avenge his daughter, Meng Youqian decided that he would bid for whatever Bai Ze bid for in this auction. It was not to snatch everything Bai Ze wanted to bid for, but to disgust him.
You don't want it?
Then I'll take it
You want it?
Then you have to pay at least double the amount!
Anyway, Meng Youqian was really rich. He didn't care about the billions.
There was also the Rising City Association. This was not a family, but a union in the form of a Chamber of Commerce. However, its president, Luo Xiangguo, also controlled an extremely large amount of funds!
In short, everyone was familiar with the various forces, so there was no need to discuss it loudly.
Of course, there would still be some private discussions.
For example, Zhou Wenlong, the head of the Zhou family in Li City, had a personal relationship with Bai Ze. When he realized that Bai Ze seemed to want to bid for this secret auction item, he happily cupped his hands at Bai Ze and asked.
"Brother Bai, are you interested in this item?”
Bai Ze didn't hide anything and nodded with a smile.
"Not bad, my daughter likes it, haha. I don't know why this little girl likes things like Chenxiang that are only played by the elderly, but there is only one daughter in the family.”
When he said " a daughter," he deliberately looked in Zhao Dongyun's direction and raised his eyebrows.
Zhao Dongyun was so angry that his face darkened.
Bai Ze, this old fellow, was saying that he only had one daughter who liked Lin Tian. Zhao Dongyun had two daughters who liked that kid.
What the f * ck!
Anger!
Zhao Dongyun snorted coldly in displeasure.
"Just because you say you want to film it, you think you can? Aren't you being too arrogant?"
Zhao Dongyun looked at Shang Chan behind him and raised his chin slightly.
"Coincidentally, my girl likes it too. My Zhao family wants this agarwood!”
On the other side, Li Siyi heard the conversation between Bai Ze and Zhao Dongyun and came to join in the fun.
"Hehe, although this agarwood isn't small, I'm afraid it isn't worth your bidding, right? The starting price is 37 million. This is already a lot of premium. Do the two of you know what's hidden inside? He might as well say it and let everyone broaden their horizons!”
Zhao Dongyun sneered.
"Some people might have bad intentions, but I, Old Zhao, am different. This agarwood is indeed what my girl likes. Since she likes it, then I'll buy it. How much premium can it compare to my girl's happiness?”
Shang Chan smiled coldly and nodded.
Zhao Mengmeng nodded shyly and gently. She didn't seem to have any problems.
On the other side, Bai Ze was unhappy.
He looked at Zhao Dongyun coldly with a hint of arrogance.
"Old Zhao, it seems like you really want to fight me? You also know that I've always doted on my daughter to the extreme. How much do you dare to pay for this agarwood wood?”
Zhao Dongyun stretched out a finger.
"One billion!"
Bai Ze smiled disdainfully.
"One billion? You have the nerve to bid for one billion? I might as well tell you that I plan to offer two billion! Hehe, for the sake of my daughter's smile, I'll take this two billion as a waste. Old Zhao, are you in?”
Zhao Dongyun stretched out two more fingers.
"Three billion!"
"Four billion!"
......
Bai Ze and Zhao Dongyun were both old foxes in the business world. They were basically just smoke grenades and spouting nonsense.
In any case, this wasn't an open auction. If it was an open auction, the starting price would be fine. If it was a secret auction, only the number written in the envelope would be the real bid.
Privately, even if you say 30 billion doesn't count
The two of them were like children saying " rebound." If you say one billion, I'll say two billion. If you say three billion, I'll say four billion. It's just a verbal cannon.
It was not until the bid reached 50 billion that the two of them put down their hands.
Everyone knew that this agarwood was not worth that much money.
Zhou Wenlong, Li Siyi, Luo Xiangguo, and the others were already numb from listening.
These two old brats really dared to say it!
Now, with the smoke bomb, the two of them clearly did not want others to know their psychological price.
This might also mean that they really wanted to bid for this item.
Everyone was weighing the pros and cons in their hearts. Some of them did not think highly of the agarwood or did not like such items, so they decided to give up.
This was the reason why he gave everyone time to discuss before the secret auction.
In the end, everyone could see clearly that the only ones who were really prepared to bid were the Zhao family and Bai family of Li City, the Meng family of Ring City, and the Xuanyuan family.
Although the head of the Xuanyuan family, Xuanyuan Xing, did not say much from the beginning to the end, her graceful and noble demeanor, as well as her constant attention to the auction item, were all seen by everyone.
Moreover, even if the Xuanyuan family was not prepared to bid, everyone present had to treat her as an imaginary enemy.
This person couldn't have come to the auction just to watch the show, right?
From the beginning until now, he had not bid for any item!
......
During this process, Lin Tian did not become the center of attention as he had imagined.
Shang Chan, Zhao Mengmeng, and Bai Bing-Er sat in their seats obediently.
Although Bai Bing-Er still looked at him from time to time, and Shang Chan and Zhao Mengmeng were still very close to him, the focus of the scene was no longer on them.
Bai Ze, Zhao Dongyun, Meng Youqian, Xuanyuan Qingya, and the others were the main characters of this auction.
coupled with
Jiang Yifeng was also planning to bid!
Although Jiang Yifeng was not invited by Old Mister He, since he was sitting here, he naturally had the qualifications to bid.
At this moment, looking at the confrontation between the people in the auction hall, Jiang Yifeng's expression was calm, but his heart was already as heavy as water!
If this agarwood was placed in a normal auction, it should be able to fetch a price of 200 million to 300 million at most. Because it was in a complete form, it seemed that there was a possibility that the value of the carving would increase. In addition, no one could say if there was anything else hidden inside.
Some gamblers who were not short of money liked this kind of thing.
But this secret auction was very different.
First of all, the competitors were not short of money!
The Zhao Clan, the Bai Clan, and the Meng Clan all had trillions of assets.
For people like Zhao Dongyun and Bai Ze, the amount of funds they could mobilize was definitely not something that Jiang Yifeng could catch up to.
At most, he was only a major shareholder of the Fengchen Group.
Even if Feng Chen was completely his, so what? How much liquid capital could a group that mainly focused on light industry produce?
Of course, it might be enough for this item, but that was under normal circumstances.
This was the second difference of this secret auction.
The second difference was that the parties who were preparing to bid did not participate because they liked it.
Zhao Dongyun and Bai Ze had already made it clear that they were preparing to bid because their daughter liked it.
These old guys were all shrewd people who had been in the business world for decades. If it was something they liked, they would definitely weigh the gains and losses and buy it at the most suitable price. It was more in line with their wishes.
But buying for my daughter
This was hard to say!
How much did Bai Ze love Bai Bing-Er?
How much did Zhao Dongyun dote on Shang Chan and Zhao Mengmeng?
This is not easy to measure
He could pay 100 yuan for himself, but for his daughter, it was also possible to pay a few million yuan!
If there was nothing special about the 24 kilograms of agarwood wood, it would have been worth around 50 million yuan in this auction. At the auction, it might have reached 200 million or 300 million yuan.
However, under the current circumstances, there was basically no need to consider anything below 500 million.
Jiang Yifeng calculated in his heart for a long time and finally decided on a bid of 1.2 billion. It was not that he could not afford a higher price, but he felt that the value of the agarwood was there.
Even if it was because their daughters liked it, these old fellows probably wouldn't offer a higher price than him!
1.2 billion, compared to 50 million, that was a premium of more than 20 times!
......
Xuanyuan Xing looked at the people in the auction hall calmly. After a while, he whispered to Xuanyuan Qingya.
"Qingya, do you really want to bid for this agarwood?”
Xuanyuan Qingya nodded, her hair falling, and her expression arrogant.
"Mother, I have to take this agarwood. There are some secrets hidden in it.”
Xuanyuan Xing narrowed his eyes and smiled faintly.
"How did you know?"
Xuanyuan Qingya pursed her lips and stopped talking.
Xuanyuan Xing didn't continue asking. Everyone had their own secrets.
Moreover, it was still the same sentence. The daughter of the Xuanyuan family could do whatever she wanted!
At this moment, Xuanyuan Qingya's heart was not calm.
Firstly, it was because of Jiang Yifeng's golden thread. At this moment, the golden thread was constantly stimulating her hidden meridians. The feeling of her body heating up and her heart palpitating became stronger and stronger. This made Xuanyuan Qingya have no choice but to look at Lin Tian frequently.
Only then would her symptoms improve.
Secondly, it was because she realized from the situation in the auction hall that Bai Bing-er, Shang Chan, Zhao Mengmeng, and the others all had an unusual attitude towards Lin Tian!
In the state of 'Erotication', Xuanyuan Qingya's judgment also had some problems.
For some reason, when she realized that these women had an unusual attitude towards Lin Tian, she actually felt a little uncomfortable!
It was an emotion between sourness and anger. If Xuanyuan Qingya were to describe the feeling in her heart, she might use this sentence to describe it.
"If these women can stay away from Lin Tian, then I'm willing to be closer to him.”
This kind of emotion was sudden and complicated. However, to Xuanyuan Qingya, she just felt that Lin Tian was a little special.
It did not involve feelings or anything else. It was just because she heard Lin Tian's thoughts. Xuanyuan Qingya was an extremely proud woman who believed in her own judgment.
Her closeness to Lin Tian was just a subconscious thought.
However, Xuanyuan Qingya quickly suppressed her emotions. However, she didn't know that Jiang Yifeng was the successor of the Holy Doctor. How could the golden needles thrown by him be so easily suppressed?
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In the auction hall, there were less than ten forces. In the end, there were a total of six parties that decided to bid.
Li City's Bai family, Zhao family, Ring City's Meng family, Xuanyuan family, Jiang Yifeng, and the Zhou family who had the attitude of giving it a try.
Ten minutes passed.
Xue Xue retrieved the envelopes from the hands of the various forces. Inside the envelopes were the respective bids.
She opened them one by one and pasted the price tags on a screen.
This was also one of the special rules of the secret auction with the old man. In every round of secret auction, the bidder's price would be announced, not just the price of the successful bidder.
After sticking it up, Xue Xue turned the screen to everyone and opened it one by one.
"The first bidder is Mr. Zhou Wenlong, 160 million.”
Xue Xue's gentle and lively voice rang out. In the auction hall, everyone's expression did not change.
Zhou Wenlong was just here to join in the fun. No one took him to heart.
"The second bidder is Mr. Zhao Dongyun."
Xue Xue paused for a moment, her expression somewhat surprised!
The next moment, the number she said made everyone in the auction hall gasp!
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