Chapter 673: Mystery Buyer
Li Kai has always given the impression to the outside world that he is a gentle and elegant son, but there is a trace of uninhibited and recklessness in this demeanor.
Of course, people also have this capital.
Today's events are typical of Li Kai's style.
He doesn't deal with Zheng Zhilun very well, it's almost an open secret, especially those in the circle who don't know about it.
In the bidding just now, Zheng Zhilun was obviously played by Li Kai, Li Kai probably didn't want to buy this abalone at all, but he deliberately raised the price with Zheng Zhilun, and raised the price of this abalone king to a staggering price of 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars.
He Xinyi first pouted, and then immediately pursed her lips and laughed.
In contrast, this Li Gongzi is really merciful to her!
Looking at Zheng Zhilun's expression like eating flies, He Xinyi couldn't help but want to laugh a little.
Zheng Zhilun is indeed a bit of a trend to go berserk, and the abalone that could have been taken down for six or seven million was forced by Li Kai to open 8.5 million.
was put on a stand by Li Kai in front of so many people, Zheng Zhilun really lost face today.
He took several deep breaths before his mood calmed down a little.
Anyway, at least this abalone is taken down, and it costs an extra two million, which is nothing!
Zheng Zhilun snorted coldly, looked at Lu Zhongguang, who was a little distracted on the stage, and said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Lu, shouldn't you start counting down?"
Lu Zhongguang came back to his senses at this time, and quickly showed an apologetic smile.
For a seasoned ace auctioneer like him, it was indeed a low-level mistake to get distracted during the auction.
It's just that the big drama that Li Kai and Zheng Zhilun jointly "staged" just now was too exciting and intense, and even Lu Zhongguang couldn't help but "get into the play" a little.
He hurriedly said: "Now the highest price is 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars quoted by Zheng Gongzi of New United Group, is there a higher offer?"
Everyone laughed, how could there be a higher price coming out?
Even Li Kai has stopped playing, and as for others, they have withdrawn from the competition early, and the price has been speculated to such a sky-high price, who will follow up?
Everyone thinks that the final ownership of this abalone has been decided, although Zheng Zhilun won it and did not show his face.
Of course, Lu Zhongguang is just fulfilling a procedure and going through the motions.
He quickly said: "8.5 million Hong Kong dollars for the first time!"
"HK$8.5 million for the second time!"
"8.5 million ......"
Lu Zhongguang's hand had already raised the auction hammer, ready to end this last somewhat thrilling auction.
However, his hand holding the auction hammer froze, and there was a look of disbelief in his eyes, and even his speech was a little unfavorable: "Eight...... HK$8.7 million!"
Although Zheng Zhilun was a little unhappy in his heart, he also felt that the overall situation had been decided, and it was a little more expensive, but he was also waiting to pay for the goods.
He didn't expect a higher price to come out.
Zheng Zhilun's first reaction was to turn his head and glare at Li Kai angrily, but he didn't expect Li Kai to look confused and look in one direction in surprise.
Zheng Zhilun followed Li Kai's gaze and found that the original offer of 8.7 million Hong Kong dollars was not quoted by the person in this case, but the price offered by the person with ID number 06 among the 15 remote online buyers.
This buyer is the one who directly raised the price to HK$5 million as soon as the auction started.
Later, Li Kai and Zheng Zhilun competed against each other, and when the two quickly raised the price, the No. 06 buyer died down, as if he had withdrawn from the competition.
Unexpectedly, when Zheng Zhilun thought that the dust had settled, this person actually inserted a lever horizontally.
The other guests in the venue also felt that their mood was like a roller coaster, thinking that today's show had come to an end, but they didn't expect another wave of excitement soon.
Nothing was more excited than the media present.
These reporters have been inexplicably excited since the warm-up at the beginning, this is the best super-large two-headed abalone worth one or two million Hong Kong dollars!
The auctions that followed were also wave after wave, with almost no troughs, and prices went all the way up, and the media reporters who were onlookers were fascinated by it.
And the last wave of price competition is even more blood-pumping.
When Zheng Zhilun saw the price of HK$8.7 million on the big screen, he couldn't help but scold his mother in his heart.
Today is really unfavorable!
Everyone's eyes were focused on Zheng Zhilun's body, and Zheng Zhilun felt like a man on his back, a little like being roasted on the fire.
He didn't have so much money, but he spent so much money to buy an abalone, if his second uncle knew, he would inevitably have a bad impression of him and think that he was a loser.
But if he retreats like this, he Zheng Gongzi's face today will be lost.
It was already embarrassing enough to be put on the spot by Li Kai before, and now if you haven't won this abalone in the end, it will be even more embarrassing.
So, Zheng Zhilun was in a dilemma.
Lu Zhongguang was inexplicably excited, and he said excitedly: "Today's auction of the abalone king is really ups and downs, and the competition is fierce! Our online mystery buyer No. 06 bid 8.7 million Hong Kong dollars, and there are still guests in the venue who quote a higher price?"
When Lu Zhongguang said this, his eyes were on Zheng Zhilun.
Everyone knows that apart from Zheng Zhilun, no one will bid again.
Zheng Zhilun secretly gritted his teeth, hesitated for a while, and shouted with a horizontal hand: "9 million! 9 million Hong Kong dollars!"
There was an uproar off the field, and the price of an abalone actually exceeded 9 million Hong Kong dollars, which is really a miracle.
As an auctioneer, Lu Zhongguang is naturally happy to see such a scene, the higher the transaction price, the higher his commission!
Therefore, Lu Zhongguang's voice was raised twice, and he said loudly: "9 million! Zheng Gongzi bid 9 million Hong Kong dollars! What an incredible price! It's hard to buy with money! If you miss it this time, you may never be able to buy such high-quality abalone in the future!"
After quoting this price, Zheng Zhilun stared at the big screen.
And everyone in the room looked at the big screen almost at the same time.
They want to know that after reaching such a high price, will the No. 06 buyer continue to increase the price?
Everyone's waiting time was not long, almost a few seconds after Zheng Zhilun's offer, the new price of the No. 06 buyer appeared on the big screen.
If you count the network latency, the other party has almost no hesitation.
However, when everyone saw this price, they couldn't help but show a puzzled look.
And Zheng Zhilun also shouted: "What is this? Is it wrong? The price has already reached 9 million, how can this remote buyer make such a price? The remote auction system of your Hengfeng Auction House is too unreliable, right?"
It turned out that the amount that appeared on the big screen was: 1,500,000.
That's one and a half million.
Everyone also immediately talked about it.
Lu Zhongguang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw such a price, but he quickly reacted, and his mouth slowly opened, getting bigger and bigger, and he could even stuff an egg.
Many people have not yet reacted to what the situation is, the remote auction system can be pre-set, what is the auction price on the spot, then the remote bidding can only be higher than this price, and the increase is not less than the preset minimum range.
It's already 9 million Hong Kong dollars here, even if the backstage staff hasn't had time to enter this limit price, then the last round of auction is already 8.7 million Hong Kong dollars! How can it be possible to hit the price of 1.5 million?
At this time, Li Kai, who had been smiling and looking at the excitement, said lightly: "Everyone, can you please see the currency unit clearly? This buyer's offer is not Hong Kong dollar ......."
At this time, everyone woke up like a dream, and looked at it carefully with wide eyes, and sure enough, the currency unit of 1.5 million was actually ".$", that is, US dollars.
Because the font of the currency unit in this remote auction system is relatively small, the color is slightly lighter, and the previous auctions are all in Hong Kong dollars, so everyone has a preconceived idea, and they don't realize that the No. 06 buyer's report is actually 1.5 million US dollars.
"I said! For a company as big as Hengfeng, how could such a low-level mistake occur in a remote auction system!"
"$1.5 million, almost more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars!
"Increase the price by more than one million Hong Kong dollars in one go, domineering!"
Everyone was talking excitedly, and media reporters also raised their long guns and short guns to take pictures on the big screen, all as if they had taken stimulants.
In today's auction, there are so many news points that can be written.
Lu Zhongguang laughed, and he was relieved in his heart - just now he really thought that there was a bug in the company's remote auction system! But he should have reacted first.
"This No. 06 remote buyer bid $1.5 million!" Lu Zhongguang said excitedly, "According to today's real-time exchange rate, it is equivalent to 11.72 million Hong Kong dollars!
Zheng Zhilun's face was red and white, he was suppressed too hard just now, so as soon as he saw the offer, he couldn't help but get up and question the auction house, but he was slapped in the face in a blink of an eye.
Didn't you look at the yellow calendar when you went out today? Why didn't anything go well? Zheng Zhilun's heart was full of resentment.
For Lu Zhongguang's eager gaze, Zheng Zhilun frowned, and put down the auction card casually.
It's already 1172 Hong Kong dollars, and I'm not wronged, how can I increase the price again.
Today is already losing face anyway, even if you force yourself to compete with the other party, after buying this abalone, you will not be in a good mood, just give up!
As for his birthday gift to Zheng Yutong, there is still time to think of another way.
Lu Zhongguang could tell from Zheng Zhilun's body language that this Zheng Gongzi should have given up, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.
"$1.5 million for the first time!"
"$1,500,000 for the second time!"
"$1,500,000 for the third time!"
The hammer has fallen heavily, which means that today's wonderful auction has finally come to an end.
There was warm applause in the venue, whether it was the winner of the auction or the miss, or the media reporters present, they all felt that today was really worth the trip.
At this time, Feng Jing walked on the center stage, she took the microphone and said: "Thank you for coming to participate in this auction cooperated by our Taoyuan Company and Hengfeng Auction House! Today's auction is very successful, I want to ...... Everyone should be very interested in this mystery buyer No. 06, right?"
Originally, the reporters were already ready to pack up their things and leave, but when they heard Feng Jing's words, they couldn't help but sit back in their seats.
Feng Jing said with a smile: "According to the auction rules, remote buyers can choose to buy anonymously! However, our staff communicated with the No. 06 buyer, and the other party expressed his willingness to disclose his identity!"
"Now, let's welcome this mystery buyer with a round of applause!"
As soon as Feng Jing's words fell, thunderous applause suddenly sounded in the venue, and even Xia Ruofei couldn't help but look at the big screen while applauding.
He was also very interested in this No. 06 buyer, who could spend $1.5 million just to buy an abalone?
Amid everyone's applause, a video window appeared on the big screen.
When Xia Ruofei saw the mysterious buyer who finally appeared, he couldn't help but exclaim, and the expression on his face was quite exciting.
What appeared on the big screen was the old man Tang He who was far away in the United States.
The background of the picture should be in his study, and the lights are on in the Chinese-style decoration study - at this time, it should be eight or nine o'clock in the evening on the American side, Tang He is wearing a linen Tang costume, smiling on a swivel chair, and waving to the camera.
Feng Jing said with a smile: "I believe many people have already recognized that the buyer who just spent 1.5 million US dollars to buy my company's best abalone is the founder of the American Shengbang Group, Mr. Tang He, a famous Chinese!"
The moment Zheng Zhilun saw Tang He, his heart was a little balanced, this Tang He's net worth was much higher than his second uncle Zheng Yutong, and it was not too embarrassing for him to lose to such a legendary rich man.
"Hello everyone!" Tang He said with a gentle smile on his face.
Xia Ruofei felt that his brain was a little overwhelmed, didn't this old man already buy two abalone and go back? Could it be that he knows the taste of eating marrow, so he just threw one or two million dollars out, and got another one back to taste?
The world of the super-rich, we really don't understand!
Feng Jing said with a smile: "I think the question that everyone is most interested in must be why Mr. Tang is willing to spend such a large amount of money just to buy an abalone?
Tang He smiled slightly and said: "Of course! First of all, Taoyuan Company is a very potential company, I have tasted the vegetables, fruits and seafood produced by Taoyuan Company many times, and I am deeply impressed by the high quality, so for the best abalone auctioned by your company for the first time, I have already made up my mind to win it no matter how much it costs! Because the rules restrict me from participating in the auction of the last abalone, so ...... Everyone also saw that the competition was very fierce, but fortunately, in the end, this abalone was successfully bought, compared to such a precious abalone, spending a little more money is nothing!"