Eight forty-five o'clock. If you love to play, you can come if you love to watch.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, the new president of the Shenhai City Chamber of Commerce walked on the stage, and after a passionate speech, the deputy mayor of Shenhai City made a brief speech on behalf of the government, and then a man dressed as an auctioneer appeared on the stage.

"Thank you for coming, all the lots tonight are provided by the member companies of the Chamber of Commerce, and all proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Children's Charity Foundation to help out-of-school children in remote mountainous areas. ”

After an opening remark, the auctioneer did not waste time in the seat: "Then start our auction tonight, the first lot is sponsored by the new peculiar group, a full set of three or four editions of the first generation of soft Ming coins, there are currently less than 100 sets in the world, with extremely high collection value, the starting price is 100,000, the minimum price increase is 3,000 each time, please interested guests to bid." ”

According to the usual practice of auctions, the order of the listings of lots is generally from low to high, and the starting price of the first lot is 100,000 yuan, which shows that this auction has a high gold content.

"One hundred and five thousand. "Soon there was a first person to make an offer.

"One hundred and ten thousand. ”

"One hundred and twenty thousand. ”

"One hundred and fifty thousand. ”

"One hundred and sixty thousand. ”…

As the price continues to soar, the venue has gradually become lively, of course, each time the price is increased within 10,000 yuan, the total value of more than 100,000 lots, to most of the people here is not very good, strictly speaking, it is still only in the warm-up stage.

After rounds of bidding, the auctioneer made a final decision, and finally this set of three or four editions of the first generation of soft coins was purchased by a man for 210,000 yuan, and everyone responded with warm applause to thank him for his contribution to charity.

With the passage of time, the first seven lots with a starting price of less than one million were settled, including a Chinese painting with a starting price of 600,000 yuan, and finally it was called to 1 million, and the remaining six lots were all sold at prices below 1 million.

At this time, it was finally the turn of the first million lots to appear, a heart-shaped ruby was held in the hand of the hostess, around the stage to show the guests, this heart-shaped ruby is rich in color, pure and transparent, in the hall is not strong under the light, refracting the glittering light, looking at its size, not to mention more than three carats.

Jiang Dahao's eyes fell on the ruby held in Miss Manners's hand, pondered silently for a while, and said to himself: "This ruby is worth at least two million. ”

When Bai Jingxuan and Hua Wanting heard him say this, they both cast puzzled glances at him.

Jiang Dahao looked left and right, and laughed dryly: "Why are you looking at me, I just suggested a reference price, but I can't afford it, if you like the two beauties, just wait and raise the card." ”

"Mr. Jiang's vision is very accurate, and he has also studied a little gemstone, and my judgment is that the market price of this ruby should be about 2.5 million. Across Hua Wanting, Lin Zicong interjected with a smile and nodded approvingly to Jiang Dahao.

Jiang Dahao touched his nose shyly: "Jingxuan, I think you can consider raising your cards to try, if you can make a deal under two million, you will definitely not lose." ”

"Brother Hao, don't make me happy, I don't want to spend my brother's money. Bai Jingxuan shook her head obediently, she is still a student now, this kind of luxury jewelry is not suitable for her, and she is not the kind of girl who likes to swagger.

Jiang Dahao saw that the little girl was not interested, and said to Hua Wanting with a smile: "Miss Hua, in fact, this gem is quite suitable for you, do you want to consider it?"

Hua Wanting glanced at him with disdain, raised her bright eyes and looked in the direction of the stage, pursed her lips and smiled, without saying anything.

"The origin of this 3.8-carat heart-shaped ruby is Mogok ......, Myanmar" Nuan Bao was not long, on the stage, the auctioneer's highly rendered voice introduced it: "The starting price is 1.1 million, and the bottom price is 30,000 yuan each time, please bid on the interested guests." ”

"One hundred and fifty thousand!" This time, after waiting for more than ten seconds, the first person to raise the card appeared, obviously for more than one million lots, even if everyone in the audience is worth a lot of money, they have become a little more cautious.

With the first person bidding, and then the second, the speed at which the three people followed was noticeably faster.

"One and a half million. ”

"One and a million three thousand. ”

"One million three hundred and fifty thousand. ”…

When the price was coaxed to 1.7 million, there was a break in the market, and the auctioneer tried his best to create an atmosphere with all his might, hoping to create a new high price.

Jiang Dahao was idle, looking around, a touch of strangeness flashed in his eyes: "Hey, how can I see that men are desperately raising cards now, rubies are not women's favorites." ”

His voice was not disguised, Xu Huan, who was three seats apart, cast a disdainful glance at him, and his eyes were clearly laughing at him for having too low emotional intelligence.

Yao Feifei looked at him with a smile, which meant: "I don't understand such a simple truth, a woman's favorite should be bought by a man." ”

Lin Zicong also took the time to glance at him, smiled without saying a word, and then raised the number plate in his hand: "One million and eight million." ”

Brush!

One by one, his eyes suddenly shifted with Lin Zicong's bid, this was his first shot tonight, and many people present had not noticed him before, at this time, when many people recognized that the young man who shouted the price was the second young master of the Lin family, their expressions suddenly lifted.

The total assets of the Lin Group exceed 40 billion, ranking first among the private enterprises in Shenhai City, and Lin Zicong is the best one among the young generation of the Lin family, and is likely to be the successor of the Lin Group in the future.

With his shot, there were still some people who were eager to try and gave up the idea of continuing to compete, this kind of charity auction fair bidding is true, but sometimes it is still necessary to consider three points of courtesy, after all, no one present is willing to fight for a lot and Lin Zicong, and it will offend the Lin Group, moreover, take the ruby itself, those men who are ready to auction at a high price, the purpose is just to give it to a certain woman (of course, it is unknown whether this woman is his original wife), and in order to win a smile from the beauty but set up a possible strong enemy, which is more important for the businessmen present It is easy to choose。

Half a minute later, the auctioneer saw that no one had the will to raise the card, and simply dropped the hammer.

Lin Zicong is not the only representative of the Lin Group tonight, and he naturally does not have to worry about the payment and other procedures, but it took the time for another lot to be sold, and an expensively packaged gift box was delivered to Lin Zicong's hands by the waitress in the venue.

"Young Master Lin, congratulations, this ruby is definitely worth the price. Jiang Dahao smiled, rubbed his hands frequently, and pretended to salivate to congratulate Lin Zicong.

The rest of the people at the same table also praised it.

Lin Zicong sat there calmly to accept everyone's congratulations, pursed his thin lips as if he was silently contemplating, and after a while, he slowly turned his gaze and looked at Hua Wanting deeply: "Wanting, I came back from abroad in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring any decent gifts, I think this ruby is very compatible with you, I want to give it to you as a gift for our reunion after a long absence." ”

The man's smile was gentle and bright, like a spring breeze, and his sincere eyes contained an emotion that had been precipitated for a long time, and at this moment, the whole world seemed to be quiet.