Chapter 271: Two Choices
With the emcee's words, the priceless ancient jade finally appeared.
The huge projector shows the image of ancient jade in front of everyone, with round holes, simple and warm, and the texture of the carving is magical, even Xiao Yi, who doesn't know much about jade, feels that there seems to be a comfortable warmth flowing through the bottom of his heart.
The people in the entire hall almost emitted green light in their eyes, and the people sitting in the VIP seats in the front row straightened their backs and were eager to try, these VIPs had hardly made a move since the auction began, and it was obvious that they were all coming for this piece of ancient jade.
The attraction of the ancient jade is certainly great, and Xiao Yi also cheered up the spirit, but not for this piece of ancient jade, but because he knew that what he was looking for was likely to appear as well.
Mrs. Scorpion has three characteristics in the rivers and lakes, one is vicious, the second is that she has a very high IQ, and the third is obsessed with the best jade.
The reserve price is 20 million.
For the value of this ancient jade, 20 million is not high, but everyone knows that the final transaction price is definitely several times more than this number.
"The offer begins." The master of ceremonies announced.
I thought that there must be another fierce price war, and perhaps there was a very likely large-scale tragic firefight, because the previous several valuable objects had staged this scene, so Xiao Yi took it for granted that with the value of this ancient jade, there would definitely be another uproar.
But the ending was extremely unexpected for him.
"Fifteen million."
A small, somewhat lazy voice came from a corner on the side.
The price is 20 million, but this person offers 15 million, isn't this a troublemaker? People who don't understand the mystery will definitely think so, including Xiao Yat.
But the whole hall was surprisingly quiet, and the VIPs in the front row immediately shrugged their heads like deflated balls when they heard this sound, and sat back in their chairs with a sigh.
The strange thing is that no one took it.
"Fifteen million first, fifteen million second ......" The master of ceremonies is also like a demon.
"Twenty million!" Xiao Yi blurted out, these people and the master of ceremonies are not enchanted, Xiao Yi doesn't know, and he is not very interested, he is only interested in having to take down this piece of jade today, and then he can find what he is looking for.
The audience was stunned, everyone turned their heads and followed the direction of the sound to find the daredevils sitting in the row of zuihou, their eyes were full of surprise, and more like looking at dead people, and the master of ceremonies was also stunned.
These strange eyes naturally did not have much impact on Xiao Yi, who had experienced countless lives and deaths, although Xiao Yi also muttered in his heart, but he still had a calm face.
The people in the hall had begun to whisper a lot of chatter.
The person sitting in front of Xiao Yi turned his head to look at Xiao Yi, then shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity, it's still so young." ”
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yi asked suspiciously.
The man looked around for a while, and then approached Xiao Yi and whispered, "I see you're here for the first time, you don't know, Lady Scorpion......"
Saying this, the man suddenly stopped, because one of the people sitting next to him suddenly pulled him with a frightened face, and said in a low voice: "Be careful or come out of your mouth." ”
When the man heard this, a burst of horror flashed in his eyes, and he quickly looked around again, and then turned his head back and stopped talking.
Xiao Yi shrugged his shoulders, ignored it anymore, and shouted loudly to Ren Ran's stunned emcee: "Hey, is it time to make a deal?" ”
The master of ceremonies came back to his senses, this time he began to call the number, and after the third call, Xiao Yi became the owner of this ancient jade, but everyone in the hall looked at him without a trace of envy or jealousy, some just looked weird, and some were gloating.
After successfully getting the ancient jade, Xiao Yi casually threw it to the woman on the side, and the woman was delighted, and her eyes were shining on the jade face.
After the end, everyone left one after another, but Xiao Yi crossed his legs, leaned back on the back of the chair and closed his eyes, waiting for what he was looking for to automatically come to the door.
The other party came much faster than Xiao Yi expected.
"Bring the jade, and leave another hand."
A voice sounded next to Xiao Yi, a deep male voice with a soft tone, as if he was discussing with someone where to go to eat for a while.
Xiao Yi stretched his waist and yawned, then slowly opened his eyes, and then saw a man in an ordinary gray jacket standing in front of him, and there was something special about the strange pattern on the man's cheek, which seemed to be a strangely shaped scorpion.
"Is there a second option?" Xiao Yi's tone was also very calm, and his eyes looked at the strange pattern on the man's cheek with interest.
"Yes." The man said calmly: "The second option is to stay with life, and the jade will also stay." ”
"Well, that sounds like a lot of fun." Xiao Yi groaned, as if thinking about something, and said, "But I'm not interested in either option, but I'm very interested in one thing." ”
The man loosened the pistol he was about to take out, and he wanted to shoot this guy who broke the rules, but the other party's bearing made him feel that this person must be very unsimple, not the kind of ordinary rookie who is not sensible.
"So what are you interested in?" The man took the other party's words for the first time, since he did something for that woman, he hadn't talked to someone like this for a long time, he said, the other party did it, didn't obey, shot to death, there was never a superfluous nonsense, today, he made an exception, but it was also thanks to him that he made an exception, otherwise, his life would have to be terminated today.
"I'm interested in you Scorpion Lady." Xiao Yi looked playful.
The man's expression changed suddenly, and he said with some surprise: "Since you know who I am, then you dare to call Mrs. Scorpion what she likes?" ”
The man had always thought that this young man who broke the rules was a person who didn't know who Lady Scorpion was, and in his thinking, as long as he knew the rules of Lady Scorpion, he would definitely not deliberately break the rules, this was an iron law, just like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.
In the entire jade auction market in southern Yunnan, there is an unwritten, but more effective underground rule than any explicit provision, that is, no one is allowed to continue to call the things that Mrs. Scorpion offers for export, otherwise even if Zuihou calls something, it must be owned by Mrs. Scorpion, and a hand must be left, if there is no disobedience, even the life will be taken.
And Madame Scorpion's bidding is usually very distinctive, that is, her offer is always lower than the reserve price, as long as someone in the auction house in southern Yunnan bids like this, and then the person who bids is still a person who smells the scorpion totem on his face, it must be Madame Scorpion's person, of course she herself will not come forward in person, and those who come forward are her subordinates.
In addition to the inseparable ghost, Mrs. Scorpion also has nine direct subordinates, and these nine subordinates have unique scorpion totems tattooed on their faces.
Being able to become Madame Scorpion's direct subordinate is by no means an ordinary person.
The man's gun was already aimed at Xiao Yi's head, and the speed at which he pulled out the gun was like lightning, and almost at the same time, Xiao Yi's body suddenly had a few small red dots of light, Xiao Yi knew that it was an infrared sight, and at least several powerful advanced firearms were aimed at him.
"Presumptuous!" The man shouted, Xiao Yi's words blasphemed Mrs. Scorpion, which was a capital crime with a thousand knives, but the man still didn't shoot, because the woman next to Xiao Yi had already lifted Gu Yu high.
"If this piece of jade falls to the ground and breaks, I don't think even the god Scorpion Lady in your eyes will be able to restore it." Xiao Yat was calm, and the woman next to him was also smiling, not looking like she was being pointed at a gun at all.
"Do you think Lady Scorpion cares about this piece of jade?" The man was not very confident when he said this, because he knew that Madame Scorpion must care about this piece of jade, and he was just fighting psychological warfare with the other party when he said this.
Xiao Yi hahadaxiao, who is proficient in observing words and emotions and psychology, can be called an expert in psychological warfare, when he saw through the other party's mind in a word, haha smiled and said: "Yes, with the wealth of your Scorpion Lady, even if it is not too difficult to buy a few hundred pieces of jade at this price, but, this ancient jade, this is the only one in the world, no amount of wealth can restore it, if it is because of you, let this piece of jade fall to pieces, then I think Mrs. Scorpion's temper should be clearer than me, At that time, I am afraid that your fate will not be much better than this piece of jade. ”
In terms of psychological warfare, Xiao Yi just fought back, and pressed the man to the weak end, and the corner of the man's mouth twitched slightly, perhaps reminiscent of Madame Scorpion's cruel methods.
Xiao Yi didn't give the other party time to breathe, took advantage of the victory to pursue, and suddenly shouted: "Don't put the gun down yet!" ”
At the same time, the woman beside Xiao Yi held Gu Yu's hand loosened slightly, and Gu Yu slid slightly.
"Stop!" The man hurriedly shouted, his head was already full of fine beads of sweat, and the woman held Gu Yu back up, but she still held it.
The man waved his hand, and several red points of light on Xiao Yi's body immediately disappeared, and the man let out a long breath and said slowly: "Say, what do you want." ”
"Take me to Lady Scorpion." Although Xiao Yi knew that the disappearing points of light on his body did not mean that the sights of the guns hidden in the shadows had not been diverted from him, he did not feel uneasy at all, even if the other party fired, this distance would not pose a threat to him.
The man's throat moved, glanced at the piece of jade that would fall to the ground at any time, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll make a call." ”
Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes, "Tell Madame Scorpion that the person who wants to see her is called Xiao Yi, and ask her to prepare the haode tea." ”