"Damn! What the hell is going on! Didn't you say that this was dropped from Old Man Zhang's bag! How did it turn into glass! Zhou Ming angrily shook the two glass jade stones in his hand, and his face turned red and asked the black crow.

The black crow's face was also very unsightly, not only because they were countercalculated, but also because, as the leader of the world's top mercenary group, he had not been scolded so unceremoniously for a long time.

Does this fool think that he is the only one who has to lose!

If the mission fails, the mercenary group can only get half of the remuneration at most, and the jade is gone, and their share is also lost, and it is a shame that he will encounter this situation when he goes out in person!

Of course, this does not constitute a reason for Zhou Ming to be qualified to scold him.

The black crow sat on the sofa casually, but his eyes looked at Zhou Ming with anger on his face coldly, and warned: "Mr. Zhou, we are employed by you, spending money to do things, not selling ourselves to you, you had better be polite, otherwise, I don't guarantee that the people under my command will not make a mistake and do something wrong, you also know that mercenaries like us are always very difficult to control their own feelings, irritable and irritable, and even more hate to be criticized." ”

Everyone in the black crow, no, everyone who is a mercenary carries a lot of lives, and there is no resemblance to the original waste bodyguards around Zhou Ming, if Zhou Ming treats them as his own bodyguards, thinking that as long as he gives some money, he can be beaten and scolded, but he is very wrong.

To be honest, the remuneration given by Zhou Ming himself was not enough for him, the head of the regiment, to go out in person, or to add a little extra income from jade, and considering that the black crow had encountered some trouble several times in a row recently, he decided to personally go to the town to save face.

It's just that this time it's still a mistake, not only may the mission fail, the remuneration can only be halved, and even the head of the regiment himself will make this kind of mistake, which will not do any good to the reputation of the crow, and it may even make matters worse!

Zhou Ming was also shocked by the cold voice of the black crow, and then thought of who these people in front of him were, wiped the cold sweat with a chill on his back, and a trace of remorse and fear flashed in his eyes, but thinking of the 50 million he paid to the auctioneer, he frowned painfully and said: "However, not only did I not get the jade, but I also lost tens of millions, so I can't just forget it!" ”

The tone is no longer accusatory, but there is still some blame in the resentful eyes of the black crow, as if to say, aren't you the most powerful mercenary group in the world, how can you not even do such a trivial thing?

Indeed, this is also the reason why the crow is not easy to attack even though he can't see Zhou Ming, and even he himself thinks that it is stupid to make such a mistake!

He wouldn't still think that the seemingly unrelated things that happened inside the crows were really just unlucky, there must be someone behind them calculating them!

The first thing that came to his mind was, of course, their biggest rival, Dawn! But the members of Dawn recently didn't have any unusual behavior, at most, I heard that there are a few newcomers under their newbies this year who are quite good, and they have made a lot of achievements around the world in two or three months, making Dawnbreaker's reputation even greater.

But these people showed no signs of contact with the crows, and Dawn did have a little conflict with them, but they were all occasional conflicts similar to before, and neither side took any advantage, so they didn't see any suspicion, and Dawn was less than one percent likely to target them.

It's not just the superficial evidence that proves this, but also the analysis of the comprehensive strength of the two sides, no matter how strong Daybreak's single armed ability is, the number of their black crows is four or five times that of Daybreak, this is a big problem that Daybreak can't solve in a short period of time, they don't have the heart or the guts, unless the Sky Wolf wants to defeat the Red Lotus's hard work.

This is also the smoke bomb that Qin Shuang deliberately made for the black crow after discussing it with the people of Dawn.

If Dawn picks himself too cleanly, he will not have a conflict with the crow in the past few months, and it will only backfire and become the key object of suspicion of the crow.

Now, Dawn doesn't see any other signs except taking advantage of the opportunity to make a name for himself when the crow is unlucky, and the crow naturally begins to suspect others, for example, the top five mercenary groups in the world are among the doubts, and the other three mercenary groups have similar abilities to Daybreak, but if they seize the opportunity to stumble on the crow, they will probably spare no effort.

There are also some hostile forces on the other side that crows offend after choosing a side during a mission, and such objects may not be able to count on ten fingers.

It could also be the official departments of some countries that hate mercenaries who only know how to do things with money, and who have committed many sins themselves, and who are no different from killers.

The world's top mercenary group also means that they are the target of the public, standing on the cusp of the limelight, and they have to bear a lot of retaliation and suppression of those who have malicious intentions towards them, etc., and it is really difficult for the crows to figure out who they are against in a short period of time.

Let's not mention anything else for the time being, let's just say that this jade bag drop incident, he is very sure that the secretary next to Zhang Aizhi did steal things, and the process was recorded by his people, there is absolutely no possibility of mistakes, the only possibility is that Zhou Ming himself has something wrong.

But Zhou Ming has always sent people to keep an eye on him, and no one has told him anything abnormal so far.

If you have to find a suspicious person, maybe it's the men and women around Zhang Aizhi? is mainly the man who dared to bet with Zhou Ming and deliberately let him fall into the trap and lose 50 million.

Zhou Ming was so confident at that time, even Zhang Aizhi's face changed, obviously thinking of the possibility of the jade being stolen, so why did the man next to him, who was said to be the son of an old friend, not only not nervous, but still able to set up a trap for Zhou Ming so calmly?

The black crow frowned stiffly, and snapped his fingers at the subordinates beside him, "You go and investigate the man named Xuanchen next to Zhang Aizhi to see if there is any problem with his background." After speaking, he was afraid that it would not be enough, and added: "There are other participants, and they have also re-investigated carefully." It cannot be ruled out that there are other participants who also discovered Zhou Ming's actions and intervened on a whim.

After explaining, the crow said to Zhou Ming, who was full of pain and indignation: "Since the jade failed to successfully drop the bag, the task you invited us to come to is considered a failure, and the follow-up remuneration will not use characters, but the failure of this task does not mean that you can't take on another task." If you want to vent your tens of millions of losses through other ways, we can continue to cooperate. ”

Only half of the remuneration could not satisfy his appetite, even if he couldn't make any more moves on the jade because he was worried about the background behind the auctioneer, he could still try to make as much money as possible before withdrawing, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of the time and energy he spent on going out in person?

"Really!?" Zhou Ming's face flushed excitedly, and he said without hesitation: "Old man Zhang caused me to lose 50 million, I can't swallow this breath!" I don't dare to offend the auctioneer, but Old Man Zhang, even if his son's company is better than mine, as long as you don't leave evidence when you do it, you won't be afraid that they will make trouble afterwards! I have to break the old man's legs so that he can learn a lesson, knowing that I Zhou Ming is a bad person to mess with! And the guy next to him who calculates me! ”

Zhou Ming gritted his teeth and said: "By the way, there is also his wife, although she is not very good-looking, but she feels very comfortable to look at, after killing people directly, I have to have fun with his wife alive, and let them know the fate of offending me!" ”

The Black Crow Mercenary Group is not a cruel mercenary group that really kills people without blinking, cruel and ruthless, and has no bottom line, but they are not the Holy Mother Group, life and death, all kinds of dirty things have long been used to it, Zhou Ming has encountered countless cases in this situation, that is, some of them in the group are more aggressive, and they treat people who have grudges against themselves and offend themselves, and the means may be similar, or even more cruel.

Black Crow didn't frown and replied directly: "Yes, I will find a way to do it after the auction." ”

Zhou Ming didn't ask him why he couldn't start during the auction, because he knew that the auctioneer might not take it seriously if he made a move before and after, but when the auction started, if they did something that affected the auction or hindered the reputation of the auction, they wouldn't take it as nothing.

The crow only took on this job to make money, and he didn't plan to make enemies for himself when the crow was messing around.

……

After Qin Shuang and Ah Chen returned to the hotel, they went to say hello to Zhang Aizhi first, and at this time, Zhang Aizhi could no longer see the Secretary Liu, but changed to a secretary who was said to be working next to his son.

That secretary Liu was probably taken away, I don't know if he was taken away by the police, or he notified his son that the company sent someone to deal with it.

After all, the traitor is gone, and Zhang Aizhi can breathe a sigh of relief, and he doesn't have to worry about the jade being damaged.

After confirming the movements of the crow's people, the two quietly went round with the wolf in a hidden room, and told each other about each other's gains face to face.

When Venus and the others learned that Qin Shuang and Ah Chen had actually earned 30 million after shopping around the antique street, they all showed shock.

This, this is too good at making money!

The fact that they took out more than a dozen pieces of excellent quality jade and sent them to the auction had also heard from the other participants, and it was said that after the auction, those things would almost be able to earn another forty or fifty million!

Obviously, it didn't take much effort to earn seventy or eighty million yuan, so that the people who occasionally took on a difficult task could get the whole group to add up to tens of millions of incomes felt a little trance.

Is it really that easy to make money? They used to think that being a mercenary earned much more than ordinary people, although the danger is also high, but it can indeed make them basically not bothered by money, ordinary mercenaries can earn at least hundreds of thousands of dollars each time they complete a task, and it is generally a little troublesome, and they can earn almost a million if they spend a little more time.

The core team members have completed millions of tasks above the A level, and if they are lucky, they can also reach tens of millions, and they feel quite satisfied, but compared with the time and energy spent by Qin Shuang and Ah Chen, and then compared to the energy they need to put in to complete the tasks that can get so much pay, how do they feel that the pay and the gain are not as proportional as they thought before?

Qin Shuang and Ah Chen's money is simply the same as the one they picked up for nothing, it's so easy to come!

It's no wonder that they always say that they don't care how many things they get, if the means they get other things are so easy, the guilt and awkwardness in their hearts can really be dissipated a lot.

If something useful to them is just a gesture for others, as a partner, there is really no need to always hold on to it and return it.

Sky Wolf also summarized the movements of the black crow, including some of the black crow's suspicions about the troubles that had happened within them recently, as well as the things that he asked Qin Shuang to investigate and Ah Chen.

This matter was already expected by Qin Shuang and Ah Chen, there was Xiao Qi, whether the information of the two of them was true or false, as long as they wanted to let anyone know, what information those people would get, and they would not have any doubts about the authenticity, let alone find any doubts.

Therefore, when Vivi asked if he wanted to provide them with 'technical support', Qin Shuang and Ah Chen both smiled and refused, saying that they could solve this small problem.

Zhou Ming wanted to instruct the crow to harm Zhang Aizhi and the two of them to achieve his goal of revenge, and it was not difficult to guess, but when Xiao Qi showed the conversation between Zhou Ming and the crow to the couple, their faces darkened.

The killing intent in Ah Chen's eyes was about to erupt!

His biggest backlash is his daughter-in-law and children, the children are not here, so don't worry about them, but that damn Zhou Ming actually hit Qin Shuang with his idea! What a damn one!

Sky Wolf and the others are also very disgusted by this, what kind of thing is Zhou Ming, and he dares to want to make a move on their dawning person? Now Qin Shuang's status in their hearts may not be as good as that of Red Lotus, and they also know that she will leave soon, but they still attach great importance to this companion, and they can't bear that someone has such disgusting thoughts about her, and they still want to take action!

Originally, they were targeting the crows, and they only planned to find a suitable time to confront the crows, but now it seems that they have to count this Zhou Ming in the list of lessons they want to teach!

After discussing the results, they decided to wait for the crow to make a move on Zhang Aizhi, and they would also take action! If you can continue to hide their identity, continue to hide, and if you can't hide it, just make it clear!

Anyway, with Qin Shuang backing them up, they are much more confident than before, and the number of people is not enough to make up the weapons! The gap in strength with the crow has basically been compressed to a negligible level, but the crow has not yet noticed it.

Such as Kane and Shaw, and Venus are a few more impulsive or hot-blooded? I hope to be able to meet the crow head-on as much as possible, so that the crow's people can see how light they are, and then inflict heavy damage on them! I feel very burning and relieved when I think about it!

Sky Wolf and Ah Yan are still relatively calm, knowing that the victory or defeat cannot be decided too early until the critical moment, the most obvious example is that none of them would have thought that a mission that was not so dangerous would cost Red Lotus his life.

This time, they must not be sloppy either, and they do not want to suffer the torment of their companions leaving them again due to their negligence.

The auction came as scheduled, and in the two days before that, the black crow's people found out the information that Qin Shuang and Ah Chen wanted them to check, and the black crow finally put aside his suspicions about them for the time being, and turned to pay attention to other people who were more likely to have the ability to calculate and think well, and even considered the possibility that the auctioneer would join forces with Zhang Aizhi.

But this direction of investigation has long deviated from the right path, and Qin Shuang and the others don't bother to pay attention to it.

In the past two days, the two of them did not go to the antique street again, but waited in the hotel for the auction to begin, and waited until five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, and Zhang Ai, who had adjusted her mood, picked up the car and went back to the appraisal center where the auction was held.

The auction site is not too big, and it can only accommodate about 500 people, and this time, all the participants, together with the companion bodyguards they brought over, are only more than 300 people, and there are still a lot of seats in the back.

Despite this, the scene did not seem to be very deserted, and before the auction time came, these people with their own backgrounds sat down with acquaintances in twos and threes to talk about topics related to the auction items, and continued to communicate with each other by the way.

Qin Shuang and the others didn't go early or late, there were only about ten minutes left before the auction started, and most of the people had already arrived.

Among the more than 100 participants, Zhang Aizhi is not the most influential first-tier person in terms of identity background, but because of his original intention and purpose of collecting and purchasing various cultural relics, many people have paid compensation, and the two pieces of jade brought this time are one of the finale items, and they are arranged in the golden position in the front row.

Qin Shuang and Ah Chen were also fortunate to sit together.

Sirius and Venus sat in only one corner of the corner, far from them.

The auctioneer put an additional auction list on each seat, which listed the auction items sent over in the past two days, including jade, a few antiques, and a gambling stone wool that had not yet been solved, and there were almost thirty pieces of bits and pieces, among which the dozen or so jade stones sent by Qin Shuang and Ah Chen accounted for half of them, which also attracted the attention of many people.

There are also more than 30 auction items in the main auction list sent out on the day of the banquet, and it takes about five minutes to auction a thing on average, and the auction will take at least two and a half hours.

It's no wonder that Zhang Aizhi said that the auction would provide them with a supper, because he was afraid that they would be sleepy and hungry in the future, and they would lose the spirit to continue the auction.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and the scene began to quiet down with a beautiful woman on the auction table wearing a burgundy cheongsam with a convex and backward figure.

The beautiful woman first bowed politely to everyone, and then introduced herself with a bright and generous smile: "Hello ladies and gentlemen, first of all, thank you for coming to today's underground auction, I am the auctioneer in charge of this auction, Qiao Wei. ”

"The auction has been held many times, and many of you here have participated in many times, and I will not repeat some of the rules of the specific auction, if there are guests who come to participate for the first time and are not very knowledgeable, there is also a copy of the auction rules inserted on the back of the seat, which can be roughly glanced at now."

The people sitting underground basically didn't move, and only a few people even if they heard a lot of things about the auction from others, they found out the rules and looked at them.

"There are a total of 66 items in this underground auction, and the auction of the items listed on the main auction list will be carried out first, and then the auction on the sub-auction list, and the finale will be held after the auction on the sub-auction list is completed, so please pay attention to your favorite auction time and do not miss the best auction time." Qiao Wei didn't say any more nonsense, and directly smiled and gestured to the behind-the-scenes staff who had been prepared on the left for a long time, and then said to the others: "Then now, I announce that today's auction has officially begun!" Now, on the first auction item! ”

The order of the auction items is not completely according to the price from low to high, of course, at the beginning, it must be the first few relatively low prices, it is considered to warm up first, and after the auction is successful four or five things, it will be interspersed with some more valuable things for auction, so as not to let those really wealthy guests not be interested in the things worth only a million in front of them, and lose patience.

There are many kinds of things that can be auctioned at the auction, and the auction itself does not seem to be limited to what kind of things can be sent to auction, not limited to antique calligraphy and paintings, wool and jade, etc., but the only requirement is that it needs to have a certain collection value, and then the minimum cannot exceed the price of the object with the lowest price that the auction has ever auctioned.

The antique vases of Ruyao Jun kiln, the antique calligraphy and paintings of various dynasties, as well as some famous paintings of the Renaissance abroad, the authentic works of some well-known painters in modern and modern times, ancient swords, jade pillows, golden Buddhas, palace lamps, bronzes, stone carvings, scholars such as pen washes, pen holders, inkstones, inkstones, etc. are also in the auction list.

The first time a layman sees so many different kinds of treasures, I am afraid that they will feel dazzled and drooling, even if they do not understand the rarity and value of these things, they will also be eye-opening.

Nearly 50 of the more than 60 kinds of auction items are domestic treasures, more than a dozen are foreign famous paintings and antiques with some ages, and only a small number of people will be interested in these things, and auctioned, most people are more interested in the various treasures that their ancestors have passed on.

Some of these things are indeed not coming from the right way, and on the surface, the official does not allow auctions, which may touch the laws of China.

The reason why the Chinese officials did not necessarily know about the storage of such an auction was that the gray nature of it was mainly because some of the people who sent the auction items were foreigners, and they sent the things in their hands that originally belonged to the Chinese country, and finally this thing was collected by the collectors of the Chinese country, and some people, such as Zhang Aizhi, may directly contribute part of the collection to the museum, and some keep the collection themselves.

No matter which one it is, it can always make some outgoing antiques return to the embrace of the motherland, which is also a good thing, so the Chinese official turned a blind eye.

Of course, if some rich and powerful people from foreign countries come to buy some extremely valuable antique cultural relics from China that are forbidden to go abroad from the auction, the official will still try to avoid this happening, and the auctioneer will also secretly restrict it.

Starting from the auction, Zhang Aizhi successively auctioned five or six kinds of treasures of different prices and sizes, some of which were ready to be auctioned and sent to museums, and some of which he personally liked and wanted to collect, adding up to almost seven or eight million.

Since Qin Shuang and Ah Chen came to participate, they didn't really do it stupidly from the beginning, they didn't have anything special to like, and they still called the price a few times, but they didn't stick to it once, and only deliberately raised the price when Zhou Ming occasionally wanted to shoot something, even if it caused Zhou Ming's greater hatred, they didn't care.

It's the same with the sky wolf, in order not to attract attention, things must be photographed, but they will definitely only shoot one or two pieces that are not high-priced, and the mercenaries have no use for antiques that cannot be eaten or used, and they have to be disposed of when they buy them back.

They still listened to other people's faces not change their faces and bid for millions, and they would add hundreds of thousands at every turn, and they were all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred in their hearts.

Mercenaries earn a lot, but they spend money like running water, and there are only a few people who can really save a lot of money in their hands, seeing that there are more than a hundred assets sitting here, at least tens of millions, and some may still be billionaires, Venus is secretly muttering to the wolf, she has an urge to kidnap these people and ask for ransom.

The wolf didn't pay attention to him at all, he just kept an eye on the black crows beside Zhou Ming, and continued to bid without suspicion, but more of a surveillance.

Before you know it, the auction is already halfway through, and it is finally the turn of the auction items on the sub-auction list.

At this time, Qin Shuang and Ah Chen also spent more than two million to buy two gadgets, and the Heavenly Wolf and them were three things that added up to less than three million, and the other participants also gained a little bit, of course, but there were only more than thirty things, and it was not for nothing that people had no gains, but most of those people were familiar faces, even if they didn't look down on these things, no one would suspect that they were here for another purpose.

What needs to be done to hide people's eyes is only Qin Shuang Heavenly Wolf and their new faces.

More than a dozen of the more than 30 auction items on the sub-list were interspersed in the middle of the other auction items, and they were not all auctioned in one go, but at the beginning, three jade pre-warms of good quality were prepared in a row.

The money from the auction of this jade was all Qin Shuang and Ah Chen's, and they also raised their interest a little.

There are many people who are interested in the three kinds of jade, and the bidding is much higher than the previous ones, but it is more intense.

The total value of the item was only 5 million, but the final transaction price added up to 15 million! The effect was even better than Qin Shuang's expectations, probably because the people who came to the auction were really wealthy and didn't care about this little money?

The other party was generous, Qin Shuang, of course, they couldn't let them continue to be generous, as for the few people who broke the dawn, at this time, they were already impressed by Qin Shuang and Ah Chen's ability to make money, and they had reason to believe that Qin Shuang and Ah Chen would probably not be short of money during the dawn period, and even for a long time after they left.

Until 11 o'clock, most of the auction items were auctioned, and the total price of these auction items cost a total of 600 million, which is 100 million higher than the total estimated price of Zhang Aizhi's two pieces of jade, which shows the high specifications of the auction.

During this period, many people have eaten something to cushion their stomachs, ready for the next upcoming auction of the biggest **, the auction of the finale!

As with most auctions, the finale of the underground auction is made with three things, and although Chang's two pieces of jade should actually be considered two lots, the auctioneer has decided to count them as one Asian auction item after various considerations, except that the jade will not be bundled and interested parties can auction any of them separately.

The first finale auction item was a Qing Qianlong pastel hollow turnaround bottle, and the starting price was 150 million!

As soon as Qiao Wei reported the origin and value of the carousel, as well as the starting price, at least five voices hurriedly raised the sign in their hands at the same time.

150 million, each increase cannot be less than 1 million.

But these bidders may have forgotten that there is still a million, and the asking price is from 10 million!

160 million!

180 million!

190 million!

Two hundred million!

220 million!

250 million!

Three hundred million!

In just ten seconds, the total price of the bottle has doubled!

Among them, Zhang Aizhi is also a bidder with a very decisive and positive offer! The last 300 million was what he called, and he added 50 million in one go, and suddenly two or three people gave up directly.

But there were still three bidders who continued to bid upwards, and Zhang Aizhi continued to raise his cards as well.

Qin Shuang and Ah Chen were not surprised by this, they had long known that the main purpose of Zhang Aizhi's trip was this heart-turning bottle.

There are a lot of pastel-hollow turn-the-heart bottles that have been handed down in Huaguo, but this one is a rare product that has only three pieces from a historical point of view.

One of them is said to have only been heard of in a certain part of the country, but it is still uncertain whether it has ever appeared or not.

The second is in the hands of a collector abroad.

There are many people in China who have tried to buy something from that foreign collector at a high price and have been disappointed, and this time there is a third piece, how can collectors like Zhang Oizhi not rush to it?

If it weren't for the secrecy of the underground auction, even if the average person had heard of the auction, they would not know exactly what would be auctioned, and there might not be more than just a hundred people in this auction.

It is said that if this underground auction is released in advance, some precious and rare treasures will be reported, and the participants will be able to keep the entire venue, and those who can still get a place to sit down, the head and face, the female companions, secretaries, and bodyguards brought over will have to give up their places and stand aside.

In fact, this auction is relatively small among dozens of auctions, but the weight of the auctioned items has not decreased to the level.

In the end, Zhang Aizhi won this rare heart-turning bottle at a price of 480 million.

According to Zhang Aizhi, he was also going to give this heart bottle to the Imperial Capital Museum first.

spent such a large amount of money, but if you want to change hands, you will give it to the Chinese official for free, which is a big injustice...... cough, this patriotism really made Qin Shuang and Ah Chen very admirable.

It is also thanks to his son that he is better than the blue, and he makes more money than when he was young, otherwise even if Zhang Aizhi has this heart, he will not have the ability to do these things that are beneficial to China.

Of course, by doing so, he won the favor of the Chinese official, and the Zhang family's company could also be given a lot of green lights from above, and the business would be bigger and make more money, which was also a kind of benign development, which was a good thing for everyone.

Moreover, this time there are two jade prices on top, and in the end, Zhang Aizhi can at least one or two hundred million in the account, which is not a loss.

The other two collectors who had been competing with Zhang Aizhi to the end all showed suffocating expressions, but they lacked funds and could only give up, and then thought that after Zhang Aizhi got the heart turning bottle, he would also hurry up and ask for a closer look.

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