Chapter XVI Auctions
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Through the glass door, the luxurious foyer of Tao Ran Pavilion is displayed in front of the three people, and the golden chandelier with a diameter of more than three meters hangs high in the center of the hall. When the enthusiastic service staff saw the three of them entering the hall, they immediately greeted them and asked, "Good evening, few of you!" Welcome to Tao Ran Pavilion, are you also here to participate in the auction? ”
Donkey Lao Hei first couldn't hold his breath: "Ah, ha, exactly." We are the guests who are here to participate in the fundraising auction, what floor is the auction on? Before he could finish a sentence, the donkey that should be slaughtered was exposed.
"Well, that's it? The auction will be held in the banquet hall on the third floor, and it will start soon, but please show the invitation to a few of you......" The enthusiastic waitress had a stunned expression on her face, as if she saw something, but she was very professional, and she still didn't say much with a soft face, just asked Tao Qi and the others to show the invitation.
"Uh, sorry, we don't have an invitation. However, we are very enthusiastic about donating to the institute to conduct scientific research, and we are ready to give generously to help our scientists take it to the next level. Bai Wuchang Dieyi saw that the donkey's old black words had missed the old bottom, and hurriedly stepped forward and explained to the beautiful waiter.
"In this case, you can naturally enter the meeting without an invitation letter, but according to the requirements of the research institute in advance, we need to check the assets of a few people, and bother a few people here." Saying that, she made a "please" gesture and led several people to the side.
Following the waiter to the inquiry point with the same hand-shaped mark, Lao Bai and the donkey had no intention of inquiring at all, just stood aside and looked at Tao Qi, looking like they were looking forward to Tao Qi. Seeing their behavior, Tao Qi guessed that the entry threshold for merit points in this auction was probably very high, and they could only be ridiculed by the waiter when they went up. It seems that only I am on it.
Tao Qi indifferently pressed his palm on the hand area, and Tao Qi's information was quickly read on the screen, and when the waiter saw Tao Qi's merit points with more than a dozen digits in the lower right corner of the display, her two beautiful big eyes stared round. With his hands on his chest and his shortness of breath, his seductive appearance made Tao Qi, a teenager who was accustomed to seeing beautiful women on TV, feel a little faster blood flow.
"That...... Can we go in, please? It was Tao Qi who came over first, and he indifferently woke up the waiter who was obviously a little tachycardia, "These two are my bodyguards, and they need to go in with me." I would like to ask you to show me the way. ”
"Oh, oh, okay." The waiter, whose thinking was obviously a little short-circuited, was alert to her duties and nodded in response, but she immediately felt a little unbelievable and said to herself, "Oh my God! Billionaire! Still so young...... So tasteful...... It's still so ......."
Seeing that this nymphomaniac who had begun to make a fortune here, Tao Qi felt a little speechless: Alas, it is the same everywhere! Even though we are in the underworld, we are all people who have died once, but most people still look at wealth with colored glasses......
Take the built-in "star anise" elevator. Tao Qi and the others came to the hall on the third floor with the waiter who was finally returning to normal.
The venue of the auction was already full of people at the moment, and Tao Qi fixed his eyes to see that most of the guests were well-dressed figures, from time to time some people toasted each other and smiled and talked loudly, and some people sat at the table to taste the snacks in front of them.
The two of them pulled the donkey to find a seat on the side and sat down in a hurry, they were afraid that according to the donkey's perverse and jumping character, they would cause some more jokes.
After a while, the venue was already crowded, and the time for the auction to start was getting closer and closer.
Finally, with the host arranged by the auction house walked up to the auction table. Everyone gradually sat down and fell silent. After trying the microphone, the host announced the start of the fundraising auction for the Center Tower Levitation Project, and then he invited several big names to speak on stage, and these people seemed to be of good status. But the content of the speech seemed empty and boring, saying nothing more than what is the significance of this fundraiser, what is not to be missed in this auction, and so on.
Tao Qi looked at the auction guide in his hand, listened to the hypnosis of the big names on the stage, and quietly waited for the real start of the auction.
Finally, more than half an hour later. With the cooperation of his assistant, the host took out the first lot of this auction - the bronze six-eared three-legged inlaid gold footbasin that the second generation of the king of Yama in the north hall had been using.
Tauchi didn't feel anything when he looked at the photos in the manual, but when he heard the host's introduction, he almost squirted out a sip of red wine he was tasting. This bronze is not an antique or a sacrificial item, it is really just a footbasin!
Footbaths are also put up for auction?
The host is also there desperately exaggerating the advantages of this thing, what can be used to wash feet in this basin to prolong life, what to rub the protrusion of the bottom of the basin with feet, and how to keep the water in this basin warm.
Hearing this, the corners of Tao Qi's mouth turned up slightly, and he muttered, "What is the principle?" ”
I don't know if it has wolf ears, but the host actually heard Tao Qi's muttering, and replied as follows: "Friction generates heat!" ”
Directly poured Tao Qilei, he thought depressedly: If you rub it faster, can you still boil boiled eggs?
In this way, one by one, such as the signed jade photos of the four beauties of King Yama, the left socks of popular idol male singers, and other strange things, were photographed by everyone. As the lots were auctioned off one by one, the atmosphere in the hall gradually rose, and the buyers who shouted the price gradually became arrogant, and even the white impermanence butterfly clothes and the donkey Lao Hei next to Tao Qi also began to join in the excitement with other buyers after a few glasses of wine, and then raised the price several times, and was glared at by those buyers who were interested in the lot several times.
Tauchi had been sitting there watching, and had not found anything he was trying to buy. He will be reincarnated in a few days, so what is the use of buying these "fly swatters used by this Hades" and "bicycles ridden by that artist"? He came to participate in this auction purely to have a lively time and feel the atmosphere of high-end life in the underworld.
Finally, with the host's shout, the last lot of this auction, which is also the lot at the bottom of the box, was donated by Dr. Siemens, the chief scientist of the main information room of the Institute of Space Materials, and the first real product of the new generation of material mobile phones - "Mi Xiu" made its debut.
According to the host's introduction, this real yàn room engineering sample named "Mi Xiu" is still in a semi-developed and semi-finished state.
Its most striking feature is its small size. It is only the size of half a fingernail, and it can be combined with the body, of course, the "body" here refers to these revenant bodies in the underworld, so you can avoid carrying your phone with you. The sense of burdensomeness that comes with it.
The second is that its operation does not require limbs at all, only two eyes can be used to operate the virtual screen, and even if the user is blind, it can be used normally by relying on brainwave induction.
The third is that it is not limited by space, no matter where the user is. Even if you go to the moon, you can still be powered by the energy center, and the information center supports the signal to ensure the transmission of data.
Although it is an unfinished semi-finished product, there may be problems in use, but because it is the first prototype of this concept phone, it has a huge advantage as a collector's item, so this excellent lot immediately set off a new bidding in the auction venue**.
Tao Qi saw that the auction price was higher and higher, and even the donkey was so excited that he shouted the price twice, and the auction price was lifted from the reserve price of 15 million to the high of 91 million.
The auction price is still tumbling upwards. Tao Qi couldn't help but think with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned: Are most of these bidders like donkeys, just coaxing, not really wanting to buy, but just watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things?
Finally, when the bid was fixed at a shout of "250 million", the auction venue gradually fell silent, and everyone turned their eyes to the person who shouted the bid.
The shutter of the "click, click, click" camera flickered, freezing the expression of the bidder. Tomorrow's newspaper headlines reporters have all figured it out -- "Unknown Rich Men Spend Lots of Money to Support the Lifting of the Center Tower", "The Hidden Illegitimate Child of a Business Giant Exposes Huge Wealth", "The Reappearance of the Science Maniac: Huge Funds Drive the Tower to Float, and Danger Lurks"......
Tao Qi was surprised to find that everyone's eyes were on him, and he looked around blankly. Only then did I reluctantly find that at this moment, Comrade Bai Wuchang Dieyi was raising his right hand and standing next to him, as if he had become a wood carving handicraft.
The astronomical quote just now turned out to be shouted by this guy!
The donkey Lao Hei is also stupid: Lao Bai. That's not how you play with the price! This kind of price, which is twice as high as the previous auction price, who will take it, and who will dare to accept it? Aren't you playing yourself to death?
The beads of sweat on Bai Wuchang's face flowed down drop by drop, and the wine immediately woke up halfway.
He knew that he could play big now: where did he get so much money to buy this semi-finished mobile phone? Isn't this asking for your own life?
Now, even if he goes to the auction house to explain the situation and refuses the transaction, it is only a penalty for breach of contract. He can't pay it off in his life.
Bai Wuchang Dieyi had a sad face, looked around helplessly, and saw only gloating faces, he prayed that someone really wanted to buy this mobile phone, and then shouted a higher price, but it backfired, and no one took his stubble.
"250 million times, is there a higher bid?" The host was stunned for two seconds and then began to shout the price, but at such a high price, no one continued to increase the price, even those few rich people who really wanted to buy the only first engineering prototype to collect, were also suppressed by the high price shouted by Bai Wuchang Dieyi. Spending more than Bai Wuchang Butterfly to buy this chicken-like so-called "first" to collect, they are not interested in this yet.
"250 million for the second time, if you don't bid again, the prototype of this first part of the real yàn room project will belong to this gentleman." Seeing that there was no applicant at all, the host did not feel the slightest regret, being able to auction this lot at such a high price has far exceeded his psychological expectations, and his heart is already beautiful and about to make waves.
"That, I ......" Bai Wuchang Dieyi had a long faceless without blood, and hesitated whether he should immediately tell the host that he didn't have the ability to buy at all, but the host didn't give him this opportunity: "Two hundred and fifty million three times, deal!" The gentleman in the floral shirt collected the first engineering prototype signed by Dr. Siemens for 250 million. We would like to express our sincerest gratitude and supreme respect for the tremendous contribution of this gentleman who has made a great contribution to the lifting of the central tower of the capital city. The host lost no time in encouraging the guests present, building momentum for Bai Wuchang's clothes, and directly guided him to Qihu to go down, and when it came to his mouth, he could only swallow it back into his stomach.
Seeing Bai Wuchang's face, Tao Qi guessed that this guy was now completely trapped and couldn't solve the matter alone. So he secretly pulled the placket of Bai Impermanence's clothes under the table, and whispered, "Lao Bai, are you worried about merit points?" You don't have so much, but I do, brother, even if you are the one who shouts for me. ”
Bai Wuchang Dieyi could hardly believe his ears, as if he hadn't heard, until Tao Qi repeated it again, he sat down on the chair like a spring like a spring when he woke up from a dream, and asked in a low voice, "Really?" Are you telling the truth? ”
Immediately, he seemed to think of something again, and said embarrassedly: "How can it be done, this is not a small amount, it is too much!" ”
Seeing that all the guests responded to Bai Impermanence with complicated eyes and warm applause, Tao Qi whispered to him: "I said yes, of course I did!" I should have enough merit points, right? I'm going to be reincarnated soon, and with so many merit points, it's not very useful to keep them. You say, in two days, I will become a puppy in the yang world, can I still spend merit points to buy things? ”
Saying that, Tao Qi pretended to be angry and said: "Don't say anything, if you refuse, you just don't treat me as a friend!" I will first get through the hurdle in front of me! ”。
Bai Wuchang Dieyi was grateful, holding Tao Qi's hand and not knowing how to thank him: "Brother, you are my own brother!" Brother relied on you this time to not get out of trouble, so he didn't owe a lot of foreign debts. Otherwise, these merit points are considered to be borrowed from you, and I will be your little follower in the future, and I will always work for you, and I will return the merit points to you a little bit, what do you think? ”
Tao Qi said indifferently: "Since they are brothers, what else are you talking about!" ”
He really didn't care about these merit points with strong purchasing power in the underworld, after all, even if he had money, what was the use of having nowhere to spend it?
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