Chapter XXVI Charity Auctions
The first person to visit, Lin Xi, didn't expect that it was Harry, the president of the Los Angeles Charity Federation. That day, an extended Lincoln came to the manor, a white-haired, gentleman's beard of a white old man sat in the car, very magnificent, eight cars in front and behind, dozens of bodyguards, and a full-time assistant, the assistant came to the door, and was more polite, saying that President Harry of the Charity Federation came to visit. The manor is now all high-precision equipment, and the internal monitoring has long been seen, but this pomp still has to be installed, so the doorman called to report, and then waited for twenty minutes before arranging for Song Yicheng to open the door to pick up guests, but the other party was not in a hurry, and no one under him was messing around, and it could be seen that he was well-trained and had a military demeanor, which inevitably made Lin Xigao look at him. Taking advantage of this time, Xiao Wu had already found out his information to Lin Xi, and Lin Xi knew it, because this Harry was in the top of their list, and Lin Xi knew that he was here to test the situation, because suddenly a rich man appeared, and they didn't know it, so everyone would have doubts.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, President Harry, I'm Henry, I've always been very concerned about philanthropy, and meeting Mr. President this time can allow us to communicate more, so that I can participate more in philanthropy in the United States!" Lin Xi shook hands with Harry, and said politely that he had strengthened his English practice during this time, and now he was basically fine.
"Oh! Mr. Henry, it's a pleasure to meet you, my visit was a bit abrupt, I should have made an appointment, but today I heard from my friend that we have a young and promising neighbor, so I couldn't help but be curious and came to visit directly, I hope not to be surprised! "Harry is also very generous.
"Whereever, it is my honor to visit the president, please take a seat!" Lin Xi welcomed him into the house and asked him to sit down, during this time, Lin Xi had already arranged to rearrange the furniture and style in the house, and changed all of them to the furniture and style common to European-style rich people, no longer the previous Chinese style.
The servant handed the coffee, Harry didn't drink it, the assistant next to him poured a little bit with another small paper cup, tried it with a test strip, and then served it to Harry, Harry smiled and said: "The people below are too careful, and I annoy them like this, but I have to respect their work..."
"Understand, understand, I'm like this outside, hehe..."Lin Xi echoed him.
"Huh! I wonder where Mr. Henry is from? Seeing that you are young and have such a successful career, I sincerely admire that my president is just a name, and my family is in the oil business, let's see where we can strengthen cooperation and make a fortune together! Harry said with a smile.
"Oh! My company is engaged in investment, what I admire is that money can make money, as long as it is profitable, I will do any business, and in the future, Mr. President will have the opportunity to introduce more to our young people, and we will make a fortune together, hehe..."Lin Xi also said with a smile.
"There's a charity auction tonight, and it occurred to me that Mr. Henry could attend! They are all upper-class celebrities in the United States, Mr. has just come to the United States, and getting to know more of these celebrities is conducive to your future investment, and there are many investment opportunities! I wonder if Mr. Henry is interested? Harry looked at me and said.
"Of course I'm interested, I'm worried about how I can get to know more celebrities in the United States! Thank you very much for the opportunity, thank you very much, I will definitely attend on time! Lin Xi said politely.
"Well, I won't bother you either" Harry finished and pointed to his assistant and said, "This Mr. Frank is my assistant, I'll ask him to send the invitation later, I'm glad you can attend, see you later!" With that, he left.
Harry got out of the door and into his Lincoln, opened the window and instructed the assistant, "Check this Henry thoroughly, I want his file, and I'll send someone to send him an invitation later!" The assistant respectfully bowed his head outside the window and replied, "Yes, sir!" ”
Lin Xi looked at Harry on the monitor in the room, lowered his head and thought, Xiao Wu was also checking the information.
"Look, here's the invitation list for tonight's charity party, most of the people on our list are here, it's their internal party!" Xiao Wu said.
"Just now I saw him instruct his subordinates, and the lip translator told me that he instructed his subordinates to check my files, but unfortunately our identities are all on the Internet, and he can't find out, but it's good for him to check it, but it can eliminate his doubts, I can see what he wants to do now? Generally, newcomers like me appear, as long as there is no problem, they must want to pull into their organization, and it will be fine tonight, just a temptation! Lin Xi said.
"Hmmm! But we also have to be fully prepared, if something really happens, we are so prepared! Xiao Wu said.
"Hmmm! Let Bao Cheng come over and let's discuss..."Lin Xi said to Xiao Wu.
Then everyone made arrangements for the banquet in the evening, Song Yicheng brothers were divided into two groups, three people stayed behind, and three people secretly guarded along the way, all brought snivers and heavy weapons, and ambushed them in advance at key positions on the road, as a peripheral response, Lin Xi and Xiao Wu went in, Bao Cheng and Wuxin accompanied him, and acted at the opportunity, with the strength of the four of them, it was not easy for the other party to stump them, and what they had to guard against at the moment was the other party's high-tech poison, which suffered a loss last time, this time we must pay attention, fortunately, now that the strength has risen sharply, I am not worried.
It's almost time, Lin Xi and Xiao Wu set off in the bulletproof Bentley they just bought, followed by two cars in front and back, four subordinates each, in fact, they are also pretending, you can't pretend on this occasion, otherwise you won't be able to get on the table.
In fact, the place is not far away, it is in Harry's manor, about five kilometers away from Lin Xi's No. 5 manor, and it will soon be there, twice as big as Lin Xi's No. 5 manor, surrounded by bodyguards in black and sunglasses, and the police of the police station to maintain order, and the arrangements are in place, someone specially parked, someone took the eight men to a special area, and a senior assistant took them in. Today's Xiao Wu is very beautiful, a complete blonde beauty, with both the delicate figure of an Oriental and the charming demeanor of a Westerner, he doesn't dare to look at Lin Xi's appearance, even if his parents are present, he can't recognize it, completely like a handsome Western guy, Lin Xi admires his modern disguise technique.
Harry personally came out to greet them and gave them a very high standard of treatment, which made Lin Xi not only doubt his true purpose, but at this time, of course, the polite words must be said endlessly, and he must also believe in himself, this is society, it is the same everywhere.
Entering the hall, Bao Chenghe and Wuxin could only stand by the outer wall, Lin Xi and Xiao Wu went in with Harry, Harry kept greeting people, and introduced them by the way, Lin Xi and Xiao Wu also let go of their play because they were not playing themselves, they were another identity, and they also let go of their play, and there was no rudeness, and it was still effective to have to bury their heads in training these days.
Just as they were getting a little carried away, a woman's voice came over: "Harry, dear, don't introduce us to any new guests!" Lin Xi's head was clouded, Sydney, Xiao Wu was also surprised, but they didn't show it, in fact, they had already shown it, but the mask was on their faces, and their real faces couldn't be seen, and in that ten-thousandth of a second, Lin Xi took Xiao Wu and pinched her, and then they turned around with a smile, looking at the person who came, it was really Sydney, Lin Xi knew that this woman would die so easily, and she would definitely save Harry and them.
"Come on, let me introduce you, this is Miss Sydney, this is Mr. Henry and Miss Willy, young and promising business elites, you also have a relationship! Your family's former estate was now bought by Mr. Henry," Harry said with a laugh.
"Oh! Yes! It's a pity that something happened to the family, I grew up there, and I have a lot of affection for that manor..."Sydney stared at Lin Xi's eyes and took a sip of the red wine in her hand.
"Oh! It turns out that the manor used to belong to Miss Sydney's family, what a blessing, I like the layout of the manor, I can see that its previous owners are very particular about the quality of life! Lin Xi also looked directly at Sydney, otherwise it would arouse suspicion.
"Thank you! His current owner is you, just hope you won't be unwelcome when I have time to go nostalgic..."Sydney smiled charmingly.
"Of course not, Miss Sydney is always welcome, it's an honor..."Lin Xi still spoke very calmly, Xiao Wu, as my woman, of course she didn't need her to speak now, she just politely greeted Sydney, politely, and then Sydney and Harry said a few words and left to go elsewhere.
Lin Xi's brain was running rapidly, thinking about the cause and effect and the way to deal with it, but since the other party was just a temptation, it was uncertain, since he couldn't be sure, what was the panic? Lin Xi's psychological quality has always been okay, and it should not be like this at the moment, just for a moment, old Harry asked Lin Xi what happened? Lin Xi pretended to lose his mind for a moment and said, "Oriental women are so beautiful!" He covered up the gaffe, and walked with old Harry.
The two beauties in front of them hurriedly greeted Harry when they saw him coming, and Harry introduced: "The two most important women in my life, this is my wife Catherine, and this is my baby daughter Linda..."
"Nice to meet you" After Lin Xi and Xiao Wu were polite in the Western way, Harry arranged them in the front row, with his wife and daughter on the side, and then he walked up to the stage, in front of the microphone, first tidied up the collar of his clothes, and prepared to speak. Lin Xi saw a lot of people who could only be seen on TV before, Bill, Bart, Green... Wow! Almost all of them were there, and he admired the ability of this Skull and Bones Society, if all the members present were their members, not to mention affecting the entire United States, the world was also under their control.
"Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the American Federation of Charities, I would like to welcome all our guests to take the time to participate in our charity auction, many of you have donated their beloved collections, the proceeds of the auction will be used to improve the health conditions in Africa, please participate, your kindness will save many lives, thank you! I announce the start of the auction..."Old Harry's brief opening remarks on the stage were in line with his style, concise, and efficient, and after he finished speaking, he actually sat next to Lin Xi when he got off the stage. Lin Xi was very puzzled, it stands to reason that he is not a celebrity, and he has only known him for a long time, so Lin Xi feels that he needs to be vigilant and can't ignore the scheming of this person.
The next thing is the auctioneer, the first few are not valuable, just a few celebrities' personal belongings, but because the owner is famous, these personal items have also been raised to a sky-high price, Bill's watch auctioned for 1.8 million, ten times the original price of the watch, Lao Ba's speech manuscript 20 years ago, 2.2 million...
"Mr. Henry doesn't like these things?" Old Harry asked Lin Xi quietly.
"Haha, I'm just interested in beautiful women and antiques, not fake names..."Lin Xi replied.
"Oh! You'll have to take a closer look at it later, there's what you're looking for! Old Harry smiled mysteriously.
Sure enough, after more than a dozen auctions, a wooden box was launched on the stage, the wooden box was opened, and the auctioneer took out an antique, oh my God! It's jade, no, a quarter of a jade to be exact, where did these bastards get it? Lin Xi has half a piece in his hand, which belongs to Grandpa Xiaowu and his master, and according to the master's words, they didn't find it, so this piece of jade... It can only be Bao Cheng's grandfather, Lin Xi's heart is churning like boiling water, he forcibly suppresses the uneasiness in his heart, Lin Xi can feel the inner vibration of Xiao Wu and Bao Cheng Wuxin, and knows that they are also trying their best to suppress their emotions like him. This Harry is so powerful, this trick caught everyone off guard, indeed, there is nothing better than this thing to try out Lin Xi's identity.
Lin Xi squeezed Xiao Wu's hand, she understood what Lin Xi meant, they couldn't expose themselves for it, it didn't matter, as long as they knew where the jade was located, they would always have a way to get it back, besides, just having such a piece of jade was useless, thinking of this, Lin Xi's heart was also relieved, regained his senses, and quietly waited for their performance.
"Gentlemen, ladies, this collection is donated by our President Harry, the Chinese dragon jade, it is said to have a history of more than 6,500 years, there is only one left in the world, it belongs to the masterpiece collection, for this charity auction, Mr. President will take it out for auction, I hope you gentlemen and ladies seize the opportunity, okay, now start bidding, the starting price is 50 million US dollars, each time the card is 10 million..."
"100 million!" A quote came from below, and when everyone saw it, it was actually a young man they didn't know, a Chinese, Lin Xi saw that old Harry's eyes lit up.
Although 100 million is nothing to the people here, it still makes everyone look at the young man differently, and it is not common to be able to take out 100 million casually, and it is still such a young man, everyone estimates that it may be some of the second generation of officials in Huaguo and the rich second generation.
At this time, someone below raised a sign again, a young Chinese woman, it was really troublesome, those Americans were secretly snickering, saying that the Chinese people were not united, and now it can be seen that others have not yet bid, and their own people have started the war first. Lin Xi didn't figure out what the situation was, let's see what was going on first! Even Chinese people are not necessarily friends, but they may also be a trap arranged by them! Find some Chinese people to be bait and lure them out, so that you can get a few more pieces of jade, the best of both worlds, what a good strategy! Therefore, Lin Xi couldn't move, and he couldn't make a move until he had to.
"The biggest weakness of the Chinese is that they are not united enough," Harry said lightly.
"Huh! If they are united, will the world still have our business? Lin Xi pretended to stand in his position and said.
"Well, if this nation had one heart, we would have stood aside a long time ago..."It can be seen that Harry's words reflect his true inner thoughts.
At this moment, the Chinese guy who held up the card first said coldly: "Two hundred million!" The audience was in an uproar, and the discussion was endless.
The woman didn't speak, she just held up the card, and raised it again, as if there were many others, she added 10 million, a little coldly.
"Three hundred million!" The guy raised his card again, and the audience was boiling, after all, a piece of jade, and only a quarter of it, incomplete, spending so much money, everyone thinks it's not worth it!
The woman held up her card again, as if she only had money, and it didn't matter how much! The young man over there changed his face for a moment, raised his card again and said, "Five hundred million!" "Both of them are very close to Yubi.
Seeing the woman raise her card again, the whole audience couldn't calm down, after all, this was not a formal auction, just a charity auction, and now that it was like this, everyone was thinking about how it would end in the end.
At this level, Lin Xi was a little puzzled, what kind of forces did these two people represent? Why don't you give up because of this jade? It stands to reason that only people who are extremely familiar with jade will spend such a big price to buy it, and who else is so familiar with jade except for themselves? Only that Tong Ye knows the secret of Yubi in China, it belongs to the secret service group, so one of the two people must be from the special service group, but doesn't Tong Ye and them belong to the skeleton control? Lin Xi added another question, because if it was all skeletons that would control it, they would not come forward to bid for this thing. Secondly, the two people raised each other's prices, which was antagonistic, and the only one who was opposed to the forces on Tong Ye's side was the representative of General Liu's side. After such an analysis in an instant, I understood a little, but I just had to distinguish between this man and a woman, who was on that side.
At this time, the two sides have been entangled for several rounds, and the price has risen to 700 million.
"I'll give a billion," an Arab who seemed to be a rich man in the Middle East roared loudly: "I can't see that the Chinese have more money in front of me..."
Lin Xi couldn't help laughing, and all the guests in the audience also laughed, at this time, Old Harry's assistant came over, and saw Old Harry whispering in his ear, and the assistant went up to the stage to say a few words to the auctioneer, and the auctioneer said loudly into the microphone: "I'm sorry, gentlemen, ladies, Mr. Harry ordered just now, our charity auction is only for charity, and a dispute like everyone just now has lost the original intention of the auction and hurt the peace, so he decided to terminate the auction, Friends who are interested in this collection can contact Mr. Harry privately, you can negotiate amicably, avoid this embarrassing scene, well, this is the end of the auction, thank you for your contribution to the African people, now please be happy..."
Lin Xi had to admire the play arranged by old Harry, and used this thing to try out a lot of information, but unfortunately Lin Xi has always been watching a play, and did not fall into the trap of this old guy, but let Lin Xi know that Yubi was here, and Lin Xi could find a way to get him out. It's just that now these two Chinese Lin Xi don't know who to help, who is the person from General Liu's side? He knew that Old Harry had already instructed his assistant to run errands, and it must have something to do with these two people, and Lin Xi couldn't leave early.
Lin Xi gave Bao Cheng a look, and Bao Cheng understood what Lin Xi meant, so he pretended to go out to arrange a vehicle, but in fact he went to arrange people. They have a special contact information, that is, their mobile phone has a modification function, which can control other people's mobile phones, a key information that only they know does not need to be sent by their own mobile phones, and the mobile phones will automatically control the mobile phones next to them to send on their behalf, so even if old Harry has the most advanced monitoring devices here, he will not know that it is the information sent by Bao Cheng's own mobile phone, and Bao Cheng does not need to take out his mobile phone to send messages, his watch is a mobile phone, which was quickly verified, Bao Cheng's message was sent for a while, and he saw two men in black walking to the side and taking away a guest's bodyguard, and then Lin Xi knew that Old Harry's security equipment here was very powerful, and no one could escape the monitoring facilities here.
Finally finished socializing with these rich ladies, Lin Xi and Xiao Wu thanked Old Harry for his hospitality and invited him to come to them when he was free, and then got into the car and left, finally ending this charity auction that seemed to be a stormy but actually hidden murder