Chapter 290: Simple Psychology
When the jade piece appeared here, the jade piece on the display table began to glow pale white as if sensing the existence of another piece, and the same was true of the piece in Lubi's hand, which was moving regularly like a breathing lamp, and such a vision made the No. 11 auctioneer forget to continue talking.
"Ahem, as you can see, it glows."
Auctioneer No. 11 quickly came back to his senses, coughed lightly and released this new feature as product information, but the nobles in the audience were very faceless and no one bid, because this thing didn't look like a valuable thing, and there were more things that would shine, who would spend a million to buy this thing.
"A million."
Just as the No. 11 auctioneer was about to announce the unsuccessful auction of the items in disappointment, a slow, slightly hoarse voice shook his spirits and looked at the location of the VIP room on the second floor.
"It's the Duke of Mante who bids, a million at a time..."
Auctioneer No. 11 was banging on the auction hammer on the table, and he didn't even notice that he was talking a little fast, after all, it was something that was about to be unauctioned, and finally someone auctioned it and just wanted to close the deal quickly, instead of looking for someone willing to bid.
"Three million."
On the other side, a neutral voice suddenly came from the VIP room on the second floor, which made the hammer of the No. 11 auctioneer stop in the air, it sounded like a man who had just passed the prime of life, and he snorted defiantly after bidding again.
"Huh?"
Lubi, who was holding a voice-changing bow (Dragon) and shouting microphone, hummed a little puzzled, he just wanted to take this jade piece home and study it because of his interest, but he didn't expect anyone else to bid.
"It's embarrassing for me."
After thinking about it for a while, Luby showed a smile, the other party didn't take a fancy to something, but came to trouble Duke Mante, what is the reason... He also investigated the relationship between the nobles here before he started, and the Duke of Mante and the Duke of Lidi had been at odds for a day or two, and both of them had a hobby, that is, they liked beautiful women.
If these two people go together, the result is naturally conceivable, Mante's eighteenth wife was snatched from Liddy, and the relationship between the two is incompatible, so this person wants to him and disgust him when Mante is shopping.
"Interesting, ten million."
Ruby thought about it and continued to increase the price, he just thought of another reason for the other party's bid, that is, to let Duke Mante spend more money to buy what he wanted, so that when he bid for the elf girl, he would be underconfident, and Duke Liddy would have a great chance of taking her.
"Ten million so many?"
In another VIP room, a lean middle-aged man with gray hair frowned, he was the one who had just made the bid, although he was close to ninety years old, but because of his strength of the Great Magister, his body was almost the same as that of a middle-aged man, and he could only see a little sagging skin on his face.
Ruby's bid made him look at the projection of the jade piece over and over again with some doubts, but naturally he couldn't see anything, and completely regarded the other party as a battle of will.
"Twenty million."
After thinking about it for a while, Lidi still offered a higher price, Mante was unwilling to lose face, he was naturally unwilling, although it was a ploy to let Mante spend more money, but it couldn't be coaxed at one time, so how could he raise his head in the circle of nobles, so he offered a higher price, at least a few rounds to fight and then pretend to be defeated, and Mante is a person he knows that he will never let go when he encounters something he wants with a strong sense of vanity.
"Thirty million."
"Forty million."
"Fifty million."
Mante's voice soon came out, which made Duke Liddy's face smile, thinking that Mante had been calculated by him, and the two of them tacitly agreed to keep the price increase at 10 million each time.
The nobles downstairs watched the two people secretly compete, and those who didn't know the truth looked at the jade tablets on the display table, and the two dukes were fighting over their heads, maybe it was something good, and some people regretted that they didn't buy it back at their bidding.
"Ninety-five million."
Such a boring price increase did not stop until it was close to 100 million, and Duke Mante, who was supposed to offer 100 million, seemed to be a little lacking in energy, and everyone knew in their hearts that the value of this item had exceeded the price he could bear in his heart.
Everyone else understands that Liddy naturally understands this reason, and he began to think about whether he would directly scare off Mante by raising the price now, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still made a bid when the hammer fell for the second time, and with his understanding of Mante, this guy should continue to raise the price, but the number of times is not much.
"100 million."
"One hundred million and a half... Million. ”
In the nervous waiting of the No. 11 auctioneer, the Duke of Mante's voice was a little sluggish, and he was also a little unwilling, as if he was saying that I would not come out this time.
"110 million."
Liddy smiled even more when he saw this, he knew that Mante had been forced into a corner by himself, he wanted to stop there, but the greed of human nature still hurt him in the end, he thought that if Mante lost another 10 million, he would have a greater chance of winning the elf, because he had also competed with Mante for goods before, so until now he still believes in his understanding of Mante, he knows that the other party will make a last bid after the end of the crossbow, and that is the real last time.
"Then I'll give it to you."
Ruby's voice came out of the VIP room slowly, Liddy's eyes were dark after a while, and he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, his old opponent actually didn't play cards according to the routine and turned against him, and he actually spent 110 million to buy a useless jade piece.
After the last hammer of the No. 11 auctioneer fell, this unknown jade piece was also announced to have officially fallen into his hands, which was another huge blow to him, which was not only annoyed by the calculation of his old opponent, but also part of the money he used to buy the elf girl, although the rest of the money was still there, but he knew that he could not continue to bid with Mante.
Once he thought that when Duke Mante came to him with a beautiful elf in his arms in the future, he still couldn't hold back after all, how much he regretted his last price increase, obviously he had a chance to stop, obviously he had achieved his goal, but in order to earn him an extra 10 million, he let himself miss out on the elf girl, and finally couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of black blood and fell on the floor of the VIP room, and was rescued by his bodyguards and sent to find a healer.
"Mr. Ruby, how do you know he's going to add one last time, when you add to one hundred million and one million, I don't think he'll make a bid, you've been hesitating for so long."
Ryan looked at Ruby with some surprise and asked, he originally wanted Ruby to stop when the other party added 100 million, and he also felt that it was dangerous to add it further, but he insisted on adding another million to it, but he didn't expect the other party to really take the bait.
"It's just simple psychology, I'll teach you if you want to learn it."
Ruby didn't think he was great, it was the simplest mental trick, he could read his thoughts from Liddy's voice, and he knew as much about Mante as Liddy, so there was nothing to brag about.
"But I really think that you really fell in love with that jade tablet, and you plan to get it regardless of the price."
"No, it doesn't matter if I don't have one less thing to study, there are too many things to study in another world."
Ruby shook his head, he was not obsessive-compulsive, the things in his hand had to be put together in a pair, it was not good for him, so this jade piece that had finally appeared was thrown into the space of Dragon again to eat ashes.
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