Chapter 5 Ben (2)
Interrupted by a sudden voice, everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of the door, only to see a handsome white young man walking in.
The young man is only 1.75 meters tall, but his figure is very well-proportioned, completely propped up in a silver haute couture suit, with short black braids, and his hands in his trouser pockets.
"Of course I don't care, open the door to do business, all the guests who come are distinguished guests, elegant welcome." Looking away from the dozen or so security guards wailing on the ground outside the door, Youde smiled at the youth.
For this uninvited guest, he naturally wouldn't be so generous in his heart, he was very unhappy, but his city was very deep, and he didn't have a seizure without knowing the identity of the young man.
"Don't worry, Mr. Coste, I didn't call from downstairs. There are hundreds of people in the elegant security team, and I can't beat them. Noticing Youde's gaze at the door, the young man turned his head and looked back, "If it weren't for the fact that these guys at the door had to stop me, I wouldn't have wanted to do anything to them." ”
"If Mr. can explain how he got up, hitting people is not a problem." Youde was laughing, but anyone could hear the warning in his words - if you don't explain, I'll settle accounts with you.
Youde's move was also a disguised way to tell the people present that although Elegance is just an auction company, it is not something that can be bullied by just anyone.
"No problem." There was a faint smile on the corner of the young man's mouth, "I came up with my identity and property, this is an important certificate to participate in the auction, and your people have no reason to stop me." ”
"You mean the security guards approved your 'pass'?" The smile on Yude's face decreased, and he was a little annoyed by the young man's words.
"Of course not, the security staff are still very dedicated, but after I took a slightly tougher step, they weren't as conscientious." The young man smiled gently, as if he had just reasoned with the security personnel.
Just as Youde was about to get angry, a secretary came up to the stage and whispered in his ear: "The chairman said that the name of the person is Ben Howard, and he is from the Howard family in the United Kingdom......"
The young man did take out his identity certificate and property appraisal, and it was no one else, it was the elegant chairman, and the identity certificate and property appraisal of the young man were placed on the chairman's desk.
It was not surprising to learn from the secretary that the chairman had asked the young man to participate in the auction, the Howard family was a British nobleman with strong wealth, and its patriarch was the current Duke of Norfolk, with a noble status and extraordinary status.
"Mr. Howard, you can participate in the auction, but I think it is necessary to remind you that elegance is not a soft persimmon, and this is the United States, not the United Kingdom." Youde's reduced smile resurfaced, but there were no words of warning.
"I'm just here for the auction." Ben nodded.
The young man's knowledge of the times made Youde's unhappiness weaken a lot.
"Since the master doesn't care, then presumably everyone here won't care either." Ben smiled at everyone, his eyes scanning the rows of seats, intending to find a good seat to sit down.
When he saw Wells, a smile flashed across Ben's face, and he straightened his tie and walked up.
Ben sat in front of Wells, no more than two meters apart, and became the two closest guests to the auction site.
"Cousin, what are you doing here?" Wells asked in a whisper, slightly stunned.
"Participate in the auction, it's not just uncles who are interested in that thing." Ben didn't look back, looked at the auction table and said.
"Uncle is also interested?" Wells wondered, didn't that duke's uncle always dislike things involving other worlds?
Ben didn't answer his question, but looked at his watch and said with a smile: "Cousin Adam should have finished inheriting the sword breath at this time, Lord of Thunder and Lightning, so domineering." ”
With the addition of Ben Howard, the number of VIPs became forty-three.
Probably afraid that any further delay would provoke public anger, Youde raised his voice: "Let's witness the most important moment of this auction, the most expensive lot in the history of the auction, 'Heart of Energy'!" ”
As the black cloth was lifted, the huge space at the auction site suddenly became quiet, so quiet that everyone present could clearly hear their heartbeats and breathing.
The white mist rises in the reinforced tempered glass, and the delicate crystals are suspended in the glass case, dripping and rotating, and the criss-crossing light paints a magnificent pattern inside, silently showing its nobility.
The crystal seems to have magical powers, whether it is in the front row or in the back row, everyone who looks at it can see it clearly, regardless of the distance.
"It's so beautiful, it's like nature's most perfect masterpiece. The first time I saw it, I was fascinated by its beauty, it's a real gem! Widona looked at the crystal, her beautiful eyes lit up with brilliance and excitement.
"This is the finale? I'll admit it's beautiful, but it's just a diamond at the end of the day. The guest named Jerry Stan spoke.
"I was also disappointed that the finale was a diamond, even though it was a little bigger." The rich man who had echoed it before also laughed.
"It's not bigger, it's a lot bigger, I've never seen a diamond this big, bigger than a fist, but I have a question, who is it for? Is a top rich woman of 300 pounds? Doria's smile sneered, "You can't divide it, can you?" ”
Doria's words immediately drew laughter from a small number of people, but only a few of the laughing people were VIPs, and most of the VIPs remained silent.
The quiet VIPs who chose to be quiet were not for the politeness and respect they deserved, but because they didn't want to be the first birds, they were really human and they would never think things simply, as for Doria and other people who laughed, they had long been labeled as nouveau riche in their hearts.
"I think you may have misunderstood, the Heart of Energy is not a diamond, and certainly not a crystal. Also, Doria's final problem shouldn't actually be a problem, because the 'Heart of Energy' cannot be divided, and no technology or means, including lasers, can cut it. Youde struck hard, giving a loud slap to the laughers, especially Doria.
"Can Mr. Coster be clear?" Jerry restrained his contempt, he knew Youde, and from Youde's attitude towards the finale, he knew that he might have lost sight this time.
Youde didn't intend to finish the sentence all at once, he threw out the news little by little: "To put it simply, this crystal contains an unimaginably huge amount of energy. ”
"How big?" Jerry asked.
"Enough for New York to run for a hundred years without relying on other energies! And a hundred years is just the most conservative estimate! Youde threw a bombshell.
"What!" Jerry was stunned.
Most of the people present were equally stunned, but then they all laughed.
"Mr. Coster is joking."
"It's ridiculous."
"Mr. Coste, I know, it's a joke."
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One by one, the dignitaries spoke one after another, and the energy contained in a crystal could allow New York, the largest city in the United States, to operate for a hundred years without relying on other energies? It's probably the most ridiculous thing they've heard this year.
"Ladies and gentlemen, when the experts told me this, I was even more exaggerated than you, but when the experts magnified the test report in front of me, I told myself in my heart that this is a fact, a fact that I have to accept." Youde looked at the crystal, and there was even a trace of greed in his eyes, "It's so magical. ”
"Mr. Coster, I would venture to ask, is the expert who put the test report in front of you your elegant person? If yes, you should fire him. Doria put the words "put the test report in front of you" with a lot of weight.
If it weren't for the image of a rich man still restraining him, he would have laughed out loud.
"Questioning like Mr. Jaylen, Elegance has long expected that the 'Mondstadt Institute', the 'Bianchulai Appraisal Center', and the 'Energy Center of the Suifen Association' are the most authoritative research institutions in the field of energy, and they are also globally recognized energy appraisal institutions, and this is the test report on the 'Heart of Energy' issued by the three of them." Youde struck again, took out three paper reports, handed them to Miss Manners, and motioned for her to circulate them.
"The reason why I give paper reports to everyone is because paper is more convincing. You can log in to the websites of the three institutions with the protocol code on the report to verify the authenticity, and Elegance never cheats. Widona added.
While Youde and Widona were talking to the VIPs and the paper report was circulating among the crowd, the "Yichen team" also discussed it privately. To be precise, from the moment the crystal debuted, the "Yichen team" had already exploded in private.
"It's the kind of crystallization that the Wind King Hall has taken out!" Yichen recognized the true face of this finale lot at a glance.
"Heaven and Earth Core!" Mokaiser named the finale.
"That's right, it's the mysterious crystallization that the Wind King Hall threw into the Annihilation Typhoon." Andrei said with a solemn face, clasping the cuffs with his hands.
"The center of the sky, the core of the earth, represents heaven and earth, and is also heaven and earth." Mo Kaize remembered what Wan Yan Zhen'er had said, "'Subcore Heart', the core of heaven and earth on the Asian continent. ”
"This is the North American continent, it should be called the 'North American core', but if it was stolen from the South American continent to New York by a seller, then it should be called the 'South American core', or it could be Africa, the 'non-nuclear heart' is better, and there is a European ......" Yichen gushed endlessly, as if possessed by two gods, chatter and imagination.
"This is the core of heaven and earth on the North American continent, the 'North American core'." There was a cold voice ringing in my ears.
Yichen pinched his chin and thought about it, and subconsciously asked, "What do you say?" ”
"The core of heaven and earth will only appear in its own realm, and it will not be able to bring it to other regions. One piece of heaven and earth, but you can't run to another piece of heaven and earth. The cold voice sounded again.
"Makes sense." Yichen nodded and said in agreement.
"Idiot, is it time to talk to yourself?" Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention here, Gorman patted Yichen's shoulder hard, this guy was in a daze at the critical moment!
was stunned, Yichen broke free from his stunned mind, and laughed dryly at Gorman behind him: "I think too much." ”
Wait! Who spoke just now! It was clearly an unfamiliar voice!
For a moment, his heart rose to his throat, and he glanced left and right, trying to find the owner of the voice.
Scanning around, no abnormalities were found, everyone was paying attention to the core of heaven and earth, and the paper test reports were circulated in the hands of one VIP after another.
As the top wealthy people participating in the auction, the team brought by these VIPs is the most important thing to do, and there are always one or two highly qualified people in each team.
Just when Yichen was about to give up, the corner of his eye suddenly swept to a person, the masked beautiful man who had not bid for any lots!
When Yichen noticed the masked man, the man was looking at him, obviously the other party had been looking at him for a while, but he didn't realize it until he just now!
The two looked at each other like that, different from Yichen's incomprehensible and suspicious gaze, the man's eyes were very indifferent, just like the previous voice, without any emotional fluctuations.
After looking at each other for half a minute, Yichen clearly felt that the man withdrew his gaze that stayed on him.
The man turned his head back to the auction table.