Located in the middle of Qingyun Road in the Dongcheng District of Zhongdu, Hongli Auction House is a century-old three-story building that stands out from the towering skyscrapers that surround it. But it's such a quaint and old building, and the security inside it is top-notch, far beyond people's imagination.

Stepping into the door of the auction house, you can see that every three or five steps there will be a powerful warrior security guard on duty, ultra-clear "electronic eyes" are all over every corner of the auction house, everyone's every move is monitored at all times, even if a fly flies in, it is difficult to hide.

The first floor of the auction house is designed as a whole as a hall, and round tables are placed in the hall, where customers can enjoy tea and rest and communicate before the auction officially begins. The four walls of the hall are painted with pale gold high-grade wall paint, and there are chandeliers above the head that also emit a soft golden light, and the two golden colors reflect each other in the hall space.

The inside of the auction house is so extravagant, and the exterior is so old, compared to the inside and outside, it is completely two extremes.

At this time, the auction had not officially begun, and hundreds of wealthy buyers from all over the federation gathered in the hall on the first floor and waited patiently, and some acquaintances sat there at a table of three or five chatting, all speculating about what good things the "Hongli Auction House" would come up with for auction today.

For more than 100 years since its establishment, the "Hongli Auction House" has mainly auctioned all kinds of war beads, so among these hundreds of buyers, the warriors and those "war bead dealers" who specialize in reselling war beads for a living are the mainstay.

On the north side of the hall stands a large light screen that displays the names of all the items to be auctioned today before each auction begins, so that buyers can prepare for their bids in advance.

The second floor of the auction hall is the formal auction hall, which can accommodate four or five hundred people to participate in the auction at the same time, but it is such a small occasion, but it has created a miracle in the history of federal auctions. At an auction five years ago, a 50-year-old war pearl was bought here for a high price of 600 million federal coins, setting a new record for the auction price of the federal war pearl.

The third floor is the office area of the auction house, if someone wants to sell the war beads in their hands, then they need to come here to go through the relevant procedures, and after getting a contract, they can entrust the war beads to the auction house to be responsible for the operation, once the auction is successful, the auction house will take a certain percentage of the fees and related taxes, and the rest of the money will be directly transferred to the account provided by the seller.

It was the first time for Ye Xingxing to enter this kind of formal auction venue, and he didn't understand the operation methods and rules at all, Xia Bing and Xia Huo were familiar with it, and led Ye Xingxing directly to the service desk in the hall on the first floor, and explained the intention to a service lady at the front desk.

"May I ask the three gentlemen, how many years of war beads are you going to sell?" asked the service lady in her soft voice, about thirty years old, with a sweet professional smile on her face.

Although there were hundreds of people gathered in the hall, it was obvious that everyone's quality was very high, and the voice when talking was not loud, and there was no sense of noise and noise at all, Ye Xingxing looked back left and right, and then stretched out five fingers in front of the service lady.

"Five-year period?" The service lady saw that Ye Xingxing was just a teenager who was dressed very ordinarily, so she despised him a little in her heart, and when she saw him stretch out five fingers, she first instinctively thought that what this kid was going to sell must be five-year war beads, so she covered her mouth and smiled: "This gentleman, I'm really sorry, we only auction all kinds of war beads with a ten-year period or above, and those with a ten-year period or less will not be accepted!"

"Damn!" Ye Xingxing frowned, if it weren't for the fact that the service lady had clear eyebrows and a smile on her face, she couldn't wait to spit a mouthful of saliva on her face, and said angrily: "This eldest sister, how do you know that I want to sell it for a five-year term?

Ye Xingxing asked himself if his belly was big enough and his mind was broad enough, but he was looked down upon like this, and he still felt a little depressed in his heart, thinking that a martial artist knows that the five-year battle bead is worthless at all, and I am not a fool, even if I really have the five-year war bead in my hand, I will not get this place to be embarrassed!

"Fifty years?" the waitress paused, wondering if she had misheard?

She still remembers that the last time the 50-year war bead was sold at the auction was five years ago, when the war bead was sold for a high price of 600 million federal coins, and the auction house took 1% of the related fees from it, and received an additional red envelope reward that month, and since then, there has been no 50-year war bead.

"Fifty years!" Ye Xingxing saw that the service lady didn't seem to believe it, and her voice was a little louder.

Xia Huo laughed and said: "Little junior brother, who made you wear such shabby? You said that you have a fifty-year war bead, but if it were me, I don't dare to believe it! Next time you come back, remember to wear a famous brand, and then dress yourself up a little more maturely, so that others may not have doubts." Am I right, young lady?"

"I'm sorry, sir......! I'll help you contact the staff of our firm, and he will take you to go through the relevant procedures......" The service lady heard the ridicule in Xia Huo's words, her face turned red, and she immediately apologized, and then picked up the internal phone and called, her voice trembled a little when she spoke, and her eyes were also excited.

Fifty-year war beads, if the auction is successful, then you can get a big red envelope this month!

It didn't take long for a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of "Hongli Auction House" to hurriedly walk down from the stairs on the second floor, and after the man and the service lady whispered a few words, they learned that Ye Xingxing and the three of them were the sellers of the fifty-year war beads, so they respectfully led the three to the third floor.

In an office on the third floor, Ye Xingxing showed the staff of the auction house the lion elephant war pearl he brought, and after the other party identified and confirmed that it was a fifty-year war pearl, the two sides signed a contract, each holding a copy, and agreed that the war pearl would be handed over to the auction house for operation, and the two sides would settle after the auction was completed.

"A battle bead is exchanged for a piece of paper, there won't be any problems, right?" The battle bead was handed over to others, Ye Xingxing felt a little uneasy, and asked Xia Huo in a low voice after coming down from the third floor.

Xia Huo smiled dumbly, "What are you afraid of? The contract is in hand, in black and white, it has legal effect, if the other party loses your war beads or has other problems, they will pay you double the price according to the market conditions! Besides, your war beads are only worth hundreds of millions, which is a lot in your opinion, but for the auction house, it is just a small amount of money." You know, the backstage boss of this auction house is a wealthy person!

"Oh, then I'll rest assured!" Ye Xingxing nodded, and then said in surprise: "Hundreds of billions, so rich...... Who is the backstage boss of this auction house? Senior Brother Xia, give me the news!"

"Ye Zong. ”

"I don't know. ”

"Have you heard of Ye's Heavy Industries?"

"Ye's Heavy Industries? Sounds familiar......

Xia Huo rolled his eyes, looked at Ye Xingxing with a look full of contempt, and said: "Shizun in the Eastern Capital, Changsheng in the West, Linghu in the South, Ye Clan in the North, and Weak Water in the Middle Capital, these are the five most famous consortia in the first district of the Federation, their industries are all over the Federation, involving almost all aspects of our lives, even three-year-old children know that you are just familiar with it...... What planet are you from?"

"Oh, the Northern Capital Ye Clan...... ......Isn't it Ye's Heavy Industries?

Although this old man Ye is over 70 years old this year, he is still full of energy, and others have retired to live at home at his age, but he still firmly controls the power of Ye's Heavy Industry. None of his children and grandchildren are simple characters......"

Xia Huo said this and looked around, seeing that no one was paying attention to this, and then said: "Especially Ye Zong's third son, Ye Ling, was a merry boy who was famous in the Federation back then, although he was young, he was able to turn the clouds and rain in the business world, and he was able to call him a genius! Originally, Ye Ling was considered to be the most promising to succeed Ye Zong, but unfortunately he died somehow...... It's been about sixteen or seven years since he died, right? This is the so-called Tianji Talent, right? Hehe, some people say that when Ye Ling died, the happiest people were not others, but his two own brothers......

Ye Xingxing was stunned, then came to his senses, and sighed: "Many people yearn for wealthy families, in fact, they want me to say that it is both good and bad to be born in such a family! The good thing is that after birth, you don't have to work hard for your own food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the bad thing is that if there are more brothers and sisters, then it is very likely that they will intrigue over the family property, and finally lose a little family affection." It's not interesting!"

Xia Huo said: "Isn't it? There are rumors that Ye Zong's eldest son and second son have been fighting openly and secretly since the death of the third Ye Ling, and they have begun to fight openly and secretly to fight for the top position, but unfortunately the two of them have not been able to get the respect of Old Man Ye, and they are considered embarrassed by the big responsibility." However, there is a grandson named Ye Yi among Ye Zong's grandchildren, who seems to be very valued by Old Man Ye...... I don't know if Old Man Ye wants to hand over the power of Ye's Heavy Industry to this eldest grandson one day in the future. ”

"Ye Yi?" Ye Xingxing couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this familiar name, and asked casually: "That Ye Yi from the First Martial Arts Academy of Zhongdu?"

Xia Huo smiled: "It seems to be...... Hehe, I forgot, you are also a student of the No. 1 Martial Arts Academy in Zhongdu! Do you know each other?"

"He's a second-year student, and I'm a first-year student. We've spoken a few words to each other, but we're not familiar. ”

Ye Xingxing had never deliberately inquired about Ye Yi's identity before, and he never imagined that he would be Ye Zong's grandson, with such a rich grandfather with a net worth of hundreds of billions as the backing, could it be that Ye Yi picks up and delivers cars every day, escorted by bodyguards, and is so popular! It's a pity that I can't see him right and can't be friends. This is called 'different ways do not conspire with each other', right?

"Be careful. Someone. ”

Xia Bing, who had been following Ye Xingxing and Xia Huo silently, suddenly spoke.

Ye Xingxing and Xia Huo looked up, only to see two staff members of the "Hongli Auction House" walking towards them, thinking that it was not good for them to say behind their backs that their boss's affairs had been heard, so the two exchanged glances and stopped talking.

When I arrived in the hall on the first floor, I sat down to drink tea and chat, and it didn't take long for the large light screen on the north side to begin to display the battle beads that would be auctioned in today's auction.

Anyone who gets the "Hongli Auction House" to auction the war beads, there are almost no ordinary war beads with a ten-year period, and most of them are war beads with a period of 20 years, and the war beads with a period of 30 years are already very precious, as for those with a period of 40 years, 50 years or even longer, it is even more difficult to find, and no matter how much money you have, you may not be able to buy them.

The information of the war beads on the light screen was displayed downward one by one, and when I saw that they were all some 20-year war beads, and there was not even a 30-year one, some warriors and war bead dealers who came with a lot of money and full of hope couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and when they were listless, suddenly someone pointed to the auction information displayed at the end of the light screen and shouted: "Fifty years! There are fifty years of war beads!"

Suddenly, hundreds of eyes immediately condensed on the last piece of information on the light screen, and when those buyers saw the words "Fifty-year War Pearl" clearly, they immediately scratched.

"Haha, the entire Federation auction house hasn't auctioned a fifty-year battle bead in years, right?

It is said that the last time the 50-year war bead was bought by someone for 600 million, and I don't know what price it can sell for this year!"

"600 million! Grandma's ...... It's a little expensive for me. Forget it, I'll be a bystander today and see who this battle pearl will end up with!"

"You have to buy it if it's expensive, the fifty-year war beads have a huge appreciation space, and Lao Tzu has to fight for whatever he says this time!"

"Hey...... Feed...... Secretary Li, is that a quick transfer of money to my account...... Turn as much as you can!

"Hey, Brother Feng, I'm your brother...... That's right, it's your brother Xing. I'm in trouble right now, and I'm in dire need of money, so you can borrow me first...... No money? join your mother, will your brother do it in the future?"

"Hey, my wife, is it? I'm at the Hongli Auction House. I'd like to report to you, there is a fifty-year war bead auction in the auction house today...... Wife, we think the same! But I'm afraid it will take hundreds of millions of dollars to have a chance to bid, and we don't have so much money in our hands for the time being...... In this way, you mortgage our real estate to the bank and lend it to me!"

"Hi dear, I haven't seen you for a few days, people want to kill you...... Do you miss me too? Hehe, then we'll see you in the old place tonight, people have just learned a set of flower jobs, and you must be waiting for you to die. Hey, dear, people have been having some business difficulties lately and want to borrow some money from you...... No more, no less, just borrow one or two hundred million first...... What, I'm afraid your wife will know? Dead fat! Short frustration! Old bald! Don't want to touch your wife again in the future!"

...... The otherwise peaceful hall became more and more noisy, and some buyers may have felt that the money was not enough, so they crossed the sea and showed their talents, contacting relatives and friends everywhere to raise money, while some buyers with strong backgrounds were full of confidence and smiling silently.

Seeing the mood of the buyers so high, Ye Xingxing was overjoyed, there is no doubt that the higher everyone's enthusiasm, the better the price of the Lion Elephant War Pearl auction will be, and he should not be disappointed today!

At nine o'clock, hundreds of buyers began to flock to the auction hall on the second floor, each looking for a seat, each holding a previously received bidding number plate in his hand, ready to raise the sign and shout for a while.

"Dang!"

As the beautiful female auctioneer on the auction table sounded the gong beside her, today's auction officially began.

Since today's auction has a 50-year war bead as the finale, the competition for some of the 20-year war beads in the previous auction is not fierce, and the bidders are all warriors or war bead dealers with weak financial resources.

At about eleven o'clock, the auction of the previous battle beads was finally completed, and in the introduction of the female auctioneer, the two warriors of the auction house placed a green war bead temporarily sealed in a glass case on the table next to the auction table for static display. At the same time, the light screen at the top of the back of the auction table also magnified the war beads tenfold for all buyers to identify.

These buyers at the scene have extremely rich experience, and after carefully looking at it, they are sure that this is a fifty-year war pearl. In fact, even if they don't look at it, they can absolutely trust the reputation of "Hongli Auction House".

"Ladies and gentlemen, the battle beads have been displayed and the auction has officially begun. The reserve price of this 50-year lion elephant war pearl is 100 million federal coins, and the price increase is not less than 10 million yuan each time. Please shout!"

"Two hundred million!"

The beautiful auctioneer's words just fell. Someone directly increased the price by 100 million. However, this was expected by the on-site buyers, so no one found it strange.

"200 million! 200 million on the 16th! 200 million on the 16th! Is there a price increase? Is there a ......?"

"Three hundred million!"

Someone directly raised the price by 100 million. This number has touched the psychological bottom line of many bidders on the scene, and they are full of hope that no one will shout too high the price to be unbearable.

"Three hundred million! 19 300 million! 19 300 million! Is there anyone ......?"

"Three hundred and ten million!"

"Three hundred and ten million! No. 108, three hundred and ten million ......"

"Three hundred and twenty million!"

"Three hundred and thirty million!"

...... The price of the war beads has risen to this level, and the bidders have become a lot more cautious, and the people's shouting price has dropped from the initial 100 million yuan level to 10 million yuan, but even so, the bidding price of the lion elephant war beads has quickly rushed to a high level of 400 million.

(To be continued)