"Why don't you think of that old man as pure, he's a Justice of the Peace granted by the Queen. Hearing Huo Dongjun's analysis, Helena Grenwell asked rhetorically: "He may want to exchange this pocket watch for two technical training centers that can be built successfully."

In '85, the 26 public housing estates built in 1973 that were exposed by the ICAC were all dilapidated buildings, and the contractor owners of those estates were still British knights. Huo Dongjun looked at Yu Xiaotian, who was sitting in the first row, and said to Helena Grenwell.

The case of 26 dangerous buildings in public housing estates caused a sensation after it was exposed by the ICAC in '85, and the ICAC began to investigate in '82, but in '85 it chose to expose it to the public because of too much pressure, but after that, it could only arrest a few small subcontractors for two or three years, and impose a fine of HK$325,000 according to the law, and then there was no follow-up.

Moreover, the Construction Department acted quickly and demolished all 26 estates, in the words of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, destroying the evidence, and there was no way to prove to the court how bad those estates really were.

Therefore, as a poor man, Huo Dongjun is more disgusted with the businessmen in Hong Kong who rely on the public construction business to make money than those private real estate developers, who sell to the people the buildings he built himself, if there is a problem, even Li Ka-shing will not be able to bear the anger, but the construction business of the public housing estates does not matter at all, the poor cannot afford to buy private real estate, they can only live in public housing estates, the attitude of the government and those builders is that the poor should be grateful if they can have a place to live, if the building collapses, it is your own bad luck.

This piece of Yu Xiaotian's gold pocket watch was auctioned for 19 million Hong Kong dollars, and some people kept raising the price, but there were only three or four people left to insist, and in the end, a chubby middle-aged man offered a price of 24.6 million, so that others could only shake their heads helplessly.

Huo Dongjun pointed to the fat man who stood up and smiled at everyone and said to Helena Grenwell:

"See, this fat guy is the owner of a heavy industry machinery, Hong Kong demolished 26 public housing estates last year, but plans to build another 70, if these heavy industry machinery is obtained by him, 24 million? Multiplied by 10 may not be enough to calculate his profits. ”

Yu Xiaotian's pocket watch is a climax in the auction, and then there are several low-priced auction items, Fok Jianwen finally made a move, he bid is the honorary director of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, the president of the Hong Kong Medical Association, and the member of the Legislative Council, Lian Zhihong, donated a piece of white truffle weighing 900 grams, the top ingredients in Western food, from the gift he was given by an Italian friend when he went to Italy to exchange and study, and the host said that he invited the chef of the Michelin restaurant in Hong Kong to estimate the price, worth 70,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Lian Zhihong's status is quite high, plus he is the president of the Hong Kong Medical Association, the chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, and the title of a legislator, so although many people don't know what this thing is, they still praise it again and again, but they are not as generous as Huo Jianwen, Huo Jianwen gave a high price of 210,000 yuan for this truffle, so that the guests present looked at Huo Jianwen with an idiot expression, 210,000 Hong Kong dollars, not to mention a piece of top truffle, it is enough to make a top French meal.

After the truffle was in his hands, Huo Jianwen got up to greet him and said that he would donate it to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Foundation, which could entrust the auction of the truffle and then use the funds to maintain the project.

This kind of performance, which Huo Dongjun seems to have some desire to cover his face, provoked several bigwigs in the front row of the Donghua Third Courtyard to turn around and applaud and thank him, and even Zhihong came over and hugged Huo Jianwen, Huo Dongjun noticed that after He Hongsheng turned his head and applauded, he called his assistant.

Obviously, he didn't expect Huo Jianwen to appear at this kind of dinner.

Huo Dongjun asked Helena Grenwell next to him what he wanted, but whether it was jewelry, famous wine, or some antique silverware, this mature woman was not interested, seeing that Huo Jianwen had already brushed the sense of storage, Huo Dongjun felt that he also needed to show his face, and it just so happened that the next lot was a Laika M4 camera donated by an unknown director of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in 67, which was considered a technological antique, Huo Dongjun didn't care, but Helena Grenwell next to him was already excited:

"I'm going to take this camera. ”

But just the opposite of the excited British mature woman, everyone else has little interest in this camera, first, this director has no power and is unknown, second, this camera is completely worthless, and the starting price is only 10,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Only one young woman, who was sitting in the far back row, unable to see her face clearly, was the first to report a figure of 12,000 yuan.

Seeing that Helena Grenwell wanted to raise her hand by herself, Huo Dongjun said: "Let me come, it's rude to let a female companion do this kind of thing." ”

After speaking, Huo Dongjun gestured to the auctioneer, and the auctioneer immediately said: "The guest at the H4 table, 13,000 yuan." ”

"Uh~ The lady at the Q2 table signaled again, and the current price of this camera is 14,000 yuan. ”

Huo Dongjun was stunned for a moment, he didn't care what he was shooting, he just wanted to tell Sù He Hongsheng, and he was sitting in the back, but this camera just happened to enter Helena Grenwell's eyes, plus this mature teacher helped him come over tonight to support the scene, Huo Dongjun was going to take pictures of this old-fashioned camera as a gift to the other party.

"Twenty thousand. Huo Dongjun raised his hand and spoke.

Since the estimate is only 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, the collection price is up to 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.

"This gentleman, oh, that lady has already given a price of twenty-two thousand. The auctioneer didn't wait for Huo Dongjun's words to finish, and shouted excitedly.

Huo Dongjun almost didn't die of depression, he reported 20,000 yuan, but he didn't even get the numbers out of the auctioneer's mouth, and he was cut off by the people behind?

"Thirty thousand. Huo Dongjun opened his mouth a little unpleasantly, and Helena Grenwell next to him shook her head: "It's too expensive, even if you go to those antique stores to find it, it probably only costs more than 20,000 Hong Kong dollars." ”

Huo Dongjun just wanted to say a few words to the mature woman, when he heard the auctioneer's unusually excited voice: "Thirty-one thousand yuan." ”

"What a ghost, I can't even take a camera when I raise my hand?" Huo Dongjun frowned and raised his hand again: "Fifty thousand yuan." ”

At this time, the guests finally stopped chatting and began to pay attention to the two people who kept bidding, one only increased the price by one or two thousand yuan each time, while the other continued to jump with a five-figure increase.

The young gentleman bid 50,000 yuan. The auctioneer shouted more excitedly than he did when he had bought the previous lots, and perhaps even he didn't expect that an old-fashioned camera would be a big hit.

He Hongsheng in the front row turned his head to look at Huo Dongjun, who raised his hand, and glanced at him, and then withdrew his gaze.