Chapter 174: Auctioning the Jewelry
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In private room number two.
There were three men and three women sitting around the wooden table. A man who looked to be of old age sat at the head of the table with a dragon-headed walking stick in his hand. He knocked on the table and asked authoritatively, “Are you confident in winning the bid for the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb?”
A young girl beside the old man’s seat saw that everyone was looking at each other and refusing to speak. Thus, she took the initiative to say, “Grandfather, none of us have really seen the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb. Unless we choose to auction all five of them, there’s a high chance of getting a fake one. Otherwise, we…”
The old man held the walking stick in his hand and slammed it on the ground, interrupting the girl’s words suddenly. He reprimanded coldly. “This is an auction held by the Gao family. Stealing is definitely not a feasible method. If our identities are exposed, the gains do not make up for the losses. If we can get the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb after auctioning all five of them, this money is worth it.”
The young man who was sitting beside the girl looked up at the old man when he heard this and said with a trembling voice, “Grandfather, I’m afraid we don’t have the ability to obtain all five of them!”
The boy rubbed his hands nervously and stammered, “I, I heard that the Huo family and the Lu family have both come to Beijing this time. The Kang family has also sent their daughter-in-law to join in the fun. Besides that, there are some forces overseas who have been putting pressure on us both openly and covertly…”
“I’m afraid everyone is here for the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb. In that case, we have no way of competing with the other families with our limited capital.”
The old man pondered for a moment and touched the dragon head of the walking stick in his hand. He instructed with a grave expression, “Then quickly transfer the funds you have on hand here. The most important thing now is to get the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb. We’ll put the rest aside for the time being.”
Everyone nodded at the old man’s instructions and looked at each other without saying anything else.
At this moment, after the commotion in the living room, the people from the Pavilion of Love assisted the Gao family in maintaining order. The venue quickly stabilized and the host went on stage again. He picked up the microphone and announced the official start of the auction.
Under the host’s display and in an orderly manner, an appraiser that the Gao family had hired at a high price began to explain the first item that was auctioned today. It was a crescent-shaped necklace made by a famous overseas designer, ZR.
It was said that this chain had been personally ground by the designer for 49 days and it was made of dozens of rare pink diamonds from South Africa. It had been purchased by the Gao family’s previous master at a high price of 100 million yuan at an overseas auction.
The appraiser explained it in so much detail that it even attracted Mo Zhu to look up at the necklace in the host’s hand with interest. The fine pink diamonds emitted a gentle light under the light of the big lamp on the stage, causing Mo Zhu to raise her eyebrows unconsciously.
A few minutes later, the host took the microphone and announced the start of the auction for the first item. The starting bid was 200 million. Just as she finished speaking, a high female voice shouted excitedly, “I bid 500 million!”
Mo Zhu looked in the direction of the voice. It was Kang Ying from private room number three. When she shouted out 500 million, she had already walked out of the private room impatiently and stood in the corridor on the second floor. It was obvious that she really liked this necklace.
After Kang Ying shouted the high price of 500 million, many noble ladies instantly gave up the idea of competing with her. 500 million was indeed not a small number. If it was only used to buy a small necklace, the gains would not make up for the losses.
However, there was no lack of wealthy families at the Gao family’s auction. After the emcee shouted “500 million going once”, a few young ladies started to raise their cards and increase the bid one after another.
“520 million.”
“550 million.”
Seeing that the price was getting higher and higher, Kang Ying stomped her feet angrily and shouted downstairs, “600 million. The Kang family has taken a liking to this necklace.. I hope that everyone will stop raising the price on account of the Kang family.”
