Chapter 193 Auction

"Even with clothes on, he still smells of dirt all over his body."

Jinran looked toward the source of the sound and saw a greasy middle-aged man who exuded an air of superiority.

Lu Ming's face darkened; this was a slap in the face.

Jinran covered her mouth and retorted in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft: "Boss Lu, the disinfection here is not done properly. Why is there still a buzzing sound? It's really not acceptable. We have to complain. Letting all sorts of trash in here has lowered the standard of the place!"

Lu Ming laughed and said, "Yes, I'll have to talk to the organizers about this later. We need to be careful! Otherwise, it will be disgusting for everyone to see."

After saying that, ignoring the middle-aged man's ashen face and the curses he was about to utter, the group went straight inside.

Lu Ming explained to Professor Gu and Professor Wang in a low voice, "This is my business rival. We've had some minor friction recently, which is why I made those remarks, causing you to suffer undeservedly. It was my fault."

Professor Wang and Professor Gu both smiled and waved their hands, saying it was no problem.

They followed Lu Ming upstairs to the second floor, found a private room, and waited for the waiter to serve tea before the auction began.

Jinran looked around curiously. Compared to her palace, it was far inferior; at least it wasn't covered in gold bricks.

She is truly a person of great wealth, and the key is that she is low-key and doesn't flaunt it. That's so rare.

The second floor consisted of individual private rooms, some with curtains drawn, indicating that they were already occupied. Jinran glanced around casually and saw that they were almost all full.

There are so many rich people here. I heard Lu Ming say before that you need to verify your assets to go up to the second floor. You can't go up without assets of over 100 million.

Hundreds of millions! In this day and age, that's an enormous asset, and it's more than that. It seems that getting rich really does depend on your ancestors.

Just as Jinran was imagining things, the banquet began.

The people chatting on the first floor stopped and crowded around. The big shots in the private rooms on the second floor didn't move.

That's true, otherwise she wouldn't be worthy of a net worth of over 100 million. Hmph, Jinran would never admit that she was jealous.

Jinran looked at the screen curiously in the private room. Yes, there was a screen in the private room. Although it was not a thin LCD screen, it was still very fashionable.

Indeed, the world of the wealthy is unimaginably luxurious.

After the host offered some compliments and celebratory words, a very beautiful young woman came up and announced the start of the auction with a smile.

The first few items, though rare treasures, were not heirlooms. Many people on the first floor were engaged in a heated bidding war.

No one bid on the second floor.

Jinran flipped through the booklet, looking at the items that would be auctioned off later.

Each of these items would have been worth hundreds of millions in later generations—jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, and bronzes.

Jinran asked Professor Gu in a low voice, "Professor, is this okay?"

Professor Gu shook his head, his eyes filled with heaviness and helplessness, and remained silent.

The items that followed became increasingly valuable. Only a few of the owners on the first floor were bidding, while people on the second floor occasionally made a bid, but they won immediately. There was none of the malicious bidding seen in novels.

Everyone was very sensible.

Lu Ming said with a smile, "We all care about our reputation and don't want to be known as narrow-minded. If we bankrupt the other party, it's because they are less skilled. But if we use petty tricks to disgust people, that's not appropriate. Unless we can kill them with one blow, we all cherish our reputation."

Jinran felt that these people really lived up to the saying, "They did the deed but still tried to maintain a virtuous image."

She refused to believe anyone's hands were clean. She showed her disdain again.

Soon the main event arrived. Professor Gu and Professor Wang sat up straight, looking at the magnificent glazed vase that was still dazzling even on the screen.

Actually, Jinran didn't quite appreciate it; she only felt it was colorful.

In both her lives, she was just an ordinary person, and the only definition that antiques gave her was that they were valuable.

The final transaction price reached 1.5 million, which is an astronomical price.

In an era when the average wage was only a dozen yuan, this price was truly the ceiling. Even in later generations, ordinary families might not have that much savings.

After the filming was finished, everything was settled, and Professor Wang and Professor Gu were finally in the mood to continue looking at the next item. Although they couldn't film it, it didn't stop them from explaining to Jinran the origin of the item, as well as the background of the dynasty and the general culture.

Even Lu Ming said that after listening to these popular science explanations, his strong smell of money seemed to have faded a bit.

Everyone laughed heartily, and the atmosphere was harmonious.