Chapter 967 (Page 1/2)

Chen Yao greeted Huo Qingci and Lin Man warmly, motioning them to find a comfortable seat in the spacious hall.

After the two sat down, Shen Yao smiled and handed them a bidding number plate, then turned and left, as if he had other important matters to deal with.

Huo Qingci took the number plate and looked at it thoughtfully, then suddenly leaned close to Lin Man's ear and whispered:

"Manman, look at the people bidding today. Some of them look like children of high-ranking officials. I never thought they would have so much spare money to buy rough stones."

Lin Man followed Huo Qingci's gaze and indeed noticed those people who were well-dressed and had extraordinary temperament.

She thought to herself that these people might really be children of high-ranking officials, and during that special turbulent period, the people above them might have robbed a large number of treasures.

Now with the reform and opening up, these treasures have become the capital for their descendants to make a fortune, giving them enough spare money to participate in the auction of raw stones.

Lin Man couldn't help but sigh that no matter what era, power is always in the hands of a few people, and these people in power will never lack money.

They can use various means to accumulate wealth and maintain their economic advantages even in the changing times.

In this society, ordinary people often need to make great efforts and hard work, or even spend their entire lives, to own a house of their own.

However, some people don't have to work so hard, and they seem to have everything by nature. This may be the so-called class difference.

Lin Man came back to her senses and suddenly said, "Qingci, your classmate arranged a job for us to hold up the placards. He doesn't want us to participate in the auction, does he?"

Huo Qingci nodded and replied, "Since we're already here, let's raise our placards and bid a few times. It'll be considered as giving my classmate some face."

When the raw stones were brought to the stage, Lin Man followed the bidders and took a close look at the raw stones to be auctioned.

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Lin Man activated her wood-type ability and felt a slight energy fluctuation, but she said nothing.

When the auction officially started, Lin Man bid several times for the first rough stone as planned.

Seeing her bidding so actively, other bidders mistakenly believed that the rough stone must be of great value and joined the bidding.

For a time, the bidding was extremely fierce, and people were eager to get off to a good start on the first piece of rough stone.

In the end, this rough stone, which was originally priced at only one thousand yuan, was bought by an obese man at a high price of thirty-eight thousand yuan.

In fact, the size of this raw stone is not even as big as a basketball, so it is hard to say whether it will be green when it is cut.

During the subsequent bidding process, Lin Man only called out a few bids occasionally and did not participate as actively as before.

She already has a lot of raw jade stones in her space, and every piece of raw jade will produce green. Naturally, she will not waste money to buy raw jade stones that she is not sure whether they will produce green.

The auction finally came to an end. At this moment, Shen Yao ran over like a gust of wind, with a warm smile on his face. He said to Huo Qingci and Lin Man:

"Thank you both so much for today! To show my gratitude, I'd like to invite you to dinner at the Jingshi Hotel. Would you be so kind as to honor me?"

Huo Qingci and Lin Man looked at each other, each seeing a hint of hesitation in the other's eyes. After thinking about something, they finally decided to stay.

They all knew in their hearts that Shen Yao had invited them to dinner for more than just a simple gesture of gratitude. Sure enough, not long after the meal was served, Shen Hao and Wei Chaoran came over.

Seeing these two people, Lin Man understood that Wei Chaoran and Shen Hao probably wanted to see the raw stone in her hand!