Chapter 50 Chapter 50 1st update

Before the auction, the organizers had already collected and sorted out the bidders' letters of intent. The most eye-catching of them were the four mining areas. Because there were five bidders, the starting price jumped from one million US dollars to five million US dollars.

Maps of hundreds of mining areas were displayed on the display board in front. Lin Keying could clearly see that the four mining areas with the highest starting prices were actually the four garbage mines that she had described vaguely to confuse British and French businessmen.

These four garbage mines were the biggest surprise in the auction. Analyzing the environmental location and the surrounding soil performance, it was speculated that they should be mining areas with good quality, but the results were disappointing.

The bidding started at the first garbage mine area with a starting price of five million US dollars.

Because it was a blind auction, everyone was a little cautious. They hoped to find a top-notch mine, but were also worried about buying a garbage mine. While looking around, I am also considering whether to actively participate in the mining area with the most bids.

After all, in a completely blind bidding situation, only those with inside information will be able to seize the opportunity and act decisively.

Charles and Leo, two of the wealthy British and French businessmen, were also exchanging ideas with their companions. They were hesitating whether to take action when they heard a firm and casual voice in the auditorium.

"Ten million US dollars." Someone in the auditorium took the lead in raising a sign, and the first bid was double the amount, which was shocking.

Lin Keying glanced at the man beside her with a hint of surprise.

I asked Cheng Wanting to help raise the price, but aren’t your prices a bit too high?

But the man took it calmly, bidding 10 million US dollars as if he had spent 1,000 dollars, confidently and flamboyantly.

Many bidders in the venue were waiting and had their own plans in mind. The mysterious buyer bid with confidence at a high price for the first time...

The British businessman Charles couldn't hold back. It was fine that the French were competing with him, but how could this oriental-looking man have the confidence to act so wildly?

Nodding to Lin Keying in a gentlemanly manner, Charles was determined to let the beautiful Miss Lin see how powerless her mediocre husband was.

"Fifteen million." Charles held up the sign.

The American businessman commented loudly: "Mr. Charles is very powerful, isn't Mr. Leo going to bid?"

French businessman Leo had already suspected that the British had inside information. Now that the Hong Kong people had made a move and Charles had also offered a high price, he naturally could not fall behind: "Eighteen million."

The price of the first mining area skyrocketed, pushing the bidding, which was supposed to be slowly getting started, into a white-hot stage.

The more people fight for something, the more it will attract onlookers. The first mining area was eventually won by British businessman Charles for 18 million US dollars.

Charles gestured to Leo in a gentlemanly manner, then looked in the direction of Lin Keying, and said with great apology: "Ms. Lin, I'm sorry for taking away the mining area that your husband wanted."

Lin Keying smiled reluctantly, turned around and complained to the man beside her in English in a voice that could be heard by the foreign businessmen around her: "Dear, we can't lose the next mine. Didn't you say you would bid for the mine and give me the most beautiful diamond in the world?"

Cheng Wanting also promised in English: "Don't worry, the next one will definitely be ours."

However, the opposite happened.

The British and French businessmen with strong capital behind the scenes made successive efforts, and with the help of American businessmen who fanned the flames everywhere, European and American capital joined forces to suppress Cheng Wanting. Cheng Wanting's bid rose to 20 million US dollars, and Charles and Leo raised the price to 3 million US dollars, forcing Cheng Wanting into a dilemma.

The second mining area was acquired by French businessman Leo for US$26 million.

The third mining area was acquired by an American businessman for US$28 million.

When the price of the fourth mining area was raised to 23 million US dollars by British and French merchants, Lin Keying took the bidding card from Cheng Wanting and raised the card after struggling for a moment: "Three..."

But before she could finish her words, the fat American businessman who had played a prank yesterday rushed out and said arrogantly, "Thirty million!"

Seeing this group of British, French and American businessmen making frequent bids and looking determined to win, most of the other businessmen who occasionally participated in the auction gave up.

After all, if you spend tens of millions of dollars blindly bidding on a mining area, who knows if it will be a good mining area with few diamonds? It would be painful if it really happened to me.

Lin Keying looked at the smug American businessman, the smiling British businessman, and the French businessman who were watching the show, and raised her hand calmly: "38 million US dollars!"

The bid for a mining area has reached the highest price today, and even the highest transaction price in the past decade.

Hearing rumors that these mining areas might be good mines, other wealthy businessmen were also a little hesitant.

After all, it’s a blind shoot, it’s all a gamble!

Seeing that they were hesitant, Lin Keying calmly spoke to Cheng Wanting in English: "Dear, this mine looks good. I will wear one diamond on each finger if it is mined."

Cheng Wanting leaned back in his chair, not as serious as he usually was at the business negotiation table. Instead, he nodded to the three wealthy businessmen from Britain, France and the United States, saying, "Thank you for giving up... Mr. Charles, I'll treat you to tea when we return to Hong Kong."

"Forty million!" British capital is the most noble existence in Hong Kong. Charles could not stand this and immediately raised his sign to bid.

In the end, the fourth mining area, which was sold for 40 million US dollars, became the highest bidder of the entire event.

Charles raised his chin proudly, but maintained gentlemanly etiquette: "Ms. Lin, when we return to Hong Kong City, I will treat you and your wife to tea. I'm really sorry that you didn't take any photos this time."

Lin Keying smiled stiffly, and could only maintain the smile awkwardly for a second, then turned to look at Cheng Wanting, complaining: "Honey, you...my diamond is gone!"

Her crow-feather eyelashes blinked quickly like a small fan, her eyes full of cunning, and she whispered in Cantonese as she approached the man: "Done~ Hehe."

This time the auction started high but ended low. The four most popular mining areas at the front were snapped up by wealthy businessmen from several countries, setting new transaction records. As a result, when it came to the mining areas ranked behind, the wealthy businessmen who had emptied their budgets withdrew their bids, causing the transaction prices to fall again and again.

Guo Changda and Zhao Fengzhen bought the six mining areas that Lin Keying had circled with a starting price of one million US dollars. In addition, their peers bid several times and won the Kimberley mining areas 1, 2 and 3, spending a total of 12 million US dollars.

The total amount of money paid for the nine mining areas is not as high as the amount paid for a garbage mine by several wealthy businessmen from Britain, France and the United States after they raised the price.

After the meeting, Lin Keying held back her laughter and walked all the way back to her room, where she lowered her brows, raised her lips beautifully, and her eyes were dotted with stars that sparkled brighter than diamonds.

"Did you have fun?" It was rare for Cheng Wanting to see his newlywed wife gloating like this, and he almost laughed his eyes off.

"Yeah!" Lin Keying rushed to the man and insisted on shaking his hand. "Mr. Cheng, we work well together! I...I met a few local South Africans on the boat and heard that some mining areas with certain characteristics might be very garbage mines. They just fit the appearance of those four mining areas and might not produce any good things at all."

They spent tens of millions of dollars to buy such a mine, but also missed out on a truly top-level SSS mining area. After a while, those people will regret it.

Cheng Wanting didn’t care about the blind photo shoot of the mining area, and he didn’t care how much money he spent. However, his newlywed wife’s joy also infected him: “You are good at acting.”

Lin Keying looked at the man deeply and muttered in her heart, That's right, you haven't realized that I'm a fake yet.

Cheng Wanting only cared: "Mr. Guo, I will transfer the 12 million US dollars from the nine mining areas to your account."

Guo Changda waved his hand: "You don't have to mark it, just consider it as a gift to Keying."

Cheng Wanting decisively refused: "I am her husband, so naturally I should be the one to send her off."

Zhao Fengzhen refused to admit defeat: "We are still Keying's godfather and godmother."

Lin Keying watched as the two sides were arguing over who would bear the cost of bidding for the mining area, and silently raised her hand: "Actually, I have some money too."

Although compared with these two big guys, it’s not good enough.

This time, Cheng Wanting and Guo Changda and his wife stood on the same front and said that it had nothing to do with her.

In the end, with the mediation of Yang Minghui, the bidding amount for the nine mining areas was borne by both parties in half.

"This way everyone is happy." Yang Minghui had never seen anyone so eager to pay.

All the top-level mining areas that Lin Keying targeted were taken, and the other few were mining areas used as a decoy, which were chosen at random and deliberately chosen by no one else. In the future, when the top-level mining areas produce raw stones that shock the world, they will at least need some mining areas with poorer quality to cover them.

On the third day in South Africa, the auction contract was signed, and Lin Keying signed her name on nine documents, officially owning nine diamond mines!

The mining area that has not yet been mined looks like just ordinary land at first glance, but when Lin Keying stepped on the ground, she seemed to be able to see the brilliance of the future.

After paying 8 million in funding for the subsequent mining, Cheng Wanting arranged for supervision and the group's return to Hong Kong was also scheduled.

I boarded the giant ship of Universal Group that had been sent back to Europe a month and a half ago and arrived in Singapore, and then took a private plane back to Hong Kong from Singapore. Guo Changda and Zhao Fengzhen plan to travel in Singapore for a few days, just in time to reminisce about the hard work they had when they were young.

When they returned to the Mosanto Hotel and were about to go back to their room to pack their luggage, they met several wealthy businessmen from Britain, France and the United States who were looking very proud.

No food tastes better than what is snatched away.

The same is true for auctions.

The right thing to do is to make the merchants in Hong Kong realize their own strength and not dare to compete with them for things.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are welcome to buy diamonds from our mine in the future." The arrogant American businessman raised his head proudly. "After all, I robbed the mine you wanted to buy. I am very sorry. I can give you a discount later."

The British and French merchants all agreed to give Miss Lin a discount on the diamonds: "You shouldn't have bought nothing after you didn't win the bid for the mine. Oh, and there are two old people behind you. It's a waste of money to buy them randomly. So many mines combined may not be as good as the one we bought."

After all, everyone is scrambling for these mining areas. British businessmen are certain that American, French and Hong Kong businessmen have inside information; French businessmen are certain that British, American and Hong Kong businessmen have inside information, and the same is true for American businessmen.

Lin Keying smiled and agreed: "Okay, I'm sorry that I didn't take pictures of your mining area. I wish you can mine top-quality diamonds. Remember to give me a discount when you buy diamonds next time. Goodbye."

Watching Lin Keying and her group leave, Charles still couldn't forget them: "Ms. Lin, you are beautiful, generous and kind. You also wish us to get top-quality diamonds."

After the mining development matters were arranged, Lin Keying boarded the cruise ship from South Africa back to Hong Kong.

The excitement and novelty on the way here gradually subsided on the way back, especially after successfully acquiring the desired mining area. Lin Keying was in a good mood. After the giant ship arrived in Singapore, she met the family of three she met in the South African hotel.

Pearl called Lin Keying "beautiful sister" and waved to Lin Keying. Pearl's mother held her child's hand and greeted Lin Keying and Zhao Fengzhen. Their family also took pictures of two mining areas and prepared to give them to their daughter. In the future, diamonds will also be named after Pearl. By the way, they wanted to invite a few people to have a simple meal in Singapore to express their gratitude.

Because it was a private plane with flexible take-off time, the group was invited to go to the Lee family’s villa in Singapore.

"Pearl said she would come back and treat you guys to some sausages, and not give any to that uncle with a big beard and golden hair." The child still remembered who scared her.

Inside the villa, the exquisite plates were filled with delicious food. Lin Keying thanked Zhenzhu for the sausages: "Zhenzhu, when you come to Hong Kong City in the future, I will treat you to delicious food too."

Pearl narrowed her eyes in a smile.

While eating, Lin Keying noticed that the man next to her was talking to Zhenzhu's father, Li Changming, from time to time. Their conversations were all about port trade and container throughput.

After the meal, when they said goodbye and left, Lin Keying heard Cheng Wanting shaking hands with Li Changming: "Mr. Li, I will discuss the specific cooperation matters with you after I return to Hong Kong City and draft the documents."

Lin Keying: "..."

Workaholics really never have a moment to rest. How can they close a deal just while they are having a meal?

After leaving the Li family villa, Lin Keying said goodbye to her godfather and godmother, and agreed to meet again in Hong Kong after a while. Then she went to the private plane's take-off point with her newlywed husband, Secretary Yang, and several bodyguards.

"Mr. Cheng." Lin Keying deliberately addressed him teasingly, and asked the man curiously, "What business did you discuss with Mr. Li just now?"

Cheng Wanting did not hold back: "Singapore port sales situation, I want to buy two ports in Singapore, Mr. Li can help me."

"Mr. Cheng, you are really busy!" Lin Keying was full of admiration.

"Boss Cheng?" Cheng Wanting pondered over the words, raised his eyebrows slightly, and whispered in the woman's ear: "You're not calling me dear anymore?"

At the auction, the two communicated in English throughout in order to stimulate British, French and American businessmen, and Lin Keying started each sentence with "darlin" - dear.

Lin Keying: QAQ

Rushing to the take-off point, Lin Keying boarded a private plane with her newlywed husband, who she called Ju Jui, and headed straight for Hong Kong City. She had been away from Hong Kong City for more than a month and she felt a little homesick. She also didn't know if there had been any changes in Hong Kong City.

At this time, the newlyweds did not know that a secret rumor in Hong Kong had reached the ears of the Cheng family. Someone witnessed that Cheng Wanting, who had never been interested in women, seemed to have a woman outside.