Chapter 412: Price Gouging

But he was a self-employed businessman, and he couldn't compete with those company owners. He had limited savings and was short of money. Three hundred thousand was already his limit. He seemed to be forcing himself to make a difficult decision, then shook his head at the auctioneer and gave up.

"It seems that Mr. No. 9's relentless pursuit has forced Mr. No. 212 to give up. Are there any other buyers willing to raise the price?"

The only response he got was silence, and the auctioneer frowned slightly. What should he do? Due to the serious defects, its value and price could not be increased.

The audience watching the auction in the live broadcast room could not see any bidders, but could only hear the auctioneer raising the price like a talk show. They thought the scene was quite interesting, like watching a movie, because there are often auction scenes in movies, but they are not so professional. Everyone felt that they had learned something new. Netizens felt that 349,000 yuan was a very high price, and they could not afford it anyway. They did not realize how tense the current situation was.

Even though Yu Zhan was very willing to spend 450,000 yuan to buy "Wu Xie", he had no way of raising the price by nearly 100,000 yuan at one time. That was the rule.

At this moment, Su Yi, who was sitting in the middle of the buyer's seat, gave a signal, and Fang Huaiyuan took out his number plate, ready to help Liu Lan raise the price.

This is exactly the purpose of Su Yi coming to the auction. He is a frequent visitor to auctions and is well aware of the rules. Liu Man has millions of fans and many people clamor to buy her works. Those people may be willing to reward her with a few hundred yuan or even thousands or tens of thousands of yuan, but there are very few people who are willing to spend hundreds of thousands to buy her works.

This auction was related to Liu Lan's future status in the calligraphy world. In order to ensure everything was foolproof and prevent his beloved disciple's works from going unsold, he asked Fang Huaiyuan to register as the buyer in advance and act as a "stooge".

Before Fang Huaiyuan raised his sign, a young man suddenly rushed onto the stage, pointed at Liu Lan and shouted, "You are blatantly violating the rules and maliciously raising the price!"

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Everyone was confused by this scene. The cameraman, who was good at capturing hot spots, reacted the fastest. He immediately gave this person a close-up and at the same time took a picture of Liu Lan's confused face.

"What's going on? Is this person crazy?"

"He scared the princess!! (disdain)"

"How could someone come in and cause trouble at such a formal auction? The security is too poor."

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This person is no ordinary person. He is the author of the previous auction item and a new calligrapher, but he did not come from a calligraphy exhibition. Unfortunately, his work failed to sell because it did not reach his expected price.

The auctioneer said in a very impolite tone, "The bidding for your work has ended. Please return to your seat or leave the venue."

The young man said unconvincedly, "Liu Man has clearly violated the rules seriously, why don't you cancel her bidding qualification?"

The auctioneer did not answer him and directly called security to drive the people away.

Seeing this, the young man no longer gave Liu Lan face, and said to the camera of a certain media, "Buyer No. 9 is Liu Lan's boyfriend Yu Zhan, he is her 'shill', they teamed up to drive up the price and deceive other buyers, it's really abominable, more importantly, this behavior is illegal! The bidder cannot have any relationship with the seller!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. No. 212 stood up in surprise and looked towards seat No. 9. Everyone else also looked in his direction.

This explosion point was so big that the cameraman couldn't help but violate the agreement with the auction company and moved the camera over and zoomed in.

"Oh my God, it's really Dr. Yu!"

"No wonder the auctioneer kept saying number 9, number 9..."

"I don't think the veterinarian is raising the price. He should really intend to buy it. After all, it is his girlfriend's award-winning work."

"I agree with the above comments. Is there any professional who can tell us whether an acquaintance can be a buyer?"

"Of course you can. Just let the acquaintance pay in the end. What this person means is that Dr. Yu deliberately competed with No. 212, asking him to raise the price again and again, and helped Liu Lan cheat No. 212 out of his money."

"That sounds like a conspiracy!"

"This is ridiculous. Neither Liu Man nor Doctor Yu are that kind of people!"

"I'm afraid that only if Dr. Yu uses his own money to buy Liu Man's works can he clear his name."

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Yu Zhan was eager to do so. He just wanted to buy Liu Lan's table. Why was it so difficult to go all the way from the ancient capital to the capital? It was full of twists and turns!

Liu Man was also wronged.

She had no idea that Yu Zhan had been running around to buy her table, and had to go through the registration process several times.