The auctioneer cleared his throat: "Ladies and gentlemen, the items for auction are among the best in quality, but there are still risks involved. The auction is entirely voluntary, and China will not be responsible for any consequences."

"Hurry up, hurry up! My Sakura nation is determined to win, hahaha!"

"The first red coral has a starting bid of 100,000 Chinese dollars, and each bid increment must be no less than 10,000 Chinese dollars."

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, a bidder from the United States eagerly placed his bid: "150,000!"

Immediately following, a bidder from Japan also shouted: "250,000!"

The bidders from oil-producing countries remained calm and seemed to be waiting for a better opportunity.

Viewers in the live stream watched the fierce competition among bidders from various countries and flooded the chat with comments like, "Wow, this red coral is so sought after!"

"The United States and the United States are truly evenly matched."

"Are oil-producing countries playing a mysterious game?"

"So much money, oil-producing countries are really rolling in it."

Wang Tao excitedly said, "This auction was amazing; the price of red coral kept soaring."

Finally, after a full six hours of auction, all the items were sold.

These auction items were quickly delivered to the buyers via chartered plane.

Among them, the United States and Japan took the most photos.

Japan, in particular, snapped up almost two-thirds of the pearl oysters, perhaps because of some kind of attachment to seafood.

Following the auction, the Chinese government announced that all proceeds would be used for environmental and public welfare projects to protect and restore the natural environment.

This decision received widespread support from viewers in the live stream.

"China is awesome!"

"Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility, and we hope that other countries will follow suit."

"Indeed, when it comes to getting things done, we have to look to China."

"It would be wonderful to use the money of those suckers to build our motherland."

Wang Tao also remarked with emotion, "This initiative by our country is truly meaningful, and we hope it will make a greater contribution to global environmental protection."

Zhao Hangjun smiled and said, "This is not just an auction, but also an opportunity to raise awareness of environmental protection."

Just then, a comment caught the attention of the viewers.

"Hurry up and go to the live stream in Japan, they're live streaming the opening of pearls."

Then viewers flocked to the live stream room in Japan.

Japan is currently broadcasting live globally, showcasing the opening of pearls with an extremely arrogant attitude, claiming that only they deserve to possess these precious pearls.

A scruffy-looking man with a small mustache was opening a pearl oyster.

"Ashi, only our Cherry Blossom Kingdom deserves to possess this batch of beautiful pearls."

"The Chinese don't deserve to have it. Even if these pearl shells originally belonged to them, they still ended up in our hands. Hahahaha."

"Drive it now!!"

"We are a people blessed by the sea god."

The man with the mustache picked up a mother-of-pearl shell, skillfully opened it, and found nothing inside.

However, he didn't pay any attention to it; it was normal to have free time occasionally.

Who knew that things would get increasingly strange from then on.

The second one yielded nothing, but the third one produced a small pearl...

→→→→→→(Changes in the mustache's expression)

After all the pearls were opened, the yield rate was less than half.

Although there were a few pearls of decent quality, they were far less than the cost of their auction.

"What?! What's going on?!"

"Where's the pearl? Where did the pearl go?!"

"Damn it, the Chinese have deceived us."

Viewers in the live stream, seeing this, flooded the chat with mocking comments about the Japanese bidders: "Japan really lost big this time, spending a fortune only to buy ordinary pearls."

"Their arrogance has now brought them the consequences of their own actions."

"Japan has really lost face this time; they're being ridiculed even on live TV worldwide."

"We are a people blessed by the sea god (sarcastically)~"

"Discharging sewage into the sea and expecting blessings? Serves them right."

Audiences from other countries also joined in the mockery.

"Japan has really shot itself in the foot this time."

"Their confident demeanor is now truly embarrassing."

"Now Japan has truly become a laughing stock worldwide."

People from Japan felt their blood pressure skyrocket when they saw the cherry blossoms.

"Damn it, it must have been the Chinese who did this."

“The cunning Chinese must compensate us.”

"Damn it!!"

Chinese viewers responded with their own words.

"If a person is incompetent, blame the road for being uneven."

"It's our own bad luck that's to blame; those oil-rich countries have unearthed several top-quality pearls."

"You bunch of ****s"

"Yamamoto, I'm ****!"

"Holy crap, why can people upstairs send voice messages?"

The Chinese government even released a video documenting the entire process, from selecting pearl oysters to the auction.

"The Chinese government hereby declares that this auction was fair, just and open, and will not accept any form of questioning, unless someone wants to start a war with China."

The Chinese government's tough stance was met with unanimous approval from Chinese viewers, and the announcement quickly rose to the top of the trending topics list.

Faced with China's tough stance, Japan could only suffer in silence and become a laughing stock around the world.

After all, a despicable nation like theirs only dares to bully the weak and fear the strong, and engages in petty tricks behind the scenes.