Fortunately, when the host shouted out 16.55 million for the first time, the foreigner who had made the offer glared at Guo Desheng and then shouted out "16.6 million".
The foreigners have become cunning and no longer raise the price by 500,000 or 500,000.
Guo Desheng and Xie Wan's shoulders relaxed at the same pace.
Xie Wan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and when he saw Guo Desheng in front of him, he also wiped his forehead.
Xu Bing, who had been observing them, muttered inwardly, "You said it wasn't you who arranged this person, but look, your movements are exactly the same."
The foreigners discovered that Guo Desheng no longer made bids.
Several foreigners bid for several more rounds, and the price reached 17.5 million.
During this round of bidding, Chinese Chief Inspector Lui Lok remained silent and seemed to have given up.
At this time, there were only two British bidders left.
One of the British sent his assistant to talk to the other British.
The British man showed a conflicted look on his face and nodded, looking like he was ready to give up.
The host shouted, "The price is now 17.5 million. Is there anyone else bidding?"
The whole audience was silent.
Just as the host was about to start the first confirmation, the domineering Inspector Lui Lok raised the sign again.
"Eighteen million."
This man is worthy of being the prototype of many classic Hong Kong films such as "The Inspector Wears Skirts", "Chasing the Dragon", "Empire of Money", and "When the Wind Rises".
Although he is a villain, he has the majestic aura that can decide the outcome of a fight with just one word.
As soon as he opened his mouth, others could feel a sense of oppression.
The foreigner who made the last bid seemed a little annoyed and glared at Lu Le.
But the Chief Inspector was no longer afraid of these foreigners in Hong Kong City.
He calmly took out a cigar and tapped it lightly on the back of his hand, as if urging the host to drop the hammer quickly.
The host was intimidated by his aura and became nervous. His voice began to tremble and he spoke faster.
"Inspector Lu bid 18 million. Is there anyone else bidding?"
In Hong Kong, almost everyone knows the name of Lui Lok.
Even the wealthy have to give him some face.
Although the Englishman was not afraid of him, he might have heard that this man was well connected with both the black and white worlds. If you offend him, you will hardly be able to move forward in Hong Kong.
Eventually, the Englishman gave up.
After three bids, this Yongzheng yellow-ground enamel flower and bird plate was sold at a high price of 18 million.
This broke the highest price since the establishment of Christie's in Hong Kong.
Of course, Xie Wan knew that more than a decade later, the porcelain auctions at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong would easily fetch hundreds of millions.
If her Yongzheng yellow-ground enamel flower-and-bird plate had been auctioned in the 1990s, it would definitely be worth hundreds of millions.
But she needs to use the auction money to buy the land in Sha Tin. If she imitates Li Zhaoji's operation, she can make 40 billion.
The key point is that if money lies in the account, it is just an empty number.
What Xie Wan wants to do is to use money to influence the future of Hong Kong City and to protect good people like her male idol.
Then, money must flow and become various resources in order to play its role.
The auction continued, and Xie Wan at the back didn't care much about it.
She said something to Chang Yongnian and took Xu Bing away from the auction site.
The cocktail party outside did not disperse, and not all people entered the venue.
For example, many of the female companions brought by the wealthy are only interested in jewelry, and may not have any interest in the auction itself.
If their husbands refuse to buy them anything, they will just come out for fun.
Xie Wan was still thinking about the buffet at the party.
Although most of the food was cold, it was summer and Xie Wan didn't mind.
She didn't have dinner tonight, and those pieces of cream cake just now were too mini, so Xie Wan felt hungry again.
She and Xu Bing each picked up some cold dishes and put them on their plates. At this moment, someone bumped into Xie Wan from behind. Xie Wan was not paying attention and knocked over the three-layer champagne tower on the table.
With a loud crash, the glass shattered to the ground and the wine splashed all over Xie Wan.
Xie Wan turned around and saw the little star Lily standing behind him with a panicked expression.
"I...I didn't mean it."
Seeing her panic-stricken look, Xie Wan almost thought that she was really careless.
But Xu Bing whispered in Xie Wan's ear: "She did it on purpose!
During our special training, we learned micro-expression analysis.
You see she looks nervous on the surface, but her body is standing straight, her shoulders are spread out, her eyes are wandering, and her facial muscles are relaxed. This is not a look of true nervousness, but a look of inner satisfaction."
After the recruit training, Xu Bing joined the special service team and was taken to closed training for several months.
What they learned were what Xie Wan should have learned as well, but Xie Wan went on a mission and later went to study at the Military Medical University, so he didn't learn any of it.
Xie Wan believed Xu Bing's reminder.
She looked at Lily and asked coldly, "Are you sick?"
Lily looked aggrieved, but still insisted that she didn't mean it.
Xie Wan curled her lips in disdain. She was really fed up with this kind of intrigue between little women.
The world is so big, why do you have so much free time that you stare at your fellow female competitors every day!
Xie Wan had a hundred ways to teach Lily a lesson, but she was too lazy to think about it and just stared coldly at this teasing little star.
Lily felt frightened by her gaze and ran away.
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