Chapter 358: Stupid People with a Lot of Money
When everyone was enjoying the dance with their partners, the piano music suddenly stopped, the dim lights gradually brightened, and everyone stopped dancing.
Someone came forward, registered the information of each invited guest and distributed exclusive number tags for the auction. The crowd whispered.
"It looks like today's highlight is about to begin."
"I don't know what treasures Mr. Xu can come up with. I'm looking forward to it."
"I heard that the person who bids the most this time will have the opportunity to cooperate with Xu's company. It's not a loss at all to spend a little money to get a contract worth tens of millions."
Shu Yue wrote her name in the registration book, and someone gave her a number tag. She raised it and took a look.
"Number 38? That's a really good number."
"Sister, are we going to take some photos later?" Shu Huai asked.
"Do you think your sister is stupid and rich?" Shu Yue whispered to him, "The auction is just a cover. The important thing is the word charity."
Shu Huai frowned, "But Xu Si doesn't look like someone who would do charity."
"Maybe the object of his charity is himself?" Fu Jingshen looked forward and fell on the first item.
The auctioneer stood in the center, looked around at the distinguished guests present, then cleared his throat and removed the black cloth covering the item.
"The first lot to be auctioned today is the Linlang Jade Bead Necklace. This necklace is made of several natural imperial green jadeite beads, with rubies and pearls used as buckles. The starting price is one million."
"The original value of this necklace is far more than one million. With such a low starting price, Xu Si probably wants to have better room for value appreciation." Shu Yue squinted and stared at the jade necklace on the stage that was emitting a faint green light.
Fu Jingshen looked around and said, "Starting at a low price, no matter how high it goes, people will have the illusion of getting a bargain, but it's difficult to reach the top unless someone drives up the price."
"Two million!"
Soon someone bid up to two million.
"Two and a half million!"
"Three million!"
Soon the price reached eight million.
"It's almost reaching the ceiling. The price of eight million has far exceeded most people's expectations." Shu Yue felt that eight million should be enough. After all, it was a charity auction, and no one would want to spend more money on this charity. The less the better. They were mainly here to do Xu Si a favor.
"Eight million three times..."
Just as the auctioneer was about to place the final hammer, someone suddenly called out, "Ten million!"
The crowd was silent for a few seconds.
The person who offered a price of eight million quickly followed suit, and the price instantly rose to twenty million.
The first lot was sold for 20 million.
"Is there anyone willing to bid this price?" Shu Yue was puzzled.
Fu Jingshen pinched the flesh of her tiger's mouth, "Didn't you realize that the two people who bid just now were mortal enemies?"
Shu Yue was puzzled, "Huh?"
Fu Jingshen explained to her, "I did some research before coming here. Most of the people invited by Xu Si have barriers between them. That's why we were asked to wear masks at this dance, to avoid recognizing each other. But even if a person is wearing a mask and his face cannot be seen, he can still recognize a person by voice or other means."
When they were bidding against each other, they must have recognized each other as their mortal enemy.
Since the sworn enemy is here, it is clear that the other party wants to use this auction to get closer to Xu Si and reach a cooperation. In order to prevent the sworn enemy from succeeding, the two of them will naturally keep bidding back and forth. The starting price of one million can easily go up, and the one who benefits is Xu Si alone.
After listening to Fu Jingshen's explanation, Shu Yue shook her head and said, "I am too naive. I never thought I could do this."
The starting prices of the last two lots were very low, but they were both sold at prices exceeding 10 million yuan in the end, which confirmed what Fu Jingshen said.
"It seems that Xu Si is very good at taking advantage of people's hearts." Shu Huai sighed.
Shu Yue patted his shoulder and said, "So you should avoid dealing with people like this, otherwise your sincerity may turn into a black heart."
lounge.
"Mr. Xu, we have already auctioned off the fourth item."
The secretary was reporting the situation to Xu Si.
The waiter came in from outside and handed tea to Xu Si. When Xu Si stretched out his hand to take it, he was scalded by the cup and subconsciously retracted his hand. However, the waiter thought he had taken the cup and also let go of his hand. The scalding hot tea spilled directly on Xu Si's suit. Fortunately, it did not come into direct contact with his skin, otherwise it would have been burned red.
The secretary was the first to react. He went to get some tissue paper and half-knelt in front of Xu Si to help him wipe the water stains off his body.
"How do you do things? If you burn Mr. Xu, you're done for."
The waiter was terrified and kept apologizing to Xu Si, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Xu, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry, Mr. Xu."
Xu Si frowned, he didn't say anything, just glanced at the secretary.
The secretary quickly understood what he meant and stood up and looked at the waiter.
"Come with me."
The waiter followed the secretary to the cubicle in fear.
The door of the compartment closed, and soon screams were heard.
Xu Si turned a deaf ear to him, got up irritably and went to the bathroom to deal with it.
His left hand was a little red from being scalded by the hot water. He turned on the faucet and wanted to rinse it with cold water. His eyes caught a glimpse of the diamond ring on his ring finger. After a moment of silence, he took off the ring and put it aside to prevent it from getting wet.
The redness, swelling and stinging sensation only improved slightly after rinsing with cold water.
After the burn healed a little, Xu Si reached out to take the ring and put it on. Just then his cell phone rang. He took out his phone and walked to the bathroom door to answer it.
As soon as he left, someone went into the bathroom, and came out again after a while. Xu Si didn't pay much attention to it. After answering the phone, his secretary came over with a new, clean suit.
"Mr. Xu, the auction is coming to an end. You should change your clothes first."
Xu Si still had to show up later, so he followed his secretary back to the lounge and changed into clean clothes as he was wearing something indecent. When he left, he noticed from the corner of his eye that the door of the cubicle was slightly open. He could not see anything in the dim room, except for a pale, bloodless hand sticking out of the door.
He took a look, then left the lounge without looking back and went to the banquet hall.
This is the last lot to be auctioned.
"The last lot is our pure natural sapphire..." The auctioneer said as he lifted the black cloth, and stopped talking instantly when he saw the item.
The thing lying in the box was not a sapphire ring at all, but just an ordinary diamond and silver ring, and the style was even very old.
The auctioneer was sweating.
How is he going to say this?
"It's so mysterious, what kind of treasure is it?"
Some people have already started to urge him, and the auctioneer gritted his teeth and looked at everyone with a smile.
"The last item for auction, a diamond ring, the starting price..." He hesitated. Having been in this business for so many years, he could tell at a glance what was precious. This ring was worth a few thousand yuan at most, but the lowest starting price for today's items was one million. How could he say that?
The auctioneer uttered the last three words through gritted teeth.
"One million."
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