These buyers don't particularly like this situation, but it's always inevitable in auctions, and it's always easy for it to happen—or rather, it's something that will definitely happen in every auction.
Even if the buyers don't want to have a conflict, the auctioneer will arrange for someone to stir things up or have the auctioneer say something to provoke them.
It's important to understand that people's emotions are very intense and easily fluctuate in such situations, making them extremely vulnerable to provocation.
It's the kind of thing that explodes at the slightest touch.
Of course, there might only be one exception: a super monster capable of dominating the entire scene would appear to participate in the auction, and the other buyers would have to give it face.
If someone takes a liking to something and makes an offer, other buyers have to back down or even dare not make an offer at all; in other words, they have to swallow their pride.
This kind of situation used to happen frequently, since the organizers didn't have much experience back then, but it's rare now.
Because the organizers will investigate the background of the merchants who come to participate in the auction in advance.
Then they would communicate with the large merchant to understand what raw materials they wanted to buy, and then adjust the auction order, reserve price, etc., thereby effectively controlling the pace of the auction.
In this way, the big player can obtain the goods he wants without affecting the smooth progress of the public auction.
This prior communication actually strengthened the relationship between the organizers of the Myanmar jade auction and the big players.
Meanwhile, due to Shang Yanfei's constant provocations, the atmosphere at the conference became increasingly tense.
Shang Yanfei looked at Lao Qin and his group, feeling smug.
Haha, even if you can add more money, so what? I only add a tiny bit each time, just a tiny bit more than you.
I'll make you so angry!
I'll make you so angry you'll die!
The atmosphere at the scene became increasingly tense.
More and more people are paying attention to their situation and speculating about what exactly happened between them.
Even the supervisor, Li Rongfa, put down his teacup and glanced at them several times.
Is it worth it for them to fight so fiercely over such a small piece of raw material?
It seems there's either some old grudge between these two groups, or this guy is really something special.
However, this piece of rough jade was not in their plans; none of them considered it and had no intention of making an offer.
"Add more money, add more money!" Some people were just enjoying the show and started fanning the flames between the two sides.
"Of course, we'll fight for our pride, even if it means steaming buns!" someone said.
But some people started to wonder: Is there really something special about it?
So I decided to give it a try.
The auctioneer glanced at a few people in a corner of the room, telling them to calm down and not to make any bids yet.
Those people had actually seen the current situation and knew that they were out of the picture this time.
They were shills secretly arranged by the auctioneer, but it seems they're no longer needed.
This is also a situation he likes to see.
If the clients start fighting amongst themselves, then they don't need their shills to intervene, thus reducing their expenses.
Meanwhile, Chen Dong remained silent for a few seconds before turning to Lao Qin. "Such a hothead. Too easy to deal with! Let's go big, bid $40,000." His expression shifted from hesitation to desperation.
Old Qin nodded. "Okay!"
He slapped his thigh hard, making a soft "smack" sound. The hesitation on his face disappeared, replaced by a firm expression. "40,000 US dollars."
After saying that, he suddenly looked at Shang Yanfei, his eyes showing anger and a hint of intimidation.
Shang Yanfei was overjoyed. Was this a plan to raise the price all at once and then acquire the property in one fell swoop?
put all one's eggs in one basket?
No, we can't let him succeed.
Shang Yanfei immediately followed up, "US dollars."
After saying that, he glanced triumphantly at Chen Dong and his group.
Old Qin glared at Shang Yanfei with a mixture of anger and helplessness, then he became somewhat dejected.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a voice from behind, "Dollar."
Old Qin was taken aback and looked back, but couldn't see who had shouted it.
However, after exchanging a few words with Chen Dong, he hesitated again before calling out, "US dollars!"
"Heh, it seems they're determined to get it!" Shang Yanfei thought to herself, then directly said, "US dollars!"
Then, he looked provocatively at Chen Dong and Lao Qin, waiting for him to make another bid.
I want to see how Qin Shi Huang reacted to this Three Kingdoms war, both angry and helpless.
Shang Yanfei got what she wanted.
Old Qin seemed to be trembling. He glared at Shang Yanfei with hatred, then reached out and pointed at him with a trembling hand.
Then he shouted towards the auction stage: "No, no, no, US dollars."
Auctioneer: "Do you have any more US dollars...?"
Before he could finish speaking, the person who had joined in called out, "US dollars!"
Old Qin: "Dollar!"
...
"Dollar."
"Dollar."
"Dollar."
...
Seeing this, many people in the room shook their heads.
It seems these three are really getting heated.
At this point, the person who joined later looked pained and gave up.
He's basically speculative capital entering the market, just trying to pick up bargains.
But now it seems that the two people mentioned earlier don't care whether the rough stone can yield good jade or not at all.
All they care about is being able to dominate the other side.
Therefore, this person ultimately had no choice but to give up.
Originally, when he asked for 90,000, he started to have doubts and wanted to give up.
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