The dragon, the tiger, and the fox looked around again and, finding no danger, sat down one after another.
Supervisor Li Rongfa then stood up and said, "Excuse me, I've disturbed everyone's enjoyment. Now, we can continue."
The atmosphere at the scene quickly became lively.
You could even say that something within them was shattered because of the conflict just now.
Everyone got into the zone and started bidding on the raw jade stones they had their eyes on.
They kept raising their paddles and bidding, constantly uttering sounds of surprise, joy, or regret.
In a place where civilization and barbarism intertwine, certain things in people's hearts are easily broken and released.
Many things here are actually quite bloody.
Like northern Myanmar, it became a haven for criminals and a battleground for warlords.
But many people also go there to hunt for raw stones.
They were in it for the money, but also for the thrill.
Of course, such stimulation often comes at the cost of life.
Chen Dong suddenly realized that these people came here to gamble on stones, claiming it was to make money, but weren't they also looking for a kind of thrill different from that of civilized society?
People who walk on the edge of success and failure, life and death are more likely to experience that sense of power, that feeling of controlling their own destiny.
In fact, if you simply experience something without seeing its essence, it doesn't count as a true understanding.
Only when a person enters a state different from their daily life, and compares the new state with the previous state, can they truly understand all aspects of their past life and truly comprehend their own existence.
In other words, we need to look inward and reflect on ourselves, just like a fish in water that often doesn't realize it's in water.
Only when it leaves the water and jumps out of the water can it truly understand its past life.
People in modern society have invented books, movies, and games, which are essentially ways of experiencing that feeling.
However, when using these inventions, the intensity is much smaller, or rather, it is safer, so that many people's inner energy cannot be effectively released.
Chen Dong didn't participate much in the subsequent auctions, leaving it to Lao Qin to handle.
In his contest with Shang Yanfei just now, Lao Qin fully demonstrated that although his skill in gambling on stones is still unproven, his bidding ability is quite impressive.
You could even call him a cunning old fox; he completely outmaneuvered Shang Yanfei, leaving her utterly bewildered.
So, in the following period of time, Lao Qin secured two rough stones for Chen Dong.
They failed to acquire five pieces of raw jade.
It wasn't that Chen Dong didn't want them, but in his and Lao Qin's opinion, those rough stones weren't worth spending too much money to bid on.
Chen Dong didn't insist after hearing what Lao Qin said.
Anyway, these are not his ultimate goals.
Hearing Chen Dong say this, Lao Qin felt much less pressure.
As a result, he was able to operate more freely in the auction, knowing when to bid, when to back down, and when to outbid his opponents with effortless skill.
Many people, including those supervising Li Rongfa, are paying increasing attention to Lao Qin.
They had participated in many auctions, but they had never encountered a bidding expert like Lao Qin before.
Seeing Lao Qin make his move and analyzing his bidding process for a particular item, they felt they had learned a great deal.
They can achieve considerable success not only in auctions but also in other areas.
His composure, in particular, is very impressive.
During the break, many people came to Chen Dong and his group, enthusiastically handing over their business cards, wanting to get to know Chen Dong and Lao Qin, or even Wolong and his group.
It's fair to say that they've all become popular figures now.
Although Chen Dong did not do anything surprising, the way he sat or stood there gave people the feeling that he had the air of someone in a superior position.
Living environment influences one's temperament, and proper upbringing influences one's physical condition—this is exactly the point.
His past life as a financial tycoon, coupled with his continued success in this life and his net worth of at least tens of billions of dollars, has given him a unique charisma.
The fact that he could hire experts like Wolong and also invite a master like Lao Qin was enough to make them look at him with new respect.
In particular, they felt uncomfortable when they saw that the gold-embossed business card Chen Dong handed them only had a name and a phone number, which was in stark contrast to their own business card which was full of writing.
The two are not even in the same league.
Compared to Chen Dong's business card, theirs looked incredibly tacky.
If they could get the business card back, they would have taken it back from Chen Dong long ago and redesigned it.
How embarrassing!
Later, even Li Rongfa, the supervisor of the auction, came to find Chen Dong, wanting to get to know him and Lao Qin.
It wasn't for any other reason than that Old Qin, a bidding expert, treated Chen Dong with utmost respect, and it was genuinely from the bottom of his heart.
In the end, the auction turned into a social event.
Of course, the focus is on Chen Dong and Lao Qin.
Those merchants preferred to get closer to Lao Qin.
It was simply because Chen Dong seemed too far away from them, making them feel that he was unattainable.
Sure enough, before the auction even ended, someone wanted to invite Chen Dong and his group to dinner to build rapport.
Meanwhile, Shang Yanfei, his follower Ouyang Ming, and their bodyguards all felt extremely unlucky.
They were taken to a nearby room.
It only made him feel more apprehensive.
Because they were being escorted by heavily armed soldiers.
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