In the end, the work "Joey Bridge" was auctioned for a high price of 2.9 million US dollars.
The organizer will donate all the proceeds from the auction to the government of Country E for use in government infrastructure construction.
The atmosphere at the auction was instantly ignited.
Later, jewelry, famous paintings and antiques began to be auctioned one after another.
Lan Xiaolan looked at each auction item carefully in the audience without saying a word.
Just sit there quietly the whole time.
"Are the items from this auction not good enough? Why haven't I seen you bid?"
"No, no, these collections are all extremely fine and precious items. Just like the painting of the horse just now, the painting style is unique and vigorous. It is indeed the work of a master."
"And the piece of amethyst rough stone currently on auction is also a masterpiece of nature. Under natural light, the quality is superb."
"If you like it, you can bid. No matter how expensive it is, I can buy it."
Ren Tingxi stroked Lan Xiaolan's little hand holding the sign and looked at her lovingly.
Lan Xiaolan smiled slightly and shook her head: "The things are all very good, but... they are just material possessions. I don't really need them."
Ren Tingxi raised his hand to brush away the scattered hair on Lan Xiaolan's temples, and his fingertips gently stroked her rosy little face.
"That's such a shame. I thought there might be something interesting here. I wanted to take a picture and give it to you as a gift for our first anniversary."
"You said there really is something I'm interested in."
"Oh? What is it?" Ren Tingxi asked curiously.
Lan Xiaolan pointed to an item at the bottom corner of the auction list: "Large Bronze Vase with Carved Patterns."
"Big vat? You want to take a picture of this big vat?"
"Yeah." Lan Xiaolan nodded embarrassedly.
"Sure, you can bid whatever you like."
"It's just... I don't know what the minimum starting price for this auction is. I see everyone bidding in the thousands or tens of thousands."
Lan Xiaolan seemed flustered and asked Ren Tingxi softly.
Ling Muxue, who was sitting next to them, obviously heard the conversation between Lan Xiaolan and Ren Tingxi. She raised the coffee in her hand, took a sip, and rolled her eyes at Lan Xiaolan.
I thought to myself, "She's really a wild girl from the mountains. She doesn't know anything and is so petty."
"Does she even know what she's asking? The lowest starting price? She actually wants to ask for the lowest starting price. Isn't that embarrassing for the Ren Group and Ren Tingxi?"
Ling Muxue smiled sarcastically at the side.
Ren Tingxi touched Lan Xiaolan's head and said gently, "This is a charity auction, and the minimum starting price is only one US dollar."
"But as long as it's something you like, you can name your price. I, your husband, can afford it."
Lan Xiaolan rolled her eyes and bit her lips, not knowing how to explain all this to Ren Tingxi.
After more than two hours, the auction item, a large bronze vat, was finally carried to the center of the stage.
This is a large black-brown vat with a diameter of about one meter and a height of about one and a half meters. The surroundings of the vat are covered with rust, and there are even some cracks and signs of repair.
The entire vat was pitch black. It was said to be a vat with carved patterns, but even with countless fluorescent lights shining on it, no pattern could be seen.
The host's introduction to it was limited to just a few words. Apart from saying it was a genuine piece from the royal court, there wasn't much else to describe or praise it.
Moreover, this is clearly a Chinese style, but it was provided by a white collector. Many people present questioned the authenticity of this bronze.
"No reserve price auction, everyone can start bidding."
After just two hours of heated debate, everyone seemed exhausted. Besides, this large vat looked very inferior in both appearance and collection value.
No one bid first.
Just when everyone was silent, Lan Xiaolan was the first to pick up the paddle: "One dollar."
"Okay, Ren's Group will bid first. One dollar...yes, one dollar!"
Even the host thought he had heard it wrong. This was definitely the lowest bid in the entire venue today.
Moreover, this price was actually called out by the Ren Group, who was sitting in the center of the front row. The host was also confused when he heard it.
Everyone behind him also burst into laughter.
Ling Muxue sat in the seat of the representative of Ren Group and felt that she was really ashamed.
If everyone hadn't been looking over here, she would have wanted to leave in anger.
However, Lan Xiaolan was very calm. She sat in her seat with an indifferent look on her face, waiting for the host to proceed to the next step.
"Ren Group is offering one dollar. Is there anyone else willing to bid? One dollar for the first time, and one dollar for the second time."
"I'll start with a hundred dollars." A fat businessman in the last row also joined in the fun and raised his sign to bid.
The Ren Group offered one US dollar for the land, and he offered one hundred US dollars. This is not an auction, but a humiliation to the Ren family and Ren Tingxi.
"One hundred and one dollars."
Without waiting for everyone to react, Lan Xiaolan continued to hold up the sign.
Moreover, the price is only increased by one dollar.
The audience burst into laughter again.
"Thank you, Ren, for your second bid. $101. Is there anyone else who wants to bid?"
"Five hundred dollars!"
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