The day for the public auction of the Ning Qiyuan card pool is finally here.
Two days before the deadline, Su Yufeng submitted the relevant qualification materials for participating in the auction. Fortunately, this time he did not receive a rejection letter like Ke Jin did, and was successfully shortlisted.
When everyone set off for Zhoufu, in addition to Ke Jin and Su Yufeng, Gu Qianqian also unexpectedly arrived at the station.
"Haha, didn't you expect that I would come?" Gu Qianqian said with a smile. As the second candidate, she also prepared the bidding materials with Ke Jin and others. However, because Su Yufeng passed successfully, there was no need for Gu Qianqian to participate anymore. Ke Jin thought she had withdrawn the submitted review materials.
"I was about to withdraw my application, but suddenly I received a call from an old classmate," Gu Qianqian explained. "One of his friends from another continent seemed very interested in this auction. Hearing that I had all the qualifications, he wanted to borrow my qualifications and entrust me to help participate in the auction. I happened to be free, so I agreed."
This kind of commissioned auction is very common in Chikongzhou recently. It seems that because Ning Qiyuan's card pool is really famous, and the auction of the gold card pool is very rare in Azure Star, many foreigners like Qing Buyu have heard about it and have found agents in Chikongzhou to get the opportunity to bid. Gu Qianqian suddenly received such a commission, and Ke Jin and others did not find it strange at all.
"Then we are competitors." Ke Jin joked.
"That won't happen. From the client's tone, it seems that he is just going there for fun." Gu Qianqian chuckled, "Otherwise he wouldn't have found a small card user like me in the SR card pool. Hehe, I'll just think of it as someone inviting me to Zhoufu for free."
"When you get to the station, remember to send a message to let everyone know you're safe," Uncle Zhou, who came to see him off, reminded.
Su Yufeng nodded silently, and Ke Jin looked at Ounuo who came to see him off: "Ounuo, when I was away, you and Qibie had a fight. You should get along well, understand?"
"I know." The boy frowned impatiently, "I've told you so many times, don't always treat me like an ignorant child!"
Ke Jin smiled, waved to everyone, and then entered the station with Su Yufeng and the others.
***
After an eight-hour drive, the three of them soon arrived at Zhoufu.
Qing Buyu and his group had already arrived at Chikongzhou Prefecture the day before, and arranged a high-end car to pick them up. As the general agent of Qingyu Group's business in Chikongzhou, Ms. Deng Lin was naturally fully responsible for the reception.
When everyone was taking a car to the arranged hotel, Ke Jin noticed that Ms. Deng Lin's expression was a little solemn, as if she was worried about something; when they arrived at the hotel, Ke Jin saw the same worry and solemnity on the face of Qing Buyu who had been waiting for a long time as on Deng Lin's face.
"You don't look well." When Su Yufeng and Gu Qianqian went to their rooms to put their luggage, Ke Jin had the opportunity to quietly ask Qing Buyu, "Did something happen?"
Qing Buyu frowned her beautiful and delicate eyebrows and was silent for a long while before saying, "It's just a little unexpected."
"Um?"
"A few hours before you came, I just found out about some of the people participating in this auction from other channels." Qing Buyu said slowly, "The number of people is much larger than I expected, and there are many large consortiums like our Qingyu Group among them, so I guess... this auction may not be as smooth as we expected before."
***
Although Ke Jin had re-evaluated the situation of the auction the next day after communicating with Qing Buyu, the reality still exceeded their expectations.
The auction officially starts at 9:00 a.m. and registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
Ke Jin and his team entered the venue at 8:15 and found that at least one-third of the seats in the venue hall, which could accommodate hundreds of people, were already occupied. Because they could bring a few accompanying personnel, these people might not all be bidders, but the number of people on site was far beyond Ke Jin's imagination.
Qing Buyu glanced around the venue expressionlessly. Although she didn't know any of these bidders, from their subtle expressions, a guess in her heart had gradually been confirmed - it was probably not just the Qingyu Group that knew that Ning Qiyuan was secretly conducting card pool experiments in Chikong Continent and was extremely interested in it.
"Let's sit over there." Qing Buyu pointed to a few empty seats against the wall at the back. The view there was good and it was very quiet, so it was considered a relatively low-key and good seat.
After Ke Jin and the other three sat down, Gu Qianqian came over soon.
"Sister Qianqian, why are you holding the bidding card?" Seeing the bidder's bidding card in Gu Qianqian's hand, Ke Jin was very surprised, "Where is your client?"
Speaking of this, Gu Qianqian was also very depressed: "The client said that he had something urgent to do and could not attend in person, so he asked me to bid on his behalf."
"Is this possible?" Ke Jin was surprised, then became a little wary, "Is there any risk?"
"I was worried at first, but he sent me a code to a locker and I opened it and found these things."
Gu Qianqian opened a transparent folder. Ke Jin and the others leaned over to take a look and found a formal authorization document, a black crystal card, and an exquisite and beautiful gem brooch inside.
"There's no problem with the power of attorney." Qing Buyu looked at the power of attorney document carefully and nodded to Gu Qianqian. "The terms and conditions are clearly written. As long as you bid according to the other party's requirements, you will not bear any subsequent legal risks regardless of the result."
"This...is it a savings crystal card?" Ke Jin pointed at the black crystal card.
Gu Qianqian nodded, then lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "My client has already deposited the reserve for this auction. Can you guess how much it is?"
"Hmm... tens of millions?" Ke Jin asked uncertainly.
Gu Qianqian shook her head and stretched out two fingers.
"It should be two hundred million." Qing Buyu said calmly.
"As expected of the second young lady of Qingyu Group!" Gu Qianqian immediately gave Qing Buyu a thumbs up. "I almost fainted when I saw this amount... I have never seen such a large sum of money in my life. I counted the units several times!"
Qing Buyu smiled faintly. To her, two hundred million was nothing, but to Ke Jin and Su Yufeng, it was already a terrifying number. Both of them looked at Gu Qianqian in amazement.
"Sister Qianqian, who is your client...?"
Ke Jin remembered that Gu Qianqian had said before that this client was just joining in the fun, but he threw out 200 million right away. How the hell can this be called joining in the fun? !
Gu Qianqian shook her head. She turned to the last page of the letter of authorization and pointed to the name on it: "I don't know either. He just left a code name. This shouldn't be his real name, right?"
Ke Jin and Su Yufeng leaned over to take a look and saw that there was only a letter "Y" on the client's signature, with a handprint next to it, which served as proof of effectiveness.
"God knows how intense my ideological struggle was before I didn't just donate the money and run away! I was so moved by my own noble character that I almost cried!" Gu Qianqian wiped her eyes exaggeratedly, then carefully put the black crystal card into the file bag, took out the brooch from it, and carefully pinned it on her chest.
"This is a small camera." Seeing Ke Jin and the others staring at the brooch curiously, Gu Qianqian lowered her voice and said, "You have to keep it a secret for me. If the auction house staff finds out, I will be kicked out immediately."
Ke Jin understood instantly: Although the other party had asked Gu Qianqian to help with the bidding, he did not let her take full responsibility, but just switched to remote control. With the camera transmitting the situation at the auction site in real time, the client could convey his requirements to Gu Qianqian in the first place.
"This brooch is very unique." Qing Buyu took a closer look and said, "Don't worry, the staff won't be able to figure it out."
"That's good." Qing Buyu is knowledgeable and experienced. If even she agrees with the concealment of this brooch, Gu Qianqian will be relieved.
But Gu Qianqian didn't notice that when Qing Buyu's gaze fell on the brooch again, there was a hint of amusement in his gray-blue eyes.
This brooch is very unique.
——It was so unique that she was 100% sure that it was a rare treasure that could never be seen on the Blue Planet.
No, perhaps it’s not just in the Azure Star, but even in the entire Aquarius Galaxy, there are not many expensive objects made of rare materials like this.
Qing Buyu once again glanced at the entire room, his slender white jade fingers gently stroking his chin.
Haha, it seems that this auction... has attracted quite a few interesting people.
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