"Mr. Lu Yuan, your charity fund has been completed and officially established. I have sent you the details of the projects and funds via email..."
"Next, I will briefly talk about some of the procedures of this auction..."
"This auction is based on EBY, the world's largest online shopping website. The auctioneers are selected through registration and screening. They are mainly college presidents, some artistic class members, nobles, and business elites. Among them, there are also nobles from various countries..."
"The auction will last for three days, and the dinner attendees will be decided within three days. At the same time, we will give them a month to prepare. Well, no media will be allowed to attend the dinner. In my opinion, this will protect the personal interests of the dinner winners and will not affect your dining pleasure. After all, you may have to talk about some professional things..."
"I will send you the auction process via email later. If you think it's okay, starting tomorrow, EBY Shopping will officially launch a strategy page and begin the auction phase as planned..."
“…”
The morning of September 26th.
When the first ray of morning sun shone on the land, Lu Yuan received a call from Bruce in Spain.
Ever since Brando left, the Spanish Brando Charity Fund Project has been run by Bruce, and it seems to be doing quite well. Lu Yuan also entrusted Bruce with the entire dinner auction project.
After answering the phone, Lu Yuan opened his private mailbox and clicked on the email sent by Bruce.
Bruce carefully wrote down some matters concerning the charity fund, including the arrangements for this auction process, in a clear and detailed form. In addition, he also sent inquiries on a series of matters in the form of a form.
After reading the form, Lu Yuan responded to Bruce with an OK very seriously.
Bruce was indeed very familiar with doing these things, and Lu Yuan didn't even have to worry about anything, he just had to nod and agree.
Lu Yuan is very confident in Bruce.
After responding to Bruce, Lu Yuan opened EBY, the world's largest trading and shopping website.
After looking at the dazzling array of shopping systems and the somewhat unfamiliar layout, Lu Yuan felt inexplicably bored.
In fact, he was more used to using Taobao and JD.com in his original world, but the pitfall of this world was that there was no Taobao or JD.com...
Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, changed the domain name and logged into China's network.
He remembered that China in this world seemed to have a website similar to Taobao, called Haogou.com.
Online trading platforms have gradually matured internationally, but are still an emerging industry in China.
Haogou.com, the largest website in China, has not been established for five years. Its traffic is far inferior to Taobao or JD.com in previous lives. At the same time, although logistics companies in China are gradually flourishing, they are still far inferior to the grand occasion in Lu Yuan's memory...
After all, we are now in the emerging stage of the 4G era, and it is only a matter of time before China's online shopping and logistics companies grow stronger. Moreover, China has already become familiar with the concept of online shopping, unlike the food delivery industry where no one has ever tried it.
Do you want to set up a logistics company?
Or set up a "remote" online shopping company?
After a moment's silence, Lu Yuan finally shook his head.
Forget it.
Haogou.com is doing very well in China, with great momentum, and major logistics companies in China are already well-established.
and……
I already have so many messy things going on. If I start a logistics company, I feel like I'm biting off more than I can chew. Besides, I don't know much about the logistics and express delivery industry, and I'm completely unfamiliar with the online shopping industry...
Lu Yuan finally gave up the idea.
After throwing all the messy thoughts out of his mind, Lu Yuan clicked on the EBY website again.
How much can I get for this dinner?
Lu Yuan found himself both nervous and excited.
He was nervous because he was afraid that the price of his dinner would be too cheap, and he was looking forward to...
What if I can get a good price?
When Lu Yuan opened the EBY website again, he found that a long banner appeared on the blank EBY homepage.
There is a line of words in Chinese and English on the banner.
"Mr. Lu Yuan's dinner is now officially up for auction..."
"Starting price: two hundred thousand dollars!"
“…”
After seeing this number, Lu Yuan's nervousness disappeared.
Two hundred thousand US dollars is more than one million RMB.
And that’s the starting price.
At least, it’s not cheap anymore?
Just as he continued to watch the price refresh, Lu Yuan's phone rang.
Lu Yuan looked at the number.
It was Dean Kayla from the University of Southern California who called.
"Good morning, Mr. Lu Yuan."
"Dean Kayla, good morning..."
“…”
…
At noon, Andrew usually takes a nap.
But Andrew couldn't fall asleep this afternoon.
He seemed to be possessed by a demon, staring at the EBY shopping website and constantly refreshing the web page.
The words "Lu Yuan's dinner auction" have been lingering in his mind since last night.
Although many celebrities on the Internet have expressed their intention to participate in this auction, and although these celebrities seem to be very serious, Andrew still has some hope in his heart.
When he saw that the starting price was two hundred thousand, his hope for the best became even stronger!
He hoped that the price of Lu Yuan's dinner would not be too high. If possible, he even hoped that Lu Yuan's dinner auction would fail and be stuck at the starting price of 200,000, becoming a joke.
He only expected this...
and!
Two hundred thousand!
Why don't you go and rob?
This is no small amount!
Who would pay $200,000 for dinner for one person?
Do you think other people’s money comes from the wind?
"British noblewoman Miss Karen offers two hundred and fifty thousand!"
"Miss Car Salad Australia is offering $260,000!"
"Mr. Morikami, a famous Japanese writer, offers 300,000!"
“…”
but……
When he saw the auction page start to show famous figures in the country, followed by a series of increasing financial data, the lucky mentality in Andrew's heart completely disappeared.
In fact, watching the money data refresh is a completely self-abuse behavior. Andrew knows that it would be a very bad thing to continue watching like this.
but……
But he couldn't control himself.
He has always been a very calm person, but ever since Lu Yuan appeared, he found that his personality has changed.
When the price was refreshed to US$350,000, his eyes gradually turned red as he looked at the names of the celebrities that kept appearing.
The feeling of oppression became stronger and stronger. Every refresh seemed to turn into a knife, stabbing hard into Andrew's heart.
Let him...
A little suffocating!
He breathed a sigh of relief, was silent for a while, and then picked up the phone.
"Hey, Rick."
"Ah? Mr. Andrew, what's wrong?"
"So far, how many people from around the world have signed up for Lu Yuan's dinner?"
"Ah, Mr. Andrew, why do you ask this question? Mr. Andrew, I think we should not focus on Lu Yuan now. We should focus on the next sci-fi blockbuster we are going to shoot. By the way, Mr. Andrew, I was just about to tell you that I plan to contact the world's top sci-fi screenwriters for the script of this sci-fi blockbuster. As for the director, I am also trying to contact..." On the other end of the phone, Rick seemed to want to divert Andrew's attention and began to talk about the next movie that Century Company was going to shoot.
"Rick, I don't want to know this for now. I hope you can tell me how many people have signed up!" Andrew obviously didn't want to hear this at this moment. He interrupted Rick impatiently.
"..." On the other end of the phone, Rick was silent for a long time.
"explain!"
"Mr. Andrew, you don't want to know." After hesitating for a long time, Rick said this carefully.
"How many?"
"Since the EBY website opened the registration channel, from last night till now, there have been about 10,000 people from all over the world..."
"..." After hearing this data, Andrew hung up the phone immediately.
He refreshed the EBY website again.
Then……
He saw that the auction price had reached $400,000.
It doubled directly.
"Why do I feel like a joke now?"
In the office, Andrew looked up at the ceiling and suddenly talked to himself.
Then, there was silence for a long time.
“Will it exceed one million US dollars?”
“…”
…
"Lu Yuan's Dinner Auction".
This is not a joke.
It is not a concept either.
Time gradually came to the afternoon of September 26th.
After Wilson dealt with all the big and small matters in the company, he finally couldn't help but click on the EBY website.
Then, when he saw the auction price soar to $800,000, he just felt a creepy feeling.
Like Andrew, he felt extremely empty in his heart.
Ever since the failure of "America 1900", his hatred for Lu Yuan seemed to be ingrained in his bones.
He really hoped to see Lu Yuan fall, even just once!
But……
Not only did he not fall, but he seemed to grow wildly, appearing right under his nose in various ways, and even finding different ways to disgust him every day.
Wilson felt that Lu Yuan was like a dark cloud covering the sky...
The feeling of oppression is too great.
He finally couldn't help but stare at the jumping and refreshing data.
One hour, two hours, three hours...
He even forgot to have dinner.
I kept watching like this until half past eleven at night.
Then……
This figure jumped to one million dollars!
He felt his heart pounding.
He picked up the phone.
"Hello? Miss Ellie, I think..."
"Mr. Wilson, you want to know what the final outcome of Lu Yuan's auction will be, right?" A senior executive of EBY company named Ellie asked before Wilson finished speaking.
"How do you know?"
"Just now, I have received no less than 30 calls with such questions."
"Then Miss Ai Li, your prediction is..."
"Mr. Wilson, actually, what you should do now is to go to bed and have a good rest, or take care of your own company's affairs, and stop paying attention to this..."
"Why?"
"One million is not the end. Three days later, I predict that the price will reach three million or even more..."
“…”
"Everything is just beginning. Do you understand that? Mr. Wilson, there are actually too many uncertainties here. Even if it really breaks through five million, I don't think I will be surprised."
“…”
Three million or even more?
Everything is just beginning?
Wilson bowed his head.
Confused...