Chapter 459 Darling? Are you worried about me?
Tan Chi retorted without backing down: "I don't believe you have the ability to control all the guests! If you're so capable, then try it!"
"Just you wait!" Shet glared at him fiercely and stormed toward the Franklin family's private room.
The guards who had been secretly following them and the insects sent by the Smith family exchanged bewildered glances.
Is this Franklin family insect an idiot?
Just because some other insect provoked them a few times, they're going to sell out the entire auction? Do they have money to burn?
Seeing that Shet had already walked far away, Tan Chi raised his hand and patted Eli on the shoulder, saying, "Big brother, do you believe I can get other bugs to willingly spend tens of millions of star coins on me with just three sentences?"
Eli nodded almost without thinking, "Of course I believe it. Our Ah Chi is worth other insects spending money on you!"
Tan Chi: "..."
Okay, I was originally planning to use a build-up approach, but I completely forgot that his older brother is a brother-complex type.
He thought his older brother would say, "Where would you find such a sucker?"
As a result, their family had three such suckers.
Tan Chi sighed helplessly. It's too difficult; it's too hard to show off...
Once Tan Chi and his group arrived at the private room prepared on the second floor, the auction officially began.
The host introduced the first item for auction and immediately began a rapid-fire, spittle-flecked introduction.
"The first item is a well-preserved set of ancient blue-glazed underglaze porcelain tea set. The glaze is warm and lustrous under the light, and the patterns are exquisite. The starting price is 500,000 Star Coins. The minimum bid increment is 50,000 Star Coins."
As soon as the host finished speaking, insects began to bid.
"Five hundred and fifty thousand!"
Six hundred thousand!
The bidding lights in Tan Chi's private room also lit up, and a young but clear voice came through the loudspeaker: "One million."
In an instant, all eyes in the room turned to him.
Almost simultaneously, the private room where Shet was located followed.
"One million five hundred thousand!"
He even glared at Tan Chi triumphantly, wanting to compete with him to see who was richer. This little bug was simply courting death!
Tan Chi was not afraid at all, and he continued to raise the price, "Two million."
"Three million!" Shet was determined to get it.
Five million.
Eight million!
"Ten million."
When the price soared to ten million, a low gasp filled the hall. Shitte paused, seemingly beginning to hesitate as well.
If he continued to bid, he worried that Tan Chi would keep raising the price endlessly, and then he would be a sucker.
Just as he was hesitating, the host's voice rang out.
"10 million! Is there anything higher than 10 million? If not, then we're counting down from the bottom..."
The host was clearly surprised that the first item fetched such a high price.
This is definitely a fantastic start!
"Tsk, you can't afford it already? Are you no good? If you can't afford it, don't play. You were just bragging about how the Franklin family is the richest family. Pshaw!"
Before Shet could make up his mind, he heard Tan Chi's mocking voice.
These words almost instantly ignited Shitte, who could barely contain himself as he roared, "Fifteen million! I'll take it! Tan Chi! Today I'll show you what it means to be rich and powerful!"
“18 million.” Tan Chi chuckled. “If you can offer 20 million, then I’ll give this to you.”
Shete didn't believe that Tan Chi would give it up to him so easily. He must only have 20 million star coins on hand, which is why he didn't dare to continue bidding against him.
He won't fall for that!
He scoffed coldly, as if deliberately provoking, and said, "21 million!"
Tan Chi pursed his lips speechlessly, then looked at Eli beside him and whispered, "Big brother, did you see that... 21 million in hand."
Eli: "..."
He admitted that although Shit was really annoying to the bug, the way he handed over money was really cool.
The royal family also has many of those teacups; Tan Chi said they were wholesale and worthless.
He was indeed a little shocked that it could fetch 21 million at auction.
Because there aren't many items on the ancient planet, but some everyday items are common in the collections and aren't too expensive, you can basically buy them for a few million.
Twenty million is not a small sum of money.
Seeing Eli's thoughtful expression, Tan Chi whispered, "Brother, do you want to make some money? If we get more money later, we'll split it 50/50."
Eli perked up immediately upon hearing this, "Can I do it too?"
Tan Chi nodded, "Yes, the prices for the items to be auctioned later will be approximately... We'll do it like this later..."
Eli's eyes lit up as he listened to what Tan Chi said.
Sure enough, insects have unlimited energy when they're preparing to do something bad.
So when it came time to bid on the second item, Eli raised his voice and said, "Achi, don't be afraid. Big brother has already spoken to the female father and asked him to give us another 40 million. You can bid with confidence! Big brother will buy it for you!"
The sound was just the right volume for Shit to hear.
Now Shit was even more emboldened.
It turns out that Tan Chi and his bunch of good-for-nothings only brought 60 million star coins. They thought they could take the auction items away from him? That was simply a pipe dream!
So the next three items—a set of Gulanxing mechanical watches, a Moonlight Grass shimmering with a faint blue light, and a book that appeared to be a manuscript by the Gulanxing master—were all snapped up by Shet as he was determined to win them over.
Without exception, all of these items sold for over 60 million Star Coins, exceeding the reserve price by a hundred times.
Eli was having a great time, but Letekar, who had been quietly staying by Tan Chi's side, seemed to sense that Tan Chi was losing and even being bullied by the insects.
His light golden eyelashes trembled a few times, and he suddenly reached out his slightly cool little hand and gently grasped Tan Chi's hand, which was resting on his knee.
Tan Chi's body stiffened slightly, and he turned his head in surprise, only to meet Lutkar's blue eyes, which were filled with a hint of worry.
"Honey? Are you worried about me?"
A surge of immense joy welled up in Tan Chi's heart.
He almost immediately grabbed the little hand tightly, brought it close to Letekar's ear, and gently soothed him in a whisper that only the two insects could hear: "Don't worry, baby, I'm just kidding that fool. These things are just dusty junk from our warehouse, they're worthless."
If it weren't for holding this auction and considering the principle of scarcity, he would have liked to put out ten or eight sets to sell at once.
Now there's some big jerk willing to spend tens of millions to buy a bunch of junk, he'd be overjoyed, not angry at all.
Besides, once these things were in the Franklin family, he wouldn't feel guilty selling them.
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