Chapter 201 The Last Item
"How much...more?" After a dead silence, someone in the crowd asked this question tremblingly.
I knew this thing might be cheap, but I didn't expect it to be... so cheap!
"fifty thousand."
"One hundred thousand."
“…”
Those who reacted quickly have already started to raise the price, not for this broken stone, but mainly for the so-called mysterious rich man.
Du Anrao also raised the sign for the first time. Ms. Qiu looked over with a little surprise: "Ms. Du likes this stone?"
"I think this stone is very beautiful. It would be nice to take it back to my uncle's house and use it as a rockery stone."
Ms. Qiu: “???”
Is this stone...beautiful? Ms. Qiu silently glanced at the gray and dirty stone on the stage. She didn't quite understand Duan Rao's aesthetic taste.
But since Du Anrao liked it, she also praised it against her will: "Look carefully, the shape is indeed very unique. Miss Du has good taste."
Du Anrao probably felt that this reason was a bit perfunctory, so he smiled and said nothing more, concentrating on the customers who raised the price.
Just as Xi Jingyue had guessed before, the appearance of this stone discouraged many experts who were interested in gambling on stones. Most of those who raised the price earlier did so because the starting price was low and wanted to get a bargain, and also to see if they could use this opportunity to get to know the so-called mysterious rich man.
But after the price exceeded 500,000, the number of people bidding higher gradually decreased.
After Duanrao called out 800,000, the few people who had followed her in bidding put down their bidding boards silently.
"Eight hundred thousand. Is there a higher price? Customer No. 18 bid eight hundred thousand. Eight hundred thousand once. Eight hundred thousand twice. Eight hundred thousand..."
Just as everything was about to be settled, a familiar voice suddenly emerged from the crowd.
"One million."
Du Anrao raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of the voice, and met Du Tianci's smug eyes.
"One million. Guest number 14 offers one million. Is there a higher price?"
"One million and five hundred thousand."
"One million and a half."
"One million and five hundred thousand, guest number fourteen bids one million and five hundred thousand!"
Du Tianci's second bid, and the unreasonable increase in price, made the guests below realize at a glance that he was bidding maliciously.
Jiang Changbin's face was slightly gloomy, and he looked at Du Tianci as if he was looking at a rat in a gutter. He knew that this rat was disgusting, but he couldn't do anything to him.
Duan Rao's expression did not change, and he raised the price again: "One million and five hundred and fifty thousand."
"Two million."
"Two million. Customer No. 14 seems to have a special liking for this stone. He offers two million. Is there a higher price?"
Du Tianci listened to the host's cheerful praise, glanced around complacently, and waited for Du Anrao to continue bidding, but found that the other party had a thermos cup in his hand. He unscrewed the lid and calmly drank a sip of hot water to warm his stomach, with no intention of raising the price further.
Du Tianci's expression froze slightly, and he suddenly became the one who was panicking.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was intentionally making things difficult for Du Anrao and maliciously raising the price of the item, and that he didn't really want the stone at all.
If Duanrao gave up raising the price at this time, he would have won the bid for the broken stone. Why would he spend so much money to buy such a broken stone that is doomed to produce nothing? Isn't this just shooting himself in the foot?
In an instant, countless possibilities flashed through Du Tianci's mind, and he even started to think of a conspiracy theory, wondering if Du Anrao had seen through his little thoughts in advance and was deliberately setting a trap for him.
"Two million once, two million twice, two million..."
Just as the hammer in the host's hand was about to fall, Duan Rao finally raised his sign again slowly: "Two million and five hundred thousand."
"Two million and fifty thousand. Guest No. 18 offers two million and fifty thousand. Is there a higher price?"
At that time, Du Tianci was already sweating profusely. He turned around and found that Du Anrao was still smiling at him. He even waved the bidding board in his hand at him, indicating that he should continue bidding.
This real provocation made Du Tianci furious, but he was also afraid that Duanrao was deliberately provoking him and was setting a trap for him to fall into.
The hand holding the sign was clenched tightly, but it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and he didn't dare to raise it again.
"Little brother, I'm telling you to just forget about it. This woman has the support of my second grandfather, so she must have more than two million. No matter how much you like that stone, you can't compete with her."
Just when Du Tianci was about to give up, the voice of the person next to him hit his heart like a heavy hammer, making him subconsciously want to raise the sign in his hand again.
"Enough." Du Tianci was about to raise the sign when he was frightened by Du Weilu's scolding, and he didn't raise the sign in the end.
In such a short time, the host on the stage had already made the final decision: "Two million and five hundred thousand three times, deal! Congratulations to customer No. 18 for winning lot No. 18, a rough stone weighing 18 kilograms."
The host was stunned after he finished speaking: "It seems that lot number 18 and customer number 18 are destined to be together. The numbers fit so well. It's auspicious."
Duanrao held up the sign and smiled, seeming to be quite happy that he spent so much money to buy this stone.
Only Jiang Changbin and Xi Jingyue knew that someone's heart was bleeding at this moment.
[Mr. Xi just said that this stone is not amazing in appearance, and it can be sold for less than one million yuan. Who would have thought that it would cost two million and five hundred thousand, which is double the price! It's all because of that damn bastard. The tiger doesn't show its power, but really thinks I'm Hello Kitty! Just wait, if you dare to cheat me of my money, sooner or later you will spit out what you ate! ]
It can be seen that someone was really heartbroken this time. After making harsh remarks in his heart for a long time, he glanced in the direction of Du Tianci's family of three with calm eyes and indifferent expression, as if he didn't care about them at all.
Only the two people who knew her true feelings knew how much she cared about the extra one million yuan she spent, and she had already made a note of the entire family in her little notebook.
The more Xi Jing listened to her inner and outer mumblings, which were completely different, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise. This girl is really the same as always... stingy and vindictive.
The Du family's father and son on the other side also looked very unhappy.
"I don't care how you two fool around normally, but if you delay your work today, no one can save you!"
The two brothers were frightened and realized the seriousness of the matter. They quickly bowed their heads and apologized: "Dad, I'm sorry. My brother and I won't mess around anymore."
"Yes, yes, we won't mess around anymore."
While several people were talking, an insider from the auction house suddenly came on stage and whispered a few words to the host.
The host was startled for a moment, then nodded, put on a polite smile again, and said loudly: "I'm sorry, guests, I may have to delay your time for a while. The rough stone just now was originally the last item of this auction. Now something went wrong, so another item was temporarily added."
(End of this chapter)
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