Chapter 85 "52 million once, 52 million twice, 52 million three times, let us congratulate guest number 1."
"Zhu Fang, Mr. Jiang came here today for that painting of the Buddha preaching, right?"
"How would I know what the boss is thinking? I'll just shoot whatever the boss says."
"Boss Bai, why did you come here in person?"
Tangyuan followed the waiter, passed by the whispering crowd, and walked all the way to the middle seat in the first row.
The Hongyun Auction did not have any private rooms; everyone sat in the lobby on the first floor. The people who came to the auction were usually assistants, and the boss would just call the assistants and ask them to bid for the items they wanted.
Tangyuan appears here because of the newly refreshed random task.
This week's random tasks:
Every wealthy person has appeared at an auction. If you are also a wealthy person, please make a splash at an auction yourself!
Reward: Choose one of three impressions of Shen Guo (Benefit).
If the reward that appeared this week was some cheat code for others, she would not have come, but the reward given this time was beneficial to Shen Guo.
After receiving the task, Tangyuan remembered that Assistant Lu had told her two days ago that there would be an auction today. The organizer sent her an invitation and asked her if she wanted to take a look.
She asked Assistant Lu to find the invitation letter so that she could see what items were on auction first.
To make a big splash, you have to have good things. Otherwise, even if she buys all the items, she won't make a big splash, and others will just think she is a nouveau riche.
Plus... random missions require her to use her own account funds. If no one competes with her, the two million yuan in her account will probably be swept away by someone else.
There are only eighty lots for auction at the Hongyun Auction this time, so there are no separate auction rooms. Instead, many types of items such as jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, clocks and watches, and handicrafts are mixed together in one auction room.
Tangyuan started looking at the first piece. She couldn't understand the art part at all, and she had to investigate the background value and so on. It was too troublesome, so she skipped it.
She is a little more interested in jewelry. Although she doesn't understand the background value, she can tell whether it looks good or not!
Especially the pair of platinum and gold diamond cufflinks named "Rising Sun". Although it is not the finale of the auction, it is really beautiful.
Then there is the emerald phoenix crown. It is impossible to wear it, but if I bid for it for a large sum of money and donate it to a museum, it would probably be a big hit!
"Good evening, distinguished guests, and welcome to the Hongyun Auction. We have a total of eighty lots for auction tonight."
A loud voice brought Tangyuan back to his senses. The lights on the stage came on and a young man was introducing the items he had on hand.
I wasn’t interested in any of the previous dumplings until the tenth one.
"I believe many of you here today are here for 'Rising Sun,' the latest work by Master Vito of Water Country... The starting price is 8 million yuan, with each bid increasing by 100,000 yuan."
"Number 16, 9 million."
"No. 73, 910w."
"Number 28, 920w."
…
When the price stayed at 1790w, Tangyuan raised the sign.
"No. 1 is 1800w, is there any higher one?" the young man shouted excitedly.
The live broadcast room of Hongyun Auction has also gone crazy.
[How much? This thing is 18 million! Damn rich people!]
[As expected of a rich woman sitting in the number one seat]
[I can't see their faces. If you're broadcasting live, why don't you let us see who's bidding?]
【Rich woman is hungry】
[What's the point of seeing this? Most of the people who come to Hongyun are assistants, right?]
【I laughed at myself for being poor】
"No. 16, 19 million."
Tangyuan raised his eyebrows and raised the sign.
"Number 1, 1910w."
"No. 16, 20 million."
"No. 1 2010w."
"No. 16, 3000w. The host is reminding you that payment must be made within seven days after the order is placed."
The host was pretty nice. He was trying to tell me not to raise the price, hahahaha.
[What a subtle reminder hahahahaha]
[So urgent, is it the 16th or the 1st that is raising the price?]
[These cufflinks are made of gold, but they're not worth 30 million!]
[Remind number one, number 16 really wanted to buy it, so number one bid at the lowest price]
[No, it's impossible not to buy seat number one. Don't you often watch the live broadcast of the auction house?]
"Number 1, 3010w."
"Whose restaurant is this? It seems like this is your first time here."
"Are there any grudges between the two families?"
The assistant sitting in seat 16 also whispered to the boss, "Boss Wen, this doesn't sound like a price hike."
The man on the other end of the headset had a gloomy face: "Just 50 million. If you can't get 50 million, forget it."
"Wow, 5000w on the 16th!!!"
[Huh? What's the point of this thing?! You guys are so confused.]
【Fifty million, damn!】
[I feel like the organizers are going to regret not having this thing as the finale]
Who would have thought it would fetch 50 million? Even antiques don’t always fetch that much.
[Those that come out of the soil can still...]
[Those made from the earth can’t be put up for auction, okay, there’s no way to put them up for auction]
【Real punishment】
"Any further price increases?" The host looked towards the location of the dumplings.
Fifty million is a good number. She doesn’t have to pay for her living expenses anyway. Tangyuan thought about it and raised the sign.
"Number 1: 52 million!!! Is there a higher number?"
"Is this a gift for someone?"
"I think it's a little girl taking the photo."
"It depends on whether No. 16 can make another bid."
"52 million once, 52 million twice, 52 million three times. Let us congratulate guest number one."
Until the third gavel sounded, No. 16 did not raise his card again.
[Did this person use this number on purpose? It was always in the hundreds of thousands before.]
[It should be a gift for someone else, you don’t need such a special number for your own use]
[I must be reborn as a wealthy person in my next life. I also want to buy something worth 52 million and give it to someone I love.]
[The name of Hongyun is very infuriating, as expected, Hongyun is the boss]
【Why didn't number 16 shout again? 】
[…If I raise it any higher, I might end up losing money. This is clearly the number they want.]
[I don't think Number 16 is raising the price, as they called out right from the start.]
Since most of the customers at Hongyun Auction House are assistants, there are two delivery methods: one is on-the-spot transaction, and the other is mail or special escort.
Tang Yuan of course chose to make the transaction on the spot. After swiping the card, she played with the cufflinks while imagining Shen Jinxing's expression after receiving the cufflinks.
Even if there was only a balance of more than 900,000 yuan left in the card, it wouldn't make her feel any worse.
[Is this the real person? Damn, is there anyone in the Hongyun Auction who will attend?]
【Aren’t there quite a lot】
[This is the big boss from the front row. Surprisingly, a big boss from the front row came in person! ]
[Damn it, Hongyun is too tight-lipped. I can't even figure out who's sitting there.]
[It's okay. You'll know who it is by looking at who's wearing the cufflinks later.]
How do you know it's me?
[Can anyone explain the above?]
[I'm here. Hongyun Auctions generally don't conduct on-site transactions. The items that assistants come to bid are usually escorted by a dedicated person or mailed to the auction. Only the auctioneers themselves are present will the items be traded on the spot.]
Most auctions don't offer on-the-spot transactions; payment is usually made within seven days and then mailed. Hongyun offers on-the-spot transactions, but payment must be made in person.
[I see. The assistant doesn’t know the boss’s password?]
[It’s ok if you insist on understanding it this way, hahahaha]
"This is a painting called 'Wilderness' by Master Xena from the last century. Master Xena was a rare female painter of the last century. She painted over 30 paintings in her lifetime, but unfortunately most of them have been lost, with only 11 paintings remaining... It has extremely high collectible value. The starting price is 20 million yuan, with a minimum increment of 100,000 yuan."
Tangyuan didn't understand oil painting at all, so she didn't join in the fun. Although it was impossible for anyone here to take a better picture than her, she didn't need to buy everything she saw.
Just buy what you like.
Then Tangyuan bought a bracelet and a necklace for seven million and thirteen million respectively, and waited for a while before he got the kingfisher phoenix crown.
"Number 1, 1700w."
…
"Number 1: 4110w, any more bids? 4110w once, 4110w twice, 4110w three times."
[This person has spent 100 million, and I am also broken]
Although I didn’t participate in several popular auctions, the prices of all the auctions I did participate in were quite high.
[These items have already been made popular by No. 1]
[I bought practical things. It seems that these things will not be released and photographed again in the future.]
[Are you saying that the kingfisher-inlaid phoenix crown is practical?]
[Inlaying kingfisher feathers is so cruel]
[The phoenix crown should be bought back for collection. It is really beautiful.]
Tangyuan was not interested in the things that came next. As usual, after the transaction on the spot, he put on the mask given by the organizer and prepared to leave.
It’s not to hide my identity in this hall, but the organizer has started a live broadcast, and if I leave early, I will walk in front of the camera.
"I'm so annoyed. How long do I have to wait for the birthday picture?"
"What are you in such a hurry for? Are you in such a hurry to get back to collecting stamps?"
"No more gatherings, it's boring."
"Didn't you say last week that stamp collecting in the game was fun? Why is it no longer interesting?"
"I'll never be able to collect the emperor in my lifetime, what's the point? Others may only have one card, but as soon as they play it, I'll lose everything." The girl who spoke pouted.
The girl sitting next to her twitched her lips: "Do they know you? You've already said everything is a complete loss."
"So what if I don't know her? She's the stumbling block on my stamp collecting journey. If I had known, I would have switched servers. Emperors on other servers should be easier to collect than Gentlemen."
Hearing the words "gentleman's conduct", Tangyuan slowed down his pace.
"Men are like that. At worst, you can just seduce them."
"Don't." The girl, who had just looked angry, suddenly looked disgusted: "First of all, I don't attack those who are in relationships. Secondly, the emperor of our gentleman is a woman."
"Hahahahahaha, Bu Sang, the lilies in my hometown are about to bloom~" The girl sitting next to her laughed so hard that she trembled.
Bu Bu punched her: "I'm not a lesbian!"
When Tang Yuan was chatting about gossip with Jiang Yu and the others, he heard them mention that there was a stamp collector in Taiyin who liked to collect the united front officers, dungeon commanders, battlefield commanders and gang leaders with nice voices.
Combining their conversation, she made a bold guess and bent over with malicious intent and whispered, "Are you not coming over here, Bu Bu?"
Then walk quickly past.
The two girls who were talking froze at the same time. The girl sitting next to Bubu wanted to turn her head to look, but Bubu, who had realized what was happening and was covering her face, pulled her back: "She is the stumbling block. Alas, I, alas!"
"The empress you mentioned?"
"yes!"
“Hahahahaha sorry hahahahahahahahaha”
Tangyuan, whose prank was successful, returned to the car with a happy face. After checking the time, he said to Gao Ye, "Let's go to SIC."
Because the things she filmed were relatively early, and it was only a little after nine o'clock.
After arriving at SIC, Tangyuan went straight to "Damell".
"Ms. Tang." Daniel's store manager rushed over to greet her upon seeing her. For a luxury store manager like them, it wasn't difficult to remember every customer with spending power.
What's more, this person's face has been on the daily news.
"Hello, I'd like to see the pen." Tangyuan shook hands with her.
"Are you using it yourself?"
"Send it to someone."
The store manager boldly guessed: "You two have a really good relationship."
"Not bad." Hearing her say this, Tang Yuan's mouth curled up: "I want to choose one that doesn't look so stable."
That was the right guess.
The store manager smiled and gestured to the salesgirl to take out a white pen with a white cap and body, inlaid with diamonds. "Take a look at this one?"
"Good, this is it." Tang Yuan liked it at first sight and gave her the black card that Shen Jinxing gave her before he left, wanting to do an experiment.
On the way home, she originally wanted to collect the reward for the random task, but after carefully looking at the reward content, she thought it over and decided to go home to take a shower, change clothes, and worship the God of Wealth before collecting it.
Shen Jinxing assigned a perfumer to her new residence, saving her the step of fumigating incense, so she could naturally use it as soon as she got home.
After arriving home, she didn't rush to collect the reward. Instead, she video-called Shen Jinxing first, and then logged into the game and live broadcast.
The reward won’t run away, so it’s better to go to class every day.
[I thought it wouldn't be airing today, but I waited till this point!]
[Is sister-in-law out playing? ]
[This week, I only really aired for three days. Sister-in-law, you've changed. You're not working hard anymore.]
[…If I were your sister-in-law, I wouldn’t broadcast for a single day]
[Anyway, I'm also a freeloader. If it's not broadcast, I'll watch something else. If it's broadcast, I'll watch it. It doesn't matter.]
[It feels okay if you adjust your mindset. After all, my sister-in-law never thought about making money from live streaming in the beginning.]
[The Queen Mother broadcasts whatever she wants, it's none of your business]
[If it wasn't a live broadcast, would she have known Big Brother? ]
[If you don't want to curse, go to the forum and see for yourself. Big brother is already looking for a sister-in-law, okay? If he doesn't meet her on the live broadcast, he will meet her somewhere else.]
[Don't argue, don't argue. Actually, I'm already very satisfied that Yuanbao is still live streaming~]
[We're not married yet, so who knows what will happen in the future? I'll just keep working hard on my livestreams. Even if we break up later, I'll still have food to eat, right?]
[The Queen Mother and Your Majesty will definitely get married! The Imperial Astronomical Observatory has calculated it, it's a match made in heaven!]
[First of all, the brother-in-law and sister-in-law CP will never break up. Secondly, even if they break up, do you think no one will watch if the sister-in-law doesn't take the live broadcast seriously? ]
[Happy! If the title of "I Almost Became the Queen of the Neighboring Country" is posted, I guarantee this live broadcast room will be even more popular than it is now.]
[Curse the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, be thankful you are not from our Shen country, otherwise you will be exterminated along with your entire clan!]
Yuanbao is not an internet celebrity or a star. She would have starved to death long ago if she relied on the small amounts of food we gave her. Therefore, we have no right to morally blackmail her. She can broadcast however she wants.
[I give up. If you don’t make money from this, what’s the point of live streaming? ]
[…Our mother of the nation is live streaming to share her life with you. Who else would live stream for you besides our mother of the nation? Don’t be dissatisfied here.]
[One, no selling products, two, no PK, no profiteering. Live streaming every day is live streaming. What else do you want?]
I've memorized all the IDs that cursed Yuanbao. If Yuanbao gets kicked off the internet by you, I'll find you all one by one.
Tangyuan pursed his lips as he looked at the comments in the live broadcast room and simply ignored them.
She had very little time to live broadcast this week. For several days, she just came online to ask Shen Jinxing to give her a gift and then went offline.
Ever since she followed Shen Jinxing to attend the meeting, many new people have appeared in the live broadcast room. Some are residents of Shen Country, and some are netizens who followed the trend.
Especially people from her hometown also like to come to the live broadcast room to watch, and they often talk about her childhood, which makes her annoyed.
Seeing that she was always depressed after the live broadcast, Shen Jinxing suggested that she do less live broadcasting and enjoy life more.
At first, Tangyuan was not very happy about it. She rarely went out before because she was too lazy to go out.
But every day there are always some content that makes her unhappy, and in the game there are always people with no sense of boundaries who post her ID in the nearby channel and ask when the live broadcast will be.
After Shen Jinxing persuaded her a few more times, she even played less games. You know what, maybe because she didn't see so many messy comments, her mood really improved a lot.
As soon as he saw the barrage start again, Shen Jinxing immediately diverted her attention: "What good things did you buy today?"
The mention of the glutinous rice balls made her excited. She took out the pen and showed it to Shen Jinxing: "Ding ding ding ~ a gift for you."
"Use my card to buy me a gift?" Shen Jinxing smiled.
Tang Yuan pouted and emphasized: "What's yours is mine, and I picked this out on purpose!"
【Hahahahahahaha sister-in-law: If not your card, whose card should I swipe?】
【Yuanbao swipe my card to buy me a gift! 】
[That's right, everything you own doesn't belong to Yuanbao! ]
[…It’s so dazzling. I’m a little hesitant to imagine His Majesty using this pen to review the documents.]
"Coward, I only dare to think. I will study hard and try to get into the Internal Affairs Bureau. Maybe I can see His Majesty write with this pen."
[It’s different now that I have a name. I wouldn’t have dared to say this before.]
[By the way, Your Majesty, why don't you do a live broadcast like the Queen Mother?]
[You're right, sister-in-law, don't give him a name, let him become a bootlicker again]
[No, isn't it enough to lick now? ]
[Are you crazy? Do you mean to make me come back from duty and have to face His Majesty's cold face?]
[I really can't imagine this. If His Majesty broadcasts live, I'll be forced by my father to watch His Majesty handle government affairs with a sullen face after school. This is too painful.]
[No! Your Majesty, please don't broadcast live. The Empress should do it. What's so good about Your Majesty? He always has a stern face. No one will think that he treats us the same way he treats the Empress, right?]
"Yes, mine belongs to my wife too." Shen Jinxing's mouth curled up: "This pen is really beautiful, my wife has great taste, I don't know when I can use it."
"I'll go find Sister Wen to send it to you tomorrow. You'll probably receive it this week." Tangyuan put away the pen and smiled along with him.
【The previous words! Isn’t this enough to lick? 】
[I feel like laughing hahahaha]
[Hey, my sister-in-law turned off the gift-giving function? Why can't I send gifts?]
[It's closed a long time ago. It only opens when my eldest brother gives me a gift, and then closes it immediately after that.]
[Hey, since the eldest brother started giving out 52,000 yuan, he has been giving out 52,000 yuan every day. That’s great.]
To be honest, if Big Brother stopped sending me off someday, I’d probably start to wonder if I was dead.
[It's just a flirting trick between young lovers]
[I searched for the pen my sister-in-law picked out for my brother. It’s 1.97 million, 6]
[Shouldn't Damell give his sister-in-law a kowtow? The price after this transaction will definitely be more than 1.97 million yuan]
[How did you know I already bought two, one for my own use and one for appreciation, hahahaha]
[Why didn’t you open up the purchasing qualification for the Shenguo region? I asked the customer service and it just broke.]
[Great, I didn’t get it]
[It’s sold out… Although my sister-in-law doesn’t promote the product, her ability to promote it is really outrageous]
[There seems to be no express delivery service in Shenguo, so I can’t buy it normally.]
Aren’t we the poor fans of the rich woman? Why do you just buy something worth nearly two million?
[Okay, okay, I’m the only one poor in this live broadcast room]
After completing his daily tasks, Tangyuan immediately logged off and turned off the broadcast.
Shen Jinxing laughed at her running as fast as a rabbit: "Run so fast?"
"You don't understand, I'm in a hurry to worship the God of Wealth!" Tang Yuan walked back to the room with a serious face.
Shen Jinxing curled his lips: "It's better to worship me than the God of Wealth."
After watching him for a long time, Tang Yuan had become immune to his smile and refused directly: "No, praying to you is useless. I need to go take a shower and change clothes!"
"Worshiping the God of Wealth in pajamas?" Shen Jinxing chuckled and argued.
Tang Yuan said stubbornly: "I will put on another layer outside after taking a shower, so leave it alone."
After saying that, he put the phone on the bedside table and ran into the bathroom.
Shen Jinxing shook his head and laughed.
After Tang Yuan came out of the shower, he found a coat from the cloakroom and put it on. He originally wanted to go to the temple directly, but after thinking about it, he picked up the phone and said to Shen Jinxing: "Come with me to the temple!"
The Shen Kingdom is now nominally ruled by Shen Jinxing. As the emperor, Shen Jinxing must of course go to worship the God of Wealth!
"Okay, I'll go too."
"You must worship with piety." Tang Yuan taught him, "Otherwise, it will be your fault if the God of Wealth doesn't bless you."
Shen Jinxing vowed: "I am definitely pious."
Tangyuan was satisfied, and the two of them went to the first floor to worship the God of Wealth.
Back in the room, Tangyuan lay on the bed with her eyes closed, muttering to herself, praying to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky to bless her to draw some good cards.
After taking a deep breath, she clicked to receive the reward.
[Open Trade]: Reduce hostility from other countries by 50%, increase trade income by 20%, and other countries will not reject your trade requests.
[War Will]: Army Morale +1 when defeated
[Fighting in the South and the North]: When there are rebels in the country, each time a rebel is eliminated, 10% more prisoners will be taken.
…
Do I need to choose? What are the second and third words? Can they be called gain words?
It is not impossible to lose a battle first to boost morale, but the problem is that we don't know whether this increased morale is temporary or friendly.
Secondly, the Shen Kingdom is already a powerful country in terms of military strength. If it loses easily, how can it be powerful?
[Conquer the South and the North] may be good in times of war. Eliminating a rebel will increase the number of prisoners by 10%, which can increase the population.
But now the Shen Kingdom has ruled all the surrounding areas, and adding more rebels would only be asking for trouble.
It seems that there are three options, but in fact there is only one [Open Door Trade]. Fortunately, the effect of [Open Door Trade] is amazing.
No country will refuse Shen’s trade request. This is called open trade or forced trade. The key is that it can also increase trade income.
Shen State doesn't have much else now, but it has a lot of minerals. Selling the ores is enough for them to make a fortune!
Tangyuan made a 1 gesture to Shen Jinxing, and Shen Jinxing nodded with a smile. She immediately chose [Open Door to Trade].
After receiving the reward with satisfaction, Tangyuan and Shen Jinxing said good night to each other and hung up the video.
Just at this moment, a post appeared on the forum.
[Goddess Bubu quit the game because of her! ]
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