Yu Ting not only followed but increased the bid aggressively each time, eliciting gasps from the audience, who craned their necks to get a better look at her.
"Is that not the recently popular female CEO of VG Company, Yu Ting?"
"It seems so. The prices she’s bidding scare me. Who would dare to compete?"
"Truly a walking money-printing machine of the industry... Quite an eye-opening experience today."
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Ding.
[Host, please spend 300 million within 24 hours.]
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Bidding 40 million for a painting had already exceeded Shen Ruchu’s budget, but she swallowed her fury. She couldn’t bear to be outdone by Yu Ting again.
"45 million."
"60 million."
As soon as Shen Ruchu finished speaking, Yu Ting raised her number plate to bid again.
"Do you think there’s some kind of feud between these two women... I feel like Madam Yu is deliberately stirring things up."
"Who knows." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"But in comparison, Shen Ruchu seems a bit petty. She is only raising the price by 5 million each time, while Yu Ting starts with increments of 10 million."
"Haha... Madam Shen is a renowned capitalist... Don’t you know her?"
...
The auction had now become a competition between the two of them. No third party dared to bid.
Just kidding, one Madam Shen was exhausting enough, let alone a money-printing machine like Madam Yu.
Were they planning to stake their entire fortunes on a painting?
"70 million."
Shen Ruchu gritted her teeth and continued bidding,
"I won’t go any further. I won’t rob Madam Shen of her beloved item."
Yu Ting abruptly withdrew her number plate, looking relaxed, as though her previous bids were just a playful game.
"Alright, once - 70 million."
"Twice - 70 million."
"Three times - 70 million."
The auctioneer hammered the gavel.
"Sold! Let us congratulate bidder number 46."
Congratulations, my foot. Shen Ruchu couldn’t muster a smile. Despite getting what she wanted, she had paid almost double her budget.
That damn girl.
"Let’s move on to the third item."
The third item was a delicately designed dress, which Yu Ting had no interest in.
Seeing Shen Ruchu not bidding, Yu Ting lost interest too.
The fourth and fifth items passed in the same way.
Now it was the sixth item.
A beautifully evocative ink painting.
One of the only two ink paintings the manager had shown her before the start of the auction, ranked slightly lower than the other one.
But it wouldn’t stop Yu Ting from buying both to give to Nanchen’s father.
Yu Ting was ready to bid.
After the auctioneer had introduced it, the starting price was 1.5 million, with an increase of 150 thousand each time.
"2 million."
Just as the crowd was excited to bid, they heard Yu Ting’s voice, cooling their enthusiasm like a bucket of cold water.
Should they follow?
They chose not to follow, too intimidated. They decided to wait and see.
"4 million."
Shen Ruchu followed this time. Suffering a detriment earlier, she now planned a counterattack.
She must want this painting badly, right?
Hearing Shen Ruchu’s voice, Yu Ting chuckled to herself.
"10 million."
"20 million."
See, she must want it badly. She raised the price by 6 million at once.
Convinced of her line of thinking, Shen Ruchu looked triumphant, intentionally escalating the price. Now each increase was more than when she had purchased the watercolor earlier.
"This is turning into a face-off again. They are indeed wealthy."
"Tsk tsk, let’s observe and try to grab some leftovers."
"50 million."
Yu Ting doubled the price.
"70 million."
"Alright, I’ll bow out now, and give this cherished item up to Madam Shen."
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