The auction began, and the first item was an ancient painting from the Ming Dynasty.
The starting price is five hundred thousand.
The early stages were all about warming up the crowd, with raises like 100,000 each time you raised your hand. This was the way the rich played. Lu Cijiu had nothing better to do, so he took it as an opportunity to broaden his horizons, watching the auctioneer explain the origins of the ancient paintings. Professor Feng Yu would also explain things like brushstrokes and painting techniques.
Professor Feng Yu mainly talked about it from an artistic perspective, while Professor Douqing Indigo talked about it from the perspective of price.
After shooting two or three pieces, the atmosphere began to liven up.
Lu Cijiu found that Dou Qingdian had a good eye and said that it was not worth speculating on. That thing was rarely called upon and was basically photographed once or twice. This kind of thing was bought by people who really liked it or didn't mind spending a small amount of money for fun.
"...The next item I'm going to auction is the Big Five Emperors' Coins. As we all know, the Big Five Emperors' Coins have the power to ward off evil, protect against bad luck, protect against villains, and bring wealth. The Big Five Emperors' Coins are especially powerful because they're made of bronze..."
"The starting price is one million per set."
The reserve price is already high.
This was the Great Five Emperors' Coin that Gong Xichao had brought out. Even though Lu Cijiu didn't bid, he still showed interest. Soon, someone raised their hand, and the auctioneer called out a bid. It wasn't the anxious wealthy lady, but a middle-aged man with a young girl sitting next to him.
Most of those present here are wealthy businessmen and people who do business. Most of them believe in Feng Shui and metaphysics. The effect of the Five Emperors' Coins in warding off evil spirits and increasing wealth is enough to make many of them tempted.
So within two minutes, the call had been made several times, and the current amount has reached 1.5 million.
"One million and a half thousand for one time—" The auctioneer saw someone raising a bid again and bid again.
The wealthy lady sat diagonally above Lu Cijiu, a row away. Lu Cijiu saw her tugging at her husband's sleeve and whispering something. They probably wanted to compete.
Her husband patted her on the shoulder to remind her not to be anxious, and then raised the sign again.
The competition was fierce and the price soon reached 2.5 million. Even at this price, there were still many competitors, with four of them vying for it, and the price was raised to 3 million.
Lu Cijiu asked quietly, "How much can this be ordered?"
"My expectation is four million." Dou Qingdian replied.
Yes, Dou Qingdian is one of the competitors. Dou Qingdian didn't believe in these things before, but after seeing a ghost, he believed it and bought a set to put at home for protection, but he didn't plan to buy more.
After the three million mark, the number of people calling dropped to three: a wealthy lady, a middle-aged man, and Dou Qingdian.
"Three million nine hundred thousand." The auctioneer quoted the price.
Dou Qingdian raised his number once, and when it reached four million, the middle-aged man followed suit. Dou Qingdian, as he had promised, shut up and nodded at the other man, who nodded back.
"That's Su Wanhao from Liucheng, and the person next to him should be his daughter." Dou Qingdian said.
Lu Cijiu thought the name sounded familiar. He turned around and saw Gong Xichao, and quickly remembered it. He leaned over and whispered, "The daughter of Bai Gu that day?"
She was the daughter of a wealthy family whose parents were being murdered by a scumbag. Later, when Gong Xichao's memories were being manipulated, he tricked the girl into thinking she'd been reborn. Lu Cijiu took a look, and seeing her completely different from the blond, heavily made-up, drunken image he remembered, he said he didn't recognize her at first.
The girl now has black hair, light makeup, and is dressed very elegantly and appropriately.
"Yeah." Gong Xichao nodded.
When it reached four million, the two people on the scene were the rich lady and Su Wanhao who were competing for the bid. Gong Xichao saw Lu Cijiu curious, leaned over and whispered, "Do you want to hear what they are saying?"
"As expected of you." Lu Cijiu said, and nodded quickly, "Then listen to it."
Gong Xichao said calmly: "Hold my hand."
Lu Cijiu: "I'm fine, don't blush, or people will think we're doing something shameful again."
"How could I blush?" Gong Xichao said stubbornly.
Lu Cijiu held Gong Xichao's hand and saw the faint red in her ears. He was stubborn, but he didn't expose her. Because Gong Xichao was embarrassed first, Lu Cijiu had the illusion that they were secretly in love in high school.
It will be gone soon.
Because Su Wanhao's daughter said: "Dad, if you want to get the Five Emperors' Money, I will be reborn."
Lu Bijiu: ...
This girl is quite open with her family members and doesn't hide anything.
The wealthy lady on the other side said anxiously: "Husband, our son is waiting. The master said that this is the only way to find him."
"Don't say anymore. I'm anxious too. That's Su Wanhao over there. It seems he's also interested in the Five Emperors' Coins."
The couple's son seemed to have some issues and had already consulted a master. Su Wanhao was arrogant and said, "No matter what the price is, your daughter believes it and will buy it anyway. It's not a big price anyway."
So the two sides started arguing.
The price went up to 4.5 million. Mrs. Fu was sweating profusely. Her husband called a timeout, apparently wanting to negotiate privately with Su Wanhao. Su Wanhao nodded in agreement, and the two parties met.
Lu Cijiu has the cheating plug-in Gong Xichao, so he can hear clearly what the two parties are talking about.
The wealthy wife, calling herself Mrs. Zhu, said her son's life was hanging by a thread. The hospital couldn't find anything. He was frail and had bad luck, even choking on water and ending up in the emergency room. The couple sought out a Taoist priest, who said the Great Five Emperors Coin could save their son. They begged Su Wanhao to spare them the money.
"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Su Qianjin said, "Forget it, Dad. Just give it to them."
Su Wanhao and his daughter agreed to stop, and Mrs. Zhu expressed her gratitude.
The two parties negotiated quickly. When they came out, Su Wanhao patted his daughter's hand and said comfortingly, "This one is gone. Dad will buy you something else next time."
"I thought about it, Dad, I've been reborn, and according to the script I'm the heroine, so it doesn't matter whether I want it or not." Miss Su said inflatedly.
Lu Cijiu: ...turned to look at Gong Xichao, "What else did you create for her in her dream?"
Miss Su may be a bit spoiled, but she's actually kind-hearted. Don't avoid the scumbag, fall into the trap of being the "female protagonist," and feel like you've been "reborn" and everything is awesome. Lu Cijiu feels like he still needs to live a down-to-earth life.
"She's just being a middle school kid. It has nothing to do with me." Gong Xichao complained, "Let's just say in her past life she was beset by a scumbag. Her family went bankrupt, her parents were sick and had no money to see a doctor. The scumbag cheated on her and took away most of her money and the company. Her father was so angry that he died. She lived in poverty and regret for her whole life."
Lu Bijiu: ...
Miss Su is 'reborn', but the scumbag wasn't beaten to death, right?
The auction continued, and this time, it went smoothly with no one competing for it. Mrs. Zhu won the 4.5 million Great Five Emperors' Coins. Afterward, the couple had no desire to stay at the auction. After completing the formalities and paying the money, they hurriedly left with the box.
While sitting in his seat, Lu Cijiu felt his cell phone vibrate and took it out to check.
[The current balance of your xx bank card is 4.16 million.]
Lu Cijiu:!!!
This card was his own, and the money he earned from taking orders was on another card, which was used for the office's expenses. The balance on this card was about 20,000 yuan, but he didn't expect it to suddenly increase by so much.
Lu Cijiu was shocked.
He looked at the text message on his phone and murmured, "Could it be that someone called the wrong number?"
Wait a minute. If someone transferred the wrong amount, they'd probably call him to get it back. Lu Cijiu thought, putting the phone back. Wait and see.
He bought a few more pieces. Dou Qingdian spent nearly 10 million on a set of emerald jewelry, saying it was a gift for his mother. Lu Cijiu watched the whole thing unfold.
Soon it was past nine o'clock, and after a short break, the waiter brought us some fruit snacks.
It’s the finale.
The auctioneer said: "This is a product of the imperial kiln during the Qianlong period. There is a revolving vase with auspicious celebrations and abundance from the same period. This one is as good as, and some experts have even said it surpasses, the "Wansui Hollow Revolving Vase". The color is elegant and rich, and the carving is exquisite..."
After the introduction, the finale bottle was carefully handed out.
The bottle itself is brightly colored, reflecting the aesthetic of the Qianlong period. It has a generous and luxurious shape, with a gold-painted mouth and a narrow, well-proportioned overall shape. The body of the bottle is hollowed out, and the pattern in the middle is a majestic yellow dragon, which is lifelike.
Lu Cijiu looked at the dragon and asked, "Is it Yinglong?"
"Yes." Gong Xichao nodded and said happily, "I use it to hold water for foot soaking."
Bullshit! This hollow rotating bottle is hollow on the outside, with an inner bottle inside. How can it hold foot soaking water when the inner bottle is so small? Gong Xichao said this, and Lu Cijiu thought it was used to irritate Dalong's mother.
From Gong Xichao's previous descriptions, the two had been quarreling, so it was normal for Gong Xichao to use such a simple method to attack.
"Could it be Dalong's mother's?"
Gong Xichao immediately said: "How could it be, it's mine!"
"It's yours." Lu Cijiu coaxed quickly, "I shouldn't have doubted you."
As the two talked, the whole place was almost boiling with excitement over the bottle. Dou Qingdian heard this and glanced at the two of them, shocked. He said that Master Lu had come and sat there all night without raising a sign once. It wasn't that he looked down on Master Lu, but he was puzzled. It turned out that he didn't bid for things, but sold them.
“Is this bottle real or fake?”
"The dragon on the bottle should be a tribute to the palace."
"I think it's in very good condition and has been preserved so well. I've seen bottles of Jiqing Youyu, but none of them are as well preserved as this one."
"The meaning is good too. Long live the bottle."
Especially the dragon on the bottle. During the long feudal dynasties, the emperors of all dynasties were true dragon emperors, who endowed the dragon with supreme power. Later, the Chinese people called themselves the descendants of the dragon, which shows their love and worship for the dragon.
Everyone was obviously excited about the finale, and most of them were waiting for it.
The offer is 50 million.
Those who had been holding back all night were now raising their hands one after another. The auctioneer called out bids one after another, and Lu Cijiu watched the whole process: ...
He doesn't understand the world of rich people.
I didn't expect there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
"Mr. Dou, how much can this bottle be sold for?" Lu Cijiu asked Dou Qingdian.
Who knew Dou Qingdian shook his head and said, "Some things have a price. It's hard to say, but hundreds of millions is no problem."
Lu Cijiu: ...confused.
After thanking him, he turned to look at Gong Xichao and whispered, "Tell me, what have you done to make the gap so big? Or what are you going to buy? Are you going to buy the land around us to build an amusement park?"
"Can we build an amusement park?" Gong Xichao was very happy, but then he thought of something and became indifferent. He said, "No, I don't like amusement parks either."
Keep on farting.
Lu Cijiu was suspicious. Could it be that Gong Xichao really built an amusement park in front of his house to sell bottles just for fun?
If this were the case, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, it was Gong Xichao's stuff, so he could sell it and please himself. Lu Cijiu was afraid that Gong Xichao would be cheated outside.
Now it seems not.
The scene was already bustling with activity. It was not an exaggeration as Lu Cijiu said, it was real. It was like shopping at a vegetable market. Everyone was very excited, and the finale was indeed very popular.
While Lu Cijiu and Gong Xichao were talking, the price had already reached 70 million.
"??? Why so sudden?"
One hundred thousand plus one time, this is too fast.
Dou Qingdian said, "Five hundred thousand per session, and there are people bidding higher." Then he raised his hand and shouted, "Seventy-three million."
This is another three million.
“…” Lu Cijiu showed admiration.
In this situation, Lu Cijiu had the illusion that money was not money, but cabbage.
The bidding finally reached fever pitch, with the price soaring into the hundreds of millions. Fewer and fewer bidders were involved, while Dou Qingdian and Su Wanhao were still bidding. Lu Cijiu wondered if Dou Qinglan's family was really that wealthy. He had never noticed before, because Dou Qinglan was the type who was fine with anything he stuttered, not picky.
I also like farming. In the shelter, I wear slippers and slurp noodles.
They said there were few bidders, but there were actually seven or eight. These bids were all worth hundreds of millions.
Lu Cijiu: ...Gong Xichao will be a billionaire in the future.
He glanced at Gong Xichao, who was like an outsider, lazily holding his phone and browsing the forum. Lu Cijiu glanced at it and saw that it was the post with the particularly high-profile post.
The shemale love.
[…We were on a date, wearing matching outfits, and we were having a great time today.]
Lu Cijiu glanced at the smile on Gong Xichao's lips, then looked at the noisy voices in the room. This was not a date at all.
...Let’s make another appointment another day.
The price has been driven up to 150 million, and there are still five people bidding.
It was already past ten o'clock, and the final sale price was 190 million. It was bought by an elderly man with an accent that sounded like he was from Hong Kong Island. I heard that after the auction at the door, he was taken back directly by private plane, with bodyguards waiting.
After the auction ended, Lu Cijiu could still hear some people at the scene regretting that they should have added more.
"Master Lu and Mr. Gong, where do you live? I'll take you back." Dou Qingdian asked politely.
Lu Cijiu said, "Don't bother Mr. Dou, we'll go back by ourselves." After he finished speaking, he saw Su Wanhao and his daughter, and suddenly remembered something and said, "Mr. Dou, are you friends with Su Wanhao?"
"We haven't had any business dealings, but we've met a few times."
"Can you help introduce someone?" Lu Cijiu said a little embarrassedly: "I have dealt with his daughter before, and I am a little worried. The other party is unaware of it."
He spoke vaguely, but Dou Qingdian was a smart man, so he agreed without asking any more questions.
Lu Cijiu and Gong Xichao walked out of the club. The cold air blew in their faces, and they woke up. The millions and tens of millions of dollars behind them had nothing to do with him. Then Lu Cijiu heard the sound of a text message on his phone.
Take it out and take a look.
!!! ...
[…your bank card balance is 227…]
Lu Cijiu spent a long time counting the zeros at the end. When he reached the unit of 100 million, he was completely stunned. The cold air hit his face and his mind was fuzzy.
"How, how could it be--" Lu Cijiu stuttered. Thinking of the more than 4 million in the first text message, and then looking at the hundreds of millions, he began to understand.
The Great Five Emperors Coin sold for 4.5 million, and the auction house still had to take a commission. The same goes for this.
Lu Cijiu looked at Gong Xichao in shock, "You left my card number? Don't you have the card number? Why are you giving me this?" He was very panicked now.
This is the first time I have seen so much money.
"You don't have to envy Sang Jinghong anymore." Gong Xichao said.
Lu Cijiu:??? Why are you involved with Sang Jinghong again?
"Don't think about being Sang Jinghong's younger brother, Lu Cijiu. I can give you whatever you want." Gong Xichao looked down at Lu Cijiu.
His eyes are bright, innocent and passionate.
Lu Cijiu's heart was pounding when he was looked at. He vaguely found what Gong Xichao said from his memory.
When Hao Dongyang got married, Sang Jinghong invited a tailor to his home to measure clothes for the kids, and was very generous. At that time, he was just expressing his jealousy, just like the silly netizens on the Internet who said, "Dad, do you still need a baby?"
He seemed to have mentioned at that time whether Sang Jinghong needed a younger brother or something.
Unexpectedly, Gong Xichao remembered it in his heart.
Lu Cijiu held the phone, not knowing what to say. Should he say Gong Xichao was stupid for believing this? Was he just joking?
No.
He looked into Gong Xichao's eyes and could see through her at a glance. Gong Xichao never concealed what he wanted to express.
"Are you happy? It's all yours."
Lu Cijiu felt a heavy weight on his body. Finally, he met Gong Xichao's simple and expectant gaze and nodded, "Very happy."
Gong Xichao immediately revealed a smug smile.
"Since we're so happy, why don't we have a drink to celebrate?"
Lu Cijiu: ...I'm really not moved for more than three seconds. This guy is still thinking about Lao San's drunken experience.
"……Can."
Gong Xichao was stunned for a moment, in disbelief, and said, "Is it really possible?"
"I'm very hot-headed and hot-hearted right now." Lu Cijiu was telling the truth. It wasn't about the money, but Gong Xichao took his words seriously, kept them in his heart, and remembered him.
"Let's go back to the hotel. Do you want to drink?"
Gong Xichao hesitated and said, "Lu Cijiu, are you sick? Do you want to think about it again?"
Lu Cijiu was amused. Ever since Gong Xichao started following the novel, he had done one trick after another, but when it came to real combat, he was still timid.
"Just drinking, what are you thinking about?"
Gong Xichao: "It's nothing, really."
The two returned to the hotel and ordered a midnight snack. Gong Xichao took out his "Emperor's Royal" wine and poured himself a glass before even taking a bite of the appetizer. Seeing Lu Cijiu looking at him with a smile, he said, "Just drinking, I didn't want to do anything else."
He drank it all in one gulp, and after two seconds, he said, "Lu Cijiu, this wine is not bad, but you must not move. Listen to me, do not move, drink..."
Then he fell on the sofa.
Lu Bijiu: ...
He gets drunk after just one glass, and still wants to imitate what the third brother does after drinking.
I felt a faint sense of disappointment. It was just this? It was as if he was expecting something. While reflecting on myself, I carried Gong Xichao to the bed.
"When he's really drunk, he doesn't want to do anything. It seems that the third brother's boss has already had ideas about him." Lu Cijiu sighed while carrying the heavy load of Gong Xichao.
This cup knocked Gong Xichao over. Lu Cijiu had drunk Erguotou with his grandfather before, and he was afraid that the wine was too old, not that Gong Xichao could not drink. He tried to drink a little, and it had a bit of pear blossom white flavor, and it felt quite lingering.
A small cup is not much. After drinking it and waiting for a while, my head is still clear and I don’t feel drunk at all.
...Gong Xichao, you really can't do it.
The next morning around ten o'clock, Gong Xichao woke up and thought about how drunk he was last night! He immediately opened his eyes wide and looked around. He was in bed, Lu Cijiu was gone, and the bed was a mess.
No way?
Are they together?
Gong Xichao grabbed his phone and sent a WeChat message to Lao San, asking in a voice message: "Lu Cijiu and I got drunk last night. What happened to you? He's gone missing."
Jinjiang crackdown, all the novels that Gong Xichao read, in the early stage there is no money, it mainly depends on how to pursue, in the later stage there is money, the top and the bottom are together after one night. Gong Xichao sat on the bed and continued the voice, "Are we now after one night?"
The third brother was shocked after hearing this. He knew that this person kept asking him about his drunken state because he was concerned about the fourth brother's chrysanthemum. Unexpectedly, the fourth brother's chrysanthemum was still in danger.
…
Lu Cijiu was in the hotel cafe. He got up early in the morning and the hotel gave him breakfast coupons for a five-star breakfast. He couldn't wake Gong Xichao up, so he went out to eat alone. After dinner, Dou Qingdian called and said Su Wanhao happened to be in the hotel, and if he had time, they could meet.
It’s nothing big. Lu Cijiu wanted to remind Su Qianjin of the memory of Gong Xichao’s interference.
Dou Qingdian even came over specially to act as an introducer.
After introducing themselves, Su Wanhao smiled and chatted politely, but the topic was always Dou Qingdian. Lu Cijiu listened for a while and felt something was wrong. Looking at Su Qianjin's heartless and detached look, he wondered if Su Wanhao might have misunderstood that Dou Qingdian was trying to woo his daughter.
Dou Qingdian also noticed it and said with a calm smile, "...Master Lu wants to see your daughter today."
"Master Lu?" Su Qianjin quickly remembered and said, "I was wondering if you looked familiar. Are you Mr. Lu Cijiu from the variety show 'Shocking'?"
"It's me." Lu Cijiu thought of Gong Xichao sleeping in the hotel and quickly said, "I was at the auction last night too. I saw Mr. Su and your daughter there. Judging from their faces, Miss Su had a hard time, but she survived."
The key point is the word "rebirth".
Miss Su on the opposite side was shocked.
Lu Cijiu thought he'd been a legitimate Taoist priest, but now he was practically a charlatan. But there was nothing he could do. Gong Xichao had already done it. He'd said your daughter hadn't been reincarnated, that it was a fantasy, and that a memory glitch would be even more troublesome. It would be easier to explain it by going along with Su Qianjin's idea.
Su Wanhao is an old fox, but when it comes to his beloved daughter, he would rather believe it.
"You've corrected your minor mistakes and are back on track, but you can't be complacent about it. It was also my fault for being too talkative. Everything is changeable and it depends on human efforts. Miss Su, there is no such thing as an unchanging ending. You have proved it yourself." Lu Cijiu's words were vague, but it seemed that Su Wanhao and his daughter had figured out what he meant.
Since it was a "rebirth," Miss Su "changed" the ending of her family's "previous life" and dumped the scumbag, but this life is not over yet. Su Wanhao is a smart man. When his daughter said she was reborn, he actually didn't believe it and just coaxed her into playing. After all, his daughter was much more obedient after waking up.
He had investigated the man and found that he was not a good person and had character issues. It was a good thing that they broke up.
Therefore, Su Wanhao was very supportive of his daughter's words about rebirth and change, but now thinking about it, his daughter has not been interested in men since the breakup, not only does she not have a relationship, but she also does not study hard after joining the company, and her attitude is not cautious and humble. She always says that she is the heroine and will definitely be able to dominate everyone.
He had been coaxing and pampering her like he was playing with his daughter, since he was still around. Thinking about it now, he was immediately shocked. This state shouldn't be like this. His daughter had been a little confused and spoiled before, which was normal for a little girl. Now she was extreme and blindly confident.
Almost becoming narcissistic.
"I understand, thank you Master Lu." Su Wanhao said politely.
Miss Su half understood what she said.
In the hotel room, Gong Xichao received a g's 'teaching' video.
The third brother didn't want to let the fourth brother suffer any injustice. Since it had already happened and they were in love, he might as well make it a little easier. He found this tutorial video himself. It's not too heavy-handed and has a very straight-to-gay "tutorial" feel. The step-by-step instructions are very clear.
[…Look, treat the fourth one well.]
Gong Xichao ignored the third brother, clicked on the video and started watching.
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