Chapter 86 85. Auction
Huaiyu followed Boss Tang curiously and whispered:
"This is my first time attending an auction at a police station. It's really new."
Boss Tang coughed twice: "I haven't been here many times... Isn't this all caused by that mutant... But my friend, he really didn't do anything bad, he just got some meat, eggs, milk and other things from the Animal Husbandry Bureau..."
It was an unfortunate coincidence that he was caught.
Huaiyu felt that this was very familiar, and a guess came to his mind.
"So... does he sell chicks?" she asked cautiously.
"Ah? Chickens?" Boss Tang thought for a moment, then shook his head: "Not for sale."
"As for this stuff, the ones with high mutation values and strong vitality have no market here. The ones with low mutation values are too fragile, just like ordinary chickens, they will be gone if you are not careful. It is easy to lose money if you sell them alive."
Huaiyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Boss Tang curiously ask: "Why? You want to raise chickens? I'll ask someone for you."
There are already four chickens at home. Although she would like to raise more, she only has 1,000 points...
"Forget it!"
Huaiyu shook his head: "My family is renovating the house, so I only have one thousand left."
Boss Tang thought it was normal: "Our Huacheng has calmed down now. The houses were originally in a mess and patchwork, so it's time to reinstall the defense equipment."
"Besides, the houses we live in are not our own. Do we have to renovate them to start a new life? Haven't you noticed that the prices of building materials have increased recently?"
Huaiyu thought to herself, I don’t care about building materials! A price increase is good! A price increase means that Wu Yue will have to pay more money, and she is happy!
As they were talking, the two were taken to the small conference room.
The conference room was packed with people. Boss Tang had obviously greeted everyone in advance, and immediately someone in the front row waved at him.
Seeing that he brought a strange girl with him, he arched his butt and moved to the seat next to him.
Huaiyu smiled at the other person and sat down quietly.
A middle-aged man in uniform stood on the podium above. He had a stern face and said in the most serious tone: [Recently, some citizens reported that there were a lot of reselling activities in Hongsheng Trading Market...]
[The crackdown on reselling activities launched in the early hours of yesterday lasted for twelve hours, and a total of three people were arrested and 21 items were seized, with a market value of about 8,000 points...]
There were whispers in the conference room.
Everyone who came here knows the news and has the ability to grab some bargains. Now, listening to the reports from above, they become anxious.
They didn't care whether they were reselling or not, they just wanted to make some money! In the corner stood three men with droopy brows, handcuffed, and heads down, standing next to the corner.
I don’t know who is Mr. Tang’s friend, and I don’t know if the goose egg is cracked or not, and whether I can get a bargain…
Huaiyu looked at all this curiously, and on the stage, after the brief and concise report was over, the middle-aged man waved his hand:
"Now, let number one show you the valuables he's reselling."
Someone delivered something to the door, and the man standing at the front took the tray dejectedly and stood on the stage.
However, he hesitated for a long time and did not introduce anything. Finally, the policeman next to him reminded him: "It's been one minute - three, two -"
"I, I, I!" the other party stammered.
"I, Kang Hongliang, resold the new rice seeds of the Agricultural Research Institute, causing the newly reclaimed high-quality farmland to be instantly invaded and polluted by mutant rice—"
"Ahem!" the guard next to him reminded, "Tell me clearly, what is the occupation?"
The criminal named Kang Hongliang closed his eyes and shouted: "The newly reclaimed prime farmland was invaded by barnyard grass with roots 5 meters deep, causing property losses to others..."
Huaiyu was stunned!
No, the mutant rice that your Agricultural Research Institute is studying is called barnyard grass? Why not call it leek?
What is this research about?
"There's nothing we can do," Boss Tang seemed to see through her confusion and explained, "It's a disaster. Many plants mutate, some become stronger and more powerful, some revert to their original form and degenerate. Others are invaded by more powerful species..."
Before he finished speaking, the man on the podium closed his eyes, looking at death with indifference, and shouted loudly:
"I! Kang Hongliang! 36 years old! Married with children, accomplished nothing, shameless! In order to make money, I mixed fakes with real ones, disrupted the market, and almost made a big mistake!"
"As mentioned above, all the property obtained this time must be handed over, the mutant seeds will be auctioned off, and there will be a double fine, which must be paid back within one year."
"In addition, we will be responsible for clearing the roots of 13 mu of mutant barnyard grass..."
Hiss! Huaiyu was really shocked! Because the price of being caught for reselling, now it sounds a bit high! Boss Tang also sighed: "See? Xiaoyu, this is why you must not make the amount too high!"
"When you go to work, you have to put a code on your chest, and then you can scan it with your bracelet to know what you do... This is too social."
"I can't do it. I can't do it."
"Xiao Yu, you must hold it in for a while."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Huaiyu was very serious this time: "Okay, I will!"
Soon after, the man on the podium started selling his [mutated rice].
But the price...
"The starting price is ten-tenths of a pound, a total of fifteen pounds."
"Reversion value in the direction of atavism: 41."
"The extra-large barnyard grass seeds look exactly like rice!"
"To prevent people from buying fakes and disrupting the market, we will spray a unique anti-counterfeiting coating..."
No one here wants to take a picture of this thing, right? What are you going to do with it? Cut grass to feed the cows? Who has a pet cow who dares to feed it something with a mutation value of 41?
What’s more, it tastes so bad that even dogs won’t eat it!
The audience was silent and no one raised their hands. Kang Hongliang on the stage breathed a visibly relieved sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Boss Tang beside him raised his hand and said, "150 points, I want them all."
Huaiyu looked over with eyes wide open, and everyone's gaze shifted over as well. Kang Hongliang on the stage stared at him in disbelief.
Even though it’s only 150 points, once it’s auctioned on the stage, this score will be added to your “resale amount”!
Who is so wicked that he even wants the tares?
However, Boss Tang remained calm in the face of the public: "Destroying good farmland is a heavy responsibility. As an ordinary citizen, I will do my part to make sure that the other party remembers this lesson."
His tone was sonorous and powerful, and Kang Hongliang's eyes on the stage seemed to burn through him! Huai Yu also stared at Boss Tang, and then thought about the hard work he had put in to cultivate the land, so he also mustered up the courage to raise his hand:
"160 points! I want it!"
Now, the person who turned his head and stared at her incredulously turned out to be Boss Tang.
"What do you want this for?"
Huaiyu hesitated a little and whispered, "I haven't seen a mutation value of 41 yet. I want to study it."
Update 1: I'm stuck on the next chapter, so I'm writing this to change my mind. Update 2 will probably be after 12:00, so I'll finish the next chapter first.
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