Chapter 265 Kitten
"Next lot: Eight hundred-year-old bog oaks from the German Royal Forest. Starting price: €4 million."
In a daze, Lu Qian heard the auctioneer's introduction, shook his head soberly, and looked sideways at the stage.
This was the item she put up for auction. Four million was a pretty high starting price at this auction.
"All eight oak logs are well-preserved. The oldest one has been identified as being 230 years old. It's highly metamorphosed, completely black, and has exceptional hardness."
The auctioneer showed the pictures on the big screen one by one to the crowd, while introducing the value of these pieces of wood.
In fact, there is no need to say so much. The wood from the German Royal Forest has always been a hot commodity internationally, especially this century-old oak. It is no problem to sell one piece for one million euros.
Those who know the value of the goods will naturally bid for it, and it will be useless to introduce it to others if you don’t know the value of the goods.
After the pictures finished, the auctioneer continued, "If the final price reaches over 10 million euros, the final buyer will receive a thousand-year-old red blood beech in addition to the eight swamp oak logs."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the venue.
The thousand-year-old red blood beech is a rare item that may not be found in the ancient beech forests of Germany even after hundreds of years.
The auctioneer took out a small piece of wood from his pocket and displayed it in front of everyone.
"This is a small slice of thousand-year-old red beech. The outermost part has already reached this level of quality. I believe there is no need for me to explain further. You distinguished guests can make your own decisions."
Everyone sighed again. Whether it was the color, hardness, rarity, or the intactness of this red blood beech wood, it was all astonishingly perfect.
Not to mention eight hundred-year-old oaks, even if there were twenty of them, they might not be able to catch up with this one.
What is even more unexpected is that the item for auction is not this beech tree, but the eight oak trees.
Moreover, the starting price of 4 million euros is not expensive, and the transaction price of 10 million euros is not expensive either, so when this "gift" was announced, countless guests were eager to try it out.
Such large items are usually auctioned simultaneously in several venues, and there are also many buyers in other venues who feel they have a sure win.
This bidding will surely be a bloodless battle.
The auctioneer brought down his hammer, "Everyone, please bid."
"Five million!"
"Five million eight hundred thousand!"
"Six million!"
…
The enthusiasm in the venue was indeed unprecedented, with bidding sounds coming one after another, and bidding prices from other venues could be heard from time to time.
Although the price increase was not large, it was indeed very steady, and it seemed that the people in the venue did not give up because of the rising prices, but instead bid higher and higher.
Cheng Yi naturally knew what Lu Qian had done, but he didn't know why Lu Qian insisted on giving away this beech wood instead of setting it up as an auction item.
She could have bid on two items and made more money that way.
He looked down at Lu Qian, who was leaning on his chest. "Why don't you let them bid on that beech tree? Or offer two items?"
When Lu Qian heard Cheng Yi's question, she raised her hand to support her temples, then lazily leaned to the side, leaning against the armrest of the chair. Her beautiful eyes moved around and finally fell on Cheng Yi's face.
"Auctions like this are all about novelty. If they want top-quality wood, they can just go directly to the wood auction house.
Although these two types of wood are precious, they are just wood.
If I put two kinds of items up for auction at once, no matter which one is put at the end, its price will be greatly discounted.
Because people are not interested in latecomers.”
“But if I offer a one-for-one deal, this format will make their eyes light up and give them some inexplicable competitive spirit.
And if I let them buy the beech wood directly, the free oak wood will seem dispensable, and no one will care about their added value. Depreciation is not scary, what is scary is that no one buys it.
But if I do the opposite, it will be completely different. If I let them focus on the gifts, these people will ignore the original value of the items.
Moreover, in such a heated atmosphere, people can easily get carried away. No matter how much money they make at the moment, they will feel that they have made a profit and it is a good deal.
The saying "buy the box and return the pearl" is exactly the same principle."
"So some things can only be given as gifts," Lu Qian stretched out a finger and gently poked Cheng Yi's chest, her tone gentle and charming, "can't be sold~"
Cheng Yi narrowed his eyes, grabbed Lu Qian's hand, and kissed her, leaving a pink kiss mark on her fair wrist.
"Little thing, are you determined to seduce me today?"
Cheng Yi's voice had begun to crack. He hadn't expected that Lu Qian, with her shrewd and calculating look, could be so sexy.
Mysterious and charming, she can make him lose his mind.
"I didn't," Lu Qian turned his head and looked back at the auction table, and quickly denied it, "It's your own lack of self-control."
However, her behavior did have a hint of seduction. As expected, playing the role of a good girl or a bitch is addictive.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Yi smiled and kissed Lu Qian's tender palm downwards little by little. His rough fingers rubbed back and forth on her smooth skin, and he looked at her fixedly with a dazed gaze.
"Why should I have any self-control in front of you?" He kissed her vigorously, but it was not enough. He pulled Lu Qian in his arms and bit her shoulder. "Little devil, you are not really a cat, are you?"
Sexy and mysterious, well-behaved and cute, calm and introverted, Cheng Yi was a little surprised at Lu Qian's versatility.
Lu Qian pursed her lips, narrowed her eyes, and smiled like a cat.
"It's possible. I might be the one sent by God to torture a tyrant like you."
Cheng Yi turned Lu Qian's face and gently rubbed her red lips, his tone dangerous and aggressive: "Little cat, it's not certain who will torture whom."
"Hey, calling me that is so corny..."
Lu Qian was obviously startled by Cheng Yi's disgusting name. She shrank her neck and rubbed her arms with her hands, looking as if she was disgusted by the corny address.
Cheng Yi lowered his eyes coldly and turned Lu Qian's face away without giving in. A sexy and seductive voice emanated from his throat: "Don't you like it? Be my kitten?"
Lu Qian stretched his hands into claws and gently scratched Cheng Yi's handsome face. He sulked and replied viciously, "It's easy to get scratched if you have a cat."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Yi burst into laughter, a laugh that was extremely heroic.
He hooked Lu Qian's chin and asked jokingly, "Do you think I'm afraid of this?"
Lu Qian's eyes drifted to the side. "I just want to remind you, be careful not to be seen by others. The self-centered Mr. Cheng has cat paw prints all over his face."
Cheng Yi stared at Lu Qian's face, his mind was distracted and he didn't know where to go. He couldn't hear what she said at all.
"Are there any other VIPs who would like to bid?"
The auctioneer's passionate voice sounded again.
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