Chapter 0227 – Heavenly Bidder (III)
“Hey, Xuan Bing, how did you put the call to Lei Lei’s cell phone?”
Zhuang Rui said on the phone. In his mind, Qin Xuan Bing’s face that is so beautiful that people can’t bear to blaspheme, although he is already familiar with Qin Xuan Bing, and also vaguely determined the relationship between the two, but Zhuang Rui in the face of her, always unconsciously became serious, rarely and Qin Xuan Bing jokes.
“Why can’t you call Lei Lei? I know you only through Lei Lei, right Zhuang Rui, I heard Lei Lei say, you won the bid for a piece of wool, cut out the ice type of floating flower jadeite is it?”
Although Qin Xuan Bing telephone voice as usual, but Zhuang Rui still hear from it a hint of pampering flavor to, can not help but feel good, said: “It is I and Song and Ma three people together bidding, material is not bad, and so on will be auctioned.”
Zhuang Rui heart has vaguely guessed the meaning of Qin Xuan Bing called, but this piece of jade material, not entirely his own, he is not good to speak out of turn, after all, the twenty pieces of jade, are worth thousands of dollars, although Zhuang Rui send up. But do not want to mix in the feelings of money this factor.
Qin Xuan Bing heard Zhuang Rui’s words, paused for a moment, as if in the organization of the language, after a while before opening his mouth to say: “It is like this, Zhuang Rui, our family this time did not participate in Pingzhou’s Stone Gambling Conference, yesterday I heard Lei Lei said about this matter, I would like to ask you to do a favor, leaving two pieces of material first do not carry out the auction. My father’s place has already rushed to Pingzhou from Hong Kong in the morning, I guess I can arrive in another hour or so, and at that time, I will buy those two pieces of material at a price not lower than the price you are auctioning today, do you think this is okay?”
After Qin Xuan Bing finished these words, her heart is also a little apprehensive, she knows that her request will make Zhuang Rui feel difficult, but it can’t be helped, she is far away from the UK, are aware of this emerald raw stone price soaring thing, the family itself lacks medium and high grade emerald material, miss this opportunity, next time I don’t know the emerald bright material price will rise to what extent it is!
“Hey, Zhuang Rui, speak ah! If it’s going to be difficult forget it.”
Qin Xuan Bing waited for about more than two minutes, did not hear Zhuang Rui’s reply, thought that Zhuang Rui refused to agree, the heart can not help but some disappointment.
In fact, she misunderstood Zhuang Rui. This will be Zhuang Rui pressure simply did not consider what jade material things, but in thinking of Qin Xuan Bing that her father to rush to words, since ancient times are mother-in-law to see son-in-law, the more you see the more you like, but the father-in-law old man to see son-in-law, it would be difficult to say.
“Xuan Bing, how is your father? Does he know about our relationship?” Zhuang Rui didn’t pay attention to what Qin Xuan Bing had just said, but asked what was on his mind.
“Zhuang Rui, what are you thinking? My daddy doesn’t even know about what’s going on between us, I’m talking about Jade!”
Qin Xuan Bing, who was far away from the ocean, knew that Zhuang Rui was thinking the wrong way and couldn’t help but stomp her feet in anger.
“What’s going on between us ah?” Rarely having the opportunity to tease Qin Xuan Bing, Zhuang Rui laughed badly on the phone.
“You …… you rascal ……”
Qin Xuan Bing’s words, let Zhuang Rui almost fell down, he did not expect Qin Xuan Bing will actually say the word lai skin.
Zhuang Rui knows that Qin Xuan Bing thin skin, afraid to say more will really angry, quickly out of the words: “Well, the emerald thing I promised you, wait for your father to come after, hit my phone!”
Lei Lei was standing right next to her, and it was not easy to say any warm words, Zhuang Rui and Qin Xuan Bing chatted a few more times. After asking about her return date, he hung up his cell phone and handed it back to Lei Lei.
Seeing the smile hanging on Lei Lei’s face, Zhuang Rui said without a trace of humor, “Smile, what’s so funny! You and Da Chuan are secretly getting married, and you’re still laughing at us?”
“Right, these materials, you guys aren’t going to shoot a piece? Do you want me to reserve a piece for you guys too?”
After promising Qin Xuan Bing to leave behind two pieces of jadeite material, Zhuang Rui doesn’t care about leaving one more piece behind, anyway, they are also paying for it, so I’m sure Song Jun and Fatty Ma will give themselves this face.
“No need, yesterday my grandpa raised part of the money, should be able to auction off two pieces, this time you are going to make a fortune!”
Lei Lei’s answer was a bit out of Zhuang Rui’s expectation, originally thought that she also wanted to let herself take care of it, but didn’t expect this answer.
Since Lei Lei family to participate in the bidding, Zhuang Rui turned to find Song Jun, said this thing, Song Jun also recognize Qin Xuan Bing, after thinking for a while, nodded and agreed to down, as Zhuang Rui thought, anyway, and not for nothing, fall in love with a person, there is nothing wrong.
Fatty Ma also has no opinion, after hearing the relationship between Qin Xuan Bing and Zhuang Rui, but also generously said that the auction can be in accordance with the lowest price of other materials, sold to Qin Xuan Bing’s father. Hearing Zhuang Rui straight waved his hand, he is now and Qin Xuan Bing did not happen what substantive relationship, this behavior will not inevitably make others suspicious.
See in the appraisal of those wool jade merchants, one after another are back to their seats, Song Jun know that the auction is about to start, and quickly find the person in charge of this auction, told him that the eighteen pieces of icy jadeite material, to leave two to come, the thing is Song Jun, the person in charge, although some objections, but still agreed to do so.
The organizing committee in the front of the row of emerald behind, built a small platform, and the auctioneer of the auction, at this moment has stood to the top of the platform.
Preside over the auction of people, or the yesterday’s bidding host, voice is still a little hoarse, but may be a TV station to broadcast the reason, the spirit of the full, this is standing on the stage to the crowd introduced the auction, the hand do not know where to find a special auction hammer, with his black tuxedo, but also has a few points of the auctioneer’s appearance.
“Ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this auction by Mr. Song to provide the lots, by myself as the auctioneer of the current tender Jadeite Ming material auction. This time to participate in the auction lots a total of eighteen pieces of jadeite bright material, of which sixteen are ice seed floating flower material, two are oil clear seed floating flower jadeite, I believe that just now friends have personally identified, sixteen pieces of ice seed bright material, each piece of the starting price of five million yuan yuan, each time the minimum increase in the price of one hundred thousand ……”
“Please wait, sorry for interrupting, I would like to ask. Obviously there were eighteen copies of the ice seed lot, how did it become sixteen?”
A voice from the stage interrupted the host, knowing that having two less pieces of bright material to participate in the bidding, that would be depriving them of two chances, this question was of great concern to all the jade merchants on the stage.
The host laughed and pointed at Song Jun, who was sitting a few rows back, and said, “But I have no right to dispose of these precious jadeites, it was Mr. Song who temporarily decided to leave the two lots of the seventeenth and the eighteenth, for the specific reason, please ask this gentleman to go and communicate with Mr. Song! Well, if friends have no other questions, the auction officially begins, now open auction lot number one, ice seed floating flower jadeite bright material, weighing forty one point three five kilograms, the starting price of five million yuan RMB, please have the intention of the friends to bid.”
Hear is the Song Jun deducted two pieces of wool, these people are helpless, these emerald is Song Jun’s, buy or not sell are other people’s own things, who are speechless, and the host’s next words, so that the attention of the crowd, are put on the first piece of wool that has been opened to auction.
Just after the host shouted out the starting price, I do not know what the crowd is playing, a time no one out of the offer, actually formed a small cold field.
“The first lot, ice seed floating flower jadeite bright material, the starting price is only five million, someone bid no?”
The host in the end is a halfway house, see the following did not respond, can not help but a little anxious, hastily shouted again, but the following still no one answered.
In fact, these jade bosses below, are also waiting to see, although it is now said that the price of jadeite raw material rose greatly. But the price of domestic jadeite jewelry, has not begun to rise, so these ice seed of the floating flower bright material, in the end can be sold to what kind of price, they also have no bottom in their hearts, so it caused this cold situation now.
“I bid ten million …… dollars.”
In that the host is ready to yell again when two voices, a voice to break the silence, led to the crowd have followed the sound of the look, shouting price is a young man, young some excessive, but eighteen or nineteen years of age, the right hand raised high, for fear that the host of the stage can not see him like.
“Who is this person?”
“So young, qualified to participate in the auction?”
“Ten million dollars, this price is a bit inflated!”
“That’s right! This young kid is shouting the price randomly, could he be a trust that the owner of this material has found?”
Seeing the young man who shouted the price is relatively unfamiliar, the crowd in the field have discussed, obviously, this person is not in the circle, and there are even people who are already guessing where he comes from.
“Ten million, this gentleman bid ten million yuan yuan already …… there is no friend bid, to know, this auction a total of only sixteen pieces of ice seed jadeite lots, after this village can not have this store, ten million …… There is no higher than ten million?”
See someone bid, the host on the stage is also excited, waving his right hand, can not stop encouraging these bosses under the stage, just the effect does not seem to be very good.
These perennial and jade dealing with the boss, each is a person fine, five million yuan yuan starting price, the first mouth was shouted to ten million yuan, which inevitably let their hearts a little difficult to accept, in accordance with their ideas, the real price of this piece of wool, it should be in the eight million dollars or so, so, the host shouted a full five minutes of time, no one to raise the price again.
“Ten million dollars for the first time …… there is no friend to bid? Ten million second, the last chance, ten million third, congratulations to this gentleman, the first jadeite wool, belongs to you, snap!”
See always no one bid, the host of the stage is very reluctant to put the hands of the hammer down, according to his idea, the price of the best saw to come a number of times, which can square show his hosting skills.
“Please ask this gentleman to come to the formalities.”
This temporary held a live auction of emerald, far from those auction houses to the formal, also did not give the following those who have the strength to bid on the number of people to prepare, is this side of the hammer down after the sound, the host immediately let the young man to go through the formalities, because he did not recognize this person, if it is to make trouble, shoot not to buy, then the auction house has become a joke.
“Little guy, this price can’t be shouted nonsense, do you have so much money?”
“That’s right, if you don’t have the money to buy it, you’ll be held responsible!”
“Who brought in the child, no rules ……”
After hearing the host’s words, the venue clamored, and the spearheads of many bosses pointed at the young man who stood up.
No matter what, this first piece of wool, has been shot out of the fact that can not be changed, and those who are ready to wait and see the bosses, the heart more or less some regrets, is to that the host of the said, sixteen copies of the auction, shot one less one, others buy away a copy of their own less than a point of opportunity.
“Hey, wait and then shoot the second piece of wool ah! I still have to buy it.”
When the young man walked aside to go through the formalities, he also did not forget to yell at the stage, his arrogant appearance hated the teeth of the crowd under the stage, but none of them knew where he came from.
“What’s this kid up to?”
Among the people present, except for the people from Lei Lei’s family, only Zhuang Rui knew where this young man came from, but he was a bit puzzled why Wei Zijiang directly raised the price to 10 million RMB and did not sit with Lei Lei and the others, to say that it wasn’t out of the family’s authorization, Zhuang Rui was absolutely not convinced.
Song Jun also had some impression of Wei Zijiang and touched Zhuang Rui with his elbow and asked, “Zhuang Rui, isn’t that young man with Lei Maiden?”
“It’s Lei Lei’s cousin, I don’t know what’s going on here.”
Zhuang Rui smiled bitterly and said back, according to their previous prediction, the price of the first few pieces of wool was estimated to be around seven to nine million dollars, and did not expect the first piece to be auctioned at a price of ten million dollars, if according to this momentum, this sixteen copies of ice seed wool alone, it would be very likely to be sold for more than two hundred million dollars of heavenly price.
Zhuang Rui looked around, did not find Lei Lei, felt out his cell phone and dialed out.
“Don’t ask me, I don’t know the reason, that’s what my grandfather explained.” After the call was connected, without waiting for Zhuang Rui to inquire, Lei Lei’s voice came over.
“The second lot below, a piece of ice seed floating flower jadeite raw material, weighing forty point eight pounds, the starting price is five million RMB, please bid if you are interested.”
Just when Zhuang Rui and the others were a bit confused, Wei Zijiang had already finished the formalities and sat back in his chair, and the second round of the auction had begun.
“I bid five and a half million ……”
“Six million ……”
“Twelve million!”
Again, that hated voice rang out, and it shouted out another price that dazzled the crowd.