The Beautiful CEO’s Dragon Blood Bodyguard
Chapter 342 - 0342 Ginseng Auction (Part 2)

Chapter 342: Chapter 0342 Ginseng Auction (Part 2)

The auctioneer saw that the atmosphere on the scene had been sufficiently hyped up and tapped the table with a copper hammer, signaling everyone to quiet down.

Soon, a lady in a cheongsam came up, carrying trays one after another.

The first tray was placed on the table, and as the camera captured it, the image was projected onto the big screen behind.

The auctioneer lifted the red cloth to reveal something resembling a cabbage, with green leaves on the outside and a layer of white flowers wrapped within.

It was about the size of a basketball, fresh and full in color, obviously just picked and delivered.

The auctioneer introduced with a smile, "Today’s first auction item is the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, picked from Heavenly Mountain. As we all know, the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus is cold in nature and has a delightful taste, containing a rich amount of Vitamin C. It’s highly effective in anti-oxidation, anti-aging, and resisting cancer cell mutations, making it an excellent nourishing product for women. This Snow Lotus from Heavenly Mountain is ten years old. The starting bid is one million. Let’s begin the bidding."

In auctions, the good items are usually saved for the finale.

Although big, this Snow Lotus was not so rare.

Previously, a fifty-year-old Snow Lotus had been auctioned.

That time sparked a frenzy among the tycoons, who pushed the price up to over a hundred million.

Spending a hundred million on a single Snow Lotus, only those who had more money than sense would do such a thing.

Everyone works hard in life, and when youth fades, who doesn’t wish to live a few more years?

If Boss Joe from America knew about the miracles of Eastern medicine and sent someone here searching for a life-saving solution, perhaps Apple wouldn’t look this dreadful now.

But such is fate.

His nature was obstinate, and he had an inherent prejudice against Huaxia, never visiting this country despite having hundreds of millions of fans here.

As Long Fei got lost in his thoughts, the price of the Snow Lotus had already been driven up to five million.

The auctioneer tapped the hammer and looked around the room, "Five million once, is there anyone else who would like to raise the bid?"

Just as Long Fei was about to raise his sign and add a hundred thousand for a bargain,

out of nowhere, Zhang Xuan’er, sitting in front, made her move, sharply declaring, "Ten million!"

She appeared absolutely determined to win, startling everyone in the room.

A one million item, was it really necessary to raise the price this much at once?

Long Fei held back, thinking that with ten million, he could make a trip to Heavenly Mountain himself.

The auctioneer looked at Zhang Xuan’er delightedly; this was the desired effect.

With patrons like the God of Wealth present, every item today would surely be a hit.

She tapped the table and asked, "Ten million once, is there anyone else who wants to raise the price?"

Zhang Xuan’er sat with her arms crossed, composed.

Her demeanor was as if she towered above the rest, a lonely figure without competition.

Her challenger appeared quickly.

The Young Master of the Zheng Family, also seated in the front row, stepped in, responding to the old man who had clashed with Zhang Xuan’er.

He knew the old man was formidable and didn’t dare to retaliate.

But the auction was a battle of financial power, and he couldn’t let Zhang Xuan’er win the Snow Lotus comfortably.

He added a hundred thousand to the bid; Zhang Xuan’er didn’t even look at him, immediately raising the price by a million.

Once the bidding soared past ten million, even Zhang Xuan’er dared not add five million at a time anymore.

Still, her bids of one million at a time left everyone in the audience clicking their tongues.

"You little brat, I won’t let you win!"

Zheng Bin sneered coldly, following every bid Zhang Xuan’er made with an additional hundred thousand, regardless of her price.

An item worth merely a million was pushed to twenty million by the two of them.

Zhang Xuan’er’s brows furrowed; she finally bid thirty million outright, clearly not wanting to get entangled with Zheng Bin any longer.

Seeing her resolve to win, Zheng Bin stubbornly refused to give her any comfort, raising his sign with a bid of thirty million and ten thousand.

He added a just bit more and even shook his wine glass provocatively at Zhang Xuan’er.

A hint of anger appeared on Zhang Xuan’er’s face, but at this moment, she surprisingly chose not to follow the bid.

The auctioneer tapped the hammer and asked, "Thirty million one hundred thousand once, is there any gentleman who wishes to bid?"

The room was silent for a while; spending over thirty million on a mere cabbage was madness, and no one else wanted to bid.

Zheng Bin felt an urge to die, his head sweating profusely as he stared at Zhang Xuan’er, thinking to himself, "Big sister, just add another hundred thousand, and I definitely won’t compete with you."

Zhang Xuan’er ignored him and calmly took a sip of her red wine.

She was intentionally setting a trap, either to suppress the wealthy attendees with a high bid,

or to lure these tycoons into overbidding, so that later no one would compete with her for the ginseng.

The auctioneer asked three times in a row, but no one made a higher offer.

With a smack, she brought down the copper hammer and chuckled at Zheng Bin, "Congratulations Young Master Zheng, you have acquired this ten-year-old Snow Lotus."

With a raise of her hand, a waiter respectfully delivered the Snow Lotus to Zheng Bin.

Although the Zheng Family was powerful, they dared not cause trouble here.

This was because while the medicinal materials at the auction were from the Huangfu Family, the auction house was not.

This auction house had major backing, with branches all over the world, having auctioned off over ten thousand items each worth over a hundred million.

Looking across Huaxia, there was still no one who dared to offend this auction house.

Rumors said they were connected to a very powerful hidden Sect.

If anyone dared to cause trouble, they could obliterate that family in minutes, without leaving any trace.

These secrets were only known to the top-tier wealthy elites.

Even Zheng Bin himself was only told by his father not to offend the auction house, not the details of these inner workings.

If he had known this, he wouldn’t have teased the auctioneer just now.

After the waiter presented the Snow Lotus to him, he moodily lit a cigar and rolled his eyes dramatically at Zhang Xuan’er.

Today, his father had only given him two billion.

Now, after spending over thirty million at once, it was a big blow to his morale.

After that, he became much smarter.

He paid no attention to any rare medicinal materials, just waiting for the two-hundred-year-old ginseng to come up.

All kinds of rare medicinal materials like twenty-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, thirty-year-old Lingzhi, wild Deer Antler Velvet from the Changbai Mountains of Guandong, and top-quality wild bird’s nests,

each one’s price was driven up by Zhang Xuan’er, either ending up being purchased by her or becoming a trap for the wealthy attendees present.

Items that could have been won for just over a million were eventually pushed to tens of millions.

Everyone was itching with hatred for her, but no one could do anything about it.

After all, you couldn’t afford to offend the influence of the Zhang Family in this little place.

Long Fei let out a curse, "Damn it."

Coming from far away, he hadn’t expected to run into a troublemaker like Zhang Xuan’er.

The seven or eight hundred million he had on him simply wasn’t significant here.

"Short on cash!"

That was the conclusion Long Fei eventually came to, having thought he could already rank among the wealthy

He had thought he could consider money as mere dirt, free to build his wealth as he pleased.

In the end, he realized that in the realm of cultivation, he was nothing more than a commoner.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but recall his sister-in-law’s project.

Deciding then and there, he resolved to take a gamble on it once he got back.

In the present era, the only field left that could explode was the internet economy.

It brought in money quickly and cleanly.

Before the auction for the most anticipated ginseng began, the attendees had lost interest in the current item.

Their sights were all set on the ginseng, drinking to embolden themselves, preparing for a fierce bidding war soon to follow.

This auction item, to be honest, wasn’t very significant.

At least, that’s how they saw it.

Zhang Xuan’er watched, her eyebrows lifted in surprise as, unexpectedly, she didn’t enter a bid this time.