Transmigration: From Dragon Princess To Pampered Granddaughter
Chapter 847 - 844 The Show Has Begun

Chapter 847: Chapter 844 The Show Has Begun

Helian Qiao immediately raised her paddle to join the bidding and loudly declared, "200,000!"

With such a loud voice, the guests present all snickered.

People from the mainland were indeed bumpkins who had never seen the world; they even had to shout out their bids themselves—how embarrassing!

Bai Jingjing was both disdainful and pleased, and thought to herself, the show has just begun!

The only one genuinely happy was the host, whose voice instantly rose, "200,000!"

Immediately, a young woman gracefully raised her paddle, "210,000."

She didn’t really want it, she just wanted to show the country bumpkin from the mainland a thing or two about elegance!

Helian Qiao didn’t care about her, and once again raised her paddle forcefully and shouted, "250,000."

"250,000 for the first time, 250,000 for the second time, 250,000... the third time!" The hammer fell.

Bang!

"Congratulations to guest number 1, for winning Mr. Xu Beihong’s painting at 250,000!" the host announced, leading the applause.

The applause that followed was sparse.

Other voices whispered, "Do people from the mainland understand paintings? They’re truly the nouveau riche!"

"Next up, we have an item which I hardly know how to describe such is its rarity, but this sale is the most exciting I have been involved in during my auctioneer career—the Graff Pink Diamond, one of the most exquisite diamonds I have ever seen."

The host said emotionally, before a huge diamond was brought onto the stage by the staff.

"Which woman wouldn’t be moved by this diamond! The Graff Pink Diamond, weighing 14.78 grams! Starting bid 800,000! Each increase in the bid must be at least 50,000, please start bidding."

Compared to paintings, jewels like diamonds were of less interest to men, except for a few who wanted to win the favor of beauties and some wealthy young ladies.

Little Princess, however, was not interested in such little diamonds; the snacks on the table were more attractive to her.

As the auction was about to end, seeing she hadn’t intended to bid yet, Bai Jingjing smilingly suggested, "Miss Chen, this diamond would match your skin tone beautifully; why not bid for it to make a necklace?"

She was trying to encourage her to participate in the bidding.

Helian Qiao initially didn’t want to bother, but then she remembered that Gu Siyu liked such soft colors, so she followed suit and raised her paddle.

"950,000 once, 950,000 twice... 950..."

The highest bid so far was by another woman from Yin Country, who, seeing the diamond about to fall into her hands, wore a confident smile on her face.

But Little Princess suddenly interrupted, "1,000,000!"

The host paused, then said with a bright smile, "Guest number 1 offers 1,000,000! 1,000,000 for the first time!"

"1,050,000!" The woman from Yin Country continued bidding calmly, though her heart was not as at ease as she appeared.

Her set price limit was 1,200,000; anything beyond that was not worth it.

"2,000,000!" Helian Qiao couldn’t be bothered to raise her paddle anymore and simply doubled the price.

This price was already close to exceeding the diamond’s own value; the woman from Yin Country hesitated for a moment, and then reluctantly had to give up.

Sitting next to her, a refined lady elegantly fanned herself, and commented coolly, "I did not expect that your Megan family has declined to the point where you can’t even outbid a person from China; to think you gave up over just 1,500,000."

The Yin Country woman was too angry to speak because the lady was a Viscountess, someone wealthier and more powerful than her family.

She couldn’t afford to offend her!