Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 306: The Auction Item

Chapter 306: Chapter 306: The Auction Item

Since Shen Huanian could send the photos to Tang Wenrou, this proved he was a person without any bottom line, a complete scumbag. Who could guarantee he wouldn’t send the photos to the mass media?

It was predictable that, given Ye Wumei’s influence in Huaxia’s entertainment industry, the moment a photo of her intimately linked arms with him appeared in public media, it would definitely cause a sensation.

By then, not only would Ye Wumei’s image of innocent beauty be greatly discounted, but he, the fellow who had an intimate relationship with the "National Sweetheart," might become the target of public scorn.

Fang Bai’s eyes emitted a cold glint as he looked towards Shen Huanian, and secretly released a breath of air, pressing it towards Shen Huanian, ready to give him a warning.

When Shen Huanian met Fang Bai’s gaze, he felt a piercing pain in his eyes, and his body seemed to be enveloped by an invisible huge mountain. His legs went soft, and he nearly collapsed onto the ground.

Although Shen Huanian didn’t understand what was happening, he guessed it must have something to do with Fang Bai and was scared into a cold sweat, not daring to cast another glance in Fang Bai’s direction.

At eight o’clock in the evening, the several hundred guests who were invited had all arrived, and the charity auction officially began.

Ye Wumei and Fang Bai found the table number marked on the invitation and sat down there.

The other several hundred guests also found their respective places and took their seats.

Jiang Xiaoyu, the organizer of this charity auction, stepped onto the stage at the front of the hall and delivered an impromptu speech related to the auction event. Her eyes became slightly red and her voice choked up when speaking emotionally.

Jiang Xiaoyu was devoted to charity work. Five years ago, she initiated the establishment of the "Fish Loving Heart Charity Foundation" and personally served as its president. She had since organized multiple visits to some of Huaxia’s remote mountain areas to visit impoverished children and engaged in various donation activities.

The touching stories Jiang Xiaoyu shared in her speech were all things she had witnessed and experienced firsthand. For this charity auction, she planned to raise funds to donate to several poverty-stricken mountain areas she had visited, building schools and associated facilities like libraries, and additionally planned to send clothes, shoes, backpacks, pencil cases, toys, and more to the children there.

Watching Jiang Xiaoyu’s genuine emotions on the stage, Fang Bai’s impression of her improved even further, and he decided he too would contribute his modest efforts.

The process of the charity auction was straightforward: Guests on the stage each brought out a cherished item, introduced it, then handed it over to the auctioneer on the stage to conduct the auction. The attendees then bid on the items, and the highest bidder would acquire the item. The proceeds from the auction would then be entirely donated to the "Fish Loving Heart Charity Foundation."

Although the spirit of the past charity auctions emphasized participation and not the value of the auctioned items, which of the invited guests wasn’t a person of status and renown? How could they bear to offer something too shabby or cheap for the auction?

The enthusiasm of the bidders and the prices they were willing to offer also depended on whom the bidder was; some people, to flatter and curry favor with certain individuals, would deliberately bid high for their items.

For instance last year, one of Jiang Xiaoyu’s personal jade pendants, originally worth just tens of thousands, was bought by a friend from the business community who wanted to establish a connection with Jiang Xiaoyu and the power of the Jiang Family, eventually at a price of over ten million.

The charity auction officially started, and like in previous years, Jiang Xiaoyu was the first to make an offering.

The item Jiang Xiaoyu brought out was a pair of bracelets she had worn for many years, with a starting bid of one hundred thousand yuan.

Jiang Xiaoyu had many friends and extensive connections. Although the bracelets she brought out were not particularly rare, under the auctioneer’s provocative hosting, a small climax of bidding erupted in the hall.

Fang Bai, who knew Dongfang Rushi, Lu Jianfeng, Hua Yi, Shen Huanian, Xie Yifeng, and Wang Dong, watched as they each made bids and drove the price of the bracelet over one million.

As Jiang Xiaoyu’s close friend, Ye Wumei, of course, wouldn’t show weakness, and directly raised the bid to two million.

However, the scene was filled with distinguished figures eager to network with the influential Jiang Family. In the end, a business tycoon from Donghai acquired Jiang Xiaoyu’s bracelet for the price of ten million.

Ye Wumei didn’t get her best friend’s item, but she wasn’t angry. After all, the purpose of this auction event was charity, not competition. She felt satisfied contributing her part.

After Jiang Xiaoyu, other guests took the stage offering items, with the final bids varying in amount. Yet, no one managed to outshine and surpass the ten-million price tag of Jiang Xiaoyu’s bracelet.

It wasn’t until Hua Yi from Rejuvenation Hall took the stage that this situation finally changed.

Hua Yi presented a century-old wild ginseng, whose market value was around three million. But with the prestigious reputation of Rejuvenation Hall, it was worth much more.

Everyone present knew that Rejuvenation Hall belonged to the Hua Family, a lineage of famous doctors since ancient times, including one of the four current great National Doctors, Hua Tianhe, who came from Rejuvenation Hall.

Though traditional Chinese medicine today was in decline, Rejuvenation Hall’s owners, the Hua Family, excellently carried on their ancestors’ medical essence and became a legend in the world of contemporary Chinese medicine.

Over the years, Rejuvenation Hall had cured a countless number of patients, even ailments that western medicine found incurable. Through the treatment and adjustment by the old doctors at Rejuvenation Hall, significant healing effects were obtained.

No one in the world could guarantee a lifetime free of illness, so fostering a good relationship with Rejuvenation Hall was like adding a layer of protection to one’s life.

Hua Yi, grandson of the Hua Family Patriarch Hua Chun, possessed a high medical talent and was greatly valued by Hua Chun, who was grooming him to be the future successor of the family.

Thus, befriending Hua Yi was akin to befriending Rejuvenation Hall and the Hua Family behind it.

Therefore, the century-old wild ginseng Hua Yi brought was warmly received by the guests, quickly escalating from a starting bid of one million to tens of millions in no time.

Previously, Fang Bai had discovered a Mysterious Pit near Yanjing, acquiring the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron, a Spatial Ring, Cultivation Techniques, Essence Stones, among other things, including more than a hundred Spiritual Medicines aged over a hundred years, a truly bountiful harvest.

Later, Fang Bai rescued Dongfang Ruhua from the Lingnan Poison Venerable. They were caught in a rainstorm and mudslide, incidentally discovering a valley like a hidden paradise, which turned out to be a cultivation cave left by a practitioner of the spiritual arts.

In that valley, Fang Bai felt the rich Heaven and Earth Origin Energy and got his hands on some precious Elixirs and Cultivation Techniques. He saw lands covered in Spiritual Medicine, many of which were centuries old.

To Fang Bai, that hidden paradise-like valley was like a massive treasure trove, ensuring he wouldn’t have to worry about Cultivation Resources for a while.

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