Section 9 An incredible auction

"Our people have already set up the neighborhood." Xiao Chen said in my ear when he returned to me.

I glanced at him and nodded, but it was nothing. To be honest, I don't think it's of any point in doing this, but it's not easy to tell him directly.

After sitting there for about five minutes, the auction site was filled with people, but now there were only five people, the three of us, as well as the young man and his assistant. At this time, the young man walked over with a smile, and sat down next to us only with one seat. At this time, Xiao Chen and Li Bu suddenly became nervous and focused on each other. I relaxed my whole body at this time. Since I had already determined the opponent, it would be up to what the other person wanted.

After a while, Xiao Chen turned around and asked me, "Which of the three mysterious auction items is what we want?"

I smiled at him, "As the most senior intelligence officer in our country, it seems inappropriate to ask me, an ordinary person, this kind of question?"

Xiao Chen coughed awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

So I quickly patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't take it seriously. When things come to this point, we can only buy all three collections."

Xiao Chen asked again: "But in this case, we will face the danger of dispersing funds. What if we can't fight him in a single item?"

I smiled in my heart and said, "If he really competes with you for financial resources, it will be useless for you to pull the Minister of Finance."

However, I still comforted me: "We have a quota of 500 million US dollars this time, so it shouldn't be a big problem. If it really doesn't work, I'll grab it when the time comes. I'm not sure if I buy it. There are so many of you who are controlling it around, so you should have confidence in grabbing it, right?"

"That's right, we have planned to tie up people, and robbery is no problem." Xiao Chen nodded and said this, then stopped talking, and sat quietly on the chair.

I turned my face and looked at Li Bu meaningfully, "Old Wang, you are old, wait and act according to the opportunity."

Li Bu also nodded, "Don't worry, I know what to do."

I blinked, turned my head, and looked at the auction table again. Soon, the auction continued. First, I brought a large box and looked at the shape, pattern and color of the box. It should be the box from the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was probably the size of an ordinary suitcase. The craftsmanship was extremely fine, and it was very valuable at first glance. The box that contained things was so precious, it was easy for people to imagine that the things inside must be more expensive.

The auctioneer's offer is quite commendable for this thing. "Now, the number one mysterious auction item is auctioned, starting with 2.5 million US dollars, please bid."

As soon as he finished speaking, I looked at the young man. As if I had noticed my eyes, the young man turned around and looked at me with a smile. After we looked at each other for a while, the young man finally raised the number plate in his hand, "Five million dollars."

If the venue was full of people as they were just now, then I think the audience would have been filled with incredible amazement at this time. However, unfortunately, there were only five of us in the audience at this time, so it seemed a little deserted.

"Oh, it would be great if there were more people. It would be a great pleasure to be generous in the auction house for public expenses." I thought to myself.

Just as I was thinking about these messy things, Xiao Chen pulled my sleeves, and then I realized that the auctioneer was already shouting "Five Million First Time".

So I turned my face and asked him, "Is the lowest bid price one hundred thousand dollars?"

Xiao Chen nodded, "Yes."

"Okay, then you'll have one hundred thousand more." I waved my hand and said.

"Okay!" Xiao Chen nodded and raised the sign, "5.1 million US dollars."

"On the 19th, 5.1 million US dollars, 5.1 million US dollars, is there anyone else going to bid?"

As soon as the auctioneer asked, I saw the young man holding up the sign again and shouting, "Fifty million US dollars!"

His offer scared the auctioneer, "Sir, are you talking about fifty million dollars?"

The young man smiled and repeated: "No. 31, 50 million US dollars!"

After he said this, the auctioneer was stunned for a while in disbelief, and then began to shout in an unnatural voice: "No. 31, 50 million US dollars, do you still need to bid on the No. 19?"

Xiao Chen turned his face and looked at me, and I said quietly: "Add 100,000."

Xiao Chen then raised the sign, "50,000,000 US dollars."

The auctioneer opened his eyes wide and looked at us for a while, then took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, shouting, "No. 19, 500,000 US dollars, is there anyone else going to bid?"

He said it once, the young man did not raise his sign. He said it twice, but the young man still did not raise his sign. Finally, he called 500 million for the first time, and 500 million for the second time, but the young man still did not raise his sign. Finally, we bought the first collection for $500 million. When our auction was successful, I smiled and shook my head in my heart. The 500 million dollars was a waste of money.

Sure enough, when we asked for the auction to be suspended, the auction items should be delivered immediately. After paying the promissory note from Citibank, we opened it and saw that it was a neat uniform, wearing, and epaulettes. All of these belonged to the defector, agent named Hongda.

Xiao Chen bit his lip with hatred, and I had this mental preparation for a long time, so I didn't feel anything, just smiled faintly.

After that, the auction continues.

The box brought this time should be a box from the Tang and Song dynasties. It looks much more expensive than the box from the Ming and Qing dynasties just now, but it is much smaller, only the size of an ordinary makeup box.

The auctioneer's bid was 25 million US dollars this time, and the young man raised his bid as usual and called out 50 million US dollars. Xiao Chen turned his head and looked at me again. I still said, "Add 100,000."

Xiao Chen tskated and said, "It's not a solution to increase the price so stupidly."

"Then let your people rush in and grab them now." I smiled at him and said.

When Xiao Chen heard me say this, he sighed dullly, "It's the first time since he performed his official duties that he spent so much money, and it's the first time he spent so much money. This money is enough to bribe the chairman of a Senate and a committee."

After saying that, he raised his sign in great depression, "50,000,000 US dollars."

Almost at the same time, the young man raised the sign and shouted, "One hundred million dollars."

"What should I do?" Xiao Chen swallowed dryly, looked at me and asked.

I smiled, "Is there any other way we can do it?"

"Damn it, tie this guy back later and peel him off." After scolding this, Xiao Chen raised the sign unwillingly and shouted: "One hundred million US dollars."

Then, we successfully auctioned again and won the second auction item for $100 million. As a result, when we opened it, we were fooled again. The box was filled with the certificates, military medals and his certificates that the rebel agent had won for many years.

At this time, Xiao Chen seemed to have the urge to smash the box, but fortunately I reached out to stop him, "This box is very expensive, it is almost your lifelong salary. And it is now a national property."

Five minutes later, the auction continued, and the last mysterious auction item was brought up. This time, this box was smaller than the previous two boxes, but it was far more precious than the previous two boxes. From what I learned from Han Boren, this one looked like a pre-Qin thing, and the patterns were already of excellent quality, which was considered to be a national treasure. And this was not the most important thing, but the most important thing was that this box looked like a thing-a ring box.

When I saw this box appear, I saw Xiao Chen's eyes lit up. However, I remained pessimistic. Now, I am increasingly distrustful that the ring will really appear at this auction. Everything looks more like a farce of the defected agent playing with the Tenglong Intelligence Agency.

Although I thought so in my heart, I did not leave the game. One reason was that Xiao Chen would not let me leave the game at this time, and the other reason was that I was really curious about what would happen next. So, I sat there calmly.

At this time, I saw that the auctioneer did not bid the price like the last two times, but frowned in disbelief and discussed it with his assistant for a while. So I let go of my hearing and listened to the other side, and he heard him say, "What? Are you sure it's the price?" "Yes, sir, it's the price." "How is it possible? This is incredible, are you sure that you didn't make a mistake?" "Sir, I have confirmed it more than a hundred times, but the people who ask the auction are indeed asking for the price." "Ah, okay, Chinese people are all guys who are confused."

When I heard this, I was looking forward to the auctioneer's revelation of a number that shocked me again. According to the law of the previous two increments, this time it should be $250 million, maybe more? $2.5 billion?

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard Xiao Chen beside me frowning and said, "It's bad. The people we are outside said that suddenly a large number of Nut Country police officers are coming to this area. I wonder if they are coming to us. Should we do it now?"

I asked him back, "Are you sure?"

"How can you be sure if you kidnapped hostages in other countries or if a large number of police are coming?" Xiao Chen said with his eyes wide open.

"Then, just sit here honestly." I said.

Xiao Chen opened his mouth and wanted to say something else, but in the end he couldn't say anything. He could only sit next to me with his brow locked and said nothing. At this moment, the auctioneer offered the price, which even I was shocked. "The starting price of the third mysterious auction item is one dollar."

I turned my head and saw that the young man was indifferent at all. Moreover, unlike the last two times, I saw him for a while, but I didn't see him bid. I suddenly felt a little strange, what kind of plane was on?

At this time, Xiao Chen asked me, "Do you want to offer a price?"

I turned my face and looked at him, then asked back, "What do you think?"

After hearing my re-question, Xiao Chen seemed to realize that his question was not very smart, so he quickly turned his face and raised the sign, "One dollar!"

When Xiao Chen shouted, I turned my face to look at the young man. As a result, I saw him turn his face and smiled at me. We looked at each other silently again. In the process, the auctioneer had asked twice, and then began to say that one dollar was the first time. Until here, the young man did not raise the sign, but just turned his face to look at me. It was not until the auctioneer shouted one dollar for the second time that the young man raised the number plate in his hand, then looked at me, smiled and said word by word: "348.2 million US dollars!"

Almost immediately, I heard Xiao Chen talking to himself in disbelief: "Why are there such a strange offer?"

At this time, I turned my face back and said to Xiao Chen: "Give up, I'm sure that the box is not what you want."

"How can it be? This is the last auction item. If we give up here, we will spend 150 million US dollars in vain." Xiao Chen roared at me.

I interjected: "If we don't give up here, we'll spend $500 million in vain."

"Why are you so confident?" Xiao Chen asked in a low voice.

I smiled and shook my head, "Don't you understand yet? How much did we spend just now? It was almost 151.7 million US dollars. How much does this number add to this young offer? 499.9 million US dollars! The other party was waiting for us to add 100,000 US dollars like before, that was 500 million US dollars, which happened to be all our capital quota. The other party knew that he was playing tricks on us!"

Xiao Chen was so hard that I couldn't say a word. At this time, the auctioneer's two inquiries had ended, and he began to say that the first time was 348.2 million US dollars. Xiao Chen, whose chest was drifting violently, finally couldn't help it, raised the sign and asked for off-site consultation. His request was allowed by the auctioneer. Then, he walked out of the auction venue and went out to call.

After he left, Li Bu came to my ear and whispered: "You seem to know that today is just a scam."

"It can't be considered a scam." I said.

Li Bu asked, "What do you say?"

I paused for a moment and said, "Because that person probably had handed me the ring ahead of the auction."
Chapter completed!