Chapter 669 An extremely successful warm-up
Feng Jing is a very pleasing beauty, and those who can come here are very interested in the best abalone, so everyone applauded with great shame.
The rich people sitting in the VIP area also applauded gently with smiles.
Feng Jing had a charming smile on her face and continued, "Before the auction officially started, we arranged a small part, I believe everyone will like it!"
After saying that, Feng Jing waved her head to the side and signaled.
Two tall beauties wearing cheongsams walked onto the stage holding a transparent lottery box and showed it to everyone, confirming that the inside of the box was empty.
Feng Jing continued: "Dear VIPs and media friends have received a lottery ticket before entering the venue. Now please tear off the coupons. Our etiquette lady will come and collect it."
The reason why we use a transparent lottery box and do not directly collect lottery tickets and sub-coupons when signing in, and we do not use any computer random lottery method to show that there is no hidden operation in the entire process.
After Feng Jing finished speaking, two etiquette ladies walked downstairs in a row, one came to the media area and the other came to the guest area, and began to collect sub-coupons one by one.
Everyone doesn’t know what the purpose of Taoyuan Company held a lottery event before the auction, but no matter what, it will not lose, and it may bring a surprise, so they are very cooperative.
There were about 30 people in the VIP area specially isolated in the front rows, and they did not get the lottery ticket, so the etiquette lady naturally did not go to the VIP area to collect it.
Soon the two etiquette ladies collected all the coupons and placed them on the table in the middle of the stage.
Feng Jing smiled and said, "In order to let all the guests and media friends understand the best abalone provided by our Taoyuan Company more intuitively, our next step is to draw 30 lucky people and join the 30 VIP guests in the VIP area to personally taste our Taoyuan brand top dry abalone! Next, we invite Mr. Ma Xiong, Chairman of Hengfeng Group, to come on stage and draw lucky guests!"
Everyone in the audience was disappointed when they heard that the prizes in the lottery were just "tasting" abalone.
Generally speaking, before the auction begins, there will be a public display time, so that people who are interested in participating in the competition will be able to get close to the lot with media reporters while ensuring safety.
They didn't expect that this unknown Taoyuan company would actually take such normal links as rewards. Doesn't the person who won the lottery have no chance to check out the abalone at close range? If you don't let the person see it, you can spend money to bid for auction? How can such a good thing be like this?
Especially when they saw Feng Jing seriously asking the respected Ma Xiong to draw lucky guests, they couldn't help but curl their lips secretly.
Some wealthy people and some media in Hong Kong look down on the mainland in their hearts. Many people are waiting and watching the small mainland company that has attracted much attention recently.
There are so many people and so many media in this auction, and it is more because of Ma Xiong's face.
Feng Jing obviously communicated with Ma Xiong about this matter in advance, so Ma Xiong immediately stood up with a smile when he heard this, bowed slightly to the VIP area, and then walked onto the central stage.
"Chairman Ma, please draw fifteen lottery tickets in two lottery boxes!" Feng Jing said with a smile.
"Okay!" Ma Xiong said with a hearty smile.
Then he walked directly to one of the etiquette ladies. The raffle box in the hand of this etiquette ladies was filled with the guests' raffle coupons.
Ma Xiong reached into the lottery box, stirred it for a while and drew the first prize ticket.
He took a look and handed it over to Feng Jing.
After watching it, Feng Jing showed it to the camera. The close-up of the camera immediately took the number on the lottery ticket, and everyone could see it clearly through the big screen.
Feng Jing smiled and said, "Congratulations to this guest with the lottery number 0213, you have become the first lucky person!"
The people in the audience also cooperated to applaud, but the applause was not very warm. Obviously, many people did not care much about this opportunity to "taste" the best abalone.
However, Feng Jing didn't care, and was still hosting the entire warm-up event with a hint of confident smile.
Soon Ma Xiong drew thirty tickets, fifteen guests, and fifteen media reporters.
The large screen on one side of the stage is connected to the computer, and all thirty numbers are marked on the screen, which makes everyone understand at a glance.
"Thank you, Chairman Ma, please come back to your seat and have a rest!" Feng Jing said with a smile.
Ma Xiong nodded with a smile, stepped off the stage and returned to his seat. The two etiquette ladies also walked off the stage from both sides.
Feng Jing waved to the back and signaled.
A melodious music sounded, and several people in white chef's uniforms pushed a mobile stove to the stage.
There are two stainless steel steamers on the mobile stove that are steaming. A chef wearing a high chef's hat is watching over the two steamers.
This chef was the chef of the Jiahua restaurant where Ma Xiong hosted Xia Rufei last night. He was Michelin-starred chef Liu Fuwang. His specialty was cooking seafood.
When everyone was still confused, Xia Rufei moved and immediately swept his eyes to the vertical freezer in a conspicuous position on the stage.
As he guessed, there were two abalones missing in one of the freezers. The abalones in this freezer were all less than ten or twenty grams different from that of abalone with abalone standard.
Although Xia Rufei did not listen to any reports on the auction arrangements, he had been working with Feng Jing for so long and had a high level of tacit understanding, so he almost immediately guessed Feng Jing's intentions.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but secretly praised Feng Jing's idea and cast an admiring look at Feng Jing.
Feng Jing also happened to look at Xia Rufei at this time. The two of them met in the air and smiled knowingly.
When the guests and reporters in the audience saw the mobile stove pushing up, they couldn't help but talk.
At this time, Feng Jing smiled and said, "In order to give everyone an intuitive understanding of the best abalone auctioned today, our Taoyuan Company specially prepared two best abalones, and asked Michelin-starred chef Mr. Liu Fuwang to cook them himself. In the future, everyone who took a seat in the VIP area and thirty lucky guests will taste the best abalone cooked by Chef Liu for everyone!"
With a bang, the audience seemed to be in an uproar. Everyone suddenly showed a look of amazement and then talked a lot.
Even the wealthy rich people in the VIP area showed strange looks, feeling a little incredible.
Each of these guests and media reporters got an introduction manual. They knew very well that although several of the abalones that were taken out for auction today had not met the standard of one abalone, they were actually very few, and were definitely much larger than the two abalones in the general sense.
Even if I take it out for everyone to taste these top-quality abalone with a difference of more than ten or twenty grams to the standard of abalone, it is of great value.
As the saying goes, it is hard to buy two abalones with a wealth of money, not to mention that these are basically just one abalone?
"This Taoyuan Company has really invested heavily!"
"I didn't expect this mainland company to have such great courage!"
"Who did you win the prize just now? I only have one less number..."
Everyone was talking about it, and the thirty people who won the prize showed joy on their faces, they looked like they didn't care just now, but now they were both surprised and happy.
Especially those media reporters, their wealth may not be enough to buy the abalone auctioned today, but because of the winning prize, they actually have the opportunity to taste the legendary abalone!
And there is such a gimmick topic, it’s easy to write the manuscript after you go back!
Those fifteen lucky reporters could have written a very convincing article. After all, they have tasted this precious lot in person!
Some reporters couldn't help but stood up and asked, "Ms. Feng, are you sure the abalone cooked in the steamer is the same as the abalone to be auctioned later?"
Feng Jing said without hesitation: "Of course, it's very confirmation! Each of our items today is numbered and weight records. Photos were also taken to archive. The outer packaging of the two abalones that had been put into the pot are all there. When they are out of the pot, you can send a representative to come up and check with the photos on the brochure to make it clear!"
Speaking of this, Feng Jing paused for a moment and continued: "Of course, the two abalones we used were the lightest among the items today, but there were more than 500 grams each, which was far exceeding the standard of two abalones!"
After Feng Jing said this, the reporter immediately asked: "Are these abalones that almost meet the standards and those that exceed one abalone standard have the same quality?"
"All abalones are stocked in the same batch and are produced in the same place!" Feng Jing said with a smile, "But brothers and sisters are tall and short, and we cannot guarantee that each abalone is exactly the same, right? But I can tell you responsibly that their quality must be the same and there will be no major fluctuations!"
"Miss Feng, may I ask..." Another reporter stood up.
"Sorry, we will arrange a media question session after the auction." Feng Jing said with a smile, "I can't answer everyone's questions for the time being! I believe that after everyone tasted it in person, they will definitely have an intuitive understanding of the abalone in our Taoyuan Company! This is much better than what I said."
Feng Jing's words attracted kind laughter from everyone below the audience.
Xia Rufei couldn't help but smile. It seemed that Feng Jing knew that if she did not stop these spontaneous reporters, then questions would be thrown out one after another, and the entire venue would be in chaos.
After all, Feng Jing has seen the world, and Xia Rufei’s ability to control the situation makes her feel relieved.
Soon, chef Liu Fuwang nodded to Feng Jing and signaled that the abalone had been steamed.
So, according to the promise just now, Feng Jing randomly pointed to several guests and reporters and asked them to come on stage to check the abalone.
In fact, when everyone saw the huge abalone taken out by Liu Fuwang, they believed it with certainty. Besides, Taoyuan Company could not cheat in this situation. Isn’t that going to smash your own signature?
However, these representatives still checked the abalone very carefully, wrote down the number on the outer packaging, checked the photos through the brochure, and finally confirmed that this was indeed the two abalones in the items today.
Now many people in the audience couldn't sit still and stretched their necks excitedly.
The thirty lucky guys were even more excited, sitting in their seats with anticipation, looking at the top abalone on the stage.
Liu Fuwang began to process the steamed abalone, and what he wanted to make was abalone with chicken sauce.
This is naturally familiar to Liu Fuwang, and the seasonings and other things were prepared in advance, and there were several assistants next to him to help, so the two abalones were soon cooked.
The fragrance of the best abalone began to float in the venue, and everyone couldn't help but sniffing, and their hearts were full of expectations.
Liu Fuwang began to pick up a table knife to cut abalone, and his assistants kept handing over the small plate. Liu Fuwang was so lucky that his knife was flying. Soon the huge abalone was cut into thin slices, put them into the plate, and then poured a spoonful of soup.
There are already a plate of dining plates on the table next to it. Every time a portion is prepared, the assistants will take it to the plates and place them neatly.
Liu Fuwang moved very quickly, and in a short while, he had divided the abalone into sixty portions evenly.
There are at least seven or eight pieces of abalone in each small plate, which shows how big the two abalones are.
After all the abalone was divided, the etiquette ladies began to go up one after another. Each of them picked up a plate, walked off the stage and came to the VIP area to start distributing.
There were also six etiquette ladies standing at the stage entrances on both sides, holding dining plates in their hands.
Feng Jing picked up the microphone and smiled and said, "Next, please ask the guests and media friends who just won the prize to receive the abalone with the prize ticket!"
The winners who could not hold back could immediately stand up from their seats and walked up with the prize tickets in everyone's envious eyes.
On one side is the media reporter's collection place, and on the other side is the guest collection place.
There are staff on both sides who are specifically responsible for checking the prize tickets and distributing small plates containing the best abalone.
In a short while, all sixty portions of abalone were distributed.
There is no need for Feng Jing to say more. Whether it is the rich people in the VIP area, ordinary guests, or the 15 reporters who won the prize, they can't wait to pick up their chopsticks and start to taste this precious and top-quality abalone.
As soon as I chewed, the tough taste and fresh fragrance suddenly bloomed in my mouth, as if every taste bud cell was cheering and thrilling.
"That's so delicious!" an ordinary guest couldn't help but shout, "This is the real abalone!"
“The taste is so special!”
"I can actually taste the best abalone, it's really worth it in my life..."
The guests and reporters who tasted the abalone couldn't help but praise each other. One guest even said loudly: "I originally wanted to come and join in the fun, but I didn't expect that the abalone was beyond my imagination. I would take one of them back no matter what. I would also try it for my wife and children!"
For a moment, the sound of praise rang out in every corner of the venue.
Chapter completed!