Chapter 110: Jade Guanyin

  "Hehe... Welcome, everyone, to my Cuiyu Pavilion!" A burst of laughter came from the entrance as a man in his 40s, dressed in a gray Cheongsam, walked in with an extraordinary demeanor. His hair was slicked back, and his skin was whiter than a woman's.

  "This is Guo Dongming." Long Xiao Tian said in a low voice to Lin San.

  Lin nodded three times, indicating that he understood.

  Guo Dongming walked into the room and enthusiastically shook hands with everyone. Soon, Guo Dongming walked over to Lin San and Long Xiao Tian: "Boss Long, welcome to our gathering." Long Xiao Tian currently operates several entertainment venues and bars, and is also a wealthy businessman, so Guo Dongming's address of "Boss Long" was reasonable.

  Long Xiao Tian stood up and shook hands with Guo Dong Ming, exchanging a few pleasantries.

  "Who is this?" Guo Dongming suspiciously glanced at Lin San.

  "Oh, he's a good friend of mine, just here to join in the fun. I wonder if Mr. Guo welcomes him?" Long Xiaotian smiled.

  "Welcome! Of course welcome! Boss Long's friend is my friend." Guo Dongming smiled slightly and extended his right hand to Lin San: "Hello."

  Lin San stretched out his hand and shook hands with Guo Dongming: "Hello, Boss Guo."

  "May I ask your surname and where did you graduate from?" Guo Dongming started to inquire about Lin San's background.

  "My humble surname is Lin, I'm just a nobody who doesn't deserve to be noticed, and it's really impossible for me to enter Master Guo's eyesight." Lin said perfunctorily.

  Guo Dongming just wanted to ask a few more questions when he was interrupted by someone else.

  "Guo Ge, what's going on? Is the auction still happening or not?" Cai Chunhua stood up from her seat, complaining.

  "Ah, it's starting, the auction is about to begin." Guo Dongming gave Lin San a deep look before turning around and walking up to the high platform at the very front.

  Lin San slowly sat down and said softly: "This Guo Dongming is not a simple person, you should be careful when dealing with him in the future."

  Long Xiao Tian nodded his head in agreement, although he didn't quite understand the meaning behind Lin San's words. In Long Xiao Tian's mind, Lin San was an all-powerful god, and whatever he said was a sacred decree that must be executed and obeyed one hundred percent.

  Guo Dongming stood on the high platform, picked up the microphone: "Everyone quiet down, listen to me say two sentences."

  The dozen or so people in the room immediately shut their mouths and stopped talking.

  "First of all, I would like to thank everyone for attending my auction. I, Guo Mou, am deeply honored!" Guo Dongming said with a opening remark, and then continued: "Today, there are several friends who are participating in Guo Mou's auction for the first time, and some rules may not be very clear. So, let me briefly explain them. Firstly, all items to be auctioned are legally sourced, each item has a reserve price, and each bid increment must not be less than 100,000 yuan. Secondly, during the bidding process, the highest price will prevail. Thirdly, I hope everyone can bid in harmony and avoid unnecessary disputes... Okay, let's start the auction." After finishing speaking, Guo Dongming clapped his hands twice.

  The door was pushed open, and six beautiful girls walked in, each holding a small tray with a red cloth covering the contents. The six girls lined up behind Guo Dongming on the high platform.

  "Bring up the first item." Guo Dongming glanced at the girl standing in the first position.

  The girl nodded and gently placed the tray in her hand on the wooden counter, taking off the red cloth that covered it.

  A crystal clear jade bangle appeared on the tray.

  Guo Dongming slightly turned his body, stretched out his hand to point at the jade bangle and introduced: "This jade bangle is a product of the late Qing Dynasty. It's said that it was worn by imperial concubines in the palace. Of course, this matter can no longer be verified, but this jade bangle is exquisitely crafted, having gone through over 100 years, still perfectly preserved, truly a treasure..." After Guo Dongming had lavished praise on the jade bangle with a lengthy speech, he finally announced its reserve price: "10 million."

  "I'll give 2 million." Said Cai Chunhua, who was sitting in the first row seat, raising her hand loudly, and the jade bangle itself is a favorite among women.

  "A 2.1 million!" A fat man in the second row shouted.

  Cai Chun's eyebrows furrowed: "I'll give 30 million."

  The fat man moved the corner of his mouth, but ultimately did not quote again. This jade bangle is good, but it's not worth 3 million either. The fat man participated in the competition just to buy it as a gift for his lover.

  "Three million once, three million twice... Three million thrice! Sold!" Guo Dongming shouted three times without allowing further bidding, and finally announced that the jade bangle belonged to Cai Chunhua.

  Cai Chunhua glanced at the fat man behind her, with a triumphant smile on her face.

  The fat man turned his head to one side, pretending he hadn't seen it.

  Guo Dongming's face was filled with joy at this time, the jade bangle that cost 500,000 yuan to buy actually sold for 3 million yuan, it was a huge profit.

  After resting for five minutes, Guo Dongming continued with the auction.

  The second item was a golden mask, said to have been worn by a famous general and an antique, which was finally taken away by a man in his 50s for a high price of 5 million.

  The third item is a porcelain vase.

  ……

  The auction was conducted in a lively and enthusiastic atmosphere, with each item being sold at an extremely high price.

  Soon there was only one of the six auction items left.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present to you the sixth item up for auction. This piece can be said to be the climax of tonight's event, something that has cost me a great deal of financial resources and painstaking effort." Guo Dongming waved his hand, and the last girl placed the sixth item on the counter, removing the red cloth to reveal a small wooden box with its lid tightly closed, making it impossible to see what was inside.

  "Huh?" Lin San glanced at the wooden box, and his eyes widened instantly.

  "Third Brother, what's wrong?" Long Xiao Tian noticed that Lin San was not right and asked with concern.

  Lin San didn't respond to Long Xiao Tian, but instead stared fixedly at the wooden box, his face revealing an expression of utter incredulity.

  Seeing Lin San frowning and remaining silent, Long Xiao Tian was even more puzzled, wondering what was wrong with Lin San.

  At this time, Lin San's heart was like a stormy sea. He actually felt a hint of immortal energy from the wooden box. To be precise, he should have felt that the object inside the wooden box had immortal energy. At first, Lin San thought he was mistaken. How could it be possible to encounter something with immortal energy in the mortal world? However, when Lin San carefully examined it again with his divine sense, he finally confirmed that the object inside the wooden box did contain immortal energy, but the immortal energy was relatively weak.

  "What's in the box anyway? Stop teasing us and open it so we can see."

  Yes.

  "Hurry up and open it!"

  ……

  Everyone present was triggered by curiosity about what was in the box and shouted loudly.

  Guo Dongming smiled: "Don't worry, everyone, I'll open the box now." As he spoke, Guo Dongming took out a small and delicate key, opened the lock on the wooden box, and slowly lifted the lid.

  A green light suddenly emerged from the box, accompanied by a fragrance.

  "Wow, it's still emitting a green glow." Cai Chunhua exclaimed: "What on earth is in the box, Guo Ge, hurry up and take it out for me to see!"

  Others also had an expectant look on their faces.

  Guo Dongming took out a handkerchief from his pocket, carefully wiped his hands, and then carefully took out the items in the wooden box.

  "Oh? It's actually a Jade Guanyin?" someone in the crowd exclaimed.

  Only saw Guo Dongming's hands lightly holding a delicate, pale green jade Guanyin, with a faint layer of green light floating on the surface of the jade.

  "That's right, that's right." Lin San exclaimed in his heart: This Jade Guanyin indeed contains a hint of pure immortal energy.

  "Guo Dongming introduced: 'This jade Guanyin carving is exquisite, the material is precious, it's a rare treasure that should be an antique. I didn't want to take it out for auction at first, but recently Guo has been in a tight spot and had no choice but to bring this valuable item out...'"

  "Boss Guo, stop talking nonsense and just give us your bottom line." someone shouted.

  "Hehe... it seems everyone is getting impatient, alright, I'll get straight to the point. The reserve price for this Jade Guanyin is 300 million." Guo Dongming announced a stunning number.

  Many people fell silent when they heard Guo Dongming's quote.

  "I'll give 50 million!" Cai Chunhua suddenly shouted out loud.

  Guo Dongming nodded slightly: "Boss Cai is really generous when he takes action."

  "I bid 55 million." A bald-headed man raised his hand.

  "I bid 58 million." An old man sitting in the third row called out softly.

  ……

  In no time, the price of Jade Guanyin shot up to 80 million. In the end, only Cai Chunhua and the old man in the third row were left competing with each other, while everyone else had dropped out.

  Cai Chunhua snorted coldly and raised her right hand, waving it lightly: "100 million."

  "Whoa......" The people on the scene all took a deep breath, this Cai Chunhua was really generous, actually bidding out 100 million.

  The old man in the third row furrowed his brow and didn't raise the price again.

  Kwok Tung Ming was overjoyed at this time, and the Jade Guanyin was bought for 200 million. Unexpectedly, it rose fivefold in a single auction: "Isn't anyone going to bid again? If not, this piece of jade will belong to Zongcai."

  The underground is quiet and no one speaks up, it seems they don't plan to compete again.

  Guo Dongming shouted several times in a row. Seeing that no one was bidding, he directly said: "Next, I declare that this Jade Guanyin belongs to Cai..."

  "Wait!" A man's voice suddenly came over.

  Kuo Tung-ming was taken aback, looked up and burst out laughing: "Boss Lung? Are you going to raise the price?"

  Long Xiao Tian glanced at Lin San, who nodded almost imperceptibly. Long Xiao Tian took a deep breath and blurted out an astonishing number: "I'll give 1 billion 10 million."

  "What?" The others were stunned, their faces showing a hint of surprise.

  Kuang Dongming was also stunned, but quickly came back to his senses and looked at Cai Chunhua: "Director Cai, look..."

  "Hmph! People who can compete with me for things haven't been born yet. I'll give you 130 million." Cai Chunhua coldly snorted.

  Before Guo Dongming could speak, Long Xiaotian directly said: "200 million."

  Cai Chunhua gave a surprising glance at Long Xuetian: "Can you take out 200 million?"

  "Mind your own business, this has nothing to do with you. Are you going to make a bid or not? If not, then this Jade Guanyin is mine."

  Guo Dongming's heart almost jumped out of his throat, today he really caught a big fish, unexpectedly a small Yu Guanyin was auctioned off for 200 million, it's too hard to believe.