As item after item was auctioned off, he also managed to get two items in the summer. One was a calligraphy and painting, which he had auctioned for $50 thousand, and the other was a precious collection of watches produced by Swiss Rolex, which he had won for $150 thousand. These two items were things he had liked to buy himself, and he had not taken a fancy to any of the items that came after, not because he had high standards, but because he knew that even if he managed to get them, they would be of no use.
As the auction neared its end, Andy's voice also became a little hoarse. However, at this moment, he was still very excited, as he continued to bid for the last item, "Ladies and gentlemen, the next item to be auctioned is the most precious item since the opening of the Jaddeth Auction House. Please wait a moment, you will all be able to see it soon."
At this point, Andy instructed the staff backstage to take out the items. Moments later, everyone saw a staff member from the auction house bring an item on a tray to Andy. Andy took the item and put it on the table.
Soon after, Andy said into the microphone, "Everyone, please take a look." With that, he opened up a piece of cloth. Everyone saw that the surface of the cloth was emitting red, blue and green rays of light, dazzling everyone's eyes. At the same time, the whole auction hall was giving off an auspicious feeling.
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air when they saw what was on the stage. What a huge diamond! And what they saw on the big screen was even more clearly. Andy saw the expression on everyone's faces and was quite pleased. He looked at them the same way and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, what you see is three diamonds, each of them is the same size, each of them is 388 grams, and they are red diamonds, blue diamonds, green diamonds, their color, quality, and craftsmanship are all perfect. I am sure that they are all natural, otherwise, they would not have such perfect craftsmanship. They emit a peaceful aura, and when you look at it when you are in a bad mood, your heart will calm down. Its brightness is completely comparable to a beautiful Night Pearl. "
As Andy said this, she paused for a moment. It was obvious that he was a bit tired. After waiting for a while, he said again, "I don't want to introduce too much about these diamonds right now. They still have some functions, you can slowly understand them when you get them. If you say too much, he will lose his value, so I must keep it a little mysterious." Now that the auction officially started, all three of them would be auctioned at the same time. Each person could only be auctioned one diamond, and the three highest bidders would be the owner of the diamonds. Its starting price is one hundred million dollars, and each bid increase must be no less than ten million dollars. Alright, let's start the auction. "
After Andy finished speaking, no one immediately called out a price, because many people knew that the price they called out now would definitely be banned immediately. After a while, someone called out the price.
"110 million."
It was unknown where this voice came from, but everyone was looking at each other. But with the first bid, there would be a second bid.
"One hundred fifty million."
"Two hundred million."
"250 million!"
"..."
They also knew that their prices couldn't be obtained, but if the people in the VIP lounge weren't interested in this, then that would be their own. Thus, the prices of the guests in the VIP lounge were higher than the previous ones, which made Xia feel like there were really a lot of rich people in the world!
Ten minutes later, the price of the diamonds had reached six hundred million in the hall, but there were still people who raised the bid to eight hundred million. Now that the price had reached this level, the cheers in the hall lessened.
"One billion." This was the voice from private room 18. At this moment, the hall was completely silent. It was clear that their mission had been accomplished, and now it was the VIP room's turn to shout.
"1.1 billion." Private room 8.
"1.2 billion." Private room 9.
"1.5 billion." Private room 1.
As the VIP lounge was visible from the outside, they were not able to see the way inside, so they did not know who the other side was challenging them. Moreover, the auction house also followed the principle of secrecy, not revealing the identity of the VIP lounge.
After reaching $1.5 billion, the price slowly rose, but it still reached $1.8 billion, which was two times higher than Tong Lin's estimate.
"1.8 billion and 50 million." Private room two.
"1.8 billion." Private room 3.
"1.9 billion." Private room 1.
The guest in VIP booth 2 was thinking, "Damn it, who is that bastard in VIP booth 1? If someone from above didn't want one, I wouldn't be fooling around here with you. I'll take someone to beat you up first." Although he complained, the other people in the VIP room also thought the same. They wanted one, and if they could get all of it, it would be for the best, because they also knew that there was one more function, and that was to cure all diseases, regardless of how many of them were feeling in the peaceful halo of the diamond, for a period of time, the patient would recover. So at the moment, they were still shouting out prices.
"2 billion." This was the sound coming from private room two.
"2.1 billion." Private room 1.
"2.2 billion." Private room 3. Currently, only the first three VIP rooms were bidding. The other VIP rooms were all watching to see who would be the final winner.
At this moment, Xia Chen said, "Uncle Tong, you should go to the auction house and tell them the price will stop at 2.5 billion dollars. I don't want them to keep bidding for these diamonds, 2.5 billion is already not bad for me, since they all want it, just treat it as me giving it to them."
Tong Lin looked at the summer in surprise and said, "Summer, this is the first time I've heard you complain about too much money. Someone is giving you money, so why don't you want it? And they gave it to you willingly. If the auction house heard your words, they would think this was the first employer to appear in a government official's office. "
Summer said, "Uncle Tong, just treat it as me buying half and giving it to you. "Just do as I say."
Sigh … Tong Lin sighed helplessly and nodded towards summer. Then he took out his phone to make a call. After the call connected, Tong Lin hung up after saying a few words.
Now that the price outside had risen to $2.5 billion, it was clear that it was not going to stop. Right when the VIP booth 1 announced the price of 2.5 billion and 10 million, Andy's voice rang out, "Honored guests in the VIP booth 1, 2, and 3, after you inform us that the price of each diamond has reached 2.5 billion, stop shouting. He said that since the VIP booth 1, 2, and 3 are so fond of these diamonds, and he also wants to increase the price, he wants to save some resources for you, so as long as you pay 2.5 billion dollars you can have it, if you don't need it, he will take it back and no longer auction. "I think this is the only item that I have auctioned since I had an official. The guest is so generous that he willingly stopped raising the price."
When the audience heard Andy's words, they burst into an uproar. Everyone was thinking, "That bastard is pretending to be a b * stard. Does he think he has too much money and wants to keep it? No, he can give it to me." Moreover, this was a strange thing that they had seen before. So he shouted.
After hearing Andy's words, the VIPs of No.1, No.2, and No.3 were all stunned for a moment. They all thought it was inconceivable as they tried to guess who the owner of this diamond was, but they couldn't come up with an answer. So they didn't want to, they heard Andy's words just now and needed to answer immediately, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get the diamonds. Thus, private room 1 was the first to open its mouth: "private room 1 is willing to pay 2.5 billion dollars."
private room two also said: "private room two is willing to pay $2.5 billion."
"private room 3 is willing to pay 2.5 billion dollars too." private room 3 also said.
Seeing that the distinguished guests in the three VIP rooms had all spoken, Andy said, "Congratulations Number 1, 2, and 3, distinguished guests. After you hand over the funds for the diamonds, you will be the owners of these three diamonds. Now that the auction has ended, thank you all for coming! " After saying that, Andy bowed to everyone and quietly left the auction venue.
In the summer they walked out from the back door under Tong Lin's lead, but they didn't go out, instead they went to the VIP room on the top floor that was arranged for them by the auction house.
At this point, Tong Tian said to Xia Xinyan, "Summer, you can be considered a billionaire with ten billion yuan now. It's worth celebrating. When we get back, we'll celebrate. Haha …" When everyone heard Tong Tian's words, they all burst out in laughter.