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In the capital, the Qiushi Auction was going to be held.

Tonight was the annual Autumn Festival Auction.

Tonight's auction was packed full of people due to the presence of a heavyweight like the Azure Dragon Beast Head. Almost all of the world's famous collectors had come.

Xu Taiping wore a suit and brought his female companion, Yue Bunny, alone to the Qiusi Auction House.

The whole auction house was huge and was divided into many halls. Tonight, the auction would be held in the largest hall.

The auction tonight required an invitation letter in order to enter. Xu Taiping easily got his hands on two invitation letters and then brought Yue Bunny into the auction house.

Zhang Quan and the others would arrive at the Qiusi Auction House a little later, and they would leave separately so that no one would doubt their relationship with each other.

The first few rows of the auction had names written on them, and those that didn't had names left could be seated whenever they wanted to. Xu Taiping and Yue Bunny found a seat that wasn't too far off from them and sat down.

About ten minutes later, Zhang Quan and the rest entered the main hall.

The three of them were big customers of the auction house, so they were arranged to sit in the first row.

After that, many people arrived one after another. Some sat in the first few rows, while others sat in the back.

Xu Taiping looked around. He had seen a lot of people in the first few rows. They were basically all of the second generation and third generation.

In the capital, there were many second generations like the third generation, just like the idle princes in the Qing Dynasty. They had money they didn't want to spend, and their ancestors had authority, so they just needed to think about how to play.

"Thank you, boss, for bringing me to such an occasion!" Bunny held Xu Taiping's hand and said excitedly.

"You can let go now. Don't you feel warm?" Xu Taiping asked.

"I don't think so." Bunny shook her head.

"I feel hot." She occasionally rubbed his chest, making him feel very vexed and a little hot.

"Oh, alright then!" Bunny laughed as she took Xu Taiping's wrist out of her grasp.

Soon, the auction began.

Xu Taiping had gone through a lot of auctions. Although this one had the head of the Azure Dragon Beast, it was no different from the previous auctions.

Xu Taiping sat in the crowd. He didn't say anything, nor did he bid. After all, he wasn't a collector, and he wasn't too interested in antiques.

Xu Taiping was more interested in the foreigners sitting in the front row than in the other items. He had heard from Zhang Quan that foreign collectors had also come to bid, but he had not expected so many of them.

After all, no collector had the ability to contend with the Hanzi.

Soon, the most exciting part of the auction came to an end. Following the introduction given by the host, a holographic head of an Azure Dragon appeared on the stage.

Then, the bidding began.

As soon as the bid of 100 million appeared, everyone else raised it to 300 million. Then, Zhang Quan raised his hand and called out a bid of 500 million.

With a price of 500 million, many people immediately went silent. After that, a few foreign buyers stood up and started bidding against Zhang Fen, and the price skyrocketed to 800 million.

Foreign buyers also began to dwindle.

At the same time, in the monitoring room of the Qiushi Auction House.

A person wearing the manager's badge picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "We're going to let the manager bid."

"Yes sir!" The other side of the walkie-talkie answered.

Just as this person finished speaking, someone raised his hand in the auction hall on the monitor screen and then casually shouted, "900 million!"

"Focus the camera on that person!" the manager said quickly.

The camera immediately locked onto the person who had raised his hand.

"It's him?!" The manager opened his eyes wide, as if he couldn't believe his eyes. If he wasn't mistaken, the person who called out a bid of 900 million, wasn't that Xu Taiping who made Qiu Shi suffer a big loss last year?

Last year's Rothschild Family Gold Auction was reputed as the biggest mistake of the two hundred years since the establishment of the auction house. They mistakenly sold a very valuable gold ring from the Rothschild Family to Xu Taiping at an extraordinary price.

Although several hundred million was already a high price to most people, that was still the key to the Rothschild Family's treasury. With that key, as long as one could obtain a few treasures from the Rothschild Family's treasury, then that was definitely worth several billion.

Because of this, the appraiser responsible for appraising the Rothschild Family's gold grade equipment was fired. At the same time, the president of the Asia-Pacific region was punished.

It could be said that during the auction, many people remembered Xu Taiping not only because he had bought the gold ring, but also because he had stubbornly refused the request for the gold ring back from Qiu Siping.

After that, Xu Taiping did not appear at the Qiusi Auction House again. Unexpectedly, at the Beastmaster Auction, he actually appeared once more.

The manager frowned. He was very surprised that Xu Taiping, who wasn't a collector at all, would suddenly buy a Azure Dragon Head. It was as if the manager was a man who didn't engage in prostitution suddenly entering a chicken shop.

There must be something wrong with this matter!

The manager looked towards the holographic projection of the Azure Dragon.

Could it be that this head of the Azure Dragon was hiding some sort of secret? Otherwise, how could Xu Taiping make a move?

Before this, Xu Taiping had only made a move once at the Qiusi Auction, and that had taken away a priceless treasure. But now, when he made a move a second time, did that mean that this Azure Dragon Head was also a priceless treasure like the Rothschild Family's golden ring?

After hesitating for a moment, the manager decided to report this matter to the headquarters.

At this time, Xu Taiping still didn't know that in order to cooperate with Zhang Quan and the rest, he had stood up to bid on the head of the Azure Dragon Beast, but who would have thought that it would actually attract the attention of the higher ups of the Qiushi Auction House!

If he had known this would happen, Xu Taiping probably wouldn't have stood up and acted.

"900 million, our buyer bid 900 million, is there anyone else?!" the auctioneer shouted.

"Nine hundred and twenty million." Zhang Quan frowned and shouted.

"950 million!" Xu Taiping smiled as he increased the price again.

"Nine hundred and fifty million, our buyer threw out nine hundred and fifty million, is there anyone else who wants to raise the bid?!" cried the auctioneer.

Zhang Quan gritted his teeth and did not say another word.

The auctioneer was a bit hesitant when he saw that Zhang Quan didn't say anything. Since the man from the Han Sanhe had given up, should they continue raising the bid? What if the other party gave up the auction after raising the price?

After hesitating for a few seconds, the auctioneer did not receive any instructions from above. Thus, the auctioneer wanted to lower his hammer, because in his opinion, the previous estimate price for this Green Dragon Head of the Auction House was about 800 million. Selling it for 950 million was already not bad.

Just as the auctioneer was about to drop the hammer …

A foreigner suddenly shouted, "One billion!"

A billion?

The auctioneer was stunned for a moment, then he looked at the foreigner, only to discover that the foreigner was the one they had arranged for him.

This request, he actually offered a billion? Could this be the meaning of the words above? The higher ups thought that the person who bid 950 million would continue to raise the price?

On the other side.

Xu Taiping had originally planned to celebrate, but he didn't expect to get away with it in the middle of the road.

According to what Brother Wang and the others said before, this time the budget was 1 billion, but now the other party opened up 1 billion all at once. So should he continue or retreat?

Xu Taiping looked at them and found that they were also looking at him.

Brother Zhu slightly nodded his head, as if signalling for Xu Taiping to continue raising the price.

"One billion and fifty million." Xu Taiping raised his hand.

"One billion and fifty million, this gentleman of ours is bidding one billion and fifty million!" The auctioneer shouted excitedly.

"1.1 billion." Ao Ri raised his hand and shouted.

"1.1 billion!" Xu Taiping shouted.

"1.2 billion!" Total shouted again.

When Tod yelled out 1.2 billion, Xu Taiping realized the problem.

This person seemed to be opposing him. Previously, he didn't pay a single cent, but now, he was directly raising the bid to 1.2 billion. Moreover, this person didn't seem like he was going to be the one to ask, because if he was, he wouldn't be able to increase the price that much. He needed to increase the price bit by bit and then keep himself in line without getting scared away.

Since it wasn't a request, then where did this guy pop out from?

Zhang Quan and the rest, who were sitting in the first row, also frowned. They did not understand why such a person would suddenly appear.

"What should we do?" Zhang Quan asked.

"We must buy the Azure Dragon's Head!" Ye Luo's expression was serious as he said, "Let Tai Ping continue to raise the price. If worse comes to worse, we'll get a little more!"

"Then send a message to peace!" Qin Guan said.

Zhang Kui nodded his head and sent a message to Xu Taiping.

The message was very simple.

"No matter how much it costs, I must buy it!"

When Xu Taiping saw this news, he was immediately full of energy. He smiled and said, "1.3 billion."

"1.4 billion." Total immediately shouted.

"1.5 billion!" Xu Taiping continued to shout.

"1.6 billion!" Total shouted again.

"1.7 billion!" Xu Taiping said.

"1.8 billion." Tod followed suit.

The people attending the auction were shocked by Xu Taiping and Tofu's bid. They had never seen anyone bid as much as 100,000,000 RMB. This was 100 million RMB as the most basic currency!

When the price had risen to 1.8 billion, Xu Taiping hesitated.

This price was obviously a problem. How could a normal person spend 1.8 billion to buy such a beast head?

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