At the venue.
The atmosphere of the auction was getting more and more intense.
Three more items were auctioned consecutively, one for a Japanese female celebrity, one for Chen Guang, and one for a Korean soccer star. In the end, none of the items sold for a higher price than Spring Garden.
At this moment, Lee Anson's auction item appeared.
But he didn't see anything at the scene.
After the host's introduction for a long time, the audience had already begun to raise their placards.
"40,000!"
"60,000!"
"80,000!"
In an instant, it had surpassed the highest price of any celebrity group in China!
Amy said in surprise, "What did he film?"
The China Celebrity Group's accompanying female translator said, "Lee Anson is filming one of his introductory guitar lessons. He can personally teach the guitar."
Zhang Ye said, "That's it?"
Xiaodong smiled and said, "Lee Anson is really going all out."
Big Qi said regretfully, "I've been overtaken."
Amy said, "To be able to get Lee Anson to be a tutor for a single lesson, you can brag about it for the rest of your life. We really have to fight for it."
Zhang Ye shook his head and laughed. He only cared about himself and continued eating.
Xiaodong said, "Teacher Zhang."
Zhang Ye did not even raise his head, "What? Time to eat. "
Xiaodong said, "Teacher Zhang."
Zhang Ye said, "Speak."
Xiaodong said, "You seem to be eating my steak?"
Zhang Ye was taken aback, "I thought you didn't want to eat it?"
Xiaodong: "…"
Li Xiaoxian: "Pfft!"
Finally, it was sold for a high price of 95,000 USD. If converted, it would be a few hundred thousand RMB. It was won by a Korean father and daughter pair. Clearly, the girl was a hardcore fan of Lee Anson. She was overjoyed that her father had given her such a gift.
The Korean celebrity team was temporarily in first place!
The Korean celebrities at the four tables immediately applauded!
"Alright!"
"Anson-oppa!"
"Well done!"
Lee Anson was also beaming.
Today was the Korean celebrity team's home ground, so they definitely couldn't give first place to anyone else.
Finally, it was Zhang Ye's turn. It was unknown if it was intentional by the organizers, or if it was a coincidence, but Zhang Ye's item was placed right behind Lee Anson. Da Hong Pao was brought out. The host on the stage held a script and introduced the origins of the tea leaves word by word.
The camera suddenly cut to Zhang Ye.
Amy hurriedly tried to remind him.
Little Dong also kicked him from below to remind him to mind his image.
But what none of them could have expected was that Zhang Ye, who had been eating here and there with his knife, fork, and chopsticks a moment ago, was now sitting upright with his knife and fork placed on the table. He had also wiped the corners of his mouth clean and was even smiling at the camera. It was as though he had been paying attention to the auction all along.
Xiaodong: "…"
Big Qi: "…"
"…" Chen Guang.
Everyone was dumbfounded by what they saw!
An expert!
This was a true expert!
Hey, your reaction is way too fast!
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it. Only now did they understand why Zhang Ye dared to eat and drink to his heart's content in front of all of Asia's cameras. It turned out that this fellow had come prepared!
The auction for the tea leaves began.
The Japanese and Korean businessmen were very concerned.
"Five thousand!"
"10,000."
"I'll pay thirty thousand."
"I bid 32,000."
When the price reached 30,000, the merchants from Japan and Korea all shook their heads and put down their signs. They felt that it was too ridiculous.
Five grams!
Even a pot of tea had to be small!
Even diamonds aren't that expensive!
However, the Chinese merchants knew the value of this Da Hong Pao tea. This was the number one tea in all of history, and if they were to see it at an auction, they might not necessarily dare to buy it. This was because no one would know if it was real or fake. But today, they dared to bid for it and felt very assured. This was because the person who brought out the Da Hong Pao tea was Zhang Ye. There were only a few Da Hong Pao parent trees in the entire world, and those trees were all Zhang Ye's businesses. Anyone else could bring out a fake Da Hong Pao tea, except for Zhang Ye. To be able to drink the best tea in history and contribute to charity at the same time, why not?
President Sun turned his head. "Boss Qian doesn't want to bid for it?"
China's richest man, Qian Haitao, smiled. "I won't be participating."
President Ci smiled and said, "Old Qian, don't you like drinking tea?"
Qian Haitao said, "Haha, it's because I've already drunk it. Teacher Zhang gave it to the station head of Beijing Television back then, so I shamelessly went to get a pot of it."
President Ci asked, "How's the tea?"
Qian Haitao praised, "It deserves to be called the best tea throughout the ages."
President Ci slapped his thigh and raised his paddle. "40,000!"
In the end, the tea leaves were won by a Chinese businessman at a price of 40,000 USD.
The group of foreigners were dumbfounded by what they saw. Five grams of tea leaves for 40,000 USD? Are you guys crazy? Do you have nowhere to spend your money? Do you have to go this far?
The sky-high price of Da Hong Pao set a new record in the history of tea leaf auctions.
However, 40,000 USD was not even enough to get into the top three of the charity auction. It was much lower than the auction price of Lee Anson's guitar lesson. For now, the Korean celebrity team was still in first place.
Lee Anson narrowed his eyes and gave Zhang Ye a threatening look.
But Zhang Ye ignored him and continued eating.
The auction continued.
The competition was getting more and more intense.
Jiang Hanwei's auction item was brought out. It turned out to be a gold-plated trophy from a movie award that he had won in Asia many years ago. It was extremely valuable and held great significance.
Xiaodong said in surprise, "Uncle Jiang, you're going all out?"
Amy said, "Aiyo, this is going to be a big deal!"
Jiang Hanwei laughed. "Isn't this so that our China celebrity team can take the top spot? Of course we're going all out. "
Zhang Ye said nonchalantly, "You're saying that you're going all out just because of a lousy trophy?"
Jiang Hanwei rolled his eyes. "That's still better than your five grams of tea leaves."
Zhang Ye stared at him. "Are those normal tea leaves?"
Jiang Hanwei harrumphed, "Those of mine aren't normal trophies either."
The two of them had fought before. When Xiaodong saw this, she quickly tried to smooth things over. "Aiya, Uncle Jiang, Teacher Zhang, please don't fight anymore. What kind of occasion and time is this? It's time for our China celebrity team to unite as one. We have to be united against a common enemy."
Zhang Yuanqi and Xu Meilan, who were sitting at a nearby table, also looked over.
When the auction began, the trophy was frantically fought over by quite a few Asian businessmen.
80,000!
100,000!
120,000!
The China celebrity team regained first place!
"Great!"
"Beautiful!"
"Uncle Jiang is mighty!"
"Awesome!"
They applauded in celebration!
But before they could rejoice for long, a male celebrity from the Japanese celebrity team also made a big move. He won the bid for an electric guitar that he had accompanied for many years at a high price of 130,000 USD. As a member of a band and a well-known Japanese singer, he would rarely sell off even a guitar that he had used in his early years. Now that he had taken it out, it was clear that he was fighting for first place. The Japanese celebrity team was also thinking of getting first place to show their faces!
The Japanese celebrity team.
"Bravo!"
"Yoshida-kun!"
"Well done!"
The others were also giving a symbolic round of applause.
Back and forth!
The tables had turned!
The three parties of China, Japan, and Korea looked at each other. The atmosphere at the venue was very tense. They were all smiling on the outside, but they were all screaming in their hearts!
Only Zhang Ye seemed to be unconcerned about all this. This fellow was very patriotic, but he did not have much of a sense of collective honor. What first or second place? It was just a charity auction, so what was there to compete for?
…
China.
Online.
"Xiaodong, you're awesome!"
"Old Jiang is bleeding too!"
"Aiya, he's been overtaken again!"
"Quickly chase after him!"
"It's just that Zhang Ye who's not awesome! What's he doing? "
"Yeah, this fellow isn't even putting in any effort at all. He even has the Da Hong Pao Tea Tree with him. But he's the one who took out five grams of tea leaves? Are you trying to feed the cat! "
"How infuriating!"
"Zhang Ye is too stingy!"
"If he had taken out half a catty or a catty, who would be able to compete with us? The first place at this charity auction would definitely go to the China celebrity team! We wouldn't even be able to run away from them! "
"Hahaha, half a catty? Teacher Zhang is such a stingy person. Even taking out 10 grams would be killing him! "
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