Feng Jing was on the side of the stage, and she saw the scene that just happened.
A smile appeared on her pretty face. She felt that Xia Ruofei was really bad. He played Blake like a fool. Seeing Blake's expression, she almost doubted her life.
However, the worry in Feng Jing's heart did not diminish in the slightest. Because of Blake's actions, two pieces of white truffle had not been bought by the buyer in a row. The piece that Blake bought was also the product of the two people's grudge.
Xia Ruofei personally went down to raise the price, and the negative impact caused by that was still there.
And if Blake continued to stir up trouble, then today's auction would really become a joke.
At this moment, Xia Ruofei stood up and motioned for the staff to hand him a microphone.
Then, Xia Ruofei took the microphone and said, "Dear guests, some of you may already know me, but let me introduce myself first. My name is Xia Ruofei, the chairman of the Taoyuan Company. Today's auction items are provided by our company."
Then, Xia Ruofei turned around and glanced at Blake indifferently, then continued, "I just said that Blake and I don't have a personal grudge. He once slandered our company's reputation in public, doubted the quality of our company's truffles for no reason, and even had racist tendencies. He publicly claimed that Huaxia's people were liars and that Huaxia couldn't grow high-quality truffles. It has been more than half a year since that incident, and he still hasn't apologized!"
In addition to some rich people and celebrities from Europe and America who came to participate in the auction, there were also many people from the upper class of Hong Kong.
These super-rich people and celebrities were the older generation of Hong Kong people, and their patriotism was also quite strong. When they heard Xia Ruofei's words, they all cast dissatisfied glances at Blake.
Xia Ruofei paused and continued, "This auction is open to the public. As long as you pay enough deposit, you can participate in the auction. This is the rule of Hengfeng Auction House, and I can't break it. So, although we don't welcome Blake, we still didn't stop him from entering. "
"But!" Xia Ruofei changed the topic and said, "I've already said before that I don't want to sell our company's truffles to such a person, and I don't even want to have any business with France's Blake Group. If he must buy it, then be prepared to pay several times the premium!"
Xia Ruofei stared at Blake and said, "As long as you participate in the auction, I will definitely raise the price. As for when I stop, it depends on my mood! So, you'd better be careful when bidding … "
Blake's expression became very ugly. He snorted coldly and sat in his seat without saying a word.
Today, he had already lost a lot of his face, and would be questioned by his family was a lot's, so at the moment, he was in a terrible mood.
He had just bought a white truffle at a sky-high price of 950,000 US dollars. He couldn't leave at this time, and he couldn't act shamelessly. He had also paid a deposit of one million US dollars! Hengfeng Auction House was not afraid that he would break his promise.
After Feng Jing heard Xia Ruofei's reasonable words, her heart calmed down a little.
Although these words may not be able to reverse all the negative effects, at least it can improve some, and he's also made his own voice heard.
In this case, it's already very good to be able to do this, at least Feng Jing thought so.
Just when Feng Jing felt that Xia Ruofei had finished speaking and the auction would continue, Xia Ruofei didn't intend to sit down.
He glanced at the guests and buyers in the hall and continued, "But no matter what, because of this episode, the auction was affected, and it's all my fault. So I've decided that all the truffles I bought today because I raised the price with Blake will be auctioned off in a small private auction tonight. Those who are interested can register with the staff of our Taoyuan company after the auction. After passing the review, you can participate. Also, I hereby announce that tonight's private auction will be charitable, and 10% of the auction proceeds will be donated to the Hong Kong Charity Association! "
After Xia Ruofei finished speaking, Feng Jing almost slapped the table in praise.
This basically reversed all the negative effects. Xia Ruofei also admitted that his "battle" with Blake had affected the auction, causing some people who really wanted the truffles to be unable to buy them. So, tonight's private auction will be held so that everyone can still bid.
The so-called review, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it's nothing more than targeting Blake alone. As long as other people have enough financial strength, they can definitely be allowed to participate.
Hengfeng Auction House's public auction can't stop Blake from entering, right? Then Xia Ruofei's private auction can be considered a small exchange gathering. As the host of the gathering, Xia Ruofei has the right to invite and reject whoever he wants, right?
For those who really like the Taoyuan truffles and want to bid, it's nothing more than waiting for half a day, and it won't affect anything.
So, the negative effects from before basically didn't exist.
Young people are quick to take revenge, and God will forgive.
It could even be said that Xia Ruofei's statement would add points to the Peach Blossom Company.
Because he also announced that 10% of the auction proceeds will be donated to charity.
Originally, the Taoyuan Company has a charity fund, and it was established by Tang Yitian who donated a large amount of money. However, Xia Ruofei decided to directly donate to the Hong Kong Charity Association to avoid suspicion, and the auction will be held in Hong Kong.
Many similar auctions have a charitable nature, but a one-time donation of 10% is extremely rare.
After all, these white truffles are all worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the heavier truffles at the back are definitely worth millions of dollars.
If there are a lot of truffles, then 10% is a lot of money.
Xia Ruofei's words immediately received warm applause, especially from some of the guests and buyers in Hong Kong. They all cast looks of approval at Xia Ruofei.
Ma Xiong finally showed a relieved smile.
Xia Ruofei smiled faintly and said, "Sorry for the delay, the auction will continue!"
After that, Xia Ruofei glanced at Blake warningly, and then returned the microphone to the staff.
On the stage, Lu Zhongguang also understood and said, "Okay, thank you Mr. Xia for your generosity! Now, let's start the auction of the third white truffle. This white truffle weighs 1.22 kilograms, and the starting price is 100,000 dollars! Everyone can start bidding! "
After Lu Zhongguang's voice fell, everyone subconsciously looked at Blake.
Blake seemed to have suffered a big blow, and he sat on the chair with a pale face, but he didn't say anything.
The scene was dull for a moment, and everyone realized that the auction seemed to be back on track, so they started bidding.
"180,000 dollars!"
"190,000 dollars!"
"200,000 dollars!"
…
The price kept going up, and the final price of the white truffle reached 245,000 dollars.
This was a normal price. Although it was more expensive than the general market price of white truffles, considering the impact of the poor harvest, and the fact that the white truffle weighed more than one kilogram, the price was still reasonable.
The owner and chef of Spain's Azac Restaurant, Mr. José, won the white truffle.
He just happened to be sitting on the left side of Xia Ruofei.
He was also a well-known chef with a Michelin star. Although his Azac Restaurant wasn't big and didn't have a chain, it was famous in the western food world. Many old foodies would travel thousands of miles to taste it.
Although José knew that there were more than two kilograms of white truffles to be auctioned, he was also very clear that compared to those rich and powerful people, there was still a gap in strength. Therefore, the most realistic thing to do was to buy one or two truffles now, which was also crucial to the development of the restaurant.
So, after successfully winning the white truffle, José was quite happy.
Xia Ruofei politely congratulated José.
José also smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xia. If you have time, I hope you can go to Spain. I will personally cook a big meal for you!"
"That would be a great honor!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "I can't wait to taste your cooking!"
"This is my business card!" José handed over his business card and said, "Mr. Xia, if you come to Europe, be sure to contact me!"
"Okay!" Xia Ruofei politely took the business card and gave José a business card.
At this time, the auction on the stage was still going on.
Blake seemed to be unable to recover from the setback. He also knew that even if he made trouble, it wouldn't affect Xia Ruofei.
Even if he deliberately bid once, and then stopped after Xia Ruofei increased the price, it would at most delay the auction of the truffle for half a day.
In terms of losses, Xia Ruofei would at most lose a little bit of the auction commission and 10% of the donation, but that would still earn him a reputation.
What's more, he had stupidly given 950,000 US dollars to Xia Ruofei. With 950,000 US dollars, would Xia Ruofei care about that little bit of money?
And his bid couldn't be too low. Otherwise, other buyers would compete with him, not to mention Xia Ruofei.
If he bid too high and Xia Ruofei didn't accept it, wouldn't he be a sucker again?
So, after thinking about it, Blake sadly found that he had no way to deal with Xia Ruofei.
Now he could only hope that the giant white truffles would be auctioned at the end. If he could get one or two pieces back, it could offset some of the internal noise of the family.
However, looking at Xia Ruofei's determination today, it wouldn't be easy for him to successfully get it.
In the end, all thirteen white truffles were successfully auctioned, and Blake didn't make any more trouble.
These thirteen white truffles brought a total of 3.64 million US dollars to Xia Ruofei.
Including the 950,000 US dollars offered by Blake, Xia Ruofei earned a total of 4.59 million US dollars from the auction of this batch of white truffles. Adding the income from the previous two rounds of auctions, Xia Ruofei had earned 6.864 million US dollars so far.
This was the case when the two kilograms of white truffles hadn't been auctioned yet.
Moreover, this was only less than a quarter of the truffles Xia Ruofei harvested this season.
There were a total of seven truffles more than two kilograms.
The largest one was 2.75 kilograms. The specific weight of this truffle had not been announced, but everyone guessed that it could definitely break the world record.
Because the current world record was also held by the Taoyuan Company's truffle. The final item at the Shen City auction at the beginning of the year weighed 2.05 kilograms.
This was only more than two kilograms. This time, in the auction items provided by the Taoyuan Company, there were seven truffles more than two kilograms. It was impossible that they couldn't even exceed 2.05 kilograms!
The facts quickly proved this point. The first truffle to be auctioned had already broken the world record set at the beginning of the year. This white truffle was the lightest of the seven truffles, but it still weighed 2.09 kilograms!
As soon as this truffle appeared, it caused a fierce competition among everyone.
Many rich people from Hong Kong, Europe, and the United States also joined in the bidding. Not everyone was just waiting for the finale. There were many rich people present today, and several of them were worth billions of dollars. Now, there were only seven truffles left, and they couldn't miss out on the opportunity to get a single truffle.
In the end, after a fierce competition, this 2.09 kilogram white truffle was bought by the Hong Kong tycoon Zheng Jianian for 1.33 million US dollars.
The price wasn't considered low. The 2.05 kilogram white truffle from the Shen City auction at the beginning of the year was bought by Monica, who was by Xia Ruofei's side, for 1.25 million USD. However, that truffle had the halo of a world record at that time!
This also reflected the scarcity of the best white truffles this year. The old man who bought the white truffle was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Xia Ruofei was also happy in his heart. It seemed that this season's truffles would make him a lot of money.
Blake saw that Xia Ruofei's truffles were sold for such a high price, and he was even more upset. At the same time, he saw such a large piece of white truffle on the stage, and he was very envious. He wanted to bid, but he was worried that Xia Ruofei would raise the price. His mood was quite contradictory.
In Blake's hesitation and contradictory mood, these white truffles that were more than two kilograms were sold one by one.
The truffles that were auctioned were arranged from the lowest to the highest weight. Because there were fewer and fewer truffles, the final few truffles were sold for higher prices.
In the end, with the first piece of 1.33 million US dollars, the total price of these six white truffles reached 8.58 million US dollars!
There were several times when Blake wanted to bid, but Xia Ruofei seemed to have sensed his intentions and turned to glance at him. He immediately cowered again, gritting his teeth as he sat in his seat, but there was nothing he could do.
At this time, the auction finally came to the last part.
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