The seven raw stones that Xia Ruofei chose first were still okay. Because they were relatively unpopular, there were fewer bidders. Xia Ruofei constantly paid attention to the situation in these raw stones' bidding boxes while he was "strolling".
The big raw stone with the lowest starting price of five million was more popular. There were always people looking at it carefully, especially when the bidding deadline was approaching. From time to time, people would put in their written lists.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei's main energy was on this raw stone.
Yu Mingdong and He Ping were also nervously paying attention to the few targets they had chosen. Some of them had not made up their minds about the final price, so naturally, they had no time to pay attention to Xia Ruofei.
Time passed by minute by minute.
When the live broadcast announced that there were ten minutes left until the bidding deadline, Xia Ruofei began to act.
He quickened his pace and came to the first raw stone he had chosen with a clear goal. After probing it with his mental power, he quickly wrote down a price, tore off the first line and put it in.
After that, Xia Ruofei did not stop and continued to walk towards the other raw stone he had chosen.
After a while, Xia Ruofei had put in all the first seven raw stones.
If he could get all seven of these raw stones as he wished, Xia Ruofei would have to pay about three million and three hundred thousand.
In the end, Xia Ruofei returned to the largest raw stone.
Of course, he had also been paying attention to the seven raw stones in front of him. Whenever someone passed by the raw stones, he would be a little nervous. Fortunately, these seven raw stones were really very unpopular. In the last few minutes, no one had bid on them.
Xia Ruofei was most concerned about this big raw stone. In the last few minutes, there were still people putting in new lists.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei's main attention was still focused on this.
Fortunately, this bidding model was not a public auction. Everyone had their own judgment of the raw stone's value and the bidding strategy of potential competitors. Therefore, although there were many people participating in the competition, the highest price would not be raised too much.
Xia Ruofei was standing next to the raw stone. His spiritual power had been covering the bidding box the whole time. He was clear about everyone's bid.
It was equivalent to other people fighting a battle of wits and courage in this bidding mode, while Xia Ruofei was facing a completely open and transparent card.
There were still three minutes before the bidding deadline. At present, the highest bid for this raw stone was 8.52 million.
Without hesitation, Xia Ruofei wrote a bid of 8.6 million yuan, tore off the first page, folded it in half, and stuffed it into the bidding box.
There was no rule that only one bid could be made, so Xia Ruofei first wrote down a price that was guaranteed to win the bid. In case someone offered a higher price in the last three minutes, he would raise the price at the last minute.
After Xia Ruofei finished casting, he stood near the raw stone and paid attention to the eight raw stones he had chosen.
No one was interested in the other seven raw gemstones. In the last few minutes, someone still came to bid for the largest one.
This raw stone's performance might be good. There were quite a few people who were optimistic about it.
However, people in the industry had a rough evaluation standard. In addition, this was an all-in raw stone, so no one's bid was too outrageous.
Until the bidding deadline, no one bid higher than 8.6 million yuan.
Hearing the broadcast in the venue, the staff began to come over to maintain order. Xia Ruofei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If nothing unexpected happened, all eight raw stones would be won!
The staff of the organizer began to clear the venue. They needed to put all the bidding boxes together and count the bids under the supervision of the notaries.
Xia Ruofei soon found Yu Mingdong and the others. Yu Mingdong had a relaxed smile on his face. He looked very confident.
"Mr. Xia, let's find a place to have dinner first!" Yu Mingdong said with a smile. "The bidding results will be announced at 7: 30 pm. We'll come back then!"
"Okay, I'll follow Mr. Yu's arrangement!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
Except for the organizer's cars, escort cars, ambulances, and other special vehicles, cars were not allowed to enter Jadeite Street. Therefore, the billionaires all walked outside.
Xia Ruofei and the others chatted as they walked.
Yu Mingdong asked with a smile, "Mr. Xia, how do you feel about the public jade bid?"
"It's my first time here. I can't describe how I feel, but the scale is really big," Xia Ruofei said.
"Of course! This is one of the largest public jade bids in Dian Province. Basically, all the jewelry and jade businessmen in the country are gathered here! "Yu Mingdong said with a smile. Then, he asked casually," Did Mr. Xia put in a few pieces for fun? "
Xia Ruofei smiled faintly and said, "I did put in a few orders for fun …"
Yu Mingdong asked with some interest, "Oh? How much did Mr. Xia put in? "
Xia Ruofei thought for a while and said, "More than 20 million! I didn't calculate the specific number. "
He had considered that the eight raw stones that he had spent around 12 million yuan on would definitely be able to win the bid, so he had reported a little more.
Otherwise, if he said that he had put in more than 12 million and won the bid for every one of them, it would be a bit difficult to explain.
Xia Ruofei didn't expect that the number he reported would give Yu Mingdong a big shock.
"More than 20 million!" Yu Mingdong was speechless.
He had put in less than 40 million today. After all, a small jade businessman like him definitely couldn't compare with Hengfeng Group.
Hengfeng Group of the Ma family had stable supply channels. Their purchases were often in the hundreds of millions. For example, they didn't even send anyone to participate in the public jade bid in Ruizhou.
For Yu Mingdong, more than 40 million was not a small number. After all, this was a gamble. If his luck was bad, more than 40 million might be wasted.
The possibility of losing everything was not high, but it was normal for the funds to shrink by ten or twenty times.
He didn't expect that Xia Ruofei, a person who knew nothing about stone gambling, would dare to put in more than 20 million just to watch the fun.
Yu Mingdong was even a little worried for a moment. After all, Xia Ruofei's bid was registered under his name. If Xia Ruofei really won the bid and couldn't pay, then he wouldn't be able to get back the deposit he paid.
However, this was just a fleeting thought in Yu Mingdong's mind. As soon as he thought about how Ma Zhiming personally called in the middle of the night to help Xia Ruofei purchase jade materials, the uneasiness in his heart disappeared.
Birds of a feather flocked together. How could a person who had such a close relationship with Mr. Ma from Hong Kong not be able to pay 20 million?
What's more, even if Xia Ruofei really didn't have the money to pay and his deposit was deducted, Mr. Ma would definitely not ignore it.
However, Yu Mingdong still felt that Xia Ruofei was too bold.
He couldn't help but say, "Mr. Xia, the risk of stone gambling is still very high. You don't know much about this industry, so rashly investing so much …"
He Ping couldn't help but secretly shake his head. In his opinion, Xia Ruofei was a rich young master. He didn't know anything about this industry, but he still dared to spend so much money. He was really ignorant and fearless.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Mr. Yu, it's just a bid. I don't even know if I can win it!"
"That's true …" Yu Mingdong nodded and said.
He felt a little relieved because he knew that the price of raw stones was difficult to grasp even for insiders, and the starting price might not necessarily be meaningful. The final winning price was several times the starting price, which was not surprising.
After all, this was not a public bidding. Xia Ruofei had put in more than 20 million, so it was hard to say how much he could win in the end.
If Xia Ruofei had only bid with the starting price as a reference, the probability of winning the bid would have been very low.
However, Yu Mingdong still reminded him and said, "Mr. Xia, you still have to be careful in this kind of situation in the future. In fact, you can ask for Mr. He's and my opinion. In the stone gambling industry, it's very difficult to figure out the ropes without a lot of experience …"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Okay, thank you for the reminder, Mr. Yu."
Yu Mingdong saw Xia Ruofei's casual look and guessed that Xia Ruofei was probably not short of money at all. He didn't care about 10 or 20 million at all, so he didn't say anything more.
Since the bidding results would be announced at seven o 'clock, the group of people didn't go far after picking up the car. They found a well-decorated restaurant nearby and ordered a few dishes. After eating, they hurried back to the Jadeite public bid site.
In just two hours, the layout of the public bid site had been changed.
The area where the raw stones were originally placed was separated by a belt. A long service desk was set up at the front, and all the staff were in place.
The huge screen in the most eye-catching position of the site was also turned on. In a while, the bidding results would be announced on the big screen.
Due to the large number of raw gemstones being traded this time, the bidding results would be posted at the venue. In addition, the organizer provided several computers so that customers could check the bidding results of a certain number of raw gemstones through the computers.
When Xia Ruofei and the others arrived at the site of the public bid, many people had already arrived in advance.
Everyone was waiting anxiously. Many people stretched their necks to look at the big screen, which was still empty.
After a while, there was a commotion in the crowd.
"It's out! It's out! "
"It's out in order of number! I have a raw stone with a number near the front. Hurry up and compare it! "
"Guanyin Bodhisattva bless me. You must let me win a few! There's no rice in the factory … "
Xia Ruofei also looked up at the big screen. Sure enough, the latest bidding information began to appear on it.
The information was in the form of a table. There were three simple columns: the raw stone's number, the winning bid price, and the corresponding number of the winning bid.
Yu Mingdong also looked at the big screen nervously. From time to time, he took out his notebook to look at it.
Among the eight raw stones that Xia Ruofei selected, two of the numbers were relatively near the front. They were in the top 100. At this speed, the bidding information would appear in the next few screens.
However, Xia Ruofei was very confident. He was not very anxious. Instead, he looked at the reactions of the people around him with interest.
Although stone gambling was a legal raw stone transaction, the people who participated in the raw stone transaction were really like gamblers at this moment. They all widened their eyes and stretched their necks, staring at the big screen without blinking.
More accurately, these people were more like the stock investors who paid attention to the market in the stock exchange before the Internet was popularized.
"I won one! Awesome! "
"Sigh! I wrote twenty thousand less, and someone took it away … "
"I looked at raw stone number 36 for more than an hour! I bid too conservatively! "
The people around him cheered or sighed from time to time. Xia Ruofei looked at Yu Mingdong next to him and found that he was also very nervous. He held the small notebook tightly in his hand and stared at the big screen without blinking.
Soon, the winning bid for the two raw stones with the smallest numbers that Xia Ruofei bid for that day came out.
Without any suspense, Xia Ruofei won the bid.
He had already memorized the raw stone's number and the bidding list's number in his heart. He did not need to look at the small notebook from time to time like Yu Mingdong and the others.
Someone had already walked to the service desk and showed the second page of the bidding list to start the transaction.
In the area where the raw stones were placed, the staff also began to get busy. They shuttled back and forth, picking up a raw stone from time to time and returning it to the service desk.
Some small forklifts also passed through the area where the raw stones were placed. They forked the larger raw stones and drove them to the service desk.
Xia Ruofei was not in a hurry. He decided to wait for all eight of his raw stones to be opened before settling the bill together.
The largest raw stone was numbered 1896. It was also the one with the largest number among the eight raw stones.
It would take a long time for more than one thousand raw stones to be opened.
At this time, Xia Ruofei found that Yu Mingdong, who was next to him, clenched his fist hard and showed a hint of joy on his face.
"President Yu, you won the bid?" Xia Ruofei asked with a smile.
"Yes! Old He was very optimistic about this raw stone. I paid 10% more than the normal estimate. I finally won it successfully! "Yu Mingdong said happily," There were two raw stones in front that were missed … "
"Congratulations!" Xia Ruofei said.
Yu Mingdong laughed and said, "I hope it will be a good result after it is opened …"
Xia Ruofei asked casually, "President Yu, which one is it?"
Yu Mingdong said with a smile, "No. 633! This raw stone is not small! Its appearance is also very good! "
As soon as Xia Ruofei heard this, he remembered that he had some impression of the No. 633 raw stone. It was about the same size as the No. 1896 raw stone that he had chosen in the end.
At that time, the Spiritual Map Scroll also had a reaction to the No. 633 raw stone, but the reaction was much smaller than that of the No. 1896 raw stone. It was even about the same as the washbasin-sized raw stone that he had chosen before.
The price-performance ratio was too low, so Xia Ruofei quickly excluded the No. 633 raw stone.
Thinking of this, Xia Ruofei could not help but look at the big screen. At this time, the information on the screen just happened to roll to the screen of the No. 633 raw stone. He glanced at the winning bid. It was 21.35 million!
Xia Ruofei's face could not help but twitch. It was actually so high!
He was sure that the value of the jade contained in this raw stone was definitely not comparable to the No. 1896 raw stone that he was about to buy with 8.6 million. At best, it was about the same as the other small raw stone that he had bought.
As for the washbasin-sized raw stone, Xia Ruofei had only spent 350,000 yuan, which was just a fraction of the price of the No. 633 raw stone.
Although he did not know the jade market, Xia Ruofei still had basic judgment.
He glanced at the happy Yu Mingdong and said in his heart, "This guy might fail today …"
However, it was not good for him to say this, and he did not know how to help Yu Mingdong recover his loss, so he could only silently wish him good luck.
Soon, Xia Ruofei focused his attention on the big screen again.
After a while, the results of the raw stones that Xia Ruofei had chosen came out one by one.
No. 708, won!
No. 836, won!
No. 992, won!
…
After waiting for more than half an hour, the winning bid for the No. 1896 raw stone finally came out.
Winning bid: 8.6 million Huaxia dollars!
Xia Ruofei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had spent less than 12 million yuan and won all eight raw stones!
For Xia Ruofei, all the results had been revealed.
He took out the second page of a small stack of bidding slips from his pocket and stepped toward the service desk that had begun to bustle with noise and excitement.
Yu Mingdong, who was next to Xia Ruofei, saw this and quickly asked, "Mr. Xia, where are you going?"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "I was lucky and won a few pieces. I'm going to pay for them!"
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