Under Ye Qing's personal chairmanship, the financial summit officially began.
However, Qin Haodong did not care about the content of the financial summit or what to do. These were all things that Lin Momo needed to pay attention to. He picked up the red wine from time to time to taste it and occasionally chatted with Zhou Xinzhu.
More than an hour later, Ye Qing said on the stage, "Let's move on to the last item of today's reception, the charity auction."
Qin Haodong was very familiar with auctions, but he was a little surprised. He said to Zhou Xinzhu, "Why? There's an auction at today's reception?"
"Yes, didn't you know beforehand?" Zhou Xinzhu said, "The charity auction is on the agenda of today's reception. All the participating members know about it and have already prepared the auction items. All the money from the auction will be donated to the out-of-school children in poor areas of China."
Qin Haodong said, "President Ye didn't tell us about this."
He felt that Ye Qing must have forgotten about it last night.
Lin Momo said anxiously, "What should we do? If we can't take out the auction items when it's our turn, it will be very embarrassing. "
Qin Haodong said, "Don't worry. Let's wait and see."
He was not particularly worried about the auction items. If there was no other way, he could take out an elixir from the Storage Ring to auction. He believed that as long as he took out the elixir, Maldini Jr. would buy it without hesitation.
The auction officially began. Everyone tasted the red wine in their hands while looking at the front of the auction.
Although this was only a charity auction for the upper class, the Haodong Group was also very formal. The person in charge of the stage was the chief auctioneer of a famous formal auction house.
During the auction, there was a very beautiful emcee next to him. The two of them cooperated to organize the auction.
"Let's start the auction. The first item of today's auction was provided by Mr. Sun Qian. It's a pipe that Mr. Sun's grandfather once used."
After the emcee's announcement, an etiquette lady immediately sent a tray to the auctioneer. The auctioneer picked up the pipe and said, "This is not an ordinary pipe. It's made of sepiolite produced in the Italian Wang Li River Basin. Now this craft has basically been lost.
"More importantly, it was once used by Mr. Sun. Its commemorative significance is greater than the value of the pipe itself …"
After some introductions, the auction officially began. It was not much different from a traditional charity auction, and the starting price was one yuan.
Charity auctions held by the rich generally had two meanings. First, the rich who took out the auction items to show that they were generous to charity. These items all had a certain value.
Secondly, it depended on the support and respect between the rich and the wealthy. The higher the auction price, the more glory they would have. On the contrary, if they took out an auction item and no one bid for it, even if they spent money to bid for it, they would still lose face.
The Sun family was one of the top families in Shanghai. They had made a lot of friends over the years, so someone immediately called out a price for Sun Qian's pipe.
"One hundred thousand …"
"120,000 …"
"150,000 …"
After several bids, the pipe was finally sold for 200,000 yuan.
In fact, this price had already exceeded the value of the pipe. This made Sun Qian's face light up. He stood up and cupped his fists to express his gratitude to the people around him.
"200,000 yuan. Congratulations, Mr. Sun. You have given your love to the children in the poor area."
After a few courteous words, the host continued the auction.
After that, more than a dozen items were auctioned in succession. There were all kinds of things, and the highest price reached 3 million.
In order to show the public welfare of this auction, there was no fixed order for each item to be auctioned. It was randomly selected by the emcee according to the number on the invitation letter. The members who were selected would take out the items they had prepared in advance for the auction.
The next person to be selected happened to be Zheng Hongliang. He gave a jade bracelet that he had prepared earlier to the host.
When the auctioneer got the jade bracelet, her expression changed slightly and she said, "Mr. Zheng, if I'm not wrong, this is a jade bracelet made of mutton fat jade, right?"
Zheng Hongliang said with a smug expression on his face, "Yes, this is a mutton fat jade bracelet I bought a few years ago when I went to Dongjiang Province. I also asked someone to identify it. It is indeed a high-quality mutton fat jade."
The auctioneer said, "Mr. Zheng is really a philanthropist. For the sake of the children in the poor area, you are willing to give up your treasure. I thank you on behalf of the children. Let's start the bidding."
All the people present were billionaires. Many of them could see the value of this jade bracelet. The market price should be more than one million yuan.
Therefore, when the auction began, the first bidder shouted the price of one million yuan. Then, one after another, bids came one after another.
"1.1 million …"
"1.5 million …"
"2 million …"
It could be seen that Zheng Hongliang still had a great influence in the circle. In the end, the jade bracelet was sold for 5 million yuan, becoming the most expensive item in this charity auction so far.
"Thank you, my friends!"
Zheng Hongliang stood up and cupped his hands. His face was full of pride. On the one hand, it showed that he was generous. On the other hand, it also proved that he had a position in this circle. He had friends and people were willing to support him.
The auction continued. Perhaps God deliberately wanted to make a little joke. The next guest turned out to be Qin Haodong.
Zheng Hongliang looked in his direction, secretly delighted. "Brat, it's your bad luck to be ranked behind me. Let's see what you can take out. If it's too weak, you'll definitely lose face under this young master's brilliance."
Although the purpose of the auction was to give love to charity, if the price difference between the two auctioned items was too big, it would still be a little embarrassing or even humiliating.
Hearing the host read out the number of Qin Haodong's invitation letter, Lin Momo was nervous and whispered, "Haodong, what should we do?"
If they had prepared in advance, they could have taken out a piece of jewelry from Lin's Jewelry Store. However, they had not received any news before, so they had not prepared anything.
"Don't worry, I have a way."
Qin Haodong patted Lin Momo's hand to comfort her. At this time, the hostess came to him with a tray, waiting to show the auction item.
He was also going to take out a Physique-Improving Pill for auction. But at this moment, Ye Qing came over and said to everyone present, "Everyone, the purpose of our auction today is for charity. I don't think the auction item itself is of great significance. The key is to see how much love you can bring out.
If the auction item itself is very valuable, it will lose the original intention of a charity auction. "
After she finished speaking, the complacent look on Zheng Hongliang's face suddenly disappeared. Among the auctions just now, the most expensive item was his mutton-fat jade bracelet. Her words were tantamount to a direct denial of his practice.
Ye Qing did not look at him and continued, "So, I want to make a little special on Mr. Qin's auction item. He doesn't need to take out any auction item. He only needs to show the simplest thing, so that it can better reflect everyone's love for charity."
Everyone at the banquet was immediately curious. They all wanted to know what the simple thing Ye Qing said was, including Qin Haodong. He did not know what Ye Qing was going to do.
Under everyone's curious gaze, Ye Qing stretched out her slender fingers, pulled out a hair from Qin Haodong's head, and put it back on the tray next to her.
"Well, I announce that the next auction item is Mr. Qin's hair."
After Ye Qing finished speaking, she directly asked the hostess to send the tray to the auctioneer.
"Uh …"
Qin Haodong almost choked on his own saliva. Auctioning hair, what did this female president want to do?
The guests at the scene were restless, and they did not understand why Ye Qing asked Qin Haodong to sell a hair.
How much could a hair be sold for? If it was sold too little, would it be very shameful? If no one bid, would it be more shameful?
A cold smile appeared at the corner of Zheng Hongliang's mouth. His last item was sold for 5 million yuan. How much could a hair of Qin Haodong be sold for? 30 or 50? Who would want a hair for? This was simply asking to be humiliated.
The auctioneer's mood was the most complicated. Looking at the shiny black hair on the tray, he felt like he was about to collapse.
He had been in this business for almost half of his life. He was the white gloves of the auction house and the top auctioneer. Countless things had been auctioned by him, but he had never sold a hair.
How could he introduce it? Could it be that the owner of this hair was healthy and did not lack phosphorus or calcium?
He simply did not introduce it. He shouted the starting price of one yuan and directly started the auction.
"Dear friends, dear guests, it's time to test your love. Please bid for this special auction item …"
After the auctioneer shouted, there was silence in the hall, and many people did not come back to their senses.
At this time, they heard a playful voice say, "I bid two yuan."
Everyone immediately looked in the direction of the voice. It was Sun Qian who shouted the price.
He hated Qin Haodong to the core, but he did not dare to take the initiative to provoke Qin Haodong because of Sun Shengtian's family rules. However, people could bid freely in the auction. He shouted two yuan to humiliate Qin Haodong, and no one could find fault with it.
Zheng Hongliang reacted immediately and shouted, "I'll pay three."
He also felt a burst of joy in his heart. "Aren't you awesome? Don't you have Ye Qing's protection? But no one can stop me from bidding, right? "
But just as he shouted, someone else shouted, "I'll pay 100,000 yuan."
As soon as the voice fell, there was an uproar in the hall. Who offered 100,000 yuan for a strand of hair?
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Kim Jihyun from the Kim family of Koryo who raised the number plate in her hand.
Qin Haodong smiled. This little girl was really supportive of him today.
Just when everyone had not come back to their senses, another clear voice shouted, "I bid one million yuan!"
This time, it was Yagyuu Yukime who raised the number plate. Qin Haodong was both her master and her man. Of course, she would not see her master lose face, so she directly increased the price by ten times.
"Oh my god, one million yuan for a strand of hair …"
"The Yagyuu family is really rich …"
"One million yuan for a strand of hair. What's on this young man's head? It's not hair, it's a gold bar … "
The auctioneer also felt like vomiting blood. One million yuan for a strand of hair was really rare, but because of his duty, he still had to continue.
"This Miss Yagyuu bids one million yuan. Who else is willing to show their love? One million yuan once, one million yuan twice …"
When he was about to pick up the auction hammer and end this absurd auction, someone shouted, "I bid 10 million yuan!"
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