Chapter 34 - The Bidding War

Chapter 34 The Bidding War

The auction was divided into two parts. The lower part was the hall, the upper part was the private room, and the upper part was the U-shaped platform for the auction.

Every room had a screen that covered the entire wall.

The screen could be switched, allowing one to clearly see the details of the situation on the high platform. One could also switch the screen, or rather, the angle of the shooting, to see the situation in the entire hall below.

Moreover, the guests in the private rooms could also zoom the images of items and carefully observe them from all angles.

The people in the private rooms were all rich and influential, and they came from distinguished families.

The Song family had spent a lot of money on the invitation and used many connections to get this room in a good position.

In addition to the five bodyguards, there were only Song Zhao and Bai Han in the private room.

“Welcome to the auction in the North City. Next…”

A beautiful woman in a cheongsam dress walked up to the stage with a microphone in her hand. Her gentle and sweet voice came to everyone in the auction house.

Bai Han was currently looking at the auction brochure that had been brought over by the waiters. There was a detailed description of the auction item and the starting price.

The Blue Star Gem mentioned by Song Zhao was the finale of today’s auction.

This auction would be held for three days in a row. There would be a total of three auctions, and each of them would have a final item.

Today was the first auction, and the final item was the Blue Star Gem necklace.

In the second auction the next day, the final item would be a piece of old pit glass-type Fortune Jade Pendant.

When Bai Han saw the last item on the last day, he seemed stunned.

The last item was an antique.

A jade bottle from the Qin Dynasty.

The starting price was already 100 million.

Bai Han closed the auction brochure.

The Blue Star Gems weren’t the only emeralds and gemstones that were auctioned in the three auctions, but Bai Han was sure that he had never seen any of the others in the magic land after checking them.

Of course, there was a possibility that some of the jades were rare crystals from the magic land, but there was no way to be sure.

After all, Bai Han had only stayed in Glacier Academy on the magic land.

Glacier Academy was just an ordinary but not a top-notch magic academy there. Otherwise, it would not have been destroyed by the aftermath of a battle between grand mages.

After the host finished the opening speech, the auction officially began.

The first item was a huge pearl, but Bai Han was not very interested in it.

Song Zhao had wanted to talk about the auction items with Bai Han to be closer to him, but he gave up after seeing Bai Han’s expression. The auction continued, and time continued to pass by. Song Zhao and Bai Han didn’t even have time to have small talk.

After waiting for a while, Song Zhao decided to strike up a conversation about his daughters.

“Chuxi was telling me that she wants to visit you to say thank you.”

Song Zhao was emotional and happy. “She’s loved playing the piano since she was little. Ever since she couldn’t see anymore, she’s been focusing all her attention on the piano. I’ve been busy with work, and her mother has passed away, so I didn’t have much energy to care about her feelings. If there was no piano, I don’t know how Chuxi would be now,” Song Zhao, who had only wanted to start a conversation, just blurted out the words in his heart.

“Although ears are the most important for a pianist, losing her sight inevitably affects her progress.”

Song Zhao had always felt guilty.

The fire that caused Song Chuxi to lose her sight had been an accident when she was young.

He hadn’t been home at the time. After cleaning and cooking, the nanny left.

She thought that he would return home later that night and that it would be fine to leave Song Chuxi alone at home for a few hours. However, there was a power outage that night. She was afraid and couldn’t find a flashlight, so she found the spare candles in the house and lit them.

She didn’t notice that the candle was placed on the table next to the bed, and the fire went down to the curtains and lit it.

Song Chuxi was already lucky to only lose her sight.

Bai Han’s expression changed. “Being a pianist is quite good.”

It reminded him of a group of special people in the magic land.

There were some mages who preferred a special cultivating method, not anything demonic.

Instead, their magic staffs were unique.

A group of them was known as musical mages, which meant their magic staffs were all kinds of musical instruments that combined music and magic.

“Miss Song’s eyes are healed now, so I guess she has made some progress in the piano.”

“Yup,” Song Zhao had a proud face when he talked about his daughter’s achievements. “She just won an award a while ago.”

Song Zhao had already forgotten about his intention of using Song Chuxi to start the conversation and get closer to Bai Han. Instead, he started to non-stop talk about his daughter.

Bai Han was speechless as he looked at the proud and excited Song Zhao, but he didn’t interrupt him in the end.

After all, Shishi and Song Chuxi were best friends, and Song Zhao was Song Chuxi’s father. Moreover, he even led him to the water elemental gem.

He forced himself to listen to Song Zhao’s long speech.

After more than an hour, it was finally the day’s final auction item.

Blue Star Gem necklace!

When the Blue Star Gem necklace rose from the display cabinet on the high platform, everyone in the lobby took a deep breath.

This Blue Star Gem necklace had top-notch purity, design, and craftsmanship. “The next one is the Blue Star Gem necklace, starting price thirty million! Each bid must be no less than one million!”

“Fifty million!”

“Sixty million!”

“Six thousand five hundred and five!”

Bidding was being held in the private room, and attendants could directly enter the price on the private room’s bidding device.

Bai Han took the bidding device and directly entered the price.

The price entered on the bidding device would be directly displayed on the monitor at the door of the room.

There was a waiter at the door of each room, responsible for raising the corresponding price on the monitor.

“Room 9, a hundred million!” The host sounded very excited.

It was normal for the Blue Star Gem necklace to be sold for a hundred million, but this was just the beginning!

The price had jumped from sixty-five million to a hundred million!

Everyone in the hall looked at room 9.

The bidding that had been going on and on instantly slowed down.

“A hundred and five million! Room 3!”

“Room 9, a hundred and thirty million!

“Room 7, a hundred and fifty million!

After the price of the Blue Star Gem was raised to a hundred and fifty million, no one else bid in the lobby. “Room 7, a hundred and seventy million, once!”

“Two hundred million from Room 9!” The host was so excited that her face turned red. “Two hundred million going once! Two hundred million twice!”

“Room 7, Two hundred and ten million! People in the room freaked out, and even those in the private rooms were surprised. Two hundred million for his Blue Star Gem necklace was already a sky-high price, and it was not even worth it.

However, what shocked the crowd even more, was the bid from Room 9. “Room nine, three hundred million!” The emcee’s breathing became rapid. This was the first time she had auctioned off a collection at such a high price.

“Room 9, three hundred million, going once! Room 9, three hundred million, going twice!”