Auction

Three days later, Zhao Rui received a call from Lin Baode, saying that the auction would be held at the Sheraton Hotel at 3:00 p.m. the next day, and the invitation letter had been received.

Zhao Rui looked at the curriculum and found that there was no class in the afternoon, so he agreed to meet him in the lobby of Sheraton Hotel at 2:30.

Sheraton Hotel is the earliest five-star hotel in Dong'an. It is located next to the west wall and only a few minutes away from the city center. The hotel has complete facilities and beautiful environment. Although the hardware facilities are slightly behind the newly rising five-star hotels due to the time, the service is first-class. Among the hotels in Dong'an, it is still the most popular one and the first choice for holding various meetings.

Zhao Rui arrived at Sheraton Hotel at 2:20, a little earlier than the agreed time.

Entering the lobby, Zhao Rui takes out his mobile phone and is about to call Lin Baode to ask where he is. Suddenly, he sees Lin Baode sitting on the sofa in the northwest corner of the lobby and waves to himself.

Zhao Rui then put his mobile phone in his pocket again and walked towards Lin Baode.

"Professor Lin, I've kept you waiting." Zhao Rui walked over and shook hands with him.

"No, I've just arrived." Lin Baode smiled and took out two invitations from a small bag and handed one to Zhao Rui. "Take it well, if you lose it, you can't go to the auction."

Zhao Rui took the invitation letter and found that it was an ordinary red card. There was not much special. However, a special seal was printed on the lower right corner of the card. It was like a strange array, with faint real Qi flowing on the surface. Perhaps this is the key to the invitation letter. Ordinary people can't forge it.

"I thought the private auction you mentioned was held in an abandoned black house in the wilderness on a stormy night. I didn't expect it to be held in such a five-star hotel." Zhao Rui made a joke.

Lin Baode thought this was funny and couldn't help laughing: "your imagination is too rich. The so-called private auction means that this kind of auction is not open to the outside world. It is only conducted in a specific small circle. It is not an illegal activity. What do you do that way?"

They took the elevator to the seventh floor of the hotel, and then walked to a small hall in the northwest corner. The hall door was closed. Outside the hall stood two big men with a strange instrument carved with runes. Everyone had to check the invitation letter before entering.

Zhao Rui and Lin Baode handed over the invitation letter. A big man scanned it with a strange instrument and made a "Di" sound.

"Please come in."

The two men returned the invitation letter to the two, bowed slightly to salute, then pushed the door open and let Zhao Rui and Lin Baode in.

More than 100 people have arrived at the auction site. Some are sitting on chairs and looking at the information of the auction products issued by the organizer. Some people who know each other are standing by and chatting. There are no hotel attendants in the whole hall, and they are probably driven out.

Zhao Rui and Lin Baode were about to find a place to sit down when a handsome young man in his early twenties came over.

"Old Lin, long time no see." The young man greeted Lin Baode with a polite smile.

Lin Baode glanced at him, nodded slightly and said, "yes, I haven't seen you for a while, Yunfeng."

Then he turned to Zhao Rui and said, "this is Yun Feng of the Yun family in Dong'an. He is the right-hand man of the old housekeeper Yun. He is a big man with real power!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Feng quickly said, "Professor Lin, don't say that. I'm really sorry. You are a famous doctor and a good friend of Mr. Yun Xiong. I'm just an ordinary employee of the Yun family. Where is the real power?"

After that, he glanced at Zhao Rui and asked: "this is..."

"Hehe, my friend, a friend who has forgotten his years." Lin Baode replied.

Yun Feng looked up and down at Zhao Rui with some surprise. But he knew that Lin Baode was very good at medicine and had a strange temper. Most people did not look at him at all. He had very few friends and could even count them with his fingers. Even the leader of the cloud family, Yun Xiong and the old housekeeper, respected Lin Baode very much.

However, the young man in his early twenties was called by Lin Baode as a friend who forgot his years, which really made him feel incredible.

I don't know what this young man deserves Professor Lin's attention?

Yunfeng thought like this, considering whether to inquire about Zhao Rui, but on second thought, he decided to forget. His task today is to take some rare and precious medicinal materials at the auction and go back to pay for them. There is no need to create new problems.

Last time, old housekeeper Yun told him to secretly investigate the mysterious demons invading Dong'an. He spent a lot of effort and deployed a large number of people, but no trace was found. As a result, the old housekeeper was very dissatisfied.

In order to eliminate the negative impression left by the old housekeeper's bad work last time, he is very careful now, and strives to do things beautifully and perfectly. As for other things, he doesn't care much.

Of course, Yunfeng never thought that the mysterious demon he could not find was Zhao Rui standing in front of him! What's more, the demon that makes them extremely afraid of the cloud family even lives in the same school with Yun Fei and is still an enemy!

"The auction is about to begin. Please take your seats." At this time, the auctioneer went to the auction table and said a word.

Lin Baode then ended his conversation with Yunfeng and took two seats with Zhao Rui.

When all the people were seated, the auctioneer said on the stage: "now the first piece of the auction is Changbai ginseng king! The ginseng is 500 years old, and the starting price is 5 million. Each bid is 500000!"

"Wow, the five hundred year old Changbai ginseng king!"

"I didn't expect to auction the ginseng king at the beginning!"

"Changbai ginseng has been out of stock for a long time. I didn't expect to see it this time!"

There was a commotion among the bidders below, and excited eyes appeared in their eyes. They were ready to bid it!

"Five and a half million!"

"Six million!"

"Eight million!"

"..."

"..."

The bidding price is like a rocket, soaring, but there are still people bidding.

"35 million!"

This is the seventh time Yunfeng raised his bid.

"35 million, once!"

"Have you followed me?"

"35 million, twice!"

"Thirty five million, three times!"

"OK! Deal!"

The auctioneer made the final decision.

"35 million? It's just a 500 year old ginseng. It's worth 35 million!"

Zhao Rui shook his head in disbelief. He felt that this 500 year old ginseng could not be put on the table. It was unexpected that someone would spend so much money to buy it.

Lin Baode smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "in your eyes, these auctions are of course nothing, but in other people's eyes, these are rare medicinal materials that are hard to find. Even if you want to grab them, it is not easy to get them!"

Speaking of this, he turned to look at Zhao Rui, and began to quietly ponder Zhao Rui's background.

Up to now, he still can't believe that an ordinary college student can have such treasures as the emperor and immortal ginseng.

He always felt that Zhao Rui had some hidden secrets.