33 Bidding Strategy (2/2)

”What if there are still people who continue to bid against me?” Feng Lin asked.

”Very easy. Just bid 100 star coins higher than whatever they bid!” The virtual sales assistant's confident smile widened.

”100 star coins?” Feng Lin wanted to make sure that he didn't hear wrongly.

”Yes, 100 star coins, not too little, not too much! There aren't any rules on bidding in the online auction. You can bid an increment of 100 star coins every time if you wish to do so. After doing so for a few times, you would imperceptibly send out a message that you are determined to get the item no matter the cost. This will cause those bidders who want the item, but whose wills are not as strong as you, to back off. If the research notes are written by a true geneticist, the price would be invaluable. But this is merely elementary knowledge written by a genetic researcher. I believed not many people would be willing to spend too much on this. It's highly possible that you would have more money compared to the others who are also keen to bid on this,” the virtual sales assistant spoke.

To think that there was such a technique in bidding.

Feng Lin nodded, silently feeling that this suggestion was excellent.

Very soon, 9 p.m. arrived.

The online auction of the Thousand Gold Building officially began. The customers could remotely bid through the wireless network and if they succeeded, there would be robots delivering the item you bade successfully on to you.

The numerous rare items entered the auction with the most valuable ones being listed behind.

Feng Lin patiently waited and the third item to be sold off in the auction soon appeared. It was none other than the research notes!

At the instant the auction for this item started, he immediately called out a price, ”10,000 star coins!”

The auction entered a momentary lull all of a sudden. Those flashing ids of the customers stopped flashing for a few moments.

This suggestion is truly useful!

There was no response after some time; the customers keen on this item seemed to have been frightened by Feng Lin's bid of 10,000 star coins. Who knows, he might succeed in obtaining the research notes just for this price.

”10,000 star coins, once!”

”10,000 star coins, twice!”

After a long time, the timer started to count down. If no one added any more bids after three calls, it would mean that Feng Lin had succeeded in bidding for this item.

When things seemed to be completely going his way, there were people who finally couldn't endure it and started to bid against him.

”11,000 star coins!”

A customer increased the bid by 1,000 star coins in a single breath.

However, things weren't concluded yet. The other bidders immediately shouted out their own bids, competing against the previous one.

”11,500!”

”12,000!”

”13,000!”

…...

The auction entered the climax as the bids soared up, swiftly breaking into the 20,000 mark.

Feng Lin's heart sank. He didn't expect that there would be so many bidders keen to obtain the same item as him. The competition was much tougher than he had imagined.

However, this item was something he had to obtain at all cost; he couldn't give up.

Even if he had to spend all 40,000 star coins here, he wouldn't feel any pain in his heart.

Feng Lin was someone who had very definite opinions. Once his heart was determined, he wouldn't hesitate too much.

He then called out another price for a new bid.

”20,100 star coins!”