Chapter 253 - Young Lord Zheng the Gentleman (1/2)

Chapter 253: Young Lord Zheng the Gentleman

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

When Chen Fan called out his bid, even the auctioneer hosting the event was shocked.

The elites of Hong Kong attended and hosted such auctions pretty often so the auctioneer was quite versed in the price of different kinds of Dharma Artifacts. This Jade Gourd was effective in balancing the energy inside of the user’s body and lightening the user’s mood by adjusting the electromagnetic waves around the user. This kind of Dharma Artifact would be worth around ten to twenty million. Even twenty-five million was a bit of an overshot for this item, much less thirty million. The bidder had to be a super-rich guy who didn’t care about squandering money to be able to put down such an outrageous offer.

Zheng Anpin hesitated. However rich the Zheng family was, he was only one of the Zheng family’s branch that was not in power. Most of the family wealth was in control of Zheng Anqi’s father, Zheng Haochang, his ninth uncle. Zheng Anpin’s parents only run a jewelry store for the family can and Zheng Anpin’s total wealth was only a mansion and a few luxury cars. He had to nag his parents to lend him some money before he came to the auction. If not because he was going to use the money on his grandpa’s birthday present, his father would never give him that much money.

However, if his father knew that he had squandered thirty million on a Dharma Artifact, he would not let him get away with it.

Seeing Zheng Anpin didn’t counter the new bid and neither did any other compet.i.tors, everyone looked to Chen Fan.

“Sir, can you please show us your bank account?”

It was evident that the auction house was suspicious of Chen Fan. After all, he looked like a teenage boy. However powerful his family was, no teenage boy would throw away thirty million without sweating about it. In 2008, thirty million was able to buy ten houses in Hong Kong.

Chen Fan didn’t say a word and produced his bank card.

The card looked very ordinary. It wasn’t as flashy as the premium bank accounts. The auctioneer took the card and ran the account number through their system.

It wasn’t long before the manager of the auction company come over to Chen Fan and handed the card back respectfully.

He was shocked by the string of zeros in his account and reckoned that the bank account held over a hundred billion.

“Thirty million once!”

“Thirty million twice!”

“Thirty million trice! Deal! This Dharma Artifact is bought by Mr. Chen from the mainland.”

When the gavel landed on the wooden plate the entire room boiled over.

They watched as an ordinary-looking young man from mainland defeated the Young Lord Zheng in a bidding war. A lot of people were also shocked by the outrageous price this item had fetched. This was a small auction house, so thirty million was not a small number. People would be less amazed by the price tag if it was an auction held by Sotheby’s or Christie’s.

“My love, our Hong Kong tour was such an eye-opener.”

“Just so! There are so many bada.s.s rich people in mainland nowadays, even a young kid could outbid Young Lord Zheng. I wonder which family clan is he from? Could he be the heir of one of the super-rich families in the mainland?”

The other attendees chatted with each other about the development.

Qian Lulu and her friends could only stare. They would feel guilty for buying a thousand yuan handbag. Chen Fan never wore expensive clothing but he didn’t even blink when he paid thirty million yuan for a trinket. Qian Lulu had finally seen the rich heir in Chen Fan this time.

Even Qiu Yilun couldn’t hide his admiration for Chen Fan despite his efforts to hide it. Although his family owned a hundred million in a.s.sets, that money all belonged to his father. The highest amount of pocket money he could get was about a hundred thousand, a far cry from Chen Fan.

Qi w.a.n.gsun was the only one who still kept calm.

A light flickered in Zhou Qinya’s eyes as if the development had confirmed one of her suspicions.

By then, the auction house had already placed the Dharma Artifact carefully in a suitcase and handed it over to Chen Fan. Everyone looked to the silver suitcase and hoping to see the treasure that was worth thirty million up close.

Chen Fan didn’t want to waste a minute, so he picked up the suitcase and was about to leave the room. Suddenly, a group of men came over to him and blocked his path. The leader of the group was a young man in fas.h.i.+onable clothing.

“What a deal, young man! Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Zheng Anpin.”

The secretary beside him put in. “Boss Zheng is the CEO of the Meng Dafu Jewelry Company. He is the grandson of Lord Zheng, Zheng Zhongming.”

Zheng Anpin put on a smug smile as his secretary filled in the important details.

Although he has lost the bidding, he was still the Young Lord Zheng of the prestigious Zheng family, one of the top ten families in Hong Kong. Even the richest man in a mainland province would have to show some respect before him.

“Oh?” Chen Fan offered a distracted reply and asked: “Is there anything you need?”

“Boss Zheng wishes to talk to you in private about the Dharma Artifact you have just bought.” Zheng Anpin’s secretary replied for Zheng Anpin.

“I don’t have the time.”

So saying, Chen Fan turned around and started off.