157 The Grand Auction 2 (1/2)
”1,800,000”
”2,000,000” Xia Lian shouted making the whole crowd go crazy. Even Xuan Li Wei could not get what this girl was playing at.
”4,000,000” the man in the other room shouted immediately. This timeXia Lian did not say anything, making it clear that she cannot bid any amount higher.
The auctioneer rang the bell three times, and the Golden Mane Lion was sold at a whopping price of 4,000,000.
In the private room opposite to hers, the shirtless man finally let out a sigh of triumph. He won at last. For him 4,000,000 is small amount anyway. Xia Lian stared at the shirtless man with amusement in her eyes.
” Master, why did you bid for that lion and back out at the last moment?” Fan Ling who was silent for the whole time opened her mouth. Xia Lian almost forgot that the girl is present in the room. This very question was bugging not only Fan Ling but also others in the room. So, they all stared at her curiously.
Xia Lian finally gave in to their pitiable looks ” His initial bid was at 400,000. No one was willing to bid any further. But, I made him toincrease his bid to 4,000,000. It was an increase of 3,600,000 out of which I will get 1,800,000 and the remaining amount goes to this auction house.”
” In a nutshell, if I was able to raise the price of auction when no one is willing to bid the profits will be shared in the ratio of 50-50.”
” When did you discuss all this?” Lu Wen now understood that the girl was truly something. He never heard that one could negotiate in this way, how did she manage to convince the other party?
” It's not difficult to manipulate that old man, Du Weng and when we came to a deal is not important.”
” So, all your next bids are going to be empty bids. You are quite c-clever to think of such a method.” Xuan Li Wei spoke in an incredulous voice.
” When money is a necessity, I will think of any possible method to earn it.” Xia Lian shrugged her shoulders. ” It's that man's fault for falling into my trap.”
” Who is that person?” she pointed to the shirtless man adorned in gold who bid 4,000,000 for a single lion. Earlier on, she greeted him with a smile not knowing who he was. If she was curious earlier, now she was itching to know who this arrogant rich man was.
Xuan Li Wei raised his brows on seeing the man. His wife really had good eyes, she was able to spot handsome men no matter at which corner they are.
” He is one of the princes of Barbarian Lands, Mo Yan.” Xuan Li Wei continued to speak on seeing her large sparkling eyes, she was really curious about new things.
” Barbarian lands have four tribes namely fire, water, wind and earth tribes. Each tribe has a king and these four kings are controlled by a single emperor.”
” Mo Yan is the next in line to the throne of fire tribe and as you can tell from the gold on his body that the fire tribe is richest of all.”
” Oh! Then who is the emperor?” Xia Lian's curiosity made everyone in the room laugh.