Chapter 216: My career index is skyrocketing

Fan Xi didn't know that his promise to attend the fashion gala had caused a sensation.

In fact, while he was waiting for Liu Yifei, Lu Yuan and Fan Xi connected again. Lu Yuan asked if he should take out some items for auction, and all the proceeds from the auction would be donated to rural students for nutritious lunches.

Fan Xi felt that this was a very meaningful thing. He almost didn't hesitate and said: "Do you think I should take out my Finals MVP trophy, or take out the goal that completed the buzzer-beater in the fifth game of the Finals?"

*Wow! *

Lu Yuan was completely startled.

He didn't expect Fan Xi to be so generous. Whether it was the Finals MVP trophy or the buzzer-beater that locked the Lakers' three-peat, it had extraordinary significance in the basketball world.

When Lu Yuan hesitated and was reluctant, Fan Xi made a decision: "Just donate that basketball. I remember it's already signed by all the players. However, you tell the organizer that after the basketball is auctioned, wait until I am in the United States before sending it over, or let the person who auctioned it come to Los Angeles to find me in person. I can invite him to lunch to thank him for his support for charity."

*Wow! *

Lu Yuan screamed again. He didn't expect Fan Xi to send out the basketball and also agree to have dinner with the other party. Although this is not as valuable as Buffett's lunch, with Fan Xi's influence today, he is definitely willing to spend 100,000 USD or even hundreds of thousands of USD to have dinner with him.

Moreover, for those who love basketball, this basketball is definitely of great significance. The status of this basketball is even more significant than the buzzer-beater Jordan hit to kill the Jazz back then.

"For me, this is a farewell. I don't have to lie on past achievements, and I have nothing to do with the Lakers. It is better to hand this basketball to someone who can feel its energy better."

Fan Xi explained calmly.

Lu Yuan called the organizer. When the organizer learned that Fan Xi was willing to take out the most glorious and peak basketball of his career so far for the children in the mountains as an auction item, they were also stunned. You know, this basketball is not only Fan Xi's masterpiece of his career, but also can be said to be the greatest shot by a Chinese basketball player. For those Lakers fans, this may be the most valuable basketball they can collect.

Fan Xi was actually willing to take it out.

For domestic stars, this is an eye-catching opportunity, because the charity gala invites the most famous stars in the country, and also invites top entrepreneurs and businessmen to come. On the Internet, some netizens even complained that this is a high-end pimping bureau in some form, specially designed to bridge the gap between those top tycoons and entertainment stars.

Therefore, when most female stars participate in this kind of activity, they will dress up carefully, and even borrow clothes from luxury brands a month or two in advance, so that they can be more glamorous.

When Fan Xi appeared on the red carpet, he looked very casual. He was wearing a T-shirt and jeans. Liu Yifei standing next to him didn't wear an evening dress either. Although she had dressed up, she didn't wear heavy makeup, and she only wore an exquisite backless long dress.

Exposing her skin as white as mutton fat, Fan Xi and her walked together, simply a golden boy and girl, making all the cameras on the sidelines shine for them, one after another, setting off the climax of the red carpet that night.

Fan Xi and Liu Yifei came to the interview area in front of the red carpet. The host was stunned. They didn't expect Fan Xi and Liu Yifei to appear together.

In the manuscript of this famous Hunan TV host, Fan Xi was a superstar who might appear, and now Fan Xi not only came, but also came with Liu Yifei.

This gave the surrounding audience infinite reverie, and also allowed this host with first-class reaction ability and high emotional intelligence to ask: "Classmate Liu Yifei, how did you invite our international big star to the scene tonight? I'm very curious."

Liu Yifei smiled. She looked up at Fan Xi, seeking Fan Xi's opinion.

Fan Xi took the conversation and said: "Originally, we planned to find a place to eat. But later I heard that there is a charity gala here and free dinner is provided, so we happily decided to come together."

*Hahahaha. *

Fan Xi's answer was full of wit.

He showed his entertaining side. After all, the difficulty of foreign reporters and foreign hosts is much higher, and the level of posture is higher than I don't know where. Fan Xi responded freely in the friendly domestic environment.

The host then asked Fan Xi some standard questions, such as how Fan Xi viewed this charity action and how to actively participate in it...

Fan Xi's answers were very appropriate and very sincere.

Then, under the leadership of the staff, he walked into the gala scene with Liu Yifei.

Lu Yuan had been waiting inside long ago. He, Chen Ye, and Ma Chen all got invitations, and they made suggestions to the organizer to choose to sit at the same table with Liu Yifei and two other sponsors they were familiar with.

Fan Xi doesn't like to have too much contact with strangers.

However, he hadn't sat down yet, and a female star took the initiative to come over and say hello enthusiastically: "Hey, Jack. I'm your die-hard fan. I'm so happy to see you here. Oh, I'm Bingbing, I admire you so much..."

The female star had a bright smile on her face. Her high appearance and high emotional intelligence made it difficult for Fan Xi to refuse, so Fan Xi smiled and shook hands with her.

Who knew that this female star was not satisfied with shaking hands, she opened her arms and wanted to hug Fan Xi.

Lu Yuan quickly inserted a stick from the middle and said: "Jack, come here, sit."

Lu Yuan is a shrewd agent. He saw a camera aimed at this side not far away. If Fan Xi hugged this female star, it would definitely be on tomorrow's headline.

He didn't want Fan Xi's reputation in the country to become a playboy, and he was passively becoming the male lead of the scandal.

Fan Xi also quickly returned to his seat.

At this time, there were still many people coming to visit.

However, Fan Xi sat in a position against the wall, with Chen Ye and Ma Chen sitting on the left and right. Even if they came, they just shook hands.

These people include female stars, male stars with super high popularity, old drama bones, and some male stars with strong box office appeal.

Fan Xi was very kind to shake hands with them, and even when male friends expressed their desire to take photos, they were all satisfied throughout the process.

To a certain extent, Fan Xi completely overwhelmed the audience at this time. His popularity is not blown out, and his influence is so great that the entertainment industry may only be compared with Jackie Chan and Jay Chou.

Interestingly, Jackie Chan specifically ran over to say to Fan Xi: You are the pride of our Chinese.

And Jay Chou's good friend ran over and said: "Jie Lun knows you are here. He is very regretful now. He wants your autograph very much."

"I also want his autograph very much." There are not many male stars Fan Xi admires, Jie Lun is definitely one of them. His songs accompanied his adolescence. In the nights of fighting alone in a foreign land, he would listen to his songs.

Then, this friend of Jie Lun dialed Jie Lun's phone, and Fan Xi chatted with him for a while. They agreed that if there is a chance to meet, they will give each other autographed albums and autographed basketballs, and Jie Lun also expressed that he wanted to learn from Fan Xi on the court.

Fan Xi laughed and thought it was unnecessary. He had seen the commercial between Kobe and Jie Lun. That basketball level, if he wasn't Jie Lun, he would have been sent to buy water on the baseball court long ago.

The gala started soon.

Unlike other social celebrities, Fan Xi implemented his thinking, he really came to eat.

He and Chen Ye kept their heads down and tasted the food, while others at the same table maintained social smiles and didn't even pick up their chopsticks.

Performances were soon held on the stage, singers sang songs on stage, and other celebrities and artists took out their collections.

The stars and businessmen below began to bid.

Liu Yifei also donated her love, a sword she used when filming *The Return of the Condor Heroes*, and there was also the original author's autograph on it.

It finally sold for 150,000 RMB.

Contributed a force to charity.

Compared with these young stars, old artists have more heritage and are more generous in their shots. Most of what they take out are antiques that have been collected for many years.

The price was raised very high and soon exceeded one million.

"This shows a phenomenon. Although young stars are very popular and red, in terms of economic value, the older generation of artists still have money. Although their remuneration at that time could not be compared with the current popular stars, the resources are different. They can get all kinds of antique good things, and what is the level of housing prices at that time? As long as they have a little economic mind, they are not comparable to these stars now."

Lu Yuan muttered.

During the conversation, Jackie Chan took out a yellow pear collection to donate love.

Fan Xi nodded deeply.

A sponsor boss at the same table was very excited. He raised the card several times and finally auctioned this big brother's collection at a price of 2.58 million, and got the big brother's autograph.

Fan Xi's basketball was announced immediately after Jackie Chan's collection.

When the host introduced: "... The next collection comes from our super basketball superstar Fan Xi. This collection has a very, very, very important role for basketball fans. It is the game ball used by Fan Xi when he hit the buzzer-beater against the Miami Heat in the fifth game of the Finals. It has the autographs of all Lakers players and Fan Xi's autograph. Although this basketball did not come to the scene due to time reasons, Fan Xi said that whoever auctions this basketball can go to Los Angeles to find him. He not only handed over the basketball himself, but also invited the other party to have lunch. Friends, this is the two auction items of Fan Xi's lunch and championship basketball..."

The host's inflammatory words made the scene crazy.

Especially young stars, most young stars have been baptized by basketball culture.

They know the role of this basketball better than the older generation of artists.

For basketball fans, this is the most important basketball in the past ten years.

For Chinese fans, this is the most valuable basketball in history.

"... According to the proposal of Fan Xi's agent, Mr. Lu Yuan, the starting price of this basketball donated by Fan Xi for charity is 200 RMB."

What??

When this bottom price came out, the scene was stunned.

And soon, an idol who returned from South Korea stood up, holding a sign, and he shouted loudly: "I bid 200,000."

He was quite excited.

He showed a determined mood.

However, this price obviously won't be fulfilled.

A certain real estate rich second generation, known as the Beijing big young master by domestic entertainment media, raised the sign in his hand, and he shouted directly: "2 million."

This rich second generation is rich and powerful, and his father's net worth is not much different from the richest man.

He pushed this basketball to an incredible level as soon as he opened his mouth. Many people at the scene were confused: is a basketball so valuable? Now, there is only a picture, and I haven't even seen the real thing.

How much did the yellow pear screen antique sell for? Is a basketball more expensive than it?

And things that people didn't expect.

After the super rich second generation spoke, someone stood up again. She was the female star Bingbing who ran over to say hello to Fan Xi for the first time. She said very domineeringly: "I bid 3 million."

Spending 3 million to buy an opportunity to have dinner with Fan Xi is too cost-effective.

After all, her brokerage company spent so much money, and it was only to let her appear in *Iron Man* for less than 10 seconds.

Fan Xi heard the price soaring and asked Lu Yuan: "What is the market value of this ball?"

Lu Yuan frowned: "It's hard to estimate, but I think 800,000 USD is someone paying for it, and there is a profit prospect."

What?

800,000 USD?

The bosses at the same table, Chen Ye, and Liu Yifei were all stunned.

So, the yogurt boss sitting next to him quickly raised his hand: "5 million."

He doesn't understand basketball, but he understands business.

Those who can become billionaires are not fuel-efficient lamps. They act decisively and vigorously. As long as there is advance market information, they dare to go all-in immediately.

Once this price came out, the scene fell silent.

After all, spending 5 million to buy a basketball is a "fool with a lot of money" thing in the eyes of most Chinese people.

Lu Yuan gave a thumbs up to this boss and said: "If you want to make money, I think after you take it down, you can auction it on foreign websites, or collect it for a few years. It is no problem to earn 400,000 or 500,000 USD."

Lu Yuan is a smart man. He knows too well that the real market value of this basketball should be reflected abroad.

Only those professionals who play basketball and auction abroad can maximize its value. You know, Kobe's star card can be made into hundreds of thousands of USD by them. This basketball with such significant significance can be sold for 1 million USD, which is no problem at all.

Fan Xi was discussing this matter with the boss here, and many people engaged in this industry on the other side of the ocean already knew the news... The Internet is instantaneous.

"Is there anyone higher than 5 million..."

"5 million once!"

"5 million twice!"

The host was about to drop the hammer, when suddenly Jackie Chan's son stood up fiercely. He stared at his mobile phone and shouted in English: "800,000 USD!!"

Then, he translated loudly in Chinese: "5.6 million."

Just after he finished this sentence, in another corner, another ABC male star got up: "6 million."

The two competed across the air, but they were both staring at their mobile phones.

Obviously.

Lu Yuan shrugged, he spread his palms and said: "The people abroad have entered the market. This is what should happen at this charity conference tonight. We must let foreign bosses provide free lunches for our children."

Fan Xi looked up and said with a smile: "Yes."

"For such a basketball, I will try to get a few more in the future. Earn millions from them every year, and provide rich nutritious lunches for children in our remote and backward mountainous areas!"

Fan Xi said firmly.

He is full of confidence in his upcoming Clippers career.

Just like the soaring price.

"My career index is skyrocketing!"

... ===== CHAPTER 217 =====