Chapter 1210: It

Ye Chen nodded lightly.

He was also determined to get his parents' former residence.

After all, this former residence carried the last time he spent with his parents, which was of extraordinary significance.

As several judicial auction cars were gradually taken away, the auction entered the property auction link.

There were 13 properties participating in this judicial auction, but among these 13 properties, the one with the lowest starting price was the one where Ye Chen's parents once lived.

The main reason was that this old house had been classified as a protected building by Jin Ling, not only prohibiting demolition but also prohibiting rebuilding.

More importantly, whoever bought this old house had a certain obligation to protect it.

The house was already very old, and it could not be demolished to obtain greater economic value, and even if one wanted to rebuild it, it was not allowed, so basically no one was interested in such a house.

No matter who bought this house, there was no chance to cash it out again.

However, Ye Chen and Du Haiqing were both waiting for this house to start bidding.

Because this house had the lowest starting price, as soon as it entered the property auction link, the auctioneer directly projected the photo of this property on the big screen and introduced, "The first property we are going to auction today is a protected old mansion located at the old street entrance. Everyone can see the specific information about this old mansion in the auction manual, so we won't introduce it too much here. Let's start the auction directly. The starting price is 880,000 yuan. Now the bidding begins!"

As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, Du Haiqing directly raised her card and said, "One million."

"Good!" The auctioneer immediately said, "Bidder No. 34 offers one million. Is there any higher than one million?"

A middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance sitting in the corner immediately raised his card and said, "1.5 million!"

This middle-aged man was Chen Zekai's driver.

"1.5 million?!" The auctioneer was instantly dumbfounded. The starting price was 880,000, and it reached 1.5 million after only two rounds, almost doubling!

You know, this property has almost no room for appreciation!

Spending 1.5 million to buy such a house, the only possibility is to smash it in your own hands.

Because he was surprised, he hadn't recovered, and Du Haiqing raised her card again and said seriously, "I offer two million."

The auctioneer was even more surprised.

He immediately looked at Du Haiqing and reminded, "Bidder No. 34, I need to remind you that this property prohibits demolition and development, prohibits rebuilding, must maintain its original appearance according to the city's requirements, and also bears certain maintenance obligations. Are you sure you know all these special features?"

Du Haiqing nodded, "I am sure I know."

The auctioneer was confused, but still nodded and said, "Bidder No. 34 offers 2 million. Is there any higher than 2 million?"

The middle-aged man in the corner immediately said, "I offer 3 million!"

"3 million..." The auctioneer wiped his sweat and continued to ask, "Now Bidder No. 22 offers 3 million. Is there any higher than him?"

"4 million!" Du Haiqing raised her hand almost without thinking.

The auctioneer heard this and hurriedly said, "No. 34 offers four..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Zekai's driver said loudly, "I offer 5 million!"

This time, Du Haiqing didn't even give the auctioneer any time to think, and said directly, "I offer 8 million."

8 million?!

The auction venue was instantly in an uproar!

In the eyes of other people participating in the bidding, this old house was worthless.

An old and broken old house not only had no commercial value but was also very uncomfortable to live in.

Such an old house was either leaking wind or rain, it must be very cold in winter and very hot in summer. Living in such a house was not as good as renting a low-rent house provided by the city.

So everyone felt that judging from the starting price of 880,000, this house would likely fail to sell.

However, who could have thought that such a house with almost no value would be pushed up to a price of 8 million in a short time.

Although Chen Zekai's driver didn't have much money himself, Chen Zekai had already told him to take this house at all costs. Let alone 8 million, even 80 million was worth it.

So, he didn't show any weakness and immediately raised his hand and said, "I offer 8.8 million!"

8.8 million, compared to the starting price of 880,000, was a full 10 times increase.

However, the competition between the two had just begun.

Du Haiqing didn't seem to want to continue raising the price little by little. She directly raised her hand and said, "10 million."

The entire auction venue was in an uproar again.

In the box, Chen Zekai said in Ye Chen's ear, "Young Master, it seems that this Second Miss of the Du family is also determined to get it."

Ye Chen nodded and sighed helplessly, "I don't quite understand this aunt's idea. She and my father didn't have any substantial emotional foundation, so why bother to hold on to this old house?"

Chen Zekai sighed, "To be honest, although I am not a few years older than you, I have heard of this Du Haiqing's feelings for your father. It is indeed worthy of being called deep affection..."

Ye Chen said "Hmm". Outside at the auction, Chen Zekai's driver had already called the price to 12 million.

At this time, Du Haiqing followed closely and raised the price to 15 million.

Ye Chen couldn't help but frown and said to Chen Zekai beside him, "Send a WeChat to your driver and let him call 30 million directly!"

"Okay!" Chen Zekai nodded and immediately took out his phone to send a WeChat.

Immediately after, the middle-aged man at the auction venue raised his hand again and, on the basis of Du Haiqing's 15 million, directly doubled it to 30 million.

The scene was already full of hissing gasps.

A house that wasn't even worth one million was raised to a high price of 30 million. This was simply unheard of in the history of judicial auctions.

Du Haiqing was also very shocked at this time.

She looked back at the man in the corner who had been bidding against her, and was very surprised in her heart.

"I really don't understand why this stranger would have such a strong desire to buy this house I'm paying attention to."

"Actually, before I came today, I had imagined that I would encounter competitors at the auction."

"However, the competitor I imagined should be the young man I met at Changying's former residence that day."

"Because that young man looked almost exactly like Changying. If I'm not mistaken, he should be Changying's son."

"For the past few days, I have been trying to find his whereabouts, but I haven't found any clues."

"And now, that young man didn't appear at the auction either. But, apart from him, who else would be so persistent about this old house? Who is this middle-aged man who offered 30 million? Or rather, who sent him?"

Just when Du Haiqing's thoughts were flying, the auctioneer said, "30 million once, 30 million twice, is there any higher than 30 million? If not, then 30 million third..."

Before he finished speaking, Du Haiqing came back to her senses and hurriedly said, "50 million! I offer 50 million!"

"This..." The auctioneer himself couldn't believe it and shouted tremblingly, "50 million once..."

Chen Zekai's driver was even a bit nervous.

Although it wasn't his money, he also felt that the money was spent too unjustly.

So, he hurriedly sent a WeChat to Chen Zekai, "Boss, should I bid again?"

Chen Zekai replied immediately, "Add another 5 million!"

So, the driver raised his hand again and said, "I offer 55 million!"

Ye Chen looked at Du Haiqing beside Su Zhiyu through the one-way glass, sighed, and said to Chen Zekai, "Old Chen, if this Second Miss of the Du family adds the price again, let your driver give up the bid."

Chen Zekai asked dumbfoundedly, "Young Master, are you going to give up?!"

After speaking, he hurriedly added, "Young Master! Let alone 55 million, even 550 million is just a drop in the bucket for us!"

Ye Chen shook his head lightly and sighed, "Hey, forget it, it's not a question of money. Fulfill this aunt!" ===== CHAPTER 1211 =====