Chapter 84: This Jerk is Here Too

Soon, the car drove to the convention center.

The convention center was a circular domed building, with a circle of shops selling flowers, birds, and curios on the outside, and the auction hall in the middle.

This convention center, newly built last year, was built with great momentum and an antique style.

Ye Chen followed Song Wanting, took the panoramic glass elevator, and ascended to the top floor, the sixth floor.

As soon as the elevator door opened, an exhibition hall full of artistic atmosphere appeared before their eyes. Antique calligraphy and paintings hung on the surrounding walls; this was the auction hall.

The auction stage in front was covered with a red carpet, and below the stage were rows of sofas and booths, with tables full of foreign liquor, drinks, and fresh fruits for the VIPs to enjoy.

Compared to the last auction, it was clear that the Treasure Pavilion had put in a lot of effort this time. Just renting and setting up the venue probably cost nearly a million.

Song Wanting's private room was in the middle of the front row. The group was just about to walk forward when they suddenly heard a commotion behind them.

Ye Chen only had time to turn his head before he was squeezed by a few people from behind and forced to the side.

He frowned slightly, watching a group of people walk in from the passage, led by several bodyguards.

"Did Master Yu come too?" Song Wanting exclaimed softly, looking up at the crowd.

The people who squeezed in were all VIPs attending the auction, but at this moment, they were all surrounding a middle-aged man wearing a blue cloth long gown with a cold and arrogant expression, their expressions extremely respectful.

Ye Chen took a look and said, "So this is that Master Yu. This posturing is quite sufficient..."

Master Yu was surrounded by the crowd as he walked forward. He casually took out a pale yellow triangular talisman and handed it to a boss who was fawning over him the most, saying indifferently, "You and I have a connection today. I'll give you this peace talisman for free. It can ensure your safe entry and exit and a prosperous household."

"Thank you, Master Yu."

That boss was full of surprise and took the peace talisman as if it were a treasure, tucking it into his bosom. He said to the people around him, "Master Yu's peace talisman is very effective. I ask for one every year. Thanks to Master Yu these past few years, my business has been able to grow bigger and bigger."

The crowd around them was envious. Some people shamelessly asked Master Yu for one, but Master Yu ignored them.

Master Yu's assistant sneered and said to the crowd in Hong Kong-style Mandarin, "Do you think Master Yu's peace talisman is something you can have just because you want it? Others come to our Xuanji Hall to ask for a peace talisman, and it costs at least two hundred thousand each!"

The crowd came to their senses, and someone immediately shouted.

"It's rare for Master Yu to come to Jin Ling City. I'm willing to pay two hundred thousand for a peace talisman. Please grant me a talisman, Master."

"I want to buy one too! Please grant me a talisman, Master."

"Master Yu's peace talisman is worth a thousand gold. What's two hundred thousand? I'll buy five!"

The scene was lively, and many bosses transferred money on the spot to place deposits to buy Master Yu's peace talisman.

"Line up, one by one."

The assistant registered them one by one impatiently, and the scene was explosive.

Ye Chen couldn't help but say, "What kind of peace talisman is so expensive? This money is too easy to earn."

His voice wasn't loud, but Master Yu suddenly raised his head, frowning and staring at him.

Master Yu pushed through the crowd, walked up to Ye Chen, looked him over, and said, "This friend, judging by your tone, do you have an opinion about my peace talisman?"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "I think this peace talisman isn't worth that much money."

Someone in the crowd immediately said, "What the hell do you know! Master Yu's talisman is cheap even at two hundred thousand!"

"Exactly! Many people are fighting to buy talismans worth two million!"

"This kind of loser probably can only afford the two-dollar peace talisman from a temple!"

Master Yu looked at Ye Chen and sneered, saying, "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. People have brains so that they can think before they speak. It's best not to pretend to understand when you don't."

After speaking, Master Yu curled his lips in disdain and walked into the exhibition hall first.

Ye Chen looked indifferent and didn't take this Master Yu seriously at all.

Song Wanting on the side said somewhat awkwardly, "Mr. Ye, don't take it to heart. Master Yu's temper is relatively big."

Ye Chen shook his head indifferently and said to Song Wanting, "Let's go in too."

The guests entered one after another. The host was Bao Fugui, the Pavilion Master of the Treasure Pavilion. After he went on stage to give a routine speech, the auction began.

The auction officially began!

Because the last auction was temporarily canceled, there were more auction items this time, and there were twice as many guests.

Two etiquette ladies pushed the first item onto the stage with a small cart. It was an antique purple copper incense burner, with white mist curling and a strange fragrance hitting the nose.

The auctioneer introduced, "This is the Song Dynasty Pine and Crane Backflow Incense Burner, one of the treasures bestowed by the Song Emperor to the calligraphy and painting master Su Dongpo. The two boxes of ambergris that come with it are items for the exclusive use of the Song Dynasty imperial court, which the common people were not allowed to use without authorization. Moreover, the production method has now been lost. Smelling it refreshes the mind and also has a slight aphrodisiac effect!"

After speaking, he signaled the etiquette lady to light the incense.

An etiquette lady wearing a cheongsam carefully dug out a small pinch of incense with a silver spoon and lit it.

Only to see the white smoke flowing down slowly along the incense burner like a waterfall. Amidst the curling smoke, the pine and crane on the incense burner were lifelike, vivid, and seemed to be flapping their wings to fly.

A faint strange fragrance immediately drifted through the auction hall, making people feel refreshed and relaxed.

Ye Chen nodded and said, "It is indeed authentic ambergris, refined from sperm whales, and this handmade incense-making craft is basically unavailable now."

The auctioneer knocked the small wooden gavel twice and said, "The starting bid for the Pine and Crane Backflow Incense Burner is eight hundred thousand, with increments of one hundred thousand."

This incense burner was exquisitely made and had a certain collection value, and the starting bid was moderate, so people in the audience raised their paddles one after another.

Before long, the incense burner was auctioned off by a player for 1.6 million.

Immediately after, seven or eight more auction items were sent up, all of which were high-quality antiques.

The atmosphere in the venue was enthusiastic, and the guests competed for bids one after another.

Xiao Changkun watched with great interest, but he was short of money, otherwise he would have been itching to raise his paddle.

However, Ye Chen had no interest in these collections.

Because although these auction items were precious, they were limited to collection and didn't have much value to him.

Just at this moment, the etiquette lady brought up a white porcelain plate, on which was a string of purple beads, shining under the light!

The auctioneer introduced, "Natural purple pearls from the East China Sea. Only one can be picked out of a thousand pearl shells. The pearl string is round and uniform in size, a rare treasure."

The starting bid for this string of purple pearls was not expensive, only four hundred thousand.

Ye Chen raised his head and immediately called out a bid.

"Five hundred thousand!"

Xiao Changkun's eyelids jumped, and he hurriedly said, "Why bid for this! A pearl necklace is worth at most a few tens of thousands. This four hundred thousand is scamming a fool! Don't bid!"

Ye Chen looked at the string of pearls, thinking of Xiao Churan, and smiled, saying, "I think it would look quite suitable on Churan. Pearls calm the nerves; she has been under too much pressure and hasn't been sleeping well lately."

Hearing that he was buying it for his daughter, Xiao Changkun shut his mouth tactfully, whatever he wanted to say.

The collection value of this necklace was not high, so no one competed for it.

Just as the auctioneer was about to finalize the bid, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Six hundred thousand!"

Ye Chen looked to the side following the sound.

He saw that suicidal Qin Aodong from the Qin family poking his head out from the side, a cold smile on his face, and saying to Ye Chen, "Sorry, I took a fancy to this necklace too!"

Ye Chen couldn't help but frown. Why is this jerk here too? Wasn't he grounded by Qin Gang? ===== CHAPTER 85 =====