"Sixteen million!"
Right from the start, Tan Haipin raised the bid by six million, causing an uproar in the entire venue.
My goodness!
Even Wang Hao, who was sitting next to Tan Haipin, couldn’t help but cast a shocked glance at him—it was clear that the old man was determined to win the "Earth’s Number One Star" at all costs today.
This initial move to raise by six million effectively swept away most of the competitors.
As expected, those in the audience who had held onto a glimr of hope for the "Earth’s Number One Star" were now intimidated; Mr. Tan’s bid was simply too high, and all they could do was watch helplessly, unable to afford it.
But there were still so who were watching and waiting.
"Eighteen million!"
Suddenly, soone behind Wang Hao raised their paddle, upping the bid by another two million.
The whole room instantly fell quiet—with increases of millions at the start, who could afford to play this ga?
Tan Haipin frowned slightly, hesitated for a mont, and then raised his paddle again.
"Twenty million!"
"Twenty million now, Mr. Tan has bid twenty million, is there anyone who will go higher than twenty million?"
Song Jianjun was overjoyed at this mont—just think of the service fee on twenty million!
The person behind Wang Hao hesitated for a long ti but still didn’t raise their paddle.
"Twenty million for the first ti, twenty million for the second ti, twenty million for the third..."
"Twenty-five million!"
Just as Song Jianjun raised his gavel, ready to finalize the sale, Wang Hao suddenly raised his paddle and announced loudly.
Suddenly, all eyes in the venue shifted to Wang Hao’s direction, even Tan Haipin looking at him in astonishnt.
"Wang Hao, what exactly are you trying to do? If you really wanted it, why did you give it away to soone else just now?"
Tan Haipin said indignantly.
"I had no idea this item was so valuable before, but now with everyone bidding so high, it proves that it must be a good find."
"Such a good item, I’d like to add it to my collection as well, but since I’ve already given it away, it wouldn’t be nice to ask for it back—I can only spend a bit more to buy it myself!"
Wang Hao said with an innocent face.
"You..."
Tan Haipin was almost infuriated to death by Wang Hao, but he had no choice at this mont—he had to get the "Earth’s Number One Star", albeit reluctantly raising his paddle again, but this ti he wasn’t as generous as before.
"Twenty-six million!"
After raising the bid, Tan Haipin kept his eyes firmly on Wang Hao’s paddle, fearing that Wang Hao would drive up the price again.
Although the "Earth’s Number One Star" was a dicinal herb of legend, it did not have the miraculous effects of resurrection as the legends claid.
Twenty-five million had been the max already, and now even if Wang Hao raised the price again, Tan Haipin wouldn’t follow.
"Mr. Tan, you can relax, I won’t compete with you anymore—the ’Earth’s Number One Star’ is yours now!"
Wang Hao said leisurely.
Tan Haipin was fuming on the inside, as he figured out that Wang Hao didn’t actually intend to win the "Earth’s Number One Star"—he was just deliberately driving up the price.
This young man seed quite honest, but in fact, he was very shrewd.
At this point, the biggest beneficiary, Liu Dazhuang, also realized that Wang Hao was intentionally raising the price to help him, and his gratitude towards Wang Hao deepened even more.
Even after removing all service fees, over twenty million— if it weren’t for Wang Hao, he would never earn that much money in his lifeti.
As for the fact that the Star of Earthly Leader had fetched a high price of twenty-six million, everyone else was also very astonished; the person behind Wang Hao shook his head and sighed as well.
It wasn’t that he didn’t have the money to compete, but in his opinion, the Star of Earthly Leader was worth at most twenty million, yet now it far exceeded his expectations.
Besides these few individuals who wanted to compete for the Star of Earthly Leader, the rest were just there to spectate, rely wanting to catch a glimpse of such divine dicinal herbs.
Now they had seen the showcase of the Star of Earthly Leader and experienced the fiercely competitive auction, satisfying their curiosity before preparing to leave.
They felt that the Star of Earthly Leader must be the finale of the auction and that the auction was about to co to an end.
"Everyone, please don’t hurry to leave. I have one more finale treasure about to be auctioned. Once you see it, you’d better hold onto your wallets tightly, and those with weak hearts should prepare their dication in advance," said Song Jianjun, which made the audience pause, wondering what kind of treasure could potentially cause a heart attack.
Therefore, everyone beca very curious, and people began to return to their seats, focusing intently on the box in Song Jianjun’s hands, waiting for him to open it and reveal the treasure inside.
Tan Haipin looked serious; he even felt that Song Jianjun must have secretly peeked inside the box to see what it contained.
After more than ten years in the business of dicinal herb auctions, Song Jianjun had naturally seen his share of treasures, but he had never made such a remark before, indicating that the contents of the box must be extraordinary.
Most importantly, Tan Haipin saw Song Jianjun’s hands trembling non-stop while holding the box.
"Is everyone ready?"
Song Jianjun swallowed nervously, again whetting everyone’s appetite.
Then he carefully opened the box as if afraid of disturbing the treasure within.
When the lid was fully opened, everyone in attendance held their breath, and the entire venue fell into an unusual silence.
At that mont, even the drop of a silver needle on the ground would have been audible.
"That... that couldn’t be Blood Ganoderma, could it?"
Following the silence, suddenly soone shouted, and it was no less startling than thunder, piercing the ears of everyone present, prompting them all to stand up in unison.
Even Tan Haipin was unwilling to believe his own eyes.
"Quick... get my dicine!"
Indeed, soone was so frightened that they needed to take their dicine right away.
Another spectator with asthma quickly took out their inhaler from their pocket and sprayed it several tis, as they had almost been too excited to catch their breath upon seeing the Blood Ganoderma.
"This... how... how could this be?"
Tan Haipin’s mouth twitched incessantly, murmuring to himself.
"Does such a dicinal herb truly exist in the world? I had only heard of it but had never seen it before; I thought it didn’t actually exist!"
Considering even soone of Tan Haipin’s status was so astonished, it goes without saying how the others felt; now they were at a loss for words.
"Indeed, this is the treasure Mr. Wang Hao has submitted for our auction, the Blood Ganoderma. You may have heard of it, but I believe none of you have ever seen it in reality," said Song Jianjun, clearly excited. His auction not only featured the Star of Earthly Leader but now also Blood Ganoderma; this auction he hosted was bound to be a sensation.
"Since our auction has its rules and the starting price cannot exceed ten million, the starting bid for this Blood Ganoderma is also ten million. Let the bidding begin!" declared Song Jianjun excitedly, his voice trembling with enthusiasm.
No sooner had Song Jianjun finished speaking than everyone started to frantically bid, and within less than two minutes, the price soared from ten million to thirty million, surpassing the final price of the Star of Earthly Leader.
"Fifty million!"
Tan Haipin had been silent until then, waiting until everyone had finished a round of bidding before he abruptly raised the price to fifty million.
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