Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 181: The main selling point is a total lack of engagement.

Chapter 181: The main selling point is a total lack of engagement.

Auctions, though a battle of wits, usually have everyone slowly grinding up from the starting price. It’s rare for anyone to just blow up the bid and pressure others right away!

After all, under an absolute price, all game-playing strategies seem like a joke!

To save face for the opponents, everyone takes turns raising the bid by ten million. In the end, if they pass, it’s no big deal.

It’s all about participating, right!

Tonight, with a guest in box number one, Brother Tao, who had been full of confidence, began to feel apprehensive when the auction for the plot of land started.

Boss Cai’s piece of land was worth about eight hundred million in the market.

He reckoned that the person in box number one would only start to bid when it hit six hundred million.

Once the bid reached around eight hundred million, he’d see how tight the competition was.

After all, the live broadcast was on—being able to bid eight hundred million showed his own strength of having eight hundred million!

Even if he ultimately lost to the person in box number one, it would still be an honorable defeat, and he wouldn’t lose too much face!

But the other side just threw in a bid of ten billion!!!

How the hell do you play like that!!!

With ten billion in play, who would even remember that they were haggling over a price of one or two billion just before?!

People might even laugh about it, "Yo, incrementing by ten million, feeding the fish, huh? Look at number one, straight up with a ten-billion kill!"

The damn worst part was, the opponent’s move was everyone’s limit.

Boss Tao didn’t have even the slightest room to raise the bid.

His face was as dark as thunder, visibly growing more desolate...

In box number eight, Old Bai and Old Li burst into roaring laughter.

"Damn! This is too good! If I were Old Tao and the others, I’d probably have steam coming out of my nostrils by now?!"

Old Li nodded in agreement, "I really want to see what their faces look like right now!"

"Exactly!" Boss Bai took a big gulp of his drink contentedly, "Old Cai is such a conscientious guy! That real estate project in East Suburb, it’s almost his life’s work! I was planning to buy a couple of apartments there as a dowry for my granddaughter, but then Old Tao and his crew started repressing it midway, nearly ruining the Cai Family..."

"It was a smart chess move by Old Cai to go for this auction," Old Li nodded, reminiscing, "Aside from the auction house’s premium, mortgage taxes, and other fees, he’ll have at least five or six hundred million in hand. Although he can’t build that complex anymore, it’s more than enough to save the Cai Family!"

Boss Bai contemplated for a moment, "Do you think... there’s a chance that Second Miss Yan might continue to work with Old Cai in the future to complete the real estate project in East Suburb?"

"Really?"

Boss Bai thought it was highly possible, "With ten billion, it’s clear that Second Miss Yan is not short on money! The Yan Family has real estate projects as well, but none of them is very big... I reckon she wants to start from here and begin to establish the Yan Family’s brand!"

"You mean, the Yan Family is looking to shift focus to real estate?" Old Li revealed a meaningful smile, "Then, times will get tough for Old Tao and his lot!"

It wasn’t just the two of them; others shared the same sentiment.

And the fans in the livestream were completely bowled over by the bigwig in box number one.

"Ten billion! What kind of tycoon is this! Does the construction site still need workers? Tie me there; I’ll be a watchdog!"

"I was already shocked when they were adding ten million by ten million. Then number one big bro came out all awesome! Truly impressive!"

"Hahaha, I really don’t want to laugh, but I’m curious about Top Brother’s face right now!"

"Probably feeling both pissed and wanting to cling to number one big bro’s thigh, what a complex feeling hahaha!"

Wang Meitong was sweating bullets...

Truly, she was regretting it!

She regretted starting this damn livestream...

Now the fans were all praising the tycoon in box number one, even making fun of Old Tao.

If Old Tao ever comes to her livestream in the future, would these damned fans continue with today’s topic and drive Top Brother away with their chatter?!

At that thought, Wang Meitong stealthily lifted her lashes, and her gaze met the extremely dark eyes of Boss Tao!

So piercingly cold and harsh, as if it intended to flay her alive...

"Brother Tao... Brother Tao..." Wang Meitong’s voice trembled with nervousness.

Boss Tao’s heart felt extremely blocked, and the more he looked at this woman, the more he felt she brought bad luck!

He had brought so many girls to high-consumption venues before, and never had he encountered a tycoon who clashed with him...

Yet today, he brought her to do a simple live broadcast, and it had directly recorded all the scenes where he was slapped in the face?!

If his rivals in the business circle got wind of these clips, he didn’t know how long he would be mocked for.

He kept a composed face, his pupils shrinking to nearly a pinpoint, holding back intense rage, "We’re done filming, let’s go."

Wang Meitong tried to say to the audience in the live broadcast room, "The live broadcast ends here for today, thank you all for your support..."

With a shaky right hand, she randomly hit the ’Turn off the broadcast’ button in a rush.

"What’s the situation? Suddenly turning off the broadcast? I haven’t had enough fun yet! Let me know who bid the ten million!"

"I also want to know how to make an atomic bomb, can it be made public? Don’t daydream all day; wanting to know everything will only harm you!"

"I bet Top Brother is pissed, otherwise why would he turn off the broadcast so hastily?"

"Yo, the host has to go and mollify Top Brother now, you guys, her loser fans, are about to lose your goddess tonight."

"Can you not make perverted comments about women? It’s really annoying!"

"Don’t believe in curses? How about a bet?! Let’s see if your pure and chaste Meimei, when she does her next live stream, will have any hickies on her neck or not?!"

Boss Tao saw that she had turned off the broadcast and stormed off, fuming with rage.

Wang Meitong hurriedly followed him, scared that he would leave her behind.

Old Shi was also annoyed for not getting the land, however, he didn’t invest as much as Old Tao and decided to let it go in the end.

The guest in private room number one... was not someone they could afford to offend!

After tonight, the story of Boss Tao coming in with ten million in high spirits to bid on land, only to end up buying Watermark Paper for eight hundred and ten thousand, would spread throughout the circle, becoming a long-lasting joke!

Many rivals, upon seeing him, couldn’t help but bring up the Watermark Paper that was valued more than gold.

"Old Tao, I heard you like collecting Xuan Paper? I’ve got some Longquan Seal Paste that’s cheaper than Watermark Paper; would you consider collecting a set?"

"You brought ten million; how come you didn’t bid on the land? Do you only like Watermark Paper?"

"Old Tao must be modest, yielding the bidding to the big shots!"

"Ten million... Watermark Paper... Hahaha!"

Boss Tao was so angry that he went home and burned the Watermark Paper to ashes!

Not long after, the Yan Family unexpectedly offered a high price to buy up Watermark Paper from the market...

Old Tao: @#%#￥...@...

Of course, all of this happened later on.

Inside private room number one, the waiter was trembling as he input nine zeros into the POS machine.

When he was swiping several ten million earlier, he wondered what would happen if his hand slipped and he entered two more zeros—perhaps the card could actually take it...

Now those two zeros had come so quickly!

His heart was tightly clenched until the POS popped up the words ’Transaction Successful,’ and only then did the waiter, as if his soul had been sapped away, weaken and step back.

My goodness!

He had just handled ten billion!!!

Ten, billion!

"Everything has already been charged for you!" the waiter’s voice was shaking, "Please take a seat, our staff will bring over the relevant contract and proofs shortly."

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