Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 335 - 321 The giant rock falls in whose backyard

Chapter 335: 321 The giant rock falls in whose backyard

"Sixty million? Is Brother Xing that aggressive?"

"He had previously estimated the highest price to be around sixty million! I thought Brother Xing would slowly raise the price, but who would’ve thought he’d go all in at once?!"

"Is this stone really that good? Even Brother Xing has made a move?"

Gu Xing had dwelled in the Raw Stone Circle for many years, having faced countless trials and tribulations.

When encountering a good stone, he would always slowly tighten the price, using this to grind away at his opponent’s will.

However, scenarios like today, where bids are made so generously and directly, aren’t unheard of, but they are mostly to trap the opponent and maliciously inflate the price.

Even in a case of inflating prices, he wouldn’t outright reveal his psychological threshold.

After all, in an auction, you can hardly ensure that your opponent is thinking the same as you! What if the price is raised to an unsustainable level for yourself and the opponent happily drops out? Then you’re stuck with the cost!

The auctioneer was Gu Xing’s man, adept at using linguistic tactics to guide the atmosphere of the auction and stir up people’s competitive desires.

He turned to Yan Yueqing and said, "Miss, Mr. Gu has already bid sixty million, would you like to further examine the stone and make another bid?"

"No need to look, I have a clear idea." Yan Yueqing smiled as she spoke, "Seventy million."

"Seventy million!" The auctioneer was all smiles, "Seventy million for the first time!"

"Seventy-one million."

Hearing Gu Xing bidding higher, many people exchanged knowing looks.

This wasn’t about wanting the stone; it was clear they were at loggerheads!

"Eighty million," Yan Yueqing was too lazy to add million by million, her voice exuding extravagance.

"Eighty-one million."

Gu Xing seemed to have gauged the girl’s thoughts and began to increase his bids steadily.

Yueqing: "Ninety million."

"Ninety-one million."

The crowd whispered among themselves, "Ninety-one million now! Does Gu Xing know Miss Yan’s psychological price through some channel? Isn’t this raising the price a bit too fiercely?"

"Although the stone has a good appearance, ninety million is indeed a bit pricey... How much Jade needs to be extracted from it to break even?"

"Are you stupid? Such a massive stone, even if you can only extract a couple hundred pounds of jade, you could break even! It’s just a matter of the jades’ quality and how quickly they sell!"

"Yeah, it couldn’t possibly have less than one-tenth of the jade, right? What kind of rotten luck would you need to encounter that?"

"Ninety-one million? I feel like this girl still wants to raise the price..."

"Don’t say it, with the boldness she showed when cutting the stone, unless she’s incredibly lucky like Heaven’s own divine help, she must truly have the skills! She must believe the stone’s value is high; otherwise, how would she dare add ten million after ten million?"

Gambling Stone is different from auctioning jewelry.

With already finished pieces of Jade jewelry, the quality is apparent, and a bit of an overprice is no big deal for someone who really loves it.

But Gambling Stone is a different matter.

Before the stone is opened, who can tell if the inside is good or bad?

In common stone auctions, everyone adds bids in the thousands or tens of thousands; even with larger stones, at most, people would add by several hundred thousand!

For Gu Xing to be adding by one million at a time... Today marks an unprecedented event!

Not to mention the mysterious Miss Yan, who raises the bid by ten million without hesitation.

These two, are they really at odds, or are they probing each other’s limits?!

Indeed, upon hearing Gu Xing’s bid, Yueqing instinctively glanced at Du Manchang, her eyes brimming with confusion.

Seemingly asking him: How could Gu Xing guess my psychological price?

After hesitating for a moment, Yueqing continued to follow with, "Ninety-two million."

Gu Xing’s eyes and brows relaxed, "Ninety-three million."

If there was any doubt before, seeing Yueqing’s reaction now made him more certain than ever—her psychological limit was right around one hundred million!

If the price went beyond that, she might still add a small amount.

However, gauging that limit was not easy!

Gu Xing wouldn’t raise the price casually below one hundred million.

The auctioneer announced with surprise, "Mr. Gu bids ninety-three million for the first time!"

Yan Yueqing furrowed her brows and followed promptly, "Ninety-four million."

Gu Xing, "Ninety-five million."

Yan Yueqing, "Ninety-six million."

Gu Xing, "Ninety-seven million."

Yan Yueqing, "Ninety-eight million."

Gu Xing, "Ninety-nine million."

Hearing this price, Yan Yueqing obviously fell silent for a moment.

Gu Xing was not the slightest bit flustered.

He was now one hundred percent certain that Yan Yueqing had truly prepared one hundred million to purchase this stone!

He didn’t know whether she was just lucky, or if she actually had the real skills?

In any case, she was able to produce so much jade and even direct Old Master Chen to make the cuts, clearly, she was a woman with a plan.

Once she had set her psychological price, she was unlikely to give in easily.

Thus, Gu Xing became somewhat curious, what treasures could be hidden inside this giant stone, for a woman to spend so much money?!

By his own judgment, this stone was worth at most sixty million, unless it could produce a series of top-quality jadeite. Otherwise, how would even one hundred million be recovered?

Having money doesn’t mean you should spend it so recklessly!

Add to that her confident demeanor when she was cutting the stone just now.

Gu Xing was increasingly feeling that—this stone might have surprises!

"Ninety-nine million for the first time!"

The auctioneer called out very slowly, as if giving Yan Yueqing plenty of time to think.

Yan Yueqing frowned, her eyes brimming with a bit of anger, and her gaze towards Gu Xing was very unfriendly.

The more dissatisfied she was, the happier Gu Xing became!

Being able to provoke such an expression from a woman with excellent composure, what did that indicate? It meant he had her firmly in his grip!

One hundred million, her psychological price.

Tsk, someone who can easily produce ten billion wouldn’t care about this one billion.

But when a stone that could have been bought cheaply was forcefully raised to one’s psychological limit, only she knew the frustration of having to continue bidding under such circumstances.

"Ninety-nine million for the second time."

The auctioneer looked at the expressions of the two bidders, calling the price leisurely.

Yan Yueqing raised her hand, "Wait a moment, we need to discuss for a minute."

The auctioneer, catching the hint from Gu Xing, agreed.

Yan Yueqing stepped back out of the crowd and whispered urgently with Du Manchang.

Du Manchang was sweating profusely, "How could he know your psychological price?"

Yan Yueqing shook her head, her expression very indifferent, "Although our voices were low, it’s possible that someone heard us. Look, you go first and move those stones we picked out earlier with the Jun Residence’s people, and also ask Old Master Chen to go over..."

Not understanding her arrangement but very obedient to his boss, Du Manchang nodded, "Okay, I’ll arrange it right away."

After Du Manchang left, Yan Yueqing slowly made her way back into the crowd.

The auctioneer asked tenderly, "Miss, would you like to continue bidding."

Yan Yueqing nodded, "Ninety-nine million and one yuan."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xing laughed.

This woman, as he expected, was cracked by his bid! And now she was adding price bit by bit just to irritate him?!

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