Urban Medical Immortal Dad
Chapter 543: Pitifully Trapped_1

Chapter 543: Chapter 543: Pitifully Trapped_1

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, a mere twenty million scared off the great young master of the Tao family?"

"Could the rumors be true? Tao Pharmaceuticals is having cash flow problems, now unable to come up with even twenty million?"

Seeing Tao Donglai remaining silent, Mo Han chuckled.

It wasn’t that Mo Han was spouting nonsense; Tao Pharmaceuticals had indeed invested several billion into developing a new product "Brother Super No. 2," and online there had been questions about their financial stability.

Perhaps feeling that the fire wasn’t hot enough, Mo Han glanced at the host and blurted out, "Host, stop that one-time, two-time, three-time business. Just hammer it down."

"Even the impressive young master Tao doesn’t dare to bid against me, who else here has the guts?"

Every word was like a perfectly crafted pearl, turning Tao Donglai’s face black as the bottom of a pot.

Tao Pinggui furrowed his brows into a frown. "Donglai, we can’t let this kid be arrogant. No matter what, we have to get our hands on this Prince Ginseng today!"

"Just shout out the price, I’ll foot the bill!"

"How could I allow that!"

Tao Donglai shook his head, his teeth clenched, "Just a few tens of millions, I can afford it!"

With that thought, he took a deep breath, raised paddle number 16, and said coldly, "Thirty million! I’ll bid thirty million for this Prince Ginseng!"

Seeing the opponent finally taking the bait, Mo Han didn’t hesitate, immediately raising his paddle, "Fifty million!"

"Damn it!"

Mo Han’s new bid finally infuriated Tao Donglai, who didn’t even think before raising his paddle again, cursing, "Sixty million! You dare to bid again, try me!"

Unexpectedly, this time, Mo Han didn’t immediately raise his paddle.

Everyone looked at Mo Han as he shrugged his shoulders, with a smug expression, "Sixty million? The Tao family really is rich and bold, bidding so high for a fifty-year-old Prince Ginseng."

"I’m convinced! Young Master Tao is mighty!"

With that, he turned to the host in dissatisfaction, "Host, what are you doing? Didn’t you see young master Tao has already spent sixty million to win the Prince Ginseng? Why aren’t you hurrying to knock the gavel down?"

Reminded by Mo Han, the host’s mouth twitched slightly, chuckled dryly, and awkwardly said, "Uh... if no one else bids, then this fifty-year-old Prince Ginseng belongs to guest number 16."

"Sixty million once?"

"Sixty million twice?"

"Sixty million three times! Congratulations to guest number 16, this fifty-year-old Prince Ginseng officially belongs to you!"

As the gavel struck, a young woman dressed in a red cheongsam, holding a red plate with the fifty-year-old Prince Ginseng, slowly approached Tao Donglai.

"Young Master Tao, this is the fifty-year-old Prince Ginseng you’ve won. How would you like to pay for this, by card or transfer?"

Hearing the woman in the red cheongsam, Tao Donglai’s face flushed red with anger.

Dr. Wang, standing beside him, frowned and whispered, "Young Master Tao, it’s clear that this Mr. Mo is playing you!"

"He might even be a plant, someone from the auction house hired to drive up the price!"

"We can’t be suckers here, we’re not paying this money!"

However, Tao Donglai shook his head and pulled out a Black Gold Card from his limited edition Gucci handbag and handed it over.

"Young Master Tao!"

Dr. Wang was getting anxious, that was sixty million, not six thousand!

Sending sixty million on some medicinal herb instead of investing it in his lab.

What Dr. Wang didn’t understand was that if they didn’t pay now, not only would Tao Donglai be blacklisted by the Wen Family Auction Center, but he would also be banned from entering all major auction centers in Jiang State in the future.

Besides, a person needs face like a tree needs bark; if he openly refuses to pay in front of so many guests, how could Tao Donglai continue to mix in these circles?

So even though Tao Donglai was very irritated, he still dug out the Black Gold Card for the sake of face and the Tao family’s pride.

Pfft...

Seeing Tao Donglai willingly taking out his card and paying the sixty million, Wen Biyu in a private room couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

She knew Big Brother Mo wasn’t one to suffer losses.

Wen Tianning was also in high spirits, chuckling, "Biyu, no matter what, young master Tao has spent sixty million at our auction center. Have the staff send him two bottles of Bordeaux."

"Sure, I’ll arrange that now," Wen Biyu nodded and immediately sent out a message.

"Right, it seems that Mr. Mo also wanted a Prince Ginseng. Later, go to the storage and see if there are any leftover Prince Ginsengs; once the auction is over, send a few over there," Wen Tianning paused, remembering what his granddaughter had said earlier and continued, "If Mr. Mo insists on paying, just charge him our purchasing price directly."

"Mhm."

As the two talked, the auction went on smoothly.

The medicinal materials that followed did not involve Mo Han or Tao Donglai, clearly lacking much excitement.

Many medicinal materials were auctioned off quickly after only about five bids.

Unconsciously, the auction had entered its final stage.

"Next on the list is a herb that is not to be underestimated. It is also the grand finale of the Wen Family Auction!"

"The finest Cistanche!"

With a gesture from the host, three sunglasses-clad, black-suited bodyguards laboriously lifted a glass display table to the front of the stage.

"Before we start, please allow me to give you a brief introduction."

"This finest Cistanche was harvested from the Qilian Mountains half a year ago. According to a report by Jiuzhou’s most renowned medicinal herb appraisal institution, ’Herbs Galore,’, its actual age should be over two hundred eighty years."

"As we all know, wild Cistanche is incredibly hard to grow, with specimens surviving beyond twenty years already being rare treasures, the price of which is even higher than gold."

"This particular Cistanche, aged over two hundred and eighty years, is the cream of the crop! It has an irreplaceable magical effect, especially on men’s health."

"I won’t keep you in suspense anymore, the auction will now begin."

"The starting bid is ten million, with each subsequent increment no less than one million. You may start bidding now!"