Trillionaire's Slice of Life

"Now, please welcome the first item up for auction...!"

Dressed in a cheongsam, with a slender figure and a beautiful face, the ceremonial hostess presented the first collectible.

The middle-aged auctioneer immediately introduced:

"This is a porcelain piece entrusted to us for auction by a friend from Britain, blue and white porcelain, with a straight mouth and rounded lip, long diameter, bulging in the middle of the neck, flattened bulging belly, and splayed ring foot. Its body is solid, and the quality of the porcelain is delicate... extremely valuable for collectors.

Our starting price is four hundred thousand, and each bid must be no less than four thousand.

Now, the auction begins!"

The ceremonial hostess held the blue and white porcelain contained within a glass vessel; the overhead lights illuminated the porcelain, making the blue and white designs appear clear and lustrous, exceptionally eye-catching.

As the auctioneer spoke, the bidding began, and the entire hall was filled with fluctuating voices of bids.

"Four hundred and ten thousand!"

"Four hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Four hundred fifty-four thousand!"

...

The first item, only a warm-up, attracted bids mostly from the back rows, where younger rich scions and those looking for excitement were in the majority.

Top tycoons in the front rows rarely bid for an item only worth hundreds of thousands.

The bidding for the blue and white porcelain started at four hundred thousand, and by the time someone pushed it to six hundred and thirty thousand, the originally animated scene had quieted down, with the merely curious onlookers no longer daring to bid.

Eventually, a youth in his thirties acquired the blue and white porcelain for six hundred and thirty-four thousand.

Chu Mo, sitting calmly in the back row, watched everything with a composed expression. He had not made a move yet, simply observing in silence.

Following the successful auction of the first collectible, the atmosphere in the entire hall began to heat up.

After that, collectibles were brought out one after another, with their rarity and prices progressively increasing. When a blue and white porcelain pomegranate vase valued at one million appeared on the exhibition stand, the previously fluctuating voices of the back rows quieted down, and finally, a few individuals in the very front rows began to participate in bidding.

As the auction's starting price reached two million, the back rows went silent.

Soon, the auction was more than halfway through.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next item, a treasure entrusted by an overseas Chinese for auction, is invaluable, a true rare find that is hard to come by. Let us witness this exquisite collectible."

This is a ceramic from the Northern Song dynasty...

Appraised by our professional authenticators, its starting price is twenty million, with each bid increasing by no less than one million.

The bidding starts now."

Unlike the previous casual bidding, when the auction price hit a staggering twenty million, not only did the back rows fall completely silent, but even the real tycoons in the front became exceedingly cautious.

After all, a luxury item worth tens of millions, without sufficient liquid funds, could even bring down a billionaire.

This was the first time an item worth over ten million had appeared at the auction, rocketing straight to an astronomical twenty million, and for the first time, the entire hall was engulfed in silence.

The auctioneer on stage was in no hurry, calmly waiting.

In just a few breaths' time, a distinguished-looking middle-aged man in the very front row raised his paddle for the first time.

"Twenty-one million."

Ren Wenxuan, the chairman of Shangyuan Entertainment and also Chu Mo's target for this visit.

After the opponent made a bid, as if it were a signal, the initially quiet hall was once again broken by the sound of bidding.

"Twenty-two million!"

The bidder this time was an acquaintance, Lin Hongqiang of Meibao Group.

Lin Hongqiang had previously bought Greenfield Avenue villas and a Yuan blue and white porcelain worth a hundred million for himself when trying to acquire Bafang International.

A month ago, he purchased all the shares of Bafang International from the hands of the four magnates, including Sun Shangwu and Lin Hongqiang, at a price thirty percent higher than the market value. All of them made a good profit, having ample liquid funds at their disposal.

Lin Hongqiang had a liking for antiques; this was evident from his spending over a hundred million on Yuan blue and white porcelain. Now with sufficient funds and encountering an antique of interest, it was natural for him to bid.

There were also bids from others midway through, but they were soon suppressed by Ren Wenxuan, and it ended up being a contest between Ren Wenxuan, the chairman of Shangyuan Entertainment, and Lin Hongqiang, the chairman of Meibao Group.

With an antique worth twenty million, the second-generation scions in the back rows had no space to intervene, and most of the big bosses in the front rows were there for the finale piece of land and were unwilling to divert their funds for an antique.

After several rounds of bidding, when Ren Wenxuan from Shangyuan Entertainment raised the price to twenty-six million, Lin Hongqiang, who slightly shook his head, did not continue bidding.

Although he liked the item, there was no need to overstep his personal price limit.

At their level, it was natural that they would not really fall out over an antique.

The auctioneer on stage of course knew this was the top price, and with the only competitor Lin Hongqiang bowing out, it was unlikely anyone else would interfere. Just as the auctioneer was about to bring down the hammer, from the back of the hall, near the wall, the steady voice of a young man slowly rose.

"Thirty million."

Chu Mo's voice wasn't loud, but because of his position at the very back, in an instant, all eyes converged on him.

In every pair of eyes, there was a look of surprise and curiosity.

If Chu Mo had been one of the big bosses in the front row, spending thirty million would have made people think that was the world of the magnates, beyond their understanding, but Chu Mo was sitting in the back row, and he was still very young…

Which family's rich son was so audacious?

To declare the purchase of an item worth millions just like that?