Chapter 2640 — Who Got the Better of Whom
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This time, no one competed with You Panhu anymore, because the others had no idea what the thing even was. The only explanation they could come up with was that this Han Jingyi was probably a beauty, and that You Panhu had taken a fancy to her and wanted to curry favor with her, and so had spent a fortune to buy this so-called study notebook.
That was the only explanation that made sense. Otherwise, who would spend such a high price on something useless? Even if one did buy it, there was no way one would pay five million!
Under everyone's astonished gazes, You Panhu was thoroughly enjoying himself. He thought to himself: you fools don't understand a thing! The alchemist's insight notebook I bought for five million and ten thousand was an absolute bargain!
Wei Zhao probably never expected that I would have the nerve to raise the bid by only ten thousand, right? Hahahaha, he must have miscalculated, thinking the auction would fetch a much higher price—but what he never imagined was that when I'm shameless, I'm invincible!
"Five million and ten thousand, first time... five million and ten thousand, second time... five million and ten thousand, third time—sold! Congratulations to gentleman number 75 on winning this item." Seeing that no one was going to bid any further, Shen Yushu brought the gavel down for You Panhu.
And this time, Lai the Fatso did not come out to make trouble, which You Panhu was very glad of—if Lai the Fatso had made trouble, he would have had no choice but to raise his bid! And this also confirmed one thing even more firmly: Lai the Fatso's earlier bidding had not been to drive up the price, but because he genuinely wanted to buy Wei Zhao's item!
It was probably simply that Wei Zhao had instructed him to donate money in this way, and he had never expected Zhao Qibing to come out of nowhere! Later, Wei Zhao might have given him a hint to give up, which by sheer luck had also set a little trap for Zhao Qibing.
"Phew..." You Panhu let out a breath of relief. A close call—a real close call! Most importantly, he had actually won Han Jingyi's alchemist's insight notebook at the rock-bottom price of five million and ten thousand. What an absolute bargain!
"Say, Second Young Master You, what did you buy this thing for? Don't tell me you're also trying to curry favor with Wei Zhao?" Zhao Qibing asked, glancing at You Panhu with some curiosity.
"This insight notebook is something I've always wanted. Five million and ten thousand—that's just too cheap. I bet this final price will make Wei Zhao's heart ache!" You Panhu said smugly. "If he'd started the bidding at tens of millions, maybe I would have bought it anyway, but this was only five million—wa-ha-ha, shockingly cheap!"
"Oh..." Zhao Qibing could not be bothered with any insight notebook; what he cared about was his leg.
The auction continued. After a few more items came an item donated by Wang Xinyan! It was a jadeite bracelet, a birthday gift from Wang Xinyan's father. The item itself was rather valuable, and as a birthday gift Wang Xinyan had received, it naturally carried extraordinary meaning.
Of course, that extraordinary meaning was extraordinary only to Wang Xinyan herself; to anyone else, it counted for nothing. Still, be that as it may, Wang Xinyan's donated item did have value—the market price of the jade bracelet alone was around a hundred thousand or more.
So the starting price for this lot was set rather high, fixed at one hundred fifty thousand yuan.
Zhang Duopan and Fan Ganhe were sitting together. Zhang Duopan had heard that He Meiyue had also donated an item, so naturally he wanted to win it to put on a show. Fan Ganhe, who was fond of Wang Xinyan, had originally wanted to do the same, but when he heard that Wang Xinyan's bracelet would start at one hundred fifty thousand—and the final price would surely be higher—he wilted at once and did not dare to bid.