The auction hall instantly fell silent, and everyone turned to look in one direction.
Yes, the person who wanted to buy the chip for 100 million was Lu Yuan! This really surprised Shen Jianyi. She didn't expect this girl to be so bold.
She was sitting at the back, very quiet, as if waiting to see if anyone would continue to raise the price. She only needed to make the final bid.
After that, no one else followed. The emcee shouted to the crowd, "100 million once!"
Still no one raised the price.
"100 million twice!"
Still no one lifted their sign. Just when everyone thought the chip was surely hers, a man in black clothes and a white mask lifted his sign.
The emcee cleared his throat and shouted, "150 million!"
Immediately, the entire auction hall was in an uproar, and the noisy chatter gradually reached everyone's ears.
"My goodness, he actually spent 150 million to buy this chip. Is he crazy?"
"No way!! The rich really are so capricious. The starting price was already out of our reach."
"I thought 100 million was already expensive enough, but unexpectedly, this guy directly added 50 million. He really treats 50 million like 5 million."
"Who on earth is behind that mask? He seems to be very determined to get the chip."
"Is anyone from the Lu family here? Could it be the eldest young master of the Lu family?"
These people were chatting away, saying all sorts of things, but no one dared to continue bidding.
Just then, the woman lifted her bidding card again.
"160 million!"
Lu Yuan turned to look at the person behind her, her eyes filled with coldness. She seemed to be eyeing the chip covetously, as if she had to get it.
But how could Gun let it go so easily? He reached out and lifted his sign.
"170 million!"
"..."
"170 million? What kind of price is this? How dare he raise the price like this? All for just one chip."
"I seriously suspect that these are people from the Lu family and the Qi family. In the entire business circle, only they can afford to spend so much money to buy a chip whose usefulness is still uncertain."
Everyone was waiting to see if the woman would raise the price again. Gun looked down and saw the woman's half - covered face. He could feel that she was very unhappy.
This was understandable. After all, in the entire business circle, no company dared to compete with the Lu family in terms of wealth. Maybe 200 million was nothing to the Lu family, but for an ordinary company, it was definitely a huge amount of money.
Now Lu Yuan turned her head and silently put down her sign. She was secretly annoyed in her heart, but there was nothing she could do. Who on earth was the man behind her? Why was he so powerful?
Xia Liang beside her frowned. She originally thought that with 100 million in hand, she could definitely get the chip. But she never expected that these people were so ruthless, driving the price up to nearly 200 million.
Now, even if Xia Liang wanted to help Shen Jianyi, there was probably nothing she could do. She also didn't know how much money Shen Jianyi had. From beginning to end, she hadn't lifted her sign even once.
If the chip was obtained by that man in black, it would mean that Shen Jianyi had lost to him again.
The emcee waited for a long time, then glanced at the hostess. The two of them seemed to have already made a silent decision.
So, the emcee simply said directly, "170 million once!"
"170 million twice!"
"170 million three times!"
Just as the hostess was about to bring down the small wooden hammer in her hand and the emcee was about to speak, "Sold──"
Before his voice fell, the woman silently lifted her sign.
Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to the woman wearing the red fox mask.
It seemed that everyone was wondering what this person was thinking. The price was already approaching 200 million, and yet she still dared to bid.
"200 million!"
This time, the price had really reached 200 million. Shen Jianyi was expressionless. When she lifted the sign, there was no ripple in her heart. Anyway, the money spent would come back.
As for Xu Wenji, the chip never belonged to him in the first place. He had no right to take that money. In any case, this chip would never end up in Xu Wenji's hands.
Immediately, no one else followed. The man beside her slightly curled his lips and teased, "You really are going head - to - head with me."
"Of course." Shen Jianyi stared straight ahead. "I just want to buy the chip. Our goals are the same."
Hearing this, Gun continued, "Fine. Since Miss Red Fox wants to play, I'll accompany you to the end!"
At this moment.
The emcee's voice was very solemn, "Is there anyone else who wants to bid?"
Gun lifted his sign.
"230 million!"
Immediately afterwards, Shen Jianyi was not to be outdone and continued to compete with him.
"250 million!"
The two of them went back and forth, neither willing to give in. The price had now been driven up to 300 million.
Now, almost everyone in the auction hall was watching the show, eager to see which of these two rich people would get the chip.
Just now, the man bid 300 million. Immediately afterwards, Shen Jianyi expressionlessly lifted her sign.
"320 million."
Now, this price could be said to have reached sky - high levels. The authenticity of this chip had never been verified. Everyone was just shocked, so almost everyone wanted to get the chip to prevent their company's secrets from being leaked.
If it was just spending a reasonable amount of money within their means, they would of course be willing, just in case. But now that the price had been driven up to 320 million, these people thought it was really unnecessary.
Shen Jianyi glanced at the man from the corner of her eye and curled her lips into a smile. "Well, are you going to follow?"
The woman was holding a black card with unlimited funds. Gun suddenly leaned in and whispered in the woman's ear, "I won't follow, but have you ever thought that if you spend 320 million all at once, won't Lu Jinsheng suspect something?"
Shen Jianyi really hadn't considered this question. It was not within her scope of thinking at all. Right now, she just wanted to get the chip first and then worry about other things later.
After all, it was a final and binding deal. Only after the money was paid would the other party deliver the goods. Not to mention whether she could remain calm when she saw Xu Wenji later, it was not even certain whether she would pay the money.
Shen Jianyi ignored the man's question and just looked at the emcee on the stage.
"320 million once!"
"..."
"320 million three times!"
Immediately afterwards, accompanied by the sound of the hostess knocking down the wooden hammer and the emcee's words, "Sold."