As soon as this price was announced, the entire audience was shocked. This comb was worth at most eight million, yet Ji Xiaoli had directly tripled the price.
"I don't want it anymore!"
The man's expression immediately turned unpleasant. However, he was also extremely reluctant to spend twenty million on a comb. In the end, he could only give up helplessly.
Ji Xiaoli showed no expression on her face as she successfully acquired the item she desired.
The man who had just competed with Ji Xiaoli now cast a glance in her direction.
His face looked rather grim, and his eyes were cold as he stared at Ji Xiaoli.
Ji Xiaoli didn't care. After all, this man couldn't pose any threat to her. However, her nonchalant attitude further enraged him.
After the silver comb was sold, the auctioneer brought out a small tea set. It was from the Yue Kiln and dated back to the Tang Dynasty. It looked extremely exquisite.
"The starting price is ten million!"
Ji Xiaoli's attention was immediately drawn. Before anyone else could bid, she directly doubled the starting price.
This tea set would be perfect for entertaining guests on the table at her home.
Before Ji Xiaoli could continue bidding, she heard the man who had just competed with her for the silver comb stand up.
"Ten million and one hundred thousand!"
Ji Xiaoli was a bit surprised, but Zheng Nanfeng, who was sitting beside her, noticed something.
"He's clearly trying to pick a fight with you."
Ji Xiaoli had initially shown little interest in this Yue Kiln tea set, but now she didn't want to let this man have an easy time.
She immediately raised her sign and said, "I bid twenty million."
The man also raised his sign. "Twenty-one million."
Ji Xiaoli understood. This man was simply trying to annoy her.
If he wanted to compete, she would play along. "Twenty-two million."
Ji Xiaoli let out a cold laugh. She wanted to see who would give up first.
In the end, the two of them kept competing, each time raising the price by exactly one hundred thousand.
When the price was driven up to one billion, Ji Xiaoli simply gave up.
Her sudden withdrawal infuriated the man to death. He could only grit his teeth and buy something he didn't even like for one billion.
After this incident, the animosity between the two grew stronger.
From then on, no matter what Ji Xiaoli showed interest in, the man would start maliciously competing. Each time, he would raise the price by exactly one hundred thousand, as the minimum price increase in this auction house was one hundred thousand.
To put it more simply, it was like adding just one dollar each time during an auction.
Ji Xiaoli wasn't going to let him succeed. Each time, she would either raise the price by one hundred thousand or directly double it, causing the man to spend a lot of extra money.
However, the man wasn't stupid. Sometimes, he would make a move in advance, allowing Ji Xiaoli to buy the item.
With the help of the system, Ji Xiaoli spent some good luck points to buy information from the system. Whenever she knew the man wanted something, she would drive up the price and then stop bidding just before he gave up.
Now, an oil painting was up for auction. With the system's reminder, Ji Xiaoli immediately raised her sign and said, "Ninety million."
Everyone was looking at Ji Xiaoli as if she were a fool.
Zheng Nanfeng, who was sitting beside her, didn't say a word. He was playing with his phone.
He seemed uninterested in all this.
The auctioneer gasped. "Ninety million once, ninety million twice, ninety million thr..."
"One billion." The man was grinding his teeth in anger, but since he really liked the painting, he had no choice but to bid.
Ji Xiaoli smiled faintly. "Two billion."
The man, Tom, was now so angry that he was gnashing his teeth.
But he wasn't going to back down easily. Tom sneered.
"Three billion!"
As soon as this price was announced, there was an uproar in the auction house.
Everyone knew the value of this painting, but it was definitely not worth this much.
The price Ji Xiaoli had offered was already quite high, and now this price seemed even more inflated.
Ji Xiaoli sneered contemptuously. Everyone was looking at her.
"You were so eager to raise the price just now. Why are you being so stingy now? If you're going to play, play big. Ten billion!"
Goodness, it was just a slightly better painting.
There was nothing particularly outstanding about it, yet it was being bid up to such a high price.
Some people wanted to remind Ji Xiaoli not to overdo it, but she didn't care at all.
She wasn't afraid of going too far. Ji Xiaoli had plenty of money. It was definitely worth it to see Tom so furious for just a bit of money.
"It's just a painting. If you like it, you can buy it. This price is just too high."
Tom felt a bit embarrassed and tried to find an excuse to stop the auction.
But Ji Xiaoli burst out laughing.
"If you don't have the money, just admit it. If you can't even afford ten billion, then I'll have to take it."
Stimulated by Ji Xiaoli's words, Tom's hands were trembling with veins bulging. After a moment of struggle, he suddenly bid.
"Eleven billion!"
This bid immediately heated up the atmosphere in the auction house. Everyone seemed to be guessing who would finally succeed in buying this painting.
Tom's eyes were now filled with fanaticism. He had already made a plan.
When the price was driven up to twelve billion, he would directly announce that he didn't want it anymore and see what this woman would do.
But Ji Xiaoli simply waved her hand. "Let me think. This price seems a bit too high. Forget it. I'll give it to you today."
In an instant, the fanaticism in Tom's eyes disappeared. He then realized.
He seemed to have fallen into Ji Xiaoli's trap.
She had already guessed that he would follow her in bidding, but she had stopped bidding earlier.
"Eleven billion, going once, going twice, going three times! Sold! Congratulations, Mr. Tom!"
The auctioneer was very perceptive and didn't waste any time. He quickly dropped the gavel, as if he was afraid that Tom would change his mind.
As soon as the gavel fell, the deal was done.
Tom could only watch helplessly as he bought this sky - high priced painting.
He couldn't complain about his misfortune and could only stare fixedly at Ji Xiaoli, as if he wanted to devour her.
So for the rest of the time, the two of them became even more aggressive. Whenever one of them showed the slightest interest in an item, the other would directly double the auction price.
By now, the people in the auction house had noticed something. They were all looking in this direction.
They wanted to see which two powerful people were having a showdown.
The person in charge of the auction house looked at Ji Xiaoli as if she were a divine being.
You know, thanks to Ji Xiaoli's actions, the auction house was going to make a lot of money.
"Hey, why does this person have so much hostility towards me? Even if I have a lot of enemies, it's unlikely that someone who has never met me would be dissatisfied with me, right?"
After tricking the man, Ji Xiaoli finally realized.
Today's incident was a bit strange. She seemed to have never met this man before.
Zheng Nanfeng, who had been playing with his phone just now, looked up and showed the phone screen to Ji Xiaoli.
"This man's name is Tom. He's a sworn enemy of Jess."
No wonder. It seemed that this man had regarded her as an enemy too.
"A narrow - minded person like this is definitely not worth cooperating with. Since we've already fallen out, there's no need to care too much."
Ji Xiaoli was never a saint. After realizing that this man was not on her side, the last bit of guilt in her heart disappeared.
Zheng Nanfeng was looking at her intently. He would support whatever Ji Xiaoli did.