Chapter 668: The Auction Begins
"Xia Qing!" Xia Ruofei's divine thoughts passed through the spirit picture scroll.
Xia Qing immediately responded respectfully: "Master, the subordinates are here!"
"Do you know Juyuanmaru's recipe?"
"Master, my subordinates don't have this medicine. Xia Qing replied ashamedly.
"It's okay, it's not complicated. Xia Ruofei said lightly, "Remember, Angelica 1 tael, Duhuo 1 tael, Qianhu 5 money......"
Xia Ruofei quickly told Xia Qing about the medicinal materials and preparation methods used in this Juyuan pill.
Although this prescription has been lost in the current Chinese medicine, it is not a complicated prescription, and the preparation method is quite simple.
So after hearing this, Xia Qing immediately said: "Master, the subordinates remember!"
Xia Ruofei said lightly: "These commonly used medicinal materials are available in the space, you immediately refine fifty pills, I will use them tomorrow." ”
"Yes, master!" replied Xia Qing.
After handing over the matter of making Juyuan Pill to Xia Qing, Xia Ruofei went to bed after watching the news related to this auction on the Internet in his room for a while.
Early the next morning, Xia Ruofei got up on time, sat cross-legged on the balcony of his bedroom and began to cultivate.
Zi Shi and Mao Shi are the most active periods of the day when the aura of heaven and earth is most active, and in the barren earth of aura, it can barely meet the requirements of cultivation, so as long as there are no special circumstances, Xia Ruofei insists on cultivating every day.
Now Xia Ruofei has been able to feel the bottleneck of the fourth layer of qi training more and more clearly, so he naturally cultivates every day, hoping to break through to the fifth layer of qi training as soon as possible.
He also remembered that he had a potential enemy who was suspected of being a Xuan-rank martial artist, and although the probability of exposure was low, he never took it lightly.
And since there are Xuan-level martial artists, there may be higher-level martial artists, and even cultivators, Xia Ruofei guessed that these people are just concentrating on cultivation and are generally rarely born, but it is still very likely that they will intersect with this mysterious group in the future.
In a cultivator's world, strength is king.
Xia Ruofei now has this condition, so he will naturally try his best to improve his strength as much as possible, and only in this way can he always take the initiative in his own hands.
The aura of heaven and earth trembled slightly, and then gathered in the direction of Xia Ruofei.
Unconsciously, his cultivation also began to grow slowly.
Although this range is quite slow, as long as the sand gathers into a tower and the water drops through the stones, as long as the progress is made every day, the breakthrough is a matter of time or time.
The balcony of the master bedroom faces Victoria Bay, and as time passes, a red sun leaps out of the sea, and the sparkling sea is suddenly dyed with a layer of golden light.
Xia Ruofei was unaware of this magnificent beauty, and was still cultivating wholeheartedly, until the time passed unconsciously, Xia Ruofei felt that the aura of heaven and earth suddenly became turbid and mixed, and he got up.
Just now, when he was practicing, Xia Ruofei noticed that the door of the room at the other end of the presidential suite was open, and Feng Jing had already left the suite.
However, Xia Ruofei was cultivating and didn't care too much.
Now that the cultivation is over, Xia Ruofei went to take a shower first, and then pushed open the door of the master bedroom and walked out.
At this moment, Feng Jing also pushed the door in from the outside - after confirming that Feng Jing moved in with her yesterday, Xia Ruofei asked the exclusive housekeeper of the presidential suite to bring a new room card to Feng Jing.
Feng Jing was wearing a tight sports vest and compression pants, revealing a snow-white waist, a layer of shiny sweat on her body, her hair was also wet, and there was a hint of blush on her pretty face, obviously she had just returned from exercise.
"Good morning!" Xia Ruofei took the initiative to greet him.
Feng Jing didn't expect Xia Ruofei to get up so early, she was usually dressed as a professional beauty in front of Xia Ruofei, and today was the first time she was dressed so coolly, and she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.
"Morning ...... Good morning, chairman!" Feng Jing said with a slight flush.
Xia Ruofei's gaze swept over Feng Jing's hot figure, and he asked with a smile, "Went to exercise?"
"yes! I went to the hotel gym for a while. Feng Jing said.
"Then go and wash it up, or you will catch a cold." Xia Ruofei said, "By the way, I'm going to call breakfast, what do you want to eat?"
Feng Jing's heart warmed, and she smiled at Xia Ruofei and said, "You can eat anything, I'm not a picky eater, the chairman decides!"
"Okay!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
Feng Jing greeted Xia Ruofei and hurriedly went back to her room - wearing this cool dress in front of Xia Ruofei really made her a little unnatural.
Xia Ruofei asked for two breakfasts through the hotel's internal phone.
After a while, the doorbell rang, and two waiters pushed the dining cart to bring the breakfast.
Although Xia Ruofei only asked for two, the breakfast was very rich and exquisite, and it was estimated that it was enough for four ordinary people to eat.
After the waiter put breakfast on the table one by one, he bowed and took his leave.
Soon Feng Jing also came out of the room, she obviously had just finished bathing, her hair was still wet, and her pretty face still had a trace of redness on her pretty face when she changed into a formal suit, looking delicate.
Xia Ruofei smiled and beckoned Feng Jing to come over for dinner.
After enjoying a hearty breakfast, Feng Jing said: "Chairman, I'll go down first, the auction will start at half past nine in the morning, I'll get to the venue to see if there are any problems." ”
Xia Ruofei nodded with a smile and said, "Mr. Feng, then I will work hard for you." I'll be the audience at today's auction, and everything depends on you!"
Feng Jing nodded and said, "Well, it's all ready, there shouldn't be any problems!"
After speaking, Feng Jing got up and left the presidential suite.
At about half past eight, Ma Zhiming came to the presidential suite and asked Xia Ruofei to fly to the venue below.
Huanhuan still has a summer class today, so Tian Huixin took Huanhuan to class, and Ma Xiong and Ma Zhiming, father and son, will both participate in the auction.
Xia Ruofei followed Ma Zhiming to the grand banquet hall on the third floor of the hotel by taking a special elevator.
Xia Ruofei found that the entire banquet hall had been rearranged, and the logos of Hengfeng Auction House and Taoyuan Company could be seen everywhere - in addition to the promotional posters around the venue, there were also number plates prepared for everyone, including small items such as sticky notes and paper cups used in the venue, all of which were printed with the LOGOS of Taoyuan Company and Hengfeng Auction House.
On the back of the center stage, a huge spray-painted poster is arranged, the content of which is the same as the banner content on the homepage of the auction house's website, and the visual center position is also a picture of the best abalone, and of course, the company logo is also printed on the eye-catching position on the poster.
On both sides of the stage, there are huge projection screens, on which a well-edited promotional video is being played, which has also recently been widely circulated on the Internet.
There are two sign-in areas at the entrance of the venue, one for the media and one for the guests.
Xia Ruofei noticed that some media reporters had already arrived at the venue, and they would get a paper bag of souvenirs and a lottery ticket after signing in, and the guests would also receive a lottery ticket after signing in.
Xia Ruofei specially went to the media sign-in area to take a look, and the souvenirs in the paper bag were still quite thoughtful - a sun umbrella, a pair of sunglasses, a box of Tieguanyin tea, a signature pen and a small backpack.
All these small gifts are printed with the LOGO of Taoyuan company, many reporters can directly put into the small backpack after getting the souvenir, these reporters walk around the venue, Taoyuan company's LOGO is printed on the backpack they carry, the appearance rate is quite high.
Xia Ruofei knew that most of these were Feng Jing's ideas, and he couldn't help but show a smile on his face.
Before the auction started, this small detail had already reassured Xia Ruofei a lot, and Feng Jing and the Hengfeng Auction House team had indeed put a lot of thought into it.
Feng Jing was patrolling the venue, and after seeing Xia Ruofei and Ma Zhiming, she immediately walked over.
"Chairman, here!" Feng Jing looked at the large incubator Xia Ruofei was holding in his hand and said, "Give me the things!"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "How can you let a lady do such manual labor?
Feng Jing pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Then the chairman will come with me!"
Feng Jing led Xia Ruofei to the center stage, and Xia Ruofei noticed that two vertical freezers had been placed on the stage, somewhat similar to the freezers that sell cold drinks in the store, using transparent glass doors, but the inside has been modified to a certain extent.
Feng Jing asked Xia Ruofei to put the twenty-one abalone that met or exceeded the standard of one abalone in the freezer one by one according to their weight, and the few abalones with slightly worse weight were placed in another freezer.
Then Feng Jing pressed a switch on the side of the freezer, and the spotlights installed in advance in the freezer suddenly lit up, and the light just projected on each abalone, and it seemed that the grade suddenly went up a lot.
Four men in black suits are responsible for guarding these two freezers, and these four people have bulging waists, obviously carrying weapons, which shows that Hengfeng also attaches great importance to the safety of the lots.
After the abalone that was about to be auctioned were placed, Ma Zhiming led Xia Ruofei to the VIP area under the stage and took a seat, while Feng Jing continued to dispatch and command in the venue.
Forty or fifty minutes before the auction began, Ma Xiong also came to the auction venue.
Naturally, everyone exchanged pleasantries again.
The seats in the VIP area were all labeled with the corresponding names, originally Ma Xiong wanted Xia Ruofei to sit in the middle seat and be adjacent to him, but Xia Ruofei came over this time to keep a low profile, so he naturally declined politely.
So his seat was arranged next to Ma Zhiming, in the middle of the third row, which not only highlights Xia Ruofei's identity, but also not too dazzling.
Otherwise, a young man in his twenties is actually on an equal footing with a billionaire like Ma Xiong, which will definitely cause all kinds of speculation.
The media reporters present will definitely not let go of such news points, and it will be unrealistic for Xia Ruofei to keep a low profile at that time.
As the auction time approached, reporters from all walks of life began to enter the venue one after another.
Xia Ruofei paid attention to it, there are really a lot of media here today.
Several well-known newspapers, magazines, websites, and television stations on Hong Kong Island naturally sent reporters all of them - with Ma Xiong's face on Hong Kong Island, he personally came forward to say hello, and few media did not buy it, not to mention that the auction itself was full of gimmicks.
In addition to the local media on Hong Kong Island, Xia Ruofei also found media reporters from Singapore, Malaysia and other countries of Chinese descent and predominantly Chinese.
Most of the people in these countries are Chinese, some of the official language is even Chinese, everyone's living habits are similar to those of the Chinese, and the news of the auction of the best abalone has received very high attention in these countries.
In addition, there are quite a few media in the mainland, and several media from the southeast province, especially Sanshan City, have come to the media, and reporters from several coastal provinces have also made a special trip to cover the news.
Xia Ruofei even found a CCTV reporter, of course, this is a reporter from CCTV's reporter station on Hong Kong Island, not a special trip from the capital, and more than half of the work of this kind of reporter is running various venues, and today's auction is naturally impossible to be on a set of comprehensive channels or news channels.
But even so, Xia Ruofei was very pleasantly surprised.
If the news of the auction can be on CCTV, even if it is on the agricultural channel, the audience is completely incomparable to the provincial and municipal media.
The guests also came to the venue one after another.
Ma Xiong also began to get busy, he kept greeting the guests present, and at the same time introduced some guests to Xia Ruofei.
Of course, more guests are not qualified to have a direct dialogue with Ma Xiong, and some people will say a few words to Ma Zhiming, after all, there are only a few rich people on Hong Kong Island who can compete with Ma Xiong.
In addition to dealing with these greeting guests, Ma Zhiming will also introduce the people present to Xia Ruofei from time to time.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart - Li Chaoren's second son, the daughter of He Gambling King, and the nephew of King Zheng...... After a while, Xia Ruofei heard the names of many rich people who had only seen them on TV and newspapers before.
Although not all of these top billionaires participated, most of them at least sent their children and nephews to participate, and a few business tycoons flew to Hong Kong Island from overseas to participate.
In just a short period of time, Xia Ruofei has a very intuitive understanding of Ma Xiong's influence on Hong Kong Island, and at the same time, he is becoming more and more confident in today's auction.
Soon the time came to half past nine, and the scene was almost full.
A burst of melodious music sounded.
Feng Jing, who was dressed in a smart professional suit, walked to the center stage with a microphone, she painted light makeup, and a confident smile on her face, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Many media reporters also immediately picked up long guns and short guns and aimed at Feng Jing on stage.
The flash lights were on frequently, and there were many billionaires in the audience, but Feng Jing did not have the slightest stage fright, she said enthusiastically with a smile: "Hello everyone! I am Feng Jing, the general manager of Taoyuan Company, and this lot, the best abalone, is exclusively provided by our Taoyuan Company, and all VIPs and media friends are welcome to participate in this auction!"