Chapter 756: Wave after Wave

Feng Jing was on the side of the stage, and she also saw the scene that happened just now.

There was also a hint of a smile on her pretty face, she felt that Xia Ruofei was really bad, she played Blake all over the place, and when she saw Blake's expression, she was already doubting life.

However, the worry in Feng Jing's heart has not diminished in the slightest, because she has been so troubled by Blake, and two pieces of white truffles in a row have actually not been photographed by the buyer - the piece that Blake bought is also the product of the fighting spirit of the two.

Xia Ruofei personally raised the price, and the negative impact is still there.

And if Blake continues to muddy the waters, the auction will really be a joke today.

At this moment, Xia Ruofei stood up and motioned to the staff to hand him a microphone.

Then Xia Ruofei took the microphone and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, some people may already know me, but I still want to introduce myself first, my name is Xia Ruofei, I am the chairman of Taoyuan Company, and today's batch of lots are provided by our company." ”

Then Xia Ruofei turned around and glanced at Blake lightly, and then continued: "As I said just now, there is no personal grudge between Blake and me, he once slandered our company's reputation in public, baselessly doubted the quality of our company's truffles, and even had racist tendencies, openly claiming that Huaxia people are liars, saying that it is impossible for Huaxia to grow high-quality truffles, and it has been more than half a year since the incident, and there is no apology so far!"

In addition to some wealthy and celebrities from Europe and the United States, many of the people who came to participate in the auction were local upper-class people on Hong Kong Island.

These super-rich and celebrities are all the older generation of Hong Kong Island people, and their patriotism is also quite strong, and when they heard Xia Ruofei say this, they all cast dissatisfied eyes at Blake.

Xia Ruofei paused and continued: "This auction is for the public, as long as you pay enough deposit, you can participate in the bidding, this is the rule of Hengfeng Auction House, I can't break it." So even though we didn't welcome Blake, we still didn't stop him from entering. ”

"But!" Xia Ruofei said, "I have already said before, I am not willing to sell our company's truffles to such a person, and I am not even willing to have any business dealings with the French Black Group, if he must buy it, then be prepared to pay several times the premium!"

Xia Ruofei stared at Blake and said, "As long as you participate in the auction, I will definitely raise the price, as for what price I will take, it depends on my mood......!

Blake's face became very ugly, he snorted coldly, and sat down in his seat without saying a word.

Today he has lost face, and after returning to China, he will be questioned a lot from within the family, so he is in a terrible mood at the moment.

However, he had just auctioned off a piece of white truffle at a sky-high price of $950,000, and at this time he couldn't leave the show, and it was even more impossible for him to cheat -- he had also paid a deposit of $1 million! Hengfeng Auction House was not afraid that he would miss the appointment.

After Feng Jing heard Xia Ruofei's reasonable words, her heart calmed down a little.

Although this statement may not be able to undo all the negative impacts, at least it can be improved, and it has made its voice heard.

In this case, it is already very good to be able to do this, at least Feng Jing thinks so.

Just when Feng Jing felt that Xia Ruofei had finished talking and the auction would continue, Xia Ruofei had no intention of sitting down.

He glanced at the guests and buyers in the venue, and continued: "But anyway, because of such an episode, the auction has been affected, and it is my problem, so I decided that the truffles that I bought back today because of the price increase with Blake will all be auctioned at a small private auction held tonight. I would also like to announce that tonight's private auction will be charity, with 10% of the proceeds from the auction going to the Hong Kong Island Charity Federation!"

As soon as Xia Ruofei finished speaking, Feng Jing was almost stunned.

Xia Ruofei also admitted that his "fight" with Blake had an impact on the auction, making it impossible for some people who really want truffles to buy it, so a private auction will be held tonight, so everyone can still bid.

The so-called audit, as anyone with a discerning eye knows, is nothing more than for Blake alone, and others must be allowed to participate as long as they have sufficient financial strength.

Isn't the public auction of Hengfeng Auction House unable to prevent Blake from entering? Then Xia Ruofei will hold a private auction, even if it is a small-scale exchange party, Xia Ruofei, as the host of the party, always has the right to invite who to refuse whom, right?

For those who really like Taoyuan brand truffles and want to bid, it is nothing more than waiting for half a day, and it has no effect.

Therefore, the negative effects brought by the previous ones are basically non-existent.

Young people are happy to take revenge, and God will forgive.

Even, Xia Ruofei's statement will add points to Taoyuan Company.

Because he also announced that he would donate ten percent of the proceeds from the auction to charity.

Originally, Taoyuan Company had a charity fund, and Tang Yitian donated a large amount of money to establish it, but Xia Ruofei decided to donate it directly to the Hong Kong Island Charity Federation in order to avoid suspicion, and the auction was held on Hong Kong Island.

Many of these auctions are charitable in nature, but a one-time donation of 10% is extremely rare.

After all, these white truffles are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and those heavier truffles in the back can definitely reach the million dollar level.

If it's a lot, then 10 percent is a lot of money.

Xia Ruofei's words also immediately received warm applause, especially some local guests and buyers on Hong Kong Island, who cast approving glances at Xia Ruofei.

Ma Xiong finally showed a reassuring smile.

Xia Ruofei smiled faintly and said, "It's a waste of everyone's time, the auction will continue below!"

After speaking, Xia Ruofei glanced at Blake warningly, and then handed the microphone back to the staff.

Lu Zhongguang on the stage also said meaningfully: "Okay, thank you Mr. Xia for your generosity! Now let's start the auction of the third white truffle, which weighs 1.22 kilograms and has a starting price of 100,000 US dollars! Everyone can bid!"

After Lu Zhongguang's words fell, everyone subconsciously looked at Blake.

Blake seemed to have been hit hard, and he sat down in his chair with a blushing face, and said nothing.

The scene was dull for a moment, and everyone realized that the auction seemed to be back on track, so they began to bid.

"$180,000!"

"$190,000!"

"$200,000!"

......

The price went all the way up, and finally the white truffle sold for $245,000.

This is a normal price, although it is a little more expensive than the general market price of white truffles, but considering the impact of poor harvests, and the weight of this white truffle monomer exceeds one kilogram, this price is still within a reasonable space.

The white truffle was captured by Mr. José, the owner and chef of the Spanish restaurant Assac.

He happened to be sitting on Xia Ruofei's left hand side.

This is also a prestigious Michelin-starred chef, although he runs a small restaurant in Asak, and there is no chain store, but it is famous in the Western food industry, and many gourmets come to taste it.

Although Jose knows that there are more than two kilograms of white truffles to be auctioned in the future, he is also very aware that there is still a gap in strength between himself and those rich people with deep pockets, so the most realistic thing is to auction one or two truffles now, which is also crucial to the development of the restaurant.

So after successfully auctioning this white truffle, Jose was also quite happy.

Xia Ruofei politely congratulated Jose.

Jose also smiled and said: "Thank you, Mr. Xia, I hope you can go to Spain when you have time, I will definitely cook a big meal for you myself!"

"That's such an honor!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "I can't wait to taste Chef Jose's craftsmanship!"

"This is my business card!" Jose handed over his business card and said, "If Mr. Xia is in Europe, he must contact me!"

"Okay!" Xia Ruofei politely took the business card, and also gave a business card to Jose.

At this time, the auction on the stage continued.

Blake seemed to be slumped, and he knew that even if he made trouble, he wouldn't be able to make any impact on Xia Ruofei.

Even if he deliberately made a bid, and then he stopped after Xia Ruofei raised the price, it would be at most a half-day delay in the auction of this truffle.

If you want to talk about losses, Xia Ruofei will lose a little auction commission at most, and ten percent of the donation, but he still earns a reputation.

What's more, he has stupidly sent 950,000 US dollars to Xia Ruofei, with this 950,000 US dollars, will Xia Ruofei still care about that little bit of money?

And his bid can't be too low, otherwise if Xia Ruofei is not used, other buyers will compete with him.

In case his bid is too high, Xia Ruofei won't accept it once, wouldn't he be the wronged again?

So after thinking about it, Blake sadly found that he had nothing to do with Xia Ruofei.

Now he can only hope for the giant white truffles that will be auctioned at the end, and if he can get one or two pieces back, he can cancel out some of the noise within the family.

However, looking at Xia Ruofei's determination today, it is not easy for him to shoot smoothly.

In the end, all thirteen white truffles were successfully auctioned, and Blake never got in the way again.

These thirteen pieces of white truffles brought Xia Ruofei a total of $3.64 million in income.

Counting the $950,000 offered by Blake, Xia Ruofei received a total of $4.59 million in the auction of this batch of white truffles, plus the proceeds from the previous two rounds of auctions, Xia Ruofei has earned $6.864 million so far.

This is still when more than two kilograms of white truffles have not yet been filmed.

Moreover, this is only less than a quarter of Xia Ruofei's harvest of truffles this season.

There are a total of seven pieces of white truffles over two kilograms.

The largest of these is 2.75 kilograms, and the exact weight of this truffle has not been announced, but everyone speculates that it will definitely break the world record.

Because the current world record is also held by Taoyuan Company's truffle - the finale of the Shencheng auction at the beginning of the year, weighing 2.05 kilograms.

This will be more than two kilograms, and this time in the lot provided by Taoyuan Company, there are 7 truffles of more than 2 kilograms, and it is impossible to exceed 2.05 kilograms!

This was quickly proven – the first truffle to be auctioned broke the world's heaviest white truffle set at the beginning of the year, this one was the lightest of the seven truffles, but it also weighed 2.09 kilograms!

As soon as this truffle appeared, it caused fierce competition among everyone.

Many of the richest people on Hong Kong Island, Europe and the United States have also joined the ranks of grabbing - not everyone is just waiting for the finale, there are many rich people here today, there are several billions of dollars in net worth, and now there are 7 truffles left, and every opportunity cannot be missed.

In the end, after fierce competition, this 2.09-kilogram white truffle was auctioned by Hong Kong Island billionaire Cheng Jianian for 1.33 million US dollars.

The 2.05 kilogram white truffle at the auction in Shencheng at the beginning of the year was auctioned by Monica next to Xia Ruofei for $1.25 million with gritted teeth, but the truffle was crowned with the halo of a world record at that time!

This also reflects the scarcity of the best white truffles this year, the old gentleman of the Zheng family who photographed the white truffles was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and Xia Ruofei was also happy in his heart, it seems that this season's truffles can make him a lot of money.

Blake was even more unhappy when he saw that each of Xia Ruofei's truffles had been auctioned at such a high price, and at the same time, he was also very hot when he saw such a large piece of white truffles on the stage, and he had the heart to bid for the auction, but he was worried that Xia Ruofei would raise the price, and his mood was quite contradictory.

In Blake's hesitant and ambivalent mood, these white truffles of more than two kilograms were sold piece by piece.

The truffles on display are all arranged from low to high in weight, and because there are fewer and fewer things, the transaction price of the next few truffles is also higher.

In the end, with the addition of the first piece of $1.33 million, the total transaction price of these six white truffles reached $8.58 million!

When Blake wanted to bid several times, Xia Ruofei glanced back at him as if he had a feeling, and he immediately coaxed again, gritting his teeth and sitting in his seat, but he was helpless.

At this time, the auction finally came to the final stage.

The final white truffle was placed on a large tray covered with a red silk cloth and carried by two staff members on the auction table......