Blake naturally recognized Xia Ruofei as well.

This scene is so familiar, it is also the gym of Hengfeng Realm Hotel, and the same Chinese young man who is walking like a fly on the treadmill, and the memory at the beginning of the year makes Blake quite unpleasant.

Although Xia Ruofei was a little reluctant, he didn't show it in front of Blake-it's still unclear what the situation was now! At least he had to meet Ma Xiong and ask about it!

He just glanced at Blake, then raised an eyebrow at him and asked in standard English, "Do you want to run together?"

Blake's face was red and white, he stared at Xia Ruofei for a few seconds, and then silently picked up his things and turned to leave.

Xia Ruofei pouted and smiled, and continued to run on the treadmill by himself.

This coincidence did not make any waves in Xia Ruofei's heart, but he faintly looked forward to whether Monica would come to this gym with the same mind as him.

However, in fact, Monica was tossed by Xia Ruofei for most of the night yesterday, and she was already exhausted, and she was forced to get up this morning.

Xia Ruofei ran to the point that he was sweating slightly, got off the treadmill, left the gym directly, and went back to the presidential suite to take a shower, the time was almost more than seven o'clock, he changed into casual clothes and took the elevator to the cafeteria downstairs.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Xia Ruofei saw that Ma Xiong and Feng Jing were already sitting by the window, Ma Xiong spotted Xia Ruofei for the first time, and immediately smiled and beckoned to him.

Xia Ruofei walked over quickly and said, "Mr. Ma, why did you come all the way to have breakfast with me?

Ma Xiong said with a smile: "When people get old, they have less time to sleep! I get up at five o'clock every day, and I just come to have breakfast with Xia Sheng!"

Feng Jing also said hello to Xia Ruofei, and then said to Xia Ruofei: "Chairman, let's go get something to eat first! Hengfeng Jiahua's buffet breakfast is still very rich." ”

Xia Ruofei nodded with a smile and said, "Mr. Ma, Mr. Feng, then you eat first!"

After speaking, Xia Ruofei got up and went to the pick-up area to take a few delicate pastries with a plate, then took two pieces of corn and an egg, and finally beat a cup of fresh milk, and walked back with the plate.

"Xia Sheng, do you just eat a little bit?" Ma Xiong said with a smile, "Young people should eat more!"

"Enough. Xia Ruofei smiled, "You don't need to eat too much for breakfast." ”

The three of them chatted while eating, and Ma Xiong suddenly said, "Xia Sheng, there is something I ...... I don't know what to say to you......"

Seeing Ma Xiong's embarrassed appearance, Xia Ruofei suddenly had Blake's figure in his mind.

He smiled quietly and said, "Mr. Ma can just say something straight, do we still need to detour in this relationship?"

"That's ......," Ma Xiong said, "Xia Sheng, then I'll get straight to the point, I don't know if you remember the Frenchman named Blake?"

Sure enough, it has something to do with him!" Xia Ruofei said in his heart.

He didn't deliberately pretend that he couldn't remember, so he nodded directly and said, "Of course I remember, I was impressed by him when I was in Shencheng at the beginning of the year!

Xia Ruofei did not take the initiative to say that he had met Blake in the gym.

Ma Xiong smiled bitterly and said, "He did come to Hong Kong Island, and he stayed at Hengfeng Realm Hotel......

Immediately afterwards, Ma Xiong said: "But...... We definitely didn't extend an invitation to the Black restaurant chain!"

It stands to reason that the Black Group is relatively influential in the global catering industry, and is famous for its authentic French food, and truffle auctions like this will definitely not miss them if they are replaced by other auction houses.

However, Ma Xiong knew that Xia Ruofei and Blake were not dealing with each other - Ma Xiong was a witness to what happened in Shencheng at the beginning of the year.

Therefore, Ma Xiong specially instructed the auction house not to send an invitation letter to the Black Group.

But what made Ma Xiong feel depressed was that the Black Group still came uninvited, and it was George Black, a young man who had a conflict with Xia Ruofei.

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "I believe this, it is definitely impossible for Mr. Ma to take the initiative to invite them." ”

"That's right!" Ma Xiong said with a wry smile, "I also received the news in the morning, the one sent by the Black Group this time is the George Black you saw last time in Shencheng, they paid the deposit according to the normal procedures, and purchased ordinary seats, you also know that we hold an auction, it is definitely impossible to drive the guests out......"

Although Blake's status in his family group is not particularly high, and his ranking among the heirs is also very low, he must have been invited to participate in the auction with an identity like him, and he must have been invited by the organizer on his own initiative.

Ma Xiong didn't expect that not only did he come uninvited, but he also didn't take the initiative to contact the auction house at all, and directly paid the deposit through the normal procedures and took an ordinary seat.

I don't know if the other party is self-aware or wants to keep a low profile, anyway, this matter caught Ma Xiong a little off guard.

He was worried that because of this incident, Xia Ruofei had a mustard in his heart, and it would really outweigh the losses.

So he rushed to the hotel early in the morning, and explained to Xia Ruofei as soon as possible.

Ma Xiong didn't know that Xia Ruofei had already met Blake in the hotel.

Fortunately, Xia Ruofei is not the kind of person with a small belly, and he will not be angry with Hengfeng Auction House because of such a thing.

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "I understand, Mr. Ma, since the auction allows ordinary guests to pay a deposit to enter the venue, then we can't break the rules......

Ma Xiong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Thank you Xia Sheng for your understanding! Don't worry, if Blake participates in the auction honestly, it will be fine, but if he dares to make any moths at the auction, I will definitely not spare him this time!"

At the beginning of the year, Ma Xiong should have supported Xia Ruofei to go through the legal process directly with Blake and sue him for defamation, and in fact, Ma Xiong also exerted a lot of pressure on Blake Restaurant Group.

But Xia Ruofei's demand at that time was for George Black to publicly apologize in the media, which was completely unacceptable to the Black Group, because the blow to the company's reputation was too great.

So at that time, the Black Group asked an old friend of Ma Xiong's for many years to mediate.

Ma Xiong owed this friend a lot of favors in his early years, and in the end, he could only coordinate with Xia Ruofei with a sense of apology.

Xia Ruofei was relatively easy to speak, and he also knew that Ma Xiong must have his own troubles, and the matter was not a big deal, so he agreed not to pursue it again.

If Blake takes the initiative to provoke this time, Ma Xiong will definitely not have to say anything, just settle the old accounts and new accounts together, and give Xia Ruofei an explanation.

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, it's not that serious, I think he came to participate in the auction, he must also hope to buy some truffles, it is impossible to fly over from Europe to make trouble, right?"

In fact, Xia Ruofei has a little high regard for Blake, although Blake is not bent on making trouble, but the biggest reason why he came to Hong Kong Island is nothing more than knowing that Monica came to Hong Kong Island, so he chased after him.

In addition, he also knew from the promotional brochure that the provider of the truffles participating in the auction this time was Xia Ruofei's Taoyuan Company, and if he could make Taoyuan Company lose face at the auction, he would naturally be very happy.

"I forgive him, don't dare!" Ma Xiong said.

Xia Ruofei shot a trace of coldness in his eyes, and said lightly: "Even if he doesn't make trouble, I don't want our company's truffles to be bought by the Black Group." ”

Ma Xiong was stunned for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "Xia Sheng, he has already obtained the ticket to participate in the auction, with the financial resources of the Black Group, it is definitely impossible to return empty-handed, after all, the quality of your truffles is extremely high, and the harvest of truffles this year is not very good, such high-end ingredients are scarce everywhere!"

Xia Ruofei showed a smile on his face and said, "Even if you can't avoid it, you have to make him bleed profusely and hit him until it hurts!"

Ma Xiong shook his head with a smile and said, "The quality of this batch of truffles is so high, no matter who wants to buy it, it will definitely bleed heavily!"

Xia Ruofei knew that Ma Xiong didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't explain too much, just smiled and diverted the topic.

After breakfast, Ma Xiong accompanied Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing to the grand banquet hall on the third floor of the hotel to inspect the auction venue.

The auction will start at half past nine in the morning.

Then Ma Xiong returned to the lounge next to the banquet hall, while Xia Ruofei went back to the presidential suite, ready to change into formal clothes.

In addition, he also had to take out the truffles from the Lingtu space in advance and put them in the freezer, and the people from the auction house would come to the room to receive the truffles in a while.

At about nine o'clock, Feng Jing accompanied Dong Jiajun, the manager of the auction house, to Xia Ruofei's room, Xia Ruofei took out the precious truffles from the freezer, Dong Jiajun carefully checked them, and handed them over to the staff who came with them, and they escorted the truffles downstairs.

Xia Ruofei, who changed into formal clothes, also took the elevator to the third floor with Feng Jing.

The grand banquet hall on the third floor has been renovated, whether it is the sign-in place at the door or the interior of the hall, the LOGO of Taoyuan Company and Hengfeng Group is hung everywhere, and exquisite promotional posters can be seen everywhere.

The screen at the door of the banquet hall and the large rear projection screen in the hall are also scrolling to play the promotional video specially produced by Hengfeng Auction House specially invited by the elite team.

Guests attending the auction also arrived.

In addition to some local tycoons, justices of the peace, and celebrities on Hong Kong Island, there are also many people with western faces who walked out of the elevator inside the hotel, most of which are rich people from Europe, the United States, Australia and other regions invited by Ma Xiong, and representatives of famous catering companies.

Xia Ruofei felt a little regretful that the old man Tang He in the United States and Tang Yitian in Australia couldn't rush over this time because they had other work schedules.

The two tycoons surnamed Tang made a special call to Xia Ruofei to express their apologies.

At the same time, the two also asked Xia Ruofei to leave them some excellent truffles, and they both expressed their willingness to buy them at the auction price.

On the one hand, it is to support Xia Ruofei's business, and on the other hand, they do like truffles, which are top foods.

Xia Ruofei got the guest list in advance.

Not counting the Blake Group, which entered the market through uninvited and deposited the price, several famous Western food chains in the world have basically arrived, and there are also Michelin restaurants that may not be particularly large, but they are very famous in the circle, and they have also sent representatives to participate.

In addition, there are at least five European and American tycoons with assets equivalent to Tang He and Tang Yitian also came in person.

Seeing this list, Xia Ruofei jokingly said to Feng Jing: "Mr. Feng, I estimate that the parking stands at Hong Kong Island Airport will be very tight in the past few days!"

Feng Jing couldn't help but purse her lips and laugh, all the preparations for the auction were very smooth, and she was in a very happy mood at the moment.

Most of these wealthy people come by private jet, and it is estimated that a small private jet exhibition can be opened on the tarmac of Hong Kong Island Airport at this time.

At this moment, Ma Xiong, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, also walked over quickly.

"Xia Sheng, I'll introduce you to a few friends in a moment!" Ma Xiong said with a smile, "Mainly some old friends here on Hong Kong Island, and they are also very interested in you. ”

"Oh, I'm young, can those rich people still know me?" Xia Ruofei joked.

"I may not have noticed you before, but after the last auction of the best abalone, I am afraid that there are not many people on Hong Kong Island who have not heard of your name!" Ma Xiong said with a smile, "I am so friendly that a few old friends complained to me! ”

Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "You can tell them that there will still be abalone, as long as you look for the brand of our Taoyuan Company!

Ma Xiong couldn't help but laugh heartily.

This auction is mainly Dong Jiajun and Feng Jing are in charge, Ma Xiong's status is highly respected, but he will not greet the guests at the door in person, so after the two exchanged a few words, they were ready to wait in the first place.

Just then, Blake, dressed in a custom Armani suit and with oily and slippery hair, also stepped out of the elevator.

When he walked to the door and saw Xia Ruofei, he stopped, looking at Xia Ruofei with his eyes like electricity.

And Xia Ruofei always had an indifferent look, just looking directly into Blake's eyes.

After a long time, Blake pursed his lips lightly and said, "I heard that the truffles in this auction are provided by your company? If the quality is acceptable, our Blake Group will consider taking care of your business." ”