Chapter 166: Breaking Records
Two white truffles, two black truffles. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Each piece was huge, and before Xia Ruofei could speak, there were already bursts of exclamations from below, and even Monica's face showed a look of disbelief.
Because the two white truffles were not inferior to the one in the grand finale of the Grasso family's truffle auction alone, the one on the right was even slightly larger than theirs.
The same is true for the two black truffles, which are already smaller than the white truffles, but they are likely to exceed 1,000 grams.
These four truffles, any one of them at the auction will definitely cause a sensation, but today it actually appeared at a press conference at the same time.
And Monica also noticed that Xia Ruofei also had a larger sealed container next to him, and the red silk on it was not revealed, obviously, that was the finale of this press conference.
She couldn't help but reach out and cover her mouth.
Sure enough, Xia Ruofei said with a confident smile on his face: "Ladies and gentlemen, the second batch of lots is these 4 truffles, I hope it will not disappoint everyone." Of course, even if these 4 truffles don't meet your needs, that's okay, I'm sure our finale will surprise everyone!"
After speaking, Xia Ruofei handed the microphone to the auctioneer and walked straight off the stage.
The auction of giant truffles has officially begun.
First up is a 1,100-gram black truffle with a starting price of $10,000.
Black truffles of this size are very rare, so the price of the auction skyrocketed as soon as the auction began, and many people who felt that they could not compete for white truffles focused their main efforts on these two black truffles.
After a while, the price of this black truffle was called 30,000 US dollars.
In the end, the black truffle was sold for $33,000.
The second black truffle weighed 1,300 grams and sold for $50,000.
After the two black truffles were all gone, the auction of the white truffles finally began.
The auctioneer placed the first white truffle on the scale, and the big screen showed the reading of the scale in real time - 1.46 kilograms, exactly 0.01 kilograms heavier than the one the Grasso family had auctioned before.
With a bang, the audience was boiling directly.
"God, the record for the largest white truffle of the year was broken again just half an hour after it was born!"
"Incredible, incredible!"
"I can't believe what kind of record will be born in the subsequent auction!"
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The auctioneer was very experienced and waited for everyone's exclamations and discussions to gradually subside, and then said: "1.46 kilograms of the best white truffles, the starting price is 100,000 US dollars, and each price increase shall not be less than 5,000 US dollars, start bidding!"
The auctioneer did not say anything inflammatory, because he knew very well that there was no need for him to incite at the moment, and everyone's enthusiasm was already completely boiling.
Sure enough, as soon as his words fell, the quotations rang out one after another.
"$150,000!"
"$180,000!"
"200,000!"
Although the minimum price increase is 5,000 US dollars, almost all of the guests who have just experienced the last auction have increased by tens of thousands.
It wasn't until the price reached $300,000 that the price increase began to slow down - after all, the price of the finale white truffle at the last auction was a bit inflated.
However, at this time, Ma Xiong made another move, he raised the sign in his hand and said, "350,000 US dollars!"
Then he smiled and explained: "At Ms. Grasso's auction just now, I paid $350,000 for the same weight of white truffles, Xia Sheng is my good friend, I can't favor one over the other!"
Ma Xiong's words immediately caused bursts of laughter, and many people looked at Xia Ruofei with envy, being able to get the support of a world-class rich man like Ma Xiong, this young man's luck is really not ordinary!
And after Ma Xiong came out with this price, everyone did not increase the price again - in fact, this is also the limit price, and it will be a bit of a wronged person to increase it any more.
As a result, the first 1.46 kg white truffle was successfully sold at a price of 350,000 US dollars.
When the auctioneer went to get the second piece of white truffle, Xia Ruofei picked up the microphone and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Ma, can you take a break in the next auction and don't make a move? Today you have already got two pieces of the best white truffle, should you leave some for others? You see that as soon as you bid, others dare not compete with you!"
The guests in the audience immediately laughed, and many people felt that Xia Ruofei really said what they wanted, with Ma Xiong's financial resources, if he was really determined to fight, few people on the scene had the strength to compete with him.
Ma Xiong also laughed and said, "Okay! Xia Sheng, but if you don't get the ideal price in your mind, you can't blame me anymore!"
"Thank you, thank you!" Xia Ruofei arched his hand and said, "I definitely don't blame you......"
In fact, Xia Ruofei is very grateful in his heart, he knows very well that Ma Xiong is setting a benchmark by doing this, and the price of this first white truffle is the same as that of the Grasso family, which means that in his Ma Xiong's mind, Xia Ruofei's truffles are not lost to the Grasso family's truffles.
With such a criterion, the following auction can be used as a reference.
And Xia Ruofei didn't want Ma Xiong to break the bank again, with Ma Xiong's financial resources, even if he bought his truffles at ten times the price, it would be an easy matter, but then it would lose the meaning of the auction, it was completely human.
This is not the result Xia Ruofei wants.
The auctioneer put the second piece of white truffle on the scale, but in fact, it was a little larger than the first piece in appearance, so everyone was waiting for the result with anticipation.
Sure enough, the reading of the electronic scale was displayed on the large screen: 1.53 kilograms.
Once again, the record for the largest white truffle of the year was set.
But at this time, everyone already had a certain degree of immunity, although they were still amazed, but at least there was no such exaggerated exclamation.
The auctioneer smiled, "Yes, this white truffle weighs 1.53 kilograms, which is the largest truffle produced so far this year. ”
The auctioneer put the accent on the word "current", and many people heard it, and the answer was already coming out.
Everyone's eyes fell on the only sealed container on the stage that was covered with red silk.
The auctioneer here has quickly quoted the auction price of this truffle: "The starting price is 150,000 US dollars, and the price increase is not less than 5,000 US dollars each time, and the bidding will start now!"
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