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And Xia Ruofei directly scrapped Blake in the gym, and the hotel naturally didn't dare to slack off, and reported it to Ma Xiong as soon as possible, because it was a skirmish after all.

In addition, when Monica came to the stage just now, she made eye contact with Xia Ruofei several times, and smiled at each other, even Lu You was keenly aware of it, and Ma Xiong, who was old and sophisticated, could naturally see it clearly.

Xia Ruofei smiled bitterly and whispered to Ma Xiong: "Mr. Ma, I have nothing to do with Monica, how that Black is in the limelight is none of my business, you don't need to waste this money." ”

Ma Xiong said with a smile: "It's just a few hundred thousand dollars, it's nothing! Xia Sheng, it's also useful for me to buy this truffle, and the French restaurant on the top floor of Jiahua is going to have a truffle feast, which can just come in handy." ”

Xia Ruofei smiled bitterly and closed his mouth.

He knew that Ma Xiong was just a pretext, and it might be true that French restaurants needed truffles, but he could wait for Xia Ruofei's truffles to come out before participating in the auction, and there was no need to spend so much money to fight for this truffle now.

But since Ma Xiong decided to participate in the competition, Xia Ruofei also knew that it was impossible for him to persuade him to quit at this time.

Blake, who was over there, visibly twitched the muscles in his face when Ma Xiong was quoting.

He naturally knew a world-class rich man like Ma Xiong, and what made his heart even tighter was that he followed the sound and looked over and saw Xia Ruofei sitting next to Ma Xiong, and the two kept talking in a low voice.

In terms of financial strength, the Black Group is far inferior to the Hengfeng Group, and Black is not the head of the group, so he can't come up with as high a price as he wants, and if he buys this truffle with money far more than the actual value, he will definitely not be able to explain it when he goes back.

But Ma Xiong has no concerns about this, he is the boss of the group, as long as he is willing, even if he takes out 100 million US dollars to buy, no one dares to say anything about him.

Of course, this is just an extreme example, and it is naturally impossible for such a situation to occur in reality, and Ma Xiong is not a fool.

"Thank you Chairman Ma of Hengfeng Group for your generosity! Chairman Ma bid 320,000 US dollars!" The auctioneer was so excited that his face turned a little red, "May I ask if any other friends want to offer a higher price? If not, this biggest truffle of the year will belong to Chairman Ma!"

Blake's face was uncertain, his ideological struggle was very fierce, and it took a long time to grit his teeth and raise the sign, shouting: "330,000 US dollars!"

This price is basically the same as the transaction price of the 1.49 kg white truffle in 07.

But Ma Xiong did not hesitate at all, and immediately raised his sign as soon as Blake's voice fell, and said lightly: "350,000 US dollars!"

A one-time increase of $20,000, and on top of such a high price, Blake immediately sat back in his seat like a deflated ball, which was beyond his authority.

And he knows very well that even if he continues to increase the price, if Ma Xiong is determined to buy it, he can't compete at all.

In fact, Blake didn't think about raising the price again, of course, the increase was not to buy this truffle, but purely to make Ma Xiong spend more money. But he still didn't have the courage in the end, especially when he saw Xia Ruofei and Ma Xiong whispering, he didn't dare to take risks, in case he gave up as soon as he increased the price, it would really be in his own hands.

As soon as the auctioneer saw that Blake had given up on the competition, he simply began to count down.

There is no suspense, this 1.45 kilogram giant white truffle was pocketed by Ma Xiong at a sky-high price of 350,000 US dollars.

The audience burst into warm applause, and Ma Xiong also stood up with a smile and waved to the guests behind him.

Monica got up and walked to the front of the stage and said with a smile: "Thank you Chairman Ma of Hengfeng Group for your generosity!"

Although Monica thanked Ma Xiong, her eyes were looking at Xia Ruofei, and she also showed a smile that seemed to be smiling.

Xia Ruofei gave her a wry smile in return.

With the drop of the hammer for this sky-high white truffle, the Grasso family's truffle auction is over.

Monica then expressed her gratitude to all the guests who participated in the auction, and also previewed several business exchange activities of the Grasso Group in Shanghai in the next two days, and invited everyone to participate - as the third heir of the Grasso family, she naturally did not come to China just for the auction with a total turnover of only six or seven hundred thousand US dollars, but also arranged other business activities for the Grasso Group's trip to China.

At the same time, Monica also announced on the spot that she would donate 5% of the total turnover, that is, about 35,000 US dollars, to the Huaxia Charity Foundation, which is also a tradition of the Grasso family.

Although the money is not very much, the charity is no big or small, and the audience still applauded warmly.

After the auction, Ma Xiong and the others got up and left the grand ballroom and went to a medium-sized banquet hall of about 200 square meters on the same floor, where all preparations had been made for the auction of Xia Ruofei's truffles.

All the guests who had been notified in advance also went to the banquet hall - the invitation sent by Ma Xiong naturally would not be refused.

At this moment, Monica walked over quickly.

She first glanced at Xia Ruofei with a smile, and then said to Ma Xiong: "Mr. Ma, I heard that you are about to hold an auction, I wonder if I have the honor to participate?"

Ma Xiong paused for a moment, and then said: "Miss Grasso, to be honest, this auction I prepared for my friend is also an auction of truffles, I don't think you will need to buy them, right?

Monica was slightly stunned, obviously she didn't expect that the auction was also truffles, but she quickly giggled: "Then thank you Mr. Ma!"

After speaking, she naturally walked side by side with Xia Ruofei and walked towards the medium-sized banquet hall together.

Lu You on the side couldn't help frowning slightly when she saw this, but she bit her lower lip lightly and didn't say anything, just silently followed.

When they came to the medium-sized banquet hall, the guests sat down one after another.

The invited guests were about one-third of the previous auction.

When Ma Xiong and Xia Ruofei saw that Blake was also present, they couldn't help but sigh.

However, the two of them soon returned to their usual faces.

Except for a few figures who have a similar status in the business world to Ma Xiong, Ma Xiong personally went to greet them, and the rest of the lists were drawn up by Ma Zhiming according to the other party's economic strength and social status.

The Black Group is a well-known name in the global restaurant industry, and it is not surprising that Blake has been invited.

In fact, except for Ma Xiong, Xia Ruofei, Ma Zhiming, the chef of the top French restaurant, Mark Lawrence, and Monica, who had just learned of the situation, other people, including Tian Huixin and Lu You, did not know the specific content of the press conference.

Ma Xiong and Xia Ruofei glanced at each other, and the two walked to the stage together.

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