Four Hundred and Seventieth Chapters Cash-Strapped

In order to break into the top jewelry circle, Ji Lanxin has spent a lot of money this time.

As soon as the auction started, the first piece of jewelry was eye-catching.

This is a pink diamond ring from the Argyle mine, with first-class clarity and cut.

The only thing I regret is the color, this is a light pink pink diamond, but even so, the pink diamond weighing three carats has attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing that Shen Qian and Hu Xiaorui next to him were staring at the ring on the stage intently, Li Dong said with a dry smile, "You like it too?"

In fact, he is very guilty now, afraid that the two women will buy it.

It wasn't that Li Dong was reluctant, since he brought two people here, he wasn't going to ask them to pay.

But the key is that you are so shy!

Brother Dong, who was hailed as the richest man in Jiangbei by the outside world, is almost too poor now.

A few days ago, Xu Shengzhe called him 40 million yuan, but 40 million yuan was really a drop in the bucket for Li Dong.

When he bought the land, he asked someone to borrow 30 million yuan, but now the cost plus interest is almost 32 million yuan.

Then he had another bleeding from the police, spent five million, and bought a shop for Qin Yuhan, which cost almost three million.

Forty million, the time to change hands is gone.

In addition, Yuanfang's recent profits have been invested in construction, and Li Dong is really poor now.

Of course, he can still spend hundreds of thousands or millions, but this amount of money is really not qualified to participate in the competition for top jewelry.

Unless he is willing to cash out from the stock market, Li Dong can only buy one or two pieces of mid-level jewelry now.

This time he came to participate in the auction mainly to win Ji Lanxin's popularity, otherwise Li Dong really didn't want to come, he had no money and felt guilty everywhere.

As if seeing Li Dong's guilty conscience, Shen Qian said with a smile: "Just look at it, women, whether you buy it or not, you like to look at it. Don't worry, it's just a light pink diamond ring, I still don't like it .”

Li Dong was speechless, but the tone of the stinky girl was not small.

But thinking about Shen Qian's family background,

As well as this woman's private treasury of up to 500 million yuan, Li Dong had no choice but to admit it, this woman is really not talking big.

Hu Xiaorui, who was next to her, also averted her gaze at the moment. Hearing the conversation between the two, the little girl hummed and said, "I don't like it either. It's only three carats. If I want to buy it, I'll buy a three hundred carat one!"

Li Dong's face was full of black lines, and he said in a bad mood: "Next time, learn more common sense before bragging. Do you have a 300-carat pink diamond?"

Hu Xiaorui blushed, and retorted: "Did I say it was a pink diamond?"

Seeing the vigorous bickering between the two, Shen Qian said speechlessly: "You also told me not to quarrel, can you calm down a bit, the auction is in progress!"

Li Dong and Hu Xiaorui stopped talking and listened to everyone's quotations.

Although Shen Qian doesn't like it, it doesn't mean that this pink diamond ring is really worthless.

Three-carat pink diamonds are rare, and they are designed by well-known designers, and the style is also beautiful. After a while, the price rose from the starting price of 160,000 to 360,000.

Three hundred and sixty thousand, this price is not cheap.

If it weren't for the auction, the price would have almost reached the market price.

Of course, pink diamonds usually appear at auctions, so the market price can only be used as a reference.

Seeing that everyone was quoting one after another, and there was no sign of a truce, Li Dong said with emotion: "There are a lot of rich people in Pingchuan, more than 300,000 yuan, which is enough to buy a house."

"Normally, Jiangbei is such a big place, and 90% of the rich people gather in Pingchuan. It's only about 300,000 yuan, so there shouldn't be too many people who can spend this money. Since Jinding is going to be a big hit, the finale jewelry may be worth close to it." Don’t worry, otherwise it’s not easy to make a name for yourself with just one auction.”

Shen Qian's analysis was very objective, Li Dong also nodded upon hearing this.

Indeed, if Ji Lanxin wanted to completely change other people's impression of Jinding Jewelry's middle and low-end jewelry stores, she must show something real this time.

Although tens of millions of jewels are precious, they can only be remembered for a few days at most. If you want people to forget this auction, it is impossible for the treasures at the bottom of the box to be less than tens of millions.

Although Li Dong didn't see that kind of jewelry worth tens of millions in the auction manual, nor did he see it when the models were on the catwalk, it doesn't mean that there is no such thing.

The finale hasn't been revealed yet, Ji Lanxin has a lot of ambitions, so she definitely won't just fool around like that.

In the conversation of several people, the first battle ended.

This three-carat pink diamond ring finally fell into the hands of a second-tier star at a price of 480,000 yuan.

Seeing this, Hu Xiaorui pursed her lips and said, "These guys are really rich, and they don't even blink when they spend half a million."

Li Dong laughed and didn't answer.

When Hu Xiaorui saw it, she pouted and said, "What's the matter, did I say something wrong?"

"No, but it doesn't necessarily require other people to spend money."

Li Dong said something casually without further explanation.

Ji Lanxin probably arranged for this piece of jewelry to be taken. After all, a little-known celebrity, how could he have such confidence to spend half a million yuan on a ring.

Even if people have the money, they may not buy it here.

Therefore, it is very likely that Ji Lanxin arranged it. After all, it is the first lot, and it is related to the atmosphere of the entire auction. The organizer will definitely not let the price be too low, or let the atmosphere cool down.

The auction of the first piece of jewelry was over, and the second round of auctions began soon.

The price of the next few pieces of jewelry is not as high as the first one. After all, there must be some good things at the beginning of the show. If it is really so expensive, then 90% of the people in the field today will be in vain.

Top jewelry does not necessarily mean tens of millions or tens of millions.

For the next few pieces of jewelry that will be auctioned, there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and there are many people who sell them.

Li Dong even saw a few well-established tycoons in Jiangbei's business circles making moves. Being rich doesn't mean you have to buy millions of things. normal.

Five or six pieces of mid-to-high-end jewelry were auctioned in a row, and another top-level jewelry was displayed next.

This is an emerald pendant, instead of the conventional Guanyin and Buddha, it is carved with a leaf.

On the large display screen, the emerald green leaves are vivid, showing the superb skills of the master carver.

Li Dong glanced at it, and said with some interest: "It's pretty good, do you want it?"

This pendant is still within his tolerance. Although the water type and color are good, the pendant is not too big, and the price should not be too expensive.

Moreover, in 2006, the price of jadeite was not as hot as it was hyped. Li Dong estimated that it could be won for at most 300,000 to 400,000 yuan.

Since he came to support Ji Lanxin, he couldn't just leave nothing behind.

Taking advantage of the precious jewelry in the back, Li Dong won one, which is considered to be enough face. As for the latter, Li Dong, who has no money, is too lazy to charge a lot of money.

Seeing Li Dong staring at the big screen, Shen Qian smiled and said, "You can do as long as you like it. Hu Xiaorui and I both have it. You can buy one for yourself."

"You have all of them?"

"Um."

Shen Qian nodded, and Hu Xiaorui also pulled out a pendant from the middle of his neck. Li Dong glanced at it and laughed and said, "Then I bought it myself. You are all rich, I can't compare."

Even if Li Dong didn't know much about jadeite, the pendant worn by Hu Xiaorui was much better than the one at the auction.

The color and water type are probably the famous glass type emperor green, and it is not small.

Thinking about how much Hu Xiaorui's parents love this girl, Li Dong is not surprised.

Hu Xiaorui didn't take it too seriously, she stuffed the pendant into her clothes, and muttered: "It's heavy, it's not good at all, and I'm panicking, I actually want to buy a pair of earrings."

Seeing her disgusted look, both Li Dong and Shen Qian couldn't help laughing.

During the laughing chat, the price of the emerald leaves was also called up to 250,000, and Li Dong raised his hand when he saw this.

The auctioneer smiled when he saw it, and said, "Mr. Li bid 300,000 yuan, is there a higher price?"

When the others saw that it was Li Dong, no matter whether they knew him or not, they all smiled in this direction and didn't make any more bids.

Li Dong wanted to auction a piece of jewelry worth hundreds of thousands, and it was not too expensive. The price he offered was also at the market price, and everyone was too lazy to continue fighting for it.

As for jewelry, unless you meet someone you really like, and you are determined to get that kind, otherwise there is no point in spending money and offending others.

This is the business world, you give me a point, I give you a point, at least everyone is friendly on the surface.

The auctioneer had also received Ji Lanxin's instructions before. Seeing that no one was talking, he didn't add to the atmosphere, so he said with a smile, "Three hundred thousand for the first time, three hundred thousand for the second time, three hundred thousand..."

"Fourty thousand."

Just as the auctioneer was about to drop the hammer, there was a lazy voice from the venue.

The auctioneer froze, Xu Shengzhe, who was not far from Li Dong, frowned, and Ji Lanxin, who was standing next to him on the stage, also changed slightly.

Li Dong wasn't too surprised, he looked towards Xu Rulong, and then said with a smile, "500,000."

"one million!"

Xu Rulong's voice sounded again, and one plus is 500,000, 1 million is far beyond the current market.

Li Dong smiled and didn't answer any more. Shen Qian next to her was about to speak out with a cold face. Li Dong waved her hand lightly.

Shen Qian whispered: "I don't have enough money, what is Xu Rulong, don't care about money."

Li Dong smiled lightly: "Forget it, why bother with him. I don't care about his father, what's the point of fighting against a playboy like him."

"You can take it easy." Shen Qian said a word before making another sound.

Since Li Dong didn't want to fight, Shen Qian didn't bother to fight, just like what Li Dong said, there was no need for that.

Xu Rulong is a well-known playboy in Jiangbei, fighting against this kind of person makes people look down on him.

Li Dong didn't argue, and the emerald leaf was acquired by Xu Rulong at a price of one million.

Xu Rulong glanced at Li Dong, with a hint of sarcasm on his face, Li Dong didn't bother to pay attention to him, and didn't even look over there.

The same goes for Shen Qian, but Hu Xiaorui was so angry that she made a face at him.

Xu Rulong didn't care about her either, and continued to lazily lean on the chair to watch the auction with a cheerful smile.

There are more than 30 pieces of jewelry in this auction. After the emerald leaves, the prices of the auction items gradually increased.

There were tens of thousands of jewelry before, but after that, the lowest was more than 100,000.

On the way, Li Dong called the price again, but was still cut off by Xu Rulong.

Shen Qian and Hu Xiaorui's faces were ugly as hell, but Li Dong remained calm, acting as if nothing happened.

At the end of the auction, Li Dong once again took a fancy to a piece of jewelry.

This is a raindrop-shaped blue diamond pendant, and Li Dong was moved when he saw it.

In fact, he had seen the raindrop-shaped diamond once before. During the last charity auction, Li Dong planned to take it and give it to Qin Yuhan.

But later Qi Guanghe's son Qi Chong got in the way, and Li Dong gave up that time.

But seeing this pendant this time, Li Dong's heart skipped a beat. The diamond was polished into a raindrop shape, which is actually not that difficult.

But blue diamonds and raindrop diamonds are not so hard to find, unless they are custom-made.

Blue and raindrops complement each other, and Li Dong immediately fell in love with it. This pendant really suits Qin Yuhan.

Although he gave Qin Yuhan a lot of things, even the shop and house were under Qin Yuhan's name, but jewelry and the like, except for the last time he went to Switzerland to buy a watch for Qin Yuhan, he really didn't send anything else.

Not only did Li Dong think it was good, but Hu Xiaorui beside her also said with bright eyes: "Li Dong, do you think this pendant is particularly suitable for Sister Yuhan?"

Li Dong nodded slightly. Although Shen Qian felt a little sour in her heart, she didn't speak.

In fact, she also felt that this pendant was more in line with Qin Yuhan's temperament, and the blue raindrops really matched Qin Yuhan very well.

Several people were talking, and the auction started.

Although blue diamonds are not as popular with women as pink diamonds at the same level, they are still considered rare diamonds.

In addition, this blue diamond is darker than the previous pink diamond, so the price is naturally more expensive. In terms of size, there is not much difference between the two.

From the beginning of the auction, the price of the blue diamond pendant kept rising, and it didn't take long before the price of the pink diamond reached 660,000.

Li Dong didn't hesitate too much, raised his hand and said, "880,000."

Same as the previous two scenes, when Li Dong shouted the price, the others stopped, but this time everyone didn't look at Li Dong, but turned their attention to Xu Rulong.

Xu Rulong lived up to everyone's bullying, and said with a smile: "One million."

The previous two times Li Dong gave up when Xu Rulong offered more than one million yuan, but this time Li Dong didn't, and said flatly, "One hundred and two million."

It's only three things, Xu Rulong intercepted Hu twice, Li Dong didn't bother to argue with him.

The others were not surprised, but felt that Li Dong was arrogant, and Xu Rulong was a little ignorant of flattery.

But if he was intercepted three times in a row, Li Dong would be ashamed.

Seeing Li Dong's quotation, Xu Rulong was not only not disappointed, but his eyes lit up, he sat up straight and said with a smile, "One and a half million!"

"1.8 million!"

"Two million!"

Xu Rulong's quotation reached two million, and everyone else held their breath and concentrated.

Li Dong frowned, glanced at him and remained silent.

At this moment, someone beside him suddenly said, "Five million!"

Everyone froze for a moment, five million?

The price of a three-carat blue diamond, even if it is darker in color, is far beyond that, at least three times more expensive than the market price.

Who will bid at this time?