Summer's Rogue Tactics

"One hundred and ten thousand!"

"One hundred and twenty thousand!"

"One hundred and fifty thousand!"

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"150,000 for one time! 150,000 for two times! 150,000 for three times! Deal!"

These sounds were quite pleasant to the ears, because all the bids were made by women. Even the person hosting the auction was a woman, the beautiful lady in cheongsam next to Qi Jinshi. As for Qi Jinshi, he was just sitting nearby and watching.

The auction went smoothly and the procedure was very simple. There was no introduction of the items, and bids were made directly. The competition was not fierce, and usually an item would be sold after no more than ten bids.

Just like that, in less than half an hour, ten pieces of collection had been sold, and the transaction value was getting higher and higher, from the initial 150,000, it quickly climbed to 5 million.

"Ms. Song, is there no one at this auction to authenticate the collectibles?" Ye Mengying finally couldn't help but voice her doubts, "Aren't you afraid of buying fakes?"

"Ms. Ye, do you think you won't buy fakes if someone authenticates it?" Song Yumei smiled faintly and asked back.

Ye Mengying was slightly stunned, then smiled a little embarrassedly: "I really don't know, I'm not familiar with this aspect."

"The collecting world is very chaotic nowadays. Many fakes are authenticated as real and then auctioned. A fake painting that costs ten yuan may be sold for ten million. Many so-called antique appraisers have no professional ethics. If you paint a picture yourself and then give each of them a few hundred thousand, they will authenticate your painting as an ancient painting." Song Yumei seemed to have a good impression of Ye Mengying, so she patiently explained to her the chaos among collectors.

After taking a look at Qi Jinshi, Song Yumei continued, "This is also the reason why we came to participate in this kind of private auction. Qi Jinshi is a great collector and has always had a good eye. Every time he auctions something, he authenticates it himself. In the past 20 years, there has never been a fake item in his auctions, so he has established a good reputation. Everyone believes what he says it is, so naturally there is no need for authentication or anything."

"I see." Ye Mengying finally understood, "Thank you Miss Song for clearing up my confusion."

Song Yumei smiled indifferently and said nothing more. Xia Tian yawned beside her. What kind of auction is this? It's so boring. Why hasn't that Tang Bohu painting come out yet?

Next, as the value of the collections being auctioned became higher and higher, the auction became more lively. At this time, Qi Jinshi also began to give some simple introductions to each collection, and the pace of the auction naturally became a little slower.

Before she knew it, another hour had passed, and during this hour, Song Yumei didn't buy anything. It seemed that she came here just for Tang Bohu's authentic works.

"Now is the last piece of the collection, Tang Yin's Painting of Ladies." Qi Jinshi's words perked up the sleepy Xia Tian. He had finally waited for something.

Meanwhile, Qi Jinshi was still introducing the painting: "Everyone knows that Tang Yin was good at painting ladies. He painted many ladies in his life, but unfortunately, there are not many left now. Most of them have been damaged, and only a few of them are well preserved. The one in my hand is the best preserved one. I won't say much about its value. The reserve price is 50 million!"

Hearing this price, Ye Mengying couldn't help but be stunned. She felt that this price seemed a bit outrageous. Song Yumei, on the other hand, looked normal. She glanced at Xia Tian and said lightly, "It depends on your performance."

"Five million and ten thousand." Xia Tian spoke at this time.

Song Yumei finally frowned at this time. Was this guy deliberately trying to embarrass her? Although the auction did not limit the amount of bid increase at one time, the minimum amount could indeed be 10,000, but for such a high-priced item, this guy added 10,000 in his first bid, which seemed a bit too shabby.

"Miss Song bid 5,010,000. Is there anyone who can offer a higher price?" The beautiful lady in the cheongsam next to Qi Jinshi glanced at Xia Tian and said in a pleasant voice, "5,010,000 once, 5,010,000 twice. Is there anyone who can raise the price?"

Song Yumei glanced at the others and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. Before coming here, she had heard that several people were determined to get Tang Bohu's authentic work. How come there is no one competing with her now? This is too strange.

Qi Jinshi also glanced at everyone with surprise, but everyone seemed to ignore his gaze and no one took any action.

"Is there anyone else bidding?" The cheongsam beauty glanced at everyone again, and finally continued helplessly: "Five million and one hundred thousand for the third time! Deal!"

"Congratulations, Miss Song." Qi Jinshi nodded to Song Yumei, but his expression looked a little unnatural. This last auction should have been the finale, and it should have been a life-and-death battle. But in fact it was a completely different matter. Song Yumei only raised the price once, and only increased it by 10,000, and got the item. This was really abnormal.

"Thank you, Mr. Qi, for giving it to me." Song Yumei said lightly. The painting originally belonged to Qi Jinshi, so she said that.

"Send the painting to Miss Song." Qi Jinshi instructed the cheongsam beauty beside him.

The cheongsam beauty nodded and walked towards Song Yumei with the painting.

"What happened? I just wanted to bid, but suddenly I couldn't make a sound."

"You too? Me too!"

"Are you all like this? I also suddenly realized that I couldn't speak. I wanted to raise my hand, but I found that I couldn't move either..."

"What the hell, what's going on?"

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A dozen people suddenly started talking at once, and the previously tidy room suddenly became a bit noisy and chaotic.

Xia Tian took the painting from the cheongsam beauty and grinned at Song Yumei: "How is it? I performed well, right? Now you should let me pursue you, right?"

Before Song Yumei could speak, everyone rushed over here. One of them asked angrily, "Miss Song, did you do something to us just now?"

"If you don't have any evidence, it's best not to talk nonsense!" Song Yumei's face turned cold.

The man was stunned, then retreated dejectedly. The others looked at each other, and did not dare to say anything. They quickly returned to their original seats and sat down obediently.

All along, Song Yumei would never use her power to pressure others when bidding with others. Therefore, many times people snatched things from Song Yumei, and no one was retaliated against afterwards. This gave everyone the illusion that Song Yumei was easy to talk to. But now everyone realized that no matter how easy Song Yumei was to talk to, she was still the eldest daughter of the Song family. If they accused her without evidence, the consequences could be quite serious.

"Let me see who is worth fifty million." Xia Tian had already opened the painting and took a look. He couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "This woman is too ugly. She's not even worth fifty dollars!"