La forgeronne d'un autre monde

Chapitre 289

Ma Yunteng, bored, lit a Double Happiness cigarette and started smoking. He thought to himself, "This kid's pretty good at getting things done! He actually came up with these ideas about the Calorie Group's comprehensive, multi-faceted development. To be honest, Ma Yunteng himself hadn't even considered building the Calorie Group that far! If this guy isn't a conman, hiring him as a general manager would be more than enough!"

Below the stage, numerous tycoons were eager to participate in the auction. Everyone knew very well how expensive these collectibles could possibly be. As long as they could secure a collaboration opportunity with the Calorie Group, any expense would be worthwhile! In an instant, many tycoons gripped their bidding devices, ready to compete!

On stage, Chen Hao deliberately gave these people time to discuss, and he also found several shills in advance to guide them in bidding. Before the bidding even started, those shills claimed that they must get the most collections so as to obtain the opportunity to cooperate deeply with Calorie.

Of course, even without these backstage stunts, those big bosses were prepared to spend lavishly! After all, nobody's stupid; everyone knows the significance of a deep collaboration with the Calorie Group!

"Everyone, please be quiet! To show how much importance the Calorie Group attaches to this auction, I will personally preside over it! All of you, please participate within your means! In short, everyone is a guest today! I will collect your contact information. As long as you participate seriously in this auction, you will have the opportunity to cooperate with the Calorie Group in the future! Of course, the person who bids for the most items will directly receive the opportunity to cooperate on the spot! That is, I will sign this contract with you in front of everyone!"

After saying all that, Chen Hao noticed that some big shots couldn't help but stand up, trying to get his attention.

Chen Hao waved his hand, then picked up a collectible item. The hostess beside him slowly unveiled the red cloth, revealing a mobile phone to everyone! The bigwigs present were very familiar with this phone; it was the Banana Phone!

"Strange, what's so great about auctioning off a banana phone... Mr. Ma is so stingy, actually auctioning off something like this to us!"

"Yeah, the Calorie Phone plus the TR lens only costs a little over three thousand yuan, and they're actually putting it up for auction. I don't understand!"

"What on earth is going on? This kind of thing can't even be considered a collectible."

The crowd below the stage started discussing, and no one could understand why a banana phone would be put up for auction. Although banana phones are still very popular, they are still far from being considered collectibles!

Even Ma Yunteng was stunned for a moment, unable to figure out what the young man on stage was up to. If he wanted to attract bidding from those big shots in the audience with a broken phone, it was a bit too unscrupulous!

Hearing the questioning voices from below the stage, Chen Hao calmly smiled and looked at everyone with a friendly gaze, saying:

"Don't get me wrong, everyone! How could I let you spend money and not get anything of real value? To be honest, this banana phone is the first mobile phone produced by our banana company! Number 01! It's practically a living fossil among banana phones! I think you can imagine its collectible value, right?!"

These words immediately caused an uproar in the audience!

As everyone knows, Banana Company assigns a unique number to every Banana phone to ensure 100% quality for its customers! Most Banana phones have numbers after 10,000. Only employees of Calorie Group have the opportunity to obtain Banana phones with numbers within 10,000. Only some senior executives have the opportunity to obtain Banana phones with numbers within 1,000. And only those with numbers within 100 have a very good relationship with Jack Ma.

Furthermore, any phone with a serial number within the range of 100 is basically eligible for collectors. Not long ago, news reported that a banana phone with serial number 100 was auctioned for over ten million yuan! As for the phone with serial number 01, it's considered the ancestor of banana phones! Its collectible value is at least over one hundred million yuan!

"Eighty million!" A boss in the audience immediately shouted out.

"One hundred million!" The shill Chen Hao had hired immediately shouted out a price of one hundred million!

"One hundred and fifty million!"

"One hundred and sixty million!"

"One hundred and seventy million!"

As expected, these are a group of big shots. They wouldn't even dare to open their mouths if the bid wasn't at least ten million. A minute later, the number 01 banana phone had already reached a price of five hundred million! Many bigwigs are determined to get their hands on this collectible! After all, rarity increases value. If they can acquire this item and then hype it up, it might even be possible to resell it for a billion!

"Five hundred million once!"

"Five hundred million twice!"

"Mr. Zhang has bid 500 million for the No. 01 banana phone! Anyone else bidding?" Chen Hao hadn't expected these bosses to be so ruthless, able to bid 500 million for a single phone. This price already satisfied him beyond measure! He immediately shouted with delight, "500 million, three times!"

Chen Hao paused, glanced at the quiet crowd below the stage, and seeing that no one was bidding further, he immediately raised his small wooden hammer and smashed it directly onto the table!

"Five hundred million and one yuan!" Ma Yunteng said calmly.

(End of this chapter)

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Chapter 200 is all mine now, right? [Bonus fourth update from yesterday!]

"Five hundred million and one yuan!" Ma Yunteng said calmly.

As the words fell, all eyes turned to Ma Yunteng and Xia Yuxin in the front row, and the atmosphere suddenly became very quiet. Chen Hao on the stage looked over with a grim expression.

Five hundred million and one yuan?

Holy crap! Holy crap!

The price had been bid dozens of times, and no one had raised it below ten million. But Ma Yunteng bizarrely shouted out five hundred million and one yuan! Everyone was stunned!

"They said they were all worth over 100 million, but that guy actually asked for 500 million and 1 yuan!"

"That's ridiculous! They actually dare to shout out 'one yuan'!"

Did you think you were buying cabbages?

"I think this is just pure sabotage!"

The crowd immediately began to mock Ma Yunteng. It could be said that everyone present was a person with a net worth of over 100 million yuan in Jiangnan City. Each of these people had a very high status. Those who felt they had the ability all raised the price in units of tens of millions, while those who did not have the ability gave up on the spot. However, they heard someone shouting for a price of one yuan!

This is ridiculous!

Chen Hao on the stage also frowned, not expecting such a thing to happen, especially since he saw that the person bidding was someone he had just met. He was immediately annoyed. Seeing that the situation was not right, several of his men immediately walked towards Ma Yunteng's location, preparing to kick him out.

"Get out! What kind of thing is this, daring to cause trouble here!"

"Damn it, is this kid asking for it? If Mr. Ma cancels the auction because of this, all of us will skin him alive!"

"Get them out!"

"Get them out!"

Everyone shouted in unison to kick Ma Yunteng out, after all, this auction was too important, as it concerned whether they could cooperate with the Calorie Group, and no one wanted the auction to be canceled.

"Wait!" Just as the security guards were about to attack Ma Yunteng, Chen Hao on the stage suddenly shouted into the microphone, "Since you're here, you're a guest! I, Ma Yunteng, never neglect my guests for no reason!"