The girl felt a little calmer as she held the fruit candy in her mouth. Her eyes wandered around aimlessly, and her peripheral vision inadvertently swept over the tall foreign man not far away from her.
The other party seemed to see her little trick and opened his mouth in surprise, unable to believe that she would be lazy and do little tricks at the banquet.
Qiao Nian ignored her and casually withdrew his gaze. He bit the candy in his mouth, licked his lips, and stared at the movement on the stage with his dark eyes.
Sure enough, within the few minutes when she was distracted, the speech of Miss Sibol, who was of noble birth, ended.
Then a person in charge came on stage and told the people below that an auction would be held and part of the proceeds would be donated to charity.
Qiao Nian had seen the so-called rich man's auction in Raocheng before. The so-called part they mentioned was not half or more as netizens believed.
In fact, it may be ten thousand, fifty thousand, or one hundred thousand.
It would be considered good if a donation of tens of thousands could be made from a seven-digit auction item.
An auction item worth tens of millions might only be able to donate a hundred thousand.
As for this charity gala, the process will be the same if nothing unexpected happens. Just donate a little money to save face.
In fact, all the proceeds from the auction go into the pocket of the person who does the auction.
Tonight's auction is of some standard, and since Nie Qingru is coming, the items on auction will be quite expensive.
There are tourmalines, diamond necklaces, jewelry with some historical collection value, etc.
During the period, Nie Qingru raised a sign to bid for a set of pearl jewelry with collection value. She whispered a few words to the staff around her, and someone came up to announce that she would donate the entire set of jewelry to compensate the families of the crew members who recently died in the high seas.
This set of jewelry costs eight figures.
Nie Qingru spent real money, it wasn't a grand event, but it was generous and in line with her status.
Her act of donating eight-figure jewelry on the spot won a lot of praise. With the big screen pointed at her face, Nie Qingru just nodded slightly, looking very proud and dignified.
Qiao Nian lowered his eyelids, put his hands in his pockets and calculated the time.
The dinner lasted almost two hours.
Apart from Nie Qingru who bid for a set of jewellery to save face, several people from large families raised their auction cards at once, looking leisurely and determined, obviously waiting for the final collection to be unveiled.
Qiao Nian knew what they were waiting for, so she was not in a hurry and just stood by and watched until the things she had sent for sale came out.
The foreign man who had been observing her from time to time before had his eyes attracted by the lively auction on the stage.
He was so obsessed with the seven- and eight-digit bids that he didn't even think about her anymore.
Qiao Nian was enjoying the free time, so he simply leaned against the wall to watch the fun.
After several rounds of auctions, the finale collection finally appeared tonight.
The people from several big families who had received the news long ago all became serious, sat up straight and stared at the "thing" that was pushed onto the stage.
The etiquette lady pulled away the golden velvet covering it to reveal the box underneath, which contained a snow-white pill.
Compared to the priceless jewelry that sparkled brightly under the light, this medicine looked really inconspicuous.
At least for ordinary people, this is not as valuable as the box containing diamonds.
However, the eyes of the big shots present lit up the moment the velvet cloth was lifted, and the excitement on their faces could not be concealed, which was much more enthusiastic than the diamonds and jewelry before.
"Our last lot today is a pill sent by the Pharmacy Association on behalf of Mr. K. The starting price is 30 million."
(End of this chapter)