Three days later, Zhao Rui received a call from Lin Baode, saying that the auction was scheduled to be held at the Sheraton Hotel at 3:00 pm the next day, and the invitation had already been received.
Zhao Rui looked at the class schedule, and there happened to be no class in the afternoon, so he made an appointment with him to meet him in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel at 2:30.
The Sheraton Hotel is the earliest five-star hotel in Dong'an. It is located next to the west city wall and only a few minutes away from the city center. The hotel has complete facilities and a beautiful environment. , a little behind, but with first-class service, it is still the most popular hotel in Dong'an, and it is the first choice for holding various meetings.
Zhao Rui arrived at the Sheraton Hotel at 2:20, a little earlier than the agreed time.
Walking into the lobby, Zhao Rui took out his mobile phone and was about to call Lin Baode, asking where he was, when he suddenly saw Lin Baode sitting on the sofa in the northwest corner of the lobby, and waved to himself.
Zhao Rui then put the phone back into his pocket and walked towards Lin Baode.
"Professor Lin, I kept you waiting." Zhao Rui walked over, shook hands with him and said.
"Where, I just arrived." Lin Baode smiled, took out two invitation letters from a small bag and handed one to Zhao Rui, "Take it, if you lose it, you won't be able to enter the auction."
Zhao Rui took the invitation letter and found that it was an ordinary red "red" card, without much special features, but there was a strange seal printed on the lower right corner of the card, like a strange magic circle, faintly faint The zhenqi flowing on the surface is probably the key to the invitation letter, and it is impossible for ordinary people to forge it.
"I thought the private auction you mentioned was held in an abandoned black house in the wilderness on a stormy night! I didn't expect it to be in such a five-star hotel." Zhao Rui joked.
Lin Baode found this interesting, and couldn't help laughing: "You have too much imagination. The so-called private auction just means that this kind of auction is not open to the outside world, but only held in a specific small circle, and it is not an illegal activity. do what."
The two took the elevator to the seventh floor of the hotel, and then walked to a small hall in the northwest corner. Everyone has to check the invitation letter to get in.
Zhao Rui and Lin Baode handed over the invitation letter, and a big man scanned it with a weird instrument, making a soft "beep".
"Please come in."
The two big men returned the invitation letter to them, bowed slightly to salute, then pushed the door open and let Zhao Rui and Lin Baode in.
There are about a hundred people at the auction site. Some are sitting on chairs looking at the auction item information sent by the organizer, and some people who know each other are standing aside and chatting. There are no hotel staff in the whole hall, and they are probably kicked out up.
Zhao Rui and Lin Baode were about to find a place to sit down, when suddenly, a handsome young man in his early twenties came towards them.
"Old Lin, long time no see." The young man smiled politely and greeted Lin Baode.
Lin Baode glanced at him, nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I haven't seen you for a while, Yunfeng."
After speaking, he turned his head and introduced to Zhao Rui: "This is Yunfeng from the Yun Family in Dong'an, the right-hand man of Old Butler Yun, and a big shot with real power!"
Upon hearing this, Yunfeng said quickly: "Professor Lin, don't say that, I'm really embarrassed, you are a well-known genius doctor, and a friend of Mr. Yunxiong, I am just an ordinary employee of the Yun family, where What kind of powerful person is it?"
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhao Rui and asked, "This is..."
"Hehe, my friend, we have been friends for a long time." Lin Baode replied.
Yunfeng looked up and down Zhao Rui carefully with some surprises, but he knew that Lin Baode's medical skills were superb, and his temper was eccentric, and most people didn't notice him at all. He had very few friends, and he could even count them on his fingers. The leader, Yunxiong, and the old butler also respected Lin Baode.
But the young man in front of him is only in his early twenties, but he is called by Lin Baode as a friend who has forgotten his age, which really makes him feel incredible.
I don't know what is it about this young man that Professor Lin values so much
Yunfeng was thinking like this, considering whether to inquire about Zhao Rui's details, but after a second thought, he decided to forget it. His task today is to buy some precious and rare "medicinal" materials at this auction and go back to trade, so there is no need for extra complications.
Last time, the old housekeeper Yun told him to secretly investigate the mysterious monsters that invaded Dong'an. He spent a lot of effort and deployed a lot of manpower, but he couldn't find any clues, which made the old housekeeper very dissatisfied.
In order to get rid of the negative impression left by the old housekeeper in his unfavorable handling of affairs last time, he is now very cautious in doing things, and strives to make things beautiful and perfect. As for other things, he doesn't care much about them.
Of course, Yunfeng would never have thought that the mysterious monster that he couldn't find was actually Zhao Rui standing in front of him! What's more, this demon, which makes their Yun family extremely afraid, is in the same school as Yun Fei, and they are enemies!
"The auction is about to start, please take a seat." At this moment, the auctioneer stepped onto the auction stage and said something.
Lin Baode ended his conversation with Yunfeng, and found two seats with Zhao Rui and sat down.
After everyone was seated, the auctioneer said on the stage: "Now the first auction will start, Changbai Ginseng King! The age of the auction is 500 years, the starting price is 5 million, and each bid is 500,000!"
"Wow, the 500-year-old Changbai Ginseng King!"
"Unexpectedly, the Ginseng King will be auctioned at the beginning!"
"Changbai Ginseng King has been out of stock for a long time, I didn't expect it to appear this time!"
There was a commotion among the many bidders below, their eyes shot excitedly, gearing up, ready to take it down!
"Five and a half million!"
"Six million!"
"Eight million!"
"..."
"..."
The bidding price skyrocketed like a rocket, but there were still bids.
"Thirty-five million!"
Yunfeng raised his sign for the seventh time to bid.
"Thirty-five million, one time!"
"Did you continue to follow?"
"Thirty-five million, twice!"
"Thirty-five million, three times!"
"Good! Deal!"
The auctioneer hit the nail on the head.
"Thirty-five million? But a 500-year-old ginseng sold for thirty-five million!"
Zhao Rui shook his head in disbelief. He felt that this kind of 500-year-old ginseng really couldn't be sold on the table, and he didn't expect that someone would spend so much money to snap it up.
Lin Baode smiled wryly, and said in a low voice: "In your eyes, these auction items are of course nothing, but in the eyes of others, these are rare medicinal materials that are hard to come by, and even if you want to grab them, they are not easy to grab. Here we go!"
Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Zhao Rui, and began to quietly ponder Zhao Rui's background in his heart.
Until now, he still can't believe that an ordinary college student can possess such treasures as the thousand-year ginseng emperor and the ten thousand-year immortal ginseng.
He always felt that there were some unknown secrets hidden in Zhao Rui.