Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Chapter 158: Sensational Sotheby's Auction

Jiang Hua sighed and said, "Mr. Freeman, I have already told you that there is really no second spiritual fruit."

Freeman's heart sank and he became a little annoyed.

Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?
Freeman looked around.

I saw many people looking over here.

He felt a little anxious.

If other people knew this.

I'm afraid this is not something that can be solved with 100 million US dollars.

He suppressed his anger.

He said to Jiang Hua in a deep voice: "Two hundred million US dollars!"

"I can pay you 200 million US dollars as long as you give me the spiritual fruit."

"These two hundred million US dollars are enough to keep you well fed and well-fed for the rest of your life."

Jiang Hua said sincerely: "I'm really sorry."

"This is a really tempting number, but unfortunately I really don't have any spiritual fruit left."

Freeman's heart sank.

"Young man, don't be so shortsighted."

"I can tell you that in this Jinshan City, our Karl family has 10,000 ways to make a person disappear out of thin air..."

Jiang Hua narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him and said:
"Mr. Freeman, are you threatening me?"

Freeman met his gaze and said in a deep voice: “Young man, I’m sorry that our Karl family must obtain a spiritual fruit.”

Jiang Hua suddenly laughed.

"Mr. Freeman, you are right. I do have a second fruit, but this spiritual fruit is for my own use."

Freeman's face lit up with joy.

"That's great. We still keep the price, 200 million US dollars. As long as you take out the spiritual fruit, I can transfer the money to you immediately."

Jiang Hua smiled and said, "Mr. Freeman, I am not short of money myself, why should I sell the spiritual fruit to you?"

Freeman felt that he was being teased, and his face suddenly turned cold.

"Young man, I advise you to hand over the spiritual fruit. Otherwise, our Karl family cannot guarantee that you can leave Jinshan City safely."

Jiang Hua smiled and said, "Mr. Freeman, since you said so, I can only take out the spiritual fruit."

Freeman's face suddenly brightened.

"but……"

"Mr. Freeman, I will hand this spiritual fruit over to the auction. I believe Sotheby's will be happy to accept my commission."

"what?"

Freeman's face suddenly changed.

Hand it over to Sotheby's auction?

By then, the price they will have to pay will be more than just 200 million US dollars.

Freeman said hurriedly: "Young man, don't be impulsive. If there is anything, let's sit down and discuss it properly."

He gritted his teeth and said, "Our Karl family will add another 50 million US dollars."

"Two hundred and fifty million!"

"Is this okay?"

Jiang Hua shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I won't trust someone who threatens my personal safety, so I will hand this spiritual fruit over to Sotheby's Auction to auction it for me!"

Then Jiang Hua took out a jade box from his arms.

He stood up and waved to the staff of Sotheby's auction, motioning them to come over.

Freeman's face turned pale, "Young man, do you really want to be an enemy of our Karl family?"

Jiang Hua ignored him.

Seeing him stand up and raise his hand, the staff of Sotheby's auction hurried over.

The people on the side also looked over there.

Everyone had an expression of watching a show, looking at the scene with great interest.

The other three heads of the four major families had mocking smiles on their faces.

They saw Freeman sitting next to the young man, and the two seemed to have some conflict. Anyway, Freeman's expression was not good.

Although I don't know what happened.

But everyone saw Freeman being humiliated, and they all became interested. "Sir, what can I do for you?"

A Sotheby's staff member hurried over and asked.

"Oh, I want to ask, do you still accept commissions?"

"I want to put something up for auction here."

The staff member was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm very sorry, sir."

"If you have something you want us to auction, you need to apply first, and then after we appraise it, only things with a certain value can be put up for auction."

"But if you want to put it in this auction, I'm very sorry, it's impossible."

"Whatever you have, you can only put it in the next auction."

The staff member explained the entrustment process in detail.

Jiang Hua smiled and took out the jade box in his hand.

"what is this?"

Everyone became curious.

Freeman on the side was still unwilling to give up, and whispered in Jiang Hua's ear: "Young man, I can offer 300 million US dollars, this is my limit!

"Do you really want to offend a huge family?"

Jiang Hua ignored him.

Then he opened the jade box directly.

A fruit was revealed inside.

Jiang Hua smiled and said to the staff: "Oh? Is this not possible?"

After everyone saw this fruit.

Some people looked confused.

Someone's face was stunned for a moment, then he frowned and thought about it, and finally he was shocked and looked at the fruit in Jiang Hua's hand in disbelief.

"Is this... the legendary..."

The heads of the Philemon family, the Broad family, and the Pearson family all had expressions of great excitement on their faces.

They finally understood why Freeman looked so unhappy.

It turned out that there was no agreement with the young man.

Then others threw it directly into the auction.

The heads of the other three families all laughed.

This is really great.

Originally, they were not supposed to have a share of this spiritual fruit.

Now that it's been put up for auction, it's hard to say what's going on.

"What is this?"

Everyone around looked over.

There are still many people who don’t know what spiritual fruit is, including some billionaires.

There was a look of confusion on their faces.

Isn't this just a fruit?

But judging from the eyes of the top forces, it seems that this is something extraordinary.

"It seems that Freeman, the head of the Carl family, is fighting for this fruit. What on earth is it?"

And the eyes of those top powers.

Their eyes were filled with fiery colors.

Spiritual fruit! After a lapse of seven or eight years.

Finally appeared again.

Many people from top powers regretted not buying the spiritual fruit at the auction seven or eight years ago.

In this era, spiritual fruits are becoming less and less available.

And one less pill to eat.

Many top forces are speculating that the environment in this world is no longer suitable for the birth of spiritual fruits.

In the future, the spiritual fruit will become a legend.

It may never appear again.

However, no one expected that a spiritual fruit would appear again at this auction.

"Got to get it!"

The heads of those top powers all began to breathe heavily.

Looking at the spiritual fruit in Jiang Hua's hand, his face was filled with greed.

Only Friyan looked extremely unhappy.

He had never been humiliated like this in his life.

"Damn it!"

"Damn yellow skin!"

“I’ll let you know the consequences of offending the Karl family!”

There was a hint of cruelty in Freeman's heart. He had already decided that after the auction, he would torture Jiang Hua to death.

Make him regret coming into this world!
The staff at Sotheby's auction showed a trace of confusion on their faces. What is this?
How come he hasn't seen it?

After all, spiritual fruits are not something that a small person can know about.

"Can this be put up for auction?" Jiang Hua asked with a smile.

The staff member showed a trace of difficulty on his face.

According to the procedure, no matter how precious something is, it cannot be auctioned at an auction.

Generally speaking, the auction process requires application, appraisal, scheduling, auction and other procedures.

This round of procedures is completed.

That will take at least half a month.

But seeing the greedy eyes of the people around him, the staff member hesitated and finally decided to call his supervisor out.

Let him decide this matter.

"can!"

Suddenly, a voice came from a distance.

The voice was filled with excitement and trembling.

Everyone looked over there.

I saw a well-dressed white old man running towards this side.

The Sotheby's staff was stunned for a moment.

Isn’t this the general manager of the Jinshan City branch of Sotheby’s auction house?

He also saw his supervisor.

Running behind the white old man.

"What the hell is this?"

“Even the general manager was alarmed?

The staff member was shocked.

The white old man ran to Jiang Hua, a little out of breath, and after a while he calmed down a little, he smiled kindly at Jiang Hua and said:

"Sir, the postman is the general manager of the Jinshan City branch of Sotheby's Auction House. You can call me Vogt."

"It is an honor for Sotheby's that you chose us, so I decided to put your item at the top of the auction."

"And we at Sotheby's will not charge any handling fees. All the proceeds from the auction will be given to you without a cent less."

"What do you think?"

Vogt keeps himself very low.

He knew very well how precious the spiritual fruit was.

If this were put up at Sotheby's auction house, it would not only help the auction house to build its reputation.

It can also increase your influence.

An auction house relies on its reputation.

If you don’t have a reputation, who among the wealthy will attend your auctions?
Jiang Hua was surprised at first.

Then he nodded and said casually: "Well, let's auction it here." Vogt suddenly became excited.

"Sir, I promise you won't regret this decision."

Jiang Hua handed the jade box in his hand to him.

Vogt carefully closed the jade box, then waved to those around him, and immediately seven or eight bodyguards came running over.

Vogt had no doubt about the authenticity of the spiritual fruit.

Because the spiritual fruit has a special aura that no one can imitate, this is the best way to identify it.

The heads of the Philemon family, the Broad family, and the Pearson family were all looking at Freeman with mocking smiles.

The white-bearded old man from the Philemon family laughed and said, "Hey, Freeman, you don't look too well!"

"Lucas, what's your business?"

Freeman gave him a cold look.

"Tsk!" Lucas laughed. "Some people want to eat alone. Unfortunately, even God can't stand it."

Freeman took a deep breath and said, "Lucas, don't be complacent, this spiritual fruit still belongs to our Karl family.

"hehe."

Lucas shrugged and said, "That's hard to say."

Freeman snorted.

I ignored him.

He turned around and gave Jiang Hua a cold look.

Jiang Hua and Shirley Yang sat together hugging each other.

He ignored Freeman's murderous look.

Guests came in one by one.

The entire auction venue was filled.

Looking around, there were densely packed crowds of people.

And this time, the auction officially kicked off under the attention of the public.

Old man Vogt, the general manager of Sotheby's auction house in Jinshan City, actually served as the auctioneer of this auction. He stepped onto the stage wearing a well-fitting suit.

"Hello, everyone, hello!"

"The auction hosted by Sotheby's is about to officially begin. I will be the host of this auction. Now let me announce the process of this auction."

"This auction is divided into three parts."

"There will be an auction of ordinary items, an auction of high-end items, and finally an auction of the grand finale items."

"For an auction of ordinary items, the reserve price is more than 10,000 US dollars, and each bid increase must not be less than 1,000 US dollars."

"Auction of high-end items, reserve price is over one million US dollars. Each bid increase must not be less than ten thousand US dollars."

"The finale item is auctioned, the reserve price is over 10 million US dollars, and each bid increase must not be less than 100,000 US dollars."

"Dear friends, this auction is about to begin!"

"Please wait and see!"

"Now, let's start the auction!"

(End of this chapter)