Gu Tingyan's face turned purple and he looked extremely embarrassed.

Chu Shengfeng quickly stood up to help: "I saw it! I saw her holding up the sign!"

Jiang Wanqiu quickly followed suit: "That's right! I saw it too! She must have taken the photo of our villa!"

Mo Li raised an eyebrow and asked knowingly, "Huh? That's weird... Isn't Mr. Gu the future son-in-law of your Chu family? Why are you still turning your elbows outward? Are you siding with an outsider like me?"

Chu Shengfeng and his wife hesitated.

Chi Cunxu, who was sitting next to him, started to educate the public about the law in a serious manner: "Malicious collusion to drive up prices is illegal. If the auction is invalidated, those who participated in the malicious collusion will be held fully liable for compensation, and the relevant departments will also impose fines on them."

Chu Shengfeng and his wife panicked immediately, their eyes flickering: "Don't slander us, saying who is maliciously colluding? ... We will never do such a despicable thing."

Chi Cunxu looked indifferent, looking at them with the same eyes as looking at a piece of garbage on the roadside: "It would be best."

The final right of interpretation is of course in the hands of the auctioneer: "It's like this... At that time, Mr. Gu had not paid the remaining deposit, which means his offer was not yet effective, so regardless of whether Miss Mo raised her placard at the time, it was an invalid offer."

When the official explanation came out, Gu Tingyan's face turned green.

Mo Li is different from him. She and Chi Cunxu have participated in so many auctions, big and small, that it is impossible for her not to be clear about these rules.

She deliberately acted as if she couldn't wait to raise her placard to bid, but it was just a trick to lure him into taking the bait.

But he couldn't understand why Mo Li kept bidding, raising the price all the way to 2 billion, since she had already seen that he was not sincere in participating in the auction. What benefit did she get from doing this? Was she just teasing him for fun?

……

All bidders knew that Gu Tingyan and the Chu family must have gone too far this time. Now the villa was in his hands. Everyone had a gloating expression, waiting to see how they would end up.

Especially Gu Tingyan, he was in a difficult situation now. Just looking at Mo Li's faint smile on her face, he was furious.

——He can’t let everyone know that his pockets are cleaner than his face. Let alone 2 billion, he can’t even take out 200,000!

Seeing that he hadn't made any move for a while, the auctioneer acted very reasonable and said, "Mr. Gu, have you encountered any problems? - Or do you regret not wanting to buy it?"

Gu Tingyan naively thought that the other party was trying to give him a way out, so he quickly went downhill, his face flushed and he snorted coldly: "That's right! I'm in a bad mood today, I don't want to sign the contract, and I don't want this villa, okay?"

The auctioneer had a smile on his face the whole time, not showing any impatience at all: "Of course, Mr. Gu, buying and selling is always free."

Upon hearing this, Gu Tingyan's eyes instantly lit up again.

The next second, the auctioneer continued, "——But according to the auction rules, the deposit of the defaulting party will not be refunded."

In an instant, Gu Tingyan's sky collapsed again.

Twenty million, that was the twenty million he just got from selling the land!

……

On the other side, Chu Shengfeng and his wife's eyes lit up, especially Chu Shengfeng, whose eyes rolled around with a greedy light: "I'm the owner of the house. If he breaches the contract, shouldn't the 20 million deposit belong to me?"

The auctioneer smiled politely and restrainedly: "No, Mr. Gu has not signed the house purchase and sale contract with you yet. He violated the agreement between him and our auction company. Therefore, the deposit belongs to our auction company according to the regulations."

——Wouldn’t that be like making wedding clothes for someone in vain?

Chu Shengfeng didn't give up, and soon came up with a new idea: "What if he signs the contract with me first! Then he can give us the 20 million... Even if he doesn't give it to us, he can give it back to the bank!"

His wishful thinking was really loud, and the abacus beads fell on the faces of everyone present.

If the 20 million was confiscated by the bank, Gu Tingyan would be helpless and could only pay off the 20 million debt to the Chu family for nothing.

Gu Tingyan felt like he was a fool and was clearly being plotted against by the Chu family. His face turned even darker.

……

Unexpectedly, the auctioneer shook his head again: "No, once you sign the contract, it means that the auction has been successfully completed. According to the agreement, our auction company needs to charge 1% of the transaction amount as commission - exactly 20 million."

So no matter what, the 20 million will belong to the auction company.

Chu Shengfeng was completely speechless. He was heartbroken and had a look of grief as if he had lost 20 million. There were even more wrinkles on his old face.

Of course, he didn't feel sad for Gu Tingyan. The Gu family made a wrong decision on the East City project, which caused him to lose so much money and get into trouble. He hasn't even settled the score with him yet! What's more, he slept with his daughter so many times for nothing. The 20 million should have been owed to him by their Gu family!

He was saddened that the money went to the auction company for nothing. What a huge loss!

……

Gu Tingyan felt even more as if the sky was falling and the earth was splitting apart. He had originally wanted to make a small investment for a big return and get a huge sum of money from Mo Li. He never thought that he would end up losing the 20 million.

This was his last chance to turn things around! How could he let an auction company that had no connection with him swallow it all up?

He was immediately furious. In order to get his deposit back, he threw away his dignity and started to act like a rogue in public:

"What do you mean? Your company just casually held an auction and planned to embezzle my 20 million? This money is too easy to make! What kind of shitty company is this? Do you believe me or not, I will call the police and have you all arrested?"

The other bidders felt very happy when they saw him breaking down his defenses.

"You still dare to call the police? You don't know who they will arrest when they come."

"Do you know what a deposit is? It's to protect you from people like you who go back on your word."

"Young man, can you still have a little sense of contract?"

Gu Tingyan listened to the people around him laughing, and felt even more offended. He said without thinking: "What a joke! I am the eldest son of the Gu family, how can I not understand what a deposit is? Which auction house can privately confiscate a 20 million deposit? I'm afraid it's the underworld, right?"

"Gangsters?" A low, casual voice came from behind the crowd: "Mr. Gu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Where else in the world can you find gangsters as law-abiding as us?"

When they heard the voice, they turned around and saw a tall man with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes appear at the back door of the meeting room at some point. The light pink suit he was wearing was particularly eye-catching.

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