Super-rich: Spending money is just a job!

Once the auction price of the brush washer reached 500 million, the pace of bidding from the audience slowed down significantly.

Many people have stopped holding up their placards, seemingly giving up.

Xiaomeng originally thought that the brush washer would be auctioned off for between 500 and 600 million yuan, and that the auction would then begin for the next item.

Unexpectedly, the last few competitors were unwilling to give up, and although the pace of bidding slowed down, they continued to raise the price.

Xiaomeng noticed that the people holding up the signs didn't seem to be the ones making the decisions; they were constantly on their phones.

It seemed like they were constantly communicating with the person on the other end of the phone, holding up signs according to instructions given over the phone.

This touched on an area where Xiaomeng's knowledge was lacking, so she quickly pointed it out to Lawyer Xia.

"Oh, those are auctions held by phone. I've also heard there are auctions held via live stream."

"Wow, this must be the big boss behind the auction." Xiaomeng thought that such a big boss who manipulates things behind the scenes must be very rich.

"It's not that mysterious. According to the information, these telephone bidding services are mainly used by companies or museums that specialize in antiques, where clients come to bid on their collections."

The legendary big shots who are interested in antiques and collectibles aren't actually that many. "Although this was also Xia's first time attending an auction, she had done some research beforehand."

In the short time it took Xiaomeng and Lawyer Xia to exchange a few words, the price of this brush washer had already exceeded 700 million.

This startled Xiaomeng again. "Such a small gadget, it actually went up to 700 million? I saw it in the exhibition hall with a starting bid of 50, and I thought it would end at most 70."

“I don’t understand either. There are many factors to consider when pricing antiques. They are closely related to the availability of stock and the market environment.” Lawyer Xia also felt confused. “How about we come to the auction next time and spend some money to hire a professional from the auction house to accompany us?”

"Sitting here guessing is like entering the Forbidden City without a guide—we're completely clueless."

"You're right. It would be great if someone knowledgeable could give a brief introduction."

Xiaomeng had glanced at the little thing before. Although the color was quite nice, like a sky blue after rain, it was very small, only a little bigger than an adult's palm.

Why is it worth 700 million, and why is the price still rising?

Although the rate of increase is not as rapid as it was at the beginning, it has been steadily rising.

The prices of auction items really don't make any sense at all.

A little while later, the price of this brush washer exceeded ten million.

Xiaomeng noticed that only two brands remained in the bidding war, and she thought that the brush washer would end up in the hands of one of these two people.

To everyone's surprise, after the brush washer's price exceeded 1,000 million, two more phone calls came in from outside the auction room from people wanting to participate in the auction.

The battle for this brush washer has intensified once again.

Previously, people were adding 100,000 at a time, but later, some people were adding 10,000 or 20,000.

Lawyer Xia secretly told Xiaomeng that it seemed the auction for this brush washer was finally coming to an end.

As expected, the final hammer price for this Ru ware brush washer was 1403 million yuan.

When the auctioneer finally brought down the gavel, the entire room erupted in applause.

Xiao Meng couldn't help but wipe her sweat. "This auction is quite exciting. I didn't expect the competition for a single item to be so fierce."

"That's not necessarily true. I've heard that at auctions, sometimes there are items that nobody is interested in, which results in them going unsold," Xia explained.