Thank you for the continuous stream of pink tickets, um, I know you are encouraging me, and I feel a bit embarrassed since my writing is quite messy. But, I will continue to strive harder, and also, during the upcoming short holiday, everyone should really relax, and young readers who stay up late should also rest earlier.
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Standing under the auction stage, Chang Mei found it hard to maintain her composure. Unlike most people who were focused on the lovely wines and beauties on stage, her attention was drawn to Su Qingzhang in the front row.
After successfully landing the deal, Su Ziceng was quite pleased with the scene both onstage and offstage, and he smiled and stepped back. Su Qingzhang was there tonight because he had suddenly received a phone call from Su Ziceng at home, mentioning she had a batch of... rare wines, a batch that would allow him to maneuver effortlessly in the business sphere.
Su Qingzhang was unaware of Su Ziceng’s arrangements beforehand. He had indeed been looking for wines, although he didn’t know how his daughter had learned of this information. Regardless of whether Ziceng truly had that batch of recently popular wines in the government circle, he had already made gains tonight, not only witnessing a spectacular auction show but also seeing those dreamy eyes he so fancied.
On stage, Yan Wuxu was wearing a Dior snowy-white trailing gown. In the cold winter night, a fox fur shawl draped her bare shoulders, adorned with a ruby brooch, her dark hair elegantly pulled up, accentuating her exquisite facial features even further, her slender neck giving one illusions of a swan singing proudly.
"Next up is still a set of wines, comprising three limited editions from Black Spade K and nine boxes of Lafite from Lafite Castle in France." Yan Wuxu instantly became the center of attention, speaking timidly, her voice only grew louder after receiving an encouraging look from Su Ziceng.
"The starting price is... one million," the auctioneer announced based on the newly delivered bid sheet, and even the auctioneer himself was stunned after realizing the price he just announced.
The Black Spade K series is considered rare, valued at around three hundred thousand, but as for ten boxes of Lafite, no, one box was broken, now it’s nine boxes of Lafite, actually priced at seven hundred thousand.
"Might as well just rob it," Mr. Fei was grinding his teeth, he was here today for the ten boxes of Lafite on the auction list, and besides him, only Su Qingzhang sitting next to him knew the effect of those wines. Subi Auction House is owned by the Su family, and the wines were provided by Su Ziceng, needless to say, this was Su Qingzhang playing both the good cop and the bad cop.
The most infuriating part was, someone had already raised their paddle, uttering, "One million."
Sitting among the crowd, Zhou Dagen became restless. His gaze swept through the crowd, and there were quite a few people competing for this batch of Lafite, he and Su Ziceng had not exerted effort in vain.
Qiu Zhi was also somewhat surprised, his role lured by Su Ziceng as a "threat" hadn’t yet started shining, but he was already able to withdraw behind the scenes.
The nine boxes of Lafite were far more sought after than Chang’s mother and daughter had anticipated. After a round of bidding, the price had already risen to two million.
Standing on stage, Yan Wuxu had almost a frozen smile, the three bottles in her hands had completely become secondary, the unopened boxes of Lafite were the main stars.
"Lafite is not very famous domestically, how could it fetch such a high price?" Zhou Dagen asked, expressing the same question held by including Chang’s mother and daughter and others.
In the years before Su Ziceng’s rebirth, Lafite from France had become nationally renowned as a top-tier red wine, with various high-end wine scenes swept by counterfeit large and small Lafite bottles. The "Lafite Show" organized by Su Ziceng and Zhou Dagen had prematurely kicked off the prevalence of Lafite wine in Z-country.
"Uncle Zhou, do you know what being trendy is?" Sitting next to Zhou Dagen, Su Ziceng’s phoenix eyes narrowed, bearing a resemblance to her father Su Qingzhang whenever he made significant decisions, always with such an expression.
"Being trendy is something for you women," Zhou Dagen looked at the paddles raised one after another, feeling as if a cat had scraped his heart, "How could a rough man like me understand."
"So-called trends are merely human play." Su Ziceng said mystically: "Drinking is also a trend."
The earliest fashion for Lafite originated when a high-ranking official from China returned from studying at Lafite Castle in France, bringing back a box of Lafite and showing it off everywhere. Since then, the official circles gradually embraced the fashion of drinking red wine and Lafite. Time-wise, Mo City would experience a craze for drinking "Lafite" eight or nine years later, what Su Ziceng had done was merely to advance the red wine fashion a few years earlier, acting as merely a push.