Especially when they looked at the Liu Family, they kept talking:
"Speaking of which, the Liu Family used to have some capability, thriving under the leadership of Liu Xue. It’s a pity that after Liu Xue left, they ended up ."
"I heard Liu Xue started a new company? She was even competing with the Liu Family for the No. 10 bid king earlier?"
"Looks like Liu Xue leaving the Liu Family wasn’t much of a change. What a shame!"
While discussing, they couldn’t help but glance in Liu Xue’s direction, gesturing towards Ye Feng.
In their eyes, neither the Liu Family nor Liu Xue were threats; Jiangcheng would be theirs sooner or later.
Originally, they didn’t have such confidence.
But seeing Liu Qingsong and Liu Xue’s actions now makes them feel that going to Jiangcheng is no different from picking up money.
Seeing their expressions, Ye Feng sneered and thought cynically: ’Try if you dare, I’ll make sure you won’t even have bones left to eat.’
Ye Feng didn’t expect that by intentionally targeting Liu Qingsong, people actually took Liu Xue lightly.
But Ye Feng wasn’t worried at all.
If they really dare to come, Ye Feng is completely confident he’ll make sure they don’t leave.
Next to him, Liu Xue was just as confident: ’Seems like it’s been too long since I’ve shown my skills, making people think I’m easy to bully?’
Under such circumstances, the auction for the No. 9 bid king began.
No. 9’s performance was slightly better than No. 10, so the starting price was one billion.
Because of the better performance, the competition was even fiercer.
"One billion five hundred million!"
"One billion eight hundred million!"
"Two billion three hundred million!"
"Two billion five hundred million!"
In the blink of an eye, the price of the No. 9 raw stone soared to two billion five hundred million.
Ye Feng had looked at this raw stone before, the jadeite inside was decent, worth over a billion, better than the previous one.
But two billion five hundred million was a bit unwise.
So, Ye Feng had no intention of bidding, just watched them compete.
After the price reached two billion five hundred million, bids became much more cautious.
"Two billion eight hundred million!" As others were considering whether to bid, Liu Qingsong decisively bid.
As Liu Qingsong bid, others who were prepared to compete glanced at him and gave up helplessly.
The guy who bid two billion five hundred million reconsidered before bidding again: "Two billion nine hundred million!"
"Three billion!" But Liu Qingsong didn’t even think twice before bidding again.
"You win." Seeing the price hit three billion, that person directly gave up.
Seeing no one bidding, Liu Qingsong was secretly pleased, but cautiously glanced at Ye Feng, fearing Ye Feng would raise the price.
However, Ye Feng wasn’t even interested enough to take a look.
Eventually, Liu Qingsong bought the No. 9 bid king for three billion.
Yet Liu Qingsong didn’t have the stone cut on site, clearly afraid of embarrassment.
After buying two pieces in succession, Liu Qingsong didn’t make a move on the subsequent bid kings.
The earlier they are, the higher the prices of these bid kings become.
The No. 8 bid king was bought by a bald guy in the front row for three billion five hundred million.
The No. 7 bid king was bought by another bald guy in the front row for four billion.
The No. 6 bid king was bought by a woman in her forties for four billion three hundred million.
None of these were of interest to Ye Feng.
The jadeite inside No. 8 was worth two billion, No. 7 was worth several tens of millions, and No. 6 was worth slightly more at over two billion. The capital for the past few years wasn’t enough for Ye Feng to make a move.
These buyers seemed quite low-key and didn’t have the stones cut on site.
Up until now, only Liu Qingsong foolishly cut the stones and suffered losses; others didn’t dare to cut the stones.
Indeed, if you cut the stones and find good stuff, you could shine brightly.
But if you cut them and suffer losses, it’d be such an embarrassment.
Understanding this, there were few who cut stones on site.
Finally, it was time for the crucial No. 5 bid king.
This piece, Ye Feng was determined to get without fail.
"Two billion five hundred million!" As the auction began, Liu Qingsong appeared very eager, directly bidding two billion five hundred million.
However, others were not ordinary people; the price soared rapidly.
"Two billion eight hundred million!"
"Three billion two hundred million!"
"Three billion eight hundred million!"
Quickly, the price soared to four billion.
After reaching four billion, the number of bidders started to decline.
"Four billion three hundred million!"
As Liu Qingsong called out four billion three hundred million, others stopped competing.
"Four billion five hundred million!" Ye Feng calmly followed up with a bid.
With Ye Feng’s bid, Liu Xue became visibly nervous.
Because she only had a little over four billion, if it continued higher, she wouldn’t have the qualification to compete.
If they couldn’t take this raw stone due to insufficient funds, she’d feel very guilty, thinking she let Ye Feng down.
"Four billion eight hundred million!" Seeing it was Ye Feng again, Liu Qingsong’s face turned grim as he continued to bid.
"Five billion!" Ye Feng didn’t even think and casually bid five billion.
With Ye Feng’s ongoing bid, Liu Qingsong frowned.
After buying two pieces of bid kings consecutively, Liu Qingsong’s funds were only slightly above five billion. Now to bid over five billion, he couldn’t produce the amount.
Yet this stone was something they both favored; he didn’t want to give it up.
On the other side, with Ye Feng’s bid, Liu Xue worriedly asked, "Honey, where are we going to get the money from? Don’t stir up trouble here."
Liu Xue’s voice wasn’t loud, but Liu Qingsong heard it.
"Rest assured!" Ye Feng smiled, showing a reassuring expression to Liu Xue.
But Liu Qingsong couldn’t sit still, standing up and roaring, "Host, I suspect there’s malicious price hiking involved! I suspect they don’t have the money, intentionally inflating prices to make me pay unjustly."
Originally, Liu Qingsong wanted to take this raw stone, but there was some risk involved.
But hearing Liu Xue’s words made him grasp at a life-saving straw.
If it’s proven that Liu Xue and Ye Feng lack funds, Ye Feng’s bid will be void, allowing him to buy the stone for four billion three hundred million.
Moreover, Ye Feng would be severely punished by the host.
’Try causing trouble here, you’ll definitely regret it,’ Liu Qingsong praised his own wisdom, thinking that if Ye Feng was caught by the host, he’d surely suffer greatly.
With his words, everyone turned their attention to Ye Feng.
It was the first time they saw someone daring to cause trouble at a bid king auction.
Meanwhile, auction personnel hurried over.
The leading man in a suit looked at Ye Feng with some displeasure: "Sir, someone reported you for malicious bidding; please cooperate with us."
"I suspect the person next to him is a woman; go investigate!" Ye Feng laughed, pointing at Liu Qingsong.
"I knew he had no money; he’s showing his guilt, isn’t willing to be investigated?" Seeing Ye Feng’s response, Liu Qingsong jumped in joy, thinking he guessed right...