Chapter 585
Ye Xingguang: I didn’t want it to begin with.
Tang Zhou: But I really do want it.
Ye Shiting: @Ye Xingguang, if you like it, buy it; where’s the auction venue? I’ll have Tang Xiao pay for it. Our younger brother probably didn’t see the group message, I’ll call him later.
Ye Xingguang: Thank you, Bro, but it’s really not necessary. It’s not this diamond that I’m interested in.
Tang Zhou: @Ye Shiting, Bro Ting, Bro Ting, Little Star doesn’t want it, but I do!
Unfortunately, Ye Shiting dropped a single line and then went off the radar, completely ignoring Tang Zhou. It was terribly cold.
While Ye Xingguang was in the group chat, the conference room had already filled with people. After the guests had gathered, the auction began.
Onstage, the host was giving an opening speech: “Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, welcome to this charity auction. The Typhoon Qianlong has caused great damage in the south, and people from all walks of life are making contributions. Today, at the invitation of the organizers, I am hosting this auction to raise funds for the disaster-stricken citizens. All donations from tonight’s auction will go to the affected cities and counties to help with reconstruction efforts…” noveldrama
A screen behind the host displayed videos and pictures of the disaster, which were quite moving.
Ye Xingguang thought back to the night of the storm, when that big wart called Tang Zhou was making things difficult for her on the island. That night, he would rather stand outside in the cold wind than come into the house. Thinking about it now still made her angry.
Such a childish man!
Master Green-eyed Monster!
But on second thought, she wasn’t much better herself. Neither of them were particularly magnanimous, so she stopped complaining.
After a heart-touching opening speech by the host and some speeches from charity representatives, the auction officially began twenty minutes later.
Once the auction started, Ye Xingguang looked around and did not see Granny Shen. It seemed that although she had announced her intention to bid for the Dragon-and-Phoenix Jade Pendant, she did not plan to attend in person and had probably made arrangements for someone else to do it on her behalf.
Ye Xingguang was unsure of who among the attendees was possibly the delegate.
Xia Yanyan also looked around, conjecturing similarly that the Old Mrs. Shen had engaged a representative to bid for her. Yanyan was not really interested in the other auction items, therefore, she rested with her eyes closed as soon as she took her seat. It was only when the Dragon-and-Phoenix Jade Pendant was brought up for auction that she sat upright.
The host said: “The next item up for bidding is the Dragon-and-Phoenix Jade Pendant, with a starting bid of five hundred thousand. Now, ladies and gentlemen, you may start bidding…”
“Five hundred and ten thousand!”
A rising male star from a popular web series was the first to raise his bidding paddle.
He hoped to acquire this Jade Pendant because he knew that it was coveted by Granny Shen and wanted to use it to curry favor with her.
Even though that rising star gained fame through a web series, his actual dream was to be a singer. However, the music industry was really tough at the moment, and investors and management companies preferred to push those aspiring singers into the drama industry. It was a time when you could make money even by lying down in the drama industry. Hence, to release an album, he needed to take an unconventional route.
Granny Shen was the unconventional path he aimed to take. If he could win Granny Shen’s favor, and she would introduce him into the music industry, he believed with his current popularity, there was a decent chance he could break into the music industry.
“Five hundred and twenty thousand!”
“Five hundred and thirty thousand!”
“Five hundred and forty thousand!”
Most of the people participating in the auction were big names from the field of music or entertainment, with a mindset similar to that of the rising star.
They were not really drinking for the wine’s sake.