Chapter 424: Kneeling to the local tyrant
Because of someone's generous donation, almost everyone's attention was on the three limited edition items at this auction. So much so that the jewelry, antiques, oil paintings and other jewelry in front were not very involved, and even a pearl necklace almost failed to be sold.
Ma Wei sat quietly in his seat, saying that he came to the auction this time not to see who the car ended up in the end, and how much the goods he donated were bought by others at the price. Instead, he came to spend money to do charity.
The Love Warm Foundation I found last year helped hundreds of thousands of Russians with his regular monthly donations. Including at the beginning of the year, the foundation head sent him a special message to him for the video. The people in the video were all vulnerable groups in society who received donations from Mawei.
Before coming to the auction, Ma Wei looked at his bank deposits and had already exceeded 7.2 billion US dollars. Once he was salted at home and did not go out to spend money, the funds grew like cheating.
So, when the security guards launched an antique lamp that he liked from the vault, Ma Wei suddenly made a decision, that was to spend some money and buy it. Anyway, when doing charity, what he wanted was to be kind.
"Dear guests, what we are going to auction now is the antique desk lamp from the Tsarist Russian era. Our auction value of its market value is above 950,000 US dollars. The starting price is 100,000 US dollars, and each increase must not be less than 50,000 US dollars..."
Because the antique lamps on the stage are pretty good, they are loved by some wealthy people. So the bidding was quite fierce, and soon the starting price of 100,000 US dollars was 450,000 US dollars.
"100,000 US dollars!"
"250,000 US dollars."
"450,000 US dollars!"
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"The beauty of No. 65 has a bid of $900,000. Is there anyone more than $900,000?"
"The gentleman of No. 39 has bid $1.25 million. Is there any higher than $1.25 million? 1.25 million every time..."
The most talkative thing in the audience was the beautiful auctioneer who devoted himself to the host. Although she also knew that the last three items were the top priority of this auction. However, due to professional principles, she had to do her best whether it was 10,000 yuan or 1 million yuan.
"Double 1.25 million US dollars!" The auctioneer said, staring at the audience seriously. I hope someone can call out another price at this time to push the lot higher. But no matter how rich people are, they are rational. Even if they are charitable, they don't dare to buy 950,000 items for more than 1.3 million. Simply put, it is heartbreaking for money.
However, just as the beautiful auctioneer was about to call for the third round to make the auction complete, a handsome Russian guy sitting in the center of the front row suddenly raised the No. 19 hand card in his hand and said to the stage with a faint voice, "10 million."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw only the top rich people sitting around him and the group of local tyrants sitting in the back. Suddenly, one by one, all looked astonished and surprised!
The top rich people sitting around naturally knew the price just now and who called it out. Although they could all get 10 million US dollars, they bought a million US dollars antique desk lamp in Tsarist Russia era. This... is really a bit, not so high in consciousness...
The rich men sitting in the back row did not pay attention to who raised their hand. They just heard the female auctioneer in front of the stage, with an extremely excited voice, and said excitedly, "10 million US dollars! This handsome guy with No. 19 plate bids 10 million US dollars! The first time 10 million US dollars!"
"The second time for $10 million!"
"The third time for $10 million!"
"Dongdongdongdongdong! Deal!"
Fortunately, the auctioneer reacted quickly enough and was not scared by Ma Wei's amazing offer, so he forgot to think. However, the group of local tyrants sitting behind Ma Wei were different. They were all scared by someone's big deal.
"What? Someone just called for 1.25 million US dollars to 10 million US dollars? Who is this? It's too inhumane!?" A rich man from Moscow said to himself in surprise. There is no harm without comparison. With comparison, he realized the difference between the two sides. The 10 million US dollars was so easy to smash, which really made the rich feel that the rich.
"What happened just now? Why did it go directly to US$10 million? Who is so rich? The one on the 19th is the chairman of Ma V Group, Ma Wei?" As the number plate was shouted out by the auctioneer, everyone also found the bidder's position.
It was the Russian youth sitting in the middle of the front row. However, the only thing that everyone in the back row could see was Mavie's back head. Even the side was difficult.
Feeling the hot gazes from the audience, looking at the nose and the heart, and pretending not to see them, Ma Wei sat at the table very calmly, as if these things just now were small operations, just basic.
In fact, he originally wanted to offer 100 million US dollars. But considering this number, it was really scary for antique lamps. So in the end he held back and reported a zero less so as not to suddenly be quiet and make everyone embarrassed...
Such a shocking bid naturally fell into the eyes of netizens in the live broadcast room. However, considering that the boss did not appear, the filming staff did not bring the camera closer, so the 390,000 netizens who watched the live broadcast only knew that the bid was the handsome guy No. 19, sitting at the same table with the Saudi prince and the Dubai prince.
"It's so great. Did the auction just now call 1.25 million US dollars to 10 million US dollars?? This charity is so scary! It's no longer a waste of inhumanity, but it's a harsh and confusing!"
"This Mr. No. 19 is probably Mavie himself? Who can call a charity item worth 10 times the price? It is probably only him and the Saudi prince."
"It's so awesome, I almost knelt down! This charity is so shocking and terrifying. The anchor, please accept my knees! Although I've just watched your live broadcast, I've been attracted by you!"
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The antique lamps of the Tsarist Russian era that Mawei bought for $10 million were just the first step in his warm-up exercise. Then he shouted tens of millions of dollars three times in a row and bought some small items that he liked.
This courage to spend money really shocked everyone. It can't surpass it at all...
Chapter completed!