The auction was held at another five-star hotel in Ocean City.The five-star hotel named Ocean City Hotel was one of the few top hotels in Ocean City that could compete with Greenview Hotel.They parked in the parking lot, and Titus led them into the hotel.On the hotel's second floor was a connected function room, which the auction house had reserved to host the auction.The auction house called Winter Green Auction House was just one of the local auction houses in Ocean City.Although they were not weak, they were no match for the previous Victory Auction House from Janestown.Perhaps Ocean City Hotel deliberately built several rooms similar to private rooms in the huge function room on the second floor because they often cooperated with Winter Green Auction House.These private rooms were much higher than the ones below. It looked as if they were above everyone else.There were eight private rooms, ranked from one to eight.When Sean and the rest arrived, seven of the priva
"I had no choice but to go to Quartz Residence and end up having Sienna kick me out."Titus was also embarrassed to mention the awkward incident.After all, he was the heir of the Lake family. Having a lady kick him out of her house when he went to ask for her hand would make him a joke if word about it got out."Haha..."Willow, who was whispering aside, burst out laughing.If it were anyone else, Titus would have flipped the table, but it was Willow, Sean's fiancée, and he was too scared to say anything.He could only sit aside, looking awkward."Willow, let me tell you, my cousin went to Quartz Residence to ask for Sienna's hand before!"Winnie tried to fan the flames by telling Willow about Titus' embarrassing past.Willow's melodious laugh echoed throughout the private room. Sean chuckled and shook his head.The auction officially began as they talked and laughed.The first thing to come up for auction was a painting by a modern artist.The prices of paintings would on
Titus could not understand what was on Mr. Lockhart and Dicky's minds.After all, he did not like Sienna. Although the Lake family's second branch was weaker than the first branch, it did not need any external help.Since Sienna kicked Titus out of Quartz Residence, he had lost all interest in the Quartz family's heiress.Instead of wasting time on her, he would rather go out drinking with his friends and pick girls up."I'll offer a million dollars!"Dicky did not want Mr. Lockhart to show him up, so he immediately made an offer again.Sienna's smile broadened when the two men raised the originally 100-thousand-dollar painting to 1 million dollars.Although the auction was said to be a charity auction, Winter Green Auction House would only donate its commission.The payment would ultimately go to the seller who provided the auction items.Winter Green Auction House's commission varied from 10% to 30%, according to the price of the goods.A small number of particularly valuab
Dicky and Mr. Lockhart were making themselves fools by fighting for Sienna's attention here.Perhaps understanding that Sienna did not want to pay him any more attention, Dicky sat down dispiritedly.Sienna then had someone bring up the second auction item—a trinket worth about the same as the painting. Its starting bid was 200 thousand.Perhaps the competition between Dicky and Mr. Lockhart made everyone come to their senses. This time, no one increased the price too much. Eventually, the second auction item sold for 400 thousand dollars.After that, there were eight auctions, none of which were anything valuable. The highest value was the tenth auction item, which went to a middle-aged man for 3 million dollars.As for the other nine auction items, nothing sold for more than a million dollars besides the first painting.The 11th auction item was a half-arm-length vase, which Sienna said originated from the Early Middle Ages."The starting bid is 30 million!"Sienna spoke calm
"One hundred and twenty million!"Someone in Private Room 7 raised the bid again.Titus raised his eyebrows and bid without hesitation, "150 million!"He was getting it for Aaron, so the price did not bother him.Titus could ask Aaron for more money if he did not have enough money.One hundred and fifty million had exceeded the vase's value, and everyone fell silent. No one made any more offers."Congratulations to the VIP in Private Room 1 for winning the vase for 150 million!"After asking thrice and finally confirming that there were no further bids, Sienna also announced the winner of the vase.Titus did not bid for the remaining auction item because giving Aaron the vase was already good enough."I know many people came here for our final auction item—Heart of the World!"In that case, I won't waste any more of your time!"Sienna said with a smile.Then, someone came on stage carrying an exquisite box.The box was slowly opened, and all the lights were turned off inst
Sienna's voice rang again, signaling that the auction of the pink diamond had officially begun."Five hundred million!"Just after Sienna finished speaking, Sean's voice came from Private Room 1.He raised the price by 400 million in one go."Damn. Whose heir is in Private Room 1? First, he won the Early Middle Ages vase for 150 million, and now he's offering 500 million!""Judging from his voice, he's probably young. Many families in Ocean City can afford 500 million. I wonder who's in Private Room 1...""Hehe, whoever he is, this pink diamond has nothing to do with us anyway. We didn't come to this auction in vain if we saw something worth hundreds of millions of dollars being auctioned off!"...There was a flurry of discussion as everyone wondered who was in Private Room 1.However, there were several families with assets of tens of billions in Ocean City. There were even three families with assets of more than 100 billion. For a moment, it was difficult to determine who w
"Judging from the voice, it should be the heir of the Yaleton family!" Sean said with a chuckle.Titus could not recognize Sebastian's voice, but Sean still recognized him after he changed it deliberately. Then, he calmly shouted the price of 1.5 billion."1.5 billion? Who the hell is in Private Room 1? Why does he want to pay an extra 700 million for this pink diamond?""Who knows? Maybe they have lots of money to spare?""Yeah, they must be wealthy to be able to sit in Private Room 1. Maybe 1.5 billion is an astronomical figure for us, but it's nothing for them."...Everyone was shocked to hear 1.5 billion.The crowd discussed the identity of the mysterious man in Private Room 1.Titus turned gloomy. He slowly stood up after hearing Sean's offer of 1.5 billion."Brother Lennon, I'll help you teach that fool a lesson."Upon hearing Titus' words, Sean shook his head and smiled. He faintly said, "Why argue with a clown like him?"But Brother Lennon, you can win this pink
Willow looked seriously at Private Room 6 and asked solemnly, "Private Room 6, are you sure you want to offer 2 billion?""Of course! Are you worried I won't be able to pay Winter Green Auction House?"Sebastian pretended to be calm as he answered flatly.Two billion already far exceeded the Yaleton family's liquidity.As the heir of the Yaleton family, Sebastian knew his family best.The Yaleton family could not afford 1.5 billion easily, let alone 2 billion.Although the Yaleton family's assets exceeded 10 billion, their fixed assets made up the majority. Their liquidity was no more than 1 billion at most.He was betting that Sean would not give up easily when Sean bid so high."Private Room 6, you're joking. Winter Green Auction House trusts you, of course."Sienna said with a polite smile.Then, Sebastian ignored Sienna and targeted Sean again."I wonder if Private Room is going to continue bidding. If you don't, I'm going to win the pink diamond!"Sebastian's joy-tinge