Lu Mingfei Returns from Monster Hunting

Chapter 249 The Clown's Performance (5.2k)

"It's nothing more than some inferior dragon's blood products, what to pretend..."

In the earphones, Su Enxi hummed dissatisfiedly.

Lu Mingfei didn't speak, because he thought the same as Su Enxi.

In Bunin's eyes, the "bottles containing time" might just be the dragon's blood serum they know.

This is also the conclusion he reached based on previous speculation.

After all, except for Bunin, these people are all mixed races, or some kind of short-lived mixed races.

Then as long as you think about it a little bit, you can understand what makes them live.

Dragon blood!

Although dragon blood is the most poisonous thing, the purified dragon blood serum is very safe.

For example, the Nibelungen plan that Kassel College plans to implement in the near future is to inject the dragon blood serum of the dragon king Constantine into the best students to create a hybrid that can compete with the dragon king level target.

In the same way, Chu Zihang also had the purified Fenrir's dragon blood to be able to survive the fourth burst of blood.

Combined with the black snake locked in the air-raid shelter, the answer seems to be ready.

The boss behind Bunin and his followers accidentally obtained the remnant of an ancient dragon, and relied on the refined serum technology provided by the boss named Bondarev to produce serum in batches and sell them to the rich.

This is why Black Snake hates these people so much.

After all, they are despicable people who regard their own flesh and blood as medicine primers.

As for the purchase of dragon blood serum, they are basically hybrids with extremely low bloodlines. If the lifespan of these hybrids is not extended by the serum, they will become puppets controlled by dragon blood due to their bloodlines.

Of course, some of them were not of mixed race themselves, they were transformed into mixed race after being injected with serum.

These people are basically human beings with congenital diseases. Dragon blood swallowed their identities as human beings after helping them overcome stubborn illnesses that human medicine cannot treat.

Like Christina.

At least from Christina's performance, she doesn't look like a hybrid who knows the secrets of the dragon race, but she does have dragon blood in her body.

Probably Bunin had secretly purchased the serum for her a long time ago.

But it is clear that this year Bunin's behind-the-scenes organization has faced major difficulties.

Lu Mingfei released the black snake they depended on for survival, which meant that they directly cut off the source of their serum production.

This puts those who originally had little stock in the predicament of having nothing to sell.

This year's competition is even more intense than Bunin and Christina thought.

"Let's start with the first shipment..." Bunin said slowly with his hands on his chin.

Before she finished speaking, the red-haired Sonia held up the sign.

"$2000 million!"

Lu Mingfei was secretly surprised, if Bunin hadn't provided him with chips, the funds provided by Christina would only be enough for him to raise the sign.

"This is called throwing stones to ask the way at the gambling table. Throwing a bigger stone creates psychological pressure on the opponents, making them unable to tell how strong they are."

Su Enxi said while commenting.

"Pay attention to her movements and expressions. She must be looking around at the moment, judging the reaction of others to her yelling 2000 million. If the opponents are cautious enough, they will be a little conservative first, because the first shipment is often not the most competitive. "

Lu Mingfei looked at Sonia, and sure enough, her eyes scanned the audience, provocative and confident.

Leaning forward, her shoulders were shockingly white against the backdrop of the red dress.

"Does it look good?" Zero asked on his right hand.

"Hey, this shoulder strap is pretty good." Lu Mingfei looked away awkwardly.

I didn't expect Zero to still stare at him when he was nervous, shouldn't everyone observe the audience...

Zero didn't return him, turned his head lightly, and kept silent.Doesn't seem to want to bid for the first shipment.

After a brief silence, Auchinets held up the sign.

"Twenty-five million dollars."

"Tsk tsk, my good brother just died yesterday, and now I'm the first one to jump out and bid with my good friend's woman, it's cruel." The voice of Jiu Toku Mai was in the earphone.

"The price increase is a tepid 100 million, and the purpose is to prevent others from seeing your cards." Su Enxi explained Auchinets' behavior.

"Two million dollars in 2000."

The price continues to rise, and it is clear that $2000 million is just the beginning and the test.

There were not many people present, and everyone knew each other's care, and Auchinets couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.

Soon the price was called $500 million.

Sonia followed steadily, as if she was bound to win.

Fewer and fewer people continue to follow the offer.

At this moment, a loud "4000 million US dollars" resounded through the audience.

Valoja, who had always been shy, entered the battlefield with a card. He raised his head indifferently, with a cold light flowing in his pupils.

At the dinner party of Bunin's house, he looked so shy, and the enthusiastic Sonia took good care of him. The two looked like brothers and sisters, but now they were enemies on the battlefield.

"Wuhu! The sniper is here, but he's too impatient. He speaks faster than usual, and it's easy to be spotted."

Lu Mingfei glanced around quietly, as Su Enxi said.

Neither Sonia nor Oginets would give up easily.

The offer of 100 million was made by Oginets.

He has been maintaining his own rhythm, adopting attrition tactics to reduce the assets of other competitors before the real decisive battle begins.

The young and energetic Valoja raised a high price of 500 million without hesitation.

"The merciful fellows are long dead."

Volodya said coldly, not knowing whether he was talking about himself or Vishniak.

Auchinets' complexion suddenly became ugly.

Everyone's competition is becoming more and more fierce.

Finally, after a 15-minute fight, the first item was auctioned for $500 million.

Surprisingly, the successful guest was neither Sonia, nor Volodya, nor Auchinets.

Xie Miao, this person did not appear at the dinner party of Bunin's family, but he behaved decently and generously, giving the image of a gentle man's line of defense, always taking care of those drunken girls.

Mikhail joined him in the auction process of the first item. According to Kristina's information, his family is probably engaged in logging.

Russia has vast virgin forests. As long as a license is obtained, the logging industry is more lucrative than the mining industry.

The two of them raised their cards alternately, and the price kept skyrocketing.

The calm-headed Oginets withdrew first, and Sonia followed. Only Valoja stood firm to 4000 million US dollars, and his eyes dimmed.

Semyon and Mikhail were left. They thought it would be a bloody battle, but after a few small-scale price increases, Mikhail stopped raising the price and apologized after everyone reacted. Bunin had already dropped the hammer three times. It was easily taken down by Xie Miao.

Su Enxi immediately said in the headset: "These two are a little bit level, they cooperated, and the crazy offer made the Auchinets gang think they were going to fight, but it turned out to be a pre-cooperation relationship."

Lu Mingfei chuckled lightly, applauding the acting skills of the two bears.

The auction was more interesting than he thought.

With the first price as a reference, the second bidding for goods is more direct and neat.

Anna, a baby-faced girl from St. Petersburg, sold for $9000 million.

In the second round of bidding, Semyon and Mikhail were still fierce, probably because they wanted to eat another piece of goods. Unfortunately, the first round of bidding exposed their cooperative relationship early. Anna was not fooled and decisively killed the two of them.

Lu Mingfei also got to know the fourteen people present through the second round of bidding.

The Three Kingdoms of Auchinets, Volodya and Sonia.

The baby-faced lone wolf Anna, and the cooperating Semyon and Mikhail.

Also Nikita from Rostov, Yakov from Kazakhstan, Maxim from Samara, Leonid from Novgorod.

These four people have all bid, but they didn't follow up.

The rest of the Romanov family, Zero and him, and a man and a woman have not bid. According to Kristina's information, the family's financial resources are not low.

"This year's third shipment, its quality is better than the previous two." Bunin said slowly.

Only then did Lu Mingfei understand why the 7000 million USD that Bunin gave him was not enough.

After all, if 7000 million to [-] million US dollars is used as a reference standard, [-] million US dollars can buy a piece of goods.

However, the fact is that the quality of goods will be higher and higher, and in contrast, the price of competition will also rise.

While Lu Mingfei was still pondering, Zero had already raised his placard, and his eyes were filled with "everyone here is rubbish".

"Stop wasting time, start with $9000 million."

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Whether it was the player who was eager to make an offer or the player who stood on the sidelines and was self-righteous, they were all dumbfounded.

Someone seemed not to believe their ears, eagerly looking in the direction of Zero to verify.

Someone had an angry expression on his face, as if the table would be overturned in the next second.

No one present had heard of the financial power of the Romanov family, and they all regarded Zero as a strong competitor.

But I didn't expect Her Royal Highness to bid so brutally, faintly showing contempt for their auction, as if treating this auction as a play-by-play game.

"Good! Just keep this momentum! Our Romanovs won't lose to anyone, crushing them all the way!" Su Enxi, a crazy girl, yelled in the headset.

After a moment of silence, Xie Miao coughed.

"Does Your Highness think that the financial strength of the Romanov family is more than all of us combined?"

"Yes." Zero still had that faint expression.

Xie Miao: "..."

He laughed a little angrily, and said fiercely with the corners of his mouth: "Very good, but Your Royal Highness, I have to remind you that I already have a piece of goods in my hand, and its price is currently the lowest. On average, it is still a good deal, and you have nothing but money in your hands!"

"Two hundred million." Zero said blankly, "U.S. dollars."

Everyone froze for a moment, Zero made a second offer, but no one competed with her at all.

It is equal to the price that she reported in vain.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help being stunned, and then smiled softly.

The big gang of Romanov really has the same temper, and Mai Shutoku made such a domineering bid at the Chicago auction before.

"Your fault is that you talk too much and do too little." Ling took a pen to write and draw in the small notebook he carried with him, "There is only one language at the auction, and that is numbers. I look as ridiculous as a ball player who shoots basketball while singing and rapping."

Xie Miao was furious, and the image of an elegant and warm man collapsed in an instant.

He got up from his seat, staring at Zero with fiery eyes.

"Xie Miao, you should know the rules here." Bunin warned.

His tone wasn't too harsh, but there was no hint of a joke.

Xie Miao took a deep breath and forced himself to sit back on the chair.

"Mikhail, give me your chips."

Everyone present knew about the cooperative relationship between the two, but saying this meant that he was about to fight to the death.

"Transfer my chips to Semyon's name." Mikhail almost without hesitation pushed the number plate along the table in front of Bunin.

With the new funds poured into Xie Miao's account, his confidence and reality soared.

Staring at his opponent with a grim smile, he raised the number plate in his hand.

"Two hundred and thirty million dollars."

"2000 million US dollars." Zero didn't look up to meet his eyes, which can be understood as disdain, but when Lu Mingfei saw his desktop, he knew what she was doing.

Her Royal Highness was actually drawing with a pencil on paper with her head down.

It was a caricature, the circular conference table was stretched into a long scroll, with the stern Bunin in the center, and all kinds of people below.

Similar to Da Vinci's Last Supper, but completely different.

"Two hundred and thirty million dollars."

"Two hundred and twenty million..."

The price was in dispute for a while, and it soared to [-] million US dollars, and no one else dared to intervene.

Xie Miao stared at the number plate in his hand, [-] million US dollars, this is a threshold for him.

But Her Royal Highness was indifferent and indifferent, as if she didn't care about such little money.

It stands to reason that Xie Miao should have given up at this point, but under Zero's arrogant attitude, he was unwilling to let go.

He looked at his ally, Mikhail nodded slowly, his pupils were bright as if they were about to burn.

"Three hundred and fifty million dollars!"

Xie Miao held up the number plate in his hand for the last time, and proudly reported the number.

Zero no longer quotes, bows his head and paints quietly.

"His Royal Highness Romanov, if you are not ready to continue bidding, item No. [-] will belong to Mr. Semyon." Bunin reminded.

Zero also finally finished the last stroke, and said a few words calmly.

"I give up."

The huge turning point once again made everyone dumbfounded.

Behaving so arrogantly, the heir of the Romanov family, who claimed to have more assets than all of them combined, gave up faster than the Italians and French.

As the hammer fell heavily, the girl carrying the No. [-] box walked behind Xie Miao, and everyone came to their senses.

Xie Miao was set up by Her Royal Highness.

Before everyone sighed, Bunin lightly clapped his hands, and the door behind him opened, which was another passage leading to an unknown place.

"Take a break for an hour. Guests who need to exchange chips can take this opportunity to discuss. If you just want to drink and relax."

Under the guidance of the waiter, the guests walked through the passage to the new space.

Most of them looked serious, and there were some guests like Xie Miao with gloomy faces.

The transaction price of the third item emptied the assets of both him and Mikhail, which meant that they would not be able to participate in the next competition.

And Ling, who had entrapped them, naturally saw the real purpose of the two of them, and she told Lu Mingfei when they walked to the passage.

"Those two are aiming for off-market transactions."

Lu Mingfei frowned, indicating that he didn't quite understand.

"They auction off the goods at a low price here, and wait for those who can't buy them to increase the price and buy them off the market."

Zero is very calm, and his tone is very soft, without the arrogance of the auction at all.

"For some people, the contents of the box are life-saving, but for those two people, it is their way of making money. They must have learned that this year's goods are not enough."

"How did you see it?"

"The possibility that these two people demand the goods at the same time is very low, but they continue to bid after the first auction. The reasonable explanation is that they are trying to push up the price of subsequent transactions."

Lu Mingfei suddenly understood: "You mean they took out the goods bought for 5000 million US dollars and bought them to others at the later transaction price?"

It is equivalent to saying that two people don't want to buy a second item at all, they are just acting as entrustment.

This is called bullying in the market... Forget it, Lu Mingfei thought of a bad Internet term, and stopped talking immediately.

"And they don't have the money to buy a second order. I asked Potato Chip Girl to investigate their backgrounds. Both of them have encountered some problems in their business. It is impossible to raise so much money."

"Bunin can see the balance. If he doesn't have enough money, why did he ask those two people to charge such a high price?"

"Some of the money may not be real money. I think they borrowed a lot of usury. According to the practice of the financial black market, there is not enough collateral to lend them US dollars, and the interest on the unregistered account of the Bank of Zurich is more than 30.00%."

Zero said a terrible truth lightly.

Lu Mingfei smiled cheerfully: "How can you be a bad girl."

Zero was noncommittal: "I will end on behalf of the Romanov family. The strong and confident tone made them feel that they can push the price to a new high. When Semyon quoted [-] million US dollars, he was convinced that I would continue to take over the offer, and even A high price of [-] million U.S. dollars was quoted."

"People are not enough to swallow elephants." Lu Mingfei shook his head slightly, "What if they don't accept your offer of [-] million?"

"Then buy it, it's only [-] million dollars." Someone passed by, Ling took his arm and whispered in his ear.

Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded.

He admitted that Zero was the richest man he had ever seen in his life.

This auction was not a fair game from the moment it started.

The two of Xie Miao were beasts in the cage, and Ling stood outside the cage, watching them flopping about in the cage like a high-ranking person.

He suddenly remembered for no reason what the little devil had said to him at the well of skeletons.

In the face of real power and power, tricks are just a clown's show.

"So you don't have to worry. If you want to save Miss Christina, you don't necessarily have to buy that thing inside the venue. There are at least two items in circulation outside the venue."

"Those two unlucky guys are probably in a hurry to sell the goods! After all, the unsecured loans in the financial black market are calculated on an hourly basis, and they will receive a sky-high debt bill every hour of delay."

The corners of Zero's mouth turned up, Lu Mingfei saw her smile rarely, and froze in place.

He didn't tell Zero about Christina's illness or Bunin's commission.

It's not that she was hiding it from her. This matter had nothing to do with her, but she had already known about it and resolved it without any effort.

(End of this chapter)