Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 206 Bring it on, who's afraid of who!

"Capital verification?"

Du Tianci's words caused another uproar in the room.

The guests present were all familiar with the process of verifying capital.

Before they entered the auction house, everyone had their funds verified. The minimum verification amount was 20 million, to prevent guests from bidding on items but not having the money to pay.

But verifying funds again during the auction process was unprecedented, even for this auction house.

Especially since the ownership of the auctioned items has not yet been determined, suddenly requiring customers to verify their funds seems somewhat humiliating.

"This..." The host was also stunned by Du Tianci and his group's sudden move. After a while, he said, "I'm sorry, we are not qualified to ask guests to re-verify their funds during the auction, and our auction house has never had such a precedent before."

Du Tianci seemed unable to understand the other party's tactful refusal, or perhaps he understood but was unwilling to give up this opportunity to trample Du Anrao underfoot.

"Just because it didn't happen before doesn't mean it won't happen now. Your auction house probably rarely auctioned items for this price in the past, right?"

That's true. Since its establishment, Duobaoge Auction House has sold the most expensive item for no more than 800 million, and has never sold an item for more than 1 billion.

These two plots of land being sold together today are historic in every respect.

"This..." The host was speechless for a moment and had no choice but to turn to the person who could actually make the decision.

A short while later, a handsome middle-aged man hurriedly stepped onto the stage: "Greetings, guests. I am the general manager of the auction house, my surname is Wen. We are fully aware of the request from guest number fourteen. However, in the spirit of respecting every guest, we do not have the right to arbitrarily verify the funds of guests, unless..."

Manager Wen glanced at Du Anrao from afar: "Unless the guest voluntarily agrees to the verification of funds."

Jiang Changbin sneered, "This Manager Wen has some interesting things to say."

Du Tianci pushed the problem to the auction house, which in turn pushed it back to Du Anrao. No one wanted to get involved in this mess, but everyone had to.

Xi Jingyue's eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled as well: "Perhaps this is the first time Manager Wen has handled such a large transaction, so he's not entirely confident, is he?"

Upon hearing this, the people around couldn't help but laugh. It was truly remarkable that someone could describe someone's lack of worldly experience in such a refined and sophisticated way.

Even though Jiang Changbin disliked him intensely, he had to admit that what the man said was indeed accurate and satisfying!
Upon hearing Manager Wen's words, Du Tianci felt confident in the auction house's support and became even more emboldened. He shouted at Du Anrao from afar, "Are you scared? If so, just apologize to us and promise not to continue bidding. We'll let this matter go. We're magnanimous and won't pursue it any further."

"No need to provoke me, your provocation won't work on me." Du Anrao didn't even glance at him, and looked directly at Manager Wen. "But there's a saying that a clear conscience fears no accusation. Since your bank wants to investigate, I can cooperate, but I have one request."

Du Anrao's words directly placed himself on the same level as the auction house, completely ignoring the existence of a certain person.

Manager Wen's eyes darkened slightly: "Please speak."

"I can verify my funds, but I require that everyone who is interested in this item and is going to bid with me must also undergo verification. Otherwise, I will not accept being the only exception."

[It's just a capital verification? Bring it on, who's afraid of who! This is a good opportunity to weed out a few competitors.] That little devil!
Xi Jingyue guessed Du Anrao's intention in an instant. He turned to look at the bidders who had been competing fiercely with Du Anrao and saw that several of them suddenly changed their expressions and became serious.

Originally, this land auction was added on short notice. Apart from Du Desheng, a nouveau riche who had prepared 1 billion yuan for Du Anrao to squander, and Xi Jingyue, a king with a huge amount of liquid funds, most people would find it difficult to raise more than 1 billion yuan in liquid funds in such a short period of time, even the major families with deep roots in B City.

These people who look troubled now are probably the ones who can't wait to raise the money and are thinking of making a verbal agreement first, and then transferring the money in when the transaction takes place.

Who would have thought that a surprise interloper would appear halfway through, forcing the verification of funds during the auction!
These people were suddenly caught in a dilemma. If they wanted to verify their funds, the money hadn't arrived yet. If they didn't, then Miss Du had just said that all those who wanted to bid should verify their funds.

Even if they don't verify the authenticity of the auction, and even if they are willing to swallow their pride and continue bidding when the auction resumes, won't the other customers at the auction house have any doubts, thinking that they are deliberately causing trouble or simply can't afford to bid for these two plots of land?

For a time, many people felt dissatisfied and angry with Du Anrao and Du Tianci.

Duanrao was in a slightly better position, since he was forced to accept the questioning. Although dragging others down with him was not very ethical, at least he had a reason to do so.

Furthermore, with Du Desheng backing her up, even if people were dissatisfied with her, they couldn't do anything about it.

The Du brothers are different. As the instigators of this incident, their involvement in the bidding had already angered many people. Now, with this latest stunt, they have become a thorn in everyone's side.

The two brothers were suddenly bombarded with malicious stares from all directions, and felt a chill run down their spines, breaking out in a cold sweat.

They secretly harbored a glimmer of hope, believing that everything they were doing was to complete the task assigned by that important person, and that as long as they succeeded, that person would certainly not cause them any trouble.

Du Anrao's proposal might be difficult for the guests who were about to have their funds verified, but it would be beneficial to the auction house.

Manager Wen pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Guest number eighteen's request is reasonable. Does anyone here have any other opinions?"

What opinions could the other guests possibly have? Most people present were just watching the show and didn't get involved.

Only a few people were involved in this matter. These people were either determined to pretend to be dead and not respond, or they were confident that they would not be investigated.

"In that case, please have the guests who need their funds verified come with us to the outer private room for one-on-one private verification. Rest assured, the amount of funds in your bank cards is for reference only, and our bank will keep it absolutely confidential."

Upon hearing Manager Wen's words, several people, including Du Anrao, got up and followed the staff to the private room.

Du Tianci and his group's private room was right next to Du Anrao's. Before entering, Du Tianci snorted arrogantly and walked into the room with his nostrils flared, as if he had already assumed that Du Anrao definitely didn't have that much money.

Du Anrao: "???"

Even now, I still don't understand who gave him the audacity to question my financial power? Was it Liang Mouru?

Jiang Changbin and Xi Jingyue, who had come along because they were worried about Du Anrao going alone: ​​*Pfft*...

(End of this chapter)