I was forced to start the second round because I was raised in poverty

Chapter 355 Old Deng's Adopted Son

These past few days have almost exhausted Zhang Yangwen, as he's been running around between different residences almost every day.

He confiscated everything except Old Ma's museum.

Just as Su Cheng said.

All the gold, silver, and valuables that are easy to carry were taken away.

All that's left are the big items.

Old Ma has collected many official kiln porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as exquisite jade carvings, rare gemstones and top-grade jewels, and masterpieces by renowned artists.

These collections are frequently featured in art exhibitions at hotels owned by the Ma family.

Zhang Yangwen even considered whether to demolish the giant relief sculpture in the Diamond Entertainment Hall, but this was rejected by Su Cheng.

Because it has been there for so long and is embedded in the wall, it is more likely to be damaged during installation and removal.

Su Cheng didn't let Zhang Yangwen dismantle the giant reliefs; they could simply include the value of those giant reliefs in the entertainment hall's budget.

"Brother Cheng, how much do you think we can get for this auction today?"

Su Cheng shook her head, indicating she didn't know, but it probably wouldn't be low.

This auction features a large collection, a large audience, and high-value items, and may break Sotheby's single-session record.

He instructed Zhang Yangwen: "Hold your little sign carefully, don't just raise it randomly. Only raise it when I tell you to."

"Ok, I know!"

Yin Jiazhi stood by as an accompaniment, constantly echoing Su Cheng's thoughts and words.

Jiang Shuyue sat quietly in the private room.

Her inner world was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

Although she was sitting in a semi-enclosed box on the second floor that no one could see today.

Although she has already received some bosses from both Australia and other countries in the past few days.

But facing so many established forces below, I'm still a bit intimidated.

She tries to remain silent as much as possible, otherwise it would be easy to reveal her emotions.

Yin Jiazhi is still there; she can't let RK down.

She didn't know why Su Cheng was so relaxed.

Even Zhang Yangwen isn't nervous?
soon.

The auctioneer took to the stage, gave a brief self-introduction, and then proceeded directly into the auction.

"Our first item today is... a stamp album that a certain gentleman has treasured for many years!"

People in the last century had a hobby of stamp collecting, and many people enjoyed collecting stamps and coins.

Ma Yingyao also enjoys collecting rare stamps from all over the world.

The auctioneer showed the audience a black stamp album, filled with unused, brand-new stamps.

Each stamp is laminated for protection and has hardly been exposed to the elements.

The most expensive stamps are the "Red Revenue Stamps" from the Qing Dynasty.

This "Small Character One Yen" stamp, hailed as the King of Chinese Stamps, is the most prized and rare stamp in Kyushu.

The price of just one exceeds ten million!
As the auctioneer announced the starting price of 450 million, the crowd began to place their bids.

After the starting price of 450 million, the first bidder offered 1000 million.

"Mr. Number 10, 2000 million!"

"Mr. Number 44, 2500 million!"

"Mr. Number 20, 3000 million!"

The price competition was fierce, and the price of the stamp album soared to 5000 million.

The collectors sitting on the periphery shook their heads and covered their bidding paddles.

The price of 5000 million has already far exceeded the actual value of this stamp album.

A woman sitting in the last seat, wearing thick-rimmed glasses, pushed up her glasses and looked at the tall, handsome man with a messy side-parted hairstyle next to her: "Brother Sheng, I didn't realize so many people in Australia like stamp collecting?"

The man's name was Su Sheng.

Upon hearing that an unprecedented auction was about to take place in Australia, he immediately flew from Germany to Australia by private plane.

Su Sheng had just landed two hours earlier.

Su Sheng sensed something was wrong, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Stamps are no longer considered hard currency in the collecting world.

This is an extremely niche circle.

Those people from the last century are now in their seventies and eighties; those who should be buried have already been buried.

With no new people joining, the stamp collecting community has shrunk rapidly, and even those who specialize in coins and banknotes are no longer willing to collect stamps.

If there's no one in the circle, then it's worthless and can only be used as a money laundering collectible for transferring money from one hand to the other.

The Qing Dynasty's Red Revenue Stamps are indeed top-quality, but the last time they were auctioned was 11 years ago, making them available at a high price but not at a market.

Even with a booming stamp market, this thing could only fetch 1500 million at most.

Just as the two were talking.

The price of the Red Revenue Stamp has already risen from 50 million to 200 million.

"Have someone investigate whether anything has happened in Australia recently, or if our group has any major plans there."

"Okay, I'll go check it out now."

The girl immediately got up and temporarily left the venue.

Not only Su Sheng, but almost all collectors outside of Macau also shook their heads and stopped raising their paddles.

However, the price of stamp albums continues to rise at an extremely rapid pace.

Local powers don't care whether this stamp album is valuable, has any collectible value, or how much of a premium it has been sold for.

Everyone knows that we're here to pay money today.

The higher the premium, the higher the position on the so-called "list".

If a collection is valued at 10 million and ultimately sells for 1 billion, then the premium they paid would be 9 million.

If the original value of the collection was 1 billion, and it was eventually auctioned off for 11 billion, then the premium was only 10 million.

If you spend the money but your position on the list remains far back or doesn't change, then the money was wasted.

And this is the first item in the auction, which is sure to leave a deep impression.

It's uncertain whether the powerful figure in charge is watching them, which is why the price of the Red Revenue Stamp has been driven up so high.

"4.8 million once... twice... three times!"

finally.

This stamp album was sold for 4.8 million.

"Congratulations to Mr. Yin, number 29, you have acquired this collectible."

Yes, that's right.

Yin Hua was also present today.

His goal was clear: to provide support.

Although it's true that he had Long Ruoli's promise, that's not how things were done.

The Yin family came today to collect the list, but he also needs to be on the list.

In this way, Su Cheng will trust him more and be more generous.

Fan Xingxian frowned and secretly glanced at Yin Hua.

He just offered 300 million, a price that far exceeds the value of the stamp album.

But it was quickly overtaken, and finally the hammer fell at 4.8 million.

Fan Xingxian and the others silently shook their heads.

They felt it was better to save the bullets for later.

This is a protracted battle.

The local bosses present must have transferred all the funds they could, right?

This is a protracted battle.

It's true that they have to pay a high premium, but they also need to reserve some ammunition.

Because if he spent all his ammunition at the auction, it would indeed be impressive, and it would certainly attract Su Cheng's attention.

But what if you can't pay when someone sells it to you?
They certainly won't give it away for free, right?

Assets originally valued at 10 billion, now I'm offering to you for 100 billion.

If you don't even have a billion on hand, then you can only stare blankly.

Despite the frenzy, a considerable amount of rationality remained amidst the emotions.

After the stamp album was sold, Zhang Yangwen and Jiang Shuyue on the second floor couldn't help but show expressions of surprise.

That's 4.8 million!
What stamp album could be worth so much money!
These established families and rising stars are incredibly wealthy! The starting bid of 450 million went straight to 4.8 million!
Zhang Yangwen had never seen such a large scene before.

So cool.

Is this what power is?

In shock.

Zhang Yangwen actually has another emotion.

That was the struggle and entanglement, this suppressed emotion hidden deep within his heart.

Zhang Yangwen didn't look as relaxed as Jiang Shuyue described.

In his opinion, the only relaxed person in this private room was probably Su Cheng.

He was under a lot of pressure.

The main reason is the confiscation of property.

Although the crackdown on the Ma family was a group effort, he was the one who actually carried out the raid!

Zhang Yangwen had seen similar behavior in the database.

Simply put, the Ma family was sentenced to prison, and Zhang Yangwen became the executioner. Does the Ma family hate him?

Although he was assigned by the group and Su Cheng, the Ma family will definitely still harbor strong hatred towards him.

Especially Ma Shuning.

Zhang Yangwen felt that if Ma Shuning found out that he had confiscated her property, she would definitely hate him to death!
Followed by.

The second item was then introduced by the auctioneer.

A license plate.

The license plate number is: MACAU 1.

The license plates on Macau Island are in a different format than those on the mainland, and their status and image are similar to A00001.

It symbolizes absolute power and status.

"The starting price for the second item remains at 450 million."

"Please begin the bidding."

The bidding paddles were practically never falling; the auctioneer was constantly clicking on the paddles and bidding, much like someone frantically conducting a large and unruly orchestra.

Then came the third item, the fourth item, the fifth item...

The collection includes priceless white truffles, rare wines, luxury watches from top brands such as Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin, sandalwood, rosewood, jade, Duan inkstones, and paintings by masters such as Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, and Wu Guanzhong.

Su Sheng, standing at the very back of the auction hall, blinked his wise eyes and quietly observed the noisy and chaotic auction.

This can no longer be called an auction; it's more like a frenzy of middle-aged and elderly people at a farmers' market scrambling for cheap eggs.

Many overseas and non-Australian collectors have already put the number plates aside.

They were no longer planning to bid on any of the items, but didn't want to miss out on the frenzied bidding.

Soon.

The woman who had just left to investigate has returned.

She whispered a few words in Su Sheng's ear, which made him widen his eyes in surprise.

"You mean to say that all of these things were done by the group?"

Su Sheng found it hard to believe.

He was completely unaware of such a commotion.

There hasn't been a single word from them.

Su Sheng had no choice but to press further: "Who mobilized the troops?"

"I'm not sure about that."

Su Sheng fell into deep thought.

Only President Su could mobilize such forces in such a short time.

But he hadn't heard that the group was planning to attack the Ma family recently.

The method is similar to Mr. Su's style, but not quite.

If it was Mr. Su's doing, then this matter would definitely not be kept secret; it would have spread throughout the industry long ago.

Moreover, even if they were to attack the Ma family, Old Su would definitely appoint him as the commander-in-chief.

“Brother Sheng, I found out that the group recently issued a transfer order to President Long. She may know some inside information.”

Long Ruoli?
Old Su's woman?

She doesn't have that right.

Su Sheng admitted that Long Ruoli did have the ability to plan this encirclement and suppression, but she did not have the authority to do so.

If he doesn't even have himself, then it's even less likely that he'll have a woman.

After thinking it over, Su Sheng decided to leave the auction first.

The price of the collectible is not appropriate.

Moreover, he didn't know what kind of scheme was involved, and it would be bad if he got involved in some kind of trap.

Leaving as soon as possible is his best option.

"Let's go, let's go talk to Long now."

Su Sheng wanted to know what Long Ruoli was up to.

The auction lasted from morning until evening.

The bidders below were exhausted, and even the auctioneers on stage had to be replaced several times. The auction had to be paused several times to allow everyone to rest for fifteen minutes.

By mid-afternoon, Su Cheng had lost his patience. He told the three of them to keep an eye on things while he slipped away.

Before leaving, Jiang Shuyue pulled Su Cheng aside and subtly indicated that she also wanted to leave.

Su Cheng agreed: "Okay, then you come with me. You two keep an eye on things. We're leaving now."

Su Cheng put on a mask and slipped away through the back door with Jiang Shuyue.

The auction was quite impressive at the beginning, but Jiang Shuyue soon found it boring.

But that's not the most important thing.

The key point is that, even though she was sitting in the private box, her mind was no longer on the auction; she had mixed feelings.

She was thinking more about herself and Su Cheng.

It is unknown what position she will hold in RK in the future, but she is about to be promoted to K10.

If someone like me, with my performance, was promoted to K10, then someone as loyal to the group as Su Cheng should definitely be promoted as well.

She felt that what Su Cheng said before actually made a lot of sense.

Jiang Shuyue's mindset has changed.

She felt she didn't need to pretend to be loyal to the group, nor was it for her own future or related interests.

The Emperor Group certainly deserves her more time and energy to do every task assigned by the group well.

"Come on, get in my car."

"Huh? You bought a car?"

Su Cheng didn't say anything. He took out his car keys and pressed the unlock button on the AMG parked on the side of the street.

The two flashes of the hazard lights immediately caught Jiang Shuyue's attention.

"Is this your car?"

"correct."

"bought?"

"No, it was a gift from someone else."

Jiang Shuyue: ? ? ?

"You actually accepted bribes! I'm going to report you to the company."

"You're not allowed to report anything!"

"Our company has rules, you know!"

Su Cheng smiled and said, "I know. I couldn't refuse at the time. I plan to drive it for a few days first, and then return it after I've had my fill."

"Oh, I see."

"Come on, get in the car. I'll take you for a spin first. I was so stuffy sitting in there just now."

Su Cheng helped Jiang Shuyue lift the wing door: "Come on, let me teach you how to get in. First, sit sideways, then move your legs over, understand?"

Jiang Shuyue: ? ? ?

Although she had never driven or ridden in one, she had at least seen pigs run even if she hadn't eaten pork!
It's been shown in movies, okay?

Jiang Shuyue gave a light hum: "Alright, alright, I understand, esteemed AMG owner."

(End of this chapter)