153: Determined to win

The porcelain was entirely pale yellow, without excessive patterns, yet it possessed an elegant charm.

It was a small Guanyin vase with pale yellow glaze!

"This is Du Zong's donation, with a starting bid of 2 million, and each increment must be at least 100,000."

Ye Ze couldn't help but sigh, feeling that this Du Zhengyu was indeed very capable. Speaking of which, he seemed to have hardly bought any collectibles yet.

Might as well take this opportunity to buy the items he was interested in and take them home; they would look good displayed.

Yongzheng's aesthetic was impeccable. Many people in the audience were bidding, but Ye Ze was not in a hurry and just waited quietly.

By the end of the first round of bidding, the price had already soared to 3.7 million.

Ye Ze raised his paddle: "4 million."

Hearing his voice, everyone turned back. It was this person again. It seemed he was quite lively.

They just didn't know if he was truly determined to win this time or if it was like the last time...

Dong Lin had just bought a bag for such an expensive price and was feeling frustrated. Hearing Ye Ze bid, he immediately followed suit.

"4.2 million!"

Ye Ze shook his head and smiled faintly. This person really didn't learn his lesson.

Another Zong added 4.3 million, followed by a lady who bid up to 4.5 million.

It seemed many people liked this piece of porcelain.

Ye Ze spoke calmly: "5 million."

Everyone's gaze converged on him again. Only Du Zhengyu remained calm; he knew how much money Ye Ze had!

The man could earn tens of millions from a single livestream PK!

That Dong Lin was no match for Ye Ze at all, but he wasn't kind enough to remind an arrogant and overbearing competitor.

He couldn't wait for Dong Lin to be defeated by Ye Ze. Besides, healthy competition could raise more funds for charity!

Four people raised the price together, and the price quickly reached 6 million.

There were quite a few similar Yongzheng pale yellow or deep yellow glazed porcelains, and the current price had far exceeded its value.

The competitors were once again only Ye Ze and Dong Lin.

Dong Lin had prepared 30 million this time and felt extremely confident. He was determined to get this piece of porcelain.

"6.2 million."

Ye Ze looked at him: "6.5 million."

"6.8 million."

"7 million!"

Ye Ze raised a high price again. Xu Momo, whose family also had some collectibles, knew it was no longer appropriate and gently tugged at his sleeve.

Dong Lin turned back and glanced at him contemptuously: "7.2 million."

Ye Ze chose to give up, letting Dong Lin have this piece of porcelain again.

The others, however, became increasingly unable to gauge Ye Ze's strength. If you said he had no money, he bid so calmly, looking determined to win.

If you said he had money, he had given up on two items.

Let's see again!

Ye Ze wasn't interested in the next few collectibles.

Until the second to last item, the grand finale, was brought out—it was a purple jadeite bracelet.

Purple jadeite has always been associated with luck, and there's an ancient saying about 'purple energy coming from the east'.

For ordinary glass-type jadeite, just a hint of purple doubles the price, let alone such a rich purple color.

Glass-type, purple jadeite—either word alone made it incredibly valuable.

"Starting bid 12 million, each increment must be at least 200,000."

Ye Ze felt a little troubled. He had always wanted to give Zhang Rouer jade jewelry; she would definitely look good wearing it.

But Xu Momo was sitting beside him, he couldn't let her see!

He suddenly remembered that to make this auction more formal, Du Zhengyu, as the organizer, had already compiled all the auction items into a PDF brochure and sent it to the participants in advance.

How could he have forgotten about this! Wouldn't it be easy to just check what the last item was!

The final item was also a jadeite bracelet, but it wasn't purple jadeite; it was the more valuable Imperial Green!

Heh heh, this works! Perfectly solved.

He would bid on both, see which one Xu Momo liked, and give the remaining one to Zhang Rouer!

However, he knew Xu Momo liked purple, so she would likely choose the purple jadeite.

She was his first woman. In his heart, Ye Ze still wanted her to wear the Imperial Green, but everything depended on her own preference!

While he was thinking, the bracelet had already reached 13.6 million.

Ye Ze raised his paddle: "14 million."

Buying this item for 20 million wouldn't be a loss, so he didn't hesitate at all.

This kind of jewelry could be bought for Mom, wife, or lover, so there were a huge number of competitors!

When the price reached 17 million, there were still 5 people bidding together, which was quite rare.

Ye Ze was too lazy to haggle and directly raised his paddle, bidding up to 19 million.

Everyone gasped. Adding 2 million in one go? Was he really not here to cause trouble?

But it was fine, anyway, it would all be donated...

Dong Lin no longer had enough money to compete for this item and silently withdrew from the battle. He waited on the side to watch Ye Ze make a fool of himself.

How much money could someone who just opened a media company possibly have?

He was probably just here to curry favor with Du Zhengyu. Thinking this way, he felt a faint sense of happiness again.

With this 2 million added, only 2 people remained to compete with Ye Ze.

One was Zong Liu, who was in real estate, and the other was Wang Zong, who ran a chain of department stores.

"20 million."

"Okay, thank you Zong Liu for your bid. Any higher bids? The current price is 20 million."

Wang Zong: "20.5 million."

Ye Ze: "21 million."

The three of them added in increments of 200,000 and 500,000, and the price rose all the way to 24 million.

The market price was only around 21 million, 24 million was clearly a loss, so Wang Zong withdrew from the competition.

Only Zong Liu, who was in real estate, remained.

Real estate, lots of money.

Ye Ze estimated he would have to bid quite a bit more to buy it.

After nearly 5 more minutes of bidding, Zong Liu didn't compete with him further, smiled at him, and withdrew from the competition.

Ye Ze had a feeling; this was Zong Liu not being able to gauge his strength and giving way.

"Alright, sold for 32 million! Thank you, Ye Zong, for your contribution to charity!"

Dong Lin's face turned green. Sold for 32 million? More than the money he brought?

Was what he said just now true? His annual income couldn't compare to Ye Ze's monthly income?

How was that possible? How could he not know that investing could earn so much? If someone had invested that much, they would have become famous in the circle long ago.

People wanting to curry favor with him would be lining up! How could he be unknown?

And he chose to open a media company?

The others were even more shocked. He actually had money!?

Ye Ze looked at the last Imperial Green bracelet with satisfaction. He was determined to get this one too!

As expected, the starting bid for the Imperial Green was 15 million, a full 3 million more than the purple jadeite!

Those who didn't get the purple jadeite started bidding again.

Ye Ze also joined the bidding: "21 million."

Everyone inwardly cursed. No, is this person sick?!

Who plays like this! Why add so much all at once!

Those with insufficient budgets immediately withdrew, and the remaining few also began to hesitate.

To yield or not to yield? That was the question.

"21.3 million!"

"22 million."

"22.2 million!"

"23 million!"

They were numb, everyone was numb.

No, do you think it's 2300 yuan? Who can stand this way of rounding up?

Didn't he already get a purple jadeite? Why isn't he giving up the Imperial Green!

The remaining few felt a little angry and continued to bid.

They wanted to see just who this Ye Ze was!!

His company just opened, and he has this much liquid capital???