58: An unusually hot scene

"Brother Xia, let's start in 5 minutes. I'll have to trouble you to help manage the order on site."

"Don't worry, just leave it to me. I'll go tell them now."

Xia Weicheng came to the front desk broadcast area, picked up the microphone, and said.

"Distinguished guests, esteemed members, welcome everyone to our internal exhibition and sale. Please take your seats in an orderly manner. The exhibition and sale will officially begin in 5 minutes. I wish everyone can purchase their desired top-grade fish!"

Upon hearing the broadcast, everyone took their seats one after another, and people were still constantly arriving at the entrance.

However, everyone's discipline was very good. It was clear that they often attended various meetings; when the leader spoke, they all took their places.

After the announcement, Xia Weicheng came over to Chen Xiangbei and the others, indicating that the rest of the matters were entirely in their hands.

After 5 minutes had passed, Chen Xiangbei walked to the display cabinet and said.

"Thank you very much for coming. I will be hosting today's exhibition and sale. Next, I will give a price for each fish. Friends who like them can participate in the purchase."

"For fairness and impartiality, I will write down a price for each fish in advance. Only I know this price. Whoever gives the price closest to it will get the fish."

"Only the first three people who raise their signs to participate in the purchase of each fish will have the opportunity to bid. The person whose bid is the closest will be the preferred buyer. If he cannot accept the price I give, then it will be deferred to the person whose price is the second closest."

"Simply put, after everyone bids, I will announce the price I wrote down in advance. Whoever is the closest gets the priority to buy. If they are not satisfied, it will be deferred."

"Does everyone agree with this plan?"

There were too many people on site, so to give everyone a chance to buy, he came up with a relatively fair method to avoid people arguing endlessly over the same fish.

"I think this plan is good. It can avoid excessive爭搶 and affect everyone's feelings," Xia Weicheng was the first to agree.

"I agree!"

"I agree too."

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Seeing that everyone had no objection, Chen Xiangbei continued.

"There are quite a few fish on site, so I will try to speed up. Friends who successfully participate, please bid as soon as possible."

"Friends who successfully purchase the fish, please take the fish to the table next to it to pay."

Chen Wen was responsible for helping him collect money on the side, which could save a lot of time.

"Next is the first fish, a precious variety of Tang Sancai Lionhead Goldfish. Friends who want to get started, please raise your signs!"

"Swish... swish... swish."

Chen Xiangbei's 5.0 titanium alloy dog eyes kept staring at the crowd in front of him, noting down the first three people who raised their signs.

"Okay, please, this friend, this friend, and that friend, state your prices," he said, pointing to the three people who raised their signs first.

"My bid is 3200."

"My bid is 4700."

"My bid is 2600."

After the three people stated their bids, Chen Xiangbei said, "Okay, now I will announce the price."

He then flipped over the price tag in front of the Tang Sancai Lionhead Goldfish, which read 2800 yuan.

"Congratulations to the friend who bid 2600. You have priority purchase rights. I wonder if you can accept the price of 2800?"

"I accept!"

"Okay, please take the fish to the side there to pay."

"Next is the second Ornamental Fish - the red Butterfly Koi. Friends who want to get started, please... raise your signs!"

As soon as he finished speaking, three people in the front row quickly raised their signs.

Chen Xiangbei signaled them to give their bids.

In the end, an older sister successfully bought this red Butterfly Koi with an accurate bid.

After two rounds of transactions, everyone seemed to have discovered that Chen Xiangbei's asking price was much lower than the actual value of the fish, almost comparable to artificially bred ones.

So, in the subsequent bidding, everyone's prices became lower and lower. Sometimes, the prices given by the same group of competitors were all lower than the price written down in advance.

However, Chen Xiangbei didn't care. Their bids did not affect his selling price, which was already much lower than the market price for wild Ornamental Fish.

He would not lower the price anymore. If none of them wanted it, he wouldn't sell it; there were plenty of people who wanted it at the Baiyun Lake Market.

However, facts proved that he was just overthinking. Everyone who successfully bid bought the fish. People offering low prices were just trying to get closer to his selling price, nothing more.

More than an hour later, there were not many fish left on site, with only three small fish tanks remaining.

"Next is a top-grade Lionhead Goldfish - the Spectacle Lionhead Goldfish."

"Its body is composed of three colors: red, yellow, and white. The head is yellow, the body is white, and the tail is red. There are two lumps of red flesh near the eyes on the front of the head, resembling spectacles, hence the name."

"Spectacle Lionhead Goldfish are rarely seen on the market. Friends who are interested, please raise your signs!"

"Swish... swish... swish!"

Several people raised their signs as if by reflex. Seeing the twenty or thirty people raising their signs on site, you could tell how popular top-grade Lionhead Goldfish were.

The three people's bids were 35000, 38000, and 41800 yuan respectively.

Chen Xiangbei flipped over the price tag, which read 39800 yuan.

Therefore, the friend who bid 38000 yuan won with a slight advantage of 200 yuan, obtaining priority purchase rights.

He also held up the fish tank without hesitation and came to Chen Wen to pay.

Originally, this top-grade Lionhead Goldfish was favored by Chen Wen and Zhao Hu, but Chen Xiangbei said there were only three top-grade varieties, and it wouldn't be reasonable to give the extra one to anyone, so he brought this one with slightly poorer appearance for sale.

The next two rare Butterfly Koi were bought by the same person for 28000 and 25800 respectively. This person's bids were extremely accurate, even making Chen Xiangbei click his tongue in wonder.

Now for the main event.

"First of all, I want to thank everyone for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this exhibition and sale, and also thank you for your support, giving every fish a home."

"Next is the highlight fish of this event - the top-grade mutated Seven-Colored Snakehead."

"After appreciation by several fish enthusiasts, it was finally determined that this is a Rainbow Snakehead that has never appeared before, a new species of Rainbow Snakehead induced to mutate by Baiyun Lake."

"This fish will be determined by auction, and everyone has the right to bid."

"Next, I will give everyone 5 minutes to observe and estimate the price. Please consider carefully."

After Chen Xiangbei finished speaking, he went offstage and drank a bottle of water. He had been talking continuously for nearly two hours and was parched.

In contrast, Chen Wen was already numb from collecting money. He was a rich person, but he had never had people constantly coming to him to pay like today.

At first, he felt quite good, but the more it went on, the more bored he became. Putting aside everything else, the thought that this money wasn't his was enough to drive him crazy.

Five minutes passed quickly.