65: Chapter 65 Lantern Fighting

"Stop!"

"My Zhou Family will also light the Heavenly Lantern!"

Seeing Zhou Meiren suddenly appear,

everyone immediately wore an expression of disbelief.

The affairs of the Zhou Family had become widely known among the upper echelons of Yunduan City.

Unexpectedly, even at this point, they still did not want to give up on the plot of land at the North Suburb Power Plant.

The quality of the yunjiang bridge was so poor.

If the plot of land at the North Suburb Power Plant were to be handed over to the Zhou Family to develop again,

who could imagine whether it would collapse again in five years?

"What are the Official Authorities doing?"

"How do people from the Zhou Family still have the qualifications to participate in the auction?"

"Logically speaking, shouldn't they have been directly blacklisted?"

"If they are allowed to continue building, will there be countless more shoddy construction projects?"

...

Zhou Meiren walked into the venue with a gloomy expression.

Facing the mockery of the people around him, he ignored it directly.

Subsequently, he arrived at the original seat of the Zhou Family and sat down directly.

Previously, although the Zhou Family had not come to the scene,

they understood the situation of the auction very clearly.

Hearing that someone had actually lit the Heavenly Lantern,

the Zhou Family felt it was incredible after receiving the news.

They had originally planned to go only when the North Suburb Power Plant was auctioned at the end.

But upon receiving the news, they could no longer sit still.

Consequently, Zhou Wenjun entangled the members of the investigation team from the Official Authorities.

He sent Zhou Meiren to the scene alone to secure that piece of land!

This time, regarding the yunjiang bridge incident,

the Zhou Family was already prepared to exhaust their family fortune to resolve the matter.

However, they were not afraid.

As long as they secured the land at the North Suburb Power Plant,

they would still have a chance to rise again.

"My Zhou Family will also light the Heavenly Lantern!"

Zhou Meiren didn't even have time to catch his breath before speaking directly to the auctioneer.

"Young Master Zhou, do you understand the rules of lighting the Heavenly Lantern?" the auctioneer asked with a solemn face.

"Don't talk so much nonsense. I know: all items will be bid on by the two people who lit the Heavenly Lantern, and the highest bidder wins!"

Hearing that Zhou Meiren understood the rules,

the auctioneer nodded.

At this moment,

in order to heighten the atmosphere of lighting the Heavenly Lantern, the organizers

immediately had someone bring over two huge lanterns.

Then, they were hung high above the hall.

One lantern was red and the other yellow, emitting a soft light.

Hanging above everyone's heads,

it gave people a sense of endless oppression!

Soon,

the auction resumed.

"Our next auction item is the final work of the current national master painter, Mr. Peng Muzi. The starting price is 500,000!"

Speaking of Mr. Peng Muzi, everyone was filled with respect.

The old gentleman was already over eighty years old this year.

He had retired three years ago and no longer created art.

His works had once reached an auction price of over 30 million.

As his final work,

although the starting price was 500,000,

the final transaction price would definitely have to reach at least 70 or 80 million.

And at this moment,

everyone at the scene became interested.

Since someone had lit the Heavenly Lantern,

they could bid without restraint.

Sure enough,

a guy was seen raising his paddle and shouting loudly, "50 million!"

Once these words were spoken,

the whole venue was in an uproar.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

It seemed they all wanted to see what the final outcome of lighting the Heavenly Lantern would be.

Seeing this, the auctioneer immediately explained, "Since someone has lit the Heavenly Lantern and a 'Fighting Lanterns' contest is required, our auction items have no price ceiling. However..."

"...if the person who lit the Heavenly Lantern cannot afford the highest price, then the final item will be obtained by the previous bidder, and the person who lit the Heavenly Lantern will need to pay a corresponding price."

"As for what this price is, since this is no longer the society of the past, the price will be the Official Authorities sealing off all assets under this person's name as the cost for lighting the lantern this time!"

"So..."

"...even though others have not lit the Heavenly Lantern, they can still bid!"

Hearing this,

the venue was in an uproar.

"This is too damn exciting!"

"What if someone else bids 1 billion for this painting and calligraphy?"

"Then the person who lit the Heavenly Lantern must continue the auction at a price higher than 1 billion!"

"However... among those who dare to light the Heavenly Lantern, who is an ordinary person? If others want to court death, the people who lit the Heavenly Lantern will not spare them!"

"Take the Zhou Family for example, will the Zhou Family spare others who bid randomly?"

"That's right!"

...

Everyone finally realized.

"Haha! Exciting, exciting, truly exciting!"

Just at this moment, a frivolous voice suddenly rang out.

A young man with a mohawk was seen laughing loudly.

"Fighting Lanterns? This scene is truly a once-in-a-century occurrence!"

"Since others dare not bid randomly, I, Ji Feng, will add fuel to the fire for you two families!"

"For this calligraphy and painting by Old Master Peng, I'll add 100 million to the bid!"

...

"Ji Xiaoer! What the hell are you doing?"

Seeing it was the second young master of the Ji Family, Zhou Meiren was immediately furious.

"Zhou Meiren, what the hell are you afraid of? Go ahead! It's not like your Zhou Family has no money, right?"

Ji Feng looked at the other party with a mocking expression.

"The yunjiang bridge you built, I estimate you embezzled billions, what the hell are you afraid of!"

"Ji Xiaoer, you damn well shut up! I treated you as a friend in vain, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

Zhou Meiren cursed in a rage.

"Who is friends with scum like you? Building shoddy projects, I wouldn't bother associating with you!"

Seeing this scene,

everyone couldn't help but laugh.

The Zhou Family and the Ji Family were both among the Four Great Families.

In fact, in their daily lives,

they were relatively close.

A while ago, Zhou Meiren even asked Ji Xiaoer to investigate information about Zhao Feiyu.

Unexpectedly, this guy changed his face so quickly.

But among the celebrities present,

many were people who understood the situation.

Ji Feng was doing it on purpose.

He was intentionally distancing himself from the Zhou Family in front of everyone.

To prove that they had no relationship with the Zhou Family.

Seeing the atmosphere at the scene was a bit chaotic, the auctioneer brought the gavel down.

The whole venue instantly quieted down.

"This Young Master Ji bids 100 million, going once!"

"110 million!"

Hearing this, Zhou Meiren gritted his teeth and added 10 million directly.

And at this moment,

Zhao Feiyu in the crowd revealed an excited smile.

He didn't expect that his unintentional act could actually force the Zhou Family out.

If not for lighting the Heavenly Lantern, the Zhou Family would very likely have stood up later to continue fighting for the land at the North Suburb Power Plant.

But now, since he had lit the Heavenly Lantern,

then he would consume a lot of financial resources on the preceding auction items.

But Zhao Feiyu didn't care about this at all.

At this moment, Zhao Feiyu's net worth already exceeded over 200 billion.

Regarding this auction, Zhao Feiyu had nothing to fear.

"200 million!"

Zhao Feiyu took out his phone, edited a message, and sent it directly to the manager of the auction organizers.

In order not to reveal his identity,

Zhao Feiyu handed over the bidding rights to the organizers.

"Mr. Zhao bids 200 million!"

"Oh my god! Fierce, adding 100 million directly!"

Ji Feng clapped and cheered excitedly.

"A hero! Show yourself and let us meet you! If you can defeat this guy Zhou Meiren, you are the people's hero. What you are defeating is the cancer of society, the shoddy engineering of society!"