Chapter 658: Playing Cat and Mouse
The appearance of Lu Yiming gave Zhao Bin and Luo Yongjie a sense of foreboding.
Ask yourself, if they were Lu Yiming and were tripped up by someone off the field, they would definitely take crazy revenge at all costs.
Although the matter has been made clear and all the plots of land will go to the highest bidder, Lu Yiming is the richest man in mainland China. Who can compare with him in terms of financial resources?
Zhao Bin glared at Lu Yiming fiercely and whispered to Luo Yongjie, "Didn't I tell you to stop him? Are you ignoring my words?"
Hearing what Zhao Bin said, Luo Yongjie felt very aggrieved and immediately proved his innocence, "I have already informed them that Lu Yiming must not be allowed to participate. God knows how his bid was approved? I think it is possible that he bribed him."
Zhao Bin gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I'll check it out when the time comes. If there really is bribery, I'll make sure he gets punished!"
Luo Yongjie asked: "What should we do now? I'm afraid this guy will go crazy and raise his placard wildly at all costs to argue with us. Then even if we can win the bid for the land , our profits will be squeezed."
Zhao Bin narrowed his triangular eyes and snorted coldly, "He dares!"
Lu Yiming sat in his seat and saw that the host had not yet come on stage, so he began to close his eyes and rest. He seemed to not care about Zhao Bin and Luo Yongjie's worries at all.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Although Lu Yiming, who is a second-generation man, looks to be in his early twenties, he is actually very mature mentally. Sometimes he can be as lively as a young man, but he will never act on impulse. Provoking others is of no use to him at all.
It was the first time for Yu Jiayi to attend such an event. Such transactions involving tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars made her feel a little excited.
Li Yiwen is no different from Lu Yiming.
After all, he had followed Lu Yiming for several years and had watched him rise. He had followed Lu Yiming all over the world and had seen all kinds of big scenes. Of course, he was not surprised by a mere land auction in front of him.
After a while, the lights on the scene dimmed and a beam of light shone on the host.
"Hello everyone, I am Liu Hang, the host of this auction. Welcome all the bosses. Without further ado, our land auction will begin soon."
A map appeared on the big screen behind him, and all the plots of land to be auctioned were marked on the map.
"There are seven plots of land for sale this time, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. We will start with plot 1. We have prepared materials on your seats, so you can take a look. The bidding will start in five minutes."
The sound of flipping pages could be heard. After a while, Liu Hang said, "Okay, I believe everyone has already had a good understanding of our land parcels. So, let's start now. The first land parcel to be transferred is Plot No. 1, with a total area of ..."
Lu Yiming yawned and looked a little lazy, with no intention of raising the sign at all.
Zhao Bin and Luo Yongjie obviously didn't have their eyes on such a small plot of land. They symbolically bid a price and then put down their signs.
The plots of land in front are not large, and the corresponding profits are not that high, which does not arouse their interest at all.
Both Zhao Bin and Luo Yongjie focused their attention on plots above number six.
However, despite this, the two of them still acted very seriously, even using a small notebook to calculate the unit price. After all, every word spoken here is worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, and every word is truly worth a thousand gold.
Lu Yiming, on the other hand, only yawned when he heard it, and after stretching, he complained to Li Yiwen: "Look at these people, they are so stingy, the prices they bid are hundreds of thousands or millions, they are so poor, but they are so arrogant, looking down on this and that, I don't know where they get their confidence from."
Li Yiwen didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this: "Do you think other people's money is blown by the wind like yours? Making money is hard, okay?"
"My money didn't come from the wind."
Lu Yiming shrugged and said to Yu Jiayi, "Senior sister, please help me take a look. I'm tired. I'll take a nap for a while. Call me when those two guys start fighting."
Yu Jiayi was also speechless. Her boss was so unreliable. In such an exciting occasion, you actually want to sleep?
Don’t you see that the other bidders are bidding like crazy?
You are not sociable, you know?
Unfortunately, all she had to say was in her heart. Yu Jiayi could only hold her breath and replied, "Okay, Mr. Lu, if you're tired, just take a rest."
In the past few days, Lu Yiming had been busy discussing the subsequent development of Tengyu Logistics with Xu Tengyu, and then he and Xu Wentao met several big shots with strong backgrounds and power, making friends with the powerful and wealthy, and he was really exhausted.
After taking a short nap, he even started snoring, attracting countless strange looks from people around him.
"Who is this?"
"Oh my god, you can actually fall asleep in such an important occasion?"
“Sleeping at an auction is outrageous.”
“Hey, isn’t this Mr. Lu, the richest man?”
"As expected, he is the youngest richest man. His mentality is very stable!"
Some people were surprised.
Some people are sarcastic.
Li Yiwen and Yu Jiayi were on pins and needles, extremely embarrassed.
It's so tiring to follow a boss like this.
After finally waiting for the auction of Plot No. 6, Yu Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, I can wake Lu Yiming up.
"Mr. Lu, let's begin."
Site No. 6 and Site No. 7 are both located on the Bund. Because Li Chaoren from Hong Kong led a team to Zhonghai for development some time ago, the momentum was created. The Zhonghai Municipal Government wanted to make a fortune by taking advantage of the limelight, so they found a few other vacant plots of land, and this land auction took place.
From this we can see that numbers 6 and 7 are the highlights of this auction, and the others are just to make up the numbers.
In fact, many people present came just for these two pieces of land.
Five plots of land were successfully auctioned at decent prices, even higher than expected. After Liu Hang heard the news from the backstage staff through the earphone, he became more excited than before.
He twisted his neck to stretch his muscles, walked back and forth on the stage with the microphone, and then said in a very exaggerated tone: "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, the highlight of our auction is here. I believe you are as impatient as I am. Without further ado, let's get started. Plot No. 6, starting price 680 million, each increase must not be less than 5 million, the bidding begins."
Land is a resource, not an antique. It does not need imaginary stories to embellish its value. Because Zhonghai City’s limited land resources themselves are the greatest value!
The only criterion is the highest bidder wins.
As the main event began, the atmosphere at the auction site suddenly became heated. Many people perked up and looked eager to try.
As soon as Liu Hang finished speaking, someone immediately raised a sign: "Six hundred and ninety million!"
Although the price was increased by 10 million at once, the offer caused laughter at the scene.
"It's only 10 million. Who are you looking down on?"
"Are you here to play house?"
However, despite the complaints, everyone was very cautious about spending money. No one immediately jumped out to raise the price, and remained on the sidelines.
Just at this moment, Luo Yongjie raised the sign.
"Seven hundred million."
He made two bids in a row, each time increasing by only 10 million, which seemed lukewarm, but many people knew that this was just the calm before the storm.
"Seven hundred and ten million."
"Seven hundred and twenty million."
Zhao Bin and Luo Yongjie have limited funds. After all, even if the bank is willing to lend money, it is impossible for them to overdraft indefinitely, so the two of them cannot ask for a huge amount at the beginning.
However, because they had a backup plan, the two of them were not in a hurry and continued to increase their bets little by little as the market went on.
The bidding was still going on. In addition to the Zhao family represented by Zhao Bin, there were two other wealthy families present. Although their power was not as great as that of the Zhao family, they were not to be underestimated. Therefore, they kept raising the price and soon raised it to 800 million.
Although the price has increased by more than 100 million compared to the starting price, everyone knows that this price is far from the limit.
Lu Yiming hadn't even raised his sign yet.
After a while, the price had reached 850 million, which put pressure on Zhao Bin and Luo Yongjie.
Their psychological price is only 900 million.
In addition to the fact that the price was approaching their psychological upper limit, what made them even more worried was that Lu Yiming, whom they had been observing, had not even raised his hand yet!
As the saying goes, the unknown is the most frightening. Lu Yiming did not move, and the two of them could not figure out whether Lu Yiming would take action.
Luo Yongjie muttered, "That guy hasn't made a move yet, could it be that he's really here to watch the fun?"
Zhao Bin snorted coldly and said, "This price, plus the handling fee, is more than 800 million. I don't think he can come up with so much money all at once. He has been investing all the time, and many of his investments are in industries that cannot recover costs in the short term or are even pure money-burning industries."
Luo Yongjie laughed and said, "Why are you here pretending to be so arrogant if you don't have any money?"
Although Lu Yiming is the undisputed number one on the Hurun Rich List, with assets worth hundreds of billions, this money is not in cash, so Zhao Bin believes that Lu Yiming will definitely not be able to come up with this money in a short time.
In fact, almost none of the real estate developers here can come up with so much cash. They all borrow money from banks to buy land.
Are there any real estate developers who don’t owe money to the bank?
At least not yet.
However, just when the two people relaxed their vigilance and chatted, Lu Yiming suddenly raised the sign.
"One billion."
More than 100 million was added in one go.
In terms of momentum, he surpassed that group of stingy guys.
As soon as Lu Yiming opened his mouth, the entire auction venue was shocked.
"Mr. Lu has taken action!"
"Adding more than 100 million in one go, he really deserves to be the richest man."
"Is this how rich people behave? I'm so envious."
"Mr. Lu is awesome, forget it, I won't follow him."
"It seems that Mr. Lu is determined to get it. Forget it, I don't want it either."
Seeing Lu Yiming enter, many people gave up the competition.
This is probably the shadow of a famous tree.
Not to mention others, even Yu Jiayi and Li Yiwen who were sitting next to Lu Yiming were frightened by him.
Li Yiwen complained: "Everyone else added 10 million, but you added 100 million. Give the extra money to those in need, like me. Don't spend it recklessly."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Don't worry, these two plots of land are worth the money. If you buy them, you will make a profit. I will laugh my teeth off if I can get 1 billion."
Zhao Bin and Luo Yongjie also looked over here, their eyes filled with shock and anger.
“He took action!”
"Just shout out 1 billion, damn, this guy is definitely here to cause trouble."
"What should we do? This price is beyond our expectations."
Luo Yongjie looked at Zhao Bin and asked, "Should we follow?"
Zhao Bin gritted his teeth and said, "Follow! He thinks he can scare everyone by calling out a high price? He's trying to cheat in front of me? It won't work!"
As he spoke, he raised the sign.
"One billion and five million!"
For Zhao Bin, if the price is too high, he will not be able to take over the two plots of land with Luo Yongjie, which is not cost-effective. So he is just shouting now to show that he, Zhao Bin, wants to take this piece of land. If you are smart, don't continue to shout.
Many people present knew Luo Yongjie, and everyone saw Luo Yongjie nodding and bowing to Zhao Bin. Although they did not know Zhao Bin, they knew that this man must be very important.
Those who can come here to participate in the auction are all veterans who have been working for decades and have basic vision. Seeing that Zhao Bin dared to challenge Lu Yiming, knowing that he was determined to get this piece of land, several people who wanted to compete also quietly put down their signs.
However, before Zhao Bin had time to put down the number plate in his hand, Lu Yiming raised the plate again.
"1.2 billion."
One hundred and ninety-five million was added in one go.
This price increase is enough for everyone here to take a turn raising their placard.
This move once again shocked everyone.
"This richest man doesn't treat money as money. How can he raise the price like this?"
"Isn't that too ruthless? He added almost 200 million at once. Just this courage alone makes all the others look better than him."
"Yeah, is this the power of the richest man? I've really learned a lot today."
Everyone was bidding towards the minimum requirement, calculating in their minds, afraid that they would waste a penny. Lu Yiming, on the other hand, didn't care about that at all, and raised the price by 100 million or 200 million every time. How could this be called an auction? This was simply to cause trouble.
But I have to say, having money means you can do what you want.
"According to the title of the richest man, even if he finally gets the land, can he make money?"
"You are so rich, but you still come to rob us. You are simply not a human being."
"The price has almost doubled. No one will bid anymore, right? If we bid a few more times, we won't make any money, unless we can dig out gold from the land."
"I remember that Mr. Lu invested in the Internet. Isn't it a cold winter? Why is it still so easy to cheat people on the Internet? How about I try to open a shell company?"
“The richest man has gone crazy.”
Lu Yiming's price increase was so aggressive that both Zhao Bin and Luo Yongjie were scared and broke out in cold sweats.
Damn it, that's not a martial ethics thing.
You always add one or two hundred million to the amount. How can others have fun with you?
This bid far exceeded Zhao Bin's psychological expectations, but he was unwilling to return empty-handed. In the end, he gritted his teeth, raised the sign, and almost every word he said was squeezed out from between his teeth.
"1.21 billion!"
Although Zhao Bin gritted his teeth, he still shouted out the price, shocking a large number of people.
“There are actually more to come?”
“It’s fierce.”
“Even though it’s only an additional 10 million, I still want to applaud him.”
"This is a competition with the richest man."
"Shit, this is going to be fun. Who is this guy?"
“Awesome.”
No matter what the final result is, at least in the eyes of these people now, Zhao Bin is courageous.
Lu Yiming looked at Zhao Bin with a half-smile on his face.
Seeing Zhao Bin's constipated expression, he couldn't help but say, "I say, why are you acting so high and mighty when you don't have money?"
"you……"
Zhao Bin was already extremely angry, and this sentence broke his defense. If the law did not allow it, he would have wanted to jump over and smash Lu Yiming's head.
However, this price had already exhausted his energy. Even if Lu Yiming did not continue to bid, he would not make much profit if he successfully acquired the land.
However, at their level, it was all about face. Even if they make any money, it would be good to get the land and give Lu Yiming a good rapport.
However, Lu Yiming had no intention of letting Zhao Bin fulfill his wish, and even shouted out a number that made Zhao Bin feel extremely humiliated.
"One thousand two hundred and fifteen million."
According to the bidding rules, each bid must not be less than five million, so Lu Yiming added five million, not a penny more.
This was very different from his previous two bidding styles.
Everyone could sense that Lu Yiming's bid this time was intended to humiliate Zhao Bin.
When Zhao Bin heard Lu Yiming's offer, his face turned pale and he felt a dull pain in his heart.
He urgently needs a quick-acting heart pill.
This Lu Yiming is really good at messing with people's mentality!
Seeing that Zhao Bin was almost exhausted, he started playing cat and mouse!
As things have developed to this point, it is no longer a simple auction matter, but the ultimate contest between two forces!
Many people were relieved.
"Fortunately I didn't get involved."
"If I were number 37, I would be so pissed off."
"Just calling it five million, isn't that bullying?"
"I've heard that Mr. Lu is a vindictive man, and today I've learned my lesson."
"Add more, keep adding more, even if it's just another five million, just to save face!"
"It's useless. It's obvious that Mr. Lu is taking it easy now. Adding another five million is just asking for trouble."
"Oh, it's so unlucky to meet Mr. Lu at the auction."
A lot of discussions reached Zhao Bin's ears, which once again dealt a second blow to his heart.
This price far exceeded his expectations.
Moreover, it is still a question whether you can make a profit if you buy it at this price.
You can't buy land but have no money to develop it, only to have the land reclaimed by the government after the deadline, right?
As for whether there will be kindhearted people who will lend a helping hand during this period... Stop dreaming. How many people in the real estate industry are good people? Not kicking someone when they are down is a great benefactor. Will they lend a hand to you? No chance!
Zhao Bin almost gritted his teeth at the sight of Lu Yiming's leisurely look.
He has never suffered such a great injustice since he was born!
