Chapter 109
“Half a million? Kid, are you out for a laugh?”
One of the bidders got up and laughed, and when he saw Lin Ran’s outfit, he couldn’t help but laugh.
“It’s really out for a laugh, I’ll bid 700,000!”
“Eight hundred thousand!”
Lin Ran continued.
When the other party heard this, his face couldn’t help but sink as he chided.
“One million!”
“Two million!”
Lin Ran followed suit, this made Luo Cheng as well as Master Li Wansan look baffled, why was Lin Ran suddenly so gung-ho, was there really crocodile cream inside?
“Little miracle doctor, are you crazy, buying a piece of this for 2 million? What if there’s nothing in it, wouldn’t it be a loss!”
Luo Cheng asked anxiously from the side.
Lin Ran, however, smiled faintly and didn’t say much, still looking at the people around him with burning eyes.
It was just like gambling on a stone, some people thought it was worth a million, but others thought it was worth nothing, because no one could be sure what was inside and whether there was a crocodile cream worth a lot of money.
“I bid while two and a half million!”
Liu Xuan suddenly stood up and looked at Lin Ran with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth.
No one had noticed him before, and after what had just happened, everyone recognised the gentry, and one by one, their faces turned odd as they thought to themselves.
“Your family runs the auctions and you’re here to bid again, you really have had enough, why do you want it and still bring it out, just negotiate a price with the seller and buy it!”
But soon, someone noticed that something was wrong, this Liu Xuan seemed to be targeting Lin Ran, the two previous auctions, when he bid, it was after Lin Ran called for a price, it seemed that these two had a conflict.
In response to the crowd’s speculation, Lin Ran was unconcerned as he looked at Liu Xuan with a smile and said.
“Since Brother Liu Xuan is also interested, let’s do it together, I’ll bid three million!”
“Four million!”
Liu Xuan continued to raise his bid.
“Nonsense!”
Liu Dingtian on the other side was looking grim and scolded, and immediately took out his mobile phone and called.
This thing was a matter of his daughter-in-law Qin Shuangsiang’s life, so how could he not be nervous.
“B*****d, stop it right now or I will immediately cut off relations with you!”
Liu Dingtian scolded.
Liu Xuan was stunned at his words and asked with a gloomy face.
“Why!”
Liu Dingtian gritted his teeth and scolded.
“What do you know, if there is really crocodile cream inside this thing that can save your mother’s life, if you’ve made enough trouble then get back to me, if you mess up the auction, I’ll directly expel you from the Liu family!”
Liu Xuan was stunned at his words and his face became even uglier as he scolded in a low voice.
“Then why don’t you just buy it back, half a million dollars and you’re using it for auction, do you have any humanity left!”
“Shut up, you little brat, what do you know!”
Liu Dingtian was dying of anger, if he could buy it back directly, he would have paid ten times the price to buy it back, but the seller was too big, and he had to bid for it by name, so he dared not do anything rash.
Once he did so, not to mention not getting the item, even their Liu family might suffer the calamity of extinction.
“You’d better give me an explanation!”
Liu Xuan chided, and promptly hung up the phone.
“I’ll be back to play with you later!”
Liu Xuan dropped a sentence and whirled away from the bidding arena.
Lin Ran, however, was indifferent, his face not showing the slightest rise or fall in expression.
“Four and a half million!”
Lin Ran suddenly spoke.
Only then was the crowd’s attention drawn back to the merchandise.
The beautiful host laughed at the situation and said.
“Is there a higher price than this?”
As the voice fell, no one raised their bid for a long time, and just as the beautiful host was about to count down, a voice suddenly rang out.
“Five million!”
Lin Ran turned his head to look and found that it was the same youth who had looked down on him at the beginning, so he couldn’t help but frown slightly.
“Kid, you really like this bone covered gold, so raise the price!”
The other party looked at Lin Ran and laughed, his eyes full of teasing.
“Little divine Doctor, this guy is deliberately raising the price to make you spend more money!”
Luo Cheng warned from the side.
Where Lin Ran was not clear about the other party’s intentions, he smiled and nodded before speaking.
“Five and a half million!”
“This friend, if you like it, by all means raise the price, this is my maximum offer, take it if you like!”
After saying that, Lin Ran directly did so on his butt.
Five and a half million dollars for a piece of bone covered gold, this had to be said to be a great loss, no one knew whether there was crocodile paste in it or not, and even if there was, how much was the quantity, this was all unknown.
In their opinion, it was almost hopeless to make money from this piece of bone-covered gold, but it was very hopeful to lose money.
“Haha, joking, I’m just joining in the fun, since my friend likes it, just take it, but don’t cry your eyes out when you open it later!”
Said the youth also did down, obviously giving up.
“Do you know this person?”
Lin Ran asked as he turned to look at Luo Cheng.
Luo Cheng shook his head at his words, but Li Wansan, who was on the side, came over and spoke.
“I know him, his name is Huaiking, his family is in the business of exporting herbs, and he has some friendships with Liu Xuan!”
“Hmm!”
Lin Ran nodded, no wonder this guy was hostile towards himself, it turned out that he and Liu Xuan were in the same boat.
“Five and a half million, last time! Sold!”
As the beautiful host’s final cry fell, the bone-covered gold was finally bought by Lin Ran.
And at this point, Luo Cheng finally voiced the doubt in his heart.
“Ah Little Divine Doctor, are you sure that there’s really crocodile paste inside when you’re dropping so much money on this item?”
Lin Ran shook his head and laughed.
“Not sure, just certain, exactly how much is inside can only be seen after cutting it open!”
Lin Ran laughed, seeing this bone covered gold before, he had a premonition that there was definitely something inside.
According to the Xuan Yang Pharmacopoeia, his ancestor had seen this bone covered gold several times before, and on two of those occasions, he had found crocodile paste inside.
It was based on these two experiences and after comparing it with this piece of bone-covered gold in front of him that Lin Ran decided he was ready to give it a try.
“The item has been sold, we will open it on site next, buyers please be patient!”
The beautiful host said with a smile.
Soon there were two professionals walking up with instruments, since it was going to be opened, it must be opened in public, otherwise no one would know what was inside after Miles opened it and was privy to it.
Huaiking smiled at this point and stood up, looking at Lin Ran and said.
“Brother, I really admire you, how to smash in 5.5 million, if you can’t open something later, I’m afraid you’ll go out lying down!”
“Then I don’t need to bother you much brother!”
Lin Ran said with a smile.
A single word topped off Huaiking’s speechlessness.
“Humph! Then we’ll see about that!”
Huai King snorted coldly and then sat down without saying a word.
At this moment, everyone’s eyes fell on the stage, where two staff members were carefully cutting the bone-covered gold.
Soon the outermost layer had been cut off, revealing the inner layer.
But to the crowd’s surprise, the inner layer was actually the same colour as the outside, and some of them immediately turned their eyes towards Lin Ran.
This layer was three or four centimetres thick, so even if there was crocodile paste inside, the amount would not be too much, and it was already very good to get back the money.
When Huaiking saw this, he laughed and stood up to look at Lin Ran and said.
“Kid, are you panicking? I feel panic for you, over five million is about to go down the drain!”
Chapter 110
“Dry tongue!”
Lin Ran looked at him and scolded, then got up and walked towards the stage.
“You, Mr. Lin?”
The beautiful host saw Lin Ran come up and couldn’t help but frown slightly, at this point the cutting hadn’t even finished!
“I’ll do it myself!”
Lin Ran laughed.
“You’re coming in person?”
The pretty host was a little surprised, this kind of cutting was all fine work, and this young man in front of him didn’t look like someone who could cut.
Huaiking couldn’t help but laugh at the situation on the side.
“I say beauty, you just let people come personally, spent five and a half million, only to let you cut open inside nothing, you say the injustice who can bear!”
“Uh ….”
The beautiful host was dumbfounded and looked to one side where Liu Dingtian was, and seeing that the latter did not object, she signaled the staff to hand the tools to Lin Ran.
Seeing this, Huaiking smiled and said.
“Kid, do you want me to call the emergency number for you first? I’m afraid you’ll go into shock from anger later!”
“No, but I do suggest you book an ophthalmology appointment first, so you can go see an ophthalmologist later!”
Lin Ran laughed.
“Haha! Big talk, I’d like to see what kind of golden phoenix you can open with this bone covered gold today, if something this fart-sized can open a crocodile cream worth five and a half million dollars, I’ll recognize you as my father on the spot!”
Huaiking sneered.
His family has been in the business of exporting herbs for years, and he has seen this kind of bone-covered gold a few times, but none of them could open anything, and in his opinion, even his professional herbalists did not have that kind of luck.
Let alone this poor boy in rags in front of him, if he could open the crocodile paste, I’m afraid he would have to wait until his next life.
“Are you serious?”
Lin Ran turned around, and a hint of interest finally appeared on his presumably non-wavy face.
Seeing this sudden change in Lin Ran, Huai King’s heart couldn’t help but tighten, could this guy really be able to open something of immense value?
“Bah! I don’t believe it, this kid must be scaring me!”
Huaiking’s heart quickly calmed down as he looked at Lin Ran and sneered.
“Naturally, I’m serious, but what if you can’t open it? Be my son don’t you dare!”
“Yes!”
Lin Ran laughed, then turned around and without saying a word, he picked up the cutting blade in his hand and slashed it directly at the bone-covered gold.
The next moment, the blade, which was as deep as the palm of his hand, had already sunk into it, and all he had to do was lift it up, and the bone-covered gold would turn into two pieces.
Everyone looked at Lin Ran like a fool, even Li Wansan and Li Tang regretted that they hadn’t gone up to stop him.
Huai King even jumped straight up and pointed at Lin Ran, laughing.
“You’re a F**king idiot, now even if there’s crocodile paste in there, it’s not worth a F**king penny, don’t you know that crocodile paste can’t be destroyed? It’s only worth money when it’s whole, you stupid B*****d!”
Lin Ran did not have any expression on his face, calmly looking at Huai King, already the strange looks cast by the others, while his palm was slowly pulling the blade out.
Everyone held their breath, wanting to see if there was crocodile paste inside or not.
But after Lin Ran’s palm pulled back the blade, the bone covered gold was not cracked from the middle, this scene made the crowd couldn’t help but be a little disappointed.
“Kid, why are you still standing there! Open up! What’s the matter is it quit?”
Huaiking looked at Lin Ran with triumph, his words couldn’t even print the smug look on his face.
“Why are you in a hurry? Is it a lack of fatherly love?”
Lin Ran turned around and said with a calm face.
The moment these words left his mouth, they caused the crowd to burst into laughter.
Wycking’s face was ugly as he stared at Lin Ran and said in a cold voice.
“Sharp teeth, I’d like to see who cries out to who for daddy when we open it later!”
In the distance, Liu Dingtian looked tense, and Liu Xuan, who was still looking ugly on the side, did not dare to make a sound to disturb him, as he was at a loss to understand in his mind why his old man did not just buy this bone covered gold.
“Uncle Mu, with your vision, will there be crocodile paste in this?”
Liu Dingtian suddenly looked at Liu Mu and asked.
“It’s hard to say, I don’t understand this kid’s strength, but judging from the speed of his knife just now, I’m afraid there won’t be any inside in nine out of ten!”
Liu Mu said.
Liu Dingtian’s face changed at his words and he was a little disappointed.
“I really hope there’s one in there!”
He had hired a famous doctor and wanted to treat his wife’s illness and needed crocodile paste, so he searched for it all over the place, so he could easily come across it here, but Liu Mu was the one who said that there was none inside in nine out of ten cases, which made it a little hard for him to accept for a while.
“Don’t be anxious, maybe it’s because my old eyes are dizzy, that kid has already cut open the bone-covered gold, it will naturally be clear later!”
Liu Mu spoke up and comforted.
Liu Dingtian nodded, gathered his emotions and waited patiently.
“Kid, if you don’t dare to open it, just say so, I can help you, so dryly waiting to whet everyone’s appetite, do you really think everyone is idle?”
After waiting for a moment and not seeing Lin Ran open the bone packet of gold, Huaiking was not the time to stand out and taunt.
“I don’t know if everyone is idle or not, but I think you are quite idle!”
Lin Ran smiled at him and whirled around.
“Get lost if you’re tired of waiting, it’s not like anyone is forcing you to stay!”
“You!”
Wycking’s face was grim, he found himself verbally taking the slightest advantage of Bu.
“You can be proud of yourself for a while, later on when you open it without the crocodile cream inside I’ll see how you get off!”
As he thought in his heart, a cold smile appeared on Wycking’s face.
The situation today, which of the people present did not know clearly, this bone wrapped gold is a hot potato, the scene does not open okay, once opened, want to return to the whole body is more than the sky.
Even if there was crocodile paste inside, it would not be easy to take it away.
There were many pairs of eyes outside the auction hall, and once they received the signal, I was afraid that the moment Lin Ran went out with the crocodile cream, countless people would come out and grab it.
This is also the reason why those present did not rush to make a bid, but instead waited and saw what would happen.
Just because you bought it didn’t necessarily mean you could own it; in the end, it all depended on the strength of the buyer.
“Strength? Dressed like this, you can have strength? What a joke!”
Huaiking’s mouth was tinged with a cold smile.
Suddenly, just as the crowd was speculating on what Lin Ran would do to open the bone wrapped gold, this guy was speaking out in a shocking manner.
“Everyone, I wish to bid on the crocodile paste in this bone-covered gold, again in an auction situation!”
Lin Ran said, suddenly turning to look at the beautiful host on one side and smiling.
“I wonder, can your Wanding Pawn take this deal?”
The beautiful host was stunned, then laughed.
“Naturally, but you have to open it first and make sure that there is really crocodile paste inside.”
“That’s natural!”
Lin Ran laughed.
Huaiking laughed similarly at his words.
“Kid, even if there really is crocodile paste inside, it’s all broken by you, it’s not worth anything, at most it’s sold by the pound, and you still want to auction it off? You’re out of your mind!”
“O? Is that so?”
Lin Ran smiled, and then directly picked up the bone covered gold, only to hear a “click”, and directly broke it into two pieces.
When the crowd saw what was inside the bone wrapped gold, they were all stunned.
Huai King’s mouth grew wide in surprise, and his face felt hot.
Inside those two pieces of bone-covered gold, there were actually two complete pieces of crocodile paste, even clearly and exceptionally completed, sweetly a pair of twin crocodile pastes.
“D*mn, this salted fish actually really turned over!”
Huaiking couldn’t help but curse.
