Chapter 527 — Deliberate Sabotage
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"Six million!" Kang Guifeng rose and raised the paddle in his hand, naming a price that was not especially high—because in his estimation, there would not be many bidders for this thousand-year snow lotus, perhaps none at all.
Fatty Lai was watching too, and just as he was about to make his move, he saw Kang Guifeng raise his paddle and was momentarily taken aback. But then he reflected that the Kang family ran a pharmaceutical company as well, so it made sense for them to buy the thousand-year snow lotus. It was only unclear whether they were dead set on getting it.
"Eight million." Fatty Lai raised his paddle as well.
Yet Fatty Lai had been the center of attention at yesterday's auction, and the moment he raised his paddle today, it drew everyone's watching eyes—not because Fatty Lai was spending eight million on a thousand-year snow lotus, but because of the standoff between him and Kang Guifeng.
Yesterday, Fatty Lai and Kang Guifeng had competed over the life-extending detox pill; today they were at it again. Yet even with Fatty Lai and Kang Guifeng locked in competition, no one else chimed in.
For one thing, neither of these two was someone to trifle with—Fatty Lai especially, with Guan Xuewen standing behind him. Who would want to offend Guan Xuewen? To stir up trouble at a time like this would be to ask for a world of pain, wouldn't it?
Second, once they bought the thousand-year snow lotus, it would be of no use to them whatsoever, so no one would bid on it.
"Ten million!" Kang Guifeng's face darkened. He had not expected that fatso Lai to jump in and cut across his path! Originally he had thought he could take the thousand-year snow lotus for six million, but now he had no choice but to bid as high as ten million!
"Fifteen million!" Before Kang Guifeng's words had even died away, fatso Lai blandly named a new price.
"Damn it!" Kang Guifeng's face turned the color of pig's liver. He cursed under his breath and looked at Divine Doctor Kang. "Father, this fatso Lai is obviously here to make trouble on purpose! Yesterday he cheated our Kang family once already, and today I reckon he's got the same idea in mind!"
Nor was Kang Guifeng wrong to think so. Fellow tradesmen were foes — an unchanging truth through the ages — and it was only natural that fatso Lai would want to set himself against the Kang family.
"We must have this thousand-year snow lotus, no matter the cost! Whether he is making trouble or not, we cannot give it up." Divine Doctor Kang's expression was likewise somewhat sour, but for the Kang family to ascend smoothly to the rank of a great clan, this thousand-year snow lotus had to be obtained! Otherwise everything was finished.
"Twenty million!" Kang Guifeng named a rather high price, hoping to frighten fatso Lai off.
"Twenty-five million!" But fatso Lai was not the least bit afraid, and directly named a higher price.
"Thirty million!" Kang Guifeng said at once.
"Fifty million!" fatso Lai said, cool as could be.
Kang Guifeng was about to explode with rage. There were only two of them bidding — what did it mean to jack the price up by twenty million in one go like that? Did he have more money than he knew what to do with, or was he trying to scare people off?
"Fifty-five million!" Kang Guifeng glanced at his father, and only after seeing him nod did he continue bidding.
"Eighty million." Fatso Lai remembered Wei Zhao's bottom line, so he did not care to drag things out with Kang Guifeng anymore and simply called a high price outright. If you can accept that, then keep going!