Female Novel
Chapter 317
Chapter 317
Right then, another item was brought out for the auction, and it was a female palace dress. Accordingto the introduction of the host, it was an item that had originated from the palace of the Qing Dynasty.The starting price was set at five million yuan. Once the price was announced, the room instantlybecame a little quiet. There was actually no one bidding on this item. This atmosphere formed a starkcontrast with the previous lively scene. The people who were there participating in the auction weremostly from the inner circle of collectors, and they knew something about items like this. Even if theydidn’t know much about the matter, they would bring their purveying specialist with them. Therefore,almost everyone in the hall could see that this royal dress was really not worth that much. First of all,the appearance of this dress was not well preserved. It was in tatters, and many large pieces had fallenoff. It didn’t look good at all. Secondly, it was the palace attire of the Qing Dynasty. It wasn’t historicalenough, and there were many items from that era, so it was not very valuable. The host had beenadvertising this item for a long time, but in the end, no one bid on it. The atmosphere suddenly becamea little awkward. Everyone shook their heads and was waiting for this item to be auctioned off. After all,no one was interested in it. Shawn Liang had an idea and said, "Old Du, why are you so quiet today ?You haven’t bid on anything yet. Can it be that you can’t tell the good from the bad, so you can’t makeyour decisions ? Why don’t you let your purveying specialist have a look at this item ?" Old Mr Du wasannoyed. Everyone could see that this dress was worthless, but Shawn encouraged him to make amove. Obviously, he wanted him to be the victim. Just as Old Mr Du was about to refuse, Fade Chen,who was right beside him, stopped him suddenly. Then, he raised his card and said, "Six million, I’ll paysix million to buy this dress." As soon as the words came out, the crowd was suddenly stunned, andthen there was the buzzing sound of discussion "Now that he’s provoked by Shawn, he finally put out abid!" "He’s really still too young, he hasn’t learnt how to be patient yet!" "In my opinion, Old Mr Du madea mistake this time. He has hired a fake specialist."" Bidding was alright. But that guy added one millionyuan in one go. Money can’t be spent this way!" Shawn laughed happily, with a sarcastic smile on hisface. He said, "Old Du, you purveying specialist is really amazing! No one wants to buy this item, but
he was able to tell at a glance that it’s unusual. He even bid a million more on it. It’s really eye-openingindeed how admirable!" Old Mr Du was so angry he wanted to refute him. But when he thought ofFade’s move, he was immediately puzzled as well. Shawn was unwilling to let go of this opportunity tosatirize his long time enemy. Looking at Master Qi beside him, he deliberately said loudly,novelbin
‘ Master Qi. you have a keen eye. Can you tell us what’s so special about this dress ? Why did Mr.Chen raise the bid by one million?" He wanted to ridicule Fade, and he was trying to find ways to slamhim a few more times! Master Qi coughed, then stood up and said in a clear voice, "This dress isindeed the palace dress of the Qing Dynasty. But the style and cutting of this dress is very common. It’ssomething ordinary palace maids would wear,and there’s really nothing special about it. Moreover, thequality and appearance of this dress is too poor, which depletes the value of this dress significantly. Ifyou meet a buyer that likes it, I think that it would be worth three million yuan." As soon as he said that,the crowd became jolly again. They glanced at Master Qi and Fade. "That is true. I also think that thisdress is worthless!" "Master Qi has already spoken. That kid will suffer a great loss." If it was just anordinary buyer, the loss would totally just be loss. But if he is a purveying specialist, and he bought thisitem and suffered a loss, who else would hire him as a purveying specialist in the future? "That’s right.Not only did this kid lower his own reputation, he also caused Old Mr Du to be disrespected. Such alaughing stock!" The sighs and mocking words kept on coming, but Fade simply ignored them and hedid not care about their opinions at all. Nevertheless, he went up to the stage, signed the documents,and took the dress. Seeing that, everyone shook their heads and sighed again. "Don’t sign it! If yourefuse to sign, you just have to pay some penalty, and you can still choose not to bid on it." "If you signthe sales contract right now, six million yuan will be spent! This means you will lose three million yuan."The loss is more than three million! Didn’t you just hear what Master Qi said ? The dress can only besold for three million if you meet a buyer who likes it. This guy won’t be able to sell the dress hepurchased !" Right at this moment, Fade suddenly made a shocking move He took the shabby dress inhis hands and shook it violently as though it was an ordinary dress. Immediately, a few pieces of ragsfell off from the dress. Then, before the crowd could recover from the shock, Fade took action right
away again. With a fierce tug, he tore the dress in his hands and turned them into rags. These ragswould’ve been too worn out to even be considered as cloths for mopping The crowd was dumbfoundedand couldn’t stop sighing. "What is he doing? Why did he tear up the dress ?" "There’s no need to tearup the dress though! He can at least sell it if he’d kept it nicely! Even if the dress can’t sell for threemillion, it can still sell for two million, or even one million, right?" "I think he is way too rich, so he camehere on purpose to show off his wealth." "He’s just a young lad. It’s fine if he doesn’t have anypurveying skills, but he can’t even control his temper. What kind of purveying specialist is he?" "Thistime, Old Mr Du has really been fooled by that boy big time. He has lost respect from everybody!"Amongst the sarcastic voices, Shawn was full of smiles. He said, "Old Du, please console yourpurveying specialist. Even if he was scolded, there’s no need to tear things up. After all, the dress isstill considered an antique, and it’s valuable somehow." Old Mr Du wanted to argue, but he didn’t knowwhat to say. After all, he himself was also completely shocked by Fade’s behaviour Right at thismoment, Fade took the strips of cloth in his hand and groped around the sleeves, where he seemed tohave found a string. He then pinched the string and began to pull it hard Fade pulled out a very thin silkthread from the dress. Fade wrapped the string with his hands carefully. Only then did the crowdmanage to see the string clearly. The silk was translucent, white, and had a glittering quality. It was asthin as a quarter of a hair, yet it was also very tough. When Fade pulled it out forcefully, it did not break.Moreover, the amazing thing was, right when the water vapor around the silk approaches the silkthread, it turned into a layer of hazy mist, creating a unique type of refreshing coolness. Anyone couldtell that it was not something ordinary.