Bao Gucheng took the lead in supporting Zuzi's ten-thousand-year old dragonstone jadeite.
The stimulated crowd immediately swarmed to follow—
I bid ten million and twenty thousand!
I bid eleven million!
I bid fifteen million!
...
However.
Something terrifying happened to everyone.
The prices they shouted got stuck, lodged in their throats, no sound could come out.
No matter how hard they tried, they just couldn't speak up.
Anxious, afraid someone else might get ahead, they rushed to the auction stage, frantically gesturing to the auctioneer. Some tried to write it down, others twisted their arms and bodies into numerical shapes…
But, at the Imperial Auction House, the rule is you have to hear it to believe it, only bids personally acknowledged by the bidder are considered valid.
"Ten million and ten thousand, once."
"Ten million and ten thousand, twice."
"Ten million and ten thousand, three times! Alright, the ten-thousand-year old dragonstone jadeite is sold!"
