Starting from a Fake University-Chapter 1618 - 853: Big White Makes a Move, Easily Takes on Five!

Chapter 1618: Chapter 853: Big White Makes a Move, Easily Takes on Five!

A small piece of jade stone with a starting price of one million.

Ding Yue speculated that there must be some hidden value behind this jade stone. However, since he wasn’t familiar with jade or these kinds of things, he wasn’t sure what trickery might be involved here.

Still, judging by how enthusiastically everyone was participating in the auction, it was clearly a valuable object.

Sure enough, in no time, the bidding price had jumped from one million to one million one hundred and fifteen thousand, and was still climbing steadily.

Ding Yue wasn’t in a hurry to make a bid.

After all, bidding now wouldn’t make much of a difference—others would just keep raising the price. Ding Yue decided to hold off until the critical moment; then, he’d place his bid. Regardless of how expensive it got, if he wanted to acquire it, he’d definitely take it.

"One million one hundred and nineteen thousand!"

"Mr. Number 6 bids one million two hundred thousand! Any bids higher than one million six hundred thousand?"

"Alright, Mr. Number 20 has bid one million two hundred and fifty thousand!"

Initially, everyone had been raising their bids by increments of ten thousand. Then one person suddenly jumped the price by fifty thousand in one go, seeming quite determined to win.

If they weren’t set on winning, then perhaps they just wanted to stir up trouble.

Ding Yue hadn’t expected that in a city in the northwestern frontier, so many wealthy people would gather here to bid millions for a piece of jade stone.

But upon careful thought, it made sense.

This region was famous for producing high-quality jade. Businesspeople passionate about rare and valuable jade came here to bid on its treasures. It was natural that this small piece of jade must be a rare gem.

Given this, Ding Yue became even more interested in acquiring this little item.

"Yue, it’s over one million yuan—are you really going to buy it?"

Huang Youjie turned to Ding Yue, asking deliberately.

"Yep."

Ding Yue smiled and nodded, replying, "I’ll buy it for a friend. I think she’ll love it."

Ding Yue did not explain too much, but Xu Bin seemed to have realized something. Yet Huang Youjie, slower on the uptake, didn’t catch on so quickly.

On the side, Zhang Yu naturally didn’t know that Principal Ding intended to gift the jade stone to her.

"Then Yue should go ahead and buy it. I was thinking about joining in too, but seeing so many people fighting for it, maybe I’ll just let you win." Xu Bin shrugged and joked, "A gentleman doesn’t snatch what others desire."

"Hahaha."

Ding Yue burst into laughter upon hearing this.

His friends really understood him. Both Bin and Huang showed interest in the tiny jade stone earlier, but when they learned Ding Yue wanted it, they immediately decided against bidding.

"Alright, the current bidding price is one million two hundred and ninety thousand yuan—one million two hundred and ninety thousand yuan, once!"

The auctioneer glanced at the audience and announced the bid.

This time, there wasn’t anyone quick to raise their bidding paddle.

It seemed like one million two hundred and ninety thousand had become a threshold.

"One million two hundred and ninety thousand..."

As the auctioneer prepared to call it for the second time, a bidder from the VIP area raised their paddle—it was clear they had a significant social status or substantial wealth.

"One million three hundred thousand!"

The auctioneer, seeing the bids continue to rise, couldn’t help but smile.

After all, the higher the final auction price for this small piece of jade, the larger the auction commission they’d receive. What a solidly profitable business!

"Yue, aren’t you going to bid yet?"

Huang Youjie asked Ding Yue when the bidding had reached one million three hundred thousand.

"No rush."

Ding Yue remained composed. The competition was still in the phase where everyone wanted to take the item right away. There was no point in getting involved now. He’d wait until no one was willing to bid any higher, then strike decisively.

"The next few bidders will probably push the price up even more," Ding Yue added.

And sure enough.

Once the bidding hit one million three hundred thousand, some wealthy participants started raising the bids in increments of twenty thousand instead of the usual ten thousand. Some even went straight to fifty thousand per round.

In the blink of an eye, the price for the small piece of jade reached one million six hundred and sixty-five thousand.

"One million six hundred and sixty-five thousand—once, one million six hundred and sixty-five thousand—twice..."

When the jade stone reached this price, it seemed no one else was willing to go higher. The bidder who had offered one million six hundred and sixty-five thousand flashed a victorious smile, while the woman beside him happily planted a kiss on his cheek.

"One million seven hundred thousand!" freeωebnovēl.c૦m

At this moment, Ding Yue made his move, just as expected.

After all, with bidding slowing at one million six hundred and sixty-five thousand, and the auctioneer about to call it for the third time, the transaction would have been finalized. Ding Yue’s timing had to be neither too quick nor too late—this was the perfect moment.