With phone advertisements everywhere, it's hard not to know.

I've heard Ling Zhenfei and Chen Qian have already arrived, and the auctioneer including Ma Long came up to greet them.

Ling Zhenfei said, "Boss Ma, your phone ads are so obvious, even an idiot could figure it out."

Ma Long laughed, saying, "Who cares? It's a deal where one's willing to fight, and the other's willing to take it. If they are willing to spend money, that's not my problem."

Ling Zhenfei said, "If you don't spread the word, how would these phone manufacturers know?"

Ma Long laughed and said, "You're actually wrong. This time, I didn't spread the word; they came to me proactively. Their manufacturer offered approximately 600 million in advertising fees, their marketing department is dying from worry."

Ling Zhenfei was stunned, "Is making phones so profitable now?"

Ma Long said, "It's still not as profitable as you; 600 million probably isn't enough for one night's auction of yours. You want to up the auction, right? The market's gone crazy now."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Exactly, crazy is good; if it's not crazy, how do I make money? How's it now?"

Ma Long said, "You're really killing me. I had planned to sell all the tickets, but then the market ticket prices suddenly got hyped by you, causing me a lot of losses."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Can you even talk? This is called earning less, not losing a lot."

Ma Long said, "I took a lot of trouble to find out the reason this time, you want to sell seeds, are you sure?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "Sure."

Ma Long said, "Are you really sure?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "What's uncertain about it? It's just a seed."

Ma Long said, "It's something being auctioned from me, so I must ensure authenticity, no falsities."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Of course I know that, I wouldn't harm you. The items are absolutely genuine; we can write a guarantee in advance."

Ma Long hesitated slightly and said, "That's just not right, if it's real why sell it? This Heart-Talk Fruit is your lifeblood, aren't you afraid something will go wrong once it's sold."

Ling Zhenfei said, "What's there to be afraid of? My fruits will become more numerous in the future, then the possibility of growing fruits will increase, and by then they'll be worthless.

So why not sell the seeds while they're valuable now?"

Ling Zhenfei's words dispelled Ma Long's doubts, but he still had his auctioneer check the items Ling Zhenfei brought.

This time the auction items are some vegetables, probably the most depressing auction the auctioneer has ever conducted.

An international auctioneer having to auction off vegetables, it's literally unheard of, the thought of it is quite humorous.

After arranging everything, Ling Zhenfei and Chen Qian were taken to a room with the best view, from here they could see the entirety of the auction.

Ma Long personally brewed tea for the two, this time the tea leaves were, personally taken from his own pocket by Ma Long.

Chen Qian said, "Boss Ma, what tea is this? You look quite cautious."

Ma Long said, "How should I put this? This tea is worth much more than gold, so you tell me if I should be cautious."

Ling Zhenfei asked in shock, "What kind of tea is actually that expensive?"

Ma Long said, "This is the one my old man likes the most from his tea collection, you know Longjing Tea, right?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "Of course I know it's so famous."

Ma Long said, "You're all mistaken; do you know why it's called Longjing Tea? That's because there's a well called Longjing, and the tree growing next to that well is called the Longjing tea tree.

The Longjing Tea we drink now mostly comes from near there, so it's far off. The age of that tea tree is too long now, and it doesn't grow much tea leaves.

The tea produced each year is sold by the gram, tea from that well is super high grade; not far from there are a few tea trees planted by Qing Dynasty Qianlong, which are high grade, and then there are the ones around, not worth mentioning.

Ling Zhenfei said, "This is really something, drinking tea can have so many intricacies."

Chen Qian also said, "There are too many intricacies in tea leaves; we're just outsiders, as long as it tastes great."

Unexpectedly, Ma Long was encouraged by Ling Zhenfei's praise and said, "Indeed, there are many intricacies in tea, not just the leaves, the water and temperature during brewing are also different."

Chen Qian said, "If you say the water is different, I agree; 1 Yuan mineral water and 2 Yuan mineral water are indeed different."

Ling Zhenfei laughed and said, "Of course, 2 Yuan water tastes a bit sweeter."

Hearing their banter, Ma Long got a bit upset and said, "Don't think I'm joking; I'm serious, the taste is certainly different between some surface water and some deep mineral water.

The best water for brewing tea is natural spring water; this type of water comes from underground, filtered through layers filled with lots of minerals, although I don't know what species it is, but tea brewed with it has a different flavor."

Listening to Ma Long's detailed explanation, Ling Zhenfei asked, "Since you say it's so good, let me ask you, if I open a teahouse using good tea leaves, and the best water for brewing, can I sell it at a high price?"

Ma Long replied, "Of course, people these days aren't short of money, but do you really think it's that simple? In fact, it's not simple at all; many people have already tried your idea.

Do you really think that a teahouse is just for drinking tea and chatting? Actually, the content of the conversation is what matters most, tea is just a tool, possibly becoming the leverage for business success."

Ling Zhenfei nodded, saying, "In business, you truly are the expert, thinking of everything isn't easy, I learn a lot from you."

Ma Long said, "Come on, this time what you did really surprised me; if I hadn't known it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, I'd have thought you'd planned it for a long time."

Ling Zhenfei said, "This plan is known to both of us, but is it really good? We'll have to wait until the auction starts to find out."

At this time, Chen Qian said to them, "Tan Wangdong and his team are here."

Ling Zhenfei and Ma Long looked down and indeed saw Tan Wangdong arrive, and this time he brought quite a few people; many of whom were prominent figures in the Capital City.

Ma Long clearly recognized the people who came with them and said, "Those few are wealthy, each of them has companies under their names, looks like Tan Wangdong is determined to win."

Ling Zhenfei said, "I just feared he had no interest; as long as he's interested, I'm happier. This time, you must make sure Tan Wangdong gets the Heart-Talk Fruit's seed."

Ma Long laughed and said, "I doubt it's that simple, look at those people behind him."

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