Ling Zhenfei and Chen Qian were stunned and said, "So, they want to use a six hundred million price tag to snatch up a large batch of vegetable rights?"
Ma Long said, "That's right, so now the price of these vegetables is really uncertain."
Indeed, the price of these vegetables kept rising. It felt like the increase was slow at first, increasing by one million at a time, then by ten thousand, but still no one gave up.
The auction order was set by Chen Qian, who put the White Jade Crisp Lotus Root up first. This star-level vegetable immediately stirred everyone's spending enthusiasm, with prices constantly rising.
Finally, the usage rights for the White Jade Crisp Lotus Root were sold for 23 million, leaving everyone at the auction dumbfounded. Some restaurant owners had prepared only a few million before coming.
In their minds, it was just vegetable rights, ten or eighty thousand was estimated to be enough, but they never expected the on-site competition to be so fierce.
In the first round, someone was knocked out directly; it was extremely tragic.
There was more than just Xiao Sa live streaming; everyone was stunned. Many people went online and tweeted, expressing their astonishment at the situation.
Although everyone knew Xi Shan Restaurant's vegetables tasted good, just the rights for one kind of vegetable being sold for over two million was simply unbelievable.
Xiao Sa said, "Sometimes poverty limits our imagination. Originally, I thought this was just a very boring auction, but I didn't expect it to change so quickly.
At first, there were no tickets to buy. Later, I heard that the first people who bought tickets actually became scalpers and sold them for high prices. Even making money just from selling tickets made me feel this thing was unusual.
Now look at us, we were too naive. See the newly changed news posters on the walls around us; it shows that the auction house people knew this auction would be extraordinary.
The first vegetable went for over two million. What about the remaining vegetables? Let's wait and see."
Feng Chen was also sweating. Just now, he had been boasting about the White Jade Lotus Root extravagantly, but who would've thought the White Jade Lotus Root could sell for such a high price?
Actually, Feng Chen hadn't even tasted anything from Xi Shan Restaurant; the words he just said were made up on the spot.
How is the quality of an auctioneer measured? It's based on the transaction price of auctioned items. For instance, some auctioneers are called two hundred million auctioneers, some ten billion auctioneers, meaning the total value of items they auction has reached two hundred million or ten billion.
This is how an auctioneer's rank is judged.
Feng Chen, who had only auctioned off items totaling three hundred million before, really didn't know what rank he would reach after tonight.
Feng Chen said, "Congratulations to this buyer for purchasing the rights to the White Jade Crisp Lotus Root. Now, let's proceed to the auction of the second High Grade item."
As Feng Chen spoke, the usher brought up the second item.
Feng Chen paused a little to gather his emotions, then said, "The next item is even more extraordinary. I believe it will drive people even more insane.
Why is Xi Shan Restaurant booming? It's because of the existence of items like these; that's why it's so popular.
I think anyone who has been to XiSha Restaurant would rarely not order this dish. It's simple to make but tastes divine, and that's Xi Shan Restaurant's farm chicken."
As the red cloth on top was lifted, it was indeed a very distinctive chicken. At first glance, this chicken seemed very ordinary, although it was tied tightly and didn't move at all, it clearly wasn't ordinary.
This chicken was magnificent. This rooster, its feathers looked beautiful, and it was at least more robust than other roosters.
Xi Shan Restaurant's Clearwater Chicken is a classic among classics. Anyone going to Fruit West Mountain Restaurant would order one to taste.
The broth is clear yet very delicious, as if it was just simmered with pure water.
This dish is consistently ranked in the top ten on the Foodie Alliance website's must-eat list, so it's definitely a classic dish.
Maybe because of the White Jade Lotus Root's drive, the auction price for this farm chicken soared, quickly surpassing the White Jade Crisp Lotus Root and soaring to thirty million, and the price continued to rise slightly.
Because this chicken is different from the White Jade Lotus Root, with this chicken, you can make many dishes. It can be simmered in clear water, or prepared in other ways. Some restaurants even specialize in chicken alone for twenty years.
So the competition was equally intense; even on the second floor, Ling Zhenfei and Chen Qian exchanged glances. This time they definitely didn't control the price, but the price kept soaring.
Among them, Silver Dragon and Green Grass, along with Tan Wangdong's group, were competing fiercely.
No need to mention Tan Wangdong, having this chicken would be greatly beneficial for a restaurant.
So the farm chicken was the main event. In the end, the price soared to fifty million, and though Tan Wangdong was unwilling, he had no choice but to give up, as going against investment-backed Silver Dragon and Green Grass was still a bit much.
Ling Zhenfei suspected that the reason the price of the Xi Shan farm chicken was driven so high could be because Silver Dragon and Green Grass wanted to deplete the other's capabilities, and to have more strength in the end during the fight over Heart-Talk Fruit Seeds.
Eventually, the Xi Shan farm chicken sold for 52 million, bought by Green Grass, once again breaking the previous record set by the White Jade Crisp Lotus Root.
Right now, many people online are paying attention to this event. People are utterly stunned.
Many don't understand why someone would spend such a ridiculous amount on the rights to a farm chicken.
Ling Zhenfei was equally shocked. Initially, he thought the Heart-Talk Fruit Seeds would sell for money, but now he realized he might have been wrong, as his vegetables are evidently very lucrative.
The auction continued with items like potatoes, eggplants, and peppers taking the stage one by one.
Because the White Jade Crisp Lotus Root and Xi Shan farm chicken set the pace earlier, the prices of the following vegetables also rose significantly, although none fell below ten million hundreds of thousands.
Tan Wangdong won a few vegetables, meeting his goals, but he still felt a pang of heartache.
The money far exceeded his mental valuation, yet he found himself stuck in a dilemma.
Even though this auction was formed because of him, he was not the main character now, and he spent so much money on merely obtaining a usage right.
But there's no helping it, the market is like this now, Xi Shan Restaurant's vegetables are authoritative, nothing can be done.
Time flew by; the auction continued and Chen Qian's designed order was quite interesting.
Whenever someone felt bored, a highly attractive vegetable or meat item would immediately appear, capturing people's attention once more.
When everyone's concentration was waning, Xi Shan Restaurant's fish came up.
Now, on the Foodie Alliance rankings, Xi Shan Restaurant's fish had surpassed the farm chicken's ranking, and it was about to become Xi Shan Restaurant's new signature dish.
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