Chapter 487 - 294: Lin Chu’s Flamboyance and Shenanigans, Buying Out the Auction

Chapter 487: Chapter 294: Lin Chu’s Flamboyance and Shenanigans, Buying Out the Auction

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「The third day.」

「4:00 PM.」

In an auction hall on Palm Island, the Habsburg auction began right on time.

Lin Chu had known for a while that the theme of this auction was Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain.

It was... a rather targeted harvest.

There were actually quite a few wealthy people from his home country in Dubai nowadays, most of whom kept a low profile and just enjoyed life.

And from the Little Prince, Lin Chu had learned that antiques like Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain were highly sought-after, top-tier collectibles among the upper crust of the Middle East and Europe.

After all, the "God’s Whip" had once reached Europe, leaving behind a cultural mark that is still recorded in history books to this day.

At many auctions, Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain was featured as the final, show-stopping piece. As long as a piece was in good condition, it was a dead certainty that its price would break nine figures.

Even with the entire collectibles market in a slump, it didn’t diminish the porcelain’s regal status.

What’s more, this auction accepted payment in RMB.

A truly world-renowned company, indeed.

The most stunning piece among them was named: the Cyan Flower Qiu Chuji Meeting Genghis Khan Figure Story Pattern Plum Bottle. It was large, with an exquisite design, and had the highest starting bid of the entire event at 72 million dirhams—equivalent to 140 million RMB.

That price truly made Lin Chu’s heart skip a beat.

’I can definitely afford it.’

’And the per-item price is high enough, making it quite suitable for gifts.’

In a word: swipe!

And that would be that.

’The principal was all generated by swiping anyway, so it won’t hurt to spend it. The rebate is also generated by swiping.’

’And with a legitimate channel like an auction house, I can silently and subtly help them achieve a round of inflation.’

Before the auction began.

「In the lounge.」

Lin Chu was holding a small meeting with Lu Ming, Yang Huixian, Ma Teng, and two other brothers.

"Our goal this time is to take all nine pieces from this auction, leaving nothing for anyone else!"

"You bid on the most expensive one, Qiu Chuji. I don’t want to be too conspicuous. Let’s keep it low-key."

Lin Chu looked at Ma Teng, giving the order with an air of casual indifference.

Hearing this, not just Ma Teng, but everyone else in the lounge was completely stunned, their jaws agape.

Buy... buy out the whole thing?

The scale of this auction wasn’t huge, with only nine items in total. But they were all Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain, and each was priced at 50 million or more.

But Lin Chu’s current plan was truly enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

’This way of playing... It’s just inhuman!’

’Big Brother, please, this is Dubai!’

’A city teeming with billionaires!’

’And you’re just going to muscle in like this?’

"The second piece, Lu Ming, you take it."

"Ah Xian, you get the third."

"The fourth and fifth, you two."

"The sixth one is also Ma Teng."

"Seventh and eighth, you two again."

"As for the last one... the cheapest one, the Blue-and-White ’Jar with a Scene of Xiao He Chasing Han Xin Under the Moon’... I’ll take it. Let me get a little taste of the auction high."

"Alright, assignments are done. As long as someone else raises their paddle, you follow. Keep following, and don’t stop following until we’ve won and the hammer falls..."

Lin Chu assigned the tasks with a chuckle, distributing the nine targets among them.

The group: ...

They stared intently at Lin Chu, and the atmosphere in the lounge was simply explosive.

’Just how much money does he have?’

’To be squandering it like this?’

"Um... isn’t the cost a bit too high?"

Yang Huixian couldn’t help but voice her concern. She was genuinely a little panicked.

Lin Chu glanced at her slowly and methodically, then smiled. "These are national treasures. I really can’t rest easy letting them fall into the hands of others, scattered to the winds."

"Look at them. Each one has drifted abroad for who knows how many years, passing through countless hands. Every pattern, every figure, is telling a one-word story... ’Home!’"

"Just looking at this catalog, I can almost hear their call. It transcends time and space, yet it’s crystal clear. They’re saying... ’Home. Take me home!’"

"So... we’re taking them back!"

"We’re taking all of them back!"

Lin Chu knew that his current actions were truly over-the-top and shocking, so he delivered his lines with great emotion, his acting skills more than up to the task.

The group: ...

Lu Ming scratched his head. He was a little moved, but he still looked at Lin Chu with a hint of suspicion.

’It can’t be that simple, can it?’

’He figured Brother Chu probably just wanted to get famous, or even more famous, using this method.’

’But there was nothing wrong with that. The one spending the money is the boss, no matter where you are!’

Besides, this kind of stunt was just so damn satisfying!

Buying out... an entire auction!

Completely unprecedented!

Yang Huixian sniffled.

She also felt that Lin Chu was up to something, that his motives definitely weren’t so simple.

But she really couldn’t guess what he was planning specifically.

’The bastard is getting more and more brazen. To think that such flowery, sentimental crap full of cultural pretense could actually come out of his mouth...’

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