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Chapter 291: Making money by catching snakes

As soon as the words "realgar wine" came out, the young people who had just gathered around suddenly became timid.

It's fine if you just drink a little, but once Liu Xiong gets interested, he won't just drink a little.

They don't know how much realgar is put in it, or whether there are other ingredients added. If there is a problem, who should they contact? Can the first aid here keep up?

Liu Xiong seems unreliable. It’s not that they don’t dare to drink realgar wine, they just don’t dare to drink Liu Xiong’s realgar wine!

One person asked nervously: "Mr. Liu, did he guess it right?"

Liu Xiong glanced at the faces of several people and sneered mockingly, "Look at how cowardly you are!"

Without looking at them anymore, Liu Xiong clapped his hands: "As expected of Brother Snake. Know me! Yes, this is realgar wine!"

Several other people couldn't help but said:

"Isn't it said that realgar wine is only used to draw characters now?"

"Yes, yes, it is said that heating can turn it into arsenic. Brother Liu, you haven't heated it before, have you?"

"The realgar wine doesn't taste good. Let's drink something else. There's so much wine on the table."

Ignoring those people, Liu Xiong opened the small wine can and turned to Feng Yi, "Brother Snake, do you think realgar wine can poison you?"

Feng Yi said without hesitation: "The poison will not kill you."

When Liu Xiong heard this, he felt that he had seen the right person: He is indeed my idol! You can even drink a pot of wine!

Le Diandian took two wine glasses, filled them with wine, and handed one to Feng Yi.

After looking at the other young people, Liu Xiong thought they were brothers after all, so he said, "Why don't we all come together?"

The others fell silent.

Feng Yi said: "Everyone's resistance is different, and some people are allergic to it, so it's better to be cautious."

Liu Xiong pouted, "Okay, let's drink our own and ignore them."

Realgar wine is indeed not the type that Feng Yi likes. Even if he is now resistant to the smell, it does not mean that he will like it.

Of course, it’s okay to drink it.

As he just said to Liu Xiong, even if he drank the whole bottle of wine, the realgar content would have no effect on him.

However, for ordinary people, too much can be toxic.

After one cup, when Liu Xiong was about to pour more, Feng Yi stopped him: "Just the right amount."

"Of course, I understand!" Liu Xiong was about to pour the wine, then he re-covered the wine jar and let others take it away.

Liu Xiong actually knew what those people who dared not drink were thinking, and because of this, he felt that Feng Yi was worthy of close friendship.

Be brave!

Loyalty!

After drinking a glass of realgar wine, Liu Xiong looked more pleasing to Feng Yi!

Thinking of Feng Yi's purpose of coming here today, Liu Xiong asked: "Brother Snake, do you have any intention of shooting today? Which ones have you chosen?"

Feng Yi said: "Pay the old gentleman's zodiac sign."

Liu Xiong looked embarrassed, "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult."

As far as he knew, at least three people were eyeing his grandfather's ancient coin.

The bidder may not necessarily be looking at the thing, but the person behind the thing.

Liu Xiong observed the expression on Feng Yi's face.

Seeing Feng Yi's mild reaction, Liu Xiong guessed: Brother Snake should be mentally prepared, and he didn't seem to show a strong willingness to bid.

In fact, just as Liu Xiong guessed, Feng Yi really had not made up his mind yet.

Because he has not seen the actual object, Feng Yi is not sure whether he will participate in the final bidding.

"Well, let me take a look first." Feng Yi said.

The auction was about to begin. Liu Xiong wanted to stay at the table, but his elders asked him away. He took the auction away and didn't know what was said. Liu Xiong had a look of dissatisfaction on his face, but he still sat down at the arranged table.

There were several young people at that table who played well with him or knew him, and they were all children from wealthy families who were somewhat famous in Rongcheng.

Someone saw Liu Xiong and Feng Yi talking there just now, so they asked him:

"Is that Feng Yi? He is here today to participate in the bidding?"

"Yeah." Liu Xiong was not in a high mood and responded perfunctorily.

He was used to being arrogant, so the person who asked the question didn't pay attention and continued:

"I also heard the news just now. Feng Yi really wants to take a shot at your grandpa's copper coin?"

"You know why you still ask me?" Liu Xiong's tone was not very good.

"What do you think the boy's purpose is for coming to this auction today and staring at your grandfather's copper coin?"

"I don't care why, but it's none of your business?"

"Isn't this just curiosity?"

The man ignored Liu Xiong's stinky face and turned around to talk to the others.

The auction begins.

The emcee was a well-known host on the TV station. After a simple opening and congratulations, he introduced representatives of the organizer and several important guests, including Mr. Fu who spent money with his zodiac sign.

Mr. Fu is in good spirits. Although he is about the same age as Feng Yi's grandfather, he looks more peaceful and does not have the overbearing feeling of Mr. Feng.

Of course, no one present was stupid enough to think that this old man was as talkative as he seemed.

For this charity auction, the chief auctioneer of the city's largest auction company was invited, and all the money from tonight's auction will be donated to various projects such as children's medical aid.

The first lot is the two giant rice dumplings.

Feng Yi's attitude towards this thing was that he could take it or not.

However, even if Lu Yue didn't say it clearly in the information, Feng Yi could guess that this gift box must have been pre-ordered.

Moreover, this rice dumpling must be eaten today after being photographed. The taste will definitely be lacking after two days. It’s hard to bring it back to Yangcheng to share.

He will not participate in this competition.

Sure enough, after a while, the rice dumpling gift box was auctioned off for a high price of 6,999.

The person who successfully took the photo stood up and thanked everyone around him.

When other people were bidding, Feng Yi observed some familiar faces and some he didn't recognize at all.

Feng Yi didn't recognize half of the table where Lu Yue was sitting.

Lu Yue came to say hello before the show started, but Lu Yue had business engagements today and didn't talk much with Feng Yi.

Feng Yi picked up the auction information and looked through it again.

Due to the different nature of this charity auction, the rules are not strictly followed like commercial auctions. There is no physical display before the auction begins, and there may even be some changes in the final items. The information on hand can only be used as a reference.

The first few auction items were all jewelry, vases, ashtrays, etc. Feng Yi was not interested in them.

At a certain table in front of the venue, Liu Xiong deliberately changed seats with someone so that he could see Feng Yi's side. It was rare to see this snake-catching idol, so he took a closer look first.

However, Feng Yi seemed completely uninterested in the opening auction items and kept looking through the information in his hand.

Several young people nearby came over to chat with Liu Xiong in a low voice:

"I thought the starting price for this kind of auction would be one yuan."

"Promise! If the starting price is one yuan, you still want to join in the fun, right?"

"Hey, I finally got a number plate, so I have to show off, right?"

"Then you shine!"

"Tsk, it's not a good deal. Just that ring, which cost over RMB 100,000, was bought for nearly a million. No matter how much you think about it, you will lose money!"

"It's not a loss, look at how stingy you are! This is charity medical aid for children from needy families! You can spend so much money on a trip, why can't you part with it?" Liu Xiong looked at each other with disdain.

The man secretly pouted: You are so generous, why don't you ask your family for money if you have the guts!

They usually spend millions to go out and play, which is to maintain normal interpersonal relationships and can be reimbursed by their families.

Of course they are willing to do charity, but the amount is beyond their psychological endurance.

It’s not that it’s unaffordable, it’s just that it’s not cost-effective.

Besides, one of their family members must be a representative and express themselves at the auction, so there is no need for them to show any extra love.

Just donate some money when the auction is over and go through the motions.

However, Liu Xiong is indeed different from them in that he has more "pocket money".

People who are usually public enough, of course want to steal the show on such occasions!

Liu Xiong held up his "666" number plate to answer the price. In the end, he spent 3 million to buy a pendant with a starting price of 500,000.

In fact, there were other people who thought this pendant was suitable and wanted to take a photo of it, but during the bidding, they discovered that the other bidder was Liu Xiong, so they stopped.

It's not that he's afraid of Brother Liu's family, it's just that he doesn't want to have a head-on fight with his juniors.

Most of the people present were prominent figures in Rong City. They had participated in many such activities and knew how to handle any situation.

Be decent and give some face to the Liu family and the Fu family.

Besides, this is not a commercial auction, it's just a charity event. There is no need to be grudged against the "children".

After auctioning off one item after another, I finally got to spend money on that zodiac sign.

Liu Xiong became energetic.

Before that, when Liu Xiong knew that his grandfather was going to offer a lot, he planned to use it as bait to raise the price.

If it doesn't reach the amount he has in mind, he will take the shot himself.

But now, knowing that Feng Yi was also eyeing this lot, Liu Xiong was a little hesitant.

Should we raise the price too high?

It’s rare for your idol to participate in the auction.

After thinking briefly for a few seconds, Liu Xiong made a decision.

Between idol and grandpa, of course I still choose grandpa!

However, in order to show respect, Liu Xiong decided not to take action at the beginning and would wait and see how other bidders performed. When Feng Yi is no longer competitive, he will continue to fight without facing Feng Yi directly.

In front, the auctioneer is introducing this zodiac coin. Although it looks similar to other copper coins, it was not used for circulation in ancient times.

Still a snake zodiac sign.

There were not many people present who were interested in the ancient coin itself.

But when the shooting officially started, there were quite a few people holding signs.

Most of them are indeed going to Mr. Fu.

Liu Xiong had been paying attention to Feng Yi's reaction.

Just now, when he took out the copper coin, he noticed that Feng Yi's expression changed!

Switch from the "wait and see" state to the "definitely win" state!

Then, Liu Xiong saw Feng Yi's decisive gesture of holding up the sign.

As Liu Xiong thought, Feng Yi was indeed determined to get this ancient coin!

Although there was a distance, Feng Yi had a special feeling for that ancient coin!

That’s right!

It is indeed a coin that has been plated by our ancestors!

It's just that the "paste" is not thick, and it is old, so you can still see some rust on the copper coins.

Even so, compared to other copper coins of the same period, this one has been well preserved! As good as a replica!

Others only thought that this copper coin was so well preserved because it was lucky enough to be carefully maintained by all the collectors who handled it, including Mr. Fu.

Even the donor, Mr. Fu, thinks so.

Because I didn’t know the special nature of spending money on this zodiac sign, and I didn’t know the added value on it, so I treated it as an ordinary ancient coin and donated it to the auction.

This is different from the rocks in mountain caves. There is no instrument that can accurately detect the thin layer of "magma" outside.

Feng Yi is now learning how to trade coins. Let's take a look at the gap between him and his predecessors.

Just like playing with a certain object in a literary and entertainment circle, people with different physiques will come up with different objects.

In terms of palms alone, there are sweaty hands, oily hands, and dry hands. Whether to wear gloves when playing handball, how long to wear them, and how to play handball are all different.

Not to mention there are various other factors that will affect the final result.

Therefore, Feng Yi decided to refer more to the achievements of his predecessors, learn more, and then find something to practice...

wrong.

When playing with these things, should I use mimicry or prototype?

With claws or tail?

Do we need to find more control groups?

While Feng Yi was thinking about this, he didn't forget to hold up the sign in his hand to pay the price.

The price of this zodiac sign has increased from the starting price of one million to five million.

There are fewer people holding placards.

Some people think that if the price exceeds five million, it is not worth it.

Throwing money in may not achieve your goals.

But the rest of the population didn't think so.

In a few breaths, it increased from five million to eight million!

Liu Xiong was surprised. It was his turn and he hadn't raised his sign yet!

This, this, this...it seems like he has no use for him anymore.

He has pocket money, but he is reluctant to spend it on this!

While he was thinking about it, the place changed again.

On the big screen in front, Feng Yi's number plate and bid were displayed.

"Ten million!"

Many people in the venue looked at Feng Yi in surprise, including those at the front table who were concerned about their image. They couldn't help but turn around and look in Feng Yi's direction.

"Is he Feng Yi?"

"Why would he pay a huge price for this ancient coin?"

Is it for the limelight?

Or do you have the same purpose as other bidders?

besides……

"When did Feng Yi become so aggressive? Isn't he an internet celebrity expert?"

"With the Yangcheng Feng family's attitude towards Feng Yi, it is impossible for Feng Yi to be so generous."

Is there some background that they don't know about?

Or are there other, larger sources of funding?

Some people also went to see Liu Xiong and found that he had no intention of selling. They knew that the price had reached the satisfactory level.

Other bidders also hesitated at this time.

It's not a commercial auction, and it won't involve major interest disputes, so we won't continue to fight over it.

As the auctioneer drops the hammer, the bidding for this lot is declared over.

This ancient coin returned to Feng Yi.

The round table where the bidder was sitting was not far from Feng Yi. He had a gentlemanly and polite smile on his face and raised the wine glass in his hand towards Feng Yi.

Feng Yi returned the salute with a smile.

Judging from the emotional information on the other party, he knew that the other party was actually scolding him in his heart, and the scolding was quite intense.

However, everyone still needs to maintain superficial etiquette.

Keep smiling.

Liu Xiong's table.

Several young people were also discussing.

"He actually took a photo!"

"Is it so profitable to catch snakes?"

"There's a lot of money to be made in catching snakes! There must be other sources of funds!"

"Didn't you say that he was in such a miserable state before that he was expelled from the family?"

"That was how long ago! Did you just get online?"

"That kid is quite mysterious. After today's auction, there will definitely be more people checking his information, especially the source of his funds!"

"He is said to be an Internet celebrity, but I haven't seen him showing off his wealth online."

"These days, the fastest way to commit suicide is to show off your wealth online! Ahem... Brother Liu, I'm not talking about you!"

When the man saw Liu Xiong looking over with an unkind expression, he quickly explained:

“I’m talking about those who used to be inconspicuous or downtrodden, but then show off online after becoming rich, public opinion will teach them how to behave!

"Is the source of funds legal? Have you paid taxes? Have you done charity? Have you contributed to society?

"Anyway, those have to be explained clearly. It's very troublesome. Those who don't want to explain will have to face huge pressure from public opinion!"

"So, Feng Yi is a smart man."

Liu Xiong sat nearby and listened to their chatter, with a dumb look on his face. He felt connoted.

Over there, Feng Yi had completed the payment and got the zodiac coin.

He really couldn't tell the outside world about Venom, and he didn't plan to disclose his relationship with the Ancestor Factory in the short term.

However, the latter is not afraid of being found out.

Just check it.

Feng Yi carefully put away the money for the zodiac signs he had acquired at a high price.

He couldn't care less about spending money on researching this zodiac now, as he still had a target auction item.

Ahead, the auctioneer introduces the next lot.

It is an irregularly shaped meteorite that is as big as a football!

Liu Xiong noticed that Feng Yi's eyes had switched to the "definitely win" mode again, and his hands were already holding the number plate, ready to raise it at any time!

This... I had never heard of Feng Yi being interested in meteorites before.

For the first ancient coin, some people would speculate whether Feng Yi had any plans, such as moving to Rong City to get in touch with the Fu family.

But this meteorite belongs to a collector, and this person does not live in Rongcheng, and has no business dealings with most of the people present. Just because his ancestral home is in Rongcheng, and he heard that there is a charity event here, he gave this meteorite to Donate it for auction.

It doesn't matter if you have a relationship.

So, Feng Yi is really interested in this?

Liu Xiong had observed that whether it was the zodiac coin or the meteorite he was taking out now, Feng Yi looked at them intently!

This discovery surprised Liu Xiong.

The expert snake catcher and Internet celebrity Snake Brother actually likes ancient coins and meteorites!

The young people at Liu Xiong's table also turned their discussion to the meteorite displayed in front of them.

"What can be put up for public auction now doesn't have much research value, does it? What's the difference between this and randomly picking up a rock in the mountains? The starting price is so expensive! It's two million!"

"It's still different."

"It's a collection, as long as someone thinks it's worth it! At least this meteorite is real. More than 90% of those sold privately on the market are fake!"

"Hey, this stone isn't radioactive, is it?"

"It said above that it will be confirmed to be safe after testing."

"Tsk, I can't appreciate it. It's just a bumpy stone. Does anyone really like it?"

"Ten years ago, I thought meteorites were rare, but now they are just average."

"Actually, if it's just a small piece, you can buy it and play with it. Such a big piece can't even be used as a ball to kick!"

"Who would be stupid enough to kick this as a ball! Do you kick it or does it kick you? Forces interact with each other!"

"Hey brothers, in those legendary stories, aren't there stories about meteorite iron being made into the best swords? Otherwise, let's buy it back..."

"But this is not an iron meteorite!"

"Oh, forget it."

Can you just buy it back and use it as a decoration, or collect it and wait for it to increase in value?

I don’t know how long it will take!

Not a good deal!

Liu Xiong stopped talking to them, stood up, left his seat, and ran to the round table where Feng Yi was sitting.

Feng Yi was looking at the meteorite in front of him when a person rushed over to him.

The person who was originally sitting next to Feng Yi wanted to chat with Feng Yi after Feng Yi successfully bought the ancient coin at a high price of 10 million, but was squeezed away by Liu Xiong. Dare to be angry but dare not speak.

"Brother Snake, do you want to take a picture of that rock?" Liu Xiong asked before he sat down.

"Yes, I want to buy it."

Feng Yi was holding the number plate in his hand, ready to bid at any time.

When he was looking at the auction information, he had focused on this meteorite.

In fact, just like the zodiac sign, he didn't make up his mind before seeing the real thing.

There are many kinds of meteorites. Whether it meets his requirements, he has to see the real thing with his own eyes.

As for the data given in the information, it was of little reference to him.

Now I finally see it.

At first glance, Feng Yi’s thought was—

Especially suitable for handicap play!

I was extremely satisfied and determined to take a photo of it.

It's been sitting there for a while, maybe it can be given as a gift to the housekeeper?

I don’t know how long it will take for the “battery” to come out.

It's going to be slower, but it's still going on (the pigeon's words)