Lu Ming scanned the crowd and found that no one spoke, so he continued with a smile, "Actually, everyone knows the origin of this batch of goods. It was excavated by the Xinhong Group from Cypress Star many years ago, but no one can say for sure what happened during the war. Moreover, so many years have passed. Everyone has different opinions on the issue of ownership, and everyone has their own reasons …"
These words were obviously meant for Xu Mengqing, so at this moment, Xu Mengqing had to speak up. "Captain Lu, in fact, I'm here today to participate in this transaction as an individual. I think it's best to buy things in a fair trade. The highest bidder wins."
She set the tone, and the others secretly scolded her for being a thief. The highest bidder would win. In the Holy Grail Federation, except for the Shenghao Group, who dared to say that they were more financially powerful than the Starbow Group?
Lu Ming clapped his hands. "Okay, then bring the goods in."
As soon as he finished speaking, eight mercenaries immediately carried a crystal-carrying matrix from outside the gate to the central open space.
Ding Meng couldn't help but smile. Lu Ming was indeed cunning, because the serial number on the box had been erased. Even if the buyer had the clue of the serial number, he couldn't identify it now. If he wanted to buy it now, it was undoubtedly a gamble.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Everyone, please take a look. The sensing gene lock is not damaged, and our Extreme Pirate Group has no ability to decrypt it. The goods are absolutely original, so please feel free to bid."
This was nonsense. How could an encryption device 80 or 90 years ago be compared with a container today?
Any statistician would be able to open the box in less than five minutes, but Lu Ming insisted on saying so, and everyone present could understand. After all, this was the territory of the Extreme Pirate Group, and they must have paid a high price to dig out these things. It was normal for them to want to make more money.
So at this moment, someone came in. It was a young man. He first carefully observed the outer layer of the box for a while, then knocked around and said, "The container is made of platinum red crystal material. The material model is TS3310. The cost of this box is no less than one million star coins."
He was obviously an expert in this field and was able to directly analyze the material. However, the first half of what he said was true, but the second half of the conclusion was nonsense.
John obviously couldn't keep his cool. He stood up and said, "The Platinum Red Crystal is very rare now. It's a precious material. It's an excellent fusion material in making high-grade crystal equipment. The cost of this container is as high as 20 million Star Coins. Where did you get the confidence to say that it's only worth 1 million Star Coins?"
The young man didn't argue. He just smiled slightly. The purpose of his entry wasn't to study the materials, but to lower the price.
"If that's the case, I'll buy it for 50 million star coins."
The one who spoke was an old man with white hair sitting in the back row. The old man was not alone. There were also three followers standing behind him. Judging from their posture, they were definitely not ordinary people.
He doubled the price, and for a moment, no one in the hall dared to speak.
Lu Ming waited for a while before saying, "Is no one bidding?"
Still, no one responded. Lu Ming was a little helpless. 50 million star coins, according to the 20% service fee, would only be 10 million star coins. Moreover, the 10 million star coins would not belong to the Extreme Pirate Corps alone. The Fugui Bird Company would share half of it. If the cost of manpower, material resources, and time was taken into account, the Extreme Pirate Corps would lose money instead of making money.
Anyone could bid for this deal, including the Extreme Pirate Corps themselves. But this was only the first box. Lu Ming would not be stupid enough to take the lead in bidding with the local tycoons.
"Congratulations, Mr. Hu." Lu Ming was still smiling. "Do you need to sell the goods on the spot?"
At this time, the young man had already walked to the box with a portable optical computer. "Captain Lu, you don't have to worry about this. Leave these chores to me."
Sure enough, in less than five minutes, the gene lock was decrypted. Four mercenaries had set up ladders and used tools to lift a corner of the top steel plate. The young man on the box squatted down and took a closer look. Then he nodded to Mr. Hu in the distance.
Mr. Hu asked in a deep voice, "What kind of goods?"
The young man immediately turned on the wristwatch and reached in to read the sample code on the inner wall of the container. When he reached out again, the picture on the light screen was clearly visible to everyone present: a black crystal, faintly emitting purple light.
"Finished black stone!" Someone in the hall suddenly exclaimed.
This quality of crystal was not the best, but if such a large box was full of it, its value would be more than 400 million star coins. However, Mr. Hu only spent 50 million star coins, which meant that he had picked up hundreds of millions of star coins for nothing.
At this time, almost everyone looked at Mr. Hu with envy and jealousy in their eyes. Mr. Hu showed a smug smile at the corner of his mouth.
Lu Ming said seriously, "Send the goods to the place designated by Mr. Hu and continue to carry the goods in."
As the first box was carried away, the second box was soon placed in the central open space. Before the young man went up to identify it, the bidding on the spot was continuous.
"50 million!"
"60 million!"
"70 million!"
"80 million!"
…
The people present were not fools. Any container could contain goods worth 400 or 500 million star coins, so the other containers were probably not bad. Everyone wanted to take a chance.
This round of bidding directly soared to 190 million star coins, and the last person to bid was Mr. Hu.
But this price was very embarrassing for the Extreme Thieves, because it was neither low nor high. Anyway, it could not reach Lu Ming's expected price.
The young man began to knock on the box again. "This container has been produced for a long time. It should be the first generation material made with the Bi alloy 95 years ago. I remember that this is the product of the Xinghong Group many years ago …"
His explanation was nothing more than the old way: to lower the price!
But Lu Ming could not tolerate his free play any longer. He quietly gave Guan Bai a look. Guan Bai immediately looked back at Ding Meng and asked, "Brother Wolf, do you have any ideas?"
Ding Meng naturally understood. He looked at the young man silently and asked, "Master Guan, do you want me to raise the price?"
Guan Bai clapped his hands and said, "Brother, you're smart!"
Ding Meng said, "Does this count as working for money?"
Guan Bai smiled and said, "Brother, as long as you can send that guy away and let the VIPs bid, everything is negotiable. I will give you whatever you want."
"Okay!" Ding Meng left the table and walked slowly to the central open space.
As soon as he appeared, dozens of complicated eyes suddenly swept over from all directions.
Most of them were full of surprise and ridicule. No one understood why such a ragged "beggar" suddenly appeared in the venue.
The young man was obviously shocked and looked at a loss. "What are you doing?"
Ding Meng was not polite to him at all. He said coldly, "You can leave now."
The young man was still confused. "Why?"
Ding Meng said, "Because you don't know anything. You're a layman!"
"Me?" The young man almost jumped up. He pointed to his nose and said, "You said I'm a layman?
Do you know how long I've been in this business? "
Ding Meng answered firmly, "If I say you're a layman, you're a layman. Even if you've been in this business for your whole life, you'll still be a layman."
"You …" The young man was so angry that he laughed. "I haven't asked for your name yet."
Ding Meng did not bother to answer him. He pressed his palm on the box and asked, "Do you know what's inside?"
"This …" The young man was stunned. What the hell do you mean?
This is the first time I've heard that you can identify what's inside the crystal-carrying matrix without decryption.
"Do you know?" The young man obviously did not believe him.
"Of course I know!" Ding Meng answered calmly.
The people around them started to talk about it. Guan Bai came out in time to save the situation. "Don't be surprised, and don't be suspicious. We definitely haven't touched the gene lock. Brother Wolf is an authoritative expert in this field. He found these containers under the mining area."
After he said that, the discussion quieted down. Everyone was relieved. No wonder he was so dirty. It turned out that he had just returned from the mining area.
This time, even Xu Mengqing looked at Ding Meng with a much gentler gaze.
The young man was obviously not convinced. "Then tell me, what's inside?"
Ding Meng said proudly, "I won't tell you."
The young man was stunned. "Why is that?"
Ding Meng said, "Because my fee is very expensive, and it's different every time."
"What do you mean?" The young man did not understand.
At this moment, the young man finally spoke. "Brother, can I understand it this way? Are you setting a price?"
Ding Meng looked at the young man with a hint of appreciation in his eyes. "That's right."
The young man said, "Then how much do you think this box is worth?"
Ding Meng slowly made a hand gesture. The young man's voice sounded hesitant. "Six hundred million?"
Ding Meng nodded and said, "If you really spend six hundred million to buy it, you'll make a profit."
At this moment, all the guests present immediately understood that this expert was not charging for himself, but for the Extreme Thief Corps and the Fugui Bird Company. As long as he told them what was inside the box, they would have to raise the price according to this price.
However, this kind of thing was too mysterious. How could they know what was inside?
There was only one possibility. When the container was dug out, they must have decrypted it in advance and then sent someone to raise the price.
However, neither the Extreme Thief Corps nor the Fugui Bird Company dared to do this kind of thing. There were many fierce people present who could not be offended by the Extreme Thief Corps and the Fugui Bird Company. Not to mention others, even a casual word from Xu Mengqing could make the two families suffer. Therefore, everyone was skeptical of Ding Meng's words.
Others were skeptical, but the young man absolutely did not believe it. He sneered and said, "I've been in this business for almost 12 years. This is the first time I've heard that someone can know what's inside without opening the container."