The man had slightly dark skin, a full beard, and somewhat long hair parted in a two-eight style.
His outfit looked extremely luxurious, but his facial features were a bit plain.
If you saw someone like this on the street, you would never guess he was a big shot sitting in the center seat at an event like this.
Seeing Jiang Cheng looking at him, the man behind the black-rimmed glasses met his gaze and nodded very politely toward Jiang Cheng.
Seeing the other party take the initiative to greet him, Jiang Cheng also smiled and nodded back.
The system's highest valuation for this blue diamond was 170 million.
Due to the bidding from Number One, the current price on the floor had already exceeded that amount.
This meant that if Jiang Cheng followed the bid, he would have to pay for this transaction out of his own pocket.
However, even so, Jiang Cheng decided to follow.
After all, money couldn't buy personal satisfaction.
This was already the finale item of the session, and he wanted to bring the auction to a perfect conclusion.
Furthermore, Jiang Cheng could feel Yu Xiaoxiao's obsession with this item.
Under these circumstances, it was impossible for him to stop.
Jiang Cheng turned his head and said to Li Zewei, "Follow with a bid."
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Zewei's originally somewhat sluggish spirits immediately underwent a full recovery.
His whole body couldn't help but sit up straight, and his voice was filled with unmistakable excitement: "Yes, Mr. Jiang."
Beside him, Yu Xiaoxiao did not stop Jiang Cheng from bidding when she heard him.
Mainly, she understood that even if she spoke up, she wouldn't be able to influence Jiang Cheng's decision.
Moreover, repeatedly trying to persuade him to stop in such a setting would make her seem too petty.
As Jiang Cheng's female companion, in a way, she represented Jiang Cheng's face.
Although she felt a bit of heartache over this'small goal' of 200 million...
Yu Xiaoxiao still feigned composure and maintained her poise.
And looking at it from another perspective, her man was willing to spend money on her and treated her so well; she felt a bit of secret joy in her heart.
Furthermore, feeling the envious gazes of so many people present, Yu Xiaoxiao couldn't quite suppress the trace of vanity rising within her.
Seeing Li Zewei raise his hand, the female auctioneer immediately shouted, "The price is back to Mr. Number Eight! Mr. Number Eight bids 190 million! 190 million! Is there anyone else who wants to bid?"
After speaking, the female auctioneer looked toward Mr. Zheng at Number One with expectant eyes.
Seeing that Jiang Cheng had added another 10 million, the middle-aged man's brow couldn't help but furrow.
Because this price was already much higher than he had anticipated.
He had originally thought that Jiang Cheng would give up after he raised the bid by 10 million, but he hadn't expected him to follow again.
And looking at Jiang Cheng's gaze just now, it was highly likely he would follow again even if he raised the price further.
After considering for a few seconds, Mr. Zheng at Number One put down his bidding paddle.
He even stood up and generously clapped toward Jiang Cheng, signaling his congratulations for winning the high-priced boundless blue.
Seeing the big shot showing goodwill again, Jiang Cheng didn't act aloof; he waved his hand at him, expressing gratitude for his concession.
Seeing this, the female auctioneer immediately brought down her gavel and said excitedly, "Congratulations to Mr. Number Eight for winning the final item of the night, the boundless blue! Congratulations!"
After the female auctioneer finished her closing remarks, the auction also came to a successful end.
The guests in attendance began to stand up and disperse.
"This is the most absurd, but also the most eye-opening auction I've ever attended."
"Me too. Although I didn't win anything, being crushed like that felt quite comfortable."
"But I still don't understand, why did he buy so many things?"
"A big shot who spent nearly a billion—do you think people at our level can understand his reasoning?"
...Listening to the muttering of the other bidders, even the female auctioneer couldn't help but glance at Jiang Cheng several times with reluctance to see him leave.
Her eyes, when looking at Jiang Cheng, were filled with both respect and desire.
In her career, Jiang Cheng's bid wasn't the highest, but he was the one who won the most items consecutively.
Except for that one art painting he disliked, Jiang Cheng had won all the other items tonight. He was truly wealthy and powerful; more importantly, he was very handsome and had a quite large nose.
Rumor has it, to see if a man is 'grand,' the first point of reference is his nose.
Just the fact that his nose was large made her extremely envious of Yu Xiaoxiao.
Just as the female auctioneer was about to walk over to congratulate Jiang Cheng, Mr. Zheng from Number One unexpectedly took the initiative to walk toward him.
He proactively extended his hands to Jiang Cheng and Wang Congcong, introducing himself: "I'm very happy to have participated in this auction with you two. Let me introduce myself first, my name is Zheng Zhigang."
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng reached out and shook his hand: "My name is Jiang Cheng."
Wang Congcong looked at the newcomer and immediately reached out to shake hands as well: "Hello, Wang Congcong. You're the future successor of New World Development in Hong Kong and the Executive Chairman of Chow Tai Fook, right?"
Seeing Wang Congcong recognize him, Zheng Zhigang said with a smile, "Yes, I didn't expect you to read financial news. Actually, I've only been in office for a short while."
"I've seen many news reports about you."
Zheng Zhigang simply smiled and thanked Wang Congcong politely for his words.
After all, he couldn't reply with: "I've seen many news reports about you too."
That sentence would be fine between acquaintances, but it wasn't quite appropriate for someone he just met.
Wang Congcong could say it because most news about Zheng Zhigang was positive, so there was no problem saying it.
The reason Zheng Zhigang didn't dare reply that way was fundamentally because most news about Wang Congcong was not positive.
The news about Wang Congcong was either scandals or about him being a spendthrift.
Zheng Zhigang was naturally very familiar with Wang Congcong; after all, the son of the richest man in China was usually very high-profile.
However, Zheng Zhigang had no impression of Jiang Cheng whatsoever.
But the dominance Jiang Cheng displayed throughout the auction just now made him very interested.
Zheng Zhigang looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "Today's auction left a very deep impression on me. I think I will remember this auction for the rest of my life."
With Wang Congcong's reminder, Jiang Cheng also learned of Zheng Zhigang's identity.
However, he was a bit confused as to why the new leader of Chow Tai Fook didn't have the surname Zhou.
He hadn't really looked into these Hong Kong tycoons.
But he had a general understanding of Chow Tai Fook's market value and net worth.
As far as Jiang Cheng knew, the Chow Tai Fook family's net worth should be close to a hundred billion.
It could be said to be comparable to Wang Congcong's family assets.
And for Zheng Zhigang to be the CEO of the family business at this age—even though he hadn't officially taken over the entire family enterprise, everyone knew he would be the next successor of New World—one could see the difference between him and Wang Congcong.
Furthermore, from their seating, one could also see the difference in status between the two...