Jiang Cheng stopped teasing Yu Xiaoxiao upon hearing this.
"Alright then, let's go see your diamond ring."
Li Zewei, who had been waiting nearby for a long time, immediately perked up at those words.
In fact, ever since the auction ended, he had been extremely anxious to invite Jiang Cheng to the VIP room to sign the contract and complete the series of procedures.
Although Jiang Cheng had successfully bid on everything at the venue,
nothing was truly settled until the transfer and payment were made.
They still had to remain fully alert.
Although Li Zewei was very nervous about his two-percent hammer commission,
he didn't dare to rush Jiang Cheng at all.
Fearing he might displease Jiang Cheng, he simply stood respectfully to the side, maintaining an air of eager anticipation.
Jiang Cheng wrapped his arm around Yu Xiaoxiao's alluring, supple waist and said to the others, "I'll go settle the payment for the items I just bid on first? You guys can pick out the things you want while we're at it."
Although the others didn't actually plan on taking Jiang Cheng's items,
they didn't stand on ceremony upon hearing this. Instead, they acted as if they were ready to dive in: "Then we won't be polite."
Under Li Zewei's respectful invitation, the group walked toward the VIP room.
Li Zewei, looking triumphant, led Jiang Cheng into the VIP room.
Seeing that the people inside were busy compiling various data,
Li Zewei walked toward one of the middle-aged men.
The middle-aged man immediately stood up and approached Jiang Cheng with a beaming smile, bowing respectfully: "Hello, Mr. Jiang. My name is Zhao Xing, and I am the General Manager of Poly Auction."
Jiang Cheng politely replied to Zhao Xing, "Hello, Manager Zhao."
Seeing that the people who had come along were all famous Second-generation rich kids from Shanghai,
Zhao Xing couldn't help but be a little surprised.
He immediately and warmly welcomed them all to sit on the sofas.
"Everyone, please have a seat. The items are being tallied; please wait just a minute."
"Mm, sorry for the trouble."
As the General Manager of Poly China, Zhao Xing held significant responsibility and authority within the auction house.
However, in front of Jiang Cheng, he still maintained a very humble posture.
Hearing Jiang Cheng's polite words, he immediately chuckled and said, "Mr. Jiang, you're too kind. This is my duty. Because of your patronage, tonight's auction was a great success. This session has also set many new records in the auction industry. On behalf of Poly Auction, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to you."
After speaking, Zhao Xing gestured to the nearby staff, signaling them to gather around.
A large group of people received the signal and quickly lined up to bow and thank Jiang Cheng.
This scene reminded Jiang Cheng of the handover ceremony when buying a house.
It was no wonder they were so excited.
The records broken at this auction would not only make Jiang Cheng famous but would also inevitably bring a certain level of buzz and prestige to Poly Auction.
For them, it was simply a massive gimmick and the best possible publicity.
Faced with this kind of flattery, Jiang Cheng seemed somewhat numb.
He waved his hand and said to Zhao Xing, "Manager Zhao, no need to be so polite. Just send over your account number, and I'll arrange the transfer."
Seeing Jiang Cheng get straight to the point, Zhao Xing froze for a few seconds before becoming overjoyed.
Generally speaking, after an auction ends, they would be the ones urging clients to handle payments and contract matters.
Moreover, tonight's auction was inherently special. Almost all the lots belonged to Jiang Cheng.
This massive payment amount itself presented a huge risk.
Although they had all heard that Jiang Cheng was going to take over shares of the Fengtai King land plot for 5.9 billion,
the total amount to be paid for tonight's lots plus commission was over 1.2 billion.
Based on various assessments, they believed that with Xingchen's strength, they could produce this amount.
However, such a massive fund transfer would surely require a set schedule or installments.
He hadn't expected Jiang Cheng's attitude to be so casual.
Not only did he say he would pay directly, but his expression was completely calm, with no sign of it being a painful expense.
Zhao Xing immediately nodded and respectfully added Jiang Cheng on wechat using his phone.
He then sent their company's account number to Jiang Cheng.
After that, Zhao Xing sent all the compiled detailed data to Jiang Cheng as well.
He explained in detail to Jiang Cheng: "Mr. Jiang, thank you very much for your generous bidding tonight. To express our gratitude, Poly Auction has reduced the service fee from 12.5% to 10%! In other words, whereas you originally needed to pay 146,875,000 yuan, you now only need to pay 117,500,000 yuan in service fees."
Jiang Cheng looked at Zhao Xing with some surprise upon hearing this.
Waiving 2.5 percentage points was not a small sum.
This move meant their company was directly reducing its profit by nearly thirty million.
However, this discount was indeed quite sincere.
Even though the system was paying for it, Jiang Cheng didn't refuse.
He said with a smile, "Then thank you very much."
Jiang Cheng directly summoned Chen Xueer on wechat and had her cross-check the details to arrange for the company's finance department to make the separate transfers.
Except for the boundless blue, which Jiang Cheng paid for himself, all the other items were paid for by the system.
Even so, Jiang Cheng still planned to go through the company's accounts.
After all, anyone who runs a company knows that whenever you can use the company's accounts, you should try not to use personal ones.
Although it was already night, Chen Xueer's efficiency was still very fast.
In less time than it takes to brew a pot of tea, the cross-checking was done, and the payments were all processed.
The moment the payment was made, Jiang Cheng also used the system's Limited-time Free-order Card.
"Ding! System reward successfully used! Congratulations on receiving a free order. The waived amount is 985,000,000 yuan!"
This was the first time Jiang Cheng had received a free order, and the amount was close to a billion.
Such a massive waived amount gave him a momentary thrill.
After receiving this huge sum of money, Zhao Xing's attitude toward Jiang Cheng became even more respectful.
He had worked in the auction industry for over a decade, and there were plenty of wealthy people who would bid on items and then back out because the price was too high.
To avoid this, the auction house had been setting penalty conditions for many years.
Yet, it still couldn't stop some from reneging.
But he hadn't expected Jiang Cheng to settle such a massive amount in just ten minutes.
Such decisiveness was truly beyond his expectations.
Not just Zhao Xing, but the other staff members present also couldn't help but be filled with respect and gratitude toward Jiang Cheng when they heard that the payment had been settled.