Signing In At The Civil Affairs Bureau, I Was Rewarded With A Gorgeous Wife

"Dear guests, welcome to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to attend this charity dinner today. I, Song Yun, sincerely thank you!"

Song Yun said with a smile on the stage, "All the donations received today will be donated to mountainous regions to address the issues of children's meals and school buildings!"

"Whispers and applause!"

The audience below gave generous applause.

Song Yun lowered his hands to continue speaking, "I believe everyone has seen the negative news about me on the internet, according to those netizens, my reputation is indeed very bad now."

"Hahaha, President Song is joking again, who doesn't know that someone is trying to smear you!"

"That's right! President Song, you donate to charity every year. If your reputation can be said to stink, what would that make us?"

"President Song, you are our idol for the new generation of entrepreneurs, I support you!"

The people below discussed fervently, while Song Yun still spoke with a smile, "Words can be fearsome. Even if I stand up to prove my innocence, there will still be those who don't believe, so I have specially invited our leader Yue Ji to head this event, with the government overseeing all movements of the donations."

After saying this, he gestured to Yue Ji who was standing at the front below the stage.

Yue Ji pointed at him, smiling and shaking his head.

Yue Ji took the stage and cleared his throat twice before speaking, "I am here today, partly at the invitation of Song Yun and partly because I do not believe that a conscientious entrepreneur is capable of doing something so heinous. For this reason, I even took the liberty of consulting the court's verdict files and have found Song Yun has been wronged!"

"That's enough talk from me, I only came up here to say three things!"

"First: Anyone who has maliciously slandered Song Yun will be investigated afterwards!"

"Second: I have begun to pay close attention to this matter. I can promise everyone, complete fairness!"

"The third thing is to hope that everyone will support this charity dinner even more, after all, it is beneficial to society!"

After saying the three things, Yue Ji stepped off the stage and started chatting with Song Bu, ignoring all the external signs of goodwill.

"Hahaha, it seems there are still people who believe in me, Song Yun."

Song Yun lightened the atmosphere, saying, "Then I won't waste any more words, let's start the dinner!"

Next, a professional auctioneer came on stage to prepare.

About ten minutes later, the lights gradually dimmed, with the auction stage becoming the only place radiating light in the darkness.

"Before the auction, on behalf of all the staff at Jia Shi Dun, I would like to express our supreme gratitude to Mr. Song Yun! Thank you for your trust in choosing Jia Shi Dun Auction House, and for contributing so many treasures to this dinner!"

After finishing, the auctioneer bowed to Song Yun.

When the audience below heard the name Jia Shi Dun Auction House, they couldn't help but perk up.

Everyone knew that this auction house ranked within the top three globally and wouldn't send someone to participate without something truly exceptional.

Thus, by implication, Song Yun was playing for real!

This ignited a strong curiosity among the social elites about the upcoming segment.

"Let us welcome the first auction item!"

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, a long-legged beauty in a cheongsam, holding a safety box, walked onstage.

She entered the password, opened the safety box, and a porcelain vase shining with a bright red luster was displayed before everyone; it was painted with two golden dragons playfully chasing the Dragon Ball.

"When our appraiser first laid eyes on this porcelain vase, he knelt on the ground!"

The auctioneer joked, saying, "His hands were trembling, afraid to touch the outer surface of the vase, just in case his rough hands would bring even the slightest flaw to the item!!!"

"After the appraisal by three of our appraisers, we can tell you with great accuracy that this porcelain vase is a rare treasure from the Qian Long imperial court, made by a famous master from Jingdezhen, and is very rare in existence!"

"Here, I will also give everyone a benchmark price. Last year at an international auction, a porcelain vase of the same grade was exhibited, and the final transaction price was thirty-six million US dollars!"

This staggering number reached the crowd, and everyone opened their mouths in shock.

If this were converted to Hua Country currency, it would be over two hundred million!!!

I didn't expect this to be just the first item on display!

Song Yun really went all out!

"Today, the starting bid for this porcelain vase with twin dragons playing with a pearl in pure red is thirty million Hua currency, with each increment not less than five million!"

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, someone immediately raised their hand to signal.

"Thirty-five million!"

"Forty million!"

"You guys are raising by such small increments, what's the point? Seventy million!"

As the saying goes, gold in times of chaos, antiques in prosperous times!

This porcelain vase could be a family heirloom just by sitting at home!

Moreover, an item like this is never short of buyers; as long as you spread the word, countless buyers will swarm in.

"One hundred and thirty million!"

"Damn it! I'm going all in, one hundred and forty million!"

At this point, the auctioneer pressed the earpiece in his ear and made a stopping gesture, then respectfully asked Song Yun, "Mr. Song, may I know if we're allowing outsiders to bid at this charity gala?"

"As long as they are from Hua Country and willing to sign an agreement not to let the treasure leave the country, anyone can bid."

After receiving affirmation, the auctioneer struck the gavel in his hand and called out, "Mr. Ma from Hangzhou bids one hundred and eighty million!"

"???"

"Holy shit, how did he suddenly make a bid?"

"One hundred and eighty million, that's all my liquid assets right there!"

Everyone knew this Mr. Ma and understood that with their own financial resources, they simply couldn't compete with him.

"One hundred and eighty million once!"

"One hundred and eighty million twice!"

"One hundred and ninety million!"

An older man in the audience raised his hand and said, "I really like this porcelain vase, and I will take it no matter the cost."

"Holy shit, am I seeing things, or is that the retired Chairman of Shengtian Group?"

"It's him! I recognized him as soon as he came in, but since he usually doesn't like attending these galas, I wasn't sure and didn't dare to strike up a conversation."

"Shengtian Group is ranked within the top hundred globally, right? Seems like the old Chairman really likes this item."

As people recognized who was bidding, they all gave up any thought of following suit.

"Two hundred million!"

The auctioneer exclaimed excitedly, "A gentleman from Shenzhen who wishes to remain anonymous has bid two hundred million!"

"Two hundred and ten million!"

The retired Chairman of Shengtian Group continued unfazed, "No matter how much the other party bids, I'll always outbid them by ten million!"

Such domineering presence!

Even Yue Ji couldn't help but approach and tease, "Since retiring, Chairman, you must have saved quite a fortune for spending so little."
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"Hehe, at my age, I'm practically buried up to my neck in the yellow earth. What's the use of keeping money? I'd rather exchange it for something I like."