The counting units of English and Chinese are inconsistent. Every four digits in English and every five digits in Chinese have to change the name of their counting units, which forms different representations of more than four digits.

In the counting units of English and Chinese languages, one, ten, hundreds, and thousands are the same, but in Chinese there are two counting units "ten thousand" and "billion", but in English there are not; in English, the counting units after thousands, only the counting units of million (million) and billion (billion).

The "Maruhanzhuo Demilin" that Yang Jing just mentioned is written in English, which means one hundred million, and a total of one million!

In other words, after Harper Lawrence gritted his teeth and quoted a price of 5010,000, Yang Jing offered a price of "100 million US dollars" without hesitation.

With Yang Jing's faint sound, the audience immediately became strangely quiet again, and almost everyone was stunned by the number reported by Yang Jing.

If it were placed twenty or thirty years later, there were several auction items worth over 100 million US dollars. For example, the most expensive auction item in the world is the painting "When will you get married" created by Gauguin during his residence in Tahiti in 1892. This painting was sold at a sky-high price of US$300 million at an auction in February 2015.

However, even after twenty or thirty years, there are only five auction items that can exceed 100 million US dollars. Except for the representative work of Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, "The Walking Man", which sold $104.3 million, the other four works are all oil paintings.

And it is now the 1980s, and in this era, auction items worth over 100 million US dollars have never appeared!

However, in this grand banquet hall in Meilong Manor, an auction price of "100 million US dollars" quietly emerged, which was even more surprising than the British infantry who still lined up with ancient and dense charge formations in the early stages of World War I that encountered the Germans' Maxim heavy machine gun.

At that time, the British Army was still insisting on the ancient infantry's intensive charge, while the Germans on the opposite side just raised the muzzle of the Maxim heavy machine gun a foot, and in a day it left 50,000 British infantry spirits cut off the battlefield.

The "100 million US dollars" figure that Yang Jing just reported is no less lethal in this room than the German Maxim heavy machine guns...

Bloomberg was already stunned, and he didn't even want to persuade Yang Jing.

What to persuade? Bloomberg's total net worth is only more than 200 million US dollars, but the one around him threw out 100 million US dollars in cash just like throwing a small stone!

The whole audience was silent for three seconds before there was a sound again.

But unlike the noisy buzzing sound when Yang Jing reported 50 million, this time the sound was much smaller, and everyone's eyes were focused on Cole Smith.

Alfred Lowell in the distance sighed slightly, turned around and walked out of the banquet hall on the excuse of going to the bathroom.

As for the other protagonist in the competition, the arrogant Mr. Harper Lawrence, he stood there as if he was lost, and could not speak for a long time.

Yang Jing shook his arm at the auctioneer who was also standing on the stage, and then attracted the attention of the auctioneer. Then the auctioneer was so excited that he seemed to be that, and his voice trembled slightly: "100 million! The first time!"

The auctioneer's voice was loud enough, but it could no longer make Harper Lawrence wake up. He was already scared by the 100 million dollar price Mr. Cole Smith had just claimed.

Everyone, including Harper Lawrence, had no doubt about Cole Smith's determination to take the broken box at this time. They even knew the momentum of quoting this guy. If Harper Lawrence continued to quote, the mysterious Cole Smith would definitely offer a price of 200 million or even higher.

Although there is a saying in the United States that is called "If you have money, you will be awesome?" But here, Cole Smith interprets the answer to this sentence to the fullest - I am awesome, so I am awesome! If you don't accept it, you will bite me!

I don’t care who you are. If you dare to bid with me, then I will use the money to kill you!

Comparing with me with money, are you tired of living?

"One hundred million! Second time!" The auctioneer's voice sounded again, and Harper Lawrence's face turned paler. He raised his head and looked at Cole Smith, his lips moved twice, as if he wanted to continue the offer, but in the end he sighed heavily and lowered his big head.

"100 million! The third time! Congratulations to Mr. Smith for obtaining this Luban box." Perhaps because of excitement, the auctioneer's voice changed a little. No wonder, this was the first time that this was the $100 million auction item in human history, and this auction item was sold out from his hands. This alone is enough to make him occupy a very important position in the auctioneer ranks.

Perhaps in the next ten or even fifteen years, he will maintain the title of "billion-yuan auctioneer" alone! This is an honor that cannot be exchanged for many times with white gloves!

As the little hammer in the auctioneer's hand landed heavily on the table, Harper Lawrence raised his head with a drooping look, silently glanced at the man competing with him, and walked out of the banquet hall with a bitter face.

At this time, no one paid attention to Harper Lawrence. In this war without gunpowder, Lawrence had completely lost.

Yang Jing walked up with a smile. Old Paul came up and whispered "Thank you", and then held Yang Jing's hand together.

He shook hands with the Mellon family one after another. Yang Jing picked up the half Luban box again, took a deep look, then put down the box, then took out the check book from his suit pocket, and said with a smile: "Richard, I'm sorry, I haven't applied for a check book at your Mellon National Bank, so I can only use Citibank's check book."

Skeve laughed and said, "Cole, you will receive a credit card specially prepared by our Mellon National Bank for you in a while. It is the highest-level credit card of our Mellon National Bank. I hope you can like it."

"Oh? Then thank you!" Yang Jing replied with a smile while writing the numbers.

Old Paul whispered: "Cole, you can just write 120,000 dollars, 100 million dollars are not counted."

Skeve also said, "Cole, Uncle Paul is right, just listen to Uncle Paul. This box is not worth 100 million US dollars, and you have helped our family a lot. No matter what, we can't charge you so much money."

Hearing this, Yang Jing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head slightly and whispered: "There is no need. Since I have quoted this price, I have to pay this number as much. Don't worry, I won't be short of this little money."

As he said that, Yang Jing happily signed the numbers and his name on the checkbook, and then tore off the cash check and handed it to Skeve.

Skeve was a little at a loss. He really didn't want to accept the check, but seeing Yang Jing's expression was very firm, he could only sigh and take it.

Seeing Skeve accepting the check, Yang Jing was relieved. In fact, there was something he didn't say just now - the box itself is worth more than this little money!

It’s not that Yang Jing insisted on suspicion, and he had to give the Mellon family more than 90 million US dollars. It was because Yang Jing subconsciously used the perspective skill again when he picked up the Luban box again, but he actually saw the word “其” in running script on the silk, which further confirmed the guess just now.

If that guess is true, then let alone 100 million US dollars, even 1 billion US dollars, Yang Jing is willing to pay for it.

And if the box really contains clues related to that speculation, then buying the box for $100 million is a kind of respect for the box and the people who make it.

That treasure is an absolutely priceless treasure for Chinese people. If you can buy a clue about that treasure for this million US dollars, it would be worth it. And if the things in the box are really clues for that treasure, Yang Jing would rather pay twice or even five times the price!

Because that treasure should have such high value. Although Yang Jing is now holding a foreign passport, what he is flowing in his bones is the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang. In his eyes, that treasure is irreplaceable by no amount of money.

In fact, if Lawrence didn't bid just now, Yang Jing would take the box and it would definitely be arranged by God.

But since Lawrence has bid, it means that God doesn't let himself get this thing too easily. Isn't it just money? Bidding is all about it.

Buying a clue for $100 million is just out of respect for that treasure. And Yang Jing feels that he should do it. As for helping the Mellon family, it is just a little help. Since I saw this box today, Yang Jing will definitely not allow this box to fall into the hands of others.

Old Paul sighed, but then smiled and asked in a low voice: "Cole, have you recognized the origin of this box?"

Yang Jing shook his head while putting the checkbook into his suit pocket, saying, "How is that possible? I just think this box is very attractive, and that Lawrence is so angry, so I plan to teach that guy a lesson. Besides, shouldn't the Boston Consortium also learn some lessons?"

As he said that, Yang Jing turned his head and looked at Skeve, and then whispered: "Compared to today's auction, I hope that our KY Investment Fund and the Mellon family will have more in-depth cooperation next year. Richard, in my plan, I plan to acquire several banks on the East Coast next year. The preliminary plan is Hartford German Ministries and Arlington Trust. How about it, are you interested?"

Hearing this, several people from the Mellon family looked at each other and smiled on their faces.

PS: Bow to thank "There is a dream that cannot be realized" and "Little Building Single Listen to the Rain at Night" each received 1,000 rewards.
Chapter completed!