The music was melodious, and the banquet hall gradually became lively. The VIPs who bought tickets talked to the celebrities, gradually became familiar with each other, and began to talk about some topics of interest.

Lumina also made new discoveries. She held back her laughter and looked at Jing Jian: "It seems... you have been eating?"

Jing Jian took a bite of pudding and enjoyed the delicious food on his taste buds: "I am not overeating, but tasting the delicious food of every dish. Perhaps because of the different national conditions, China is a food kingdom, and we respect every dish."

"Then... don't you care about other people's opinions?" Lumina asked curiously.

"Caring." Jing Jian nodded with a smile, "If it is an occasion that requires my attention, I can be the same as them. But I'm sorry, today's charity banquet is not. It's not that this banquet is not high-end, but that I will never be able to integrate into the circle here. Here we welcome old-fashioned families, and we don't welcome nouveau riche from scratch. Or, the owner here is the new American aristocrat."

"Ah?" For a moment, Lumina didn't know how to answer. Jing Jian's observation ability was very delicate, but in fact it was indeed the case. Later, Bill Gates became the richest man in the world and made great achievements. Moreover, his family was at least the upper class of the United States, and was still excluded by the upper class of New York.

Some things are so unreasonable.

And some of the upstarts will try their best to squeeze into this circle in order to clear their reputation as nouveau riche. As for Jing Jian? Since he can't enter, it doesn't matter. It's not that who is right or wrong, it's just a personal choice.

"What about me?" Lumina asked blankly. The words just now seemed to ruin her three views.

"Hehe, marry into a wealthy family." Jing Jian smiled, "I don't need to care. My choice is to make my children and grandchildren become such a wealthy family. And you can also choose this path. Isn't it good to be a pioneer? As for the old woman you mentioned, she chose to marry into a wealthy family. She doesn't comment on the right or wrong of this idea, but Betty earns much more money every year than the so-called wealthy family. Why do she still pursue it? She just wants an upper-class identity."

Indeed, because the entertainment industry in the United States is quite developed, the annual income of first-class movie stars and singers is quite high. If the children of those big families are not direct heirs, at most, after adulthood, the family trust funds will receive millions or tens of millions, and the money is really incomparable. Of course, in terms of influence, Jing Jian or Bill Gates are far inferior to those families.

This is the cultivation of connections. It is not enough to have money alone, it can only rely on long-term time, or even several generations of time.

Lumina became thoughtful, and after a while, her smile bloomed: "I decided, I'll rely on myself."

"Hehe." Jing Jian smiled.

...

After the dinner, rest for a moment, a small auction was held. A white-haired old man walked onto the stage: "Gentlemen, ladies, in order not to delay the wonderful dance party later, the auction began now. Today's lots are all from donations, and the proceeds from the auction will be donated to..."

Of course, such an auction is not formal. After briefly speaking, I took out the first item.

"Thanks to Ms. Barbara, this is a Victorian palace tea set..."

The first auction was very lively. Some people focused on participating and the competition was polite. After seven or eight rounds of bidding, they were sold by a middle-aged couple for $64,000. The atmosphere was very good, and a warm applause immediately sounded.

The second item is even more interesting. It was an oil painting. Unexpectedly, the first person to bid was the old man who donated the oil painting. When the others saw that since the old man liked this painting very much, he would not compete for it, so he successfully bought the painting back.

Amid the burst of laughter, the old man was very graceful. He made a public promise to donate another 50,000 US dollars, and he received a lot of applause.

The following pieces were also very smooth, basically giving in to each other. The only piece of jewelry was something that both of them liked. However, while fighting each other, one suddenly begged: "...This is a wedding dowry to be given to his daughter." The other laughed and gave up immediately. These scenes made the auction laugh and laughter.

...

"…This is a jewelry necklace, imitated with Victorian style. By…”

The auction was getting better, and Lumina became excited. She grabbed Jing Jian's arm and said, "Hey, it's a jewelry."

"Haha." Jing Jian joked with a smile, "Then let's take a photo and the money will be deducted from your new contract."

"Stingy guy. Hey, I've started shooting, hurry! Quick!"

In the first few rounds of bidding, the price was quickly raised to 80,000. Jing Jian simply turned bold and raised his hand and shouted: "100,000!"

This is what aspiration is to win. The other bidders were very tactful and stopped calling for the price, and Jing Jian expressed his gratitude to them one by one. Suddenly, he heard a "110,000!"

Jing Jian was stunned and looked at the voice, and saw that the Sansoni who was calling for the price was actually the one who was in Heisenmel's table. He frowned slightly, and then smiled. Since there was a tacit understanding in secret, let them go. Nodded to Heisenmel, and Jing Jian stopped bidding.

The necklace was successfully bought by Sansoni. Betty put it on the spot proudly and raised her eyebrows at Lumina provocatively. Lumina was already angry and smoked: "Why don't you call me? Let this old woman buy it! Coward, stingy!"

Jing Jian smiled and comforted: "That's a fake, not an antique. No matter how high the price is, it's not worth it. Okay, the next one, the next one will definitely be bought for you."

Unexpectedly, the next one was a manuscript. Women basically had no interest in ancient manuscripts like this, and the price was very expensive, with a minimum price of 750,000 yuan. But on the other hand, the person who liked it was particularly fond of it. Before Jing Jian could react, the price easily exceeded 800,000 yuan.

However, Lumina's anger was not yet gone. She rolled her eyes and kept running: "Black-hearted ghost, why don't you buy it? Are you afraid it's expensive? Don't you promise to buy it for me? You can brag, hum!"

Jing Jian ignored the noise in his ears and waited for more than 900,000 before he started bidding: "Ninety-Twenty-Six thousand!"

"Ninety-three thousand!"

"Ninety-five thousand!" Jing Jian increased the price without hesitation.

"Ninety-six thousand!"

"Ninety-eight thousand!" Jing Jian shouted again calmly.

At this moment, only the other two were bidding. After hesitating for a while, one of them shouted: "Ninety-nine thousand!"

"One million!" Jing Jian still maintained a 20,000 surcharge.
Chapter completed!