Chapter 5 Chapter 5 The auction

Seeing that the two of them needed Tina to bring them in, Amy and the others despised them even more.

Fairy Hotel was a private club with a membership system. The lowest level was the black iron card, which could only be used by the owner. Next, the bronze card could be used by others, and each time he could bring two people with him.

The higher level was the silver card, which could get in with five people. As for the cards above the gold level, there was no limit to the number of people. However, generally speaking, those who had the gold card were all very important people. People of this level would not bring anyone else to enter except their subordinates.

Each of them had a black iron card. In the entire Chicago, they were considered superior people. How could a guy like Mattew who didn't even have a black iron card have any ability.

Mattew didn't think it was a big deal. Anyway, he came here just to see the legendary Selina. With Tina taking him in, there was no need to take out the purple gold card given by Charles.

Then they walked in.

Fairy Hotel occupied a large area. In addition to eating, drinking and playing, there would be a small auction every week. It was not something precious, but some interesting and good-looking playthings. Many rich and young ladies were happy to buy it.

Tina and the others came here for the auction today. It was not appropriate for Mattew to leave alone, so he followed them to the auction house.

Even a small auction house was well ranked.

The first row was for silver members, the middle was for bronze members, and the last one was for black iron members. Members above gold level all had their own private rooms.

In order to take care of Mattew and others, Tina sat in the black iron zone.

The auction had begun for a while. As soon as everyone sat down, they heard the auctioneer introducing the next item to be auctioned. It was the manuscript of the famous writer Star.

Hearing the auctioneer's introduction, Tina's eyes lit up with excitement.

She was a loyal fan of Star, and this book was also her favorite book. In fact, she came to the auction this time for this manuscript.

"Do you like this book?" Mattew asked Tina when he saw her excited expression.

"Yes, it is said that this book is about Star's personal experience. I like him very much!" Tina said excitedly.

"Well, then I'll buy it for you..." Mattew smiled.

"Buy it? Very funny, dude, it's not that I look down on you. Although the items sold here are not worth much, the starting price is at least ten thousand dollars. For a famous manuscript like this, it is worth more than one hundred thousand. Can't you afford it?" Before Tina could refuse, Joseph, who was sitting on her right sneered.

He had been annoyed with Mattew for a long time. Joseph finally seized the opportunity to attack him, so he wouldn't let it go.

"That's right. You seem to come from an ordinary family, and it's not easy for your parents to earn some money. Don't pretend to be rich!" Another man named Andy also sneered.

"You two are being annoyed. He is from Salem. What if he owns a mine?" Tom, Amy's boyfriend, also took the opportunity to laugh him.

He seemed to speak for Mattew, but in fact, he mocked him secretly.

He didn't have any feelings for Tina, but Mattew just said that Amy was a menopausal woman. Didn't Mattew scold him together? After all, Amy was his girlfriend. If Mattew said so, didn't he also scolded him for finding a middle-aged woman?

He couldn't bear it.

"Tom, you really like joking. Does a man with a mine would wear like this? In my opinion, he is just a countryman. It's good that he can make fifty thousand a year..." Andy laughed.

Mattew's face darkened, and Tina's face also changed. As she was about to speak for him. the auctioneer had already given a starting price of thirty thousand dollars, and each time the bidding price was not less than ten thousand. Start bidding.

"Forty thousand..." Joseph bid directly without looking at Mattew.

"Tina, your birthday will be in a few days. Take it as a gift for you!" After bidding, Joseph turned around and smiled at Tina.

As Tina's pursuer, he naturally knew that this was Tina's favorite book. It was best to buy the manuscript for her as a gift.

Tina frowned. She had an ordinary relationship with Joseph and the others. She didn't want to accept his gift and was about to refuse, but Amy stopped her.

"Tina, don't be so polite to Joseph. He has won a lot of money for gambling jade a few days ago. The consumption is not a big deal for him!"

Tina swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue. She had disgraced her cousin for the sake of Mattew just now. It was not appropriate to do that again now. Forget it. At that time, she would try to return the money to Joseph.

Although the Carter family was not a famous clan in Chicago, her father was still the boss of a group with more than 100 million assets, and her pocket money was also about one hundred thousand every month. According to her estimation, the final transaction price of this kind of manuscript was about one hundred thousand. Even if it was a little more, it had nothing to do with it. At the worst, she could ask her father for more.

"Fifty thousand..." Someone at the front seat bid again.

"Sixty thousand!" Joseph didn't even frown.

"Seventy thousand..."

"Eighty thousand..."

"One hundred thousand..." In just a few breaths, this manuscript had already broken through one hundred thousand dollars.

Joseph frowned.

"One hundred and fifty thousand..." Taking a look at Tina, Joseph suddenly raised the price to one hundred and fifty thousand. He believed that the price would scare others away.

"Two hundred thousand..." Before the auctioneer opened his mouth, another man bid.

Generally, the starting price of an item with thirty thousand dollars was about to deal at one hundred thousand. Now it was just a manuscript, but it had been raised to two hundred thousand. Even Joseph felt a little unbearable.

He came from a rich family, but he was still a student, and his pocket money was even less than Tina's. If he hadn't won about one million dollars in the jade bet some time ago, he wouldn't have been able to make a splash here.

Now a manuscript would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. It was absolutely pretended if he didn't feel sad. But when he thought of his promise which he had just made in front of Tina, Joseph gritted his teeth and was about to offer a price of three hundred thousand dollars. A fat man in his twenties stood up at his silver seat and looked at them.

"Joseph, are you going to compete with me?"

Seeing the fat fair face, Joseph's face changed and quickly put down his hand which was half raised.

The fat man snorted proudly, then turned around and sat down, hugging a young woman beside him.

"Joseph, who is he?" Seeing Joseph's pale face, Andy asked.

"Eli, the son of the director of Cicero' police station!" Joseph said awkwardly.

He had just boasted that he would give this manuscript to Tina as a gift, but now he didn't even have the courage to make a bid, which made him very embarrassed. But thinking of the identity of the other party, he didn't dare to offend him at all.

Although his father was just a director of Cicero, Chicago was a provincial capital. The authority of the director of a district was not even greater than a mayor of a small city like Boston. How could he dare to offend such a person.

After knowing the identity of the young man, both Tom and Andy shut their mouths at the same time. Such a young man was indeed not someone as them, silver-spoon kids, could provoke.

Tina breathed a sigh of relief. The price of two hundred thousand had already exceeded her budget. If Joseph really bought it, she really didn't know how to pay it back. Now it was good to be taken away.

However, when she thought that it was Star's manuscript after all, she felt a little regretful.

"Three hundred thousand..." Just as Tina thought she was going to say goodbye to the manuscript, a clear voice came from Tina's ear. She turned around and saw that Mattew had raised his hand...