Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1237: Chapter 1236: Hydraulic Press

After about five minutes of walking, they arrived in front of a door. Zhang Tian pushed the door open, and Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but marvel at the scene inside. It looked more like a bar, but the people inside reminded Jiang Cheng of the underground markets in the Dark Cosmos. Here, instead of individual stalls, it’s more like an auction, with items being sold one at a time, though not as strict as an auction. Jiang Cheng saw that most of those buying were girls as they were selling a bottle of liquid. Zhang Tian led Jiang Cheng and Qi Rongfeng to sit in about the fourth row.

Jiang Cheng then overheard someone nearby say that the product was for beauty, explaining why so many women were flocking to it. Will they sell a hydraulic machine here? Jiang Cheng asked.

”There’s a 90% chance they’ll sell it. They auction off different types of goods all day long, items of varying value. Items like hydraulic machines, which are common but unavailable on the market, are auctioned here about once every two days, and the prices aren’t too high,” Zhang Tian explained to Jiang Cheng.

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”I see,” Jiang Cheng said.

”But even if it’s sold today, it’s likely only to be sold once, so we must grab it,” Zhang Tian said to Jiang Cheng. ”I’ll go ask around the back to see if they’ll have it today.”

Jiang Cheng nodded to Zhang Tian. He watched as Zhang Tian stood up and walked to the back. When Jiang Cheng first entered, he noticed there was a passageway there. He shifted his gaze to the auction at the front. The beauty liquid had just finished being sold. A 15ml bottle sold for tens of thousands. Jiang Cheng didn’t expect such a high spending level here.

The host of the auction in front was clearly not a professional host but a young girl, very pretty, wearing a T-shirt and jeans, looking casual, more like a college student. However, her hosting was refreshing and stylish, with a cheeky and cute way of speaking. The next auction item was a hat. The young girl put the hat on her head, it was a simple fisherman’s hat, as everyone could see, made of simple fabric on the outside. But everyone look.” The girl winked at the audience, then smiled in some unknown direction above, as the audience looked up.

Suddenly, a rock about as big as a raised head fell from above where the girl stood. At that moment, all the audience held their breath as they watched the girl on stage, yet she was not panicked, just standing there as if she knew she wouldn’t be in danger.

When the stone fell on the girl’s head, a clear crashing sound was heard, almost like the stone hitting the ground. Yet the girl was unharmed, her head neither bleeding nor injured, and she didn’t fall from the force of the impact but stood still.

Amid the astonishing gasps, the girl’s crisp voice spread, ”This hat can resist heavy impacts, and even if it hits something heavy, you won’t feel any vibration at all.”

Perhaps none of the people here had seen such a sturdy hat before, or maybe the girl on stage was too daring. The people gaped at the girl on stage, stunned. A few seconds later, applause erupted from below, followed by cheers, showing the audience’s approval.

The girl looked relieved, and the final price of the hat was sold at a high amount.

Jiang Cheng now saw that the auction house’s ability to fetch such high prices was largely due to the host’s unique style.

Just then, Zhang Tian returned to Jiang Cheng’s side. ”They said the second-to-last item to be auctioned is a sulfurized hydraulic machine. It might be up soon now.”

”The host up there is quite something, very distinctive,” Jiang Cheng said to Zhang Tian.

”You mean Xiaoyu? She’s quite famous,” Zhang Tian said, looking at the host onstage.

”Xiaoyu?”

”Yes, she’s a rapidly rising auction host these past few years. I heard she was in the T world before switching careers, and then she became famous quite quickly,” Zhang Tian said.

”She is quite impressive,” Jiang Cheng said.

”Next up, everyone will see a sulfurized hydraulic machine,” the host onstage announced.

”It’s here so soon,” Jiang Cheng thought. It’s barely midday. He didn’t expect the day’s items to be auctioned off so quickly. He originally thought it would take much longer.

”Yes, it’s because Xiaoyu’s so good that when she hosts, the items get auctioned off quickly,” Zhang Tian said.

This is getting more and more intriguing, Jiang Cheng thought, looking at the lively and beautiful Xiaoyu on stage.

Xiaoyu didn’t give much introduction to the sulfurized hydraulic machine, only briefly mentioning its uses before moving on.

When the auction started, Jiang Cheng didn’t plan to bid initially, as he felt he should indeed secure the hydraulic machine regardless.

Before he realized it, the auction price had risen to one hundred thousand. Jiang Cheng knew that the usual price for a hydraulic machine was about one hundred fifty thousand, and now the bidding quickly reached such a high level. Jiang Cheng was unsure whether to bid or not.

Just as Jiang Cheng was about to start bidding himself, the bidding stopped at a hundred and fifty thousand. ”Jiang Cheng hadn’t said anything, but Zhang Tian already called out. Sure enough, after Zhang Tian spoke, others started bidding again.

”One fifty-five thousand!” a male voice called out,

”One hundred fifty-five thousand,” Zhang Tian shouted again.

”One hundred sixty-two thousand!”

”One hundred sixty-two thousand five hundred.”

Both continued to bid against each other, each time only increasing by five thousand, leaving the entire auction hall with only Zhang Tian and the other man bidding.

Watching Zhang Tian and the other bidding, Jiang Cheng turned his head and saw the bidder was a young man, somewhat portly, with a kind and honest look.

Finally, Zhang Tian bid up to one hundred seventy thousand, and the other man went silent.

Ultimately, Zhang Tian secured the hydraulic machine for one hundred seventy thousand. ”Consider this hydraulic machine a gift of thanks from me,” Zhang Tian said to Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng didn’t refuse. He felt uneasy letting someone like Zhang Tian owe him, so he accepted Zhang Tian’s kind gesture.

”There’s one more item to go, and after it’s done, we can head backstage to get our stuff and leave,” Zhang Tian said.

Jiang Cheng agreed. Interestingly, the last item was a bouquet of flowers. It looked somewhat like daffodils, but it’s said these flowers won’t wither during the day.

Jiang Cheng didn’t watch closely to see where this item finally ended up. But in the end, the person who bought the bouquet turned out to be that same man from before.

”This person sure is wealthy, buying things that seem irrelevant,” Qi Rongfeng remarked.

”Who knows, let’s go get our stuff,” Jiang Cheng said.