Stargirl's guide to life in the 70s

I have to say, the country acted very quickly!

In just three days, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took the lead in building the venue for the auction.

The venue was chosen to be a royal palace in Beijing. That palace belonged to the country, so no one had destroyed it over the years. It was absolutely suitable to be used to turn it into what Yu Jiang called an auction venue with Chinese characteristics.

As for the lots that will spice up the auction…

Those are the most popular things in China now, such as watches, radios, 28-inch bicycles, military coats, enamel basins, enamel cups, and even cakes...

how to say!

This is the most popular and most popular thing in China now. It perfectly interprets the characteristics of China at this time. The whole set can be said to be very effortless.

what?

You said these things are from abroad, and they already have things that are more advanced and more sophisticated than these?

But the Foreign Ministry staff said: We don’t know!

You haven't shown us the things, so how do we know that you have more advanced existences!

When Yu Jiang saw the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' preparations, even though she had come up with this bad idea, she had never expected things to develop in this direction...

However, even if the reason is a bit far-fetched, it still makes sense.

However, China did not really prepare only these things. After all, if it only took out these things, it would be a disgrace to China.

For this purpose, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urgently contacted the Friendship Store and ordered from them a number of items such as double-sided embroidery, porcelain, and silk flowers that had traditional value, could be sold at high prices, and were presentable.

Yu Jiang: The people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are quite capable. They seem to have done it in a very professional manner, and it makes her feel embarrassed to cheat foreigners just this once...

Well, we can definitely have more auctions like this.

At worst, she could just come up with something else later. She didn't believe that those foreigners wouldn't be tempted.

Hehe, the main theme is Jiang Taigong fishing.

On the day of the auction, Yu Jiang arrived at the auction venue of the palace in advance. She was accompanied by Grandpa Lu, Lu's father and mother who had specially taken leave, Lu's second uncle and his family, Lu's eldest sister-in-law and Lu's second sister.

The Lu family has sent out all its members this time. Yu Jiang has a few admission spots anyway, so how could they not come to such a novel and exciting event!

As for the poor eldest brother of the Lu family, as the deputy mayor of Beijing, he is also one of the important personnel responsible for receiving foreign guests. Although he can't just watch the excitement due to his work, he doesn't have to miss this auction, which is not a loss.

The family walked in the palace, looking at the courtyard that was temporarily decorated but not shabby at all, and everyone in the Lu family nodded continuously.

"Hey, I'm familiar with this vase, it's from our Friendship Store!

And the screen, that was also borrowed from us by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I remember that screen was always placed on the third floor as a decoration, but I didn’t expect them to put it here!”

The person who said this was Lu Zhenhua, the second uncle of the Lu family. As the person in charge of the Friendship Store, he knew exactly what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had borrowed from them.

After commenting on the auction venue, Second Uncle Lu also looked at Yu Jiang with admiration: "I heard from Old Wang that it was you who came up with the idea for this auction? Girl, you... have something!"

Old Wang is the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the person who consulted Yu Jiang that day.

Yu Jiang smiled sheepishly: "No, that's not true. I just said that. The auction is now arranged like this, which is the joint achievement of the comrades of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Friendship Department Store."

Uncle Lu could tell that Yu Jiang was being modest, so he followed Yu Jiang's words and praised him a lot, then changed the subject.

Although Yu Jiang would go to the Friendship Store every time she came to Beijing, she had never once disturbed her second uncle Lu who also worked at the Friendship Store.

Firstly, she has money and tickets, so she can buy whatever she wants without having to ask Uncle Lu for help or anything.

What's more, Beijing is not peaceful at the moment, and the Lu family has a high status. Who knows how many eyes are secretly watching the Lu family. Yu Jiang will naturally not hand the handle to others.

As they walked, the group marveled at the grand scale of this auction. However, they were all smart people. Even if they didn't know the full picture of the auction, they knew very well that what they could earn from this auction would definitely not be comparable to the initial investment.

The auction venue was a large garden, the most eye-catching of which was the large stage in the center. It was said that it was the place where housekeepers used to listen to music and watch plays.

There are more than a dozen small round tables directly below the stage, each with a set of exquisite tea sets on it. In addition, there is a sign with the name of the country and a special auction sign on the table. There is one on each table, but the numbers on the sign are different.

Yu Jiang couldn't help laughing as she watched. Although she was not present at the scene, she could imagine the headache the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had in ranking these countries.

After all, although they welcome these foreigners to bid, if they really fight at the auction, that would be another story.

Well, they didn’t mean to mention certain countries. It’s well known that people in some countries have bad tempers, and it’s also a well-known “secret” which countries have bad relations with which other countries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was so worried about this seating arrangement that its hair was chopped off.

Yu Jiang and his companions were not seated with the foreigners bidding below. In order to conceal Yu Jiang's identity and also to make it convenient for some people from higher-ups to come and watch the excitement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs specially tidied up a two-story attic near the auction venue.

The design of this small attic is also extremely ingenious. From the attic, one can clearly see every move in the underground auction house, but one cannot see the scene in the attic from below.

Yu Jiang and the Lu family were taken to the attic and sat down. In addition to them, there were already several people there.

Yu Jiang saw at a glance that these people were the leaders he had met at the previous meeting.

Yes, although this auction was held with great fanfare, such fanfare was only limited to those in the upper echelons who were in the know, or people like Uncle Lu who knew about the auction because of cooperation.

Seeing everyone present, the patriarch of the Lu family, Grandpa Lu, was the first to step forward and greet a few of them. Those people also greeted Grandpa Lu very friendly, but they did not forget to mention Yu Jiang, the biggest contributor to the auction, and their words were full of expectations for this auction.

Everyone in the Lu family sat down and continued to exchange pleasantries while waiting for the auction to begin.

The people with the few remaining vacancies also arrived at the attic one after another.

Finally, at 10 a.m., the auction began with the entry of foreigners.