Stargirl's guide to life in the 70s

Because all the guests were foreigners, the meeting was chaired by a senior translator from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He spoke fluent Chinese and English, and even Yu Jiang did not feel embarrassed at all.

But speaking of language, only Chinese and English were used at today's auction.

It’s not that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doesn’t have talents in other languages. You have to know that there are more than ten countries and nearly ten languages ​​coming here.

If all the content were translated into different languages ​​one by one, today's auction might not be finished until the evening.

Anyway, I have already told those people in non-Chinese and English-speaking countries in advance that if they don’t understand because there is no translation, then it is none of China’s business.

As expected, those foreigners who were not very good at English brought their own translators, and they translated what the auctioneer said in a whisper.

The auction rules introduced by the auctioneer were almost the same as what Yu Jiang had said at the beginning.

“Dear foreign friends, we sincerely thank you and welcome you to participate in today’s auction.

Adhering to the principle of friendly exchanges among countries and promoting cultural, technological and cultural exchanges among countries, we have very sincerely put forward a total of 31 items for auction. "

The auctioneer smiled and spoke slowly, as if he didn't notice the disdain of the group of foreigners below when they heard that China had put up more than 30 lots for auction.

"I believe everyone here already knows that among the items we are auctioning this time is a photolithography machine recently developed by our researchers, and we are very sincere and have directly put forward the quota for three photolithography machines."

The auctioneer spoke sincerely, without any guilt at all for about to rip people off.

“As we all know, at an auction, the highest bidder wins.

As the first auction held in China and a historic one, we have made innovations in the rules of traditional auctions.

In short, we sincerely hope that all distinguished guests will have a worthwhile trip today.”

At this point, the foreigners still had decent smiles on their faces, and seemed to be very satisfied with China's service attitude.

This smile gradually disappeared from the auctioneer's face when he announced the rules of the auction and moved to the faces of everyone in the attic.

Sure enough, the smile doesn't disappear, it just shifts.

The old researcher upstairs slapped his thigh and started praising him: "Oh my! Wow! Which genius came up with this crazy idea! This is specially used to trick those foreigners!

The sales quota for the three lithography machines will be divided into three sales. To be eligible to participate in the auction each time, the bidder must rank among the top three in the bidding of the previous ten items.

what!

Now I am just waiting for those foreigners’ pockets to be emptied!”

Yu Jiang smiled secretly in his heart, hiding his achievements and fame.

Anyway, the country can get a huge sum of money this time, so it doesn’t matter if she applies for more project funds this time!

The auctioneer was no stranger to many ups and downs, so she wasn't at all flustered when faced with the group of foreigners who became agitated when they heard the rules.

“Dear guests, please do not be anxious. We have made a lot of preparations for this auction so that you can have a unique experience today.

After all, we have also brought out a lot of precious things to hold this auction, such as the lithography machines. It will take at least three years before we can bring out the second batch.”

This is a nice statement, but even if they don't speak the same language, those foreigners can hear the Chinese side's meaning of "buy if you want, and don't buy if you want?" It's too late to wait.

Well, we can only say that China played a very good open conspiracy this time, but they are helpless now and can only accept it passively.

Foreigners: “(Very dirty, blocked…)”

Then all the Chinese people present saw a group of foreigners fighting fiercely for the 66 bicycles. The price of the 66 bicycles soared from the starting price of 600 US dollars to US dollars.

Everyone in the attic was shocked!

What the hell? !

Twenty thousand dollars?!

You should know that according to the current exchange rate, one US dollar is equal to 1.88 RMB.

Twenty thousand US dollars is nearly thirty thousand RMB.

Those present were not ordinary people, and 66 RMB was not an astronomical figure for them, but it was only the price for bicycles.

When a bicycle that cost 134 yuan per piece arrived at the auction venue, its price suddenly tripled from 8844 yuan to an astonishing nearly yuan.

This introduction, before today, who would have dared to think of it!

But twenty thousand US dollars is just a beginning. Those foreigners have no intention of putting down the number plates in their hands!

This does not mean that those foreigners are brainless suckers. They are calculating in their minds. There are only 10 items in total, and the chances they have to grab them become fewer and fewer as time goes by. Although there are three rounds of bidding for lithography machines, the money they can come up with in the final bidding will definitely not be as much as that of several major countries represented by the United States.

Although the chances of being able to buy it are slim.

But anyway, with those "big money" backing them up, even if China brings up a bunch of junk at this moment, they can still bid a sky-high price for it.

It's so fun to make other people spend money!!!

Moreover, they are not without luck. They can get more money from those "big shots" in the first two rounds, and then they may not have enough funds to compete in the final round.

And those who are labeled as "rich" are feeling extremely uncomfortable now. Even if they know that others are deliberately raising the prices, what can they do?

I have no choice but to raise the price.

They have made up their minds to get the lithography machines back from China!

Although they knew that they would be ripped off by the Chinese side at this auction, they signed a military order before leaving and raised sufficient funds.

If they lose the opportunity to bid for the lithography machine because they are reluctant to spend money, this is not what they want to see.

In the end, the first lot of 66 bicycles was bought for $24.

The people in the attic almost couldn't hold back their laughter...

Yu Jiang calculated the price in his mind, hmm...

24 US dollars is not bad. After all, this is the first lot to be auctioned, so everyone is still relatively conservative.

But then...

Anyway, there are only three lithography machines in total. Where there is competition there is pressure. The bidding at that time might even surprise them!

The facts turned out to be just as Yu Jiang had expected. The value of the items auctioned afterwards was no less than 24 US dollars.

Because the price of the tenth lot would directly determine the top three places in the first round of competition for lithography machines, the foreigners present were holding up their signs with red eyes, not caring at all that the items on the stage were just two boxes of pastries.

Yes, the price of these two boxes of pastries has now been inflated to $47.

Although this pastry is very delicious, it was made by a royal chef.

It can be said that if the current era did not allow people to open their own shops, if this old master could have his own shop, even if he sold the pastries for five yuan a piece, he would have to work 24 hours a day all year round.

If someone who doesn't know the situation were here, they would probably think these foreigners are crazy.

Wow! This is hundreds of thousands of dollars!

Gold is not as expensive as this cake, right?

Do these foreigners really eat the cakes they buy? I'm afraid they will take them back to worship them!

Everyone in the attic picked up the plates in their hands at the same time.

Oh my God, this is money they never dared to dream of, but they didn’t expect to earn it back so easily!

Bah, bah, bah~~

I have to say, these pastries are really good, better than those sold in supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores!