Reasoning Notes

Chapter 459 Reasoning Notes 10: Mermaid Tears (1)
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This is the world-famous city of local tyrants - Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.An auction is being held at the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.The auction hall is resplendent and resplendent, and all the people present here are wealthy people from all over the world.With so many wealthy people gathered, one can imagine how attractive the items at this auction are.

Among them, the most worthy of attention is a piece of legendary sapphire, Mermaid Tears.

The gem is said to be the largest sapphire in the world, and what makes it even more mysterious is a shipwreck.The shipwreck that shocked the world happened 15 years ago, and the location of the incident was located in a piece of sea off the coast of southern China.At the time, a cruise ship called Time, known as the modern version of the 'Titanic', was traveling around the world with thousands of tourists on board.Among the many passengers on this giant ship, there are many dignitaries and members of foreign royal families.Among them is a wealthy Brunei prince. It is rumored that he is rich and possesses many treasures.

During this trip, he wore the largest sapphire in the world.This gem is called the Mermaid's Tears.It is rumored that an archaeologist dug it from the tomb of a count in Spain.The legend about it is very strange.Because after it was unearthed, the first archaeologist who possessed it died of a strange disease.After that, those who got the Mermaid's Tears would always encounter all kinds of fatal and bizarre accidents.Therefore, people also named it the cursed sapphire.In the end, the piece of mermaid tears fell into the hands of the Prince of Brunei.

The Prince of Brunei who owns the Mermaid's Tears boarded the cruise ship Time, which was the beginning of his bad luck.The cruise ship departs from the Atlantic Ocean, crosses the Pacific Ocean, and ends up on the west coast of the United States.The initial voyage of the cruise ship was very smooth. After more than half a month, it passed through the Strait of Malacca and entered the South China Sea, but encountered a typhoon of category 1000.Like the fate of the Titanic, the cruise ship Time was badly damaged by the storm and ran aground off the southwestern coast of Hainan.Although the Chinese maritime police dispatched in time, the giant ship sank in the end, and nearly [-] people died in the seabed, including the Brunei prince and his jewelry.

Since then, the whereabouts of Mermaid Tears have been unknown.

Until recently, it suddenly reappeared in the world and was put on this Dubai auction by an anonymous collector.This caused a global sensation.Its priceless value makes everyone salivate, while its curse makes people daunting.

However, the more thorny the rose, the more people will favor it; even the highly poisonous puffer fish can still become a delicacy on the table.The same is true of this piece of Mermaid Tears, whose curse cannot stop those who flock to it.

Almost all the tycoons who participated in the auction came for this piece of Mermaid Tears.

Owning it is a symbol of status and honor.

auctions

Before the auction started, the VIP seats were already full of people.The rich and well-dressed were whispering, and in one of the seats, a chief in white robes was waiting for the auction to start with his female companion.He is a well-known rich man in the United Arab Emirates, named Muhammad.This Muhammad is an Internet celebrity, in layman's terms, he is an Internet celebrity.He usually likes to show off his wealth on Twitter, such as golden toilets, cigarettes with US dollar bills, bikini girls full of screens and various expensive sports cars are naturally frequent visitors on his content showing off his wealth. The most exaggerated thing is that he also has He took three lions and two jaguars as pets.Therefore, his goal today is also very clear: no matter how much money is spent, he must get this mermaid tear that people dream of.

Of course, he wasn't interested in the gem's value.He just wants to tell people: what he Muhammad wants, will never leave others alone!

"Why don't you start yet?" Mohammed, who was seated soon after, became impatient. He took out a cigar, and the female companion beside him immediately helped him light the fire with great interest.

The cigar was lit.While biting his cigar, Muhammad raised Erlang's foot and smoked it leisurely, without any consideration for the health hazards of second-hand smoke to the people around him.Even though the other VIPs sitting next to him looked disgusted, because of the power of the Dubai Sheikh, they were not easy to get angry, so they had to turn their faces away in disgust to show their dissatisfaction.

Muhammad didn't care what these people thought at all.He held his head proudly, a little arrogant.At this moment, a voice floated down from above his head.

"Trouble, please let me go." The visitor spoke in English.

Muhammad looked up, but saw a young man standing beside him at some point.This man was about thirty years old, with short black hair and a suit as white as snow.The sharp-edged face has regular features, under the fair and handsome face, there is a tall nose bridge and thin lips, and the deep and bright eyes seem to be radiant with wisdom in the calmness.From the appearance, this looks like a Chinese, maybe Japanese or Korean.

No matter who it is, Muhammad doesn't like him.

But seeing that the young man was not interested, he took a handkerchief and coughed twice. Seeing that Muhammad had no intention of getting up, he pointed to the seat of his female partner next to him, and said in English again: "Excuse me, this is my seat." seat."

In the young man's hand is a golden VIP card, which is exactly the same as the gold card held by Muhammad.Only the most distinguished guests can have this type of gold card and are entitled to sit in the front seat of this row.

However, this Muhammad was used to being arrogant and domineering, and his attitude was very tough, "No. This is my seat now." He said bluntly, and he did not intend to let his female companion leave.

"Mr. Chief, this is not good." The young man seemed to know Muhammad and said with a smile.

Muhammad looked proud, "Since you know who I am, you should be more sensible. Here, this is the money to buy your seat." Then, he took out the checkbook from his pocket and filled in a random amount of [-] U.S. dollars. , and threw it to the young man in front of him.

The young man picked up the check and looked at the numbers carefully.

The above six figures are really attractive to ordinary people.There was not a hint of greed in the young man's eyes.He can have a VIP card, so he doesn't care about the $[-].

"Why, aren't you satisfied?" Muhammad smiled contemptuously, he was always arrogant.

The young man didn't make a sound, his handsome face seemed to be pondering.At this time, the supervisor who maintained the security at the scene heard the movement and hurried over.He knew Sheikh Mohammad, and whispered in his ear, "Chief, this is Mr. Bai..."

Mr. Bai?
Hearing this name, Muhammad's expression changed immediately, and he looked at the young man with a surprised expression, and the arrogance on his face was also reduced a bit.This young man is Mr. Bai?Muhammad, too, seemed to be wary of his background, so he asked his female companion to stand up, though reluctantly.

This time, the female companion was not happy anymore, she twisted the waist of the snake, pursed her mouth and said coquettishly: "Then where should I sit!"

"You stand for me!" Muhammad scolded angrily.

The female companion didn't dare to make a sound, and just about to stand aside obediently, the young man, that is, Mr. Bai, motioned for her to continue sitting: "Mr. Chief, since you bought my seat, then this VIP seat belongs to you." Yours."

"Oh. Thank you." Muhammad was also slightly surprised.Unexpectedly, this Mr. Bai is also a person who has an eye for money.

But the security supervisor was a little embarrassed, he asked: "Mr. Bai, then your seat..."

Mr. Bai waved his hand: "I'll just stand in the corner. There are more." He handed Muhammad's check to the supervisor, "Please donate this one hundred thousand dollars to UNICEF in the name of the auctioneer."

"Okay." The supervisor replied and left.

Mr. Bai's move made Muhammad's face a little ugly, but since the other party's background was not small, he couldn't lose his temper on the spot, so he had to endure it.And Mr. Bai stood quietly in the corner beside the auction pillar.His cold eyes slowly looked around every part of the auction site.

Today's auction is held on the upper floors of the Burj Khalifa, and the upper floors are the top of the tower.And the security of this auction is very strict, the entrance, the elevator, and the venue are full of security guards.Those who come to participate in the auction must hold VIP cards of different levels to enter.Therefore, it is extremely difficult for people with ulterior motives to sneak into this venue.

However, maybe Baimi also has a sparseness.Mr. Bai looked around carefully, trying to find the loopholes.

Just then, a blond man in a suit and leather shoes walked onto the stage.He is the auctioneer of this auction. I saw him sweeping everyone present with a neither humble nor overbearing smile. He spoke English with a mellow accent, like a kind of wine that has been stored for many years. Guests, the auction has officially started. Now, the first collection of the auction is Picasso's oil painting "The Woman of Algiers". The starting price is 1000 million US dollars."

A few of the few buyers raised their cards.Soon, the first collection was photographed.

Immediately afterwards, several collections were added one after another, but the buyers were not interested, and there were not many people raising signs.These people are all here for the Mermaid Tears Sapphire.

Seeing that the auction is coming to an end.Mr. Bai's eyes remained cautious. He looked around, trying to find suspicious targets among the people present.Unfortunately, no abnormalities have been found for the time being.

That person, won't he show up?
Who will Mr. Bai be waiting for?

Finally, the climax of tonight's auction came.

(End of this chapter)