Chapter 684: Chapter 684: It’s a Selection Meeting Chapter 684: Chapter 684: It’s a Selection Meeting For a time, those who came for the Medicine Queen were all boiling with excitement.

Even those who were not here for her were equally anticipative…

Yun Long asked Mo Jun with a puzzled expression, “Could it really be the Medicine Queen? How does she have a connection with the Lan Family?”

“I don’t know. Let’s just wait and see,” Mo Jun said, shaking her head.

The auction soon began.

Everyone found their seats and settled down, enjoying the red wine and pastries as they watched the host auctioning off items on stage.

But the items being auctioned were just too ordinary…

The first item to be auctioned was a bottle of red wine. Although it was over ten years old, it wasn’t considered precious to these wealthy individuals.

That bottle of red wine was purchased by Old Master Wan of the Wan Family, and he spent 500,000 yuan to acquire it.

Old Master Wan knew how to conduct himself. He opened the wine on the spot and declared that the first toast was to Miss Lan, the birthday girl of the evening.

Lan Yue gladly accepted his toast and basked in the limelight in front of everyone once again.

Then the host quickly moved on to promote the second item of the day.

“This auction item is a potted plum tree, also known as ‘Five Blooms of the Plum.’ It is said to have been planted personally by our mysterious lady. She has put it up for auction to raise funds for charity. If there are esteemed guests who like potted plants, you must seize this opportunity! The starting bid for the plant is 30,000 yuan with each increment of 5,000 yuan raise, and the auction starts now…”

“Thirty-five thousand!”

“Forty thousand!”

The guests in attendance began raising their bids eagerly. They certainly didn’t lack that amount of money and all very much hoped to win the item, because that was the only way to have a chance of an audience with the mysterious lady.

For what was merely an ordinary potted plant, the price eventually soared to over two hundred thousand.

In the end, only two people were still competing, one of whom was the elder of the Yun Family, Yun Yaochuan. Of course, he had come as well. With such a major event involving the Medicine Queen, how could he not be there?

It was well known that Yun Yaochuan was fond of potted plants, and he seemed determined to obtain this one, causing his competitor to eventually concede.

After all, there would be many more opportunities later…

Then Yun Yaochuan spent over six hundred thousand to purchase a potted plant that probably only valued a few thousand…

Mo Jun and the rest watched speechlessly, while also realizing that auctions were indeed a very profitable venture.

The third item to be auctioned was a bottle of medicinal wine for treating rheumatism, said to have been prepared by the mysterious lady herself.

Coincidentally, Old Master Li of the Li Family had serious rheumatism and suffered from it every year, so he purchased the medicinal wine.

Three auction items, bought by three different families.

Clearly, it was the Wan Family, Yun Family, and Li Family…

Even a fool could see there was a problem by now. Could it be that this auction was actually a selection process?

It seemed to be a deliberate screening of the eight major families…

Upon a closer look, indeed, the Lan Family was quite strategic this time. Although they had invited many people, the most prestigious were the eight families.

People of higher status weren’t invited because, quite simply, they didn’t have the right to be.

So at this auction, who could compete with the eight families? After all, Haidao City’s economy has always been controlled by these eight families.

Others might be wealthy, but they wouldn’t dare to offend them.

Another thing, the auction items were also specifically targeted…

Old Master Wan liked to drink, Old Master Li suffered from rheumatism, Yun Yaochuan liked potted plants…

Weren’t these items specifically targeted at them?!