Chapter 74: Plan Failed

As he finished speaking, others immediately grew suspicious. Great Master Xuanji was unapproachable in everyone's minds, but he wasn't present. It was unknown whether this pearl was truly made by the Great Master himself.

The Luo family hadn't had a good reputation in Jiangnan City these past few years. Even if the hongyun tianzhu (good fortune celestial pearl) was made by Great Master Xuanji himself, it was possible the Luo family had secretly swapped it.

Coupled with the dull pearl sitting there, everyone present immediately lost confidence.

Guan Dongping no longer hesitated and said to the Auctioneer on stage, "I withdraw my bid. I don't want this pearl."

All his family's assets were tied up in this money, and he still owed a lot of debt. If the hongyun tianzhu (good fortune celestial pearl) was real, it would be fine; he could buy it to improve his luck.

But this one clearly wasn't a treasure, nor could it possibly help him reverse his fortune.

Luo Wentao said with a grim face, "Mr. Guan, this is an auction. Since you've already made a bid, isn't it a bit inappropriate to withdraw it now?"

Guan Dongping said, "The gavel hasn't fallen yet, so it's not a successful auction. And your Luo family should know what's going on with this item. You wouldn't make me buy such a fake for 100 million chinese yuan!"

After speaking, he ignored Luo Wentao, turned, and walked out of the venue. Anyway, the money from the Shìwài Táoyuán (Secluded Paradise) Community auction had already gone into his pocket, and the Luo family couldn't possibly try to snatch it.

The hongyun tianzhu (good fortune celestial pearl) was originally the last item to be auctioned. After Guan Dongping left, others also lost interest in staying and left the auction house one after another, leaving only Luo Wentao standing there with a gloomy expression.

Originally, their Luo family had planned to make a fortune with the hongyun tianzhu (good fortune celestial pearl), but it was ruined by a single sentence from Ye Bufan.

This guy had slapped his face at the casino, won over 300 million, taken the bottle Great Master Xuanji wanted, then intercepted the Shìwài Táoyuán (Secluded Paradise) Community halfway, and now he had ruined the pearl's sales plan. He was simply sent by heaven to oppose him.

If this wasn't the Paradise Club, with so many people around, he truly wished he could immediately order someone to slice Ye Bufan into a thousand pieces.

"The Great Master is about to come out of seclusion. Let's see how long you can be smug."

A fierce glint flashed in Luo Wentao's eyes, and then he stepped out of the venue.

After all, the auction was just the first event of the day. It was almost time for the raw stone exhibition to begin, and he was still needed to preside over it.

Ye Bufan and Qin Chuchu left the auction venue. As soon as they stepped out, Guan Dongping approached them, saying earnestly, "Brother Ye, thank you so much."

He was indeed very grateful to this Young man, who not only bought his property for a high price of 150 million, but also saved the money in his pocket from going to waste.

Otherwise, if he had really bought that fake pearl for 100 million, he probably would have wanted to hang himself.

"It's just a small matter, no need to be polite," Ye Bufan said. "Brother Guan, I just happened to want to talk to you."

Guan Dongping said, "Brother Ye, feel free to talk about anything you want. Anyway, I'm a free man now, with nothing to do all day."

Qin Chuchu said, "Xiaofan, you talk to Mr. Guan first. I still need to go to the raw stone venue to take a look."

She had two main purposes for coming today: one was for the hongyun tianzhu (good fortune celestial pearl), and the other was for Qin's Group to purchase raw stones.

She had just received a call that several appraisers from Qin's Group were already waiting at the raw stone venue.

"Alright then, I'll come find you later."

After Ye Bufan finished speaking, he pulled Guan Dongping to a nearby long bench and sat down.

Guan Dongping asked, "Brother Ye, just say what you want to say."

Ye Bufan said, "Brother Guan, you invested so much in this community, and now you're auctioning it off. Isn't that a big loss?"

Guan Dongping said with a bitter smile, "This property has indeed lost a lot. I've worked hard in the construction industry my whole life, and this is all the family assets I have. Now it's all gone.

But what can be done? Now, let alone sales, even construction can't proceed. No workers dare to go there to work.

I've also realized that the place is truly evil. Workers have accidents when they go there, and I can't bear to let them go again.

Even though the property can't continue, I still have to pay the workers' wages, which is why I'm selling it at a loss.

I originally thought I could only sell it for 100 million chinese yuan, use 50 million to pay the workers' wages, and the other 50 million to buy the hongyun tianzhu (good fortune celestial pearl).

But I didn't expect Brother Ye to bid so high, which suddenly made my funds much more abundant."

Ye Bufan nodded. He hadn't misjudged Guan Dongping. To still think about paying workers' wages during such a difficult time was an extremely rare quality.

After explaining, Guan Dongping asked, "Brother Ye, what are you planning to do after you've acquired the property?"

"I want to build it into the most luxurious residential area in all of China," Ye Bufan said. "Brother Guan, I'm just a doctor and know nothing about the construction industry.

So I want you to come and help me continue building the Shìwài Táoyuán (Secluded Paradise) Community. If you're willing, I'll give you 20% of the shares. What do you think?"

He was confident that he could turn this place into a top-tier residence where every inch of land was precious. At that time, the 20% shares given to Guan Dongping would far exceed the initial investment cost of the community, which could also be considered compensation for today's low-price purchase.

Guan Dongping said, "Brother Ye, it's not that I don't want to help you. I've already told you about the situation earlier. The Shìwài Táoyuán (Secluded Paradise) Community is truly too evil, and there's no way to carry out construction. Otherwise, I wouldn't have sold it at a loss."

"Don't worry about that. I've thoroughly investigated the situation there, and I can solve the problem.

At that time, Brother Guan will only need to be responsible for bringing people in to work, and there won't be any more accidents."

Guan Dongping said somewhat incredulously, "Brother Ye, you're not joking, are you?"

Ye Bufan said, "Of course not. Do you think I'd spend so much money to joke around?"

"But for the Shìwài Táoyuán (Secluded Paradise) Community, I've previously consulted many monks and Daoist priests, and none of them had any solutions. Are you sure you can solve it?"

Ye Bufan said, "Brother Guan, to be honest with you, I've already been to the community. Your place was originally a good feng shui location, but unfortunately, someone tampered with it later, which is why accidents kept happening."

"Tampered with by someone?"

Guan Dongping said with a surprised expression, "I've always conducted business peacefully over the years and haven't offended anyone."

Ye Bufan said, "This isn't a matter of offending people or not, but rather someone took a fancy to your property, which is why they resorted to such despicable means."

Although Guan Dongping was honest, he wasn't foolish. With Ye Bufan's hint, he immediately realized and said with a greatly changed expression, "Are you talking about Great Master Xuanji and the Luo family?"

Ye Bufan nodded, "It appears they are the ones who did it."

Guan Dongping was first filled with anger, then sighed and said, "Brother Ye, we can't afford to offend Great Master Xuanji. I think we should just forget it."

Ye Bufan said calmly, "Brother Guan, you don't need to worry about any of this. You just need to organize the workers. I'll call you within three days, and then you can just go in and start construction."