Chapter 1510 Is There Still Such an Operation?

"Why don't we just call the police?"

Looking at the billionaires around her, Emma Watson felt a little on pins and needles, feeling that she was out of tune with the atmosphere here. After all, she is just a star who has barely reached the first-tier level, with the help of the Future People Group. The old woman sitting next to her seemed very calm. Her name was Evelyn Isabella, and she was the president of the International Children's Aid Organization.

The reason why it appears here is because the International Children's Aid Organization received a message from an enthusiastic person that a group of children in urgent need of rescue will be auctioned on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Emma Watson is a member of an international feminist organization and has been a close friend of Evelyn Isabella. This time she is accompanying her to the auction.

"Don't say that, Miss Watson," Evelyn Isabella said softly, "Don't say that the police can't do anything to them, not even the law can do anything to them."

"Why?" Emma couldn't help asking.

"All the sins are covered under the glamorous evening dress. You can't accuse a caring rich man of helping orphans without evidence. Not to mention the charity money from the auction of the orphanage and the custody rights of all the orphans. , will be injected into a certain charitable foundation to help more war orphans...The auction is in the name of charity, at least in name."

Having said this, the elderly Ms. Isabella sighed softly, and her crow's feet seemed to become a little deeper.

"These are the rules of the game, and neither you nor I have the power to break it. Think about it, even a certain former president and her husband are involved in this, and our voices are nothing compared to hers. What we can do Just try to photograph it and entrust it to a trustworthy rescue agency.”

Emma was silent, lowering her head and wondering what she was thinking.

The auction has begun.

The first thing on display was a piece of art, said to be a Renaissance painting. The original owner was a collector whose business was not doing well, and he reluctantly parted with it for the sake of capital turnover. From the perspective of collection value, this painting is quite collectible.

But the villa on Koro Island already has enough art, almost covering every wall.

Sitting there with his legs crossed, Jiang Chen didn't raise his sign, but just paid attention to the final transaction price.

After several rounds of intense bidding, the painting was bought by an old man of about fifty years old for US$50 million.

The next few exhibits on display were either dated cultural relics or works of art left by a famous master. Because there was nothing he liked, Jiang Chen symbolically raised his sign twice to see the price. He was already fired to the sky, so he stopped joining in the fun.

The auction continues.

Halfway through, the light on the rostrum dimmed slightly.

The audience in the audience stopped whispering and sat upright. As usual, when the auction is halfway through, a highlight will be on display. Jiang Chen noticed that many people's eyes were flashing with excitement.

It was obvious that they already knew what was going to be auctioned.

The host cleared his throat and spoke.

"...What will be auctioned next is a special commodity. To be precise, it is not a commodity, but our love. An orphanage in the U.S. Virgin Islands, with a total of one hundred children from war areas Children are stranded there. Most of them are from Syria, but also some from the Balkans and Ukraine."

On the big screen, the photos showed a group of girls as pure and lovely as angels.

They looked good, obviously well-conditioned, and even received a certain level of education. There was no trace of refugee dishes or traces of war.

Many people in the audience were whispering and talking excitedly.

The host continued.

“Along with the orphanage, the custody rights of the children and the title deed to the island where the orphanage is located were also auctioned.

The proceeds from the auction will be donated to the War Orphans Relief Foundation to help more people in need. It is hoped that the auction winner will be able to shoulder the responsibility of being a caregiver and raise the children to adulthood. "

"The starting price is 10 million US dollars, the minimum increase must not be less than 1 million, the bidding begins!"

"Twenty million!"

Almost as soon as the bidding started, someone raised a sign, and the price doubled.

Charity auction?

Jiang Chen glanced at the German man holding the sign next to him, and looking at the excitement flashing in his eyes, he felt that this thing was not that simple.

"Twenty million times, is there any-"

"Fifty million!"

"Fifty million times!"

Jiang Chen had a slightly surprised expression on his face.

After only two rounds of bidding, the value of this orphanage has actually exceeded that of the Renaissance oil painting previously exhibited. Why hadn't he noticed before that the tycoons on Wall Street were so charitable?

Emma, ​​who was sitting not far away, put down the sign she was about to hold up with a complicated look on her face. Fifty million US dollars was already beyond the price she could bear. Lady Isabella, who was sitting next to her, sighed softly and expressed her inability to deal with such a crazy bidding.

"Aren't you going to hold up your sign?" Leslie looked at Jiang Chen who was sitting next to her, pursed her lips and smiled. "I thought you would be interested."

Jiang Chen leaned back on the chair and asked casually.

"Why do you think I'm interested in charity?"

"Charity?" Leslie glanced at Jiang Chen unexpectedly and said slightly surprised, "Do you really think this is a charity auction?"

"if not?"

"Remember what I told you before?" Leslie smiled slightly, "What is on display at the auction is not just art and mansion deeds."

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Through Leslie's meaningful smile, he immediately read the meaning behind that smile.

"So there is such an operation." Looking at the photos displayed on the projector with interest, Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows with interest, "Interesting."

The U.S. Virgin Islands are an unincorporated territory of the United States, and an orphanage built on the islands is equivalent to a lawless place. This reminded him of the report that the Ghost Agent had just investigated not long ago, about the Clintons and the "Lolita Flight" story.

After several fierce biddings, the price of this orphanage has been raised to US$350 million.

This price finally made those originally interested buyers start to think about whether it was worth it. Many hands that were originally going to raise the cards also put them down in hesitation. Although many people are worth tens of billions, they do not have enough liquidity in their hands to spend hundreds of millions casually.

At this time, Jiang Chen raised his sign.

"Four hundred million."

Everyone present gasped.

Although there are many rich people, there are not many rich people who are willing to spend one-tenth of their working capital in this area.

The rich man sitting next to Jiang Chen's eyebrows twitched fiercely, and he looked here in surprise. After hesitating for a moment, he painfully wrote the words "five hundred million" on the sign.

"Five billion!"

The atmosphere of the auction was instantly ignited to a climax. Even the host was surprised for two or three seconds before he came back to his senses and continued shouting.

"Five hundred million! God, this price is so amazing! Five hundred million at a time... six hundred million! Oh, God will reward your good deeds, thank you, generous friend."

Seeing Jiang Chen's calm expression, the rich man sitting next to him suddenly lost his composure.

He couldn't help but wonder in his heart whether this guy was here to cause trouble. After all, that young appearance really doesn't look like a wealthy man. Miss Leslie Garcia sitting next to him may have the financial resources, but her father will never allow her to spend a full $600 million at an auction.

Also looking here in surprise were Elsa and her male companion, Mr. Berkeley Lewis. Elsa knew Leslie's situation very well. Six hundred million dollars was already beyond the scope of the funds she could use. In this regard, the two of them were evenly matched.

Could it be that I made a mistake? The male companion next to her is actually a rich man who hides his identity? And the kind with a net worth of tens of billions?

Elsa frowned and thought hard. She really couldn't remember that there was such a young Chinese rich man on Manhattan Island.

A faint uneasiness began to arise in her heart.

Also casting a surprised look at Jiang Chen's seat was Emma Watson, who was sitting not far away. She stared blankly at the familiar face. She never expected to run into him here. What surprised her even more, or rather shocked her, was that she didn't expect him to be such a person...

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