God Level Farm

Blake naturally recognized Xia Ruofei coming.

This scene is so familiar, it is also the gym of Hengfeng Jiahua Hotel, and it is also a Chinese boy who is walking fast on the treadmill. The memory of the beginning of the year made Blake quite unpleasant.

Although Xia Ruofei said a little in his heart, he didn't show it in front of Blake - it's not clear what the situation is now! At least I have to ask after seeing Ma Xiong before I know!

He just glanced at Black, raised his eyebrows at him, and asked in standard English, "Will we run together?"

Blake's face was red and white, he stared at Xia Ruofei for a few seconds, then picked up his things silently, turned and left.

Xia Ruofei grinned and continued to run on the treadmill.

This coincidence did not cause any waves in Xia Ruofei's heart, but he vaguely expected that Monica would come to the gym with the same thoughts as him.

However, in fact, Monica was tossed by Xia Ruofei in the middle of the night yesterday, and she was already exhausted. She tried to get up this morning. After returning to the room, she immediately fell back to sleep.

Xia Ruofei ran to his body and sweated slightly, so he got off the treadmill, left the gym, and went back to the presidential suite to take a shower. It was almost seven o'clock. He put on a casual suit and took the elevator downstairs. cafeteria.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Xia Ruofei saw that Ma Xiong and Feng Jing were already sitting by the window. Ma Xiong spotted Xia Ruofei with his sharp eyes and immediately waved to him with a smile.

Xia Ruofei walked over quickly and said, "Mr. Ma, why did you come here to have breakfast with me? It makes me feel so sorry?"

Ma Xiong said with a smile: "When people get older, they have less time to sleep! I get up at five o'clock every day, and I just came over to have breakfast with Xia Sheng!"

Feng Jing also said hello to Xia Ruofei, and then said to Xia Ruofei: "Chairman, go get something to eat first! Hengfeng Jiahua's buffet breakfast is still very rich."

Xia Ruofei nodded with a smile and said, "Mr. Ma, Mr. Feng, then you eat first!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei got up and went to the dining area, took a plate and took a few pieces of delicate pastries, then took two pieces of corn, an egg, and finally beat a glass of fresh milk, and walked back with the plate.

"Xia Sheng, do you want to eat a little bit?" Ma Xiong said with a smile, "Young people should eat more!"

"Enough." Xia Ruofei smiled, "you don't need to eat too much for breakfast."

The three chatted while eating, and Ma Xiong suddenly said: "Xia Sheng, there is something I... don't know how to tell you..."

Seeing Ma Xiong's embarrassed look, Xia Ruofei's mind suddenly appeared in Blake's figure.

He smiled calmly and said, "Mr. Ma can just say what he has to say. Does our relationship need to be detoured?"

"That's that..." Ma Xiong said, "Xia Sheng, then I'll cut to the chase. I wonder if you still remember the Frenchman named Blake?"

It really has something to do with him! Xia Ruofei said in his heart.

He didn't deliberately pretend that he couldn't remember, he just nodded and said, "Of course I remember, I was impressed by him in Shencheng at the beginning of the year! What? Did he come this time?"

Xia Ruofei did not take the initiative to say that he had met Blake in the gym.

Ma Xiong smiled bitterly and said, "He did come to Hong Kong Island, and he stayed at the Hengfeng Jiahua Hotel..."

Immediately afterwards, Ma Xiong said: "But... we definitely did not send an invitation to the Black Catering Chain Group!"

Logically speaking, Black Group is relatively influential in the global catering industry, and it is famous for its authentic French food. If a truffle auction like this is replaced by another auction house, they will definitely not be missed. of.

However, Ma Xiong knew that Xia Ruofei and Blake would not deal with it - Ma Xiong was a witness to what happened in Shencheng at the beginning of the year.

Therefore, Ma Xiong specifically instructed the auction house not to send an invitation letter to the Black Group.

But what made Ma Xiong depressed was that the Black Group came uninvited, and it was George Black, a young man who had a conflict with Xia Ruofei.

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "I believe this, it is definitely impossible for Mr. Ma to take the initiative to invite them."

"Yes!" Ma Xiong said with a wry smile, "I only received news this morning that the Black Group sent this time the George Black you met in Shencheng last time, and they paid the deposit according to normal procedures. For the ordinary seats purchased, you know that we are holding an auction, and it is definitely impossible to drive the guests out..."

Although Blake's status in his family group is not particularly high, and his ranking among the heirs is also very low, but originally to participate in the auction with his identity, he must be seated as a guest, and he must be the host. Party took the initiative to invite.

Ma Xiong didn't expect that he not only came uninvited, but also did not take the initiative to contact the auction house at all, and paid the deposit directly through the normal procedure, and took an ordinary seat.

I don't know if the other party has self-knowledge or wants to keep a low profile, anyway, this incident caught Ma Xiong a little off guard.

He worried that because of this matter, Xia Ruofei had a grudge in his heart, and it would really outweigh the gains.

So he rushed to the hotel early in the morning and explained to Xia Ruofei as soon as possible.

Ma Xiong didn't know that Xia Ruofei had already met Blake in the hotel.

Fortunately, Xia Ruofei is not the kind of person with a small stomach, so he will not be angry with Hengfeng Auction House because of such a thing.

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "I understand! Mr. Ma, since the auction allows ordinary guests to pay a deposit to enter the venue, then we can't break the rules..."

Ma Xiong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you Xia Sheng for your understanding! Don't worry, if Blake honestly participates in the auction, that's all, but if he dares to do something wrong at the auction, I'm sure this time. I won't forgive him lightly!"

At the beginning of the year, Ma Xiong should have supported Xia Ruofei to go through legal proceedings directly with Black and sue him for defamation. In fact, Ma Xiong also put a lot of pressure on Black Catering Group.

But Xia Ruofei's request at the time was for George Black to publicly apologize in the media, which was completely unacceptable to the Black Group, because the damage to the company's reputation was too great.

So at that time, the Black Group found an old friend of Ma Xiong for many years to mediate.

Ma Xiong owed this friend a lot of favors in his early years, and in the end he could only coordinate with Xia Ruofei with guilt.

Xia Ruofei is relatively easy to talk, and he also knows that Ma Xiong must have his own difficulties, and the matter is not a big deal, so he agrees not to pursue it.

If Black took the initiative to provoke this time, Ma Xiong would definitely not have to talk about his feelings. He would settle the old accounts and the new accounts together, and he would also give Xia Ruofei an explanation.

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, it's not that serious. I think he came to the auction to buy some truffles. It's impossible to fly over from Europe to make trouble, right?"

In fact, Xia Ruofei has a high opinion of Blake. Although Blake is not intent on making trouble, the biggest reason for him to come to Hong Kong Island is nothing more than knowing that Monica is coming to Hong Kong Island, so he immediately chases after him.

In addition, he also knew from the promotional album that the provider of the truffles participating in this auction was Xia Ruofei's Taoyuan Company. If he could make Taoyuan Company lose face at the auction, he would naturally be very happy.

"I don't even dare to forgive him!" Ma Xiong said.

Xia Ruofei shot a cold light in his eyes, and said lightly: "Even if he doesn't cause trouble, I don't want our company's truffles to be bought by Black Group."

Ma Xiong was stunned for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "Xia Sheng, he has already obtained the admission ticket to the auction. With the financial resources of the Black Group, it is definitely impossible to return empty-handed. After all, the quality of your batch of truffles is all the same. Very high, and this year's truffle harvest is not very good, such high-end ingredients are scarce everywhere!"

There was a smile on Xia Ruofei's face, and he said, "Even if it can't be avoided, it will have to make him bleed heavily, and it will hurt to hit him!"

Ma Xiong shook his head with a smile and said, "The quality of this batch of truffles is so high, no matter who wants to buy them, they will definitely bleed a lot!"

Xia Ruofei knew that Ma Xiong didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't explain too much, just smiled and changed the topic.

After breakfast, Ma Xiong accompanied Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing to the grand banquet hall on the third floor of the hotel to check the auction venue.

The auction will start promptly at 9.30am.

Then Ma Xiong went back to the lounge next to the banquet hall, while Xia Ruofei went back to the presidential suite, ready to change into formal clothes.

In addition, he also had to take out the truffles in the spiritual map space in advance and put them in the freezer. After a while, people from the auction house would come to the room to receive the truffles.

At about nine o'clock, Feng Jing accompanied Dong Jiajun, the manager of the auction house, to Xia Ruofei's room. Xia Ruofei took out the precious truffles from the freezer. After Dong Jiajun checked it carefully, he handed it over to the work that came with him. The staff, they escorted these truffles downstairs.

Xia Ruofei, who put on formal clothes, also took the elevator to the third floor with Feng Jing.

The grand banquet hall on the third floor has been refurbished. Whether it is the check-in counter at the entrance or the interior of the hall, the logos of Taoyuan Company and Hengfeng Group are hung everywhere, and beautiful promotional posters can be seen everywhere.

On the screen at the entrance of the banquet hall and the large rear projection screen in the hall, a promotional video specially invited by the elite team to be produced by Hengfeng Auction House is also being played.

The guests who participated in the auction also came one after another.

In addition to some local tycoons, justices of the peace, and celebrities on Hong Kong Island, there are also many Western-looking people who came out of the elevator inside the hotel. Most of these are the rich and famous restaurant company representatives from Europe, America, Australia and other regions invited by Ma Xiong.

To Xia Ruofei's slight regret, Mr. Tang He from the United States and Tang Yitian from Australia were unable to rush over this time because of other work schedules.

The two wealthy people surnamed Tang both called Xia Ruofei to express their apology.

At the same time, the two also asked Xia Ruofei to leave them some top-quality truffles, and they both expressed their willingness to buy them at the auction price.

On the one hand, it is to support Xia Ruofei's business, and on the other hand, they really like the top food such as truffles.

Xia Ruofei got the guest list in advance.

Not counting the Black Group, which entered the venue by paying a deposit, the world's famous Western food chains are basically all in place. In addition, there are Michelin restaurants that may not be very large in scale, but are very famous in the circle. , also sent representatives to participate.

In addition, at least five European and American rich people with assets comparable to Tang He and Tang Yitian also came in person.

Seeing this list, Xia Ruofei jokingly said to Feng Jing: "Mr. Feng, I guess the parking lot at Hong Kong Island Airport will be very tight these days!"

Feng Jing couldn't help but pursed her lips and laughed. All preparations for the auction went very smoothly, and she was in a very happy mood at the moment.

Most of these rich people came by private jets. It is estimated that a small private jet exhibition can be opened on the tarmac of Hong Kong Island Airport at this time.

At this moment, Ma Xiong, who was in a suit and leather shoes, also walked over quickly.

"Xia Sheng! I'll introduce some friends to you later!" Ma Xiong said with a smile, "mainly some old friends from Hong Kong Island, who are also very interested in you."

"Oh? I'm a young man, can those rich people know me?" Xia Ruofei joked.

"I may not have noticed you before, but after the last auction of the best abalone, there are probably not many people on Hong Kong Island who haven't heard of your name!" Ma Xiong said with a laugh, "You are so friendly, some old people. My friends complained to me! They said I didn't notify them in advance, and I missed out on the best abalone."

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "You can tell them that there will definitely be abalone, just look for the brand of our Taoyuan company! Of course, there is also your Hengfeng auction house!"

Ma Xiong couldn't help laughing happily.

This time, Dong Jiajun and Feng Jing were mainly in charge of the auction. Ma Xiong had a high reputation and was not expected to personally greet the guests at the door, so after the two exchanged a few words, they were ready to wait.

At this moment, Blake, who was wearing a full custom Armani suit and had smooth hair, also came out of the elevator.

When he walked to the door and saw Xia Ruofei, he stopped and looked at Xia Ruofei with eyes like electricity.

And Xia Ruofei always looked indifferent, just looking straight into Blake's eyes.

After a long time, Black curled his lips slightly and said, "I heard that the truffles in this auction are all provided by your company? If the quality is acceptable, our Black Group will consider taking care of your business."