Chapter 763
At these words, Li Linfei nodded, just as he had thought, he reckoned that Ma's father had not asked for a bid, yet he said he had offered it, so most probably he had offered the auction item.
Moreover, according to Ma's father's words, Li Linfei learnt that this Buddha statue was not his personal one, but was offered in the name of the company.
In this way, the money donated by Papa Ma personally was actually very little, but the reputation of being a good person fell all on his head, a good calculation, worthy of being an old oilman.
"Sorry, I don't like collecting Buddha statues." Li Linfei said.
"That's too bad."
Chen Qing came over at this time and said, "Boss, you're not going to auction this Buddha statue, do you want to donate money directly? If you donate money directly, you will suffer a big loss, less than 100 million, I'm afraid it will even fall into people's mouths."
"Falling into disrepute?"
Li Linfei said indifferently, "I'd like to see who dares to say anything about me."
"This ......" Chen Qing cried and laughed, he also knew Li Linfei's temper, he ate soft but not hard.
But then again, Li Linfei did have this arrogant capital, whoever dared to trip him up, Chen Qing believed that the unlucky one must be the one who tripped up.
When Papa Ma heard this from Li Linfei, he also smiled. Although he could not figure out what Li Linfei wanted to do, he could be sure that although Li Linfei was young, he would not do anything reckless.
After several rounds of bidding, the last Buddha statue was finally auctioned off by a real estate owner at a price of 26 million RMB.
This brought the auction phase to a close, with a cash donation on the sidelines.
At this moment, it seemed that the fun had just begun.
Many entrepreneurs in the audience, as well as journalists and onlookers, were making strange noises about the auction.
"What, it's over like that?"
"It can't be, Li Linfei hasn't even made a bid yet."
"It shouldn't be, he's the richest man, so rich!"
"It can't be that he's too stingy as a person and can't spare the money to donate, can it?"
"I can't believe he's such a person, he's made so much money and hasn't said anything about giving back to society, his moral character is so bad."
"I heard that he often loses money to buy luxury houses, planes and sports cars, and at such charity parties, he actually can't spare a penny to donate, sigh ......"
"......"
At this time, a male reporter, in his forties, stood across a row of seats in the aisle towards Li Linfei and said loudly, "Mr. Li, may I ask if you are here to watch this charity auction gala?"
Li Linfei looked at the voice and saw a reporter wearing glasses, and said with a smile, "That's a bit strange, I don't understand.
The male reporter said, "I heard that Mr. Li has a personal fortune of over 500 billion dollars, with so much money, it's a bit unreasonable not to show it at this party, isn't it?"
"That's right, Mr. Li, you have so much money, how can you not show a little bit?"
"When Boss Wang was the richest man, he often donated money on such occasions, Li Linfei is nowhere close to him."
"Ugh, wrong about him, didn't expect him to be so stingy, disappointed." Quite a few people started to chime in.
Well, as expected of Li Linfei, someone had indeed come to pick a fight.
"Say, does being rich necessarily mean you should donate, what a load of bullshit, Li Linfei being rich is his business, it's nobody's business."
"That's a strange thing to say, personal property is personal property, it doesn't mean it's liquid money, I'm sorry to tell you that my company is in a high growth stage, I need money everywhere and I don't have any money in my pocket, how do you ask me to show that, or do you come and teach me?"
There is no shame in lying, because sometimes a lie can be more difficult to guess than the truth, Li Linfei has money, and quite a lot of it, his current account balance is still tens of billions of dollars, over 500 billion RMB, this is real liquidity, not personal assets.
But the next plan, Li Linfei will not donate money directly, there is still some time to go, and it is something that Li Linfei expected when someone pushed him aggressively beforehand, and he was prepared for it, so he just threw out the reason of having more assets but no liquidity.
Although this reason could not convince people completely, it could stop most people's mouths from festering right now.
Anyway, at this charity gala, Li Linfei did not intend to donate a single cent, but had to preserve his reputation, Future Technology's reputation to be precise, so he also had to throw out something else that was of no use to him.
As for the fact that afterwards, Li Linfei would start losing his money again in a big way and would draw flak from others on this matter, Li Linfei was not worried because once the next thing came true, everyone would forget about his lies and praise his virtue instead.
"Counting the time, it's almost time, isn't it?"
Li Linfei thought to himself, looked deeply at the male reporter for a few moments and laughed derisively, "And, dare I ask your name, how many billions did you indicate at the party?"
A few hundred million? Li Linfei's words made the male reporter wearing glasses choke for a moment, he hadn't expressed a single penny, he wasn't here for the auction and donations, he was just a reporter.
"Boss, I know this person, he is a relative of a leader, a reporter from Mango TV, surnamed Yang, he has interviewed my dad before." Chen Qing whispered in Li Linfei's ear.
"Reporter Yang is right, Mr. Li, you are also a person of status and position, to participate in a charity auction, but actually can not spare a penny, I'm afraid this will be laughed at when you tell the world, right?" A rich man said.
This tycoon had always been upset with Li Linfei, his business had lost money because of Li Linfei's rise, and now that he had caught the opportunity, he didn't care about anything, so he naturally wanted to throw stones at the well.
"Who will laugh at me?" Li Linfei asked indifferently.
"You're worth hundreds of billions, and you can't even spare a little money to donate at a charity gala, you're too stingy, aren't you?" This rich man said in a joking tone, but his tone was filled with ridicule.
Chapter 764
"Who says I can't spare the money? I've said it, it's not that I can't spare the money, it's that I don't have any money now either."
Li Linfei narrowed his eyes and asked, "Say, this gentleman, you are accusing me right out of the gate, do I, Li Linfei, have an axe to grind with you?"
Originally, Li Linfei did not want to pay attention to this person, but this guy was really insensitive, he must give him some colour later on, and that reporter, don't think it will be easy either.
When Li Linfei holds a grudge, someone will have bad luck.
"No grudge, I'm just talking about the matter." The rich man's face changed and his tone didn't dare to be so aggressive.
"Just a matter of fact?"
The corner of Li Linfei's lips hooked as he said, "Then sir your family has quite a lot of property, right, may I ask, how many billions have you donated again?"
Again, the rich man's face turned a little green as he listened and said, "The first piece of blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty was provided by me."
Li Linfei laughed, "So it's only eight million or so, you have the nerve to take it out? You're such a stingy person."
"You ......" Faced with Li Linfei's counter-mockery, he was a little annoyed, his face was blue as he gritted his teeth and forced out a smile, "I at least donated eight million, while what about you, Mr Li? How much have you donated again?"
"Don't worry, it will definitely not be less than you, if you dare to donate 100 billion, I will also play with you, only that, you don't dare to cackle." Li Linfei laughed lightly.
The rich man's face turned black as he listened, damn it, donating 100 billion? He thought that 100 billion was a platinum coin and spoke so easily.
Faced with Li Linfei's reply, the tycoon was unable to make a strong counter-attack at this moment, so he simply gave a soft hum and stopped talking.
In this situation, if Li Linfei did not donate 70 to 80 million dollars, he would not be able to step down.
He was already longing for the moment when Li Linfei would be in pain or in disgrace.
"Boss, it's ready." At this time, Li San's voice reached Li Linfei's ears.
At the sound of his voice, Li Linfei's eyes lit up and he breathed a sigh of relief, after waiting for so long, was it finally ready?
Standing up and straightening his somewhat wrinkled clothes, a charming smile appeared on Li Linfei's face, causing some of the women who were watching him to look straight in the eyes.
"Personally, I don't think it's about how much you donate, it's about what you can afford, for those who have money, donating hundreds of millions is less, for those who don't, even a dollar is a warmth."
"My company has been developing the market in recent days and has used too much money, indeed it is a bit difficult to turn around the funds, so there is no way to donate in cash, I feel sorry for that."
"However, since some people have to measure a person's kindness by the amount of donation, then I have to make some indication, I am not a great person, but I do have a kind heart."
With that, Li Linfei beckoned, and a robot who had just arrived here was immediately squeezed in from the crowd of people watching behind him.
He handed a square box, half a foot long and wide, to Lilinfei in his hand.
"What is he doing here?"
"He's taken a box."
"It's a bit hard to read, is the box filled with something very valuable?"
There was some talk and speculation in the room, some foxing, and many people expressed their curiosity.
The mayor, Wei Chun, had left long ago after his speech because of his work, and those officials who were left were the ones who came to go through the motions.
After taking the items, Li Linfei took a step to the auction table, placed the box on top of the auction table, slowly uncovered it and took out a small white box from inside, and uncovered the small box again.
Instantly, under the dazzling reflection of the light, a delicate red diamond appeared, shining so brightly that one could not take one's eyes off it.
Seeing this red diamond, Ma's father's gaze shrank, Chen Qing froze, Wang and the rich man froze, and many people opened their eyes wide to look at it.
"That's ......"
"My goodness, a red diamond, such a big red diamond!"
"What a beautiful diamond, priceless!"
"Could it be that the representation that ...... Li Linfei is talking about is this red diamond?"
"Boy, it can't be!"
"It's hard to say if it's real or fake, what's the excitement?"
Amidst the chatter, Li Linfei placed the red diamond on the front of the auction table for those present to admire, and then took out a certificate from the large box.
"Mr Li, is this your diamond?" Off to the side, the auctioneer's eyes bulged out, what a beautiful red diamond!
Li Linfei nodded, then pulled out his voice and said, "This red diamond, weighing two hundred and eighty-eight carats, has two hundred and eighty-eight facets and is of flawless quality, this is a certificate from the GIA, the initial estimate is at one and a half billion RMB."
A red diamond is much more valuable than a natural crystal diamond, and this red diamond is not much less valuable than the original 520-carat diamond, even though it is only 288 carats, not as heavy.
This certificate, which Li Linfei had asked the robot to take the red diamond to the GIA institution for certification when he learned that the gala would be held in the form of an auction, was only just now that the certification was completed, after which the robot hoofed it over to Li Linfei.
Saying that, Li Linfei placed the certificate on the side of the red diamond and looked at the people at the bottom and said, "Now, I will donate this red diamond, and whatever money is auctioned will be used as a donation for the poor mountain areas."
"Now then, isn't it time for you, this gentleman, to donate an auction item of equal value, hmm?" Li Linfei said to the rich man.
Hearing this, the rich man cursed Li Linfei in his heart for being crazy, he wasn't that stupid.
Everyone present knew that if Li Linfei dared to bring out the red diamond on such an occasion, then it could not be fake, so the rich man did not doubt the value of that red diamond at all.