Fuhai Villa Obtained! Bougainvillea Sea!

Qin Lin looked at the light screen in his mind the first moment he could.

The game character had leveled up again. The prompt he received indicated he could develop six more Level 1 plots of land and upgrade one Level 3 plot.

Level 3 plots could grow crops of higher value.

Naturally, upgrading to a Level 3 plot required in-game gold. All his in-game crops had been sold in reality, so he had no gold in the game.

Fortunately, the fish he had caught every day during this period were still stored.

He immediately sold all those fish. Of course, he kept the Quality 2 wild crucian carp, wild grass carp, and black carp.

These big catches were good stuff, so he naturally kept them.

Even though he had sold all the fish he'd caught recently, the in-game gold he had wasn't enough to upgrade the Level 3 plot.

It seemed that the higher the land level, the more in-game gold required compared to before.

Qin Lin simply controlled his game character to pick up his tools and develop the newly opened six Level 1 plots of land.

Weeding, breaking stones, chopping wooden stakes... After spending some time developing the six plots, he planted new okra seeds.

He didn't plan to sell the okra from these six plots in reality; he would sell it all within the game.

He had to develop that Level 3 plot first.

Moreover, any land he opened up in the future would also need a portion reserved for selling within the game. His character would need in-game gold for leveling up and development in the future.

Time passed.

By 2 PM, Qin Lin received the information that the judicial auction had begun.

With the development of the internet and information society, traditional judicial auctions were becoming increasingly rare. Courts were also keeping up with the times by starting online judicial auctions.

Qin Lin logged into the local judicial auction website and had already received his auction number from the backend.

The items seized by the tax bureau had already begun to be auctioned.

Soon, Fuhai Villa began its auction.

And, as he had predicted, others were indeed interested in it.

As soon as the auction started, three people took turns bidding, starting from the reserve price of 600,000, then 610,000, 620,000, 630,000... all the way up to 700,000.

These three people bid in increments of 10,000, appearing petty. They clearly wanted to acquire it at the lowest possible price and likely had limited budgets.

This made Qin Lin ponder. He only had a budget of over 1.28 million, and he didn't know what others' budgets were.

He couldn't haggle with these three people in increments of 10,000. These people had a certain mentality: if they added another 10,000, perhaps the other person would give up. They were holding onto a sliver of hope.

Moreover, 10,000 wasn't a huge pressure. Ten times would only be 100,000.

But if he added 100,000 at once, the pressure would be completely different, and it would give off an aura of determination.

Thinking this, Qin Lin wanted to bid +100,000. But before he could make a move, a fourth person joined, directly bidding 800,000.

Someone had thought of the same thing as him, adding 100,000 at once.

As expected, the three people who were haggling in increments of 10,000 fell silent and stopped bidding.

Adding 100,000 at once was indeed quite intimidating for these three. It also further indicated that the three had insufficient budgets and were purely hoping to get a bargain.

Qin Lin was now troubled.

He had encountered an opponent. He just didn't know what this person's budget was.

"Forget it, I'll go all in. Whether it works out depends on fate," Qin Lin muttered, directly placing a bid of 1.2 million, doubling the starting price.

Wasn't it just about intimidation? Let's see who intimidates whom.

Anyway, he earned this money from a risk-free venture.

If the other party snatched it, he would also have no budget left, so he'd just consider it fate.

At this moment.

In a room, three young men were looking at their computers with smug expressions.

One of them laughed, "I told you, adding 100,000 at once would definitely scare off those three indecisive guys. Haggling with them in increments of 10,000 might end up costing more than 100,000."

When people are young, they should have the spirit of striving and entrepreneurship. These three young men were just like that. They had previously worked in tourism planning in the city. After accumulating a few years of experience, they wanted to return to their hometown to start a business.

They also felt that Fuhai Villa had great potential, so they pooled some money and intended to bid for it.

Seeing that their single price increase had scared off the other bidders, the three were in high spirits.

"Bidder q43 bids 1.2 million!"

The latest bid appeared on the computer screen.

"What the hell, there's a disruptor?" one of the young men exclaimed in annoyance.

1.2 million?

Seeing this price, all three were stunned.

A bid increase of 400,000 at once?

"This guy is crazy!"

"That's just too damn willful!"

The three of them grumbled.

They didn't know if this guy was bluffing with his 400,000 bid, but they knew their own 100,000 bid was definitely a bluff.

Now, they had bluffed someone, but someone even more ruthless had shown up.

"Are... are we still following?" one of them asked.

The other two also became conflicted. This was far beyond their budget.

One of them sighed, "How about we give up? We're still young, there will be other chances anyway."

"Let's wait a bit longer!" another said.

"Then let's wait!" the third person agreed.

"Congratulations to bidder q43 for successfully acquiring Fuhai Villa. Please follow the information received in your backend to make the payment and complete the relevant procedures within the timeframe specified by the court."

Qin Lin also breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed the other party was mostly bluffing too, and his move had actually scared them.

Now that he had the villa, Qin Lin didn't want to delay. He headed straight to the court to handle the procedures and pay the 1.2 million.

However, the procedures for such a large sum in a court auction were complicated. Not only did he need to collect the ruling confirmation letter and payment receipt from the court, but he also needed a court-issued assistance letter for relevant departments to cooperate...

These procedures, including review time, would take at least a few days.

But after paying the 1.2 million auction deposit and receiving the ruling and receipt, he could handle these procedures slowly. After all, this auction was for the tax bureau to recover funds, so no department would intentionally obstruct him, as it would damage their own official credibility if word got out.

Evening.

Qin Lin harvested the ripe strawberries and okra and sent them to RT-Mart. His day's earnings were credited, and his bank balance increased from over 80,000 to 120,000.

After that, he rode his electric scooter to the tax bureau again to pick up Zhao Moqing from work, wanting to share the good news about acquiring Fuhai Villa with her.

Zhao Moqing soon came out with a beaming smile.

"Moqing, seems like something good happened today?" Qin Lin asked with a smile.

Zhao Moqing smiled, "I'll get a bonus this month, so I'm naturally happy. The auction of items from our tax bureau today went very well, exceeding the estimated recovery value."

"Especially Fuhai Villa, it seems some big spender took a liking to it, bidding double the starting price of 1.2 million in one go."

"That's way more than estimated. Everyone was saying others were bluffed, and if someone had matched the bid a couple more times, that kind of rich spender who doesn't care about money would have probably bid even higher."

"..." Qin Lin.

Big spender? Rich spender who doesn't care about money?

Was she talking about him?

He suddenly didn't feel like sharing this joyous news with her anymore.

He was determined to make the villa flourish and give her a huge surprise.

Zhao Moqing then added, "But if someone spent so much money to buy Fuhai Villa, they must plan to develop it seriously, right?"

"Honestly, with so much undeveloped land in the villa, if they could plant a vibrant Bougainvillea Sea, it would attract a lot of people."

Qin Lin silently took note of Zhao Moqing's words.

The Bougainvillea Sea definitely needed to be arranged first.