What was even more detestable was that Jin Zhongxuan kept trying to argue his way out of it, yet he could not even make his own story coherent.
"Shameless!"
Someone could not help but curse aloud. As the auction's organizer, the High-End Auction House had actually stolen from its own collection, and afterward, they had the nerve to fabricate such a hole-ridden lie to excuse themselves.
What exactly did the High-End Auction House take its clients for?
Idiots who could not tell truth from falsehood?
For a moment, every guest was enraged.
Shen Heng's assistant stepped forward. Looking at Jin Zhongxuan, who seemed at a loss amid the anger displayed by so many guests, the elite assistant adjusted his glasses and asked in puzzlement, "Does your auction house not want to auction off the Emperor Yongzheng's Imperial White Jade Nine-Dragon Seal, or do you simply not want to sell the Emperor Yongzheng's Imperial White Jade Nine-Dragon Seal to my boss?"
First there was under-the-table manipulation, then swapping the real item for a counterfeit. The elite assistant sighed softly and said in a considerate tone, "We can understand. When many collectors come across a valuable collectible, they always wish to keep such treasures for themselves. Perhaps the Jin family, as the organizer, felt the same way."
"You knew the value of the Emperor Yongzheng's Imperial White Jade Nine-Dragon Seal and could not bear to put it up for auction. Yet you also wanted to present a better finale lot to attract clients. That was why you brought out the Emperor Yongzheng's Imperial White Jade Nine-Dragon Seal and included it in the auction catalog. Then, privately, you approached that Boss Zhou, intending to buy the seal back through under-the-table dealings. Perhaps you even carefully calculated every client's assets and meticulously set a