Early the next morning, Lu Ao took a ride to Qianyong City.
The vessel's starting bid was three hundred thousand yuan, and Lu Ao had already paid a sixty-thousand-yuan deposit.
The auction began at ten in the morning on July 15. All he had to do was place bids directly on the online shopping page, and every bid had to increase by more than three thousand yuan.
At ten o'clock, Lu Ao made his first bid, pressing the button for three hundred and three thousand yuan.
A few seconds later, someone bid three hundred and ten thousand.
Lu Ao continued bidding.
His bids were steady, basically increasing by three thousand yuan each time, right at the minimum increment.
There was only one other bidder. The auction had an extended-bidding feature, meaning that if a bidder placed a bid within the final five minutes before the auction ended, the closing time would automatically be extended by five minutes.
For the first few minutes, Lu Ao traded bids back and forth with the other side.
Once the fishing vessel reached three hundred and fifty thousand yuan, Lu Ao began timing his bids right against the five-minute limit.
His maximum budget was four hundred thousand. If it went beyond that, he would rather look for another boat.
The two sides continued going back and forth.
The other bidder clearly sensed Lu Ao's hesitation and began hesitating as well.
At 10:38, Lu Ao placed his final bid: three hundred and ninety-six thousand yuan.
The other party hesitated for a long time without bidding again. Five minutes later, the system automatically ended the auction, and Lu Ao won the bid.
Lu Ao did not hesitate either and paid immediately.
The boat itself, taxes, and various other fees came to over four hundred and thirty thousand