After the first piece, many people, upon seeing the second work, secretly wondered if Xia Zhiyi would lose face if it started strong but ended weakly.
However, as it turns out, Xia Zhiyi did not lose face at all.
Because just as Jian Zhu indicated that bidding could begin, the mysterious buyer C made another bid of 100,000.
Viewers watching the live stream could clearly hear the small commotion from the scene.
"They're really rich and powerful."
"It seems you really like the stool Xiao Xia made. Xiao Xia's craftsmanship is excellent; I like it just by looking at it."
" Xiao Xia is so talented and hardworking. With this skill, she won't have to worry about going hungry in the future."
Xia Zhiyi turned her head to look in Fu Chi's direction, but when she turned her head back, Fu Chi had already silently moved away from them.
Xu Chen stood on the outskirts of the crowd, his eyes meeting Xia Zhiyi's, and then he slowly revealed a smile.
Xia Zhiyi smiled in response and looked away.
However, he was wondering what Fu Chi meant when he came to their side.
Is it just to tell him that he bought the item?
There's no need for that. I really wanted to use this incident to do him a favor, but it won't affect anything if I deal with it later.
Considering the timing of the man's appearance and the fact that he forgot his microphone while talking to Wang Chengran and the others, Xia Zhiyi hesitated. "Could it be that he also thought I would be upset about my parents and came to keep me company?"
Thinking of this, Xia Zhiyi chuckled and gently shook her head, "How could that be?"
Fu Yunyi: "What's possible?"
Xia Zhiyi: "Hmm? It's nothing, just a little unexpected. I didn't expect so many people to support me."
Fu Yunyi didn't think much of it, assuming Xia Zhiyi was also surprised by his uncle's actions, and said somewhat sourly, "Maybe he really likes what you make."
However, compared to Wang Chengran, whose skill level was comparable to his own, Fu Yunyi felt that it was acceptable for his uncle to buy Xia Zhiyi's work.
Xia Zhiyi's stools were already quite amazing. Even if you didn't use them as stools, they would be suitable as decorations. You could even demonstrate them to guests who came to visit. Fu Yunyi himself had this idea.
As it turned out, Xia Zhiyi had even carved such beautiful patterns on the stools, which directly elevated their artistic value. If Fu Yunyi hadn't been afraid to compete with Fu Chi, he would have secretly contacted his assistant to bid on these stools.
For a young master from a privileged background like him, 100,000 or 200,000 yuan is just a small sum.
More importantly, buying Xia Zhiyi's work deepened his relationship with Xia Zhiyi. Even after the show ended, he would have another reason to see Xia Zhiyi, wouldn't he?
Fu Yunyi had a hunch that despite his glamorous life as a celebrity, Xia Zhiyi didn't seem to care much about his current status as a popular star.
If he doesn't find some other reason, he's afraid that after the show ends, his relationship with Xia Zhiyi will revert to that of strangers.
Fu Yunyi was unhappy.
He thought Xia Zhiyi was so amazing, and he liked her personality, abilities, and Xia Zhiyi very much. Fu Yunyi really wanted to be friends with Xia Zhiyi.
Who wouldn't want to be friends with someone capable?
Xia Zhiyi: "This makes me feel a bit conflicted. The higher the auction price, the more funds the program raises, and perhaps more children can be helped."
"But if the price is too high, I'm worried the buyer will lose out. After all... no matter how much I refine it, or how intricate the patterns I carve on the stool, it's still just a stool; it has no other function."
Fu Yunyi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He had even seen a celebrity resell clothes that originally cost a few thousand yuan to fans for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.
He didn't understand it either when he heard about it.
But thinking about those antiques, it's not entirely incomprehensible.
As far as my uncle is concerned, these things are worth the price, and that's all that matters. What others think or feel is none of their business.
Anyway, it was my uncle who paid for it.
Thinking this to himself, Fu Yunyi said to Xia Zhiyi, "It's alright, let's just consider it robbing the rich to help the poor."
Upon hearing this, Xia Zhiyi: "..."
He touched his microphone and slowly asked, "We just turned the microphone off, right?"
Fu Yunyi was puzzled, but still looked down to check and replied, "It's not open. Why?"
Xia Zhiyi smiled, "That's good."
It seems the male protagonist was quite lucky; he didn't let his words get out through the live stream.
Otherwise, if Fu Chi overheard him saying that, he might get a few glares at him later.
During their conversation, Xia Zhiyi's second chair was also auctioned off, with a final price of 230,000.
Whether it was because someone knew Fu Chi's identity, or because those who could participate in the online auction had a rebellious streak and didn't want Fu Chi to easily buy Xia Zhiyi's stool back, there were actually people bidding against him at the price of 100,000.
In the end, Fu Chi added the item to his shopping cart for 230,000 RMB.
Of course, the shopping cart here refers to the shopping cart on the buyer's auction page. The production team will check each buyer's shopping cart from the backend after the auction ends, and then ship the goods after consolidating them.
Then, the third piece, a stool that unfolds to half a meter high, was sold for 560,000 yuan, and the buyer was still Fu Chi.
At this moment, everyone at the scene fell silent, perhaps speechless with shock at this bizarre development.
Xia Zhiyi: "... I'm going to the restroom."
He felt he should talk to Fu Chi; if he wanted to support him, that was enough.
Although he has a thousand ways to earn more money than this, the price is already frightening for this auction.
No need.
There's really no need for that.
And those few netizens who joined Fu Chi in the bidding, there was a hint of them enjoying the drama. If it weren't for the fact that those buyers had enough funds to bid, it would be hard not to suspect that someone was short of money and was artificially inflating prices behind the scenes.
Just as Xia Zhiyi stood up, everyone present saw a message pop up in a previously quiet corner of the big screen.
[ Don't Envy Bro: No, C, there are only a few stools in total, and you bought three by yourself. Leave a few for the others, okay?]
Everyone:...
Wow!
Fu Yunyi: "Hiss."
So there really are people like his uncle who genuinely want to buy Xia Zhiyi's stool?
If things continue like this, everyone will start to suspect that Xia Zhiyi's stool might be hiding some earth-shattering secret.
Xia Zhiyi:...
[C: Highest bidder wins.]
[ Don't Envy Bro: Fine, you just wait.]
Everyone: Wow.