Bab 137: Manipulated Video
After the black cloth was taken off by the worker, everyone is surprised to see what inside.
"What fruit is that?"
"How can a fruit have a shape like that?"
"It's fake, right?"
While everyone is speculating whether or not the fruit is real, Xu Ling smiled, "Sister Xue, it seems your help isn't needed," she said.
On the participant's area, Su Wen gasped, "Song Tian... You..." she exclaimed.
Pedro Costa sighed, "Darn, the appearance alone already makes me lose my confidence in my watermelon," he said.
What Song Tian brought to the auction isn't only a fruit, but a whole strawberry plant.
With his [Transplant] ability, Song Tian moves a plant to a huge pot, close it with a breathable glass and cover it with the black cloth.
What makes everyone surprised isn't the whole plant, but the fruit itself. Each strawberry has their unique shapes.
From star shape, square shape, and other shapes are present in the plant.
The plant also only has ten strawberries in it.
Su Wen asked, "How did you do it? Did you use a fruit mold or something?" she couldn't help but ask.
Pedro Costa nodded. He's also curious about how Song Tian manages to make fruit like that.
Song Tian shook his head, "I'm not using any mold, it grows that way naturally," he said.
Pedro Costa snorted, "Nice story, no one would believe that bullcrap," he said.
Song Tian laughed, "You'll see it later," he said.
On the stage, Maeda Shin looking at the fruit, especially the one in front of him, "How is this possible? Is the farmer using a mold for this strawberry?" he thought.
The strawberry which caught Maeda Shin's interest the most had a shape like a thick stick coiled by a snake.
Maeda Shin picked the other fruit to began the taste assessment.
Shen Lan, who sat on the chair not far away from Song Tian, chuckled, "Even if the fruit has a unique shape, there's no point if it has a regular taste," she said as she looked at the stage.
Shen Lan smiled as she saw Maeda Shin's eyes widened after tasting the fruit, she thought the strawberry taste didn't meet Maeda Shin's expectation.
Not long after, Maeda Shin handed an assessment letter to the worker.
The worker who saw it is surprised, he immediately went to put the result on a huge screen.
Shen Lan laughed, "How is it? Song Tian's product must've been disqualified already," she said.
Jiang An coughed, "Young miss, you might want to look at the result," he said.
Shen Lan smiled, "Well, I guess it's time for him to realize his wrongdoing," she said.
Just as she turned around to look at the result, Shen Lan's face changed, "Impossible!" she said.
Shen Lan thought the result will be the same as her prediction, but turned out she's wrong.
On the screen, Song Tian's strawberry base price already decided, and it's $50.000 for one fruit.
"$50.000 for one fruit? Did I see a typo?"
"Wow, look at that price! I can't believe Maeda Shin put a higher base price than his own fruit."
"Didn't he also sold his fruit for $50.000?"
"You're right, but the base price for his fruit back then is only $30.000."
"Does that mean it's even better than his own fruit?"
"Who knows, since Maeda Shin himself put that much of a price, it must've been better than the fruit he sold last month."
"Even the previous judges for the Archaine Farmers Festival didn't get that much of result, the highest one from them only got $25.000."
An old man pushed a button on his table, "$50.500! That fruit is mine!" he said, which makes everyone surprised.
Not long after, several rich people started to bid to get their hands on Song Tian's fruit.
In the participant's area, Pedro Costa asked, "Are you prepared? Soon, people might ask your credibility about this," he said.
Song Tian smiled, "Relax, I got this," he said.
"$56.000, but I would like to know whether or not the fruit is really cultivated by the farmer himself."
Before Su Wen says something, she heard one of the bidders already started to ask about the plant.
Song Tian chuckled, he looked at Su Wen and Pedro Costa, "Wait for me here," he said as he walked toward the stage.
Everyone could see a long-haired young man coming up to the stage.
The host looked at the young man who's talking with the worker, "What a handsome young man.. I mean, what is he doing here?" she muttered.
Maeda Shin asked, "Who are you?" he said as the young man walked towards him.
Song Tian smiled, "I'm the one who cultivated this plant," he said, which makes Maeda Shin and the host startled.
Song Tian looked at the host, "Can I have the microphone?" he said.
Looking at the young man smiling at her, the host tried to hide her blush by looking downward while handed the microphone to Song Tian.
With a microphone in his hand, Song Tian looked at everyone, "First, let me introduce my self. I'm Song Tian, the one who cultivates this strawberry," he said.
Song Tian continued, "Since someone asked whether or not I'm really the one who cultivated this strawberry, I have something for everyone to see," he said.
On the screen, a video of Song Tian held his Intermediate Hoe on his farm could be seen.
Song Tian smiled, "It'll be easier for all of you to see the process itself," he said.
Song Tian continued, "Here's one-week timelapse video from the start of planting the strawberry until it's matured. Don't worry, I also have raw footage of it if you want to watch it later," he said as he nodded to the worker on the stage.
On the screen, everyone could see the process of Song Tian planting the strawberry seed and taking care of it.
Everyone could see the strawberry plant quickly matured, and each fruit started to grow into their own unique shapes.
Maeda Shin surprised to see Song Tian didn't use any fruit mold to change the strawberry shape.
At the end of the video, everyone could see Song Tian moved the plant to the pot and covered it with a glass.
"If everyone is wondering, the glass has several holes in it, so the plant can take the oxygen."
After watching the video, the one who asked the question earlier started to push the button again, "$60.000," she said.
"$61.000."
As everyone started to bids again, Song Tian handed back the microphone to the host.
Maeda Shin looked at Song Tian, "Mister Song Tian, are you interested in selling your plant to me? I'll buy it for one million," he said.
The host who hears it couldn't help but startled.
Song Tian smiled, "That's too expensive, I only plan to sell the fruit," he said.
Maeda Shin sighed, "That's unfortunate," he said.
Maeda Shin handed his business card to Song Tian, "Come to visit my garden in Japan if you have the time in the future," he said.
Song Tian smiled, he also handed his business card to Maeda Shin, "Alright, I will," he said as he left the stage.
Pedro Costa looked at Song Tian, laughed, "Darn, that was smooth," he said.
Su Wen sighed, "You could've told them one month instead, to avoid any troubles in the future," he said.
Song Tian laughed, "I could've just answered them that it was a speed breeding," he said.
Song Tian continued, "Look at Pedro and other farmers, they also use their own unique speed breeding to fasten their crops growth rate," he said.
Ever since he learned about the speed breeding on the internet, Song Tian found out Pedro Costa, and other farmers he knows uses that method.
That's why Song Tian didn't cover up on his crop duration anymore.
Pedro Costa nodded, "That's right, one week for a plant isn't that rare," he said.
Hearing that, Su Wen is somewhat relieved.
On another table, Jiang An sighed as Shen Lan unconsciously crushed her phone in her hand.
Hearing no one bids anymore, Shen Lan gritted her teeth, "Let this over already," she said.
BEEP!
"$75.000."
Shen Lan looked at the source of the voice. She saw Wang Hai and Yoshida Kenji. They're grinning at her, which makes her veins bulged.
Not long after that, the other guest started to bid again.
In the end, Song Tian's fruit is sold at $80.000. The other eight strawberries also sold to the others.
Several moments later, in front of the hotel, Wang Hai saw Song Tian and Su Wen, laughed, "Yo, your ex is really mad at me," he said.
Song Tian sighed, "Of course she is, you purposely increase the price," he said.
Song Tian continued, "Where is she?" he asked.
Wang Hai laughed, "She's already left," he said.
Wang Hai continued, "She also told me that it's not over, and she will come back again," he said.
Yoshida Kenji chuckled, "She sounds like one of those villains in the cartoon," he said.
Song Tian's mouth twitched, after talking for a while with his friends, he went back to his farm.
In the car, Su Wen found out that Song Tian prepared the video yesterday.
Su Wen thought Song Tian really made the video for seven days. Turns out, the video is manipulated by Song Yi.
Song Tian also does the manipulated video thing when he sold his bluefin tuna to Charles Smith.
Song Tian purposely reduced the amount of strawberry to ten fruits for the auction purpose.
As for the shapes, Song Tian picked a random plant on his [Elite Field], which most of the plants relied on the fertilizer.
Once Song Tian uses [Elite Quality] fertilizer upgrade for his crops, the shapes will be randomized.
Inside the house somewhere in Central Milverion, shattered glasses, vase, and other household stuff could be seen littering all around the floor.
Shen Lan leaned her back on the couch, staring blankly at the ceiling. "Uncle An, if I were to train diligently, can I take him by force?" she asked.
Jiang An's face changed. He shook his head, "Young miss, it's even more impossible if you're using that method," he said.
Jiang An continued, "Even Grandmaster Shen didn't dare to offend Song Family," he said.
Shen Lan sighed, "Then, what should I do?" she said.
Jiang An answered, "You have to accept Young Master Song being a farmer, that's the only way," he said.
Shen Lan scowled, "Impossible! Either he chooses me or his farming nonsense," she said.
Jiang An sighed, "Isn't it obvious already? Young miss, you have to face reality," she said.
Shen Lan glared at Jiang An angrily.
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
OrzDemonic
OrzDemonic Speed breeding is a real breeding technique in the real world, BUT it's not as exaggerated and absurd as the one in this story.
- The manipulated video thing is mentioned in chapter 83-84.
- Randomly shaped [Elite Quality] crop is mentioned in chapter 114.
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