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Chapter 1025
Chapter 1025
Chapter 1025
Theodore apologized quickly, “Sorry, sorry, I was being dumb. Please forgive me, Mr. Sullivan.”
The auction house was empty.
It wasn’t because the Rhodiola Rosea couldn’t attract the crowd. The fact was that few were qualified for the auction.
Moreover, Theodore had spread the word about how he had his eyes on the plant. No one dared to bid against him so, only a handful of people were there.
The auction started soon after.
The auctioneer was a masked man who called himself the General of Tulle. His real name, however, was Danny Wheeler.
Danny scanned the room, and the temperature felt like it suddenly dropped. Everyone turned quiet.
The people in Tulle were all like heavenly warriors. No one dared to offend them.
Danny announced, “The auction will now begin. I will first introduce the product. The Rhodiola Rosea has always been expensive, even in the black market. Now that the Great Marshal has taken over and monitor the production of the ten rare plants, the supply for the plants in the market has gone dry. The Rhodiola Rosea we have here today might be the last one available. The starting bid is ten billion!”
Everyone gasped.
Ten billion for a stock? They might as well just freaking rob the bank!
The people started wondering if there were idiots who would pay that price.
“A hundred billion!” To everyone’s surprise, someone raised the cost by tenfold as soon as Danny finished speaking.
The crowd traced the voice and learned that the bidder was Theodore.
He knew just what that plant meant.
This plant would determine if Zeke or I survive!
Theodore thought Zeke would spare no expense to bid on Rhodiola rosea, so he raised the cost by tenfold to try to scare him away.
Zeke refused to back down. “Two hundred billion.”
“Three hundred billion.”
“Four hundred billion.”
In the blink of an eye, the Rhodiola Rosea reached the value of five hundred billion.
Everyone was shivering.
Is this an actual bidding war? Or maybe... Yeah, they must be there just to show off their wealth!
Only two people on site had the net worth of five hundred billion, yet Theodore and Zeke planned on spending that much money on a single plant.
Those two either lost their minds or they somehow have something against money!
That was when Zeke and Theodore started being cautious.
Five hundred billion.
Even a powerful corporation would hesitate spending that much money.
The people started wondering if there were idiots who would pay that price.
Theodore went quiet for a moment. In the end, he gritted his teeth and bid for six hundred billion.
Theodore went quiet for a moment. In the end, he gritted his teeth and bid for six hundred billion.
His heart was broken.
Six hundred billion was equivalent to half of the Luna estate.
Theodore honestly didn’t know whether he had the willpower to keep going if Zeke were to bid even higher.
Still, Zeke probably won’t bid higher. He might have the Hintons and the Williamses with him, but their combined net worth was only about six hundred billion.
As expected, Zeke turned quiet and stopped bidding.
Everyone thought it was because he didn’t have more money to bid on it.
However, Zeke thought it was enough to con Theodore out of six hundred billion.
He thought the latter might stop bidding if the price went any higher.
“Six hundred billion going once... Six hundred billion going twice... Sold!”
Danny hit the table with a gavel.
Everyone felt excited because they had just witnessed two powerful figures going against each other.
Those two bid in hundred billions!
That was true power and money.
Compared to those two, the others were just puny foot soldiers.