The banquet hall suddenly fell into dead silence.
There were originally some people in the audience whispering, but after hearing the last number that Director Ross said, everyone was so shocked that they couldn't speak at all. The banquet hall of Nuoda was as quiet as a You can hear a pin drop clearly.
This dead silence did not last long. After a moment, there was an explosion in the hall.
"Five million gold coins? God! Is this true?"
"No way? How can Xinfei Chamber of Commerce loan such a large amount of money?"
"That's right, even if we sell the entire Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it won't be worth so much, right? Five hundred thousand gold coins is enough!"
"When did the Chimera Chamber of Commerce become so easy to talk to? The last time we applied to them for a loan of only 800,000 gold coins, our loan application was rejected. How could we pass the application of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for a full 5 million gold coins?"
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Everyone's eyes were filled with disbelief.
The most incredible one among them is, of course, President Morgan.
He stared hard at Director Ross. If there weren't so many people watching around him, he would even want to rush to the stage and pull Director Ross's face hard to see if he was someone else pretending to be him.
However, his reason told him that this Director Ross was indeed the Director Ross he had met several times in Anvilmar City before, and it was absolutely impossible for someone else to pretend to be him.
Besides, what's the use of Xu Yi finding someone to pretend to be him? If this kind of thing is not approved by the Chimera Chamber of Commerce, would Xu Yi dare to do it casually
After a long while, President Morgan slowly came back to his senses and took a deep look at Xu Yi. Turning to Director Ross, he asked: "Director Ross. Can I ask a question?"
Director Ross nodded slightly: "Excuse me."
"I would like to ask. Why did Xinfei Chamber of Commerce allow your Chimera Chamber of Commerce to agree to this loan application of up to five million gold coins?" President Morgan asked.
This question can be said to be a question that everyone is concerned about. As soon as President Morgan asked it, everyone looked at Director Ross.
Unexpectedly, Director Ross glanced at President Morgan and replied expressionlessly: "I'm sorry, I have no comment on this issue."
"well"
There was a sigh.
It was disappointing, but everyone knew very well that Director Ross's answer was understandable.
The reason for the loan is, after all, a secret of the Chimera Chamber of Commerce. It was expected that Chief Ross did not answer.
The muscles on President Morgan's face twitched twice, and he nodded without asking any more questions.
Seeing that no one had any questions, Earl Satsuma stood up at the right time and announced that the auction would continue.
However, the continuation of the auction means that President Morgan must face the sky-high price of 1.8 million gold coins proposed by Xu Yi.
Although the Joseph family had given instructions to President Morgan before coming to this auction to capture these two iron mines at any cost, the internal valuation of this smaller mine within the Falcao Chamber of Commerce But between 800,000 gold coins and 1.2 million gold coins, when President Morgan had grown to 1.66 million gold coins just now, it was already far beyond the budget.
And now if you want to beat Xu Yi's bidding of 1.8 million gold coins. That's a lot more than that.
The auctioneer who stood back on the stage couldn't help but cough slightly when he saw that President Morgan had not spoken for a long time. He reminded: "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has 1.8 million gold coins. Is there any more? If not, this mine will belong to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."
Everyone looked at President Morgan.
The cold sweat on President Morgan's forehead was several times more than that of President Brno just now. He looked at Xu Yi, then at the auctioneer, hesitated for a long time, and finally calmed down before the auctioneer picked up the gavel. Xu raised his hand and shouted softly: "One million and eighty-five million."
"Two million." As soon as President Morgan uttered the last word, Xu Yi immediately shouted out another number.
Everyone in the hall gasped at the same time.
Two million gold coins!
Just for an iron mine that is not particularly large!
Moreover, Xu Yi actually increased his salary from 1.85 million to 2 million in one breath. This is simply more domineering than the previous President Morgan!
Everyone looked at Xu Yi as if they were looking at a madman.
Does Xu Yi know what he is doing
Did he think the two million gold coins fell from the sky
Even if your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce obtained a huge loan of five million gold coins from the Chimera Chamber of Commerce for unknown reasons, you can't just squander it like a low-level nouveau riche, right
Thinking of the nouveau riche, everyone suddenly remembered that compared to many large chambers of commerce here with rich heritage and long history, aren't Xu Yi and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce just a nouveau riche
But regardless of whether he is a nouveau riche or not, Xu Yi has now offered this price. Will Chairman Morgan accept it or not
President Morgan took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead vigorously. He found that the originally clean handkerchief was soaked all at once, and his hand holding the handkerchief began to tremble slightly involuntarily.
"Damn guy!" President Morgan looked at Xu Yi who still had a relaxed smile in the distance, and cursed fiercely in his heart.
If this guy hadn't suddenly come out to disrupt the situation, he could have won the iron mine for 1.66 million.
Although the price is still on the high side, it is still within an acceptable range.
But now Xu Yi quoted a price of two million gold coins, which was already beyond President Morgan's ability to bear.
President Morgan kept wiping his sweat and hesitating, but until the auctioneer counted three times and the gavel fell, he never made a sound again.
"Two million gold coins! Congratulations to Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for winning this auction and obtaining the fifty-year mining rights of Mine No. 1!"
The auctioneer's voice echoed in the banquet hall, but did not elicit any response, not even polite applause.
Everyone looked at Xu Yi and President Morgan with extremely strange expressions.
President Morgan finally gave up the bidding. It was not surprising that everyone was disappointed. After all, the price of two million gold coins was too high and far exceeded everyone's psychological expectations.
Just like the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, the family is great and the business is great. The strength is extremely strong. But you can't squander it so casually. It is reasonable for President Morgan to choose to give up.
And Xu Yi obtained the mining rights of this mine at such a sky-high price, but no one would be happy for him.
With such a huge amount of money, even if Xinfei Chamber of Commerce immediately started mining on a large scale, it would be impossible to earn back the principal in a short period of time.
What's more, the money was borrowed from the Chimera Chamber of Commerce by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The Chimera Chamber of Commerce is not a charity association, so the interest on the loan must be very high. If the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not operate properly, it may not even be able to repay the interest. . In the end, it is even possible that the entire chamber of commerce will be directly dragged down by the interest.
In the eyes of most people, Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually made an extremely stupid choice.
So the first auction ended in an eerie silence. Xinfei Chamber of Commerce obtained the mining rights of a smaller mine at an astonishing price of two million gold coins.
However, this silence was instantly shattered by the sound of bidding one after another at the beginning of the second auction.
Mine No. 2 is much larger than Mine No. 1, and contains much greater value. However, the starting price is only 700,000 gold coins.
Perhaps they had witnessed the craziness of the first auction, or perhaps many chambers of commerce had been eyeing this larger mine from the beginning, so as soon as the auction started, a bunch of people jumped out and spoke out.
The starting price of 700,000 gold coins was pushed up to 1 million gold coins in the blink of an eye, and then rocketed towards 1.5 million.
But just when a representative from a chamber of commerce was about to submit a bid of 1.5 million, President Morgan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
Just don't speak. Everyone was shocked as soon as he opened his mouth.
"two millions!"
The price was actually increased by half a million gold coins!
The hall fell silent again, and everyone looked at President Morgan. I found that the expression on his face at this moment was actually a bit ferocious.
Everyone immediately understood that this time, President Morgan would not give up the mine no matter what.
Otherwise, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce will return empty-handed this time.
After a pause, a Chamber of Commerce representative who came all the way from Anvilmar City shouted out a bid of "two million and a half million".
And just as he finished speaking, President Morgan directly shouted "two million and three hundred thousand".
Although it did not increase by as much as 500,000 gold coins all at once, the increase of 250,000 gold coins at once was still astonishing.
What was even more astonishing was what President Morgan said after the bidding.
"Our Falcao Chamber of Commerce must get this mine. Anyone who wants to rob it will be an enemy of our Falcao Chamber of Commerce! In addition, you should think clearly. Even if you get this mine, you will have the ability to mine it. ?"
This is simply a naked threat in public.
Earl Satsuma frowned, feeling a little dissatisfied, but then he opened his eyebrows and did not express any opinion.
Seeing that no one made a sound, President Morgan turned to Xu Yi and snorted coldly: "President Xu, what do you think? Do you still want to increase the price? You loaned five million gold coins from the Chimera Chamber of Commerce all of a sudden, and now you still have to pay. With three million left, aren’t you ready to compete with our Falcao Chamber of Commerce again?”
Xu Yi looked at President Morgan in surprise and said innocently: "President Morgan, what are you talking about? Have you forgotten that you told me before that the partners in our federation are all good friends. Everyone We should help each other, how can we compete maliciously? Besides, lending five million gold coins doesn't mean I have to spend all of it, right? To be honest, it would already give me a headache if I spent the two million coins. It’s not that our chamber of commerce consumes too much iron ore to produce magic machinery. In fact, I’m not very interested in this mine, do you think so?”
President Morgan stared at Xu Yi fiercely, not believing a word he said.
But Xu Yi had already shown his intention to give in. Naturally, he wouldn't say anything more. He just kept staring at Xu Yi to see if he would raise the price at the last moment like he did just now.
However, until the auctioneer finished counting down and dropped the gavel to announce the end of the auction, Xu Yidu just kept smiling, closed his mouth, and said nothing.
After hearing the auctioneer's announcement that the Falcao Chamber of Commerce had obtained the mining rights for this iron mine, President Morgan let out a long breath, as if he had just finished a battle, and his whole body relaxed.
However, Xu Yi managed to come over at this moment and smiled at President Morgan: "Congratulations, this mine has finally fallen into the hands of your Falcao Chamber of Commerce. It's a pity, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is really The strength is not enough, otherwise I would really like to compete.”
President Morgan snorted heavily, thinking that if you hadn't caused trouble, these two iron mines would have been in the hands of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.
Now that one is missing, the Joseph family will definitely be very dissatisfied. President Morgan has no idea what kind of punishment he will receive next.
Xu Yi suddenly took two steps forward and lowered his voice to President Morgan: "By the way, President Morgan, now that our New Flying Chamber of Commerce has acquired a mine, I am going to research some magic machinery for mining. I don't know. Are you, Falcao Chamber of Commerce, interested?”
President Morgan looked at Xu Yi in shock and found that his expression was very serious and did not look like he was telling lies, so he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Although President Morgan looked down on a small chamber of commerce like Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he had to admit that the magic machines produced by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce were all very novel and easy to use. The most obvious example was the farmland magic machinery.
If Xu Yi really intends to develop some mining magic machinery, it might really be of great help to the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.
Thinking of this, the expression on President Morgan's face changed rapidly at a speed that surprised Xu Yi. He showed a cordial smile and said to Xu Yi: "Of course I am interested. Why don't you, President Xu, talk to me in detail?"