NOVPUBChapter 886: Chapter 588: Auction Chapter 886 -588: Auction 鈥淥ne million!鈥
The voice that called out this price belonged to none other than Sun Shangwu, who was situated at the very back of the hall.
At the same time, he was the only ordinary member to have joined the Longevity Club with a net worth of thirty-seven billion.
Chu Mo鈥檚 gaze shifted towards him, meeting Sun Shangwu鈥檚 smiling face.
Sun Shangwu was nodding and smiling at him, his lips curving upwards slightly.
Chu Mo knew there were two reasons for Sun鈥檚 actions, one of which was to raise the atmosphere of the auction hall.
Since the first Longevity Pill did not have a low starting price, no one knew how much to bid at first芒鈧€漛id too high and risk a loss; bid too low and risk ridicule.
Therefore, everyone was waiting, leading to a situation where no one dared to make an offer.
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Now that Sun Shangwu had made the opening bid, it gave others a basis for their own, thus eliminating their concerns, and the further bidding would naturally proceed in due course.
Additionally, Sun鈥檚 rush to bid first was also tied to his identity.
In this auction hall, apart from him, everyone else was a top tycoon with a net worth of over a hundred billion.
With his status, he could at most use five billion for bidding, any more than that he couldn鈥檛 afford.
But for those top tycoons, they were even wealthier and had correspondingly larger funds at their disposal.
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Not to mention, there was a tycoon from De Country worth eight hundred billion, who also seemed determined to win at all costs, able to deploy tens of billions in a single bid; Sun Shangwu simply couldn鈥檛 compete.
Thus, taking advantage of the current silence before others started bidding, Sun Shangwu jumped in with a bid.
While it was more about participating, it also allowed him to make his presence noticed among the crowd of top tycoons.
Even if this notice was shattered in an instant.
In the hall, as soon as Sun Shangwu鈥檚 words fell, there was no need for Chu Mo to prompt again, as someone immediately spoke up:
鈥淭wo million.鈥
The one who made this bid was also from the back rows芒鈧€滳hen Jianhua, the chairman of Zhongzhou Commerce.
Originally from one of the eight great Liu family lines of Zhongzhou, following one of the eight great families, the Liu family, Chen Jianhua had not planned on joining the Longevity Club.
However, with the emergence of the first Longevity Pill and his desire for it, he defied the orders of the Liu family and chose to join the Longevity Club.
Onstage, seeing that the auction hall was finally regaining its atmosphere, Chu Mo breathed a sigh of relief and then spoke slowly again:
鈥淭wo million, Mr.
Chen has offered two million, is there anyone willing to bid higher?鈥
Chu Mo was not in a hurry.
Although the first Longevity Pill was flawed, it definitely wouldn鈥檛 go for just two million.
To many, the small Longevity Pill was akin to an extra life.
Even ordinary people would spend all they had for a chance at life, so naturally, these top tycoons valued their lives even more.
If one day they were on the brink of death, and they were told that they could use half of their wealth in exchange for more life years, Chu Mo believed that these top tycoons would agree.
What鈥檚 more, if measured by the previous twenty-three Grade D tasks, the price of each Longevity Pill would far exceed this amount.
Not to mention, Ren Wenxuan, Chairman of Shangyuan Entertainment, received a Grade D task to invest in a suspense thriller blockbuster with Shi Yuan Entertainment, which featured eleven A-list stars and had a grand total investment of three billion芒鈧€漨oney that Ren Wenxuan had to provide upfront.
Without any hesitation, faced with this three-billion task, Ren Wenxuan accepted it right away.
This indicated that, at least in Ren Wenxuan鈥檚 eyes, a Longevity Pill was definitely worth three billion.
Therefore, a mere two million was far from the actual starting price of the first Longevity Pill.
After Chen Jianhua鈥檚 second bid, the hall once again fell into a brief silence, but this silence was soon broken again.
At the front of the hall, a young woman with long golden hair and a tall, exquisite appearance suddenly raised her hand, before speaking softly:
鈥淔ive million.鈥
Chu Mo looked at the third bidder, the striking young woman, and was quite moved.
For the first time, he took the initiative to nod and greet her.
鈥淔rom Danmai, Princess Sophie has bid five million.
Is there anyone else willing to offer a higher bid?鈥
In a typical auction, when a princess of a country shows interest in an item and makes a bid, usually others would yield out of respect for the royal, even if they were also interested in the item; they would choose to step back voluntarily.
After all, competing with a princess would be ungentlemanly, and it could risk offending a royal family, which would be a loss that wasn鈥檛 worth the gain.
However, for the top billionaires here, the Danmai princess didn鈥檛 hold enough sway to make them concede voluntarily.
Even though she was a princess of Danmai, to these billionaires worth hundreds of billions, it didn鈥檛 matter, and the first Longevity Pill wasn鈥檛 some dispensable trifle they could easily part with. 𝚗𝚘v𝚙𝚞b.𝚌𝚘m
For most people here, the first Longevity Pill was a must-have, and they certainly wouldn鈥檛 stop because of a mere princess.
Thus, even though Sophie had already placed her bid, it was only a matter of moments before another crisp voice rang out in the hall.
鈥淭en million!鈥
