Volume 1 Chapter 131 (1/2)

Maniac

The entire banquet hall fell into a deathly silence.

There were people whispering under the stage, but when they heard the final number manager Rose gave, they were so shocked they couldn’t say anything else. The large banquet hall was so silent that even the sound of a pin being dropped could be heard.

This deathly silence didn’t last long as the hall exploded after a while.

“Five million gold coins? Gods above! Is this true?”

“It can’t be, right? How could the Frestech Chamber of Commerce be allowed to borrow that much?”

“That’s right, there wouldn’t even be this value if the entire Frestech Chamber of Commerce was sold, right? Five hundred thousand gold coins is already enough!”

“When did the Chimera Chamber of Commerce become this easy to talk to? We were rejected last time we put in a loan for just eight hundred thousand gold coins, so how did the Frestech Chamber of Commerce get approved for five million?”

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Everyone’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

The one filled with the most disbelief was of course chairman Morgan.

He kept staring at manager Rose. If it wasn’t for the people watching on the side, he would have charged up to the stage and pulled on manager Rose’s skin to see if it was someone disguised as him.

But his reasoning told him that this manager Rose was indeed the manager Rose he had contacted many times in Anvilmar City, it definitely was not someone disguised as him.

Also what use would there be in Xu Yi finding someone to disguise as him? If this matter didn’t have the Chimera Chamber of Commerce’s approval, would Xu Yi dare do this?

After a while, chairman Morgan slowly came back to his senses. He took a deep look at Xu Yi before turning to manager Rose to ask, “Manager Rose, can I ask a question?”

Manager Rose gave a slight nod, “Please ask.”

“I want to ask, just based on what did the Frestech Chamber of Commerce receive the approval to get a five million gold coin loan from your Chimera Chamber of Commerce?” Chairman Morgan asked.

This question was the question that everyone wanted to know. When chairman Morgan asked this, everyone looked over at manager Rose.

Who would have thought that manager Rose would just look at chairman Morgan and answer without any expression, “I’m sorry, I cannot say anything about this issue.”

“Ai.”

A wave of sighs sounded.

Disappointment came, but everyone was clear that this reply from manager Rose was irrefutable.

It was a Chimera Chamber of Commerce secret why this loan was approved, so it was expected that manager Rose wouldn’t answer this question.

Chairman Morgan’s face twitched a few times before he nodded and didn’t ask anything else.

Seeing that no one else had any questions, Count Sean stood up and announced the auction would continue.

But the auction continuing meant chairman Morgan had to face the sky high price of one million and eight hundred thousand that Xu Yi gave.

Although before this auction, the Jole Family had given chairman Morgan instructions that he had to obtain these two iron mines, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce had only valued this smaller mine at eight hundred thousand to one million and two hundred thousand. When chairman Morgan gave that one million six hundred and sixty thousand gold coin bid, it had already surpassed his budget.

If he wanted to press down Xu Yi’s bid of one million and eight hundred thousand,

The auctioneer who was on the stage again saw that chairman Morgan didn’t say anything, so he couldn’t help giving a soft cough. He reminded him, “The Frestech Chamber of Commerce has bid one million and eight hundred thousand, is there anyone that wants to go higher? If not, the iron mine will belong to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.”

Everyone looked at chairman Morgan.

The cold sweat covering chairman Morgan’s head was several times more than chairman Bruno earlier. He looked at Xu Yi before looking back at the auctioneer. After hesitating for a bit, he slowly raised his hand as the auctioneer raised the wooden gavel and softly called, “One million eight hundred and fifty thousand.”

“Two million.” When chairman Morgan said his final word, Xu Yi already called out another number.

Everyone in the hall took a cold breath of air at the same time.

Two million gold coins!

All for an iron mine that wasn’t considered too big!

Moreover Xu Yi had gone to two million from one million eight hundred and fifty thousand at once, this was even more aggressive than chairman Morgan from before!

Everyone looked at Xu Yi like he was a maniac.

Does this Xu Yi know what he was doing?

Did he think that this two million gold coins fell out of the sky?

Even if your Frestech Chamber of Commerce received a loan of five million from the Chimera Chamber of Commerce for an unknown reason, can you not spend it so freely like some low level nouveau riche?

Thinking of upstarts, everyone suddenly remembered that compared to the large companies with rich backgrounds and history, isn’t Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce considered nouveau riche?

But whether he was one or not, Xu Yi had already given his price, so would chairman Morgan meet it or not?

Chairman Morgan took out his handkerchief and forcefully wiped his head. He found that his dry handkerchief had become soaked and his hand holding it couldn’t help shaking.

“Damn fellow!” Chairman Morgan looked at Xu Yi in the distance with a relaxed smile on his face and he cursed in his heart.

If it wasn’t for this fellow suddenly butting in, he could have used one million six hundred and sixty thousand to take this mine.