Chapter 520: Breaking the World Auction Record
As soon as the host finished talking, he picked up his little hammer.
Immediately, someone below raised their sign and shouted, “200 million!”
That was right, the first person directly skipped sh-t like 110 million or 120 million and started off with 200 million!
As soon as he put down his sign, someone else immediately raised their sign and shouted, “500 million! US dollars!”
People chuckled. Could he be talking about Zimbabwe dollars if he didn’t mention US?
The host was also shocked.
Things escalated this quickly?
Hearing how fast the price was going up, those media outlets that didn’t get a chance to broadcast this scene were regretting it to their cores.
It was only the third shoutout, and the price already reached 500 million!
“600 million!”
“The price reached 600 million! Do we have anyone higher?’
“650 million!”
“700 million!”
“Guest number 23 is going with 700 million! Do we see 800 million? Whoever can get this, he or she will be able to even leave the auction with a perfectly healthy body!”
This sentence immediately made the eyes of those still hesitating bloodshot!
You might have no idea what price people with a terminal illness would be willing to pay to have their health restored.
“800 million!”
“Alright, guest No. 15 with 800 million!”
“Very well, guest No. 15 at 800 million! In front of health, money is just bullsh-t!”
“One billion!”
“Guest No. 3 out here with a billion!”
The boss of this auction house directly fainted from tears in the washroom.
Holy fack!
The price!
Normally in the auction industry, the auction house would be taking a cut as a handling fee every time a new bid is announced.
With so many bids, it would be enough to pay off all his debt easily and also make him a millionaire! But… those fees would all be handed over to the Mandala Lab now…
Not just that, even if the bids stop here at one billion, if he insisted on taking the 5% commission, he would now be gaining 50 million right away!
But that was only if it stopped at a billion! Who knew how high it could end up going for?
“1.1 billion!”
Right after that sign went down, another one came up from another corner and shouted, “1.2 billion!”
“Guest No. 12 now with 1.2 billion! Do we see a higher price? If it’s me, I definitely wouldn’t stop here! How many women and how much wine have I still not enjoyed? I definitely wouldn’t want my lavish life to end here just because I couldn’t pay more than 1.2 billion! Who wouldn’t enjoy living for longer in a perfectly healthy body?”
This host was just this kind of b@stard that could easily instigate anything. But, Xu Cheng liked that!
“1.5 billion!” At this time, a bearded Middle Eastern man in white clothes shouted in disdain.
“Woah, welcome, our honorable guest from the Middle East! Your bid really did shock me. 1.5 billion! Do we see higher?”
“1.6 billion!” at this time, a calm middle-aged man shouted.
“Wait, if I’m not wrong, this is our honorable guest from Monaco. Damn, it’s obvious, people from Monaco are never short on money!”
Hearing this made the Middle Eastern tycoon unsatisfied. He directly raised his sign again. “1.8 billion!”
He even disdainfully glanced at the people around him with contempt and said, “People always joke about us people from the Middle East, saying that we only have money and nothing else. Then today, since this medicine could dictate life and death, I will just defeat you all with the money I’m most proud of having!”
Yep, nothing wrong with that!
At this time, a man with a small beard snorted as he nonchalantly raised his sign. “2 billion! Daring to make this kind of speech in the capitalist nation that is the M Nation? You will only be faceslapped by the wealthy tycoons here, you understand?”
Alright, now, the simple auction had turned into an event of flaunting wealth. It had completely started an ego war.
Xu Cheng very much wanted to give this host a big thumb up.
The other auction houses’ bosses watching this were also whispering to their assistants, “Get into contact with this host after this is over. He’s a smart guy, very skilled.”
At this time, another old man in a white beard raised his sign and said, “2.1 billion!”
Although there were tons of people that was worth more than this, not even including the invisible wealthy families that like to lay lowkey, only a handful could take out over 2 billion of cash right away. And with today’s auction, due to promotion and credibility, it wasn’t able to attract the largest whales out there, but for the people here today, being able to afford 2 billion upfront proved that they are indeed among the richest here.
People could be worth a lot more, but that included all kinds of assets under their name, such as real estate, company shares, and so on. But to be able to have 2 billion in cash? That was a whole new level.
“Our friend from Russia with 2.1 billion! Do we see a higher price? 2.1 billion going once!”
The host looked around, and he shrugged his shoulders and smiled. “Then, the only dose of this medicine left in the whole world, it’s going to change hands at the price of 2.1 billion?”
“2.1 billion twice!”
The old man in a white beard, his palms were covered in sweat.
At this time, the Middle Eastern tycoon suddenly raised his sign again. “2.5 billion!”
The host’s words “only dose left” really broke this old man’s psychological barrier.
Who would give up on something when their life was on the line?
Some people might think, holy fack, what if you had just been a bit more patient, and maybe this lab would make another dose in the next month or something?
But what if they don’t? Once cancer reaches the late stage, what the best doctors in the world could do was just to extend your life by a few more months. Your life would really not be in your hands anymore. It’s like you don’t respect our Big Brother Cancer over here at all. You want to live for a bit longer? Have you asked our Big Brother Cancer for permission?
You still want to wait for Mandala to come out with another dose? Did you ask Big Brother Cancer if he would be willing to wait for that long with you?
Even if the Mandala Lab comes out with a few in the next year, could you guarantee that you would be able to win the bid by then?
If the real big whales of capitalism are here today, you think you can take this medicine away with just a mere 2.5 billion? Haha!
The white-bearded elder almost coughed up blood and fell from his wheelchair when he saw the Middle Eastern tycoon snatch this medicine away from his hands.
“2.55 billion!” At this time, the Russian billionaire raised his sign.
The Middle Eastern Tycoon raised it again. “3 billion! I’m determined to get this medicine today, no matter what!”
The local tycoon of the M Nation showed a hint of fury. He looked at the Middle Eastern Tycoon and scolded, “You aren’t even ill! Why are you trying so hard to get this?!”
“I’m not sick now doesn’t mean I won’t get sick in the future. There’s only one dose right now, and what if no more comes out in the future? I need this! Right now, I’m not short on money anyways, why wouldn’t I try to buy it? You’ve probably been to our Dubai city, right? It’s like heaven there, why wouldn’t I want to live for a few more years?”
“3 billion!”
This price had already broken the world record of 1.4 billion dollars at auctions! (TL note: at the time of this chapter being written)
It also surpassed the last record real quick and by a wide margin!
The dose was just shy of 20 ml, and calling this liquid diamond would even be an insult since it was so much more expensive.
It basically meant each ml of this serum was equal to 150 million dollars!
The whole world was shocked!
It wouldn’t even matter what limited-edition handbags or watches you have, what cars you have, what paintings you have. In the future, just one sentence of “I once bought the medicine made by the Mandala Lab” was enough to beat all the showoffs in the world.
It was because, even a drop of this would be enough for you to struggle for several lifetimes to pay for!