NOVEL WEB chapter 154
79. Curtain Call
“I bid one hundred million!”
Lorenzo’s powerful and domineering voice engulfed the auction hall, like a true storm descending, causing everyone to momentarily hold their breath, revealing expressions of shock.
One hundred million!
That’s one hundred million!
In cash, it could stack up to a mountain of one hundred million!
For the vast majority of people here, they have never even seen what an enormous figure one hundred million is in their lifetime. They know that the most common sight in the lower district of Berland is the rats in the sewers, but even if all the rats were gathered together, they probably wouldn’t amount to one hundred million.
Even the fairy lady was momentarily stunned.
Of course, she hoped the bidding would go higher, even higher.
But she never expected Lorenzo would directly bid one hundred million!
She had hosted countless auctions, but never had any item broken the one hundred million barrier.
But now, that record was shattered!
The fairy lady trembled with excitement, yet her beautiful eyes didn’t focus on Lorenzo, who had just called out one hundred million, but were instead fixed tightly on the mysterious private room number eighty-eight.
Because she knew that Lorenzo’s ability to bid one hundred million wasn’t due to her being a particularly enticing auctioneer, but entirely thanks to the influence of room eighty-eight!
When the “auction continues” note was passed up from the audience just now, she had a premonition that this person wouldn’t be simple, so she was now also looking forward to whether room eighty-eight would continue to raise the bid.
Not just her, but at this moment, the gaze of everyone in the auction hall was focused on room eighty-eight, waiting for his next bid.
“Did he really just bid one hundred million directly?”
After a long silence, that calm voice finally rang out again, tinged with a hint of disappointment and regret, sighing:
“I truly cannot afford one hundred million; you’ve won, Mr. Lorenzo, the ancient dragon’s essence belongs to you now.”
“Wow—”
The crowd couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.
Room eighty-eight has conceded!
This means that the competition over the ancient dragon’s essence ultimately crowned the winner as number one, Lorenzo of the Red Fire Gang!
“Indeed, it’s Lorenzo; this level of dominance is truly shocking.”
“To be able to so easily produce one hundred million in cash, the strength of the Red Fire Gang cannot be underestimated.”
“Is that mysterious number eighty-eight ultimately not enough?”
“Is this the end?”
Miss Fairy shook her head regretfully, but her face quickly lit up with an enchanting smile as she raised the auction hammer in her hand.
“I declare that the masterpiece of Gu Long will be sold to guest number one for a price of one hundred million!”
……
“Hahahaha, you want to compete with me? You think you can compete with me?”
In the private room number one, after the dust had settled and amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Lorenzo couldn’t help but laugh heartily with his hands on his hips.
Although the dark one-way glass blocked the view inside the room, he could already imagine that damned number eighty-eight being intimidated by his overwhelming presence.
Compete with me? I have one hundred million, do you?
What do you have…
Isn’t Gu Long’s masterpiece still mine?
Are you angry?
Are you angry?
Being humiliated with one hundred million in front of so many people, are you angry?
“Truly worthy of Mr. Lorenzo.”
But just as Lorenzo was getting carried away with excitement, number eighty-eight surprisingly spoke up again, his tone filled with genuine admiration:
“To directly bid one hundred million, it seems that the fifty million I brought is far from enough.”
Huh?
Lorenzo’s laughing expression suddenly froze.
The astonished gazes of the crowd changed as well.
Even Miss Fairy, who was thinking of saying some flattering words to Lorenzo, almost bit her tongue upon hearing this.
What did he say?
How much did he bring?
Fifty million?
Does that mean…
“Sigh, I thought I would give it a try, but it seems I was too naive. Compared to someone like Mr. Lorenzo, who can casually put out one hundred million, someone like me, who can only scrape together fifty million by tightening my belt, is hardly worth mentioning.
Indeed, there are always people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens in this world.”
Number eighty-eight sincerely said: “Thank you, Mr. Lorenzo, for making me understand this truth.”
Thank him for being a super fool, right?
“……”
At this moment, the entire auction house was silent.
Yet everything was changing within this unspoken stillness.
The crowd felt as if this story were as thrilling as a novel, and when they glanced toward the number one private room, it was as if they were looking at a tragic female character in a story who had been deceived for money and affection, unable to hide their genuine pity.
Although your grand gesture of throwing around a hundred million seemed quite dashing, turning back to see a loss of fifty million was indeed quite a disgrace!
“Damn it!”
In the private room, Lorenzo suddenly lifted the sofa beneath him with one hand and smashed it violently against the glass in front of him.
The glass shattered instantly, and through the broken shards, the strange and pitying gazes directed at him only fueled his anger further.
At this moment, he could no longer deny that he had been thoroughly played!
That number eighty-eight had never intended to bid on Gu Long’s hard work!
He was just here to disgust me!
“b*stard, I’m going to kill you!”
His bloodshot eyes fixed on the eighty-eight private room, wishing he could rush over right now and chop him into pieces!
He had never experienced such humiliation in his life!
“No way, boss, you can’t just act recklessly here!”
Fearing that Lorenzo might truly be blinded by rage and do something catastrophic, his trusted aide quickly stepped forward and tightly hugged his waist to stop him.
“Get off me!”
Lorenzo kicked his aide away, “I’m not that stupid!”
After all, this was the territory of a giant behind the black market; he wasn’t foolish enough to break the rules here.
Moreover…
Lorenzo lowered his gaze to the ordinary seats.
Though it was subtle, he still keenly sensed a genuine greed emanating from those eyes filled with either pity or schadenfreude.
“These wild dogs dare to have ill intentions toward my things!”
Lorenzo took a deep breath, quickly suppressing all that anger.
To rise to this position in such a chaotic place as the lower city, he relied on more than just ruthlessness.
Those who couldn’t distinguish between light and heavy wouldn’t survive long in such a place.
“Revenge can wait; first, I need to return Gu Long’s hard work.”
He decisively strode out of the private room, preparing to quickly cash in on the goods while the folks in the hall were still unaware, and then leave.
However, just before stepping into the dark corridor, he suddenly turned his head, looking deep into the corridor.
That private room that made his teeth itch was tightly closed, with no sound at all.
“Just you wait, this matter is far from over.”
A glint of cold light flashed in Lorenzo’s eyes as he turned around:
“Leave two people outside to keep watch, the rest, move out.”
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“Wow, so angry?”
When the sofa came flying out of the private room, Mu En was taken aback for a moment.
Heaven knows, Mu En was speaking the truth.
He had originally planned to stop at around fifty to sixty million, after all, what if he accidentally bought Gu Long’s hard work? Who would have thought that the leader of the Chihuo Gang would be so easily provoked, directly raising the bid to one hundred million in one go.
“I thought he would come charging at me with a knife.”
Seeing that Lorenzo did not come to seek revenge but chose to leave instead, Mu En couldn’t help but stroke his chin in surprise.
One could only say, as expected of a gang leader? At such a time, he still had a clear head.
“So, what’s next, a new show is about to begin?”
After Lorenzo left, many people in the hall quickly exited, but judging by their eager expressions, it certainly wasn’t to throw a farewell party for Lorenzo.