Clinton Castle has a total of five telephones that can be used for external contact, and the break is only a short ten minutes. Drew fights.

The others were no better, the level of anxiety was the same, the Rose company stock was more sought after than one might think, before the auction began, no one thought the company was worth a hundred million dollars, but now, everyone has to re-evaluate and urgently mobilize funds, which is no less than a war for them.

Even Rockefeller can no longer sit still, one can imagine the mood of others.

"I wanted to do a favor, but now it seems like I don't need to." Carnegie found Li Mu with regret written on his face.

Carnegie's regret is not only that he didn't help, if the price is right, Carnegie also wants to eat a part of the shares, but the current price has made Carnegie unaffordable, so Carnegie has decided that he will honestly make his steel, which is the most suitable industry for Carnegie.

"Thank you Andrew, I didn't expect the Rose Company to be so popular, otherwise I would have put up for auction in forty-nine shares, which might have sold for a better price." Li Mu sounded a little regretful, but his face was obviously full of pride.

To be honest, although he has repeatedly emphasized it, Li Mu still underestimated the value of technology, electric lights, telephones, which are commonplace things in the twenty-first century, and their vitality is so strong that they are irreplaceable, so the value they have in the nineteenth century is crazy enough.

Li Mu is a full man who doesn't know how hungry a man is hungry, and he has a number of advanced patents in his hands, even if Li Mu only sells the right to use patents, he can properly become a wealthy man.

"It's crazy, it looks like I'm going to adjust my plans." Rockefeller came back from the call, still looking puffed.

"Not ten percent?" Li Mu gloated, it was not easy to make Rockefeller deflated.

"Who said that? I just used Plan B, you have to know, there were people who wanted to cooperate with me before, but I didn't agree, now the situation is stronger than people, and if you want to get what you want, you always have to pay something. "Rockefeller still has a backhand, and it seems that the phone call just now is very effective.

"John, let's make a deal, if I come up with $600,000, can I get one percent of the shares in the next auction?" Carnegie seized the opportunity.

$600,000 for one percent, referring to the transaction price just now, this decision is risky, because the next auction tycoons are likely to calm down, so the sale price may be less than $6 million, in which case, Carnegie will lose some cash.

However, it is more likely that the price has gone all the way up, and $6 million is enough to reflect the value of the Rose Company, which is not a one-sided opinion of one person, it is precisely because everyone is optimistic that the price will be pushed up to this incredible level.

"Of course, Andrew, you know I never turn down friends." Rockefeller is good at dancing with long sleeves, and if he can get a friend, then maybe it will be a bigger gain for the auction.

Well, the two most notorious tycoons in American history finally joined hands, Li Mu looked at everything in front of him and laughed, but he didn't expect that all this was facilitated by Li Mu.

Ten minutes passed in a flash, and the auction resumed.

Everyone in the field had different expressions, such as J· P. Morgan looked calm, but everyone knew that this was a volcano about to erupt, and hidden under the calm expression was J. Morgan. P. Morgan's wild heart is like the eve of a storm in the Atlantic.

Daniel? Drew's expression relaxed, maybe he just understood that he had no chance, or maybe he got more promises after discussing with his partner, in short, Daniel? Drew is full of confidence, even if he can't get it, as long as he stares at Jay Gould, and doesn't let Jay Gould get it, it's a victory.

Mitch Gilbert and Dick Anderson had ugly expressions, they didn't even have a chance to raise their cards in the auction just now, not because they didn't want to compete, but when they wanted to make a move, they found that the evolution of the situation had gotten out of control, so they chose to forbear.

After the break just now, Mitch Gilbert and Dick Anderson are fully prepared that this time they intend to make a difference and don't want to be just spectators.

The easiest are the pot-bellied middle-aged man and the capable young man, the young man just fought until the last moment, and in the end he still failed to defeat the cunning J· P. Morgan, it was clear that the young man had been instructed during the break in the innings just now, and now the young man was rekindled in his fighting spirit, like a newborn calf, with blood-red eyes, and he wanted to go up and compete with whoever he saw.

"Gentlemen, let's start over, I don't need to introduce you, gentlemen must know how much stock of the Rose Company is in demand—" The auctioneer tried to set the mood, but after saying a few words, there was a round of boos.

It seems that everyone's mood is very high, and they can't wait to see the excitement.

An auction with a total amount of more than 100 million yuan, you don't need to participate in it, even if you are lucky to be able to witness it with your own eyes, a few years later, even the surrounding service staff can boast to their children and grandchildren: On that Saturday night, a big event happened in Clinton Castle-

"Okay, it looks like everyone is as impatient as I am, so let's get started right away, it's still five percent of the Rose Company's stock, with a floor price of $1 million, is anyone willing to give a million dollars?" The auctioneer omitted the phrase "$10,000 each time he raised a card", there is no need to say this kind of words, the time of the big guys is precious, there is no time to raise the price of 11,000, they are more accustomed to completely destroying the opponent with invincible force, which is in line with the spirit of the United States.

"Five million!" Sure enough, this time the young man didn't talk nonsense, and he got to the point as soon as he came up, and this price was enough to kill 90% of the people on the scene in seconds.

"Five-hundred-five—" Mitch Gilbert got involved, he was the leader of the Boston consortium, and it wasn't his style to be a spectator.

"Six hundred!" The fat man finally made a move, and after only three bids, the price was already the same as the auction just now.

The happiest man should be Andrew Carnegie, who just seized the opportunity to buy one percent of the shares for six hundred thousand dollars, and now it seems that he has made a lot of money.

"Six hundred and twenty!" J· P. Morgan wanted more.

"Six hundred and fifty!" William Vanderbilt raised his card, this is a competition, but also an opportunity to show the power of the family, Vanderbilt can't be instigated.

When William Vanderbilt bid $6.5 million, there was a moment of silence on the scene, the auctioneer did not add fuel to the fire, and struggled to squirm under the Adam's apple, at this moment he deeply felt the madness of the Americans, they - really fearless.

Ten seconds later, just as the auctioneer was about to speak, Dick Anderson, president of Union Pacific Railroad, held up a sign: "Six hundred and sixty." ”

J· P. Morgan frowned and didn't raise the price—

William Vanderbilt also didn't raise his card -

Mitch Gilbert shook his head and sighed, apparently the price was beyond his tolerance -

"Six hundred and seventy—" The young man holding up the card, he went back to his previous strategy, no more, no less than a hundred thousand dollars.

For all of you here, $100,000 is really not a big number, but if you put it on the base of $6.6 million, it is enough to make people's hearts stop.

"Fack-" Dick Anderson was ready to enjoy the countdown, but was woken up at the last second by a blow to the head, and couldn't help but explode.

"$6.7 million for the first time, $6.7 million for the second time - deal!" The auctioneer didn't talk nonsense, maybe this was his most relaxed auction, he didn't need to go through the trouble of talking, he didn't need to set off the atmosphere, he didn't even need to say anything, just quote the reserve price, and then wait for the hammer to fall.

Six million seven thousand dollars, a great price, completely exceeded Li Mu's expectations.

"Damn, I'm going to invest more in the lab, and when I get an important patent, I'm going to do the same." Rockefeller has been chattering in Li Mu's ear, probably using this method to adjust his attention, the atmosphere in the field has been suffocating, Rockefeller is different from Li Mu who is sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, he is more resentful of these numbers.

"Then you have to start quickly, I don't think it will take too long, I'm afraid the labs will bloom everywhere." Li Mu is confident that Rockefeller will keep catching up.

Science and technology is productivity, if you want people to understand the meaning of this sentence, there is no need to repeat it indefinitely, as long as people fully realize the value of science and technology, those who have a heart will rush to it.

The auction in the field continues, this time twice in a row, leaving no room for adjustment.

The competition is still fierce, even fierce.

In the last auction, the young man pushed the price to 5 million for the first time, which seemed irrational at the time, but now it seems that it is not enough, this time it is the fat man with a big belly who raises his card, and the first time he raises his card, he shouts a price of 6.7 million US dollars.

That's a desperate price.

J· P. Morgan's manual move, but no markup.

William Vanderbilt's head was already sweating, and although he was not on the field, the pressure on William Vanderbilt could be felt by the onlookers around him.

Although Rockefeller is the first billionaire in the United States in the customary sense, in fact, the Vanderbilt family is, ten years ago, when the New York Central Railroad was taken, the assets of the Vanderbilt family had exceeded 100 million, and it was only because of the family's decline later, for some reason that it could not be put on the table, the U.S. government deliberately forgot the Vanderbilt family.

The reason is simple, the Vanderbilt family is declining so quickly that it is unacceptable, it does not represent the American spirit, so Americans want to downplay the Vanderbilt family.

Now is not the time to downplay the Vanderbilt family, as the first family in the United States, the Vanderbilt family has found nothing until the auction has been carried out, which is really not in line with the status of the Vanderbilt family.