15 February, Palace of Westminster.

"Hoo ....."

Looking at the magnificent building in front of him, the second prince exhaled a puff of smoke, put the cigar in his mouth, and said with a serious expression: "Let's go, the bidding is almost about to start." ”

The bidding venue was set at the Palace of Westminster, which is the Houses of Parliament of the Kingdom of Windsor, next to Big Ben and the River Thames, with a wide view and beautiful scenery, and more than half of the important policies of the Kingdom of Windsor were discussed and approved here.

In addition to the second prince and Mavey, there was also Tiffany, as the treasurer of Manstein, she had to attend with the company's financial report, and as for Smith and Baron Frederick, there was no need to attend.

Yunia, who came to the Capitol for the first time, looked curiously at the unfamiliar environment around her, watching the parliamentarians in suits and leather shoes walking around, and the surrounding parliamentarians would also cast their eyes, and there were few children in the Capitol, but after seeing Ma Wei and the second prince, the parliamentarians were not surprised.

Reporters from major newspapers heard the news, but they were kept out, and the entire upper class of London was watching the Houses of Parliament, some waiting for the results at home, while others couldn't hold back and came to Parliament early to get first-hand information.

"Because of the special situation, the bidding results will be announced after the bidding ends, so there is no need to leave the table in a hurry."

While admonishing, the second prince stepped on the stairs leading to the conference hall on the second floor, and just after walking two steps, he heard a commotion behind him, and when he looked back, it was the third prince Andrew who had arrived with his people.

Several glances met each other, Andrew had a straight face, did not greet the second prince and Ma Wei, and walked quickly, looking very cold.

"It's really not polite at all...."

Before the second prince's complaining voice fell, the voice of the eldest prince sounded behind him: "Shukri, who is not polite?" Is it Andrew? ”

The second prince turned his head and said with a smile: "Charles, don't talk to me here, I didn't say anything." ”

"You're too sensitive." The eldest prince Charles was expressionless: "I also think Andrew is not polite, we are his brothers, and we should not turn a blind eye to us." ”

The second prince snorted: "He has always been like this, relying on his father's favor and not taking us seriously. ”

"yes...."

With a sigh of emotion, the eldest prince moved his eyes to Ma Wei, and found that Ma Wei was holding a strange cylindrical object covered by a black cloth in his hand, and couldn't help asking, "What is this?" ”

"No comment." The second prince preemptively said.

"You don't think I can do anything right now, do you?" The eldest prince said helplessly: "The bidding is still half an hour before it starts, even if I know what you have prepared, it is impossible to find a way to deal with it, don't be hostile to me, Shukri, my father has always taught us to love each other, blood is thicker than water, don't you understand?" ”

"Of course I do." The second prince sneered: "Charles, my good brother, if you love your brother, why don't you withdraw from today's bidding?" ”

The eldest prince didn't say a word, but just walked upstairs with the Marquis of Brecon and Arthur, and when he passed by, the second prince suddenly said: "I had a dog two days ago, and no matter where I go, it will follow my butt and make me a little annoyed, Arthur, if you like it, how about giving it to you?" ”

"Shukri!" The eldest prince shouted, "Do you know what you're talking about! Arthur is our brother! ”

"Now you're a bit of a brother...."

The second prince stopped taunting Arthur and gestured to the eldest prince: "You invite first, my good brother." ”

The behavior of mocking in front of him is really a bit down, even if the second prince just can't get used to seeing Arthur being the eldest prince's little follower, he is very annoyed with Arthur's choice and doesn't understand why Arthur did it.

Arthur glanced at the second prince and didn't say anything, and when he was scolded by the second prince for being a dog, his expression didn't change at all, his eyes were indifferent, and he didn't take the second prince in his eyes at all.

It was this kind of look that somewhat angered the second prince, and after the eldest prince left, the second prince muttered in a low voice: "There is no interest at all, Baron Frederick must have looked away, like this prince who is willing to condescend to others, where is the threat.... Are you right, Nicholas? ”

Ma Wei smiled: "Maybe." ”

In the conference hall on the second floor, Pope Ubli I, Archbishop of Camberley, Archbishop Brandon, Archbishop of Liviu and King Rhodes IV have been waiting for a long time.

Ubrey I sat under the towering statue of the Chamber, holding a scepter, wearing a white robe and a golden crown on his head, and on his right hand sat three archbishops, King Rhodes IV on the left, and next to him sat a black-clad prime minister.

Both the church and the kingdom attached great importance to this bidding, and all the leaders arrived solemnly and solemnly.

The cardinal, who was in charge of the bidding, saw that the three princes were seated and ready, exchanged glances with Pope Ublis I, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he said in a loud voice: "I declare that the bidding is open..."

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! ”

A hand suddenly reached into the gap, blocking the door that was about to close, and Freya squeezed in through the crack in the door: "I'm sorry to be late...."

Under the gaze of everyone, Freya walked up to the second prince, shook her hand and said, "Give me a place!" ”

“........”

The second prince reluctantly moved a seat to the side and gave up the place next to Ma Wei, and Freya sat between the two, took out a small mirror from her satchel and looked at her makeup, not at all.

"Why are you here?" The second prince lowered his voice and asked, "Today is a bid!" Formal Occasions! You're too conspicuous in a red dress! ”

"I know, do you understand the momentum?" Freya put the mirror back in her satchel and said confidently: "The secret of negotiation lies in momentum, as long as we overwhelm the other party in momentum, we can win more chips!" ”

As she spoke, Freya pouted at the eldest prince and the third prince: "They are all men, and there are two women on our side.... It's already half of the win! I'm here to help you press the scene! ”

The second prince couldn't cry or laugh, there was really nothing he could do about Freya, everyone had already come, could he still drive her away?

This time, the cardinal did not rush to announce the start of the bidding, waited for the door to be completely closed, waited for another two minutes, and made sure that no one knocked on the door, before he said in a loud voice: "The bidding begins!" ”

The nuns brought three black suitcases, and inside each suitcase, there was a document submitted by the three potions companies.

According to the normal process, the bid will be sealed after submission, and then opened on the day of the bidding, in front of all bidders 'singing', that is, reading out the content of the bid, and finally unified selection, as far as possible to achieve fairness and justice.

It is precisely because of the bidding link that many companies will try their best to steal the secrets of other bidding opponents, as long as they know the content of the opponent's bid, they can adjust the price in advance and win the bid at the lowest cost.

This potion bidding is no exception, the work of obtaining the opponent's information, the three princes have already started an open and secret battle, but Ma Wei does not participate, all of them are handed over to the second prince.

The financial information of the eldest prince and the third prince is the information that the second prince managed to get, but it is not very useful.

Opening the file bag, the cardinal first took out the bid submitted by the eldest prince, Brecon Potions, and handed it to the nun on the side to read, before starting, he did not forget to remind: "During the bid opening, please keep the venue quiet, when the bid is called, the bidder shall not explain the bid price, if you need to make a clarification, please indicate after the end of the bidding, if you have any objections, please raise it immediately." ”

There was a dead silence, and seeing that no one objected, the cardinal looked at the nun and motioned for her to read out the bid.

"Brecon Potions Company, with a registered capital of 20 million gold pounds, a deposit of 5 million gold pounds, and a bid price of 20 million gold pounds, the bidding project is potions management, potions import and export trade, potions recycling, potions material breeding, ....."

Hearing that the eldest prince's bid was 20 million gold pounds, the second prince's cheeks twitched uncontrollably, and he cursed in his heart.

The eldest prince is obviously a bloody investor, counting the deposit, once the bid is successful, he will invest 25 million gold pounds in Brecon Potions!

I'm afraid that this money will have to be sucked up by the nobles in his camp before he can take it out!

That's a full 10 million gold pounds more than the 15 million gold pounds prepared by Manstein Potions!

The more money invested, the more anti-risk the company has, the more potions it buys, and the bigger the market it occupies!

It is no exaggeration to say that once the 25 million gold pounds are smashed into the market, coupled with the support of the church, Brecken's Potions Company will definitely become the leader of the potions industry!

"Here are the prices set by the Bracken Potions Company for potion materials, 15 gold pounds each for the two-headed worm, 5 gold pounds each for the mistletoe root berries, and 3 gold pounds each for the adult Kruzuo caterpillar....."

Ten minutes later, the nun finished reading the tender of the Brecken Potions Company, and at the signal of the cardinal, she opened the file bag of the Manstein Potions Company and read aloud: "The Manstein Potions Company, with a registered capital of 10 million gold pounds, a deposit of 3 million gold pounds, and a bid price of 12 million gold pounds, the bidding items are for the operation of potions and potions materials, and related import and export trade....."

Hearing that the registered capital was 10 million gold pounds, the eldest prince smiled, turned his head to look at Shukri, who had a black face, and shook his head: "I still chose the wrong person.... Nicholas, businessmen seek profit, and it is more difficult to get money from them than to ascend to the sky, if you had chosen me in the first place, you would not have so much trouble now...."

"What do you mean?" Hearing the eldest prince talking to himself, Arthur asked, "Didn't Shukri's side do their best?" ”

"Of course not." The eldest prince lit a cigar and said quietly: "It is the Liberal Party that supports Shukri, mainly businessmen, they are all human spirits, they first consider their own gains and losses when they encounter problems, and they are even more cautious in investing in this kind of issue, which businessman do you see who will take out all his wealth to invest in a company?" ”

"And most of my supporters are veteran nobles, they are nobles who have been inherited for hundreds of years, real nobles! Whether it is courage or courage, it is much more powerful than a small family and a calculating businessman! ”

"If Andrew can't embezzle the army's funds, I will definitely raise the most funds!"

On the stage, the nun had already begun to read the potion quotation submitted by Manstein Potions, and the price list submitted by Mavi was made for him by Dino, which was about the same as the price submitted by Brecon Potions, but in subtle places, there were still some fluctuations.

For example, for the two-headed worm, the price given by Brecon Potions is 15 gold pounds per piece, while the price given by Dino is 5 gold pounds, a third!

In this respect, Dino is clearly more cautious than the treasurer of Brecken's Potions.

"Charles overpriced the two-headed worm." Freya suddenly said: "The double-headed worm is a relatively common potion material, although it is poisonous, as long as the strict capture process is followed, there will be basically no safety problems, not to mention the protection of the immortal realm.... Too high a price will directly affect the cost and make the sales volume decline. ”

"How much do you think the price should be?" The second prince asked nervously: "Nicholas's price is only one-third of Charles's, is it too low?" ”

"Hmm.... I think the price of each two-headed worm is around 7 gold pounds, and 5 gold pounds is a bit low, but it is within the acceptable range. Freya said.

The second prince breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good..."

After reading the tender of the Manstein Potions Company, only Yin Di's Potions Company remained, and when she saw the nun open the last file bag, both the eldest prince and the second prince couldn't help but straighten their waists and put on a serious look.

They all know in their hearts that when it comes to investment, the real terrible opponent is the third prince Andrew!

"Yin Di Potions Company, with a registered capital of 40 million gold pounds, a margin of 10 million gold pounds, and an investment quotation of .... 30 million gold pounds. ”

Reading out the terrible number, even the nuns were stunned for a moment, this price is too high, and it is still a question whether the potion materials accumulated by the entire church are 35 million gold pounds!

The funds prepared by the third prince Andrew can directly buy out the potions warehouse of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate!

Rhodes IV, who was sitting on the stage, couldn't help frowning when he heard Andrew's offer so high, and even Ubley I and the three archbishops looked at him.

Although he didn't say anything, everyone knew that the third prince Andrew must have embezzled army funds, otherwise it would be impossible to scrape together so much money!

Prime Minister Winston, who was sitting next to Rhodes IV, heard the investment offer of 30 million, his palms holding his cigars were trembling, his beard was swaying, and he gasped.

"Andrew is done."

The eldest prince leaned back, smiled and said, "He's out." ”

On the other side, the second prince also made a mockery: "This idiot! How dare you embezzle so many funds! ”

Unia, who didn't know why, looked left and right, and wondered: "Dad, why is the third prince out?" Isn't the bidding still over? ”

"Because he's embezzled too much money."

Ma Wei said in a deep voice:

"Once he wins the bid, there will be an irreparable hole in the army's funds, and Congress will not be able to come up with 30 million gold pounds, even if it sells Buckingham Palace, it can't afford to lose it, so..."

"Neither the king nor the church can agree to, or allow Andrew's sky-high price!"