The starting price of 15 million US dollars is slightly higher than in previous years, which is a timely adjustment based on the recent currency depreciation, financial centers around the world are currently showing a fierce posture, but there seems to be a huge whirlpool behind the scenes, the echo of the mortgage securitization promulgated by the North American financial community in the sixties of the last century is coming, and the financial families in the high places have begun to look for anchors to fix themselves, and industrial transformation and family disputes are intensifying.

"$30 million." Almost without hesitation, Oginets held up his numbered plate and doubled the starting price at the beginning of the auction at once, more inclined to ask for directions, carefully observing the expressions of everyone present, trying to get a glimpse of the funds of his "friends".

The cash flow required for an auction is different from that of an asset, and the difference between the two is usually significant, and the amount of money you can put forward to keep your organization running is often very limited, while also taking into account your risk tolerance.

"Five hundred million dollars." Jiang Yuan calmly raised his card, he had no interest in continuing to grapple, the box of alchemy bullets was forged to exchange for leech elixir, as long as he thought it was worth it.

The scene was silent for a long time, and Bunin felt that it was difficult for him to express his opinion on this expected, unreasonable outcome, and such a clear and straightforward coldness permeated the conference room, which was an abnormal feeling of driving tools under extreme thinking.

The young people were speechless, under normal circumstances, the first leech potion was of the lowest quality, and the final auction price would not exceed 150 million US dollars, and the huge amount of money blurted out by the gentleman was undoubtedly a premium far beyond the norm, as long as he knew a little more, he could speculate that the offer of 200 million US dollars would definitely be able to block them, and there was no need to waste that huge fortune.

To everyone's surprise, the result, which should have been determined, was once again uncertain, and the boy named Mikhail chose to bid.

"510 million dollars."

This time, even Bunin was stunned, he knew that the other party did not have the right to offer as high as this amount, because Mikhail's property certificate did not reach the corresponding level, even if combined with those real estate that were ready to be exchanged now, 300 million US dollars was almost the limit.

But there was no notice from the logistics team in the headset, that is, the boss acquiesced in the bidding.

More than ten seconds passed, Mikhail's expression that had been clenched his teeth suddenly relaxed, he leaned back in the chair, the whole person seemed to collapse, he really did not have the qualifications for the bidding of 510 million US dollars, but the boss could let him have it, this is a big gamble to further be appreciated by him.

As the leader of the logging industry, the family behind Mikhail has the legal right to exploit timber, and the vast primeval forests of Siberia are an inexhaustible treasure, the only pity is that most of the proceeds do not belong to themselves, which is the price of legal mining rights, after the east wind was involved in the financial industry at the end of the last century, the power has been greatly improved, until the gossip of the subprime mortgage crisis spread in the circle.

The situation is actually rotten, and the giants have come out to buy time for the others, but there will always be a day when the lid will be lifted, and the crisis will not go away, it will only be delayed.

Mikhail bids to get more alchemy bullets for his boss.

"$510 million at a time." Bunin said according to the process, his eyes looked at the "old friend" who gambled his life with a little pity, this way was too passive.

Everyone present knew that the ownership of the first goods was only limited to two people, and the price that exceeded psychological expectations was no longer acceptable to everyone, after all, there were still six copies waiting for them.

Laurent stopped the practice in his hand, quietly took out a card from his coat pocket and handed it to someone next to him, under the slightly dim light, her eyes clearly revealed the meaning of "casual swipe", if this kind of bank card can't be used, it's a big deal to change the way you can trade afterwards, it's not a big problem.

"Five hundred and ten million twice." Bunin said, looking at the alchemy master who was still indifferent, he knew that even if the other party slowly handed over the price, Mikhail would press forward step by step, this was the struggle of the outlaws.

"It's not worth the price." Jiang Yuan said that he abstained, and then pushed back the bank card handed over, even if it was only a penny beyond his psychological expectations, he would not raise the bidding card.

Mikhail chuckled in his heart, the alchemist didn't seem to care about the so-called face.

"Then congratulations to our friend, he got his first dividend of the year." Bunin smiled and applauded, the bodyguard girl delivered the box to Mikhail, and only a lone applause echoed in the entire conference room, and everyone's expressions were incomprehensible.

"Then the second shipment, the starting price is two thousand dollars."

"Five hundred and thirty million dollars."

Jiang Yuan quoted the bidding price according to his own standards, and the six spirit collapse bullets that he had refined casually fell on the conference table, and as soon as the words fell, both boys and girls looked at Mikhail with murderous eyes.

If it is done once, for the sake of the face of the boss, everyone can still bear it, but if it is like this every time, all the leech potions will fall into Mikhail's hands, and the price of 500 million US dollars will only appear at the last potion auction, and more importantly, the other party may not need to pay specifically.

Jealousy and hatred are born as a matter of course.

Mikhail's expression became a little crazy, he had the feeling of punching the thorny cotton, the harder he pushed, the more serious the injury, Mezkar gave up and lifted the bid for the second time, the worst of the many possibilities, in short, he lost the gamble, and the price of the gamble was, of course, his life.

"$600 million!"

A near-roaring voice rang out.

Bunin pressed the headset and said regretfully: "I'm sorry, your proof of assets is not enough to support this round of quotations, so the listing is invalid." ”

Hearing this, some people sighed, some people were cold, Mikhail's life was just an inconsequential temptation by the boss, the first priority of this auction was naturally to go smoothly, if Mezcar kept bidding at a high price but could not succeed, the rules that had been maintained for many years were destined to be completely broken, and he took out a cash flow of 530 million US dollars, which was a dignified financial crush.

After three offers, the ownership of the second leech potion was determined, and Mikhail, who was abandoned by the boss in front of the rules, was the first to leave.

On the surface, he just completed his purpose at a premium, and then ran out of funds in the second auction, but everyone knows that this old friend can't leave City 23 alive, in addition to the family that is on the verge of being shattered behind him is not worth the price difference, the boss may also plan to send an apology for the previous faux pun, which is the recycling of scrapped goods.

The bodyguard girl came to the front with the box, feeling the serious gaze of a certain head of the family, she rationally put away the charming thoughts, after the box was opened, in the crystal vessel inside, a giant leech slowly wriggled, every wrinkle seemed to ooze red, even through the crystal, the half-breeds present seemed to be able to smell the tempting sweetness.

Jiang Yuan snapped his fingers lightly, the crystal vessel shattered, and the giant leech fell into the palm of his hand, Laurent leaned back slightly, although she knew that the auction item worth hundreds of millions of dollars was definitely not simple, but its appearance was really unpleasant.

"Good stuff?"

"I can only say that it works." Jiang Yuan shook his head, the active serum of the guaranteed secondary generation is a priceless treasure, and it is undoubtedly a great waste to only make it into leech elixir, but he is not greedy for the effect of leech elixir, and the serum extracted from the dragon clan naturally has its breath.

At the moment when they sensed the target's aura at close range, the shapers in charge of searching in the underground bomb shelter greatly accelerated their progress and moved in one direction in unison.

The serum in the leech was poured into the wine glass on the conference table, and Jiang Yuan got up and left the table after drinking it all, even if it was an inferior evolution medicine with a great probability of degeneration, it was nothing more than an after-dinner drink to decorate the taste.

Laurent followed the other party out of the room, the auction continued, the starting price of the third leech potion reached 25 million US dollars, since the two potions had been lost, the auction became extremely intense, at the door, Mikhail fell to his knees and died, a short knife stabbed in the back of the head and took his life.

Leaving the circular building, Jiang Yuan spoke: "Come with me, you say and I listen." ”

Laurent's body paused firmly, and a feeling of disbelief arose, the opportunity came too suddenly, so that she was a little dazed at the moment, the question was what they could talk about if they chatted, the expansion of the family's pillars and response plans under the subprime mortgage crisis around the world? This topic can be talked about for a long time, and in the face of periodic crises, the plan has already been prepared.

The power of light and shadow was released, and the shaped black stickman accompanied Laurent on a stroll through City 23, Jiang Yuan decisively turned around and left, and went straight to the back of the ring building, entering one of the many entrances to the underground air-raid shelter.

After the shape puppet planted the intrusion device, Noah's Ark has actually taken over the city's security system, as long as the core secrets are not invaded, the artificial intelligence of the haven cannot make an effective retrieval, as someone is in the plan, the future will be blessed by the power projection of the wisdom angel, Noah's Ark's current enemy is only EVA, and the simple super artificial intelligence of Kaguya Hime has also been left behind.

The passage is tortuous and cold, the walls on both sides are rough, but they are built of unusually strong building materials, and they are quite resistant to surface attacks, the sign at the entrance has a sign in Russian that says no entry, and the air-controlled fire team in the corner, which was always ready to destroy the enemy, has been suspended, and now the attention of the logistics team is at the annual auction.

Descending down the passage to a height of at least ten floors, a dozen cave-like paths appeared in front of me, and countless shape-shaped figures stood respectfully on either side of one of them, waiting for their owners to reach the end.

As he got closer, Jiang Yuan clearly felt the gradual richness of his breath, and the serum in the leech elixir exposed the target's breath, thus shortening the carpet search that should have taken up to half a day.

The echo of his footsteps emerged, and Jiang Yuan finally came to an extremely wide space, above which a circular vault was faintly visible, and under the stone trestle where he was located, a large black creature lay on the cold ground.

With no wings or limbs, it was more like a giant serpent, but its own restless and longing dragon blood was boiling, Jiang Yuan lit up with golden pupils like lava, and its majestic majesty made even the air around it seem to be stagnant, and only the top group of half-bloods were qualified to meet the next generation of nobles in their heyday.

"The Uncrowned."

At such a close distance, Jiang Yuan determined the rank of the target, the other party is the next generation of nobles who have been rewarded by the monarch's blood and blood, the biggest difference between them and the monarch is only in the crown that represents the authority, and it cannot be obtained unless it is close to the important ministers, in the same camp, often one or two people have already reached the limit, and it has to be in the case that the monarch has died once and successfully retrieved the body after turning into a cocoon.

As if feeling threatened, the black giant snake swam slowly, the iron chain that densely bound the body made a heavy impact sound, its back half of its body had disappeared, only a bronze spine remained, for the secondary species, it was extremely simple to recover the limbs, but the other party was actually dead, the brain and the second nerve area were completely damaged, at this moment it was the surging life activity that supported the swimming, and under a closer look, countless dragon blood stained Long Kui stayed on its body surface, and the two sides walked into death together.

When their spirits were on the verge of dying, these inferior dragon-blooded snakes dealt the final blow to the noble uncrowned one, but they also paid with their lives under the majestic dragon power of the mountain.

"Master, I don't recommend that you complete your evolution here, in ten minutes, twenty-four Holy Capital missiles will be launched from the city of San Madan de Re, your minions have already captured the perimeter of the Templar Order, although the Knights of the Apocalypse are blocking it, but it is enough to support the construction of the Alchemy Tower."

"I know." Jiang Yuan bowed his head, even if there were no external factors, he would not evolve in such an unsafe place, the previous way to clean up traces was bombs and arson, but now the cleaning method is also improving after the conditions come up.

"Grand Master."

"There is a 96% probability that it will not be in Saint-Martin-de-ree."

Jiang Yuan began to use the phalanx puppet to transfer the black snake.

……

Southwest of Paris.

Across the Mainland, on the island of the same name, the city of St. Martin de la Ré was once a fort designed by a famous military engineer and was home to the Knights Templar, whose influence in Western Europe had declined considerably since the death of a high-profile nova.

It was supposed to be a calm day, but after nightfall, more than a dozen heavy transport planes came across the sea, and the paratroopers dropped immediately launched an attack at any cost the moment they landed, and after the rout of the outer line, the Knight of the Apocalypse was forced to enter the battlefield.

This attack was completely planned by Noah's Ark, and the purpose of muddying the water was achieved according to the master's requirements, and the fact that the Knights Templar cooperated with dragons was destined not to be accepted by the half-breed mainstream, according to Zhao Xuzhen's behavior of openly summoning dragons on the lake, probably a photo leak could solve the problem.

Although someone didn't pay much attention to the fight against the Dragon King's old enemy, he didn't mind doing it casually, of course, the real collision had to wait until he could be crushed head-on, and if he didn't successfully absorb multiple dragon bone crosses according to the original timeline, the upper limit of Macallan's strength would not be very outrageous.

(End of chapter)