Chapter 37
Xia Fei wasn’t in a hurry to make his move. Instead, he secretly observed the other bidders that he would be competing against.
Most of these competing bidders were bidding very reasonably, while only two were frantically bidding. One was an elderly man, while the other was a young man in his twenties.
Most of the reasonable bidders wanted to acquire the Limited Edition Windshade Mark IV combat suit for their collection, waiting for a few years before selling it and make a tidy profit.
These sorts of bidders were reasonable and had a sense of price. As long as the bidding reached the price point they had in their minds, they would most definitely stop and see no reason to raise the bid.
In the meantime, the bidders who were frantically bidding were completely different. No matter their reasons, their goal was to ultimately obtain the Windshade Mark IV combat suit, so as long as they could afford the price, they would not hesitate to bid for it.
Xia Fei wanted to get this combat suit, and these two were his biggest competitors.
The old man seemed to be very excited, as he kept raising the bid by 1 million each time. He didn’t raise the price too much to suppress the other bidders, which made it apparent that he did not have too good of an economic situation to work with.
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“That’s right! Brother Hai, we, Silver Adjudicators, can overdraft 10 million star coins from the bank, which adds up to a total of 30 million star coins. Add that all in, and I’ll even throw in the 2 million I have in my account!” Queiroz added.
Bronze Adjudicators could take an interest-free loan of 1 million star coins, while Silver Adjudicators’ limit was 10 million. Of course, Gold Adjudicators’ limit was even higher.
“Bastard! 2 million is nothing! It’s all because of your debaucherous lifestyle. You wouldn’t be embarrassing yourself right now if you had been saving up some of your coins regularly,” Bosingwa angrily huffed.
Queiroz felt very wronged, “I can’t help it…”
Xiao Haili gratefully looked at his two brothers and was moved to the point of speechlessness.
“Okay! I’ll fight it out with him!” Xiao Haili slapped his thigh with force as he made this declaration.
“202 million! The bid is now 202 million!” The blonde beauty rousingly shouted, “If there’s no higher bid for this limited edition Windshade Mark IV combat suit, it will end up in the hands of this handsome young man!”
“250 million!” Xiao Haili raised his hand and yelled.
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The crowd was in a state of shock. All of them turned to look at Xiao Haili, “Raising the bid by 48 million in a single go. Has this man gone insane?”
“He must have. The Seven Star Clear Water Vase had only gone for 210 million. Could this Windshade Mark IV combat suit be more valuable than that vase?”
“255 million!” The moment Xiao Haili’s voice called out, Xia Fei had immediately thrown his follow-up bid without sparing even a moment’s hesitation.
‘Phantom, just how much exactly is this Windshade Mark IV combat suit worth?’ Xia Fei was secretly conversing with the Phantom in his consciousness.
“Relax. As long as you can use all the money you have to win the bid for this set of Windshade Mark IV, you would definitely not be at a loss. These people have absolutely no idea just how powerful this combat suit is. It’s a great opportunity,” Phantom said resolutely.
Xia Fei nodded. He trusted Phantom’s judgment a lot, so he couldn’t be wrong when he said how much it was worth.
“280 million!” Xiao Haili raised the price once again. “I refuse to believe that you can continue going along.”
But he was wrong! Xia Fei’s zeal toward the combat suit was no less than him!
“300 million!” Xia Fei changed his defensive stance and began his assault!
Xiao Haili barely managed to catch himself from fainting. 280 million was already all the cash he had on hand. If he were to continue raising the bid, that would mean both his best friends Bosingwa and Queiroz would have to join him and take on a loan.
“Xiao Hai! Don’t falter! Just boldly bid on. Your brothers here will go all out with you!” Bosingwa said animatedly.
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“310 million!” Xiao Haili yelled in an angry tone, attempting to scare off Xia Fei with his loud and clear voice.
The corners of Xia Fei’s mouth imperceptibly curled up. This yell from Xiao Haili had allowed Xia Fei to realize his lack of self-confidence. Someone who truly had this in the bag would most definitely not try to scare people off with their voice, but would instead rely on practical actions to make the other party succumb.
“320 million!” Xia Fei immediately pursued and attacked the instant Xiao Haili’s bid left his lips, not letting him have even a moment to take a breath.
Xiao Haili could only feel his blood surge as his vision blurred as he almost fainted.
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All the cash he had on hand, including what he could overdraft, came up to a total of 318.5 million.
Xia Fei’s price just so happened to sufficiently beat Xiao Haili, and he did not need to spend any more undeserved money; it was truly a price that was just right.
*Slam!*
The crisp sound of the wooden gavel on the blonde beauty’s hand rang out, as a round of applause rang throughout the auction house.
320 million. If nothing else unexpected were to happen, this would top bid for this auction today, and the crowd had also enjoyed an exciting showdown for free.
“320 million…” Xia Fei grimaced as he left the auction.
Phantom flashed a rather mysterious smile, “What? Feeling the heartache? Wait till you see the combat suit in person, then you will understand why it’s worth so much.”
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New York.
Xiao Haili had taken off the virtual reality helmet and smashed it forcefully onto the ground.
*Crash!*
The helmet that was made of engineering fibers shattered as the pieces flew all over the room.
“I am not resigned to this! I simply refuse to accept this!” Xiao Haili’s anger overwhelmed him, his face completely contorted in his rage.
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“Queiroz! Don’t you have a friend in the technical department? Send that man’s details over. I want to know just who in the world that person was!” Xiao Haili barked his order.
Queiroz wanted to say something, but he quietly swallowed the words and blankly nodded when he saw Xiao Haili’s rage-filled expression.
Xiao Haili strode out of the room, slamming the door heavily in his wake.
*Bang*
The aluminum alloy door suddenly deformed and fell down to the ground after swaying on its hinges for a few moments.
Queiroz looked at Bosingwa helplessly and said, “I broke up with Jenny from the technical department quite some time ago.”
Bosingwa sympathetically patted Queiroz’s shoulder, “I know. And you were the one who did the dumping.”
“Xiao Hai is actually not a bad person, it’s just that he would sometimes be a little too small-minded,” Bosingwa sighed.
There was no way that Xia Fei, currently far away in Beijing, would know that he had already offended the small-minded chief examiner before the Adjudicator Union’s Crisis grade assessment had even started.
Truly, crises could be found everywhere when participating in the Crisis grade assessment.
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