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"Hello, I am James Jones, the head of the James family. May I have the honor of meeting you?"
However, Long thought things were too simple. He thought he could be quiet for a while, but he didn't expect that a stranger would soon approach him, hand him a business card, and speak cautiously.
"It looks like there's no way to escape..."
Long sighed inwardly, and seeing his timid look, he smiled and said, "That's a good name."
The latter looked delighted and immediately toasted.
Time passed little by little, and as more and more people entered the venue, the atmosphere gradually became lively.
And Long has been surrounded by a circle of people...
As for the current Firth family, many leaders of small organizations are eager to make friends with Long and establish relationships with him...
"Humph!"
Not far away, the big boss who was offended by Long before saw this scene and his eyes turned sinister.
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Chapter 40: Expectations from the Heart
"1 million!"
"3 million!"
"5 million!"
"10 million!"
Soon, the core time of the evening came and the charity auction began. A group of gangsters competed to raise their placards and shout, each one more powerful than the other, and the price gradually rose. Every time the winner of the auction would receive the attention and applause of the whole audience, the vanity was overwhelming.
This kind of activity is held several times almost every year by the Ten Old Men.
Among them, there are also those who do things for the sake of face or who overestimate their own abilities. They spend an unaffordable amount of money to save face, but go bankrupt not long afterward.
"50 million!"
Long gave David beside him a look, and the old man understood and raised the sign.
"Oh! The Fields family, the boss of our Fields family, Mr. Long, bid 50 billion!" The host on the stage shouted exaggeratedly, and as he shouted, a spotlight also shone on Long.
The surrounding gang leaders were a little frightened because the amount of Long's bid was a bit outrageous.
The auction has just begun and has not yet entered a white-hot stage, but it has already reached the baseline of 50 billion.
For a moment, all other bidding sounds disappeared.
"60 million!"
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded.
Long looked over and found that the person who was shouting was the middle-aged man who was sitting with Badim and had just communicated with him in the hotel lobby.
This person has been secretly observing him with an unfriendly look.
"100 million!"
Long didn't say anything, but David understood what he meant and raised the sign again.
"My God!"
This time, even the host exclaimed.
Even though everyone knows that the Fields family owns the casino business, this level of lavish spending is still unbelievable!
The big shark next to Badim lowered his eyebrows, clenched his teeth, and finally did not dare to bid again.
Long successfully obtained an item for auction.
A pure white porcelain vase... perfect for growing flowers.
Long's goal is to become the tenth old man, so he doesn't care how much money he throws away. After he succeeds in getting to the top, this money will be a small amount in comparison.
The truly rich people in this world can be seen as Battra in later generations who bought the Greed Island game for his beloved.
He is the tycoon who hired Gon and Killua and helped them enter the game. He spent tens of billions on a single set of gaming equipment, and also offered a 50 billion bonus for clearing the game... Note that he purchased and collected 32 sets of games, but only bought seven at the auction in South Piss.
Together, these consume half of total assets.
During this period, one set was snatched away by Feitan and Finks.
In other words, if measured in terms of money, the net worth of the top billionaires is at least over one trillion.
The Fields family absorbed the assets of the Kenny family and the Mike family, but 10 billion is still not a small amount for the current size of the family...and this is just the first bid!
Time passes slowly.
The Firth family is the focus tonight!
Long robbed a total of ten standard items and paid about 100 billion... This amount is equivalent to the assets of the Kenny family and the Mike family that the Fields family had just absorbed added together, and they still had to make up for some more.
Although he didn't go bankrupt, he was almost ruined.
The Fields family and Long became the focus of people's discussion.
After the party, gang members filed out of the venue and looked at Long and David who had already walked away.
Those gangster bosses who wanted to humiliate Long and teach him a lesson were also among them.
"He has taken all the limelight!" One of them put out the cigarette in his hand, threw it on the ground, and said coldly.
"Does he think he can use this method to make the ten old men look at him differently?"
"..."
Badim said nothing, 100 billion!
Everyone knows that the auction is just a process, a means for the ten old men to extort money.
Even the arrogant old men would be moved by such a large amount of money!
It’s just that a few people are unwilling to admit it.
They can come up with hundreds of billions, but there is no need to destroy their foundation for it!
This is just an auction, a process that happens every year...
"After paying so much money, the Firth family might have to cut off their own arms!"
"There will be no Firth family anymore..."
"You're quite quick..."
……
"We'll go our separate ways later."
After a while, Long and David left the hotel one after another.
"Yes."
The old butler lowered his head.
I have a feeling what will happen...
Being too conspicuous is not a good thing, especially in an occasion like this where gangs of all sizes gather together.
"Everything has been arranged as I said, right?"
"The people below have been notified..."
"Ah."
Long was very satisfied with the housekeeper's efficiency.
People kept coming out and greeting him, and luxury cars on the street drove away one after another.
Long got into the car alone and disappeared in the flood of taillights with the family convoy.
The car was very quiet, with only Long and the driver in the car.
The car was moving very fast and soon left the city and was driving on the main road back to Cork city.
Immediately afterwards, outside the car window...several escort vehicles suddenly made sharp braking sounds...the car that Long was sitting in also began to slowly slow down and then stopped.
"Are you planning to dump my body in the wilderness?"
Long is very calm.
All members of his family have been killed...the other party disguised themselves and cleaned up the traces in a very short time.
Seems perfect...
A group of robbers got out of the car outside and without saying a word, pointed their guns at the back seat where Long was sitting.
"This is a gift from our Lord River."
The driver in the front seat looked up and said indifferently through the rearview mirror.
The next second, gunfire burst out...
After a moment, Long threw away his tattered suit jacket and stood alone on a deserted suburban road, making a phone call... Behind him were several dead bodies lying down.
The driver's rotten head also fell on the steering wheel.
Drop drop…
The phone rang a few times before being connected.
"did you find it?"
Long asked casually.
"We found them, but they were driving very fast... considering your current distance, I'm afraid..." The person on the other end of the phone was David.
"It's okay, I can catch up."
Long responded, asked about the approximate location, and hung up the phone.
Then he stood on the road and stretched his limbs.
“When was the last time you ran a marathon?”