197: Maximize profits

"Next up is the final item in this Auction!" Yu Shenghuo announced loudly from the Auction Platform.

As he raised his hand, he uncovered the Red Cloth covering a tray, revealing the demon beast egg.

Just as everyone wondered why there was only one demon beast egg again.

Yu Shenghuo continued loudly: "The Grand Finale Item, a dark-attribute platinum-level Lord-rank demon beast egg!"

The crowd immediately exchanged glances, looking incredulous.

Only the major families who had received prior notice remained calm, but even they felt a surge of excitement.

"Heavens, I didn't expect an Auction held in Beishan City to have so many good things."

"Right, that's a platinum-level demon beast egg, and it's Lord-rank too!"

Some people didn't understand the distinction, so they asked: "What does Lord-rank mean? Is there a difference from a regular platinum-level demon beast egg?"

Someone immediately explained to him: "You don't know this, do you! A Lord-rank Demonic Beast can be compared to a Diamond-rank Demonic Beast of the same level!"

"Meaning a Lord-rank platinum beast is essentially a diamond-rank beast with a level cap of ninety!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd became excited again, but quickly calmed down.

Because they knew that no matter how good the Auction item was, it had nothing to do with them.

Since there was only one demon beast egg, they couldn't pool their resources to buy it like before.

They could only watch the Major Family Powers bid against each other.

"Who do you think will buy this demon beast egg?"

"I think the Zhu Family. They are the biggest family in Beishan City!"

"But didn't the major families from the neighboring cities, the Chen Family and the Song Family, also come?"

"That's right, and don't forget that guy Wang Gui. Although he isn't a Beast Tamer, he earns quite a lot of money."

"I have my eye on the people in the SVIP Room. After all, someone recognized as a super VIP by the Vice President must have an extraordinary status."

...As the crowd buzzed with discussion, Yu Shenghuo brought down the Auction Hammer: "Starting bid, three hundred million!"

In reality, this price wasn't considered expensive. Lord-rank demon beast eggs were as rare as diamond eggs, highly sought after but rarely available.

If it were a diamond-rank demon beast egg, even the major families in the Imperial Capital would be willing to pay tens of billions for it.

However, a Lord-rank demon beast egg was ultimately not a diamond egg, so a starting bid of three hundred million was considered reasonable.

As soon as the starting bid was announced, Zhu Zhi immediately followed up, raising the price by thirty million.

In just a moment, someone from another VIP Box raised it again to three hundred and fifty million.

At this moment, a familiar voice that sounded somewhat surprising to Su Ze came from another adjacent box: "So stingy, you Beast Tamer families are too petty. Even though I'm not a Beast Tamer, I can't stand watching this. Four hundred million!"

This familiar voice, which instantly jumped the bid by fifty million and claimed not to be a Beast Tamer, belonged to Wang Gui, Wang Zi's father.

"Why is Uncle Wang here to bid? He isn't a Beast Tamer... Could it be that he's preparing this for Wang Zi?"

The more Su Ze thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Wang Zi would soon be able to upgrade and have his third Beast Tamer slot, which was why Su Ze had left a platinum-level demon beast egg for him when they parted ways.

As a father, Wang Gui should also know this, but he didn't know that Su Ze had already resolved the issue of Wang Zi's Contracted Beast.

In the short time he was thinking, the Auction price had already been raised to four hundred and seventy million.

Wang Gui seized the opportunity to raise the bid again to five hundred million, looking determined to win.

This time, Su Ze couldn't stay put. If this demon beast egg ended up being bought by Wang Gui, things would get really interesting.

So Su Ze signaled to Sun Hao, having him take over the bidding.

When Sun Hao handed the microphone to Su Ze, he was still smiling contentedly: "Captain, bidding is so exhilarating, do you want to try it out?"

Su Ze rolled his eyes without speaking; he just wanted Wang Gui to recognize his voice.

Upon hearing Su Ze's voice, Wang Gui paused, and sure enough, he did not continue bidding.

Zhu Zhi and Zhu He also paused, feeling that the voice seemed somewhat familiar, but they couldn't recall it.

After all, Su Ze had only met them once and had beaten them both up, so it was normal for their memories to subconsciously avoid it.

However, Wang Gui withdrawing from the bidding made them overjoyed. The Zhu Family had sold off many of their assets for this Auction.

In their eyes, the other Beast Tamer families weren't much of a problem; the most troublesome one was Wang Gui, a commoner.

While Zhu Zhi and the other families were bidding against each other, the door to Su Ze's room was knocked upon.

Tao Lin, who was standing by the door, opened it after seeking Su Ze's permission. Outside stood Wang Gui, who had come looking for him.

"Good boy, it is indeed you here. Why did you make me give up bidding?"

When Wang Gui heard Su Ze bidding against him, he guessed Su Ze's intention was to make him stop bidding, so he came over immediately.

Su Ze smiled and said, "Uncle Wang isn't a Beast Tamer, so what do you need this egg for?"

"Of course, it's for that Little Fatty of mine. He's about to contract his third beast."

"Although I don't understand what a Lord-rank beast is, I know that if it's expensive, it must be good. This demon beast egg dares to be auctioned at such a high price; its quality must be excellent."

After inviting Wang Gui to sit down, Su Ze continued: "Uncle Wang, don't worry about Wang Zi; I have already prepared his beast."

"This egg currently up for Auction... is actually mine. If Uncle wants it, you should have come to me instead of the Auction."

Wang Gui immediately shook his head and said, "Xiao Zi told me that both of his current beasts were given by you. Now you're giving him the third one too. That's already immense kindness; I can't accept any more."

Just then, the demon beast egg had already been bid up to seven hundred million. The other families were starting to run out of steam, but Zhu Zhi was still bidding fiercely.

Wang Gui seemed to have figured out how to repay Su Ze's kindness and said with a smile: "Su Ze, go and continue bidding against him!"

"Me?" Su Ze pointed at himself. Not to mention whether auctioning his own item counted as deliberately driving up the price, he hadn't even earned seven hundred million in total from his previous gains.

Seeing this, Wang Gui smiled and added: "I was determined to get this egg earlier, so I investigated the assets of the main competitors."

"The Zhu Family was the most aggressive, selling off several properties and raising about 1.2 billion in funds. After accounting for some expenses and family reserves."

"As long as the price doesn't exceed one billion, they should be able to accept it, so bid aggressively, it won't end up stuck in your hands!"

As the Business Titan of Beishan City, he not only knew the Zhu Family's exact liquid assets but also roughly knew the prices they fetched when selling assets recently.

This allowed him to know the maximum price the Zhu Family could afford so he could prepare countermeasures.

Now that this egg was being auctioned by Su Ze, it was naturally time to strive for maximum profit!