Chapter 460 He's familiar with this stuff!
Letekar looked at him with a half-understanding, but he could clearly feel the pleasure in Tan Chi's tone, and his tense little body slowly relaxed.
The timing of the awakening of abilities differs among female soldiers.
Logically speaking, female soldiers should not awaken their abilities during their cub stage, but just now when he sensed that Tan Chi was being bullied, he instinctively felt the power.
His intuition told him that he could easily kill the male insect in the next room.
If he wants to.
But his master wasn't unhappy; he decided to let the insect live a little longer.
...
During the intermission, Shit realized that he had gone too far with the filming and had spent hundreds of millions.
He was a little panicked, but the thought that Tan Chi next door hadn't managed to get any pictures made him incredibly happy.
Shet deliberately circled around to the vicinity of Tan Chi's private room and began to mock again, "How about it? Your Highness, I told you you wouldn't be able to win a single item, right? Hmph, with me here, you can forget about getting a bargain!"
Tan Chi leaned back lazily in his comfortable chair, took a sip of the juice the waiter had brought him, and said slowly, "Lord Shet is indeed very wealthy. But... the money you're carrying is almost gone, isn't it? I'd like to see how long you can last."
Shit's heart skipped a beat, but he forced a calm expression and roared, his voice trembling with fear, "Our Franklin family is big enough! We don't need a few hundred million star coins!"
In fact, his palms were already sweating.
Shet's available funds are almost exhausted, and he has also misappropriated a considerable amount of money from the family's accounts.
He'll definitely be severely punished by his domineering father when he gets back.
But he couldn't back down, because he was now representing the face of the Franklin family.
He's already clashed with the royal family. If he admits defeat now, losing money is a minor issue; losing face will likely result in more severe punishment.
So now he can only grit his teeth and bear it.
"Is that so?" Tan Chi looked at him with a half-smile. "Then we'll see? I don't believe you can really buy up all the remaining items!"
We'll see!
As he spoke, Shit hurriedly ran off to find a familiar insect to come up with a solution.
He may not have enough money to continue filming now, but he still has other insects.
He could easily ask them for help in the name of the Franklin family, and then repay them in business.
The Franklin family deals in specialty minerals; making money is a piece of cake for them.
As Tan Chi watched Xie Te walk away, a smile crept onto his lips. He then picked up his personal terminal and sent a message to the person in charge of the auction.
[We've temporarily doubled our auction inventory, keeping the same variety. We have a major client now, so why not sell them to them?]
The second half of the auction started again shortly afterward.
I just didn't expect that there would be twice as many items in the second half of the auction as in the first half.
This gave Shet a real headache. Luckily, he had already sought help from other nobles, otherwise he would definitely have lost the insect this time.
As he bid on each item, the surrounding discussions gradually changed.
The statement, "The Franklin family certainly has a deep financial foundation, being able to acquire so many items at the auction," is misleading.
What do you mean, "Young Master Shit is truly generous; no wonder he's the future head of the Franklin family"?
The comments, such as "The Franklin family truly lives up to their reputation as a symbol of wealth," were like a wonderful poison, completely immersing Shet in this false applause.
He was completely unaware that, in order to continue hearing these compliments, he had unknowingly squandered an astronomical sum far exceeding his budget...
"Brother, come on, I'll take you and the baby to see how much money we made today!"
As soon as the auction ended, Tan Chi led Letekar and the still somewhat dazed Eli to an elegantly decorated VIP room at the back of the auction house.
The auction manager was already waiting respectfully there.
Today's auction was the most successful one he'd ever held; not only did all the items sell, but they all fetched astronomical prices.
As the manager, he also gets a cut, and this time the cuts are so big they'll make his hands sore!
So when the auction manager saw Tan Chi, he treated him with the utmost respect, as if he had met a god of wealth.
He held a thin, lightweight tablet in his hands, his face filled with barely suppressed excitement.
"Your Highness the Second Prince, Your Highness Eli."
He first presented the settlement screen with both hands, saying, "All items in this auction have been sold. After deducting venue, promotion and operating costs, the net proceeds have been transferred to your designated account. Please take a look."
Tan Chi merely glanced at the astronomical figures, his small face remaining completely expressionless.
He nodded and calmly instructed, "Well done. You've all worked hard this time. In addition to the money you deserve, I will take 1% of my profits as a bonus for all the staff who participated in this auction."
The manager looked up abruptly, his eyes filled with incredulous joy. "Th-thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness! We will definitely continue to work hard!"
He immediately thanked them profusely and withdrew.
Eli, who had been in a state of shock, only slowly came to his senses after the manager left.
"Ah, Ah Chi, this... this is all the money we made this time?! Just from this one auction?"
Although Eli was a prince, the royal family was in financial straits, and he had never seen such a large flow of funds before.
The income from this one day is almost equivalent to several months' worth of royal revenue!
Tan Chi transferred half of his earnings to Eli's account with a smile, then asked with a grin, "Big brother, are you so surprised? Do you want to earn more money?"
Eli felt his brain was starting to malfunction, and he almost instinctively asked, "Of course I want to, but... how do I earn it?"
Tan Chi casually dropped another bombshell: "How about we open a bank together?"
"Open a bank?!" Eli almost choked on his own saliva. "Achi, do you know how much start-up capital, how many procedures, and how strong a reputation you need to open a bank? And even if you do open one, the competition is fierce, and you need a lot of advertising to attract depositors..."
Tan Chi waved his hand dismissively, "I'll take care of the funding. The proceeds from the auction were just a small fraction of what's coming out. As for the formalities and procedures, you're familiar with that, so I'll leave it to you."
His older brother is destined to become the Insect King, so he must know all about these things.
As long as his older brother helps me get the bank up and running, the rest of the operations will be a piece of cake.
He's been through this before, he knows it like the back of his hand!
Eli was still clearly hesitant. "But in terms of publicity... getting the insects to trust us and deposit their money won't be easy, especially with the royal family's name..."
Not really.
The royal family has never been involved in such resources, and in addition, the royal family's reputation has not been very good in the past.
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