Chapter 271 Auction
Three days later, representatives from each base were invited to the experimental planting area.
The platform should have been bustling with so many people, but now no one was talking. Everyone's attention was focused on the new mutant wheat that was slowly maturing below.
It was also the first time for Shuxin to witness the process of wheat maturing. She was watching it closely, afraid of missing a single second.
Strangely enough, the growth of the new wheat variant completely defies people's stereotypes about how crops grow.
It doesn't look like it slowly grew to maturity before the end of the world.
On the contrary, contrary to the norm, its growth could not be seen at all in the first few months. Its growth process was all concentrated in one day, and the growth process was visible to the naked eye.
If you think that the seeds do not need to be planted in advance because of this, you are very wrong.
The first three months are essential, otherwise the mutant wheat will not mature.
Representatives from each base saw the new mutant wheat with their own eyes and were so excited that they wanted to take the seeds back to their own bases and plant them immediately.
Food, water resources, and weapons are the lifeline in the apocalypse.
Whichever base can master one of them will have absolute say among all bases.
"Captain Yan, when will the auction for this batch of wheat seeds begin?"
"Yes, yes, can we only use crystal cores in the auction or can we use other things as well?"
"I wonder how many wheat seeds there are...?"
Representatives from various bases scrambled to get around Yan Mo and his companions, wanting to get more relevant information.
Just now, Shu Xin went to the front of the stands in order to see Xiaomai's growth process more clearly. When she turned around, she saw that Yan Mo and others who stayed there were surrounded and drowned by representatives from various bases in the blink of an eye, and they were unable to escape for a while.
Shu Xin silently swallowed the words in her throat and quietly took out a camera from the space to record their slightly ferocious appearance at the moment.
She took several close-ups of their faces so that she would laugh at them when she got back.
"Information about the new wheat variant and the details of the auction will be provided to you at the afternoon meeting."
Butler 001 appears in time to stop the person who is still trying to catch up.
Everyone had no choice but to leave unwillingly, and began to contact their own base closely to try to get more crystal cores or rare items to increase their base's confidence in the auction.
You have to know that not all bases will believe that they have seeds when they receive the news, and they are not fully prepared.
The afternoon meeting mainly required introducing the characteristics of the new mutant wheat to the representatives of each base and what can be used to participate in the auction.
Bu Yuanzhou discovered that the new variant wheat seeds had a very obvious flaw.
Its ability to grow is only maintained three to four times.
This means that after being planted and harvested three or four times, the seeds lose their function as seeds and new seeds have to be purchased.
Therefore, other bases must maintain a good relationship with the Dawn Base in order to purchase seeds smoothly in the future.
In addition, it is stipulated that in addition to crystal cores that can be used for bidding, various materials and rare metals can be used for deduction.
Knowing that many bases don't have that many crystal cores and things, we allow them to bid first and then deliver the things.
For the sake of future development, each base dared not not send things over.
For fairness reasons, the base that wins the seeds in each auction does not need to participate in subsequent auctions, but only needs to purchase as needed at the given price.
This can prevent a single base from monopolizing the market, and also save the bases from having to worry about unnecessary disputes caused by bidding at high prices every time.
I heard that many bases here breathed a sigh of relief. At least this way they will always get mutant wheat seeds, it’s just a matter of time.
There is also a gap between large bases.
For example, the B City Base, which was completely established and managed by the official government and backed by the military, has a completely different foundation from other bases.
The C City bases represented by Xiao Lou and Ye Yu'an are also different.
These two people are God's chosen ones, so they will definitely have no shortage of good things.
A total of ten bases participated in the auction. The Dawn Base provided 500 kilograms of new mutant wheat seeds, divided into five weights of 150, 120, 100, 80, and 50 kilograms. The auction was conducted in a blind auction format.
The representatives of each base wrote the price offered by their base on their respective price boards, which were then collected one by one by Butler 001.
Finally, the bids from each base were ranked from high to low and the corresponding weight of wheat seeds were bid.
The entire process is open and transparent, and the prices offered by the top five bases will be displayed on the spot. There will be absolutely no shady dealings!
Representatives from all bases had no objection to this and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Previously, those who knew that the C City Base was acquainted with the person in charge of the Poxiao Base were worried that the C City Base would be favored in the bidding. It seems that they were worrying too much.
Tomorrow's auction will be a matter of personal ability.
They originally wanted to try to get close to Yan Mo and Xiang Wen, but unfortunately, each one was more slippery than the other, so they couldn't get any useful information out of them, nor did they get any useful promises.
Those people were looking for ways everywhere, and even came to Jian Yangping.
What's weird is that no one thought of looking for Shuxin.
Even though Yan Mo and the others had clearly stated that Shu Xin was the real person in charge of the Dawn Base, the representatives of each base agreed on the surface, but in reality they all turned a deaf ear to it and not many people really took it to heart.
In their hearts, they believe that she relies on men and that Yan Mo is the real person in charge of the base.
Only Xiao Lou and Ye Yu'an knew that what Yan Mo said was very likely true.
She doesn't care what they think. In comparison, she would rather care about what she eats in the evening.
Yan Mo and her purpose was to confuse the sight of other bases, and it seemed to be working well, at least for the several large bases that came. Except for Xiao Lou and Ye Yu'an, the representatives of other bases did not believe that she was the real owner of the Dawn Base.
"Honey, how about we make a bet?" After dinner, Shu Xin lazily nestled in Yan Mo's arms.
"What?"
Yan Mo held the book in one hand and played with her soft hair with the other.
"Let's bet on which bases will make it to the top five tomorrow!" Shu Xin sat up with an excited look on his face.
Yan Mo was happy to play with his silly wife: "Okay!"
"Hey, let me speak first! Let me speak first!" Shu Xin laughed and spoke first: "I bet on C City, B City, X City, Q City and Northwest Base. You can't bet the same as me!"
"Xinbao is so domineering," Yan Mo smiled, "Then I will choose City B, City C, City M, City Q and the Northwest Base."
Shu Xin: “Okay!”
She got a lot of inside information from Butler 001, so she can definitely win!
"If I win, you have to abstain from sex for a week!" Shu Xin stated the request she had prepared in advance.
Yan Mo did not object, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face: "Okay, if I win, then for the next week... you have to listen to me."
Looking at my husband's smile, I feel a little creepy.
Thinking of the information she got from Butler 001, her confidence suddenly increased and she nodded in agreement. She would definitely win!
Yan Mo: Looks like tomorrow night I can get Xinbao to cooperate with me even though she refused to do so before...