Chapter 107: The Sky-High Price [Third Update]

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Duan Rui’s words struck Guo Ji like a blunt club to the heart. He had witnessed Fang Nian’s hunting abilities, but he had never had much contact with Fang Nian’s talent for constructing hunting grounds.

Anyone who wished to become an outstanding hunter had to endure hardships beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Guo Ji understood that better than anyone. But for someone who had already achieved great success in hunting to enter an entirely different field and become a top talent there as well—that was simply too difficult.

That was precisely why hunting was divided into different professions. Focusing on a single field made success far more attainable.

Guo Ji fell silent. He could not understand why Duan Rui had such confidence in Fang Nian. In his view, it was impossible for Fang Nian to excel at everything. He could not understand where Duan Rui’s faith in him came from.

For the moment, Guo Ji said nothing more. After all, he felt that Fang Nian might not be so lucky this time.

Just then, Tan Hong, seated at the first table below the stage, suddenly called out to Fang Nian.

“Director Fang, may I ask what the starting bid is for your Mysterious Escape Camp?”

Fang Nian was taken aback, then smiled.

“Someone just offered one million Hope Coins, didn’t they? Let’s make it one million.”

Tan Hong gave a faint smile.

“Five million.”

“Wow…”

Everyone at the venue was stunned. They could not understand what made this seemingly unfinished hunting ground worth so much. If it were rated an F-grade after they returned, wouldn’t that mean a disastrous loss?

Yet Tan Hong had casually offered five million. It was an astonishingly reckless price. Besides, Tan Hong operated hunting-ground camps, placing her in the same line of business as the Xiao family. She had not even bid on the E-plus mechanical components just now, so why was she suddenly being so generous toward Fang Nian? Many people were utterly baffled.

Of course, how could they understand Tan Hong’s thoughts?

The Tan family had already encountered a bottleneck in the hunting-ground camp industry. Coupled with the Xiao family’s deliberate suppression, their room to survive had become extremely limited. They suffered losses almost every year. If things continued this way, it would probably be only a matter of years before they were forced to withdraw from the market.

When Fang Nian had approached her about cooperation earlier, Tan Hong had been extremely hesitant. Hunting Cloud Pavilion was a newly established brand, and she had no idea how much influence it truly possessed. A rash partnership might only hasten the collapse of the Tan family.

But after witnessing Fang Nian’s hunting skills, Tan Hong could responsibly tell everyone that he was no ordinary man. His mind was exceptionally calm, and he knew exactly what he was doing.

Therefore, the item Fang Nian had brought out could not possibly be an empty shell. This hunting ground was bound to be something extraordinary. Even if she did not understand it herself, she could buy it, have it rated, and then sell it for a handsome profit.

Thus, Tan Hong’s bid was meant partly to help Fang Nian and partly to make money herself.

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Once someone had taken the lead—and that someone was the renowned businesswoman Tan Hong—even merchants who knew little about hunting began calculating their own advantages. Their true mercantile nature was on full display.

“Six million.”

“Six and a half million.”

“Seven and a half million.”

…

The price continued to climb. The merchants who knew nothing about hunting began competing with one another. But when the bid reached nine million, the calls stopped. With the price nearing ten million, they no longer dared to take the risk.

Fang Nian smiled helplessly. Although the price still fell short of his expectations, it was not bad. After all, the hunting ground had not yet been rated. Moreover, he had spent only fifty thousand Hope Coins purchasing it from the system shop. By any measure, he had already made a fortune.

“Fifteen million minus nine million… I’m still six million short.”

Fang Nian wondered whether he should purchase and sell the final hunting-ground template as well.

At that moment, a familiar yet gentle female voice suddenly rang out.

“Twelve million.”

Fang Nian froze. When he turned around, he saw Xia Moyan.

She had appeared at the charity gala wearing a fitted, elegant business dress. With commanding poise, she had offered twelve million, instantly freezing the atmosphere throughout the venue.

“That’s Xia Moyan, isn’t it? Damn, when did she get here? Didn’t they say she had gone to another district to negotiate a partnership? How did she come back?”

“Exactly. I heard the same thing, which is why I came today to bid against Fang Nian. But this couple is really something. Their own company puts up an item, and then their own family pays to buy it back. That move is truly winning them fans.”

“A wife supporting her husband, willing to spend more than ten million without hesitation. This is a modern romantic fairy tale. Honestly, I’m jealous. If a breathtaking beauty stood behind me and supported me like that, I’d probably die happy.”

Xia Moyan’s appearance delighted and astonished everyone else, and Fang Nian had not expected her to come either. For a moment, he was filled with excitement.

“Why are you here?”

Xia Moyan smiled and greeted the people around her, but she shot Fang Nian a sharp glance.

“If you had something this good, why didn’t you bring it out sooner? Now I have to spend money to buy it.”

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Fang Nian looked helplessly at his famously beautiful wife from Qingcheng—a wife in name only—and smiled.

“There’s plenty more where that came from. When we get home, I’ll make two more for you.”

Xia Moyan did not believe a word of his nonsense. After spending so much time with him, she knew him rather well.

“All right, stop boasting. You should think about how to clean up this mess first. I heard you caused quite a stir at today’s forum and offended practically everyone you could.”

Hearing this, even Fang Nian’s notoriously thick skin failed him. It seemed Xia Moyan was right. For the first time, he felt a little embarrassed.

“I hope I haven’t made a laughingstock of myself in front of you, Madam.”

Xia Moyan gave him a vicious pinch in a blind spot. Fang Nian grimaced in pain, but he did not dare complain. He simply endured it, still wearing a radiant smile.

Many people noticed the couple’s playful bickering onstage, and every one of them was unbearably jealous.

What right did Fang Nian have? How could he have married such a beautiful, graceful, and dignified wife? Why was the world so unfair?

No further bids followed. Only Xia Moyan’s offer of twelve million remained. Although it had not surpassed Xiao Xuefeng’s fifteen million, everyone knew that Fang Nian had not truly lost. Those components were not worth that much money in the first place.

Fang Nian was quite satisfied with the price and was about to bring down the hammer.

But just then, another voice suddenly came from below the stage. The voice was neither familiar nor entirely unfamiliar to Fang Nian.

Duan Lenghan, the boss of District Sixteen, who had not shown himself since emerging from the hunting grounds, suddenly stepped out from behind the curtain. Two middle-aged men followed behind him.

“Twenty million.”

Duan Lenghan’s bid instantly drove the atmosphere to its highest point of the day. Everyone went completely wild.

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