An auction had raked in hundreds of billions of dollars, and this was just the transactions on the table.
This was the driving force behind the development sequence!
Everyone loved to throw money at the front of the development sequence, and investors went crazy.
Those at the back of the development sequence were too lazy to even look at them. Those people could rely on themselves.
Comparing planet Baiji's past and present circumstances, the leadership of planet Baiji felt it the most. Compared to the past, it was like heaven and earth.
For this auction, not only were the spectators stunned, even Shanta and the others had not expected it. A figure of 100 billion was more than three times higher than they had expected.
"Was there such a strong wind in the past?" a planet Baiji military officer asked.
"In the past? It was never this crazy. " Shanta shook his head. When this auction had been held on the previous planet, he had still been young and had not even reached the level of a general officer. This auction had been a preliminary prediction based on previous examples. He had not expected that there would be such a great surprise.
Among the top five planets in the development sequence, including planet Baiji, there were only three habitable planets. After the development of the first two planets, the merchants had seen the huge benefits, but they had been a step too late and had not been able to share the cake. That was why they had focused their attention on planet Baiji.
Of course, Fang Zhao's high first bid had also raised the price and affected the mentality of some investors.
Shanta had asked Fang Zhao to supply the auction items for two reasons. One, he wanted to attract the attention of the masses. Two, he wanted to help Fang Zhao raise his reputation because of the Baiji ore incident. It was a win-win situation.
Shanta had estimated the first bid to be 30 to 50 million, but he had not expected...
Shanta raised his head, his hawk-like gaze sweeping across the others in the room. "But who was the one that raised the price?"
The people in the office were all Shanta's trusted aides. Even if someone had made a move, they should not have hidden it from him.
But those who met Shanta's gaze all shook their heads. It really had not been them.
There were clear rules that prohibited military districts from speculating. Of course, there were policies and countermeasures. If they did not make a move, there would naturally be others who would make a move on their behalf. But even if they had speculated, the most they had planned for was 100 million. They would not have raised the price so high. They had no experience and were worried that problems would arise if the price was raised too high. Thus, directly raising the price to 300 million was definitely not done by their people.
"Could it be those new arrivals?" a lieutenant general asked.
"Those new arrivals" referred to the people dispatched by the various continents' military districts after the terrorist attacks.
Many people agreed with his words.
"It's possible. Doesn't that Hong Lou know Fang Zhao? I heard that Fang Zhao signed with his wife's entertainment company. "
The person who was most likely to be involved in the hype was Hong Xing's wife. But, wasn't she afraid of being investigated?
Symbolically stirring up the news, they could come up with some other reasons and push it to the company's operations. Everyone would understand and turn a blind eye to it. But now that it had risen to 300 million, did Hong Lou not want to work on planet Baiji anymore?
Right now, planet Baiji was being watched very closely. If they were discovered, the authority that they had painstakingly grasped would be stripped away. Was Hong Lou that stupid? Or was his wife, who owned an entertainment company, so stupid?
At this time, Hong Lou was also anxiously communicating with Duan Qianji.
Hong Lou: "Honey, did you participate in the first auction?"
Duan Qianji: "I did."
Hong Lou: "The one who offered 300 million wasn't you, right?"
Duan Qianji: "No."
Hong Lou let out a sigh of relief. "That's good." Their statuses were sensitive. Personally raising the price was not a good thing. Regardless of whether it was for them or for Fang Zhao, the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.
"But if it wasn't you, who could it be?"
"I don't know either. Let's wait for the announcement in a while."
This was what many people wanted to know. Online, there were also people analyzing the reasons for the high prices at this auction. One of the reasons was that the first auction had raised the price too much.
Some people thought they had grasped the truth.
"So that's how it is! Baiji military district is really f * cking scheming! Deliberately raising the price for the sake of making money is a little unsightly. "
"It's still too early to come to a conclusion. Let's wait for the results."
"I feel that it isn't someone from Baiji military district. Raising the price so high would be investigated. They wouldn't do such a thing that could be used against them."
"Who knows if those military officers have brain damage. When they get greedy, they don't have any rationality to speak of."
"That Senior Master Zaro from Leizhou just posted a status again. Fan Lin's auction item was won by him. The one who offered a billion is him!"
Many netizens rushed over to take a look. Indeed, Zaro could not wait to post a status to show off. What he posted was a screenshot of the transaction.
"F * ck, he's from Leizhou. How could he bid for Fan Lin's item? Isn't that something a Muzhou person would do? "
"Could it be that Senior Master Zaro is no longer investing in the entertainment industry and has switched to agriculture?"
At this moment, many Muzhou farm owners were furious and regretful.
As they had not seen the bidder during the auction, they had thought it was some other Muzhou farm owner. Never had they expected it to be a Leizhou person!
It's still that idiot!
"If I had known it was that Leizhou kid, I would have definitely increased the bid!"
"Regretful, really regretful!"
"Who knew that a Leizhou person who usually hangs out in the entertainment industry would actually run over to compete with us!"
"Disgraceful! A Leizhou person actually snatched it away! "
All the major newspapers and entertainment news reported this news one after another. Everyone was guessing whether Zaro was really going to change professions this time.
In the assembly hall of Outpost 23, Fan Lin had been secretly pleased when he saw his auction item fetch a high price of one billion. It was much higher than he had expected, much higher than in the past. He had even wondered if Muzhou would have a bumper harvest this year.
He had not expected that reality would stab him in the heart.
Looking at the news on the screen, Fan Lin had a complicated expression. He did not speak for a long time. He had to think carefully. What exactly was that Senior Master plotting? When the time came, how would he deal with it?
The Muzhou sentinel that had spoken just now also had a dumbfounded look on his face.
It was rare that Kevin Lin did not post any comments. Seeing Fan Lin's ugly expression, Kevin Lin focused his attention back on the Inter-planetary Fund's official auction page. The results of the auction should be announced soon.
Sure enough, within a few seconds, the screen automatically refreshed and displayed the information of all the bidders.
At a glance, the bidders who had won the items of planet Baiji's various military officers were mostly world-renowned companies and investors. The ones at the front had also been announced. The bidder who had won Fan Lin's item was indeed Zaro Renault. As for the other engineers and professors from the Academy of Science, they had probably already made secret deals with other people. The bidders for the items were also big companies in their field. If Zaro had not interfered, the bidder for Fan Lin's items would have been a well-known farm owner in Muzhou.
Of course, these were not the main points that netizens were concerned about. Almost as soon as the results were announced, everyone immediately scanned the first column, wanting to see exactly what sort of deity had won Fang Zhao's musical score beast tooth.
"Anonymous?"
"What kind of result is this?"
"This means that the other party does not wish to reveal their identity."
"It is very likely that Baiji military district raised the price themselves. Since they are anonymous, it is definitely them. And to remain anonymous, one look and you can tell that they have a guilty conscience!"
"It could also be the work of Fang Zhao's management company, Silver Wing Media."
"Tsk, spending 300 million to get it done. Are Silver Wing retarded?"
"No, there is another possibility."
"I have also thought of a possibility."
"At Fiery Bird's annual gala at the beginning of the year, someone spent 5 million to buy Fang Zhao's team uniform. The ID was' Anonymous. '"
"There was such a thing? Let me check. "
Some people who did not pay attention to gaming circles hurriedly searched for relevant information.
"It really is!"
"Could it really be a fanatical fan of Fang Zhao's?"
"300 million is not a small sum."
"Such a high bid, could it be to get a piece of land or curry favor with Baiji military district's leader? What are they after? "
"For the Inter-planetary Fund to announce this result, they must have already checked the other party's identity. There shouldn't be any other problems."
"Why are they so secretive? Can't they just give a straightforward answer?"
"Isn't his identity sensitive? To be able to pay such a price, his status must not be low. "
"Could it be a political figure? Even a government official is a celebrity chaser? So crazy? "
"Who said government officials can't chase celebrities? There are so many government officials who chase celebrities! "
"A government official spending 300 million to chase a celebrity? Does he think his life is too leisurely? Now he is fighting corruption! "
"Then it must be someone with a very high status. Perhaps everyone knows him."
"We can only ask Fang Zhao himself."
"But come to think of it, there were two people bidding. One was Anonymous, and who was the other?"
"That bold method of increasing the bid reminds me of a certain person who is especially active when he encounters such matters."
"I thought of that too."
"I know who you are talking about, Zaro …"
Zaro was not stupid enough to jump out and say anything at this time. Losing an auction was a stain on his life. Only an idiot would expose this matter.
Kevin Lin, who had seen this result, was flabbergasted. He turned his head and asked Fang Zhao, "You even have such a fanatical fan? Have you seen him in person? "
Fang Zhao shook his head. "Nope."
Fang Zhao also did not know who the other party was, and no such person had contacted him before. However, he had a feeling that the person who had won the bid for the beast tooth was the same person who had bought the team uniform at Fiery Bird's annual gala. He decided to ask Shanta about this matter the next time he saw him and see if he could find out anything useful.
And when Baiji military district's higher-ups saw this result, they heaved a huge sigh of relief.
"It wasn't our people who raised the bid."
The reason the results had been announced so late was that the Inter-planetary Fund needed time to verify the identities of the people who had won the auction. Now that it had been announced, there were no problems.
The auction was a complete success!
"Alright, next we should start developing our territory!"
Shanta felt that the two most correct things he had done in his life were taking over planet Baiji and accepting Fang Zhao's military service application.
On the same day, not long after the auction had ended, Baiji military district issued a public notice explaining to the citizens where the money had gone to.
The general gist of the notice was: We are doing this for the benefit of the people. The curtains to planet Baiji's development and construction have already been lifted. In the future, progress will be accelerated. In a few years, you will all be able to visit planet Baiji! We also hope that the general public will support Baiji military district in their usual polling activities.
Regardless of whether planet Baiji would really be open for tourism in a few years, they had to first paint a big picture for the people to see.
For young people who had come to watch such an event for the first time, the craziness of this auction had left them in disbelief. They had truly experienced the mysticism of planet Baiji and the power ore's influence on a planet's development. The public notice issued by Baiji military district was also the focus of the general public's attention.
After that, Baiji military district also released a video documenting the current situation of some of the areas on planet Baiji that were currently under construction. Anything that involved military factories and other confidential information was omitted or vaguely mentioned, but it told people that construction had already begun on the military family quarters.
Given current technology, construction was very fast. The main thing was that the preliminary planning was time-consuming. Once it was finalized, the funds were in place, and there was a sufficient supply of machinery and manpower, as well as sufficient energy.
A few days ago, when Fang Zhao had gone to deliver the animal tooth, the family quarters had just been finalized. Now, in the released video, a building had already been constructed. Very soon, the first batch of family members would be able to move in. This would give the officers and soldiers of the military district a true sense of belonging to planet Baiji.
Schools, hospitals, and so on would also appear in a short period of time.
The military and their family members were the earliest immigrants. In the future, children born here would be registered on planet Baiji and would enjoy many privileges. They would not have to worry about their lives or studies. Everything would be allocated by the military district. There was no need to worry about anything.
Releasing this was to send a message to those who had never really paid attention to or understood planet Baiji: It's great to be a soldier! Come to planet Baiji's great military district. If you want to serve, come and serve here! This is a land of dreams! Although there was a certain level of danger, opportunities and dangers coexisted. What difference was there between a youngster and a salted fish if they did not have any ambitions?
Seeing this, there was no need for experts to analyze it. Everyone knew that the number of applications for military service on planet Baiji in October this year was going to explode.
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