The City of Terror - Chapter 607

Chapter 607: 607

 “820 million!”

  Tamasla’s expression changed . There was no doubt that his funds were about to reach a bottleneck .

  The Middle Eastern Merchant looked at Tamasla in disdain and smiled . He indicated his helper to raise the card, announcing a price that surprised Wei Xiao Bei .

  “900 million!”

  Tamasla’s expression became incredibly ugly . His face was ashen as he was without a doubt determined to win the three Articles . However, the problem was that 1 billion already exceeded his cash assets .

  “900 million once!”

  The auctioneer looked at Tamsla with expectation . He hoped that this prince would once again become spirited and attack the Middle Eastern Merchant once more . Thus, he slowed down his countdown .

  “900 million twice!”

  However, no matter how he delayed, the auctioneer needed to inform everyone that one more call would seal the deal .

  “Wait . I am willing to pay out 900 million and add an island!”

  Who knows why but Tamasla appeared that he must have the item . In a moment of desperation, he actually shouted at the auctioneer .

  900 million and an island?

  Everyone was startled at how Tamasla made this unusual bid .

  “I apologize your Highness . You need to have the agreement of the seller to be able to continue your bid . ”

  There was no doubt that the auction house was not willing to have the deal end with just 900 million USD . Seeing Tamasla’s price, the general manager appeared . He negotiated with the auctioneer and made a declaration .

  Wei Xiao Bei naturally agreed to the quotation .

  The main reason he was selling the Jade was not to earn money but to buy an island .

  Since this prince was willing to sell an island, Wei Xiao Bei felt like a mouse that had been dropped in the rice warehouse . His fortune had come .

  Although many islands in the world were not being sold in secret, there were many islands that did not suit Wei Xiao Bei’s expectations . As for the islands whose locations suited Wei Xiao Bei’s expectations, the areas were too small . The process of searching for a suitable island gave Wei Xiao Bei a headache .

  Now that a prince was willing to add the value of an island to the bidding price, it was definitely lucky . As for the size and location of the island, wasn’t that negotiable?

  After finding out that Wei Xiao Bei was the person selling the Jade, Tamasla became a bit remorseful, but in the next instant, his expression became a lot brighter . It was clear that he felt that he could win the Jade .

  Since Wei Xiao Bei had agreed, then the next matters were easy to settle .

  The island that Tamasla was offering was an island in the southeast corner of the Kingdom . The area was not small and was about 0 . 3 square kilometers . In other words, it was around 30 hectares .

  At the same time, Tamasla let his butler immediately assess the price of the island . They had hired an internationally well known evaluating company, and the island was evaluated at 30 million USD .

  The reason for the evaluation was that the island had a freshwater spring . Moreover, the place was abundant with vegetation and had a yellow beach .

  On the other hand, when the Middle Eastern Merchant saw this, he did not protest . He immediately decided to add an oil field to his price! The oil field was priced at around 120 million USD .

  Now, the two sides appeared to be opposing each other .

  However, Tamasla once again added another island to the price . This caused the Middle Eastern Merchant to finally give up .

  After all, oil fields were cash cows in the modern era . Using one oil field was already the lowest he could go . Exchanging anymore was not profitable .

  After all, 1 billion was probably the Middle East Merchant’s bottom line .

  Just like that, Tamasla obtained the three Jade Articles for the price of 900 million USD and two islands .

  After the auction ended, Wei Xiao Bei and Tamasla were invited to an isolated reception room .

  900 million USD was easy to move to the account, but the matter of the two islands was not simple . They would need to sign a contract of agreement .

  When the two of them met in the reception room, they could not help but laugh .

  “Should I say that this is destiny?”

  Prince Tamasla was indicating that they were seated next to each other in the auction .

  “I have long heard of your Highness’ name . Seeing you today, I can tell that you are quite handsome . ”

  Wei Xiao Bei complimented him .

  Next, Wei Xiao Bei let out his thoughts .

  He wanted to pick an appropriate island in the Kingdom and the price could be discussed .

  Toward his thoughts, Tamasla frowned .

  This request was not too difficult . In the Kingdom, selling islands was permitted by law . The only problem was that he did not have too many islands in his possession .

  The entire country had more than 10,000 islands . The most the King had was 5,200 islands .

  The Crown Prince, or his brother, had 930 islands .

  The Second Prince had 700 islands .

  The Third Prince, who was Tamasla, had more than 500 islands .

  Additionally, the members of the Royal Family, the Cabinet Ministers, and the Nobles each had around 10-100 islands .

  Naturally, the islands that could truly be passed down only amount to 1/5 of them .

  For example, if Tamasla died, then he could pass down around 100 islands to his son .

  The rest of the 400 islands would be purchased back by the Kingdom .

  If it was not like that, then the Kingdom would not have enough islands to distribute .

  Just like that, Tamasla could only sell around 100 islands .

  Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei did not need 100 islands . He only needed to pick a suitable one from among the 500 .

  Just like that, Wei Xiao Bei’s proposal also made Tamasla a bit excited .

  As a Prince, Tamasla could not move that much money . This 900 million already emptied his wallets .

  It was easy to imagine that in the next few years, Tamasla would be a bit strapped for cash .

  In the end, Tamasla agreed to Wei Xiao Bei’s proposal . Moreover, he let his helper begin to introduce some islands .

  According to Wei Xiao Bei’s request, the island could not be less than 1 square kilometer .

  Just like that, the number of islands to choose from decreased . Out of 500, only 60 met the requirement .

  The five biggest islands out of these were the gathering place of the Prince’s men . Naturally, they could not sell these .

  As for the remaining islands, there were seven that exceeded 30 square kilometers . All of them had water sources and Wei Xiao Bei did not have that much to buy them, so they were also excluded .

  Finally, Wei Xiao Bei’s other requests narrowed down the choice to just five islands .

  Among the five islands, the largest was around 23 square kilometers, while the smallest was 3 square kilometers .

  To make his final decision, he needed to go and take a look .

  The next day, Wei Xiao Bei brought Tian Li and took the private plane of Prince Tamasla to the Kingdom of Lucenia .

  At 3 in the afternoon, the plane landed in the Kingdom of Lecenia, at the Prince’s personal airfield .

  This was not strange at all . Because the country was quite dispersed, the main means of transportation were eighter planes or boats .

  Within the borders of Lucenia, other than the Lucenia International Airport, there were more than 100 small airfields . The docks all around the country had also become the lifeline of the country .

  The Kingdom of Lucenia was one of the most famous tourist destinations . Its specialty was the wonderfully tropical island scenes . Every year, the tourists exceeded the millions . This number was more than 10 times the population of the country .

  From this, it was evident that the scenery there was truly beautiful .

  When Wei Xiao Bei had come down the plane, he felt very comfortable to the point that he felt that he wanted to live there .

  Naturally, the most important thing to do right now was choosing an island and not sightseeing .

  Wei Xiao Bei could still distinguish his priorities .

  All of the islands that he had chosen had one thing in common, they did not have a water source .

  An island without a water source was a lot cheaper than one with a water source .

  This was simple logic . Without a water source, it would be hard to settle down . If one wanted to settle down, then it would require time to transport fresh water to the island . Otherwise, one could install a seawater purifier . In short, it was an expensive endeavor .

  Moreover, compared to islands with water sources, these islands without water sources might have rain, although there was a lot less vegetation too .

  This was something that Wei Xiao Bei had already seen .

  Prince Tamasla even kindly proposed a smaller island to Wei Xiao Bei . Although it might be small, there was a water source . It would decrease his expenditure .

  However, Wei Xiao Bei had chosen the 23 square kilometer island in the end .

  From the outside appearance, this island had a tiny mountain range . The majority of the place was flat . It looked desolate with very little vegetation .

  It would be difficult for one to live here .

  “This is it! Now, let us talk about the price . ”

  Wei Xiao Bei left the island and rode on the Prince’s luxury yacht . He smiled and talked to the Prince .

 “Okay . Before negotiating, let me give you a warning as friends . The future investment you need to make on this island would increase . ”

  Seeing Wei Xiao Bei was determined on this, Prince Tamasla did not say much . On the other hand, he let his butler handle the rest of the matter .

  In truth, the negotiation was smooth with no argument . After all, most of the islands there had already gone through an evaluation . The prices of the islands followed a yearly table to increase or decrease . Even during the negotiation, the prices only fluctuated in the millions .

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