Father Mavie

Chapter 608 Sky-high price (two in one, please subscribe!!!)
Palace of Westminster, February 2.

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Looking at the magnificent building in front of him, the second prince exhaled a puff of smoke, put the cigar in his mouth, and said with a serious expression: "Let's go, the bidding is about to start."

The bidding site was set at the Palace of Westminster, which is the Parliament Building of the Kingdom of Windsor, next to Big Ben and the Thames River, with a wide view and beautiful scenery. More than half of the important policies of the Kingdom of Windsor were discussed and passed here.

In addition to the second prince and Mavi, there was also Tiffany who participated in the campaign meeting. As the treasurer of the Manstein Company, she had to bring the company's financial report to attend. As for Smith and Baron Frederick, they did not attend. necessary.

Junia, who came to the Capitol for the first time, looked curiously at the unfamiliar environment around her. She watched the congressmen in suits and ties walking around, and the surrounding congressmen would also cast their gazes. There are very few children in the Capitol. , but after seeing Mavi and the second prince, the MPs were not surprised.

Reporters from major newspapers heard the news, but they were blocked from the door. The entire upper class in London was paying attention to the Houses of Parliament. Firsthand intelligence.

"Because of the special circumstances, the bidding results will be announced after the bidding ends, so there is no need to leave the meeting in a hurry."

While urging, the second prince stepped up the stairs leading to the conference hall on the second floor. He had just walked up two steps when he heard noise coming from behind him. Looking back, it was the third prince Andrew who had arrived with his people.

Several eyes met, Andrew kept a straight face, did not say hello to the second prince, Ma Wei and the others, and walked quickly, appearing very indifferent.

“It's really not polite at all”

Before the second prince could complain, the eldest prince's voice sounded behind him: "Shukri, who is being rude? Is it Andrew?"

The second prince turned his head back, and said with a smirk: "Charles, don't talk to me here, I didn't say anything."

"You are too sensitive." The eldest prince Charles said with a blank expression, "I also think Andrew is not polite. We are his elder brother after all, and we shouldn't turn a blind eye to us."

The second prince snorted: "He has always been like this, relying on his father's favor and ignoring us."

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With a word of emotion, the eldest prince moved his eyes to Ma Wei, and found that Ma Wei was holding a strange cylindrical object covered by a black cloth in his hand, and couldn't help asking: "What is this?"

"No comment." The second prince said first.

"You don't think I can do anything now, do you?" The eldest prince said helplessly, "The bidding will start in half an hour, even if I know what you have prepared, I can't find a way to deal with it, don't I am hostile, Shukri, my father has always taught us to love each other, blood is thicker than water, don't you understand?"

"Of course I understand." The second prince sneered, "Charles, my good brother, if you love your brother, why don't you withdraw from today's bidding?"

The eldest prince did not say a word, but walked upstairs with the Marquess of Bracken and Arthur, and when they passed each other, the second prince suddenly said: "I raised a dog two days ago, no matter where I go, it will I'm getting annoyed with following my ass, Arthur, if you like it, how about giving it to you?"

"Shukri!" The eldest prince snapped, "Do you know what you're talking about! Arthur is our younger brother!"

"Now you are a bit of a brother"

The second prince stopped mocking Arthur, and made a gesture of invitation to the eldest prince: "Please first, my good brother."

The face-to-face mocking behavior is really a bit of a downer, even if the second prince just can't understand Arthur being the first prince's little follower, he is very annoyed at Arthur's choice, and he doesn't understand why Arthur did this.

Arthur glanced at the second prince, but didn't say anything. When he was called a dog by the second prince, his expression didn't change at all, his eyes were indifferent, and he didn't pay attention to the second prince at all.

It was this kind of look that somewhat angered the second prince. After the eldest prince and the others left, the second prince muttered in a low voice: "There is no prospect at all. Baron Frederick must have misjudged him. A prince who is willing to submit to others, where is the threat? Are you right, Nicholas?"

Ma Wei smiled: "Maybe."

In the conference hall on the second floor, Pope Umbly I, Archbishop Camberley, Archbishop Brandon, Archbishop Liviu and King Rhodes IV have been waiting for a long time.

Sitting under the towering statue of God in the conference hall, King Ubli I was holding a scepter, wearing a white robe and a golden crown on his head. Three archbishops were sitting on the right hand side, King Rhodes IV was on the left side, and another Prime Minister in black.

For this bidding, both the church and the kingdom attach great importance to it, and all the heads have arrived solemnly.

The cardinal who was in charge of the bidding saw that the three princes had already taken their seats. After getting ready, he exchanged glances with Pope Ubli I. After receiving an affirmative answer, he said loudly, "I announce that the bidding is open."

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

A hand suddenly reached into the gap, blocking the door that was about to close, and Freya squeezed in through the gap: "Sorry for being late."

Under everyone's gaze, Freya walked up to the second prince, waved her hand and said, "Make way, make room for me!"

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The second prince reluctantly moved a seat to the side, giving up the seat next to Ma Wei. Freya sat down between the two of them, took out a small mirror from her satchel and looked at her make-up, she was not surprised at all.

"Why are you here?" The second prince lowered his voice and asked, "Today is bidding! It's a formal occasion! You are so conspicuous in your red dress!"

"I know, do you understand momentum?" Freya put the mirror back into her satchel, and said confidently: "The secret to negotiation lies in momentum. As long as we overwhelm the other party in terms of momentum, we can win more bargaining chips!"

As she said that, Freya curled her lips towards the eldest prince and the third prince: "They are all men, and we have two women who have already won more than half of the victory! I'm here to help you suppress the situation!"

The second prince didn't know whether to laugh or cry, there was really nothing he could do about Freya, the people had already arrived, could they drive her away?
This time the cardinal was not in a hurry to announce the start of the bidding. He waited for another 2 minutes after the door was completely closed, and after confirming that no one had knocked on the door, he said loudly, "The bidding has begun!"

The nuns brought three black suitcases, and inside each suitcase was a document that was submitted by three potion companies.

According to the normal process, after the bids are submitted, they will be sealed and opened again on the day of the bidding. In front of all bidders, "sing the bid", that is, read out the contents of the bids, and finally make a unified selection to try to be as fair as possible.

It is precisely because of the bidding process that many companies will try to steal the secrets of other bidding opponents. As long as they know the contents of the opponent's bidding documents, they can adjust the price in advance and win the bidding at the smallest cost.

The potion bidding this time was no exception. The three princes had long fought openly and secretly to obtain information about their opponents, but Mavi did not participate and left everything to the second prince.

The financial information of the eldest prince and the third prince is the information that the second prince managed to obtain, but it is not very useful.

Opening the document bag, the cardinal first took out the bid submitted by the eldest prince Fang and the Bracken Potion Company, and handed it to the nun at the side to read aloud. Before starting, he did not forget to remind: "During the bid opening, please keep the venue quiet. During the bidding, bidders are not allowed to explain the bidding price, if clarification is required, please indicate after the bidding is over, and if there is any objection, please raise it immediately."

There was a dead silence. Seeing that no one raised any objections, the cardinal looked at the nun and motioned her to read out the contents of the bid.

"Bracken Potion Company has a registered capital of 2000 million gold pounds, a deposit of 500 million gold pounds, and a bidding price of 2000 million gold pounds. The bidding projects include potion management, potion import and export trade, potion recycling, and potion material cultivation. "

Hearing that the eldest prince's bidding price was 2000 million gold pounds, the second prince's cheeks twitched uncontrollably, and he cursed inwardly.

The eldest prince has obviously spent a lot of money, including the deposit, once the bid is successful, he will invest 2500 million pounds in the Bracken Potion Company!
I'm afraid he has to suck up all the nobles in his camp before he can take out the money!

It was exactly 1500 million more than the 1000 million pounds prepared by the Manstein Potion Company!
The more money invested, the stronger the company's ability to resist risks, buy more potions, and occupy a larger market!
It is no exaggeration to say that once the 2500 million gold pounds are thrown into the market, coupled with the support of the church, Bracken Potion Company will definitely become the leader in the potion industry!

"The following are the prices set by the Bracken Potion Company for potion ingredients. Two-headed worms are 15 gold pounds each, mistletoe root berries are 5 gold pounds each, and adult Clouzot caterpillars are 3 gold pounds each."

Ten minutes later, the nun finished reading the bid document of the Bracken Potion Company. Under the cardinal's signal, she opened the document bag of the Manstein Potion Company and read aloud: "Manstein Potion Company, The registered capital is 1000 million gold pounds, the deposit is 300 million gold pounds, and the bid price is 1200 million gold pounds. The bidding project is the operation of potions and potion materials, and related import and export trade."

Hearing that the registered capital was 1000 million pounds, the eldest prince smiled, turned his head to look at the dark-faced Shukri, and shook his head: "I still chose the wrong person. Nicholas, the businessman is after profit, and he wants to take it from them." Getting money is harder than reaching the sky, if you had chosen me back then, you wouldn't have so many troubles now."

"What do you mean?" Hearing the eldest prince talking to himself, Arthur asked, "Didn't Shukri try his best?"

"Of course not." The eldest prince lit a cigar and said quietly: "The ones who support Shukri are the Liberal Party, mainly businessmen. They are all good people. When encountering problems, they first consider their own gains and losses. When investing in such problems I am even more cautious in business, which businessman do you see would spend all his money to invest in a company?"

"And most of my supporters are old nobles. They are nobles who have been passed down for hundreds of years, real nobles! Whether it is courage or courage, they are much better than small family members and businessmen who care about every detail!"

"If Andrew can't embezzle military funds, I will definitely raise the most funds!"

On the stage, the nun had already begun to read the price list submitted by the Manstein Potion Company. The price list submitted by Mavie was hurriedly prepared by Dino, and it was roughly the same as the price submitted by the Bracken Potion Company. In subtle places, there are still some fluctuations.

For example, the price given by the Bracken Potion Company for the double-headed worm was 15 gold pounds per piece, while Dino's price was 5 gold pounds, one-third!

From this point of view, Dino is obviously more cautious than the treasurer of Bracken Potion Company.

"Charles set too high a price for the double-headed worm." Freya said suddenly: "The double-headed worm is a relatively common potion material. Although it is poisonous, as long as the strict capture procedures are followed, there will be basically no safety problems. What's more, the high price of protection in the field of immortality will directly affect the cost and reduce sales."

"How much do you think the price should be?" The second prince asked nervously, "Nicholas' price is only one-third of Charles's, isn't it too low?"

"Well, I think the price of each double-headed worm is about 7 gold pounds, and 5 gold pounds is a bit low, but it is within the acceptable range." Freya said.

The second prince breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

After reading the bid document of Manstein Potions Company, only Edie Potions Company was left. Seeing the nun opening the last file bag, no matter whether it was the eldest prince or the second prince, they couldn't help but straighten their backs and pose seriously. look.

They all knew in their hearts that in terms of investment, the truly formidable opponent was the third prince Andrew!
"Edie Potion Company has a registered capital of 4000 million gold pounds, a deposit of 1000 million gold pounds, and an investment offer of 3000 million gold pounds."

After reading out the terrifying number, even the nun was stunned for a moment. The price is too high. It is still a question whether the potion materials accumulated by the entire church have 3500 million gold pounds!
The funds prepared by the third prince Andrew can directly buy out the potion warehouse of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny!

Rhodes IV, who was sitting on the stage, couldn't help but frowned when he heard Andrew's high offer. Even Umbly I and the three archbishops cast their gazes at him.

Although he didn't say anything, everyone knew that the third prince Andrew must have embezzled military funds, otherwise it would be impossible to collect so much money!

Prime Minister Winston, who was sitting next to Rhodes IV, heard the investment quotation of 3000 million yuan, his palm holding the cigar trembled, his beard rose and fell, and he panted heavily.

"Andrew's done."

The eldest prince leaned back, smiled and said, "He's already out."

On the other side, the second prince also taunted: "You idiot! How dare you embezzle so much funds!"

Yunia, who didn't know why, looked left and right, and asked in confusion: "Father, why is the third prince out? Isn't the bidding over yet?"

"Because he embezzled too many funds."

Ma Wei said in a deep voice:

"Once he wins the bidding, there will be an irreparable loophole in the army's funds. The Congress can't afford 3000 million gold pounds. Even if Buckingham Palace is sold, it won't be able to afford it, so."

"Neither the king nor the church can agree, or allow the sky-high price quoted by Andrew!"

(End of this chapter)