The Auction That Determines Success or Failure

The next day, Lin Chen followed Zhang Shan to the Westerners' military auction venue on his private jet.

Because the Westerners' military strength had always been at the forefront of the world, many people came for the auction.

They were tycoons from all over the world or various countries that wanted to buy advanced weapons.

"Xiao Chen, the auction here is different from the ones in our country. In their territory, we have to abide by their rules."

On the way to the auction venue, Zhang Shan reminded him repeatedly.

After all, this was an international military auction, not a small-scale domestic toy auction in his own country.

"Got it, Uncle Zhang."

Soon, the two of them sat down and the auction began as scheduled.

The host of the auction this time was a female Westerner officer.

She was tall and had a unique beauty.

As this was an international auction, everyone received a simultaneous interpretation and number token so that the auction could proceed properly.

"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen."

Following her resounding opening remarks, everyone in the open-air auction venue quietened down.

The female officer on the stage also continued to speak.

"Welcome to our Giant Bear Auction. I believe everyone already knows the theme of today's auction before coming."

"That's right, it's to auction off the various weapons of Giant Bear!"

"Then let's cut to the chase and start the auction!"

Following her command, the image of a jet-black fighter aircraft slowly appeared on the screen behind her.

"Everyone, this is a predecessor version of our S-35. Although it's a predecessor, its Mach 2 speed and radar stealth ability are top-notch."

"The starting bid for this S-35 is 80 million Big Beauty coins!"

80 million Big Beauty coins was roughly 0.56 billion Huaxia dollars.

This amount of money might be an astronomical figure to ordinary people, but to them, it was just a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, very quickly, someone began to bid.

"I'll pay 100 million!"

"130 million!"

"150 million!"

…

In the end, the price stopped at 180 million, which was an addition of 100 million. In other words, it was 1.26 billion Huaxia dollars.

One had to know that this inferior model of S-35 only cost a little more than a billion to build. Moreover, it would not do if there was a fighter jet but no perfect fighter-jet pilot. Hence, there was no need to spend so much money to buy it.

After the S-35, a T-90 main battle tank was auctioned off.

It was the third-generation main battle tank developed by Big Brother in the last century. This thing was easier to pilot than the fighter jets, so it was bought at three times its price.

The auction continued.

"Everyone, the fifth-generation fighter jet and our anti-aircraft tank are only today's appetizers!"

"The next auction is today's highlight!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the screen changed again.

The image of a huge aircraft carrier slowly appeared…

This caused an uproar.

Although they had long known about this, it was still quite shocking to see it in front of them.

"This is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Its name is Lezneith!"

'It's here!'

Lin Chen, who was sitting below the stage, looked excited. This was what he had been waiting for!

However, there was also a middle-aged man sitting behind him who was equally excited. He also looked determined to win.

On the stage, the female officer was still introducing the item:

"The Lezneith was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in our history. Although the first generation product was very crude, after our four subsequent modifications, this aircraft carrier is able to defeat any modern aircraft carrier!"

"The aircraft carrier comes with 30 fourth-generation fighter jets and 20 T-90 tanks with ultra-advanced anti-aircraft armor-piercing rounds."

"Alright, let's not waste any more words and start the auction!"

"The starting price of the Lezneith is 80 billion!"

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone present could not help but sigh.

However, there were still many people vying for it, raising the price.

"81 billion!"

"82 billion!"

"90 billion!"

Originally, the bid was raised by a billion at a time, but this was suddenly disrupted by a middle-aged man sitting in the corner.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

"Damn, isn't this Choebon's Indigo Wellclay?"

"Indigo Wellclay? The one who made a fortune selling seafood in Choebon?"

Looking at this person, Lin Chen frowned slightly.

He knew this person.

In his previous life, he had represented Choebon to purchase the aircraft carrier.

After all, Choebon was not participating in the auction because of their relationship.

Hence, it gave Indigo Wellclay 100 billion yuan to buy it under his name. Otherwise, how could a fish seller have the money to buy an aircraft carrier?

"Xiaochen, stop looking. We're just here to join in the fun. As you can see, the first bid is 80 billion. It's not something we can afford."

As soon as Zhang Shan finished speaking, Lin Chen raised his sign and shouted out a price.

"100 billion!"

This bid naturally pulled all the attention back to Lin Chen.

"Xiaochen, what are you doing?! Where do you have so much money?!"

Zhang Shan saw that the situation was not right and tried to dissuade him.

"Uncle Zhang, don't worry. I sold the company yesterday."

"Sold!?"

"You!"

"Sigh…"

Zhang Shan was at a loss for words. He looked as if he hated his stubbornness.

Because of Lin Chen's 100 billion bid, everyone's attention was on him.

"Damn, who is this kid? Why haven't I seen him before?"

"I think he's from Huaxia."

"Why are the Huaxia people also interested in aircraft carriers? Aren't their country able to produce their own? Why are they bidding for a dated aircraft carrier?"

"Nothing is certain. But to be able to take out 100 billion, the Huaxia people are still rich!"

Such a bid naturally caused Indigo Wellclay to be unhappy.

He gritted his teeth and raised the price again. "110 billion!"

This was all the money he could fork out. He was a fish seller to begin with, and after so many years, he barely had ten billion dollars.

However, Lin Chen did not give him a chance at all.

"120 billion!"

This bid completely destroyed Choebon's dream of owning an aircraft carrier.

In the end, Lin Chen bought this aircraft carrier for 120 billion.

After the auction ended, Lin Chen stayed in the shipyard for the remaining five days.

This was because when the Cyber Armageddon arrived, other than water and food, the most important thing was energy.

Therefore, on the 3rd of March, Lin Chen spent 10 billion dollars to buy solid energy, food, and freshwater. He placed them all on the aircraft carrier.

From March 4th to March 7th, he repainted the aircraft carrier, from the original black and white to a bright red. He also completely treated the entire aircraft carrier's infrastructure environment, making it look like new.

At 11:59 PM on the 6th of March, Lin stood in the top cabin of the aircraft carrier and looked at the dock, quietly waiting for the end of the world.

Three

Two…

One!

Ding! Ding! Ding!

As the midnight bell of the shipyard on the dock rang, his body suddenly tensed.

"Cyber Armageddon is coming!"