69 Thousand Crores

"29 thousand crores" A table near the stage was the first to bid, but this was just the start of bidding.

"30 thousand Crores" Another table near the stage made the bid, but it continued.

"30,400 Crores"

"32 Thousand Crores"

Soon the price reached 43 thousand Crores and many companies did not even dare to bid, but right now Surya raised his hand and said "44,500 crores". He directly raised the price by a thousand and five hundred Crores, and the price was already high.

This made all the people remain silent for a minute but the bidding continued again and not as fiercely as before.

"44,870 crores"

"45,350 Crores"

Surya again made a bid of 46000 thousand crores, but this time the table beside them made a bid of 50000 crores. This made all the people in the hall pause for two minutes and Layla almost declared them the winner.

The person who made the bid was Kishore, from the Aranyasvan family. This family is also a giant in the construction field, they were the biggest rivals of the Simha family.

On seeing this person Jagan was a bit enraged because, in his last life, he remembered that Kishore won this city in an Auction. After the QI gaining period the Aranyasvan family controlled one large-scale city and 1 mid-grade city, but the people in them were suffering due to the heavy taxes imposed on them, and Kishore's son Sesank also used to rape some of the girls who were less than 16 years. And after some hundred years the family got destroyed in a beast tide.

Just as Layla was about to announce Kishoren as the winner, Surya made a bid of 53 thousand crores and this was his last bid. Although the houses in the city can be sold for around 2.5 lakh Crores, the land was not the only investment they had to construct the buildings, buy the raw materials, give workers wages, maintenance of the vehicles and many more expenditures. Although they could make a net profit of 50 Thousand Crores, they can only see returns after 25 years.

"54 thousand Crores" Kishore announced but he was also on his end. Everyone was thinking that he would win the Auction but again a bid was made by someone.

"55 thousand Crores" Jagan said while raising his hand. He was silent and enjoying the orange juice until now but when he made a bid it exceeded everyone's expectations.

Jagan Made the bid because there will be a 4th-grade high-level spirit vein in this area. And if managed properly he can raise an army.

Varsha and Sandhya were astonished, their yearly allowance was somewhere at 150 crores while their classmate could take out more than 50 Thousand Crores as easily as sneezing.

"55,500 Crores" Kishore made a bid again, he was sweating even in a hall filled with cold air from the air conditioners, and his bid was already a bit risky for him.

"55,850 Crores" Jagan made the bid and looked at Suya.

Jagan won the Auction for it.

One hour later the Auction was almost completed and there was only one place left for the Auction.

Until now Jagan won one large-tier, two mid-tier, and one small-tier city, spending a total of 1.3 lakh Crore rupees. Surya also won one large tier, one medium tier, and three small-tier cities, spending 1 lakh Crores.

Two of the Cities bought by Jagan were 4th-level mid-grade veins, others with one third-level mid-grade, and a third-level high-level spirit vein.

Surprisingly Surya also bought cities with one 4th-grade mid-level spirit vein and two third-level Spirit veins.

"The last and final place to be auctioned off is the Sgarmatha Park, with an area of 1146 sq km. The Government wants to make it into a world-class city with almost zero pollution. So, anyone wanting it should make sure it is pollution free otherwise fines would be applied. The starting price is 50 thousand Crores. The increase in price for each bid should not be less than 500 Crores" Layla said to them.

"55 Thousand Crorres" Kishore was the first to bid.

"60 thousand Crores" This time some small and medium companies grouped to bid for it.

"63 thousand Crores" Kishore again made a bid for it, not wanting to lose it.

"66 thousand Crores" the group made the bid. They were all sweating nervously, anyone could say that they were in their last bits.

"67 thousand Crores" Kishore made a last bid for it.

"69 thousand Crores" This time it was Jagan who made the bid. Jagan would even be willing to spend a Lakhs of Crores on it because of the 5th level low-grade spirit vein in it. When the Earth gained Qi there were only three 5th level low-grade spirit veins on Earth. And this is the only one in Asia.

"72 thousand Crores" the group made a bid for it, thinking Jagan would step back. This price already makes it unprofitable due to the conditions imposed by the Government on this place.

"75 thousand Crores" Jagan made the final bid and won it. But, everyone in the room was looking foolishly at him, because it was almost impossible to make a profit from this place and it would be great if it didn't turn out to be a loss.

"Ladies and gentlemen the Auction is over, the Government hopes that you all will go through these stalls and invest in one or two ideas or you can also leave the venue. Tonight, at 9:20 pm there is a dinner party arranged by the Government at the Government resorts on the outskirts of the city. We hope that everyone will attend the party and make the payment for the Auction there" Layla, reminded them about the payment.

The Government made a huge profit through this, it earned more than 50 lakh crores in this auction and at least some people will invest in the startups, further boosting its economy.

Many started to leave with only a few staying there and trying to invest in the startups.

Jagan got up from his seat and went towards a particular stall, this stall was owned by a small company called Nexus.

Nexus was a company fully in losses and debts and the owner was here to try his luck and get some investments. Hari even started to doubt whether he would get any investments. This was the last half an hour of the event. 

Jagan came near the stall and looked at the screen on top of the stall, showing there was no investment made in this startup.

"Hello Sir, I am Hari, owner of Nexus Corporation. Sir, our company's main goal is to create vehicles, which can travel through Space" Hari fastly said to Jagan. Thinking that, Jagan would be willing to invest.