Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

uch money.
Of course, they had to let the entire world know about it!

If they could earn some attention from the money that they had spent, it would not be a loss at all.

Once the GPL name list was released, their company names would be included.
Wouldn’t that be equivalent to a wave of publicity efforts?

As for those companies that could not afford the slots, they had no choice but to give up.

Pei Qian felt numb.
Seeing that everyone had finally stopped bidding, he heaved a sigh of relief.

It was finally over!

Although it was difficult to accept twenty million yuan per slot, there was nothing more to say now that things had come to this.

However, just as the staff was about to announce the end of the auction, something unexpected happened.

Lin Chang raised his hand.
“21 million for number four.”

Everyone in the conference room immediately turned to look at him in surprise.

Pei Qian was very shocked as well.

That was because Lin Chang had already been the highest bidder for the GPL slot in number four, and it had been priced at twenty million yuan.

He had already won the bid, and yet he still wanted to increase the price.
What was going on?

The others were obviously confused as well.
Even the staff recording it was stunned.
For a moment, he did not know if he should record the bid.

Lin Chang, who was the focus of everyone’s attention, shrugged.
“Why are you all looking at me? The rules say that each company can only bid for one spot, but they do not restrict us from raising the price, right?”

The staff thought about it and agreed that it made sense.

Lin Chang was raising the price for himself without hindering anyone else.
How could he stop Lin Chang from giving money to Tengda?

He quickly recorded the new price.

Thus, all of the GPL slots were being sold at 20 million yuan, while Shenhua Real Estate’s number four was being sold at 21 million yuan.

Boss Li immediately reacted and raised his hand.
“I’ll bid 21 million yuan as well.”

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Lin Chang could not help but give him a thumbs up.

Alright, you’ve understood my intentions so quickly!

Li Shi smiled.

How could Lin Chang take all of the credit for something like that?

The price of each GPL slot could be raised to 20 million yuan, while the price of each GOG team was only 15 million yuan.
The most important reason for that was that everyone trusted Boss Pei and wanted to express their goodwill to him.

The question was who would Boss Pei remember if everyone was paying twenty million yuan?

Lin Chang took the initiative to add another one million yuan in order to stand out from all the companies that had bought the GPL slots.

When the hot searches were out, Shenhua Real Estate would be named as the ‘king of the GPL auction’.

In other words, paying another one million yuan would not only make Shenhua Real Estate’s presence known to Boss Pei, but would also make the company ‘first place’.

Wasn’t that so worth it?

Boss Li had obviously figured this out in an instant, and so he had added one million yuan as well.

As for why he had not added two million yuan… that was because he only had a limited amount of funds.
21 million yuan was his limit.
What’s more, he knew full well that he would not be able to compete with Shenhua Real Estate.

Since that was the case, adding one million yuan was enough.

With Lin Chang taking the lead and Li Shi followed closely behind, more people increased their bids as well.
Some increased their bids by a million yuan while others increased their bids by five hundred thousand yuan!

That was because companies that did not have money had already been eliminated, and only wealthy companies remained.
Those companies could afford to increase their bids.

Some companies wanted to add more but they simply could not afford it.
Thus, they could only add five hundred thousand yuan to express their sincerity.

Lin Chang raised his hand again.
“22 million!”

His attitude was very clear: He was going to be king of this auction for sure.

Xue Zhebin pondered for a long time.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and added 1.5 million yuan.

Yao Bo of Jinding Corporation added five hundred thousand yuan after much consideration.

Five hundred thousand or one million yuan were very small amounts compared to twenty million yuan.

However, those small amounts could potentially affect each person’s ranking.

Adding five hundred thousand yuan or one million yuan could allow them to move up three or four places from the bottom.
It was worth it!

On one hand, they could show off thei wealth and attract the public’s attention.
On the other hand, they could show Boss Pei that they were emptying their family fortune in order to support him.

Since they had already forked out twenty million yuan, why should they hold on to five hundred thousand yuan or one million yuan?

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Of course, a few companies really did not have any money or did not mind being ranked last.
Since they had already obtained a GPL slot, the rankings did not matter much to them.
Such companies gave up of their own accord.

However, the two or three companies with the most money increased their bids by five hundred thousand yuan to one million yuan each time.
They only stopped when the highest price became 26 million yuan!

With Lin Chang’s final bid of 26 million yuan, the group finally fell silent.
No one followed suit.

Each bidder had originally offered 20 million yuan.
However, with Lin Chang’s interference, the prices became varied.

The bids ranged from 20 million to 26 million, with the gap between each bid being five hundred thousand yuan to one million yuan.

The gaps did not seem big, but the ranking was now clear.

Most buyers had already exceeded their limits.
They could not afford to squeeze out another five hundred thousand yuan.

However, no matter what – whether it was a spur of the moment or it was worth it – the bidding had finally ended.
Everyone was now in the same boat.

If the GPL turned out well, everyone would earn money together;

If the GPL failed, everyone would incur losses.

Although the auction had ended, one could say that preparation for the GPL had just begun.
As for how the league would turn out and whether the bidders would be able to earn back their investment, it all depended on their performance.

No matter what, the dust had settled!

Pei Qian’s mouth twitched as he looked at the figures on the screen.

The three GOG teams had been sold at about 15 million yuan on average, while the GPL slots had been sold from 20 million yuan to 26 million yuan.

Altogether, they added up to 180 million yuan.
Just the GPL slots alone had earned Pei Qian 136 million yuan.

What a freaking windfall!

Pei Qian had originally thought that earning seventy million yuan from the sale of all the GPL slots was an optimistic estimation.
His bottom line had been to sell them all for a total of ninety to a hundred million yuan.

可现在,比裴谦预想中最差的情况,还多卖了近四千万!

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