Mandy seemed to be whispering to Hector about something while looking at the catalog in her hand.She looked like she was very interested in something that was in the catalog.However, a figure stopped right in front of her a moment later.Mandy almost instinctively raised her head, surprised. She never thought that Harvey would suddenly appear in this place.Harvey ignored Hector who was sitting next to Mandy, and looked at her. "What a coincidence, Mandy."Hector put down the glass of champagne he was holding when he heard Harvey, a meaningful expression on his face.While Harvey's appearance here was a coincidence, it didn't mean much to Hector. He wasn't afraid of Harvey, anyway.Mandy glanced at Hector and, after some hesitation, asked as she blinked her eyes, "What is it?""Nothing much, but I simply want to tell you that… If you're here for the auction, I may be your best partner."Harvey smiled as he sounded like he was alluding to something else."It's fine," Mandy s
Zhuri was taken aback slightly. She thought Harvey was going to make a move against Hector, so she didn't reply immediately.Kartier, who was standing next to Zhuri, gave it a thought and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Thompson and Ms. Zimmer are here for the Eyed Bead. I heard it has a special meaning for the Zimmers.""The Eyed Bead?" Harvey mumbled.He had already given the nine Beads of Eyes to Mandy already. What was she up to auctioning for some Eyed Bead here today?Harvey took a deep breath after giving it a moment to calm his emotion down.He then waved his hand and led the others to the seats reserved for Country H Commercial Group without alerting anyone else.There was only about half an hour before the auction was going to start, and other attendees started to arrive.While Harvey was sitting at the seat reserved for the chairman of Country H Commercial Group, none of the waiting staff came to take care of him.Someone either had intentionally made it so, or someo
"Our next item."The Seal of the Monarch."According to the legends, during the height of the Dynasty of Prosperity, the then ruling monarchy in Country J was a tributary of the dynasty as well. They have then delivered their Seal of Monarchy to the dynasty."This represents a piece of history for Country J, but many in their country treat this as a history of humiliation."As the old man calmly explained the auctioned item, Harvey instantly knew that this was what the men from Country J were coming for.In the past few years, they had been claiming themselves as the world's greatest country. They wouldn't allow something as important as the Seal of the Monarch in Country H.That was why Antonio would use everything they had to fight for it.Meanwhile, the people from the Country H Commercial Group wanted to provoke Harvey to compete for the Seal of the Monarch.As expected, before Harvey had made any movements, Kartier had already bent over to Harvey's side and whispered, "Thi
"3 million!"As if he was able to feel the kindness from Hector, Antonio gave Harvey a look and moved his eyes away before raising his paddle up in the air.Seeing Antonio's action, the old man said, "We have 3 million from Mr. Lee."Do we have any higher bids?"Going once!"Going twice!"All the people from Country J gave Harvey a look of disdain while the auctioneer spoke.They all looked down on him, as if announcing to the world that Harvey had no right to compete with Antonio.Everyone else in the auction house remained silent.They all knew who Hector was.When he announced Harvey's 15 million dollar bid was void, it was enough for them to learn something from that action.It meant that Hector wanted to give a favor to Antonio, who wanted the seal at all costs. That was why he didn't want the bidding price of the Seal of the Monarch to be too high.Everyone there were smart people, and they wouldn't do something foolish. Whether they were interested in the seal or not
With a smile, Harvey continued to speak with Antonio."If you like it that much… If you're really sure it's meant to be yours… Just continue with the bidding."As for me, I've already bid 150 million dollars. I believe everyone has heard it."I have so much money, I can afford to spend some more money when I see an antique that I like. What?"Is there a problem?"Should I write a report for you before I use my money?"Harvey said everything calmly and in a relaxed manner. While he wasn't intentionally mocking them, he was completely trampling on Antonio and the others' dignity of the ground.And Hector, who opened his mouth to stop Harvey, also suffered the same damage to his reputation.All the attendees of the auction had revealed a knowing smile on their faces.Since Hector was going to openly give the seal back to Country J through an auction, then he should have foreseen that this might have happened. Not everyone was willing to show the Thompson of Wolsing the dignity th
"You…"The men and women of Country J could only grind their teeth in anger when they heard Harvey's bid.Even Antonio, who had been acting relaxed all this while, could no longer control himself.He stood up and narrowed his eyes at Harvey's direction, and said slowly, "I don't care if you're the real Mr. York or fake Mr. York, young man. But you must understand what kind of consequences there are for stirring up trouble on purpose.""Stirring up trouble on purpose?"Harvey simply shrugged."Can't you see? I really like this seal, and that's why I continually bid on it. Haven't you heard of the saying about a real man won't keep another from his prize?"When Antonio heard what Harvey had said, his face flushed in anger.He was the one who’s supposed to use that saying!But in the end?By saying that, Harvey was humiliating him openly.Harvey couldn't be bothered to listen to Antonio's threat, and gave the auctioneer a glance. "You've delayed long enough. Shouldn't you conti
Harvey then continued to question the auction house."Everyone in this world knows if there's one thing that's true about the auction houses…"Is that the highest bidder wins."If I can bid 300 million dollars, then I can bid up to 450 million dollars, and even 600 million dollars!"But the Wolsing Auction House immediately stopped me from making my bid and gave the auction item to Antonio."And now, you’re saying I'm making trouble?"And you're talking about rules?"What rules?"Once this news spreads out, we'll see how much reputation the Wolsing Auction House retains."To make it plainly, you're sacrificing the consignor's benefits so you can please the people from Country J."Backed by a top ten family? I spit on you."If the other top families know that they're being put together with traitorous scumbags such as yourself, they'll be so disgusted that they won't be able to eat for months!"Harvey didn't show any sign of stopping at all as he said all his words clearly,
"Ha…"At this time, Hector's cold laugh came from the VIP room. He looked like someone sitting on the top of the mountain looking down at the critters down below."Are you threatening my family using the Country H Commercial Group? How naive!"Seeing that you do have some ability and how you demand the truth, as well as for Ms. Mandy's sake… I will give you an explanation."There was a sneer in Hector's voice, but he was also making it sounded like doing this was beneath him."First of all, according to the news that I've received, the reason you're here tonight is so you could cause trouble for Antonio. You just want to upset him."You don't like the Seal of the Monarch at all, because you're simply here to start a commotion."I also have my reasons to suspect that you don't have that much money, anyway."If the bid defaulted because of you, I would rather fix the bidding price at the agreed value and settle it then and there."Secondly, I personally found this seal from a fl