Chapter 224

In less than ten minutes, the bidding had already skyrocketed to $8 trillion.

Some of the smaller households had already bowed out. Very few families had that kind of money. Even for the four prominent families of Rielton, $8 trillion was equivalent to using all of their available funds.

At this point, only the old-money families like the Wheelers, the Millers, the Moores, and the Johnsons were still in the bidding war.

However, the bidding had slowed down considerably. Once it hit $8 trillion, even they had to think about their financial limits. That's why the bids were only increasing by $10 billion at a time.

The bidding continued, but back in Room Number Two, Terry suddenly said, "Nelson, stop bidding."

Nelson was stunned. "Sir?"

"Haven't you noticed that Alain's side has been quiet this whole time?" Terry leaned back in his chair, his tone relaxed.

Nelson glanced over and realized they were indeed quiet, but he didn't think much of it. "So what? That just means they don't r