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823: Chapter 823: Public Witness!

Following the Clues!

823: Chapter 823: Public Witness!

Following the Clues!

The night was deep and silent.

Yet, Tianyuan Medical Center was extraordinarily lively.

This was the location of the auction for the Detox Pill, drawing workgroups from pharmaceutical companies of many nations.

The vast academic exchange center had already been allocated for office use by the pharmaceutical companies of different countries.

And at this moment, the vast lobby on the first floor was the hub of excitement.

Originally, only twenty-nine pharmaceutical companies from different countries were qualified to participate in the auction, but now the lineup had expanded dramatically.

More than forty pharmaceutical companies had obtained auction eligibility, and many others had chosen to form alliances.

Due to the raising of acceptance standards, it was no longer effective to exchange cultural relics for medicine.

Although production and sales had been halted these days, many pharmaceutical companies had not stopped transporting cultural relics that had been lost overseas, believing that exchanges would eventually resume.

But after hoarding them for so many days, only a few thousand relics had actually been accepted.

Under the new exchange criteria, the accepted relics were exchanged at a four to one ratio, and the rest, with lower artistic value, were acquired at a ‘bargain price’ of one to one.

As a result, the number of Detox Pills that multiple pharmaceutical companies could acquire through the return of cultural relics before the auction would not be substantial.

Thus, the number of Detox Pills available for tonight’s midnight auction was bound to be considerable.

However…

With such a large number of participating pharmaceutical companies, it was utterly impossible to collude privately as before.

Moreover, Tang Xiao’s words had roused the public in all countries: Detox Pills should first and foremost be used to eliminate the virus, not for certain forces to profiteer from.

Every day, each country was reporting how many virus patients they had.

For instance, Yincheng currently had over ten thousand patients whose conditions had not worsened yet; if they were quick to auction the Detox Pills and ship them back, they could still be cured.

This also meant that bidding for up to one hundred thousand pills would still be justifiable.

But if they auctioned too many at once, how would they explain it?

Was it an attempt to spend taxpayers’ money to get more Detox Pills and then allow certain forces to make a huge profit?

Just like when only two bowls of rice are enough to be full, but insisting on several large bowls, wouldn’t that raise suspicions?

Of course.

The more than ten pharmaceutical companies that had been involved in hostage-taking incidents genuinely wanted to buy out the entire stock.

They all knew that the new Detox Pills produced pleasant and joyful effects; even seasoned drug addicts found them extremely comfortable and even beneficial to health…

What to do?

All the released Detox Pills were wanted, but no one could bid for too many, so the best solution for diverting attention was to form groups.

Multiple pharmaceutical companies formed alliances to participate in the auction; not only did they have more money, but also the more Detox Pills they bid for, the less suspicious it appeared.

Thus!

The academic exchange center had virtually turned into a marketplace, with various alliances and collaborations negotiating and bargaining.

But all in all, to succeed in the auction, one had to rely solely on financial power!

With money, one could do as they pleased; without it, one could only accept their fate!

At 11:58 PM.

The data was updated.

Eleven pharmaceutical companies that had returned lost cultural relics had obtained varying amounts of Detox Pills.

Even the most was just over six thousand, while the least barely reached a thousand, so the total was still less than fifty thousand.

In comparison.

Two minutes later, the number of Detox Pills released for open bidding was frightening, nearly one hundred and sixty thousand pills.

Previously, the bidding time was limited to only one minute.

Now, to allow all companies to weigh the pros and cons, combine their financial strength with national demand and make cautious decisions, a full ten minutes were given.

After the Detox Pill production and sales had been suspended for several days, the restart of the auction naturally garnered extreme attention.

Even in a simple competition of financial strength, the Star Federation, with its deep pockets, had to worry about other alliances formed by various national pharmaceutical companies.

And though it was late at night and unrelated to the domestic public.

Many people couldn’t contain their curiosity and stayed up late to watch the live stream.

The Detox Pill was too famous; it was the first public auction, and countless people were curious about the outcome.

Countdown numbers tumbled steadily.

And at the auction site, bidding teams from various countries were busier than ever.

How much to bid, how many pills to buy.

It seemed like just two simple numbers, but they were not something to be filled out casually.

Bidding several hundred thousand per unit and buying out the entire stock…

While the chances of success were high, it might lead to public scorn.

Why buy so many Detox Pills in such a hurry?

With auctions happening daily and prices dropping, why rush?

Why bid for so many?

On the other hand, a bid too low and a quantity too small would not only make successful bidding impossible, but it could also result in public scorn for taking a perfunctory, negative attitude.

So…

It was mind-boggling!

A real headache!

Especially for the more than ten pharmaceutical companies, some of their internal power brokers already knew the latest batch of Detox Pills had even more miraculous effects.

These pills had even greater additional value because they could satisfy not only virus patients and those with severe illnesses but also drug addicts.

This was like indirectly increasing the consumer base!

Countless people were watching expectantly.

As the sole live streaming platform, Wu Jie’s Big God Bid app also skyrocketed in popularity.

It set an unprecedented record of one hundred million people watching online.

This not only severely tested the servers but the record was also absolutely unrivaled.

It surpassed even the World Cup final and was likely to be difficult to surpass in future live streaming viewership records.

As the countdown reached the final seconds…

Countless people’s hearts rose to their throats.

10, 9, 8…

Time was up.

At that moment, countless viewers widened their eyes to watch the livestream, and the people at the auction site were also staring at the webpage interface.

The results were out.

This time, three bidders were successful.

The first place, as millions of netizens had anticipated, was an alliance.

An alliance composed of sixteen smaller pharmaceutical companies, with a bid of two hundred thirty thousand per pill, successfully acquired one hundred thousand pills.

With a transaction price of 23 billion yuan, it left many stunned and enviously frantic.

Calculated with a profit margin of fifty percent, that was a profit of over ten billion yuan!

And the second place, notably, was Watanabe Taizo and Perrio, who had actually teamed up.

With a price of 240,000, they bid for 50,000 pills, totaling an expenditure of 12 billion.

But what was most unexpected was that the third place was surprisingly Indonisia.

They offered 230,000, only wanting to buy 10,000 pills.

Because after the first and second places were deducted, there were only a little over 6,000 pills left, and in the bidding for the smaller quantities, they had placed the highest bid.

So, quite luckily, they ‘picked up a bargain’ with the deal, spending less than 1.6 billion to obtain nearly 7,000 pills.

The results were detailed.

All the unit prices and quantities reported by the individual national pharmaceutical companies or multinational consortia were made public.

And the reasons for the successful bids of the top three were also explained.

The auction looked first at who had the highest total price, if equal, then the unit price, and if still equal, who was part of a consortium.

This time, the bids from those dozen or so small country pharmaceutical companies were not the highest, but their total price was.

So, they became the first place, which naturally was without any dispute.

And the consortium of Perrio and the other managed the second place, winning because they had a higher unit price under the same amount of money, giving them an advantage.

As for the third place, Indonisia, they were just lucky and got a good deal.

…

After the auction results came out, there was a five-minute public announcement period.

If the winning bidders wanted to give up, then the bidding would be redone.

But…

How could they possibly give up?

This was a global broadcast!

These were national pharmaceutical companies bidding, too prideful to be poor.

So, after the five-minute announcement, the pharmaceutical companies with Detox Pills began to ‘pick up’ their purchases.

And those who didn’t get any Detox Pills could only hope for good luck in the bidding at noon in 12 hours.

Previous secret bids were unknown to the world.

But this time, after watching the broadcast, many people abroad had mixed feelings.

Envy, jealousy, and resentment!

This Wu Jie guy, the Detox Pills he came up with were so damn popular!

In just this brief auction, he raked in more than 30 billion, and by conservative estimates, he made a profit of over 10 billion.

Looking around the world, how many businesses worked all year long and didn’t earn as much as Wu Jie did in one day?

What was even more maddening…

Although the midnight auction was over, there would be another auction at noon in less than 12 hours.

Then, another 100,000 Detox Pills would be put up for auction, possibly bringing in another two or three hundred billion…

Goodness gracious!

At this rate of making money, opening a few money printing companies to print cash furiously couldn’t compete with his earnings, could it?

Even if the virus epidemic was eliminated later, and the market demand decreased, with the increasing production of Detox Pills leading to their decreasing value…

just these few days would be enough for Wu Jie to make a fortune.

There was an old saying to describe big business.

It goes, ‘not open for three years, but once open, good for three years.’

But Wu Jie’s business…

Not open for a few days, but once open, good for three centuries, right?

Of course.

While countless people envied, resented, and were jealous, and while public opinion boiled over…

A slew of experts, internet personalities, and news media, of course, immediately jumped out to harvest views.

The experts began to interpret, based on the auction rules, why such results occurred.

Combining this auction experience, how should pharmaceutical companies approach the noon auction to have a better chance of winning.

Of course, they couldn’t help but emulate Tang Xiao, teaching those pharmaceutical companies with Detox Pills how to make good use of them to eradicate the epidemic and reorganize society.

And internet celebrities, of course, catered to the plebeians’ whims, analyzing how much net profit Wu Jie could have made from all this money, how many planes, sports cars, yachts…

even aircraft carriers he could buy.

The only solution to worries is to get rich quick.

Little did they know that these analyses and conjectures only made more people envy Wu Jie, bringing him even more energy points.

Of course.

What the news media cared most about was the follow-up actions.

The auction was over, so what would the subsequent delivery look like?

How would the pharmaceutical companies with the medicine take it away and arrange its use?

And what would the pharmaceutical companies that didn’t get a single pill decide to do?

What the audience wanted to see, the journalists reported.

But…

They were obviously going to be greatly disappointed.

The Tianyuan Medical Center had already highly secured the area, not even allowing anyone within a two-kilometer perimeter to pass through.

But waiting for so long was not without its rewards.

They saw the armed escort of pharmaceutical convoys entering, and also the departure of some national pharmaceutical companies’ private cars.

This at least let the viewers know that the Detox Pills were delivered inside the Medical Center, that each country arranged for special security to transport the medicine, and that they were all heading to the airport as soon as possible to be sent back by private plane.

However, it’s not certain that all of the more than hundred thousand Detox Pills that flowed into the international community tonight would be used to combat the virus epidemic.

When the press conference ended yesterday afternoon, the price of Detox Pills on the international black market had plummeted quite a lot, but then miraculously recovered a bit, hovering at the extremely high price of close to a million each.

Now, with the midnight auction over, these hundred thousand or so Detox Pills, auctioned at around 240,000 each, will undoubtedly enter the black market in large numbers.

As the saying goes, the richer you are, the wiser you get.

Wealthy foreigners would definitely not accept the near million high price.

Tonight it’s 200,000 plus per pill, what about later?

After ten days to half a month, it’s bound to be cheaper, right?

So, a plunge in black market prices is inevitable.

Liuli City’s Xu Family certainly knew this.

Due to Wu Jie’s free trial drug plan, Detox Pills couldn’t be sold domestically.

Seeing prices about to plummet, they could only tearfully hold a fire sale, selling the thousands of pills they had expensively brought back to the country, returning them at a low price to Yincheng pharmaceutical companies.

Especially tonight, Watanabe Taizo and Perrio managed to successfully bid in a consortium and obtained a batch of Detox Pills to be transported back to their country by private plane, while taking the opportunity to also carry away the thousands of Detox Pills from Liuli City Xu Family.

Following the trail, secretly stalking.

As the convoy approached the airport, an invisible net of capture also gradually closed in…