"3 million!"
"3.1 million!"
"3.75 million!"
"3.75 million Divine Shields! Any higher bids?"
"The world's most advanced cruiser squadron, complete with the full set of shipbuilding technologies and twenty professional technicians! The current highest bid is 3.75 million—an absolute bargain for the price! Any more bids?"
"Alright, congratulations to the Chilean delegation for successfully securing the third cruiser squadron."
Host Vites cried out with great enthusiasm.
In order to sell these warships at a high price, the Frenchmen's secondhand cruiser squadrons had all become the world's most advanced fleets in Vites's mouth.
If they looked only at the warships, the Chileans were definitely taking a huge loss on this deal. But everything had exceptions. With a complete set of shipbuilding technology and engineers thrown in, the deal instantly became very cheap.
Although there seemed to be no technological blockade these days, as if money could buy anything, that applied only to common, widely available technologies.
Warship construction technology had always been the treasure of major shipyards. Even technology two or three generations behind the times came at a tremendous price if one wanted to buy it.
As the world's second-largest naval power, the Frenchmen's shipbuilding technology was naturally world-class. If not for the auction being split into separate lots and the technology copied many times over, those technologies alone could not have been bought for 3.75 million.
Another deal had been concluded, and Vites no longer had his initial excitement. He picked up his cup, took a sip of water to moisten his throat, then continued shouting:
"Next up is Group A's battleship squadron. It likewise comes with a complete set of shipbuilding technologies, plus one hundred shipbuilding engineers. The fleet includes three new ten-thousand-ton battleships, four cruisers, six destroyers, and two coastal-defense ships...
"The starting price is 5.8