Even if these bidders bought Red Dragon, they would not truly force themselves on her. At most, they would carry out the Hikaru Genji Project.
That was precisely why Aiou had not joined the bidding. After all, the Hikaru Genji Project might also suffer a Waterloo. Who knew what the future held?
At the start of the bidding, these customers had held back out of misgivings. But once they saw that Aiou was not participating, each shouted more enthusiastically than the last, and the price gradually soared from five billion to fifteen billion.
Clearly, these customers were not short of money. They had merely felt the price was unsuitable before, which was why they had not continued competing with Aiou.
Now that they had encountered a suitable treasure, the price naturally shot upward like a rocket.
In the end, Red Dragon was purchased by one room for twenty-five billion.
If Aiou's earlier interference was not counted, this price was already one of the auction's rare sky-high figures.
But comparison was what created distance.
Compared to Aiou's earlier bids, these twenty-five billion now seemed rather small and petty.
In truth, the price Aiou had called out earlier was not as outrageous as twenty-five billion. The problem was that the profits were entirely different, and so were the risks involved.
It was like selling a one-dollar item for a hundred dollars versus selling a fifty-dollar item for a hundred dollars. How much differed in profit?
Red Dragon's original owner was heartbroken. Aiou had not bid at all, yet he had thought he had encountered a spendthrift and was about to get rich. By his own estimate, if Aiou had joined the bidding, the price could have been pushed to at least fifty billion.
After Red Dragon's transaction was completed, the auctioneer appeared