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All the Huaxia people in the hall were agitated.

Some even began to curse loudly.

The starting bid is a million US dollars!?

Just the starting price itself was already far beyond the value of the Snake Head!

Moreover, the key point is that this was just the starting price. Wouldn't the final price be sky high?

"Humph! This is outright robbery."

Chen Tian, who had originally decided not to participate and was resting with his eyes closed, also suddenly opened his eyes and slammed his hand on the table upon hearing the starting price.

Although his reaction wasn't as loud as those who were screaming, he seemed quite furious.

Gu Yu was the same, coldly watching the foreign auctioneer on the stage.

It seemed that these people were not playing by the usual rules and wanted to ruthlessly fleece the Huaxia people right from the start!

"Damn it, why aren't these Huaxia fat sheep bidding? Why aren't they bidding!?"

The foreign auctioneer, Wu Shiluo, watching the ongoing cursing but not a single bid from the Huaxia people, was itching with frustration.

In his view, as soon as the red cloth covering the Snake Head was removed, these Huaxia people should have started bidding eagerly and competitively. Your next journey awaits at empire

But half a minute had passed and still not a single bid?

Could it be that the Huaxia people no longer cared if their country's items were lost abroad?

Wu Shiluo was stunned, but he quickly pulled himself together.

He could not afford to be confused, as behind him stood a ferocious seller! If he couldn't sell the Snake Head today, he wouldn't be able to return to his own country!

It was a group of ruthless arms dealers, terrorists!

"I have to force these Huaxia people!" Wu Shiluo gritted his teeth and grabbed his auction hammer as he saw that still no one had placed a bid.

Just when everyone thought that the Snake Head was going to be unsold, Wu Shiluo suddenly shouted:

"Ladies and gentlemen! There's something I must tell you. According to the rules set by the seller behind me, if this exquisite bronze snake head is not sold today, it will be put into the furnace and destroyed on-site!"

A hint of mockery flashed in Wu Shiluo's eyes.

Of course, he wasn't deceiving these people. What he said was true.

Initially, the people below were dismissive of his earlier words, but when they heard the latter half of the statement, everyone was shocked!n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Destroyed!

The seller behind the Snake Head actually intended to destroy it!?

This was indeed unbearable!

Immediately, someone picked up a stool and was ready to rush onto the stage to confront Wu Shiluo, scaring him into huddling behind the display table, clutching his head.

"Sir! Sir! Please calm down! This is an auction hall!"

The Sofu Coin security personnel standing behind the auction hall quickly intervened upon noticing the sudden outburst and managed to stop the passionate patriot.

This prevented the situation from escalating into a conflict.

Wu Shiluo then dared to slowly lift his head and sneak a peek at the Huaxia people below, noticing that each of them was glaring at him, grinding their teeth.

He inwardly lamented, as this idea wasn't his!

If they really wanted to vent their anger through violence, they should find the seller behind him!

"Such rude Easterners, since you can't afford to buy back your own country's items, then I'll buy it and use it as a decoration in my hall!"

Sitting in the middle row, a man with a hooked nose and dead fish eyes looked disdainfully at the Huaxia man who had just raised his stool, then lifted his bid paddle.

"1.01 million, the Huaxia Snake Head is mine."

Seeing someone finally placing a bid, Wu Shiluo was overjoyed after a long wait.

He looked around and upon closer inspection, recognized a familiar face.

Immediately, it dawned on him that the seller's shill had started to make their move.

Feeling reassured, Wu Shiluo straightened his collar, then stood up and coughed twice to clear his throat: "Ahem, gentleman number 89 bids 1.01 million!"

He lightly swung the small hammer in his hand, giving the impression that it could fall at any moment.

Finally, this provoked the Huaxia people into action. Setting aside the possibility of the Snake Head being destroyed if it were unsold, they at least couldn't allow it to fall into foreign hands!

The Twelve Zodiac Heads appeared on the market only once in a few years, and this time it appeared on Huaxia's soil, making the opportunity even rarer.

They definitely would not allow themselves to miss this chance.

"1.1 million!"

"I bid 1.5 million!"

"Damn you, Westerners, you're just driving up the price maliciously, aren't you? I bid 1.51 million!"

"2 million!"

"..."

The bidding below was extremely intense, and the price of the Snake Head had already doubled amidst the quarrel.

As for Gu Yu's side, there was no movement for the time being, since, as the main bidders of this auction, it was not yet their turn to make a move.

"What right do these Westerners have to destroy our nation's cultural relics!"

"Do they think the Huaxia people are weak?"

Chen Tian clenched his fist tighter than before and smashed it onto the table in front of him.

The tea on the table nearly toppled over, but that could hardly vent the fierceness in his heart.

Nowadays, it was a time of peace, and there was no way to use force to give those Westerners a taste of their own medicine.

Otherwise, he would have definitely donated a hundred or so planes and tanks to the country and thoroughly crushed these Westerners who bullied the Huaxia people.

He would even carry guns and artillery himself to fiercely fight the enemies!

"Old Mr. Chen, calm down. When our Huaxia rises completely one day, those Westerners will definitely come crawling back, bringing our Huaxia's belongings back with them!"

Gu Yu gently patted Chen Tian's back to soothe his emotions.

He knew very well that Chen Tian's heart was not very strong, and if he were to be aggravated enough to slip under the table today, it would be catastrophic.

"Hmm... You make sense!"

"Alas, I just don't know if I'll live to see the day our Huaxia stands at the pinnacle of the world..."

"I am already old. Now, the burden of our rise rests on the shoulders of you young people!"

With Gu Yu's soothing, Chen Tian finally managed to breathe a sigh of relief.

He gave a deep sigh, looked at Gu Yu beside him, and spoke earnestly.

Unlike those modern pseudo-capitalists wrapped in 'red', he was a genuine national entrepreneur.

He came from the era when the Red Star had just begun to rise.

His emotional attachment to the nation was much stronger than that of the modern people.

"You will see it, with your health, living another twenty or thirty years is definitely not a problem! Within twenty years, our Huaxia will surely stand proudly at the top of the world's nations!"

Gu Yu smiled slightly, feeling that unique sentimentality of the older generation in Chen Tian.

This sentiment, he had also experienced with his grandmother.

He still vaguely remembered as a child lying in his grandmother's arms, listening to the stories of great men.

"3 million! Bidder number 27 bids 3 million! Any other bids? 3 million!"

The voice of Wu Shiluo on the stage woke him from his reminiscing.

By then, the bidding for the Snake Head had already reached 3 million US dollars!

This price had reached Lin Huaye's intended bid, and he turned to look at Chen Tian, waiting for his input:

"Sir, shall we place a bid?"

Chen Tian raised his hand to stop him, shaking his head, "No, #27 is one of our own Huaxia people, we don't compete against our own."

"As long as the item returns to Huaxia, it doesn't matter who buys it."

Lin Huaye nodded, understanding the meaning behind it.

"Me, 3.1 million! Huaxia people, who among you has ever beaten me? I want to win this bronze piece and melt it down to make a washbasin for my toilet, hahaha!"

It was the same hooked-nose man, standing up and mocking the surrounding Huaxia people.

"Barbarians spouting nonsense!"

An elderly Huaxia man could not restrain himself and stood up, pointing at him and scolding.

Everyone present glared angrily in response.

"3.2 million!"

Just then, from the third row of the auction hall, a number that had not appeared from the beginning was raised.

Lin Huaye slightly stood up, signaled to the crowd, and then settled back down firmly.

"It's Chen Tian!"

"It's Shengda's Old Mr. Chen!"

"He has also come!"

The crowd was overjoyed.