100 million!
That was a nine digit number, a 1 followed by eight zeroes.
Somerland had a population of more than one billion, but ninety nine point nine percent of its people could never get their hands on so much money within their entire lives.
As everyone sucked in a cold breath, the meeting room door coincidentally creaked as Jasper opened it.
His footsteps slowly moved further away, but the sound of the attendees’ thumping hearts in the room only grew louder.
Once the door closed, the venue erupted into chaos. Everyone began talking among themselves.
‘100 million!’
‘That’s 100 million Somer Dollars!’
‘Not even the net worth of everyone in the room equals such a sum!’
Even Scott was stunned.
He did not even have the chance to wipe the prideful expression off his face before his expression froze.
He even doubted if he had heard correctly.
Scott shot to his feet and shouted, “What the f*ck! How much did you bid?”
Jasper had already left, so Scott could only stare at Baz and ask.
Baz was completely unafraid.
He shrugged and touched the bandage over his head. Seeing how Scott looked pretty much the same as he did, Baz replied calmly, “I bid 100 million.”
Scott’s heart raced and his breath quickened. The Covington family would have to sell everything they had to take out 100 million Somer Dollars.
Yet, Jasper had so easily taken this money out to acquire Downstream Investment Company.
‘What? Was he kidding?’
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