Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade novel Chapter 543

Chapter 543 Takeshi Tokugawa 

Everyone knew that a thousand-year-old ginseng could fetch an exorbitant price. Some would even say that it was priceless. 

It could easily fetch a billion at auctions, so ordinary people did not dare to bid for it. 

Therefore, when Alex said he wanted to bid for this thousand-year-old purple ginseng. Stuart could not help but feel insulted. 

Alex looked at Stuart and said with a smile, “There’s no need to worry. It’s just purple ginseng, so I can still afford it.” 

“You can pretend all you want, but I want to see how the heck are you going to bid for it,” Stuart sneered. 

Alex turned away as he did not feel like talking to Stuart anymore. At this moment, the host announced, “Now, we shall begin to accept bids for this one thousand two hundred years old high-grade purple ginseng. The starting price is fifty million, and each subsequent bid must increase by at least one million. The auction begins now.” 

The host glanced across the audience with a smile. Then, she stepped aside and waited for someone to make a bid. 

Immediately after she spoke, someone in the back row raised his auction paddle and shouted, “Fifty-five million.” 

The rest of the attendees were speechless. This man instantly raised the bidding price to fifty-five million. It seemed like he wanted to secure this purple ginseng immediately. 

Alex observed what was happening. The bidder was a man in his thirties. Although he spoke the Eurasian language fluently, it sounded too precise. Therefore, Alex could tell that the bidder was not a Eurasian. 

Furthermore, his facial features looked like someone from countries near Eurasia. Thus, he could be at Jetroinian or Koandrian. 

A beautiful woman in her early twenties sat beside this man. She wore a blue dress. Her facial features were delicate, and her skin smooth and fair. She looked like a woman from Jetroina. 

Therefore, the man was most likely a Jetroinian. 

Apart from Alex, many people in the auction also recognized the bidder. 

“Master, I know these two people,” Auriel whispered suddenly. 

When Alex turned to Auriel, she continued, “They are siblings. The man is Takeshi Tokugawa, while the woman is called Haruko Tokugawa. They are both from the Tokugawa family in Jetroina. The Tokugawa family opened Takeshi Pharmaceutical in Lumenopolis. They invited my grandfather to be their chief researcher, but he refused.” 

Auriel paused for a moment before continuing. “However, they have stolen many of Eurasia’s medical formulas and improved on them. It increased the effectiveness of medicine from Takeshi Pharmaceutical, leading to a sharp increase in sales. According to grandpa, the Tokugawa family earned a lot of profit in Eurasia in the past ten years.” 

Alex nodded and kept what Auriel told him in mind. He did not know much about the Tokugawa family’s pharmaceutical company in Lumenopolis. 

After all, he left Lumenopolis at a young age, so he did not know much about businesses there. 

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However, seeing how prominent the opponent was, Alex believed he needed to spend a substantial sum to get that purple ginseng. 

“Fifty-six million.” Stuart glanced at Takeshi and increased his bid by a million. 

Takeshi did bother to look at Stuart and raised his auction paddle immediately. “Sixty million.” 

Stuart glared at Takeshi disdainfully and raised his auction paddle. “Sixty-one million.” 

Takeshi ignored Stuart’s glare and raised his auction paddle again. “Sixty-five million.” 

Everyone else fell silent as the two of them kept bidding against each other. 

Furthermore, not many people knew that the thousand-year-old purple ginseng would be auction today. Therefore, only a few people came to bid for it. 

Moreover, no one dared to bid for it as they feared offending those two prominent people.