Hopkins auctions with a history of many years had attracted a lot of famous and wealthy families, as well as thieves.
As a result, pat-down had become one of the indispensable processes.
Stealing happened before.
About three years ago, a man in casual wear was thought to have snuck in. However, a worldwide limited edition black card was found from him when he was frisked by auctioneers.
Later, his name was heard throughout the nation's business community.
His name was Parker, Commerce Maestro-one of the seven personages.
Nevertheless, such people were a few and most people were vain. What's more, they already knew everything about Leo, a live-in son-in-law.
So Brooke and Caleb had made up their minds to have a hard time with him.
After what Caleb said, an old man in a suit walked out.
He was grey-haired with vigorous gait and looked like a gentleman.
“Mr. Doyle!”
“It is said that this auction should be hosted by different organizers each time. Now what a surprise! It was Reggie Doyle, a member of the HY Business Association!”
“It looks like the HY Business Association is taking this auction very seriously.”
Once the grey-haired old man showed up, the scene was filled with exclamations. All the people present were looking at him in shock.
Brooke narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “Buddy, you are done. This auction is hosted by Mr. Doyle from the HY Business Association. Mr. Doyle is known for thinking highly of justice. If you don't show your ticket, you're gonna be in big trouble!”
“And you.”
Andrew meant Millie and others. He was gloating, "If you are close to the jinx, you will be disqualified from the auction, if not kicked out. Let me see how you play the game."
Millie was nervous. It was her first face-to-face encounter with such a big shot and his energetic vibes made her speechless. She did not have the courage to speak for quite a while.
Leo, however, didn't seem to hear them. He looked at the grey-haired old man who was slowly coming down with a faint smile.
Coincidentally, the host of today's auction is Reggie Doyle, whom he met before.
At this point, he had not seen Leo but just walked to Brooke and said quietly, "Who got in without a ticket?”
Brooke pointed to Leo and said, "Mr.copy right hot novel pub
Doyle, it was he that wanted to break in without a ticket. He didn’t respect you at all!"
“And them. They were already late but sneaked in by avoiding the security!"
Andrew didn't even want to let go of Millie. His face expression was ferocious. “Shut up!"
Millie was so angry at Andrew for adorning himself with borrowed plumes. When noticing Reggie looking at her, she said, "Mr. Doyle, they are talking nonsense. We do have tickets."
“Well, well.”
Caleb was sitting there. He didn’t handicap the underdogs but shook his head with a smile. Then he looked at Leo suddenly and said, "Mr. Cohen, although they give you a hard time, I won't. Instead, I'll help you."
Pointing to Nadine, he said, "I am deeply attracted by her beauty. If you set me up with her, you would be my friend and I would do anything for you."
On hearing the voice, Reggie found Leo. He was shocked suddenly and said, “Are they wronging you sneaking in?”
Leo sneered, “Well, that’s it.”
Reggie fell into silence in seriousness.
Brooke, Caleb, and the rest looked astonished. And Millie looked dumb, too. Did he know Mr. Doyle?
After a long silence, Reggie said firmly, “I don't believe Mr. Cohen could have snuck in!"
Everyone was shocked by his words.
Millie breathed a sigh of relief while Brooke and Caleb looked pale.
Reggie added, "However, there is no smoke without fire and I do not believe that this statement is groundless!"
Brooke and Caleb were relieved while Millie looked nervous again.
Leo’s eyes lit up. “Well, you mean I should be frisked?”
"Yes. I hope Mr. Cohen can forgive us!"
Under the gaze of Leo, Reggie felt increasingly stressed. He said in a deep voice, "To be fair, you are allowed to show your own ticket, Mr. Cohen. I'm gonna kick their asses if they lied!"
He spoke very firmly, indicating his attitude and giving everyone an explanation.
Brooke and Caleb were shocked, frightened by his harsh words.
But when they thought of the result, they relaxed again.
Yesterday they saw clearly that Leo had thrown away their tickets without any respect to them. It was only a day later. How could Leo possibly get tickets?
"You're so dead!"
Brooke was grim and vaguely disdainful.
Master asked him to test Leo to see if he really cheated. What a waste of time. Andrew was about to say something but he found Millie was calm. Then he got a little confused.
Did he really have a ticket?
Reggie's eyes were fixed on Leo. Suddenly Leo chuckled and shook his head.
Then he pulled a stack of tickets out of his pocket and threw them up to the air.
The tickets were clattering...
Leo threw the thick pile of tickets straight up into the air and they fell down like rain drops. Leo was in the ticket rain, smiling in the dim light of the scene.
Silence!
The whole place was dead silent!
At that moment, everyone was wearing a funny face. Reggie stared at the scene with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
As for Brooke and Caleb, they were so scared that they didn't even notice their goblets crashing to the ground.
It was the first time they had ever seen so many tickets and it was hard to believe that they had come from a live-in son-in-law who seemed to have no power at all.
“Am I wrong? Are they tickets?"
"It's a dream. Pinch me to see if I'm dreaming."
Silence was followed by endless uproar.
Everyone was stunned with their hearts deeply stimulated by this scene.
There were many people present who had procured a ticket through untold pains and courtesy by pulling strings.
Even the Palmer Family and the Grant Family, both rich and powerful families in Hopkins, only got half a dozen while Leo could throw a stack of tickets like water.
The contrast was so sharp that they couldn’t bear it. Some people were richly bedecked but turned out to be poor. But some people, dressed in plain clothes, had supreme power.
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