The Invincible Arthur Gardner novel Chapter 16

"A billion dollars for something that's essentially worthless? What did he get for that amount? A song dedicated to him? That's just ridiculous, even if he sells the song, I'm sure he won't get even a fraction of that money back."

"Yeah, I agree, Claudina's singing is amazing, but a billion dollars? That's stupid!"

All eyes shifted to Arthur, who sat in the corner of the room, questioning the man's identity.

"Who is he?" Aston glanced at Harry.

"How do I know, Mr. Aston? I don't really care either for him. What a waste for such a useless item. Let him take this one, and we will focus our money on the ultimate item." Harry answered condescendingly.

Aston felt his pride had been sullied. Someone had insulted him by flaunting their wealth. He could not tolerate this, no matter who the person was.

"What a load of rubbish, he deliberately insulted me by offering a billion dollars just for a song?" he thought indignantly.

As Aston headed towards Arthur, all eyes were immediately drawn to him. Harry followed close behind him.

Aston stood directly in front of Arthur, who was lounging on the sofa. "Who are you? Why don't you take off your mask? I'm the only one here who's in the top three wealthiest people, so why are you challenging me by flaunting your wealth?"

"I can say, these guys are completely foolish!" Harry declared resolutely while standing around them. "Did you just rob a wealthy man? For one billion dollars, you could have obtained something even more valuable than what you paid for. I'm positive your minds would never be able to comprehend my way of thinking. After all, I am a smart and successful young CEO and there's only one like me in this town."

Harry tried to figure out who the man before him was, but he was unable to come up with an idea. He knew that he had the plan to win Claudina's heart, but if someone foolishly spent a lot of money to buy something useless, he was afraid his plan would fail.

Despite the difficult situation Harry was in, he was still confident. His intelligence was only part of the reason for this; his good looks and charm were also undeniable to any woman he met. He was sure he could outmaneuver the man in front of him, making him look foolish and embarrassed in front of the onlookers, especially Claudina.

"Take a look at this man!" Harry exclaimed, pointing to Arthur and looking around the room at everyone, including Claudina, who was sitting on the sofa on the stage. "He is an example of a foolish individual who has wasted his wealth. My suspicion is that he attained all of these possessions through unsavory methods. No matter how much money he has, a person like this will eventually run out of it, since he is too foolish to manage it properly."

Aston smiled and then said to Harry, "Of course! I'm sure only someone like me can hang onto wealth for such a long period of time, right?"

Aston then turned to Arthur and asked, "How much money do you have? Why don't you use it to purchase all the trifling items up for auction, and let me, a perfectly reputable man, have Claudina?"

"I'm sure," Harry said confidently, with a satisfied smirk on his face, "that he won't be able to sustain himself here for much longer, and he'll be forced to leave."

Arthur inhaled deeply, then facing the host, he said, "Let's move on to the next item."

"Alright, everyone!" The host then spoke again in a lively voice. "The first item sold to Mr. Glitzy for one billion dollars."

Arthur had taken on the alias 'Glitzy' for the auction that night. The name meaning showily attractive, flashy, or glittery, was chosen to conceal his true identity. Although he did not particularly enjoy hiding himself, he felt it was essential to keep safe in this unknown realm of the affluent. He was hoping to gain some insight into how savage this world could be.

Everyone in the room gave Arthur a round of applause for his actions, but their suspicious glances betrayed their true thoughts. "Let's see how much money he has left after buying all these useless items," they muttered amongst themselves.

"Okay, everyone. The next item is the special microphone that Ms. Claudina used when she made her debut performance in front of a live audience."