Hollywood Zenith

The prominent families on the scene looked like they were enjoying watching the show. Not wrong, the Rothschild family's son had some guts!

Robert and his wife also smiled; their son really was so naive. As for the money, in the eyes of the Rothschild couple, it was akin to chump chance. Besides, it was in the name of charity, and their son could afford to splurge once in a while.

Mr Hopland also shook his head, witnessing the scene. Were children these days always this greedy? He had some lingering regret, but nothing could be done about it. He could only sit back and watch.

Those who hated Samuel the most were the second generation. Do you want to take both of them? Rothschild's family really have big ambitions.

But few smart ones naturally knew what kind of trick Samuel would play, but if you wanted to do it, there was no need to step on others.

They could hold a grudge, but no one was willing to spend five hundred grand to seek justice, not to mention they had to compete with a member of the Rothschild family. These people were well known, and among them, Samuel was also making a name with his businesses. Everyone was not aware of it, but the name itself was fearful.

It was a losing business, and no fool was willing to do it.

"Ah, 500,000 for the first time."

"500,000 second time."

The third time for 500,000 USD, Sold! Congratulations to Mr Samuel again." It was the weirdest auction in the auctioneer's life. He was a reasonably experienced fellow, but how come no one challenged the young man's bid? It was evident he was not aware of his identity.

The banquet continued; this time, it was Paige Hydrik's turn. She donated the right to use the presidential suite of their famous hotel chain in New York for one year.

According to the membership price, the introductory house price for one day was around US$800, and the price for a year was worth 300,000 dollars.

But who would have time to sit around in the hotel room all day? Also, they had to be a native of NY to enjoy the privilege.

Flying to New York? These people had better things to do. So, the real value was tough to evaluate; it depended on the person who would win the lot.

Some considered her item to be a little strange, but Paige didn't care; she was a businesswoman through and through as It was an excellent way to advertise the family's hotel chain.

Paige was a little embarrassed about it; she felt it was tantamount to indirectly cheating on Samuel. He would only be wasting money if he offered the same price he had previously offered for two of them.

But Samuel didn't care if his goal was to not be biased toward anyone. It was the only thing Samuel could do now.

Paige also gave Samuel a fierce look before the start. It was pretty straightforward; her eyes told him if he didn't make a move, it would be the end of him.

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"The auction below is the one-year use right of the presidential suite at the Casalex Hotel in New York brought by Miss Paige Hydrik. Since the item is somewhat special, we will set the starting price of 20,000 US dollar."

Organizers were not fools; they knew her intention to market the company. Was it indispensable? It was already considered in the top three hotel chains around the world. Why was she going through so much trouble?

The people who were first eyeing Iblis's painting were a little hesitant. They also wanted to bite, but would that crazy bastard let that happen? What if he did the same thing for this lot too?

Thus, no one was bidding on the spot, and the auctioneer was also stumped by this development. Paige was a little anxious, and the only thing that she could do was to frequently wink at Samuel.

"500,000." Sure enough, as everyone thought, the price was still 500,000.

Paige was satisfied and smiled charmingly.

" You did a good job, Sami. I will surely reward you in the future!" Samuel somehow guessed what she thought as he sighed in his heart.

Seeing that Samuel spent half a million again, the second generation felt even more jealous. They were the ones that left holding the door for him as he wantonly took all three lots.

The last item in the four-girls category was a table lamp made by Bulgari. There were no more surprises as Samuel brought that one for the same half-a-million price.

There was no favouritism, and the four girls were basically satisfied. He was hesitant as Nicole was still a little girl by his standards.

Honestly, he took her actions as a little sister throwing a tantrum, one could reprimand her, but it was better to be lenient to avoid further trouble.

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The auction continued, and finally, it was Samuel's turn.

He had put up a Patek Philippe Complication Chronograph, model 5930P, valued at 100,000 US dollars. The organizers set its starting price at 60,000 USD.

Samuel didn't care if anyone bought it or not. It was brand new; he could just repurchase it and dump it into his collection. By his standards, it was an okayish model; he had better one's in his collection.

At this time, Samuel was immersed in his thoughts, thus, failing to notice the strangeness of the four beauties around him.

Maia was determined to win while Iblis calculated how much money would be needed to beat her competitor. The Hydrik sisters were whispering to one another; it was time to join forces again.

"Next is the Patek Philippe complication chronograph model- 5930P watch which is provided by Mr. Samuel. The starting price is set at 60,000 US dollars."

Laura was thinking about buying her son's watch. She discussed it with her husband, but the reality was cruel.

"200,000", Iblis took the lead.

"Oh, 200,000. If that's all you got then you should give up now! 300,000" Paige did not forget to provoke the opponent before bidding.

Maia was not playing around, too; she raised the price to 500,000.

Samuel was shocked, and Laura was also dumbfounded. Many big bosses looked at each other; this seemed like a fierce battle.

The faces of the second generation were even more exciting. All the previous bidding mainly were done with an increment of tens of thousands of dollars, but what they saw here was not a rat race but a formula one event.

Something worth only a hundred grand jumped to half a million in three bids? And It was not even the end.

"700,000." Paige raised the bid again.

"900,000." Maia refused to give up.

"1 million." Iblis directly raised it to seven figures.

It instantly broke the price of Douglas' 800,000 USD Franconian vase, which was the previous highest price of this charity banquet.

"1.1 million."

"1.2 million."

"1.4 million."

No one was ready to back down, which resulted in the price touching the ceiling.

"2 million", Maia directly quoted the price and stunned every second generation.

Meanwhile, Samuel was sweating heavily. He would never have donated anything if he had known this would happen.