Compared to them, Yan Fei and his group were clearly just here to disrupt — they truly seemed like disruptors. Those attending were a large crowd of people from various age groups; the younger ones looked like they were all corporate elites, and the older ones obviously seasoned and cunning. But among their four-person team, poor Daniel was the ’oldest,’ while the other three were young and didn’t look professional at all. Others had serious expressions, but these three came looking like they’re just here for fun, which made Daniel, who always considered himself a competent lawyer, feel a bit embarrassed. Fortunately, they weren’t alone at this auction, which also included a few small pieces of public land within city limits, and none of the major companies had shown up for these. Public lands were restricted in use, and Yan Fei wasn’t particularly interested. However, there were two spots near the mine that could be converted into ranches, which he was somewhat keen on. Having ideas means taking action, so at the start of the auction, Margaret, who was authorized to raise the bid by Yan Fei, began to ’perform’ with excitement — although she was slightly older than Yan Fei, she was just a freshly graduated girl; participating in an auction involving millions was bound to thrill anyone. She successfully bid on two plots of land in a row and was as ecstatic as someone winning a jackpot, her cheeks flushed, breathing heavily. As the auction progressed, she couldn’t help but look at Yan Fei, hoping to get his approval to continue bidding. However, Yan Fei remained seated, motionless, only occasionally listening to Daniel’s introduction of which company it was, but he was mostly unresponsive. On the surface, he was calm, but deep down, Yan Fei still felt Daniel was quite reliable — Daniel must have put considerable effort into sorting out the auction participants’ information. Soon it was time for the iron mine auction, and Margaret finally got another chance to bid. As soon as the host finished speaking, she stood up excitedly and raised her bid paddle. Her mouth kept opening and closing, evidently regretting that this lousy auction only allowed raising hands and not shouting... There were really no big companies competing for the iron mine, as this mine was in the isolated Northeast of Australia, surrounded by different types of mines. Its reserves and quality didn’t attract any major companies. For big firms, investing in a small iron mine here wasn’t worth the hustle; they preferred to focus their efforts elsewhere. Several local and nearby small mining companies were very interested, yet seeing this little girl frequently raising her paddle with a ’I have money, don’t mess with me’ attitude, they were just dying to have the mafia kidnap her out, and then argue a thousand times — she found it amusing, but for those small mining companies, this small mine was a life-and-death matter. Unfortunately, there was no other way — even big companies couldn’t easily put together a large amount of cash, let alone these small firms. Moreover, if they truly mortgaged everything now and later couldn’t obtain enough loans to exploit the mine, it would be even worse! So unsurprisingly, Margaret won in the end! ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novelFɪre.net When the auctioneer finally announced the name of the Iron Family Company, she couldn’t help but cheer softly, as though there were nails on her chair, unable to sit still — until Daniel, who was sitting next to her, turned from pale, then dark, then shining black with anger, she finally calmed down a bit. The Iron Family was the company Yan Fei registered in Cayman, and during the auction break, many companies began to inquire about what kind of company this Iron Family was. It was tragic; initially nobody paid attention to this unfamiliar company, thinking it was just here as a bystander. When they first auctioned the two small plots, only those individuals or companies considered the smallest in the venue noticed, not expecting it to land a mine. But still, it stopped there. No one expected that in the auction’s main event, the next round, that ’rookie’ little girl would stand up and bid again — she didn’t need to stand up, but she insisted on showing off, and Daniel couldn’t stop her. When they announced the auction for the bauxite mine and Margaret stood up again, raising her paddle high, the previously quiet auction hall suddenly became lively. It’s not like anyone shouted; rather, it was the sort of murmuring whispers, like someone plunged into a rural septic tank, causing a swarm of green-headed flies to suddenly buzz around... Many people were willing to buy mines in Australia because the mining laws there had exploitable loopholes these days, or vulnerabilities. For instance, France acquired mining rights to a large mine twenty-five years ago but shelved it without exploiting it. Several years later, Australia was driven to the point of legislating to reclaim the mine... However, with the times advancing, only some international big companies now have the ability to hoard mines... In short, a mine wasn’t something a superficial small ranch owner could easily hoard. Unfortunately, nobody could find out which big financial group was behind the Iron Family company, such a hidden enemy with open motives, causing those big companies to also feel a bit nervous.