Salute To The General (Nathan Cross) novel Chapter 516

In an unremarkable-looking restaurant in Channing at night.

Many luxury cars had been parked in the parking lot of the restaurant.

This restaurant held the famous underground black market in Channing. It was known for auctioning off various precious items that could not be sold in normal places.

Nathan, Penny, Dr. Rothschild, Debbie and the others had also arrived at the entrance of the restaurant.

Nathan had wanted to pick out a gift for Dr. Rothschild.

Colin Dunne had told him that the black market auction in Channing had a fine copy of Wang Xizhi's work from the Tang Dynasty.

Thus, Nathan had brought Penny, Dr. Rothschild and Debbie to this auction.

He wished to bid for the rare work to give to Dr. Rothschild as a gift.

There were dozens of tables in the restaurant. Many people had arrived from near and far.

Nathan and the others found a table and sat down. After a short while, a group of people came in from outside. It was Bart, Haruto and Miyamoto.

Bart glanced around the room. When his gaze landed on Nathan, his expression changed slightly.

Haruto noticed his look and asked in surprise, "Mr. Schulz, what's wrong?"

Bart told him about Nathan in a low voice. When Haruto heard about it, his face filled with fury, and he glared at Nathan.

Miyamoto, too frowned as he studied Nathan's features. He felt that the man was rather familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

The three of them sat down at the table beside Nathan's on purpose.

Naturally, Nathan noticed them. When he saw Miyamoto, his mouth curved up in amusement.

The black market auction began not long after. The first few items to be auctioned were some elephant tusks and tiger bones.

Elephant tusks were a luxurious commodity, while tiger bones could be made into medicine. However, they were both illegal goods.

However, this was a black market auction, after all, so everyone was used to seeing such illegal goods.

After a round of bidding, the tusks and bones were sold to a drug dealer for over a million.

The auctioneer started to bring out other goods.

There were many precious items being casually brought out and just as casually bought off.

The auctioneer announced loudly, "The Schulz family has called for a 150 million bid. Is there anyone who would like to call for a higher bid? Going once, going twice..."

Just as he was going to call out 'sold', Nathan raised a hand and called out lazily, "300 million!"

The crowd buzzed with surprise.

Everyone gazed at Nathan in astonishment. Not only were they surprised at his bid, but they were also surprised at the fact that he dared to go against the Schulz family. He dared to fight for the item that the Schulz family coveted!

Bart glared at Nathan in shock and rage.

Haruto then deliberately said, "The bid is too high. Mr. Schulz, let's just give up!"

Bart shook his head. "No, it's only a few million. The Schulz family can afford it. Since I've said I'll purchase it as a gift to you, I'll naturally keep my word."

After saying so, he raised a hand and said, "The Schulz family offers 310 million!"

He deliberately emphasized the words 'the Schulz family' in an effort to warn Nathan not to go against them.

But Nathan simply smiled and raised a hand once more. “One billion!"