The lights suddenly came on, and the previously noisy hall immediately fell silent. Everyone thought it was just a power outage and once resolved, there would be no problem.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." At this moment, the auctioneer's position had been replaced by a blond, blue-eyed foreigner who gave a courteous greeting in fluent SSUP Country language.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, confused as to why the auctioneer had changed after the sudden blackout during a perfectly normal auction.
"Let me first introduce myself. My name is Jack Wilson, Harold Hoffenstein. You probably haven't heard or mentioned me, but that's not important. As long as you know me from now on, that's enough. I suspect you still don't understand why I'm here talking to you..."
