After such an opening extravaganza, no one paid any more attention to whether the "five hundred million" figure touted in advertisements was actually realized.
The final auction amount was locked in at around three hundred million, which is far higher than the highest total auction price in the country so far. Most commendably, the Subi Auction House, having never held any major auctions before, saw not a single item go unsold, with each piece achieving a sale price at least twenty percent above the reserve.
Perhaps it was the novelty of this extraordinary auction, or perhaps it was the influence of the patriotic blood that lies dormant in the bones of the people of Z country, accustomed to the glitter of money, these guests who were used to cautious advances and retreats in the rough and tumble of commerce lost their sharpness, contributing to the great success of the auction.
