LIGHT NOVEL Chapter 3: Auction
"Ding! You have arrived on the 21st floor" Jagan exited the lift and entered a huge hall with many stalls. In each stall, there are many inventions by some startups seeking investments. In the middle part of the hall, many chairs and tables were arranged with a stage in the center. This is where the auction is going to be held, and Jagan was here for this Auction.
Jagan walked around the stalls for some time and then came to the auction area. The waiter showed him the way to the table reserved under the name of Jagan Group of Industries.
"Sir, do you need anything else" the waiter asked Jagan respectfully.
"Bring me one Orange juice" Jagan said to the waiter.
As soon as the waiter left Jagan began to think deeply, in his last life when the Spiritual Energy erupted the world began to expand and countless spiritual veins began to emerge in the world.
These Veins have many advantages they can produce a certain number of spiritual stones every year, and even a talentless person when practicing in a spiritual vein can reach the Qi refining stage mid-level under 40 years, and they can also supply Qi for the spiritual fields and medicinal fields, and they also contain earth fire required for alchemy.
In his past life, many people used these spiritual veins to establish their own force and fought against the beasts and demons but due to the internal strife between these forces, humanity lost many spiritual veins. If only humans can hold onto these spiritual veins, they can grow strong and then only they can stand a chance against beasts.
The Government is now going to auction huge amounts of land to the construction companies to construct large-scale cities across the country. In his past life, Jagan was only able to gain a 2nd-grade medium-level spirit vein. But in this life, Jagan knows where all the best Spirit veins are present, and he will get them.
Just as Jagan was thinking about the auction, five people arrived at the table. One old man, a middle-aged man, two young girls, and a waiter showed them the way to their table.
The two girls were none other than Varsha and Sandhya, and the old man was Surya, the current head of the Simha family, Jagan knew the old man and the middle-aged man.
The four people sat at the table, and the waiter asked them respectfully "Sir, do you want anything?"
"No, you can leave" Surya replied to him and then looked at Jagan and said "Hello, Arjun I didn't know that you were also interested in this auction"
"Good afternoon, Uncle. I just thought that our company needs to invest more in the construction field" Jagan replied to him.
"Arjun, don't worry if you need any help regarding the construction field, you can just consult me" Surya said to Jagan. They already have friendly business relations, they once cooperated while constructing a multi-purpose dam.
"Thank you, uncle I will definitely consult you if I have any problem" Jagan replied politely. Just as they were talking the waiter returned with a fresh bottle of orange juice and poured it into a glass to give to Jagan.
"Sir, do you need anything else" The waiter asked Jagan.
"No, nothing else" Jagan said to the waiter and tipped him 500 rupees. The waiter thanked Jagan and just as she was about to go Varsha also ordered a bottle of orange juice. The waiter brought it to her and then poured a glass for both Varsha and Sandhya.
The country that Jagan was residing in is called the Celestial Country. The Celestial Country fought a war against the Goat and the Dragon countries 3 years ago and won it. The war lasted until last December and the Celestial Country won it.
The Celestial Country is now under a phase of reshaping. The Government planned to Auction the land in many places to build the cities, the cities will be owned by the company but the citizens living in the city should pay taxes to the Government.
The main reason for these city constructions is the old cities were not planned and are disorganized, Security, afforestation, and to pay off the debts. The Government wants to abandon the old cities, demolish them and then plant trees and free up land for farming. The new cities are divided into three tiers. The small-tier cities will have to accommodate at least 25 lakh people each, mid-tier cities to accommodate 80 Lakh people each, and the big-tier cities should accommodate 2 Crore people each.
After five minutes, a lady around 25 years old stepped onto the stage and introduced herself "Hello everyone, my name is Layla, and I am the host of this auction" Then she said the rules of the Auction.
"The first place that we are going to Auction today is Rick town, as you all know the State Govt of Alen has done a large scam to make it the capital of the state and was left alone. So, we are going to auction Rick Town into a mid-tier city. The Auction will start from 20 thousand crore rupees and the increase of price each time must not be lower than 250 crores"
The people below immediately started to bid their prices, because the land was situated between two major cities of Alen, but Jagan was not interested in it because there was no spiritual vein in this city and most of the people within the city started leaving after Earth gained Qi. Finally, the city was destroyed in a beast tide.
Finally, it was bought by a construction company under a political party of Alen for a staggering 28,650 crores.
"The second one to be auctioned is 150 sq kilometers on the Wista hill and forest reserve area, The government plans to make this land into a large-tier city. The price starts at 47 thousand crores and each bid should not be less than 370 Crores" As soon as Layla said it, the audience started to bid fiercely because there are many mines located near the city, and it could attract a large population.