A promise to a child must never be broken.

This was Ye Fei’s principle as a father.

Whenever he thought of his daughter’s eyes, filled with all her hopes in him, his heart couldn’t help but sour.

After his daughter fell asleep at night, Ye Fei opened his computer to check the bidding situation for the Nanshan Park plot.

Sure enough, there was a public tender scheduled for nine o’clock the next morning at the Tianhe City Government Residence.

Many enterprises were competing, over twenty in total.

But among them, only three had the greatest hope.

Especially a group called Hengfei, which had been covered extensively by the media.

It was the number one favorite for this bidding.

Ye Fei checked his bank account and found only three billion left.

This made him somewhat apprehensive.

However, the arrow was on the string, and he had to shoot.

If the money really wasn’t enough, he would have to ask Zhu Guangbo and Bai Yunfei for help.

The night passed.

In the morning, Ye Fei dropped his daughter off at kindergarten, then went straight to the Tianhe Mansion.

Those who came to bid arrived in luxury cars, led by their superiors, surrounded by secretaries and followers.

As for Ye Fei, it was just one pitiable man, and he came on foot.

This also made the guards at the gate view him with prejudiced eyes.

"Stop! Who are you?"

"Ye Fei."

"Ye Fei? Never heard of you. Which company are you from?"

"No company."

The contempt on the guard’s face grew stronger at that instant.

"No company? What are you here for then? Do you know what this place is? Is this somewhere people like you can just waltz into?"

"What kind of person am I?"

"What kind of person? A poor man, that’s what! Move along quickly, don’t block the way, I’m telling you. The people coming here today are all big shots here for the bid. If you offend them, you’ll be in for it!"

Ye Fei frowned, "Don’t judge by appearances; I’m here to bid too."

The security guard snorted with a twisted mouth, "You must be sick in the head. With that look of yours, bidding? Do you even know what bidding means? Get lost! If you keep blocking the way, I won’t be polite!"

A few guards took out their batons, ready to drive Ye Fei away.

Just then, a high-level official from the government residence passed by and instantly recognized Ye Fei.

Without another word, he walked up and started slapping the guards.

"Idiots! Good-for-nothings! How dare you be so disrespectful to Mr. Ye? I’ll twist your heads off!"

Slap slap!

Several more slaps landed.

The guards were thoroughly chastened and hurried forward to admit their mistake.

Ye Fei didn’t bother with them and strode confidently through the gate.

The high-ranking official followed him.

"Mr. Ye, your esteemed presence. Are you also interested in that plot of Nanshan land?"

"Correct."

"Very well! With your esteemed status, you must take the top-level private box. Please follow me."

Everything was quickly arranged.

Ye Fei looked around.

The bidding room was split into two levels.

The lower floor had over forty seats, all for the high-profile figures.

The upper floor had eight private rooms. Each room faced an LED bidding screen used for making offers.

Undoubtedly, those sitting in these eight rooms were of even higher standing and power.

Ye Fei was seated in the far-right eighth private box.

Time quickly reached nine o’clock, and the bidding began.

The auctioneer took the stage, first explaining the advantages of the Nanshan plot and its future prospects.

Then the bidding process started.

"Starting bid, 1.23 billion, with each increase no less than 10 million. Begin."

"1.25 billion!" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"1.28 billion!"

"1.3 billion!"

"1.38 billion!"

"..."

The first floor quickly began to engage in fierce competition.

But everyone knew that those on the first floor were unlikely to win and were mostly there to warm up the event.

The real action would come from the tycoons sitting in the private boxes on the second floor.

The bidding price was soon driven up to 1.7 billion.

By this time, most enterprises had already bowed out of the competition.

The tycoons on the second floor began to make their moves.

"2 billion!"

The second private box immediately raised the price by a full three billion.

After this move, none of those bidding on the first floor could hold up.

Then the titans on the second floor began a fierce contest.

After several rounds of intense battle, a sudden bid came from the fifth private box.

"2.5 billion!"

A murmur of surprise reverberated through the room.

It was clear to everyone that this price was likely the ceiling.

Ye Fei couldn’t help but look towards the fifth private box.

What he didn’t know was that there was someone he knew in that box.

Zhu Ping.

But Zhu Ping wasn’t the main character in the box.

He was standing by deferentially, fawning over a man named Zhang He.

This man was the son of Zhang Dechang, the third richest person in one of the three southeastern states, Pingye State.

He had formidable strength.

For Zhang He, bidding for the Nanshan plot was an important way to prove his worth to his father.

So today, he was determined to win this plot of land.

As a professional bootlicker, Zhu Ping naturally took this opportunity to lick his boots vigorously.

"Young Master Zhang, looking around, which of these guys is a match for you? Daring to compete with you is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!"

"I’d stake my head guaranteeing that today’s land will belong to no one but you!"

Zhang He was flattered and looked pleased with himself.

Just as he thought no one would raise the bid further,

the LED light of the quiet eighth private box suddenly lit up.

"3 billion!"

An entire five billion was added to the previous bid!

This bid stunned the entire room!