The price went up within seconds, and kept rising until it reached the highest bid of five billion US dollars. Despite that, people kept bidding.
“Five billion and ten million!”
“Why are you increasing the bid by tens of millions? I offer five and a half billion!”
“I offer five point eight billion! Five point eight!”
The Middle East billionaire looked around, completely stunned. He thought he had been bold enough to start his bid at two billion. Unexpectedly, he was just helping to drive the