Chapter 851: Making a Big Profit (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

The last battleships to be auctioned are five 'Caesar-class' battleships, which are also the highlight of this auction. The five 'Caesar-class' battleships were the 'Caesar', the 'Frederick the Great', the 'Catherine', the 'King Albert' and the 'Regent Louitpold'. Although these are retired warships of the German Navy, these warships have only been in service for four or five years, and they can be regarded as cutting-edge warships. The performance of the battleship is also very good, and in the world, it can definitely be regarded as a first-class battleship.

If you buy these battleships, you can use them as capital ships for a long time. Of course, as more and more new capital ships are launched, this class of battleships will gradually become obsolete. However, for some small countries, it is still an irreplaceable capital ship.

"The next auction is the battleship 'Caesar', with a starting price of 40 million marks!" Lieutenant General Hipper announced.

The starting price of 40 million marks, although it is not low. However, this did not stop the enthusiasm of the bidding countries. Especially with only these five capital ships left, they are even more reluctant to let go of this opportunity. Austria-Hungary, in particular, had the intention of taking pictures of all these capital ships.

"Sixty million marks!" As soon as Lieutenant General Hipper announced the start of the auction, Crown Prince Karl couldn't wait to make a bid, and directly increased by 20 million marks.

"Sixty-five million marks!" However, this price did not scare others.

"Seventy million marks!" Fatih Pasha then made the bid.

"Seventy-five million marks!" Crown Prince Karl gritted his teeth and continued to bid. At the same time, he stared viciously at Fatih Pasha and the representative of the Republic of Chile. However, the two directly ignored him and were not intimidated by him. This made Crown Prince Karl very angry, and he made up his mind even more. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire became stronger, it would definitely not let go of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Republic of Chile.

"Seventy-eight million marks!" The representative of the Republic of Chile continued to increase the price.

"Eighty million marks!" Fatih Pasha also made another bid.

"Eighty-two million marks!" Crown Prince Karl made a quote with a black face.

The representative of the Republic of Chile thought about it and chose to give up.

However, Fatih Pasha raised the offer further to 85 million marks.

As a last resort, Crown Prince Karl had to raise the price again, raising the price to 88 million marks. At this price, Fatih Pasha chose to give up.

However, he soon learned that this time he had given up on the wrong side. Because the next ships will be even more expensive.

The bidding for the second battleship 'Frederick the Great' became even more intense. Both the Republic of Chile and the Ottoman Empire wanted to buy one or two more capital ships. And now there are only four capital ships left. In addition, Austria-Hungary was determined to win these capital ships. So, the auction became more intense.

The price soon surpassed the price of 88 million marks set by the previous battleship 'Caesar' and rose to 90 million marks. This price was shouted by Crown Prince Karl. However, the representative of the Republic of Chile and Fatih Pasha of the Ottoman Turkish Empire did not give up.

In the end, the representative of the Republic of Chile shouted a sky-high price of 94 million marks. Fatih Pasha and Crown Prince Karl, finally gave up. Because of this price, they can build or buy a warship that is not worse than this.

The auction of the battleship 'Catherine' turned into a competition between Fatih Pasha and Crown Prince Karl. The price went from 40 million marks to 90 million marks.

However, when Crown Prince Karl shouted the high price of 92 million marks, Fatih Pasha chose to give up. In the end, the battleship 'Catherine' was successfully photographed by Crown Prince Karl.

The reason why Fatih Pasha gave up was because he wanted Crown Prince Karl to spend as much money as possible. In this case, in the later auctions, you may give up because you don't have enough money. In this way, he can auction off a capital ship at a lower price.

It's a pity that what Fatih Pasha didn't know was that Crown Prince Karl received a loan of $200 million from the Americans. That's a lot of money. Coupled with the previous auction, Austria-Hungary has not been harvested. Therefore, now Crown Prince Karl still has sufficient funds.

The auction for the battleship 'Prince Albert' is still a competition between Fatih Pasha and Crown Prince Karl. After the price exceeded 90 million marks, Fatih Pasha did not give up, but quoted a price of 93 million marks. As a result, Crown Prince Karl did not even think about it, and directly raised the price to 95 million marks. It became the highest price for the capital ship in this auction.

Fatih Pasha only gave up at this time, but although he gave up, a smile appeared on his face.

"Humph! With so much money spent, I don't believe that Austria-Hungary still has much money left to bid for the last capital ship! Maybe I can buy this capital ship for less than 80 million marks! Fatih Pasha thought to himself. He thought he had succeeded in his plan.

Crown Prince Karl is not a fool, so he naturally knows what Fatih Pasha is thinking. He didn't care, though. Anyway, he still has enough money in his hands to bid on it.

"The auction for the last capital ship, the battleship 'Regent Louitpold', has begun, with a starting price of 40 million marks!" Lieutenant General Hipper announced.

The smile on Lieutenant General Hipper's face could not be stopped. He never thought that these guys would give face so much and offer such a high price. There is no doubt that the German Empire has made a lot of money in this auction.

"Fifty million marks!" Fatih Pasha quoted.

"Sixty million marks!" Crown Prince Karl then made an offer.

Fatih Pasha frowned, but continued to quote a price of sixty-five million marks.

However, Crown Prince Karl did not even blink an eye and directly raised the price to 70 million marks.

At this moment, Fatih Pasha's face was a little unpleasant. He also realized that his guess seemed to be wrong.

"Eighty million marks!" Fatih Pasha bided.

"Eighty-five million marks!" Crown Prince Karl made another bid.

"Damn, how can they still have so much money?" Fatih Pasha's face was very ugly. However, if he is asked to give up now, he will not be reconciled. So, he had to make another bid.

"Eighty-eight million marks!"

"Ninety million marks!"

"Ninety-two million marks!"

"Ninety-three million marks!"

Prices are still rising!