CHAPTER 1520: CHAPTER 725: SOMEONE DARES TO ROB!

They were still in the same exhibition hall, but this time there had been significant changes.

The tables that had been set up originally were now gone. In their place were rows of glass cabinets similar to those found in museums. Each of them had a QR code on it.

To facilitate the process, mainly for easy payments, Sean Knight and his team had hastily developed a small app. Now, customers simply needed to load the app on their mobile phones to make payments, which made purchasing materials much easier than paying individually.

The cabinets were locked.

The entrance was still manned by Old Baker and Lincoln Harrington, one greeting and the other checking—however, this time they weren’t checking mobile phones, but rather looking for firearms and other dangerous goods.

In the hall, there were also about a dozen professional security guards, tall and alert, patrolling the area. These guards had been recruited by Lincoln from a well-known local security company a few days ago. Lincoln had also briefly trained them to handle any possible emergencies that might arise.

Elijah Hastings and Douglas Cooper were inside, greeting guests and answering their questions.

Sean, on the other hand, mingled among the crowd like a guest, observing these affluent customers.

"All you need to do is scan the QR code above with your mobile phone to make the payment. What? You don’t know how to scan? Come on, let me show you..."

"Yes, yes, once the payment is successful, the lock will open and you can take the valuable materials inside."

"Yes, yes... you see, there are detailed descriptions here, explaining which part of the organism this piece of tissue is from; for example, this piece is the liver, and this piece, the muscles on the forelimbs..."

"...Of course, the prices are different. After all, the locations are different, and so are the components. Besides, rarity adds value, think about it—even humans have only one set of internal organs, but they have many muscles, right?

... No, no, I’m not saying muscles are cheaper, just that there are relatively more of them. Each has its own use..."

...

Half an hour later, several transactions had already been completed. Some customers, with specific targets in mind, made their purchases and left immediately.

Others continued to walk around the exhibition hall, hoping to obtain the most precious parts.

There were also many representatives who, seeing such an abundance of over 300 pieces of body tissue on site, became overwhelmed and quickly took out their phones to call their bosses to decide which piece to purchase.

Of course, some wealthy individuals simply bought several pieces at once.

This was not prohibited.

Douglas took a moment to come over to Sean and whisper in annoyance,

"Damn it, those Westerners always say they are advanced, but advanced my ass! They don’t even know how to make a payment with a QR code... They’re not even as good as our elementary students..."

"Stop complaining," Sean laughed, "These are all distinguished guests. Each of them could bring us a profit of at least 500,000 dollars, be patient. Not many companies in the world make money this quickly..."

"That’s true," Douglas laughed, "each one of them is a walking wallet."

"I’m not a wallet, I’m a customer, I’m a distinguished guest!" one of the shoppers, who had overheard their conversation, said in standard Chinese, "So please show us some respect..."

Seeing the blond, fair-skinned fat man speaking fluent Chinese, Sean and Douglas were somewhat surprised. Sean then smiled and apologized,

"Sorry, that was inappropriate of us. Please continue shopping, if you wait too long, the good items might be gone. By the way, to show my apology, you can have a 20% discount on your purchase today."

"You have a decent attitude. But money is not an issue for me!" The white person snorted proudly and continued to "shop."

So pretentious!

Sean and Douglas exchanged looks and then laughed. However, they knew they had to be careful about what they said from now on—after all, it was uncertain how many more people here could understand and speak Chinese.

It just goes to show that China has become powerful and its influence is increasing. More and more people are starting to learn Chinese.

Sean’s Sky Eye was always active. Although he was dressed like a customer, his gaze was fixed on the real customers.

This auction event had attracted a large number of customers, and even at the last minute, there were still customers calling to participate.

Clearly, everyone was extremely interested in this creature, which was rumored on the internet to have a longer lifespan than humans.

If they could indeed develop a drug through this research that could prolong life and maintain youth, the global landscape might change, and the researchers could become super-wealthy.

As Sean observed, a dispute broke out at a table near the front.

When Elijah and Douglas saw this, they exchanged glances. Douglas quickly went to handle the situation, while Elijah stayed nearby, ready to respond to any other potential emergencies.

At the moment of the dispute, a security guard who was the closest managed to separate the two arguing parties, trying to keep them calm.

Looking through the crowd, Sean saw that the two individuals were black—a rarity in this context. In Europe, there were many black researchers, but it was uncommon for black representatives from these research institutes.

Of the first batch of thirty-two people, there appeared to be only one, and of this batch of over a hundred, there were no more than ten.