Chapter 1499: Taking Advantage of the Situation

Shi Maode might be a little worried if Imperial Phoenix Group was present in this auction. Other than that, he did not think that anyone would bid for this piece of land at the same price as him.

"Fortune Group, increase by 20 percentage points, bid 38.1 billion."

When the auctioneer announced the bid that Shi Maode had filled out, everyone's eyes were immediately shifted toward him.

Everyone present was a bigshot, and they were all familiar with each other's backgrounds. Although this piece of land was huge, it was not worth that much money based on the current development plan. 

All the bosses had invested nearly similar amounts of money, but only Fortune Group had invested so much more. If anyone dared to claim that there was nothing fishy about this, nobody would believe it.

When they heard that Shi Maode had increased the bid by 20%, they recalled the Shi family's relationship with the Urban Development Department and realized—