Thomas breathed a sigh of relief, a triumphant smile on his face. He hurried to complete the deal, lest the other party change their mind and refuse to trade. This transaction was destined to cause a huge sensation!

Many were stunned by Clara Group's financial resources. Of course there were also others, who felt it was a lemon of a deal and that Thomas had bought the enhanced Subatomic Serum for too high of a cost. Thomas, however, did not care too much about their opinions, and immediately reported the deal to the management.

"You did a very good job! The group won't forget your contributions." Hank Clara, a representative of the Clara Group in the State of Doyle, smiled and praised Thomas.

Was it a loss-making deal to spend 100 million on the enhanced Subatomic Serum?

No! Definitely not a loss!

Besides, Clara Pharmaceutical Group made a huge profit!

Hank paid no attention to what other people thought of this matter. After he purchased the enhanced Subatomic Serum, he immediately made plans for the next day.

In the State of Doyle, at the Whitby Pharmaceutical Group's headquarters…

"The successful bidder for the enhanced Subatomic Serum was the Clara Group? You are a bunch of idiots!" Alfred shouted angrily and picked up something from the table and smashed it. He then said, "You guys are a bunch of c.r.a.p! The group spent so much money to hire you, and you could not even do this one little thing right! A bunch of idiots! Useless! You don't have to come to work tomorrow! You've all been fired!"

Alfred was like a tornado, smas.h.i.+ng nearly everything in the meeting room. Others, terrified by his rage, scurried out of the meeting room.

The staff, including those outside the meeting room, were also horrified. They had never seen Alfred so mad before!

On normal days, Alfred was gentle and polite, speaking and laughing with a n.o.ble's temperament. In fact, he was like Prince Charming in the eyes of many female employees. However, Alfred had behaved like a tyrant today!

Currently, Alfred and Gino were the only two persons left in the meeting room. After venting his anger, Alfred sat down in his chair and said gloomily, "What now? Our Whitby Group is already one step behind the Clara Group. If they were to uncover some secrets before us now, the Subatomic Serum that we produce would surely be surpa.s.sed."

Others thought that the Clara Group was crazy. However, in Alfred's view, the deal was a wise investment. He would have even paid 1 billion for it, had he been there.

"From what I know of Hank, he'll be able to earn back ten times, or even a hundred times, the money that he spent," Alfred said.

"It's too late to say anything now, so we must turn our attentions to thinking of a remedy. We don't necessarily have to get our hands on the serum to create our own enhanced Subatomic Serum," Gino said calmly.

"What do you mean by that?" Alfred looked at Gino.

Gino smiled and said, "The enhanced Subatomic Serum was not developed by the Masa Group. As long as we can find the clown who created it, the enhanced Subatomic Serum will then fall into our hands."

Alfred calmed down and thought about the feasibility of this suggestion. He had not thought of this important point yet, as he had been far too angry and lost in his emotions.

Would it be much easier to find the pharmacist who refined the serum, rather than to obtain the enhanced Subatomic Serum itself?

"But, we don't even have a clue about Mr. Clown, or whether he is a person or a research team. Moreover, if Mr. Clown joins us, who will lead the research and development team of our Whitby Group?" Alfred asked, while looking at Gino.

Currently, Gino headed up the research and development team.

If Mr. Clown joined the team, would he take over Gino's position or be Gino's subordinate?

As if reading Alfred's mind, Gino sighed and said, "I'm not as good as the clown. Maybe he's already a grand master pharmacist. If he is willing to join us, I am willing to give up my position to him."

Alfred was so moved by his employee's selflessness, because not everyone would give up the power that was in their hands.

"The search for the clown must be done in secret. No other group should ever know about it, as we must find the clown first!" Alfred said in a serious tone.

This matter concerned the future of the Whitby Group. If the Clara Group uncovered the secret to the enhanced Subatomic Serum first, the Whitby Group would be hit hard and profits would surely plummet.

All of the major consortiums, Fortune 500 enterprises, and the great n.o.bles had made their plans respectively. At this time, just when the crowd thought the climax of the auction was over, Roger spoke and once again caused a stir.

"The Masa Group will hold an 18-day auction," he announced. "Each day, we will auction off one bottle of the enhanced Subatomic Serum. We look forward to your active partic.i.p.ation."

Everyone suddenly became overwhelmed with excitement again, the crowd filled with various exclamations...

"The enhanced Subatomic Serum will be up for auction tomorrow?"

"That's 18 days, one bottle per day. I must get the serum tomorrow!"

The big shots were secretly hatching their evil plans. They wanted to be sure to get their hands on the enhanced Subatomic Serum that would be auctioned in the days ahead.

Among them were the big consortiums and the great n.o.bles, who were equally excited. They had missed their opportunity today, so they would certainly not miss out again on the upcoming auctions!

Subsequently, other products were rolled out during the auction. Due to the overwhelming response to the enhanced Subatomic Serum, all of the other products were also successfully auctioned off at good prices. This result made the Masa Group very satisfied.

Steve was not involved in the auction, as he was currently being overwhelmed by 100 million in original gold! It was an astonis.h.i.+ng amount of money. Not long ago, he had been forced into joining the army to help pay for his sister's college education. Now, he had become a billionaire!

My, how things change!

All of a sudden, Steve received a text message. The Masa Mall had swiftly wired 100 million in original gold from the auction into his account.

After Steve was able to calm down after the initial excitement, as 100 million in original gold was indeed amazing, he logically worked on figuring out his future game plan.

As the fundamental practice of developing this serum required a huge amount of money, and he also was aware that it would also cost a lot of money to keep providing for his sister's training in the future, he decided that these earnings should be invested and spent wisely.

"The day after tomorrow is the recruits' ranking battle. So, there's only one day left, and I have to make more preparations!" Steve's expression was grim, as he spoke aloud to himself.

For him, the recruits' ranking battle was the most important thing. The only reason why he strived so hard to improve his strength was in order to win it.

As such, Steve temporarily put aside the matters of the auction and the enhanced Subatomic Serum. He must now be fully committed to training for that battle!

Without his having sufficient strength, and also because he was now seen as being the creator of the enhanced Subatomic Serum, Steve knew that such things could bring him trouble.

Now, Steve was like a three-year-old, who was wandering down the streets while lugging golden bricks in his arms. A bunch of greedy people were eyeing to get that formula for the enhanced Subatomic Serum... and these guys would do anything to get it!

The only thing Steve could do now was to conceal his ident.i.ty and improve his strength in order to protect himself.