Chapter 12
Author: Little Goddess
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Preston Wilton stiffened in his seat. The transaction was approved?

His darkened eyes followed Ethan back to his seat. He'd glance back every now and then to see if Ethan raised his hand again.

"You're not going to compete with him, are you?" His sister, Priscilla asked without sparing him a glance.

"If news of this gets out, everyone will talk down on me and our family. I'm doing this for our family," he replied and clenched his jaw tightly.

"And for our final item before the auction comes to a close is Astoria Corporation, a renewable energy company that went bankrupt two years ago. The starting price is $1,000,000," the auctioneer's voice rang out, and Ethan's eyes shot towards him.

Astoria Corporation…

It was the top grossing company in Springdale for more than twenty years until they made some bad investments and ran into a debt of hundreds of millions. They had to liquidate everything they had to pay up but still couldn't meet up. In the end, the manager ended up selling it two
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