[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-292":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2081401,3287,"Chapter 292","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-292",292,"\u003Cp>The Ugly Country: \".....!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With the threat from the Ugly Country gone, even John Bull, Gaul, and Italy all began raising their bids.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The price skyrocketed all the way to 3 billion US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It even surpassed the original version of the B2 bomber.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet, no one could ever buy the Ugly Country's B2 bomber.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The DWS Platform was different; as long as you had money, you could buy this fighter jet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, some countries did not care about the price at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>4 billion... 5 billion.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the end, Mao Xiong actually bid up to 6 billion US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"6.5 billion,\" shouted the Ugly Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, the Dragon Country said: \"6.6 billion!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Dragon Country, you also want to get your hands on this bomber!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Between the lines, the Ugly Country seemed extremely dissatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Since this is an auction, everyone relies on their own abilities. If you, Ugly Country, still want to issue threats and ban accounts, then let me say this:\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately, the Ugly Country fell silent, but in the hearts of its personnel, the Dragon Country was merely a shill.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if the Dragon Country government truly did not support the DWS Platform,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>there must certainly be some connection between the Dragon Country and the DWS Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, the Ugly Country declared: \"6.8 billion US dollars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>No matter what, it did not want its own B2 to appear in the testing grounds of Mao Xiong or the Dragon Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mao Xiong: \"7 billion US dollars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Chapter 219: Crazy Bidding! The Ugly Country Bleeds Heavily!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mao Xiong could be said to completely ignore any threat from the Ugly Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was a fair auction; whoever offered more money would get it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Did the Ugly Country think it could still act tyrannically at this DWS Platform auction? Did it think this was the United Nations?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Furthermore, over the past year, the Ugly Country\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>had seen its aircraft carrier sink, its hyped F22 crash, and now it was locked in such a stalemate with Syria.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Its prestige was nearly beaten into oblivion.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, it still wanted to act as the world policeman; Mao Xiong was the first to disagree.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps because this auction group had been created,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>contradictions had been triggered and intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The auction price for a single B2 bomber had already climbed to 7 billion US dollars,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>which far exceeded the actual value of this fighter jet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even for the Ugly Country, at this price, they could manufacture three B2 bombers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet, the price of the B2 continued to soar.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was because many countries were interested in what was inside the B2 bomber,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>not the bomber itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But this was something the Ugly Country absolutely wanted to avoid, even going so far as to drive the price to such heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Ugly Country: \"7.1 billion US dollars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Dragon Country: \"7.3 billion US dollars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Iran: \"7.4 billion US dollars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>North Rod: \"7.7 billion US dollars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, in North Rod, under the gaze of the supreme leader, the liaison officer tremblingly entered this astronomical figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It must be known that after years of sanctions by the Ugly Country,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>North Rod's annual Gross Domestic Product was only 17 billion US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>7.7 billion US dollars was simply an astronomical figure for North Rod,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>equivalent to 45% of its GDP; and this was just GDP—did North Rod even have that much foreign exchange?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, regarding the B2 bomber, the supreme leader was extremely eager.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If they could win the auction and analyze it, North Rod's military strength would likely leap up several levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although North Rod had always been poor and its people lived in hardship,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>this could not stop them from having the heart of a military power.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To be honest, the previous bombardment of South Rod by the DWS Platform\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>had once made North Rod extremely tempted.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The supreme leader really wanted to intervene and eliminate South Rod in one stroke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, considering that South Rod's army had suffered basically no losses,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>having only lost a large portion of its navy, air defense, air force, and so on,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and aside from that, only its government institutions had suffered great chaos,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>if North Rod were to attack, it might gain some advantage in the early stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But once South Rod recovered, it would turn into a fierce battle again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But once South Bang realizes what's happening, another fierce battle will ensue.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unless the DWS Platform was willing to assist North Korea throughout the entire process to unify the peninsula.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For this purpose, North Korea's supreme leader had once exchanged views with the Great Leader of Dragon Country,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>but the final result was that it was utterly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, North Korea's leadership hoped to invite representatives of the DWS Platform for a visit to establish mutual relations.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, regarding this matter, the DWS Platform had never responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Nevertheless, faced with North Korea's such a high bid at this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>South Korea could no longer remain calm:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"North Korea cannot possibly have that much money; our country seriously suspects they are making a false bid, smida!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>North Korea replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"North Korea is a sincere nation; please do not speculate with malice, smida!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, the 7.7 billion dollars still had not reached the finish line.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In an instant, Mao Xiong raised the bid to 8 billion dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, money seemed to cease being money altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This left some small nations watching in utter shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But for those nations with military budgets exceeding hundreds of billions of dollars, a mere few billion was truly nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Indeed, if not for the threat posed by the Ugly Country,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>some nations would have wanted to buy one just to display as a national exhibit.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Especially those wealthy Middle Eastern nations; Old Sand Country really wanted to place a bid,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>to keep this aircraft in their own museum for public viewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mere few billion meant nothing to Old Sand Country, whose sovereign wealth fund held hundreds of billions of dollars;\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>they could obtain it simply by drilling some oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unfortunately, given the Ugly Country's nature, even if Old Sand Country truly won the bid for this aircraft,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>they would be utterly unable to keep it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, they simply watched as the great powers bid against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, the price soared all the way to 12.8 billion dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yes, the price of one B2 bomber had already surpassed that of an aircraft carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Can you believe it?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But reality is just like this; perhaps for some great powers,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the value of an aircraft carrier simply cannot compare to the technology represented by a single B2 bomber.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: New book seeking flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>",1122,"2026-06-16T04:26:56.390Z","2026-06-17T08:50:51.634Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","c1fd68d47b95ef6b44899d39705461b08e91910cad178f0c4cdd2dc597996aaa","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-293","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-291",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]