Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 261 [Guess the Name]

Ethan's auction is finally about to begin.

After so many days of anticipation, his auction has finally reached its final countdown day amidst great anticipation.

This is a big day, so the auction was not held at Sobis auction house as before.

Although Sobis is a well-known auction house, its style is not low.

But Ethan had been building up the hype for too long, with so many important figures coming, and besides, he also had some connection with Princess Einbeze.

The princess also helped with the publicity.

Ethan then returned the favor and turned the auction into a semi-charitable event.

He has announced the format of his auction and the subsequent use of the auction proceeds over the past two days.

Thirty percent of it will be used as relief funds for Morma to help those in need.

Therefore, this auction is also known as the Morma Charity Auction.

In addition to Ethan's paintings being the main focus of the auction, many other items provided by important figures have also been added to the sale.

For example, Princess Einbad donated some of her collection.

Subsequently, Jackson, Pope, and Azeratu also made donations.

It can be said that the popularity continues to rise.

Now, it's no longer just Ethan's own auction.

Therefore, the Kingdom Hotel, located in the central area, was chosen as the venue.

This is the oldest hotel in the capital, existing since the capital's founding and always owned by the royal family. Many important meetings and events are held here.

It can be said that being able to hold an auction in this hotel is, to some extent, an honor.

Jackson was naturally the most excited; he never dreamed that he would be able to hold an auction at the Kingdom Hotel in his lifetime.

I've been completely absorbed in my work these past two days, practically living in a hotel, just in case something goes wrong.

As for Ethan himself, he's quite relaxed.

Anyway, it's all Jackson's business, and a whole bunch of other people are busy with it, so he doesn't really need to get involved.

Aside from necessary outings, he has been spending most of his time at home writing scripts these past few days.

He even had a new idea: to take the opportunity of the auction to promote his sound film.

Of course, this is just a concept.

But these are all opportunities.

The only thing Ethan needs to worry about is getting to know people beforehand.

Besides the celebrities and dignitaries of the capital, he also needed to get to know distinguished guests from outside the capital, mainly large farm owners from the south and emerging machinery tycoons from the central region.

Fortunately, after Ethan obtained the 'Name of the True God', his strength, stamina and everything else improved, and his memory also reached a level where he could basically remember everything he saw. Memorizing some names and photos was just something he could do over tea.

"Now, let's begin the questions. Lewis, who is he? Where is he from? What does he look like? You must answer within ten seconds!"

Sofia has snuck back from school these past few days, or rather, she hasn't had any classes these past few days.

However, Ethan still gave her a little challenge by checking her recent academic performance.

Ethan is an authority on this subject, after all, he did take classes at the Kingdom Academy of Fine Arts and his grades were among the best.

As a result, Sofia was thoroughly harassed and only got rid of her after begging for mercy.

So she immediately turned around and took revenge on Ethan.

She had just asked about one of the people on the list that Ethan had memorized and looked at.

Upon hearing the name Lewis, Ethan smiled subconsciously, as he recalled an old acquaintance he had fought against in Winston.

That really seems like it was a long time ago. "Lewis? Let me think... Hmm, he was in the coal mining business, in Harnack in the middle, his full name was Lewis Duleck, right? A big fat guy with a round head, bald, and a mole on his face, right?"

Ethan closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then said with a smile.

"Let me see……"

After hearing this, Sophia couldn't remember anything at all and could only frantically flip through the documents. The more she flipped through them, the angrier she became.

"How is it? Right?"

Ethan found it amusing and asked a question.

"No, that's not right. Let's try again."

Sofia wrinkled her nose and snorted.

"Alright, let's do it again."

Ethan didn't call her out on it, but just smiled and gestured for her to try again.

"Hmph, listen up, next up, Dylan. Where is he from? What does he look like? What does he like to eat? What's his favorite kind of weather?"

This time, Sophia was clearly going all out, or rather, she was deliberately making things difficult for Ethan. It was one thing to ask him what he liked to eat, but she even asked him what kind of weather he liked. Who would know that?

Fortunately, Ethan had a good memory and analytical skills; he remembered that the other person's favorite activity was fishing by the lake in the evening.

Combining fishing, evening, lakeside, the other person's favorite weather is probably a refreshing, rainless day in spring.

Sophia was stunned after hearing Ethan's answer.

"How do you know? You must be making this up, because I don't know either..."

Sofia immediately shut her mouth, realizing she might have let something slip.

The records didn't mention it, but Sophia instinctively felt that Ethan was probably right.

"That's not fair! That's not fair! You cheated!"

So she started her usual trick of being unreasonable again.

"The fact is, you lost."

As a result, Anya brought over the afternoon tea while adding insult to injury.

"You have to accept your loss. You can't go out today. Stay home and help me with the chores."

Ethan picked up his coffee, took a sip, and said with a smile.

Sofia originally wanted to go out and have fun, after all, she had been in school for a long time.

Ethan's "work" was to have Sofia draw character concept art for his movie so that it could be exhibited at the auction.

"No, I want to go out and play..."

Sofia looked so pitiful.

However, in the end, he couldn't resist Ethan's wicked methods and had no choice but to obediently submit and become a painting assistant.

But in the end, Ethan didn't really want to make things difficult for her. In the evening, he took her to a restaurant she had been wanting to go to for a long time, and they also went shopping.

However, remembering that the lady's name was on the auction list, Ethan subconsciously recalled their conversation in the carriage that night.

"Sophia, what do you want to do after your study abroad trip ends?"

Sofia was pulling Anya's hand and asking a man who looked like a reporter taking pictures of the street scene to take their picture.

The young man looked helpless, but seeing their youthful appearance, he subconsciously opened the shutter.

Sofia didn't react immediately to Ethan's words and instinctively replied, "What? I didn't hear you. Come on, let's go together!"

The night is about to end.

(End of this chapter)