After that excited announcement, the whole auction was bathed in bright white light, the powerful spotlights all around them lighting up one by one.
Bam!!
A ring of fire abruptly exploded on the very front of the stage, like a rocket shooting into the sky.
The platinum-colored flames fell slowly with time, fading, and then a handsome man, tall and slender, and dressed in white, appeared on the stage without anyone else noticing.
He raised his arms high, and bent his waist, bowing low towards the crowd below him.
"Welcome, everyone, to the auction."
"I am Earl Platinum. I believe that everyone here understands just how precious time is, so I will not beat around the bush, let us now go to the main topic of the night." The man snapped his fingers loudly.
