"What's going on?"
"What happened? Paid to get in?"
...
The woman named Julian didn't shy away, intentionally raising her voice so that many people walking in heard her and looked over with strange expressions.
"Julian, you misunderstood what I meant. Youyou's family is very wealthy, but she got in on her own merit."
Daisy deliberately emphasized "very wealthy," and most people's attention was drawn to this phrase, automatically ignoring the part about getting in on her own right.
"Isn't it the same? Isn't it still paid for?"
"Exactly!"
...
"You all..."
"So you mean that the International Agricultural Research Auction can be bought with money?"
Chi Youyou stopped the hot-headed Chu Beining, smiling as she countered.
"How is that possible!"
"You might say other symposiums, but today's International Agricultural Research Auction is absolutely not one you can buy your way into!"
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