The first to bid in the auction of the Ritter Motor Company shares was none other than Gomeric, Elke's father, who was very interested in doing business with Lothur.
He felt that Lothur's project was worth much more than this young man had initially asked for, so he did not hesitate to make his first bid.
Unlike Frederik, he and the other local experts in that hall were thinking far ahead into the future, to an extent beyond that of such a young man. They had already lived, for the most part of them, a few centuries and knew how valuable something was through time.
The Ritter Motor Company would be the first to produce vehicles independent of external driving forces. Not only that, they might own it, so none of them found Lothur's request high.
There was a significant advantage in being the first in a business of this kind. Then if they took advantage of the opportunity, their families could achieve great success in the future!