Section 2 Price Increases

"This relief starts at 10,000 gold coins, 1,000 gold coins are added, and the auction begins!" After the previous item, Jinkra had no choice but to move on to the next one.

"150,000 gold coins!" Harry bid this time, and the auction house was silent and joking, which was already more than 10 times the market price.

"Your Excellency is so bold!" Goras finally couldn't help it, if it went on like this, the other party would not let it be auctioned normally. "Buy a relief for 10 times the price, and admire it below!" said Goras's mockery.

"I said......" said a middle-aged nobleman with a round body, he was just about to bid for this relief, and there was a young 'girl' with heavy makeup next to him in his arms. "Are you really prepared to pay such a high price for this relief? If not, please don't bother us to bid. He was polite at all, because after all, Harry was a magician, and the auction houses seemed to be a little jealous of him. He could also see that Harry was definitely looking for trouble.

"Actually, I didn't mean to cause trouble. Harry spread his hands, "Due to some changes, I need to collect some data on Prontera's spending power. ”

"Spending power data?" the fat man's eyes widened, not understanding what Harry meant. He couldn't pay attention to such a professional mathematical term for a while.

"I'm going to test how many people will stick to the product if the price of an item is increased tenfold!" Harry smiled.

"*melons will continue to buy!" another businessman ** said, "don't say 10 times, I won't be interested in ordinary things more than 2 times." If it's a special rarity, and I love it very much, I'll pay up to 3 times the price. ”

"I think it's ...... too" Harry sighed and made a helpless expression, "In that case, I have to tell you one thing with regret. The price of shampoo and bath products is going to rise......"

"What!?" Most of the people here are people who have used shampoo and bath products, and everyone was expecting a price reduction in the products that the lord of the castle said would come after a while. After all, this thing is still a bit too expensive for a consumable. Suddenly, I heard that the shampoo and bath products were rising instead of falling, and I suddenly had a feeling of being deceived.

Harry stood up, faced the audience at the auction house, and said in a tone full of regret: "I believe many people here know that Master 'Gate' Deleev, that poor, lamentable, pathetic, old and confused alchemy master, 'spent' 1.5 million gold coins in the auction house and bought alchemy materials with a market price of less than 200,000 gold coins!"

Many of the people nodded their heads, and many of them had seen the old guy look like he was a dead buyer at the auction house. Suddenly it dawned on me that this little magician had something to do with Master 'Gate' Deleev, and I immediately continued to listen with great interest.

Squeezing out a few crocodile tears, Harry continued: "Although it is said that it is a matter of your love and my willingness to buy goods, Master 'Gate' Teleev is willing to bid, and it is no wonder that others are willing to bid. However, knowing that the price exceeded the market price many times, the auction house turned a blind eye to the bidder, did not remind the poor old man who was confused, and did not measure whether the master of the 'door' Deleev had the strength to pay such a large sum of money, and acquiesced in the fact that the incident happened! I want to say that the auction house has defaulted on its responsibilities!"

Everyone laughed at it!Although this was true, it had nothing to do with them, and who would offend the auction house in general?, so only a few people talked about it, but no one stood up to agree with Harry's opinion.

Harry suddenly became a little impassioned: "Everyone knows how poor and destitute the 'Men' Deleev used to be, and even making ends meet has become a problem! Finally, this venerable alchemist has created a great invention, shampoo and bath products! He has completely extricated himself from the economic crisis. However, Master 'Men' Deleev did not use this to make huge profits, although relying on shampoo and bath products, he saved some money, but do you know how much a set of shampoo and bath products cost?"

This question quickly adjusted everyone's appetite, and most of the magic of shampoo and bath products has been experienced, but for the production of this piece, everyone is still relatively unfamiliar, but the price of such a magical beauty and skin care product production will not be too low, right?

"I can tell you in charge that all the magic materials and herbal 'medicines' bought by Master 'Men' Deleev are used to make shampoo and bath products, in order not to disappoint everyone, in order to make this magical alchemy invention available to more people. Mendeleev not only used up all his savings, but also borrowed 1 million gold coins from me to pay off the auction fee. Because Mendeleev was unable to repay my debts, I am now half a shareholder in the shampoo and bath range. There are some things I can still call the shots!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately began to discuss, and the auction house suddenly became a pot of porridge, and the sensitive merchants were the first to realize what Harry's words meant!

The price of materials used to make shampoo and bath products has increased by almost 10 times, which means that the cost of a set of shampoo and bath series has increased by almost 10 times, so the result is ......

Harry quickly confirmed their suspicions, lamenting, "So I have to regret to announce that the price of the shampoo and bath series will increase tenfold in the future! Although it wasn't what I wanted. ”

"Although I am not a businessman, I also know that if a businessman wants to pursue higher profits, he should focus on how to reduce costs rather than increase prices. However, the inaction of the auction house has led to a sharp rise in product costs, and there is no way to increase the price. Otherwise, we will not even have the capital to buy materials in the future. ”

"Ahh Who would like to take a clean water bath again after using the shampoo and bath series?

Originally, many people followed the advice of the city lord, thinking that the shampoo and bath series would be sold at a reduced price, so they didn't buy it for a month, and now the things in their hands are running out, and the shampoo and bath series not only did not reduce the price, but rose 10 times at once, and many people regretted it at once.

However, more people have sent their grievances to the auction house, and from time to time they can hear scolding the auction house in the chaotic discussions. Anyone who has participated in the auction with Mendeleev knows that there are definitely people who deliberately inflate the prices of the items that Mendeleev bought. They are guests, and they have no obligation to warn and stop Mendeleev, and of course, if they had known that this would be the case, they would have done their best to prevent Mendeleev from bidding indiscriminately. However, the auction house, as the organizer, actually acquiesced in the development of things, which is definitely a big dereliction of duty!

Goras was also bitter at this time, he knew very well that Harry's words were not true, but he had no way to refute them. First of all, 'Men' Deleev did not pay off the auction fee, Harry said that it was pure nonsense to lend him 1 million Yunyun, Harry was originally the inventor of the shampoo and bath series, and the largest shareholder. But he can't tell the truth, he can't say that he helped others find formulas, right? And those materials may not be the materials of shampoo and bath products, but he has no evidence, after all, he didn't get the formula technology, and it's not up to Harry to say it. As for the 10-fold price increase, he has no way to refute it, whether the price will rise or not can be determined, who can stop Harry from raising the price?

Now the nobles who have used the shampoo and bath series have sprinkled their grievances on the head of the auction house, although the auction house is relatively large, but after all, it also needs the support of the guests, and now the nobles are dissatisfied, and the credibility and reputation of the auction house is also a big loss. It can be said that Harry's move is too bad, if the price really rises by 10 times, then Harry and Mendeleev can be said to have no loss at all, but all the resentment caused by this is sent to the auction house. Who are you provoking and who are you provoking? Seeking recipes is not the attention of the auction house.

"But just now this gentleman also said that only * melons will 'spend' 10 times the price to buy things, so it seems that I am very embarrassed...... So, after this batch of shampoo and bath products** is finished, maybe I will consider not doing this thankless business again! Harry was secretly smug in his heart, and seeing that his words had an effect, he continued to pretend to be a crying face.

"How can this work!" A noble 'woman' exclaimed, since she used the shampoo and bath series, she suddenly felt that people were 20 years younger, and even her husband was more 'infatuated' with herself, and suddenly said that there was no longer a shampoo and bath series**, how could she accept it?

"The old man has done some alchemy materials business, and I can provide the materials that Master Deleev needs at a low price, and the price of shampoo and bath products is ......," a businessman suggested.

"That's a good idea...... But in order to repay the fees of the auction house, I already owe a huge amount of foreign debt, which must be repaid. And we can no longer afford to buy materials, and even if you are willing to pay on credit, it will take a few years to pay off the debt. Harry spread his hands and replied 'embarrassed'.

"Actually, the ultimate culprit is still the person who deliberately raised the price to deceive Master Deleev, and if the auction house is willing to 'hand' over this person, I think maybe it can solve this matter. Harry said unhurriedly. That's what he's here for.