Chapter 327: The Power of Cultural Export
On the high platform in the center, a spirited old man in black soon walked up, this person's name was Li Tao, who had been an auctioneer in the Tianhe Chamber of Commerce for more than 100 years, and was the auction host selected by Wei Wuya.
Behind Li Tao, there was also a young girl holding a wooden box, but she looked very ordinary, without the slightest sense of surprise.
The old man picked up the stone hammer and tapped it lightly twice on the special countertop, and the loud sound spread throughout the auction room, and the room was suddenly silent.
Li Tao clasped his hands into fists, glanced around, and said loudly: "Thank you for your support, the old man will not say much to delay time, and now I present the first lot of today, this thing is called Xingchen Stone, which is a thing outside the sky, indestructible......"
With Li Tao's skillful opening, one by one the lots appeared one after another, and most of them were auctioned at good prices, but although these magic elixirs were precious, they were far from achieving the effect of causing a sensation in the audience.
Before I knew it, more than two hours had passed.
Seeing that the monks in the audience gradually began to show impatience in their eyes, Li Tao smiled slightly, turned his head and made a look, and the steward behind him understood, and immediately took up a delicate small wooden box.
"Guys, the front can only be regarded as an appetizer, and then it's the turn of the real treasure!"
As soon as Li Tao opened his mouth, he first reassured everyone.
Everyone immediately stopped talking to each other, sat up straight, and stared at the wooden box on the stone platform with burning eyes, if it weren't for the clever magic circle set up in the auction hall to isolate all divine snooping, it is estimated that some people would have been eager to get a sneak peek.
Li Tao smiled and raised his voice: "This thing was personally designed by my Tianhe Alliance leader, and it was refined by hiring a master of Heavenly Weapon Pavilion to refine it with a lot of money. ”
"Old Ghost Li, don't be verbose, hurry up and show it!"
Those in the audience who were anxious couldn't help but start urging loudly.
Li Tao was not annoyed, smiled slightly, raised his hand to open the wooden box, and took out a small boxy black box from inside, slightly larger than a palm, which looked plain on the surface, with a groove on the top and a front, one large and one small.
The crowd's eyes widened and they looked at each other.
This is the anti-heaven treasure that you Tianhe is boasting about?
It doesn't look like any rare refining material, and it doesn't have the slightest fluctuation of spiritual power, it's very ordinary.
Li Tao smiled and continued to explain: "This thing is called a holographic projector, with exquisite design and peculiar use, which is really the best choice for my generation of monks to spend time in their spare time. ”
When he said this, the ordinary-looking girl behind him had already lowered her head with a red face.
When Zhang Tianjiu was training a few days ago, she was also present to see with her own eyes, what kind of thing this "holographic projector" is.
There were nearly 100,000 people in the audience, all of whom were confused, but they didn't dare to speak easily.
It's just that I have too little knowledge and have never heard of a magic weapon with this name, after all, the prestige of the Heavenly Soldier Pavilion can be called one of the best in the entire cultivation world.
"Next, let me demonstrate the use of this magic weapon, just a high-grade source stone, it can be used for seven consecutive days. ”
Li Tao's face was calm as usual, and he took out a source stone from his sleeve and inlaid it into the groove on the top of the black iron box, which happened to fit perfectly.
The originally pitch-black iron box suddenly lit up with a slight fluorescence.
Li Tao was unhurried, took out another white jade slip, and inserted it into the groove on the front of the iron box, which was also the right size.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the time to witness the miracle!"
As soon as Li Tao's words fell, a spiritual light shot out from the "holographic projector" and condensed into a huge light curtain in mid-air.
The next moment, a clear picture appeared on the light curtain, a pair of young handsome men and beautiful women, defenseless, were turning clouds and rain on a quaint big bed, full of charming moans, echoing in everyone's ears.
The auction hall of 100,000 monks was stunned one by one for an instant, staring at the thrilling fragrant pictures one by one, and they were reluctant to move away for a moment.
Those young monks who had just stepped into the path of cultivation and were still shallow in their Taoism saw that they were breathing rapidly, and their legs were unconsciously clamped.
As for the small number of female cultivators in the field, their faces were immediately red, and they lowered their heads to snort softly, not daring to raise their heads at all.
After "demonstrating" for more than ten minutes, Li Tao took out the source stone embedded in the iron box and cut off the wonderful picture.
Then he smiled and looked at the sluggish crowd: "Everyone, the demonstration is here, if you have any questions, you can ask questions boldly, the old man will definitely know everything......
Everyone retracted their gaze unsatisfactorily, you look at me, I look at you, but no one is embarrassed to ask.
Li Tao seemed to have anticipated such a situation, and explained to himself: "This holographic projector, with the source stone as the driving force, the content of the picture, it is all in the jade slips, each one has its own wonderful, it can be said that it is all-encompassing, there is everything, there is only what you can't think of, there is nothing you can't see, this thing I Tianhe Alliance has only refined ten units for the time being, the number is limited, the starting price is 5,000 high-grade source stones, you can give three jade slips for free, please bid for it......"
"Hmph, how can that be true!"
Before Li Tao finished speaking, on the first-class seat at the front of the audience, an old monk had already angrily slapped the case, and said angrily: "How can such a vulgar and unconventional thing be able to ascend to the hall of elegance, the old man is willing to give five thousand high-grade source stones and buy this thing, so as not to harm the younger generations!"
"Senior Liu, why do you need to spend money on this kind of thing, and you are willing to give six thousand high-grade source stones to solve problems for your predecessors. ”
Immediately, another middle-aged man stood up, and said loudly, his face full of righteousness.
Senior Liu was slightly stunned, and then shook his head and said: "It turned out to be Brother He Yiming, Brother He must not be like this, the old man is an elder, and it is also appropriate to make some sacrifices for the younger generations, and the old man will give out 7,000 high-grade source stones, and Brother He must not fight with me." ”
He Yiming was not to be outdone: "Then how can you do it, you are ...... of virtue"
Before he could say the word "respect", in the corner behind him, a middle-aged scribe wearing a cyan robe and holding a white jade folding fan stood up, and said with a sad face: "Eliminate such unsightly evil things, my Haoqi Sect is Confucianism and Taoism orthodoxy, how can I lag behind others, I will produce 10,000 high-grade source stones!"
"Zhao Daoyou's words are wrong, your Haoqi Sect is high-spirited, how can my Tianluo Sect sit idly by, I am willing to give 15,000 high-grade source stones. ”
"Don't fight for a few, my generation of monks, everyone is responsible!"
"Yes, yes, let's all bid together!"
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After experiencing the initial shock, everyone immediately came back to their senses and immediately scrambled to raise their hands to bid, and almost instantly, they raised the price to 30,000 top-grade source stones.
Zhang Jiuye sat in the VIP stage, watching this group of powerful acting schools play passionately, and while his eyes were opened, he laughed so much that his legs were almost closed.
He tried his best to promote the love action blockbuster that was a specialty of scientific and technological civilization to the world of Xiuzhen, but it was not just to make money.
There are three main purposes, and at the broadest example, they are to invisibly wear down the will of the monks and shake the foundation of their path.
From a small point of view, the magic version of the holographic projector designed by Zhang Tianjiu, although it does not use any electricity, but it consumes spirit stones, which is also very amazing, and it consumes up a high-grade source stone in seven days.
Of course, this is what he did on purpose, the source stone is a precious mineral unique to the cultivation world, although as long as the spiritual veins are endless, the energy will continue to be bred, and it is a renewable resource, but this process is extremely long, at least hundreds of years.
A hundred years may not be a big deal for a monk with a long lifespan, but the war between the scientific and technological civilization and the cultivation realm will definitely be won or lost in a hundred years.
Zhang Tianjiu is not sure how much such a small trick can play in the final overall situation, but as the saying goes, gathering water into a sea and piling up sand into a mountain, sometimes a trivial matter may become the last straw that crushes the camel.
As for the last reason, it's a bit special.
In Zhang Tianjiu's heart, this can be regarded as a kind of "cultural export" in disguise, so that these monks who have not yet been involved in the war can feel the wonderful charm of scientific and technological civilization, and maybe they will be able to cultivate a few "anti-war" monks in the future.
In less than half an hour, ten "holographic projectors" were sold out.
The first nine units were auctioned at the price of more than 30,000 high-grade source stones, and the last one was directly fried to 40,000 high-grade source stones because of the strange goods, and then fell into the hands of the children of a certain big sect.
Li Tao took advantage of the victory to pursue, and under his clever explanation, he offered a "resource" jade slip of one hundred high-grade source stones, and sold hundreds of them in one go.
Those monks who got the "holographic projector" were naturally overjoyed, and some of the anxious ones even left the venue in advance, as for what to do when they went back, everyone naturally knew it.
And those monks who bid were unwilling, looking up at Li Tao with a look of anticipation in their eyes.
Li Tao smiled apologetically: "Fellow Daoists, I'm sorry, this thing is extremely difficult to refine, this time the Heavenly Soldier Pavilion only took out ten units, I can only wait for the next time, interested Taoist friends, after the auction ends, find the old man to pay a deposit to make an appointment for registration, and after the delivery of the Heavenly Soldier Pavilion, the Chamber of Commerce will notify you as soon as possible." ”
This is, of course, nonsense with eyes open.
In Zhang Tianjiu's Tianyan Dragon Boat, there are at least thousands of them, but he doesn't want to take them all out at once.
Scarcity is expensive.
Although Zhang Jiuye is not an outstanding profiteer, the principle of hunger marketing is a routine that has been played in the ancient era of scientific and technological civilization, and he has no reason not to know.