The last time I met with this time, Hou Fangyu obviously noticed that Guo Wendong's speech and demeanor were completely different, and his inner demeanor was also very different, and some fresh words appeared from time to time, occasionally saying different opinions, otherwise it would still be that body, which was completely unrelated to the original Guo Wendong.

When talking, it was natural to talk about foreign goods stores, Guo Wendong asked Hou Fangyu to see the watch he wore on his wrist, as well as lighters, flashlights, etc., Hou Fangyu was very happy, but his family did not have much income and could not afford it at all. Guo Wendong specially gave a bottle of shower gel and shampoo, and Hou Fangyu went back in a hurry.

On the morning of the 25th, the Kwok's foreign goods store was temporarily closed to the public, and only did one thing, that is, to auction the watches.

At the entrance of the store, there are 4 guards guarding, there are also a few people standing guard in the store, the salespeople are maintaining order, and there are many chairs in the hall for the rich to sit.

Wealthy merchants who participated in the auction came one after another, each bringing silver taels or gold with the intention of buying the watch.

Li Changsheng also came, and after greeting Guo Wendong, he sat at the front.

The rich people who participated in the auction found a new item, that is, a round object hanging on the wall, and there were three needles in the object, one of which was walking.

Because they have seen the functions of the watch, know that a circle represents an hour, and know the hour, minute, and second hands, the rich people quickly guessed what it was, which should be used to display the time like a watch.

This is the wall clock that Guo Wendong put out two days ago, so that the people in the hospital can easily know the time.

The time was almost up, Li Changsheng looked around the hall, and there were twenty-one people who came to bid, all of them were rich people, although he brought a lot of money this time, and he thought that he might not be able to get the highest price.

Li Changsheng admired Guo Wendong's hand very much, he was determined that he was the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty who could sell it, and the one with the highest bid would have this method. This is the first time he has heard of this method, and he has to admit that it is a clever business method.

When he arrived, Guo Wendong came to the hall, picked up the Rolex watch, and said loudly: "Welcome to participate in the watch auction, this watch is only one, the workmanship is very fine, extremely precious and rare, who can buy the watch, both face and practical." As the rule was said last time, whoever pays the highest price will sell it to whomever he wants. The starting price starts from 5,000 taels, and each time you raise your hand to bid, the bid must increase by at least 100 taels, and you need to pay for the transaction on the spot. The auction starts now. ”

From the preparation of the auction to the present, Guo Wendong wants to create this atmosphere, so that everyone knows that watches are not only very useful, but also very rare and very sought-after, even if they come to bid shrewdly, they are willing to participate.

Just like ancient rare antiques in modern auctions, some can be sold for tens of millions of prices, and antiques have no practical value, they can only be appreciated and collected to meet the psychological needs of some people.

"I'll give you five thousand taels!" First someone raised their hand to bid.

"I'll give six thousand taels!" Li Changsheng followed the price increase.

"Six thousand two hundred taels!" Someone increases the price again.

"Six thousand five hundred taels!"

"Seven Thousand Taels"

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Business people have to go out and walk often, and it is indeed much more convenient to have a watch to check the time at any time. In addition, wearing the watch on the wrist and showing it in front of others, just like Guo Wendong said, is a very face-saving thing.

Mao Lingzhi, Chunxiang, and Fang Jieli were all present, watching the price continue to rise, and their hearts were all straddled on Guo Wendong.

After a round of fierce bidding, only three wealthy people remained to continue bidding.

"I'll give you thirty-eight thousand taels!" Li Changsheng said.

"Thirty-nine thousand taels!" Someone immediately raised the price, this is a pockmarked man.

"Forty thousand taels!" An old man in his fifties roared loudly, determined to get the watch.

All three of them are very unpleasant to the other two, and if it weren't for the two of you arguing, I would have put on my watch by now.

"Forty-two thousand taels!" Li Changsheng gritted his teeth and raised the price again, which was almost to the limit of what he could accept.

If it was to save his son, he would be willing to spend 100,000 taels, but for the watch, although it has a great effect, it can't be done at all costs.

"Forty-five thousand taels!" The old man continued to roar.

Witnessing the fierce competition between the rich men for a watch, Mao Lingzhi, who was sitting next to her husband, raised her eyebrows and whispered: "Husband, it is estimated that the price can be sold for at least 50,000 yuan, I don't know how much money you can make?" ”

Guo Wendong replied: "Confidential, the secret of heaven must not be revealed!" Anyway, you can make a lot of money. ”

If it is placed in modern times, there is a secret channel for being a husband, and if you don't share it with your wife, it's no wonder if your wife doesn't get angry.

But this is in ancient times, women should pay attention to three obedience and four virtues, and obey their husbands, since the husband refuses to say, Mao Lingzhi is helpless, and it is not good to ask to the end.

"Forty-six thousand taels!" The pock-faced man increased the price.

The huge hall is quiet, the nurse and the salesperson are standing in the hall, and they can't talk casually without special circumstances, Guo Wendong and his wife are waiting quietly to see whose watch is gone.

The pock-faced man really wanted to buy the watch, forty-six thousand taels was already the limit he could bear, he looked at Li Changsheng and the old man, hoping that the two would not increase the price again.

"Forty-eight thousand taels!" Li Changsheng increased the price, which also reached the limit of his psychological acceptance of the price of buying a watch.

"Fifty thousand taels!" The old man increased the price again.

Li Changsheng had to give up, he couldn't add more.

Guo Wendong applauded and congratulated, and the others applauded.

"Congratulations to Zhou Yuanwai, it is definitely worth the money for buying such a precious watch!"

Zhou Yuanwai handed over the equivalent of 50,000 taels of gold to Guo Wendong, who picked up the watch and personally carried it on his wrist.

The other twenty-one rich men, who had come with great anticipation, all went back happily.

After Zhou Yuanwai left, Guo Wendong opened the door of the warehouse and asked people to put the gold in.

From the time he was reborn to the present, his income has accumulated 180,000 taels.

After the subordinates left, only Mao Lingzhi and Chunxiang remained, and both of them cheered.

"Husband, congratulations, you have made the biggest deal, if you can bring a lot of foreign goods, our family will be the richest man in the Ming Dynasty sooner or later." Mao Lingzhi said with a smile, and when she laughed, her cheeks showed shallow dimples.

"Hey! Even if you can become the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, so what! Guo Wendong sighed, he thought of the Qing army entering the customs next year, and the year after tomorrow the southern invasion of Jiangnan, killing everywhere, I don't know if he can survive the disaster, even if he can get away with it, if he doesn't shave his hair and become a slave, his life will not be guaranteed, which he absolutely does not want.

Mao Lingzhi put away her smile and said puzzledly: "Husband, this is a good thing!" What the hell bothers you? ”

Guo Wendong let out a long voice and said, "Hey! I'm worried about the Manchu Qing outside the pass, if you enter the pass and conquer the city, what army can resist? ”

Mao Lingzhi said: "I heard that last year's Songjin battle, the Ming elite was lost, it seems that there is really no ability to stop the Tartars, Sun Inspector confronted Li Chuang in the Central Plains, hoping to exterminate the thieves as soon as possible, so that the imperial court has no worries to deal with the Manchus, and let the people have food, I think there is hope." ”

Guo Wendong has not yet found a way to fate, so he can only make money first.

On the 28th, it was the time of the party, today was cloudy, the humidity was aggravated, Guo Wendong got into a carriage, the carriage was carrying some items, and Yu Yufeng drove to the bank of the Qinhuai River.