Chapter 52: Auction House
One day later, Baozhu happily put on the new dress given by the flower boss and came to the auction house of Luohua City early in the morning.
Although he is just here to help with chores, Baozhu said that any woman will lack resistance to good-looking clothes, and good-looking clothes should be worn as soon as possible.
In half an hour, the auction will begin.
Although Baozhu is very familiar with the guys in the auction house, they are only limited to gossiping and chatting with the guys outside the auction house. Today, this is the first time she has crossed the outside world and walked into the heart of the auction house, the auction hall.
The layout of the auction hall resembles an upscale open tea house. There are dozens of sandalwood square tables on the three floors inside and outside the hall of about 100 square meters. The square table is arranged in a three-sided ring, enclosing the middle of the hall into a display and work table, and the unenclosed side of the display table is a walkway leading to the back room of the auction house, from which the staff can take out the auction exhibits.
The mission of Baozhu's cameo is to ...... Well, be Miss Manners! To put it bluntly, all the exhibits are placed on a tray and displayed on the stage for all bidders to see.
When the shopkeeper explained her work to Baozhu, Baozhu said that she could not do this work......
Just kidding, all the exhibits must be very valuable, and she usually doesn't even dare to touch Ruyixuan's bowls and plates, so let her hold these auction items today...... In case those auction items have three longs and two shorts, her Ruyixuan's debts have not been paid off, and she has to owe this auction house a lot of debts, then won't she have to stay in Luohua City to pay off her debts for the rest of her life?
"Shopkeeper Yu, you can change me again, I can't do this job!"
Shopkeeper Yu was not in a hurry, but said lightly: "You are a city ...... The dude arranged it for you, if you have any comments, you can ask him for advice. ”
"......" Baozhu is silent all of a sudden, Flower Boss!
Looking at the new clothes on his body, Baozhu patted his head and gritted his teeth: "I know that every time I accept a little favor from you, there will inevitably be a big pit waiting for me!"
As he spoke, some guests entered the auction hall with their bidding posts.
Auction posts, similar to modern tickets. Anyone who needs to enter the auction room, regardless of whether they participate in the auction or not, must enter the auction with the bidding post. Moreover, it is not necessary to have money to buy the bidding post, the auction house will have a special person to confirm the identity of the person who buys the bidding post, that is, people who have a certain identity or corresponding spending power are likely to buy the bidding post. For the winning bidder, the auction house will decide whether to disclose the bidder's personal information according to the bidder's wishes.
Each auction post costs 100 maes.
Baozhu once inquired that she earned thirty yuan a month from working in Ruyi Xuan, which was considered a high income in the entire Falling Flower City. Although the income never passed through her hands, she also used to be self-conscious for a few days because she belonged to the high-income group.
Baozhu couldn't help but sigh, 100 coins! 100 coins is just an opportunity to buy a chance to enter the auction and participate in the auction. The price of this auction post is more than three months' salary, and this auction is really a rich man's game......
I think that the auction house has a very large income from selling bidding posts in a single auction, and after each auction item is successfully auctioned, the auction house also has a point of commission.
These news were all gossiped to Baozhu by Ling Zhuangfei, a guy from the auction house. Ling Zhuangfei is the son of Uncle Ling, the chef of Ruyixuan, who is twenty-two this year and has been working in the auction house for three years, and at this moment he is serving the brewed tea on each table in turn.
"Brother Zhuang Fei, in this way, Shopkeeper Yu is really more profitable than our Shopkeeper Qin, and if you come up with such a way to sell auction posts, you won't lose anything!" Baozhu said while helping to place some fruits, melon seeds and other snacks on each table.
"I've heard that this method was not invented by the shopkeeper. It was said that there was no charge for participating in the auction in the past, and there was no identification of the people who entered the auction in advance, resulting in a chaotic scene of mixed auctioneers participating in each auction. Five years ago, when the mayor of the new city took office, he came up with this method, and it really turned out to be some boring people or malicious vandals. ”
It's the lord of the city again...... Baozhu has been in Luohua City for more than half a year, and I have heard too many diners mention this city lord in Ruyi Xuan, but I have never seen it once. I think this city lord is really a good hand with the ability to manage and earn money, if it is placed in the twenty-first century, it is definitely an elite-level figure......
"Brother Zhuangfei, have you seen the city lord?" asked Baozhu curiously.
"How can I be high enough to meet the city lord!" Ling Zhuangfei said calmly: "I estimate this Falling Flower City, that is, our shopkeeper Yu and your Ruyixuan's Qin shopkeeper have the honor to meet the city lord. I heard that even the rich man of the king's friends and wealth has never seen the lord of the city......"
The two of them did their work as they spoke, and soon all the melons, fruits, and tea were placed on the table. At this time, more than a dozen guests had entered the hall.
The two of them took the plate in their hands and were about to walk to the back, when they heard a dissatisfied shout from the entrance of the hall: "What a thing! Master, I bought a bidding post, and I was interrogated for a long time! Open your dog's eyes and take a good look, Master, I am the dragon Aotian ...... of Half Moon Valley."
"Aotian! Don't be rude! Don't lose my half-moon valley bearing!" a deep voice interrupted the previous shout.
As soon as the words ended, two people had already walked into the hall.
The man who walked in front was about twenty years old, dressed in a blue silk robe, with a thin figure, and his appearance was not bad, but the whole person showed a lewd and morbid temperament. A man in the back, about twenty-two or three years old, was dressed in an ink-colored brocade robe, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a tiger's back. If you look closely, the eyebrows and eyes of the two are similar......
At this moment, the man who was walking in front was still cursing in his mouth, and walked to a table and vigorously pulled out a chair and sat down, as a way to show strong disdain and dissatisfaction with the latter's interruption just now. Seeing this, the latter pulled out a chair beside him and sat down with him, and there was no communication between the two.
"Who are those two?" Bao Zhu saw these in the back room, and asked Ling Zhuangfei beside him curiously.
"Those are the two sons of Half Moon Valley. The one wearing the ink robe is the eldest son Long Xiaotian, and the blue robe is the second son Long Aotian. ”
After speaking, Ling Zhuangfei lowered his voice again and said, "This Long Xiaotian was born to Mr. Dragon's Blood's original match. It's just that this original match died when Long Xiaotian was less than a year old, and Mr. Dragon Blood continued the strings and gave birth to this son, Long Aotian. ”
"It is rumored that Mr. Dragon Blood does not attach much importance to his eldest son Long Xiaotian, but he loves his second son Long Aotian very much, and in his early years, he wanted to marry Yin Ruoyu of Ginkgo Villa, and he also wanted to make him the heir of Half Moon Valley. ”
Hearing this, Bao Zhu said that every father who dotes on his children is bound to have an arrogant and domineering son! From the moment the second son of the Long family walked into the hall, she could see that this Long Aotian was by no means a master with a good character. The first impression that Long Xiaotian seemed to give people was a loyal and upright appearance.