Chapter XXVII: Auction of Stainless Steel Crafts
With the strong support of the county magistrate, coupled with the help of Wang Sanwu and other people, Li Yongji did not hesitate and immediately began to blatantly sell stainless steel products in Qingpu County.
This time, Li Yongji did not go door-to-door to find pawnshops and jewelry stores, but directly found Master Chen, and invited the bosses of pawnshops and jewelry stores in Qingpu County to dinner.
This batch of stainless steel products, mainly some things such as stainless steel mirrors, stainless steel jewelry, stainless steel tableware, etc., such things as stainless steel pocket watches have not been taken out to sell, after all, pocket watches are not particularly popular and popular in China at this time, and he wants to keep this thing for foreigners.
Of course, because it is sold as a luxury item, there are not many things, such as stainless steel mirrors with only three sides, stainless steel tableware with only six sets, and stainless steel jewelry with only six pairs of earrings, six pairs of bracelets, three necklaces, six rings and twelve brooches.
All the stainless steel products here, in fact, are exquisite handicrafts, stainless steel mirrors and tableware not to mention, in those stainless steel jewelry, are also inlaid with artificial diamonds and artificial crystal, after special polishing and treatment, shining in the candlelight, very shiny, at a glance is high-end atmosphere on the grade, precious and luxurious.
All stainless steel products are put separately into a good-looking artificial crystal box, the packaging is exquisite and classy, not to mention anything else, the crystal box alone is also valuable at this time.
In short, as soon as these things were taken out, not only the eyes of those businessmen widened, but even the ladies who accompanied the wine next to them were all shining, and almost everyone's eyes were focused on these stainless steel handicrafts.
Seeing that everyone had this expression, Li Yongji knew that he was halfway there.
In fact, this is Li Yongji understands the truth that rare things are expensive, anyway, stainless steel is something that has not yet appeared in this world, and the gloss and brightness of stainless steel products themselves are much better than gold and silver utensils, and they are also not easy to rust and easy to preserve, under these characteristics, if you choose some handicrafts that are slightly higher in later generations, and then use high-end packaging, then in the eyes of these people who do not know the actual value, this stainless steel products may really be much more expensive than gold jewelry, after all, these things sell better and are more expensive.
Because he had gotten stainless steel jewelry before, Master Chen was the first person to come back to his senses, and after coming to his senses, he didn't need Li Yongjun's urging, he himself worked very hard to help sell it.
The thing is very simple, because Li Yongji promised in advance that he would give him a commission, and the higher the selling price, the higher his commission, although the commission is only one percent, but depending on the situation, one percent is also a lot of silver.
Moreover, if this thing is sold at a price, the stainless steel jewelry in his hand can also be sold at a good price. After all, for Master Chen, no matter how good the stainless steel jewelry is, it can please his wife and concubine at most, but it is better to exchange it for silver.
What the? Why do you still sell stainless steel mirrors, didn't you tell Wang Yunyi to let him sell mirrors exclusively?
Well, at that time, the situation was special, Wang Yunyi clearly had bad intentions, for the sake of safety, he had to be hypocritical, and then said what he said after drinking, how could he take it seriously? Even when it comes to credibility, the mirror that Li Yongji is selling now is different from the one he sold to Wang Yunyi, Wang Yunyi's one is not inlaid with man-made diamonds, and these mirrors are all inlaid with a circle of man-made diamonds on the side, at most, Wang Yunyi will be given the same style of mirror in the future, which is not a violation of the agreement.
In this way, the last batch of stainless steel products was sold for a total of 30,000 taels of silver, which was still a discounted price by Li Yongji.
30,000 taels of silver, this is definitely not a small amount in the Qing Dynasty, but a huge amount of money, that is, this is Qingpu County, and these people are the richest businessmen here, so they can gather such a large sum of money. Of course, there are also reasons for Li Yongji's marketing strategy, if Li Yongji takes out a lot of stainless steel products, he will definitely not be able to sell them at this price, because if the quantity is too large at one time, it is absolutely impossible to sell it as a luxury product.
30,000 taels of silver, in addition to various consumptions, such as setting **, holding banquets, and benefits to Master Chen, etc., in this way, Li Yongji actually got 28,000 taels of silver.
Of the 28,000 taels of silver, 8,000 taels were paid in the form of silver tickets, mainly to facilitate various expenses, and the other 20,000 taels were paid for in jade, jewelry, gold, and property.
Jadeite jewelry and gold are easy to explain, they are all going to get modern society, but what is the matter with the property to offset the bill?
It turned out that when Li Yongji was selling stainless steel products, he said that he liked jade jewelry and antiques very much, and wanted to open a jewelry store to specialize in this, and also wanted to open a local money bank to facilitate future money exchanges, but he had no experience when he first came and wanted everyone to help.
Hearing this, the young tyrant named Shen Jingbai, who bought the most stainless steel products, immediately waved his hand, saying that he had a pawnshop in the city, and the business was so-so, but the location of the shop was not bad, if Li Yongji wanted it, he would sell it to him for three thousand taels, and the pawnshop would be able to be used as a money bank if it was changed slightly.
This package, at this time, means that even the clerks inside are also given together, and if the newcomer takes over, he only needs to change the signboard to continue the business, and the situation is similar to the commercial acquisition of later generations.
Shen Jingbai not only packaged and sold, but also promised that as long as Li Yongji's money bank opened, he could join the Guangfeng Guild led by his family's Guangfeng Money Bank, and join this guild, so that he would recognize each other's banknotes with other money banks in the guild, and borrow and exchange money from each other, which was equivalent to immediately hugging a big thick leg.
Hearing this, Li Yongji suddenly remembered that the silver ticket that the Qi shopkeeper of the Splendid Workshop had found money for himself before was from Guangfeng, and it turned out to be this guy's. From this point of view, this Shen Jingbai's net worth is only bigger than Wang Yunyi.
As for why Shen Jingbai is so bold, he pulls people into the gang as soon as he comes, and he is not afraid of competition at all, this is the ticket number system of the Qing Dynasty at this time.
The ticket number of the Qing Dynasty looks similar to the bank, it is a kind of financial institution, but at this time in the Qing Dynasty, there was no state-led bank, and there was no institution to manage the bank, so the so-called ticket number silver number money bank and other institutions are actually financial institutions that spontaneously appeared among the people, there is no official so-called banking law, relying on industry self-discipline, and foreign banks with laws to follow are different, and the scale and business scope are not comparable with banks.
Since it is a private financial institution, the ability to resist risks and credit rating must not be compared with the banks with government support and constraints, and credit is the most important thing for these financial institutions, so these ticket agencies often pay great attention to credit and are very willing to support the alliance.
Needless to say, the so-called support alliance means that they are not like other industries, excluding outsiders to join, on the contrary, they are very welcome to newcomers to enter the industry, because only if there are more people who join the ticket number, they can be pulled into their own ticket number joint venture circle, which is equivalent to more allies, and when they need to borrow money, they will have an extra helper.
At this time, due to the lack of advanced facilities such as telegraphs, the exchange of silver tickets was maintained by the credit of each ticket number, and there was a name also called flying money.
For example, if someone deposits silver in silver number A, obtains a silver ticket, and then goes to silver number B in another place to withdraw silver, this kind of remote withdrawal is actually misappropriation of silver number B.
For convenience, B silver is usually used on the spot after A takes the silver, such as buying cloth and grain, etc., and can also directly hire a dart board to escort the silver back, but usually does not directly escort the silver, because it is too eye-catching.
It can be seen from this that at this time, the silver horn of the Qing Dynasty welcomed newcomers to join, and at the same time, they attached more importance to credit than later generations, because they did not have modern communication equipment, and the only glue to maintain the operation of this system was the credit between each other.
Seeing that Li Yongji was really interested, another guy surnamed Qian immediately followed, saying that he had a jewelry shop, which was next to the Shen family's money shop, specializing in jewelry and antiques, and could also be packaged and sold to Li Yongji for two thousand taels, and also promised that the purchase channel and the sales channel could be interconnected, ensuring that Li Yongji could continue to do it with a new signboard, and there would be no problem.
Obviously, the reason why these people are like this is not only for the sake of money, but also for the sake of Master Chen, as well as the face of He Zhixian behind Master Chen, and besides, Li Yongji still has 300 people in the city for group training, that is, there are soldiers in hand, and there may be a place to ask for others in the future.
In this way, in a pleasant atmosphere, Li Yongji relied on a few stainless steel products that were sold for thousands of yuan in later generations, and exchanged them for 10,000 taels of silver in the Qing Dynasty, as well as gold jewelry worth 20,000 taels of silver and two commercial shops.
Li Yongji has always been vigorous and resolute, and after the transaction was completed, Li Yongji immediately sent someone to take over the two shops and customized new signboards. When formulating a new signboard, it showed Li Yongji's vulgar qualities, such as the silver number, he decided to call it CITIC Money, and the jewelry store was simply called Dai Mengde, which was also a fulfillment of the small wish of being counted down by his ex-girlfriend because he couldn't afford Dai Mengde.
The shop was closed, the name was decided, and all that remained was to choose an auspicious day for the zodiac to reopen.