Higg, Lan Xian'er and their entourage came to the first floor of the council hall after lunch, thinking that they had come early, but they didn't expect that this place was already crowded and lively.

The layout of this hall, which covers an area of several thousand square meters, is very interesting, with a large stage in the middle, and the stage is divided into two floors, with more than a dozen rows of seats on the first floor, which surrounds the central stage, and the seats are already full. On the second floor, there are private rooms, which also surround the stage, and the private rooms do not have a door, but only hang a curtain, and when you open the curtain, you can see the panoramic view of the stage.

As soon as the group walked into the hall, they were led into a private room on the second floor by a woman wearing a dress and a dignified appearance, and then two bewitching waitresses put on the snacks and tea and drinks of the melon fruit, and the woman who led them in smiled and said: "Lord of the city, Mrs., my lord, my lord, the little woman's name is Yulan, and she is the auctioneer arranged by Lord Sosa to serve the adults. ”

Daniel asked curiously, "Magnolia, why did you choose the name of the flower?" ”

Yulan smiled: "Because the private room you are stationed in is the magnolia flower room, the little girl is naturally named Yulan, which is just a pronoun, don't laugh at it!" ”

Higg asked, "Where did Sosa go, and why didn't he come himself?" ”

Yulan hurriedly said: "Lord Sosa wants to personally preside over the auction meeting, so I entrust the little girl to explain to all the adults!" ”

Yulan said, ordered the waiter to put all the models of the thirty items to be auctioned today on the long table in the elegant room in order of numbering, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the model of the thirty items to be auctioned today and the introduction of the goods. ”

"Raise a sign and shout?" Higg asked in surprise, "Aren't there any prices for these goods?" ”

Magnolia smiled: "Of course there is, but it's just the starting price or the starting price!" For example, the No. 1 commodity magic ring, its starting price is 50,000 gold coins, you adults can take a look at the function of this magic ring, quality introduction, if you are interested in buying, you can raise a card and shout out the price that you think is acceptable, but this price can not be less than 50,000 gold coins! Of course, others can also raise a sign and shout their own price, compete with each other, and finally the person with the highest bid can get this ring! The brand of our Magnolia Room is No. 9, if the No. 9 transaction is confirmed, it means that this product belongs to us! ”

Higg, Lu Fasi and others had long been attracted by those strange treasures, and the goods that could be put up for auction were of extraordinary value. Magic rings, unique scrolls, best potions, antique curioses, best weapon armor, real estate title deeds, etc., as long as the appraisal is passed, they can be auctioned.

Lan Xian'er was not very interested in those treasures, she was more interested in the operation mechanism of the auction, and asked Yulan, "Number nine?" Why don't you just hold up the room number plate? ”

"It's to avoid guests cheating from it!" Yulan said, "The number plates of all 36 rooms on the second floor are drawn temporarily, and after the guests enter the room, they are not allowed to go out and walk around at will, and no one knows which room corresponds to which number plate, so as to avoid a small number of buyers joining forces to cheat when bidding, or use power to suppress people and lower the price of goods, which leads to serious losses for the auction house!" ”

"How much does a private room cost to attend an auction?" Blue Fairy is also curious about the matter of tickets.

Yulan smiled: "There is no charge for the private room!" Only people with distinguished status, or large merchants who meet the standards, can enjoy the treatment of private rooms! Others, can only buy a seat on the first floor! ”

"What, there is no charge for private rooms, but there is a charge for seats on the first floor?"

"Yes! The first floor has a seat of 100 gold coins per person, a total of 1,200 seats! ”

"That's not good!" Lan Xian'er shook her head and said, "There are a total of thirty-six private rooms on the second floor, half of which can be used to sell seats to satisfy those who have the rich mentality, and the other half can receive VIPs!" Of course, you can also adopt a point system, for example, if someone buys goods in the auction and spends 50,000 gold coins, then the auction will issue him a card recording 50,000 points, and when his points reach a certain number, he can also provide a VIP treatment for free! To put it bluntly, since the purpose of the auction is to make money, it should provide channels for all kinds of people to spend money, and try to make sure who spends more money, who enjoys high-end treatment, and who enjoys the compliments of others, not just to provide convenience for those privileged classes, which is unfair! ”

"Yes, ma'am, I'll talk to Lord Sosa!" Magnolia said.

Lan Xian'er said: "You also have to tell Sosa that Fuxing City is a civilized city, and we must try to be fair and just, and we don't have to look at the faces of those powerful people!" ”

"Yes, I will tell you the truth!"

"Dangdangdang—" A sharp gong sounded, and Sosa came out of the tunnel below the stage and saluted around, and the noisy scene suddenly fell silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the thirty items auctioned today must have been known to everyone!" Sosa said loudly, "Today's auction format is slightly different from the past, although it is still a free bid on the basis of the reserve price, the difference is that in the previous three auctions, the buyer sold at the highest price quoted, this auction, the winner is still the highest bidder, and the amount of the transaction is no longer the highest price, but the highest bidder is the second highest price quoted by the whole market, plus 10% of the amount!" On behalf of the Fuxing City official, I guarantee that all the auction items have been strictly identified by us, and any quality problems of the goods will be taken care of by the Fuxing City official! ”

The audience was in an uproar, as if they did not understand this method of transaction, originally most people had just accepted the auction method of the highest bid, but now they changed to another bidding method, which caused many people to discuss with each other.

Lan Xian'er was also puzzled: "Miss Yulan, isn't the original highest price transaction good, why did Sosa change the bidding method?" ”

"Madam, it is still the highest bidder who has become the buyer, but the way of closing the deal has changed, this is because in the last bidding process, there were many malicious offers, such as others bidding 100,000, someone bidding 100,000 and one, and others bidding 110,000, and he continued to pay 110,000! This type of quotation is theoretically permissible, but it creates a lot of disharmony in the auction process and increases the workload of the auction house. Presumably, Lord Sosa has improved this situation to avoid this phenomenon of malicious quotations again! ”

Lan Xian'er nodded in admiration and said: "The auction house is a fresh way of trading goods, many systems are not perfect, and you really need to slowly grope forward, so you can do it boldly and boldly, and don't be afraid to pay tuition!" ”

"Quiet and quiet!" Sosa continued, "The auction will start in another half hour, and if you have a valuable customer who needs to buy during this time, please contact your auctioneer immediately!" ”

After Sosa finished speaking, he turned around and entered the secret passage, and in the secret passage, many graceful women in colorful clothes came out and began to sing and dance on the stage.

Without waiting for Lan Xian'er to ask questions, Yulan explained with a smile: "Grabbing is that the buyer directly sells the transaction at the reserve price, so that this item will no longer appear on the auction platform for bidding!" Each item has its own starting price and reserve price, and the reserve price is generally two to three times higher than the starting price, and some even reach ten times! ”

"What is the definition of the starting price and reserve price of these products?" Lan Xian'er asked.

Yulan explained: "The auction house has a dedicated appraisal team that will propose its own starting price for each item, and the owner of the item can adjust the price within 20% according to this recommendation, and the reserve price is set by the owner of the item himself, and there is no upper limit. Let's take the first product magic ring as an example, the starting price proposed by the appraisal team is 50,000 gold coins, then, the starting price of this ring can fluctuate between 40,000 and 60,000, determined by the owner of the commodity, if the owner of the commodity does not accept the starting price between 40,000 and 60,000, then the product cannot sign an auction contract with the auction house, and it will not appear at the auction site! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen! Agreed! A rich boy dressed as a young man appeared in front of the curtain of the elegant room on the second floor, and shouted loudly complimentingly, "I am determined to win the three treasures of today's finale, I hope that when you see the No. 16 card, you will not bid again, thank you, thank you!" ”

The audience was in an uproar, this kind of blatant cheating is indeed infuriating! However, since the other party dares to ignore the rules of the auction house and blatantly say so, he must have an unusual identity, and he will not even take Fuxing City in his eyes! Even if he shouts like this, it may not be able to scare off other businesses, but after all, most people will, more things are better than less things, and they will retreat!

Lan Xian'er looked at the young man with an angry face, this guy who was empty-eyed and dared to make waves in his Fuxing City, he couldn't see what the origin was at all.

"Madame, don't worry!" Yulan smiled, "Lord Sosa has already arranged someone to deal with this kind of thing, if no one else participates in the bidding, the auction house will send someone to bid directly with him, and this person will forever enter the blacklist of the auction house in Fuxing City, and will never be allowed to participate in the auction house's bidding activities in the future!" ”

"Who will you send to bid against him?" Lan Xian'er smiled.

Yulan said with a smile: "Lord Sosa has already told me, there is the city lord and his wife here today, of course, the city lord and his wife will deal with this situation!" ”

"What are the treasures of the finale?" Lan Xian'er asked, "Is it the last three?" ”

"No!" Yulan said, "In order to make the atmosphere of the auction even better, the auction house will generally seat the tenth, twentieth, and thirtieth items for the finale, and the higher the value, the higher the value!" ”

"Okay, Mrs. Ben will play with them!" Lan Xian'er looked at the boy who was still shouting, and a smile appeared on her face.