Chapter 167: A Little Gift for Alice (Part 3)
There are three types of auctions at Code Word Auctions.
The first is the auction of large quantities of goods, basically when the goods from the open sea enter the port, they will begin to organize the form of auctions, and some big merchants and nobles will send people to evaluate the value of the goods, and at the auction, these goods will be auctioned.
The goods under the auction will then be resold to other small and medium-sized merchants in batches.
There are a lot of such auctions, and in the case of the endless flow of merchant ships in the Emerald Harbor, one of these auctions will be organized in 4 to 5 days.
A transaction volume of more than one million gold coins is the most important part of the code auction house.
Then there is the second type, where the Code Word Auction House carefully selects the most extravagant and rare goods collected from all over the world, and the top auction is only held once a year or even two years.
This kind of auction is all the most expensive things, and only the top merchants and nobles or members of the royal family can come, and characters like Link can't even look at it.
The Divine Treasure Diamond, which became the historical record of the Secret Word Auction House, was sold at such an auction.
Such an auction may have a transaction volume of more than 10 million gold coins at one time!
However, because it only happens once in a few years, the income for the code auction house is not as much as the first one.
And there is a third type of auction at the Code Word Auction House, and this is the type that Link is ready to participate in.
Once every half a month, it is usually an auction attended by some wealthy people, and the items inside are also very delicate and exquisite, but the value is much worse than the second type of auction.
However, there are also some fine products that will be handed down occasionally. Maintain such an auction smoothly.
Link learned about this from a waitress beside him.
As a guide assigned to him by the Code Word Auction House. The girl was chattering, and Link was lacking in that knowledge. Naturally, I won't interrupt her.
Perhaps it was also because the Secret Word Auction House learned that he didn't know about these situations, so he sent such a talker over.
Link speculated maliciously in his heart, and then led by the girl, to a hall.
This is where the auction comes in.
He came here quite early, and at a glance, there were only about a dozen people sitting here, but when he looked closely, he was divided into several circles.
A circle is probably a group of people, just like Link. Brought Alice and the Twins with him.
Link was placed in the third row, which was only a middling position out of a total of seven rows.
If the auction is deliberately arranged, it means that there are many richer people in this auction than Link.
After taking his seat, a waiter brought drinks and snacks, as well as a general list of items for today's auction.
Link looked at it, and it was basically something he didn't look at.
Fine porcelain, starting at 200 gold coins. There's also a very beautiful spell photograph that you can see clearly - unfortunately, according to Alice, this thing will only be considered a discarded item in the Elemental Tower. It's a good thing that many people are vying for here.
A long silk dress encrusted with gems, Link looked at the image, not knowing whether to look at the gems on this robe or the silk robe. With a slightly dull sheen, this silk is simply classified as inferior.
And what magic weapons with runes attached. The special potions made by the great alchemist - the ones of the aphrodisiac, and the oil paintings painted by some artists, etc. Link doesn't see the desire to make a purchase.
Nothing catches his eye!
"This kind of auction is really boring."
Link looked at it and sighed, but he also saw that several things were painted in black, was this a secret?
At this time, he became a little interested, maybe these things are the real protagonists of this auction!
There were more and more people, and they began to get together in twos and threes to chat.
Link didn't know anyone around him, and he didn't want to know anyone, so he sat honestly in his seat and whispered something intimate to Alice.
The twins sat beside Link, holding his arm and squinting sleepily.
Link is a little strange about this, on his screen to see the hero attributes, the state of the twins has returned to normal, but it is still the same as before, nothing has changed.
At first, he thought the twins were pretending, but he couldn't find a reason for them to pretend, and after observing it a few times, there was really no change.
Link can only classify it as a physical recovery, a little sleepy mentally, and so on.
As the number grew, Link sat down with a few merchants, who were talking to each other, expressing their dissatisfaction with the pricing of certain goods, and preparing to unite to lower the price.
Link yawned, and in a boring wait, the auction finally began.
A few fancy women held their rackets and followed a middle-aged man to the high platform in the hall, a cough was deafening in the amplified circle, and the rich and nobles who were whispering concentrated a little and looked towards the stage.
After a few short words of nonsense, the first auction item appeared.
A few deep-sea magic pearls, which can bring a natural emollient effect to women, are a rare magic item.
Although Link didn't look at it, he saw that Alice's eyes were about to glow, and he immediately had an idea.
The first lot was a good deal, starting at 2 gold coins and quickly reaching 12 along the way.
That's almost a few months' wages for many middle-class people, but here, it's just a small amount of money that many people throw at to make the women around them happy.
Sadly, Link found himself doing the same.
"15 gold coins!"
Link held up his sign, shouting up the price a lot, apparently making a hint that he wanted this thing.
It's not interesting to raise the price of small things, some people glanced at Link and felt that it was not good to offend people for this little thing, so they each closed their hands and let Link win the bid.
The price of this thing itself is only about a dozen gold coins, and 15 gold coins is already a slight loss.
But when he got his hands on it, Link was still quite happy.
Since he paid a deposit of 1,000 gold coins before coming in to ensure that he would not disturb the auction site, the things under the auction were directly sent down by the waiter, and Link signed directly after confirming it, and took the pearl in his hand.
"Here you go!" Link handed it to Alice.
"Thank you, master, for your gift." Alice smiled and whispered softly.
And above, a new round of auctions began. (To be continued.) )