Chapter 100: The Beginning
By noon, the Freedom Bazaar was almost gone, and everyone was ready to go to the afternoon auction. For the vast majority of them, buying or not buying is secondary, and it is more important to see it.
So, when they arrived at the auction site, even though four entrances were opened, the three of them still queued up for half an hour before entering. During this period, Zhou Dong also rushed over and walked in with them with excitement.
As soon as she entered the gate of the auction hall, Qian Scarlet Moon was shocked by the spectacular scene in front of her. When I saw it outside, it was just a relatively large room, but when I walked inside, I found that the entire auction hall was actually built underground.
Each entrance is a huge platform, and then dozens of people walk side by side with steps down the steps. The four of them descended nearly twenty meters to reach the seating area.
"Welcome to Dongzhou Auctions!" A young woman stepped forward and politely saluted, "Can you show me the tickets for a few guests?" ”
Hua Lian handed over the ticket and smiled softly at the girl, causing two red glows to appear on the girl's face.
"A few guests are sitting here," the girl led them to their seats, and returned the ticket to Hua Lian, "My name is Xiaoyou, and I am in charge of this area, and a few of you can call me if necessary!" ”
"Sister Xiaoyou!" Hua Lian shouted sweetly, her delicate face and pure and warm voice made the girl's heart panic.
"Is there anything wrong with the guests?"
"Sister Xiaoyou, can you please tell me, what if I shout the price and can't pay the money in the end?"
Zhou Dong also looked at Xiaoyou curiously, yes, what if someone makes trouble and deliberately shouts the price?
Xiaoyou laughed softly: "The guests are laughing, but you can't shout and play." If you can't pay in the end after filming, Dongzhou City will ask you to stay. And then you have to go...... Earn money until you make up all the prices you shouted and can't leave. Moreover, even if you make up for it, the auction item will not be given to you, and it will be counted as a punishment. ”
"Sister Xiaoyou, where can I make money?" Zhou Dong clearly felt that she paused unnaturally when she said there.
"Eh," Xiao You hesitated, still a little embarrassed and said, "Jin Yue Yuan!" ”
"Ahem......" Zhou Dong choked on his own saliva, stuck out his tongue, and didn't dare to ask again with a red face.
But Hua Lian was interested: "Jinyue Yuan...... The name, ah! He slapped his thigh and bared his teeth in pain, "That's the happiest place in Dongzhou City!" As he spoke, he raised his head and squinted his eyes, looking quite yearning.
Xiaoyou looked at Hua Lian a little strangely, and said hesitantly: "Guest, there, is it...... Women go! Then she looked at the pretty big boy with some concern, "Guest, you don't really want to make trouble, do you?" ”
"Sister Xiaoyou, go get busy!" Zhou Dong hurriedly interrupted Hua Lian, "My eldest brother saw that you were beautiful, so he specially found a topic to talk to you!" He was afraid that if he asked again, the auction house would not put them on the key guard list, and the people around him would also regard them as those good blue faces.
Xiaoyou listened to Zhou Dong's words, blushed embarrassedly, nodded to them, and left to receive other guests. But she was too embarrassed to look at Hua Lian again.
After a few people sat down, they tacitly squeezed Hua Lian to the very edge.
"What are you doing here, I'm just asking clearly, so as not to lose money if you don't know the rules when you get it! But—I'd really like to see it. As he spoke, he touched his chin again, as if pondering the feasibility of this matter.
The three of them shook in unison, and then moved to the other side in unison.
"Look, there's a private room up ahead!" Someone in the back exclaimed, and several people also sat up slightly and looked forward, and in front of the innermost circle of seats in the auction hall, there were actually small houses built one after another.
Glanced at it, there were sixteen in total, except for Zhou Dong and Qian Scarlet Yue, they all thought of it, I'm afraid it was prepared for the owner of the wooden card. The sixteen private rooms are surrounded by walls on three sides, and one is blocked by a screen, so you can't see the situation inside, only faintly seeing a figure flashing.
Qian Feiyue glanced at Qian Mo, and both of them thought in their hearts, wondering if their master would be in one of them.
"Boom—" Suddenly there was a muffled sound, and even the ground shook slightly.
"What's wrong?"
"Don't panic, guests!" Xiaoyou's voice came.
Immediately afterward, everyone also saw the source of the sound. It was in the middle of the auction, and a wooden platform that had been level with the ground was slowly rising, and the muffled sound was the sound of huge wooden gears rolling underneath the table. The round platform, which appeared to be about 10 meters in size, stopped after rising to a height of about 3 meters.
On the round platform stood a stocky old man with a kind smile in front of a row of shelves. In front of him was a small table with a golden bell on it.
The old man shook the bell lightly, and the crisp sound made the people in the auction hall fall silent. There were tens of thousands of people here, but it was so quiet that you could hear the breathing of the people around you.
"Everyone!" The old man saw the scene and quieted down, and arched his hand at everyone with a smile, "Welcome to the Dongzhou Auction House, I am the host of this auction, thank you for your care and call me Old Qin, I have been here for thirty years, a total of six auctions."
"The rules of the auction house must have been heard by everyone, and the old man is too annoying to repeat it again: please choose what to put in according to the size of your purse, if you can't fit it, Dongzhou can only ask you to leave a big purse! If you photograph a friend, our girl will take you to the in-house trading.
After gossiping, the ninety-ninth auction in the history of Dongzhou City has officially begun! ”
Everyone was startled by the number in his words, and soon they were attracted by what was taken out of the stage.
"The first item of this auction, ambergris!" Qin Lao took out a box from the shelf behind him, and then opened it and showed it to everyone. Although you may not be able to see anything from a distance, but just like that, everyone still eagerly sticks out their necks and looks.
"The "Compendium Collection" has clouds: invigorating blood, benefiting the essence, helping the yang way, and benefiting the blood...... The benefits of this ambergris must be clear to everyone, and old decay will no longer be verbose. This box of ambergris has a total of three taels and five dollars, and now it is starting to shout the price, and the starting price is one hundred taels of silver! ”
"One thousand taels!" As soon as Qin Lao's words fell, someone shouted the price, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was one thousand taels.
However, Qian Feiyue and they shook their heads secretly after hearing this, ambergris is extremely rare, and it cannot be circulated on the market, because it is a special product of the one in the palace. It is only in a place like Dongzhou that such a blatant auction can be carried out. Moreover, this piece of ambergris is heavy, and it can be used for a long time whether it is used as medicine or incense. Compared with the 400-year-old He Shou Wu they dug up, this small piece of ambergris is much more valuable.
"One thousand one hundred taels!"
"Fifteen hundred taels!"
"Four thousand taels!" Finally, someone couldn't listen to it anymore, more than a thousand taels, just to have fun.
"Five Thousand Taels"
……
"Eight thousand taels!"
When the price reached eight thousand taels, it didn't go up again, and Qin Lao rang the bell and announced that the transaction was completed. With a smile in his eyes, I am afraid that this price is beyond his expectations.
"Next, auction the second ......"