Chapter 12: The First Time for the Auction House
It has to be said that prestige and fame are very important, especially for business activities. At the beginning, Qingyuan Zhenren sold talismans in Maple Leaf City, and everyone just watched the excitement, and a hundred taels of silver was too expensive. Now that the news that Zhao Wangfu is going to sell spirit runes has come out, it is the Eight Directions Cloud Movement, and many forces have rushed to Maple Leaf City early.
Renyi Auction House, this is the name personally set by Zhao Wangye Zhao Wuregret, named after a pair of sons, which shows his love for his two sons. At this time, Steward Zhao was in Zhao Wangye's study, waiting for Zhao Wangye's inquiry. As the steward of Zhao Wangfu for more than 20 years, he can be regarded as well-informed, and after using a disease removal talisman, he has a deeper understanding of its efficacy, so it is very suitable as the temporary host of this auction.
"How is Steward Zhao preparing? Tomorrow will be the auction period. Zhao Wuregret asked expectantly and nervously. Although I have seen all kinds of big scenes, I am still inevitably apprehensive in the face of emerging industries. Although I have confidence in the de-illness charm, I am still worried that the price will be too expensive and cause the auction to fail, which will be self-defeating. Steward Zhao was full of confidence and replied: "Lord Wang, I will definitely go all out, and I will not disappoint Lord Wang." Seeing that Steward Zhao said this, Zhao Wuregret waved his hand and said, "Do your best, you step back first, and I'll be quiet." ”
After all, this auction is of great significance to Zhao Wangfu, and it is no wonder that Zhao Wuregret was still worried the night before the auction. It's just that Zhao Wuregret thought about it, and thought of Zhao Yi again, the reason why this auction house was built was because of his son's unintentional words. For more than three years, this son has really brought a lot of joy to his husband and wife, and more importantly, a piece of filial piety. Thinking of this, Zhao Wuregret's worry was slightly reduced, and he quietly cheered himself up: "Wait for the result!"
Zhao Yi didn't think about it so much, he should eat, drink, and train the five people he accepted after he finished cultivating. Zhao Yi didn't regard Zhang Fei and the five as slaves, and in his heart, he understood this relationship more as an employment relationship. He also did not use the five people as tools, and the experience of his previous life made him very disgusted with the behavior of treating people as tools. After the five of them went through the initial assessment, they were pleasantly surprised to find that their physical fitness had improved to a higher level, and they finally felt the good intentions of the little prince, and their gratitude was even greater. Through the assessment and training during this time, Zhao Yi was very satisfied with the performance of the five people, and decided to take the five people to tomorrow's auction to meet the market.
Gu Bin is very good at being a person, so he left a separate room for Zhao Yi, and he could see the entire auction hall through the window. In the sound of firecrackers, the Renyi Auction House opened, and after Gu Bin made a speech on behalf of Zhao Wangfu, he welcomed the guests in. Room A No. 3 is the room where Zhao Yi is, and at this time Zhang Fei is explaining the situation of the guests to Zhao Yi and others: "This is the silk business of the Zhang family in Maple Leaf City, which makes a profit of 100,000 yuan a year. "This is Zhennan General Li Tianba, returning to Beijing to report on his work, passing through Maple Leaf City, just in time for this auction, General Li is not only famous, General Li's father Li Guang is the city lord of Lingfeng City. "......" This is Gou An, the champion of the last session, a student of the Great Confucian Liangshan, I heard that he respects the teacher the most, and this time he made a special trip to buy Zhang Lingfu to honor the teacher. Zhang Fei was also fully prepared for this event, and as soon as he heard that Zhao Yi would bring a few people out, he inquired about the news early.
Seeing that the people were almost here, Gu Bin called the auctioneer he had found before to come to the stage to announce the start. The auctioneer is a scribe and does not have stage fright, so he made a brief introduction: "My name is Blessing, thank you for coming to the first grand event of Renyi Auction House, in order not to delay time, we started to auction the first item." "Simple, direct, just right for the situation on the spot, Zhao Yi couldn't help but praise it secretly on the side. Soon four or five items were auctioned off, although they were not sold at a sky-high price, the price was also appropriate, a total of 10,000 taels, obviously everyone's eyes were still on the spirit rune, and it was necessary to ensure that there were enough silver taels to bid. Soon it was the turn to go to the charm, and the blessing was thanked again, and the presiding power was handed over to Steward Zhao.
As the butler of the Zhao Palace, the Zhao Steward had his own momentum, looked around, and slowly spoke: "Presumably most people already know, I am the Zhao Wangfu Steward....Now that I am in good health, I am here to thank the prince for the reward!" Everyone in Maple Leaf City knew that although Zhao Steward was once majestic, his health was not good, and he would cough when he was excited. Now seeing him say this, and seeing him full of red face, everyone sighed that Prince Zhao treated the servants well, and envied the situation of Steward Zhao. After everyone quieted down, Steward Zhao continued to introduce: "The people who received the invitation must have known the effect of the disease removal talisman, and now it is six crude disease removal talismans, which can temporarily control any disease for a year, with a reserve price of three thousand taels each, a total of eighteen thousand taels, and each increase shall not be less than one thousand taels." "Don't think that 3,000 taels per ticket is very expensive, if a person who is very sick can get a year, maybe he can find a cure in a year?
Soon someone quoted "eighteen thousand taels." "The person who spoke out was a merchant in Maple Leaf City, and obviously he was just throwing bricks and stones, and he didn't think about taking pictures. "Twenty thousand taels. "The housekeeper of Zhang's Mansion added two thousand taels at once, and out of the sale of the palace, he had already received instructions from the head of the house. "Twenty-one thousand taels. "The housekeeper of Liufu is not to be outdone. After a few more bids, the head of the Zhang family decided to auction the first batch of spirit runes no matter what, after all, it was worth the money, and the second was to strengthen the prestige of the Zhang Mansion in Maple Leaf City, and I was afraid that the back was not something that his financial resources could afford, so the housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion quoted again: "Thirty thousand taels." "Maybe they know that there is something better in the future, and the others see that the price has reached 30,000 taels, and they will not increase the price. After Steward Zhao finished reporting once, twice, and three times, he reported the joy to Steward Zhang, and continued to start the second batch of crude disease charms auction, and no one would increase the price when the price increased to 31,000 taels.
"This is the last batch, with a reserve price of 18,000 taels. Perhaps because I heard that there was no more, the bidding became more enthusiastic, and finally reached a transaction price of 40,000 taels. Then Steward Zhang introduced the fine talismans, according to three each batch, divided into five batches of bidding, perhaps because there are still individual diseases that can not be cured, only the control time extended to three years is more attractive, the price is slightly higher, respectively, at the price of "30,000 taels", "31,000 taels", "33,000 taels", "35,000 taels" and "36,000 taels" silver auctioned out.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the finale of Renyi Auction House. That's right, it's still a disease charm, but it's perfect, not only can it completely alleviate all diseases, but as far as I can see, it also has the effect of washing the meridians and removing the marrow. Let's start the auction of the first one, with a reserve price of 5,000 taels, and no less than 500 taels each time. Steward Zhao said unhurriedly. "What? can cure all diseases?" "Can you wash the menstrual marrow?"
"Six thousand taels. "Some people are still shocked, and some people have already started to make offers. "Seven thousand taels" Gou An began to bid, knowing such an effect, Gou An decided to take a picture of the teacher no matter what. The head of the "eight thousand taels" Zhang family is also not to be outdone, what they are most afraid of is disease, one more is one more life. "10,000 taels" Gou An finished quoting the price and continued: "Everyone, please be sure to sell me a favor, and now I will give this thing to my teacher to repay his old man's teaching." Seeing that his attitude was very sincere, as the champion, he was also a gift to the great Confucian Liangshan, and they were silent, and Gou An sold it for 10,000 taels as he wished.
The auction of the second one began, and as soon as Steward Zhao finished speaking, he began to offer, and Li Tianba, the general of Zhennan, offered "10,000 taels", and did not forget to add a sentence "Give it to Dad." "The threat is clear. Seeing that no one dared to increase the price, Steward Zhao looked at the room where Zhao Wangye was, and the transaction was still at a price of 10,000 taels, and the general's face still had to be given. Just said: "The rules of the auction house are" equal bidding, the highest bidder wins, and the last three perfect charms, the last three are packaged for auction, the starting price is 15,000 taels, please actively bid. "Obviously, Steward Zhao has an opinion on the behavior of Champion Gou An and Zhennan General Li Tianba, and he also has an opinion on behalf of Zhao Wangfu. Gou An's face blushed rarely, and Li Tianba was expressionless, but he didn't say anything.
Steward Zhao's announcement is the last batch, who knows when it will be met next time, the atmosphere became active all of a sudden, and people who did not dare to bid also bid one after another, and the competition became more and more fierce, and finally won the sky-high price of 150,000 taels. It's the end of the shooting here, but the people who haven't photographed have asked when there will be the next time, and after the investigation has been fruitless, they set their eyes on the people who have just photographed the spirit rune, to see if they can get a profit from them, even if it is crude.
The reputation of Renyi Auction House is out, Gu Bin finally made a summary of this auction, and invited everyone to send valuables to the auction house when they have them, or they can come to the auction house to buy items, maybe the urgently needed items will be bought. All guests are not allowed to do so. There were even people on the spot who wanted to cooperate with Zhao Wangfu to open branches in other cities. Gu Bin warmly entertained the guests who came to participate in the auction, of course, the cost was completely paid by King Zhao's mansion.
In King Zhao's mansion, Steward Zhao was reporting the situation to Zhao Wuregret: "The prince auctioned a total of 425,000 taels of silver this time, of which the spirit rune alone was auctioned for 415,000 taels of silver. Steward Zhao was also very excited at this time, thinking that a spirit talisman of 50,000 taels of silver had been used by himself in the first place! Zhao Wuregret was also shocked when he heard the result, although he was prepared, but it was also beyond his expectations, and he soon decided to take ten percent as a tax, five percent as an auction fee, and the rest would be handed over to Zhao Yi. After appeasing Steward Zhao, he prepared to meet Zhao Yi.