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Chapter 81 The Auction Begins

"What are you talking about?" Zhou Yixuan changed into a dark red brocade robe and walked into the box.

"We're discussing this glass." Li Jin didn't plan to tell Zhou Yixuan these things until he had some evidence. Dang even pointed to the glass window that could see the whole hall downstairs and said curiously, "This glass seems to be Only we can see outside, and the people in the hall can't see us."

"That's right." Zhou Yixuan nodded and said, "This kind of configuration can be found in auction houses in Dacheng, and the sound is also transmitted in one direction. If we want our words to be heard outside, we need to pass through the sound transmission stone."

Zhou Yixuan pointed to a strange stone full of holes placed next to the maid, and then said: "When Xiao Ke traveled with his family teacher, he was fortunate enough to see the auction house in the imperial capital of the Holy Soul Empire. The configuration there is even more luxurious and magical. , There is also a kind of phantom screen in the VIP box, which can change the angle of view and clearly see all the corners of the hall below, where the quotations are all buttons, which is much more advanced than the low number..."

Li Qinqin listened with gusto, and Li Jin also made a very surprised expression in cooperation, but secretly smiled in his heart, isn't it just a TV wall and a ticker, it's not like I haven't seen it before.

"Hey, the auction seems to be about to start." Li Qinqin blinked twice as she looked into the hall downstairs.

In the auction hall, many guests who came to participate in the auction were greeting each other.At this time, two beams of gorgeous fireworks suddenly popped up on both sides of the booth, and a high-pitched and passionate march sounded at the same time.

The eyes of everyone in the hall were attracted, bursts of applause began to resound, and soon became tidy and loud.Li Jin noticed that among the guests participating in the auction, there were several clapping leaders. Presumably, they were arranged by the auction house to hide among the guests.

"Hehe, it's just some tricks at the beginning." Zhou Yixuan noticed Li Jin's gaze and smiled, "The auction has started. If Brother Li and Little Sister Li need anything, you can bid for it. But the last item on the lot I also ask you two to raise your hands high."

"The last lot?" Li Qinqin tilted her head, "What is it? You Zhou family want to buy it yourself?"

Zhou Yixuan nodded: "That's the surprise I mentioned before, little sister can guess. The gentleman who took out the lot didn't want to sell it directly to us, but after my father knew about it, he decided to grab it no matter what. Buy this lot."

Li Jin knew in his heart that Zhou Yixuan's lot was his Huiyuan Orb, but logically speaking, a low-level soul orb was at most attractive to the Zhou family, so why were they so determined to get it?
But it was inconvenient for Li Jin to ask Zhou Yixuan at this time.He is not in a hurry, anyway, after the Zhou family gets that soul orb, they will definitely reveal their intentions if they find our "Master Li".

But Li Qinqin nodded kindly: "Success, brother Xiaojin and I won't rob you. By the way, we have known each other for so long, you can also call us Xiaoqin and Xiaojin, so be kinder."

Zhou Yixuan nodded when he heard the words: "Then Xiao Keke will be disrespectful, sister Xiaoqin. Xiao Jin, how old is Xiao Kechi, you can just call me brother Xuan!"

Li Jin was not hypocritical when he heard the words, he nodded and called, "Brother Xuan."

The smile on Zhou Yixuan's face became even brighter.Being able to form friendship with the new generation of the Li family is also extremely beneficial to the future development of the entire Zhou family.Aside from that, if the Li family offered a little discount on the freight when helping the Zhou family transport grain through water transport, based on the Zhou family's shipments, it would save a lot of money.

However, Li Jin has already become suspicious of the Baili family sisters. Once he is sure that there is a problem with the Baili family, he will probably need the help of Dan Jincheng's Zhou family.Originally, their relationship was not bad, so it is very necessary for everyone to make friends with each other at this time.

At this time, on the booth in the hall of the auction house, a girl with heavy makeup and gorgeous clothes came out, and first bowed deeply to the many guests: "Misters and ladies, you are welcome to come to Taiyuhang tonight. It's called Meier, and she's tonight's master of ceremonies."

"it is good!"

"Meier! Meier!"

"Miss Meier is actually the master of ceremonies tonight, it seems that good things are absolutely indispensable!"

"Aren't you talking nonsense! Miss Meier has never let me down."

Before Meier finished speaking, the applause of applause followed.Meier smiled slightly, and bowed again: "I think all the distinguished guests are not just here to see Meier tonight, so Meier won't waste everyone's time here. Many of the auction items tonight are rare treasures in mainland China. As for the one that I placed in the last auction, I believe many of the distinguished guests here already know what it is. Meier is here to wish everyone a good harvest tonight!"

There was another burst of applause from the audience, mostly men applauding enthusiastically. It seems that Meier is quite well-known in the gentleman circle in Danjin City.

"Okay, let's not talk much. According to the usual practice, the first lot of every auction I have at Taiyu Bank is a batch of grain provided by my account. Please pay attention to the grain merchants here."

Meier focused everyone's attention on the display screen behind her, "This auction is [-] catties of this year's new rice. According to the usual practice, customers only need to pay the bidding price, transaction tax and previous storage fees, etc. The miscellaneous expenses are all paid by us at Taiyuhang. The starting price of [-] catties of this year’s new grain is only [-] gold coins! This translates to only ten copper coins per catty of grain. Please pay attention to all distinguished guests, each price increase must not be less than one gold coin, now, please bid!"

"Ten copper coins for a catty of new grain!" Li Jin looked at Zhou Yixuan in surprise.

Li Qinqin has no concept of grain prices, but Li Jin heard about it by chance from a grain merchant in Danjin City. Now the official grain price in the city this year is about 35 copper coins per catty. If taxes and transportation and storage costs are included, The cost of a catty of grain is [-] to [-] copper coins.Taiyuhang auctioned its own grain at such a low starting price, it might as well be a free gift.

Seeing Li Jin's appearance, Zhou Yixuan smiled mysteriously: "This is just a small trick to warm up the scene."

When Li Jinjing and Zhou Yixuan mentioned this point, he suddenly realized.

The market price of this [-] catties of grain is only [-] gold coins. Even if Taiyu Bank only sold the auction at the starting price, it would be nothing more than a loss of [-] gold coins. The loss will be even less.And to the Zhou family, this was nothing worth mentioning.

However, this will leave a signal in the subconscious mind of the bidders sitting here: the starting price of my Tai Yu Hong's auctions is relatively low, you will not lose money or be fooled, as long as you dare to bid, you will never lose money!

In this way, the unsold rate of the entire auction will be much smaller.

"One hundred gold coins, I want it!" Sure enough, as soon as Mei'er finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a big belly shouted loudly.

"I'm talking about shopkeeper Huang, can you be a little more generous when you are an old man? My Guangfu account will give you 150 gold coins!"

"One hundred and five? Isn't this fifty steps laughing at a hundred steps? My master has spoken, two hundred and six!"

"Hey, Ms. Meier, because this is the lot you recommended, I will offer 280 gold coins. Hey, my name is Zhu Neng..."

"three hundred!"

"Three hundred and five!"

"Three hundred and six..."

Li Jin looked at the scene in the hall with some amusement.Later, everyone increased the price gradually, and finally there was a situation of adding a gold coin several times in a row.In the end, the transaction price of this batch of grain was locked at 310 seven gold coins, but it was not much cheaper than the market price.

In this way, the Zhou family's batch of grain basically didn't suffer much, but the purpose of warming up the field was achieved.There were even two grain merchants who didn't deal much with each other on weekdays, and their faces were red-faced. Presumably, in the subsequent auctions, they would inevitably trip each other up.

Mei'er, who saw all this in her eyes, couldn't help laughing in her heart, we can reap the benefits of Taiyuxing again, and my lady's commission tonight is indispensable.But at the moment, she bowed deeply to the audience: "Thank you for your bidding, and congratulations to the boss who successfully auctioned [-] catties of grain. On behalf of Taiyuhang, Meier wishes you a prosperous business! And that Brother Zhu, Meier, thank you for your love, I hope you can show your talents in the next auction!"

Li Jin saw that Meier's words aroused the auction desire of many guests in the audience, and that Zhu Neng was even more excited, as if his head was about to start smoking, so he couldn't help expressing his admiration for Meier's sales ability .

However, Li Jin stared at Mei'er blankly. This scene fell into Li Qinqin's eyes, but it made little loli very unhappy. If Zhou Yixuan was not sitting beside her, she would probably have a fit.

"Next up is the second lot for tonight, a pair of antique vases from 3000 years ago." Meier strikes while the iron is hot, and hastily launched the next lot, "It's still my Taiyu line's old rules, and I took it out for auction We will fully guarantee the authenticity of things. For example, if the customer takes this pair of vases and finds that they are fakes, Tai Yuhang will not only refund your gold coins in full, but also take out double the gold coins As compensation! Alright, the starting price for this pair of vases is [-] gold coins, and the price will increase by no less than [-] gold coins each time, please bid now..."

Although everyone here is not very interested in antiques, with Meier's help, the pair of vases were sold at a price of 270 gold coins.Immediately afterwards, Meier launched several more lots, but none of them failed the auction, and the worst result was also sold at the starting price.

That Zhu Neng really lived up to Meier's "different eyes" to him, and he snapped up several auctions in a row, most of which were sold at prices not lower than the average market price. host.But in Li Qinqin's eyes, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape the label of "a fool with a lot of money".

During this time, Li Jin, who found Li Qinqin seemed a little unhappy, also took a photo of a limited edition bracelet produced by Lianyunzhai of the Holy Soul Empire for the little loli.

Although Li Qinqin didn't lack these things, they were given to her by Li Jin, and finally coaxed little Lolita.

(Xiao Jiang is going on a business trip recently, so the update time has been changed. In the future, there will still be two updates of 6K characters every day. There will be a chapter after 0:5 in the morning, and there will be a chapter between 6-[-] in the afternoon. If you add an update on the same day, it will be at noon And add more tonight, thank you everyone!)
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