Chapter 56: Sky-high Price Checkers
"Alright, the auction will go on as scheduled. You can handle this matter!"
"Okay." Nalan Xuan left the Prince Yu's Mansion and returned to Yunxuan Tower to discuss the auction with Mr. Ming.
Dark Night
I am here, what are your orders?
"Please pay more attention to the Yunxuan Tower auction! I want to know everything that happens! That Mr. Ming is Miss Yun San! Miss Yun San is good at disguise, so be careful when you follow her secretly."
"Yes! Your Highness! I understand!"
"Back off"
Helian Chi waved his hands, pinched his frowning brows, and sighed again.
…
In the wing room on the fifth floor of Yunxuan Building, Mr. Ming and Nalan Xuan discussed the details of the auction. The auction items were divided into 20% and 80%, with Yunxuan Building taking 20%.
The original rule was to split the profits 70% to 30%. However, the items sold by Mr. Ming were not ordinary items. Once they were sold to the market, they would cause a commotion.
It was also a big publicity for Yunxuan Building. Both parties had different goals, so they hit it off to maximize their interests.
"It's a pleasure to work with you, Mr. Ming!"
"It's a pleasure to work with you, Master Nalan!"
Yun Li stood up and shook hands with Nalan Xuan. Before leaving, Nalan Xuan reminded him about the transportation of the auction items.
"Don't worry, Master Nalan! I'll deliver the items early in the morning on the day of the auction! I'll also write a description of each item in advance!"
"That's great."
…
In the evening, after returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yun Li entered the space. She and Nalan Xuan agreed that she would bid 20 pieces and Yunxuanlou would bid 10 pieces.
So in addition to the three items she had already shown me, she had to choose seventeen more.
She came to the shelf and carefully selected. If nothing unexpected happened, most of her selections would be sent to the palace as birthday gifts for the emperor.
She packed each item in gift boxes of different sizes, making them look exquisite. She also wrote introduction cards for each item and made auction brochures, which she will send to Nalan Xuan tomorrow. He will pre-heat the promotional brochures for these items and send them to regular customers of the auction.
After finishing all the work, she waved and took the items out of the space.
The auction will be held in three days.
The auction at Yunxuan Tower is held at night. For the sake of fairness, large auctions will be supervised by officials from the Dali Temple to ensure the smooth progress of the auction.
The government will also cooperate with such large-scale private auctions, and generally sell the property of officials whose houses have been confiscated, such as some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, carriages, private houses, land, fertile fields, and some non-performing assets of unpaid debts, to Yunxuanlou at a low price, so that the government can quickly close the case.
In the auction venue on the fifth floor, the auction hall is in the middle, and there are private boxes around it. These boxes are occupied by wealthy and noble people.
Nalan Xuan reserved a private room in the middle with a wide view for her. There was a bidding number plate on the table, as well as exquisite tea and snacks.
When Yun Li, dressed as a man and still looking like Mr. Ming, arrived with Yingtao and Baizhi, many people had already sat down in the hall, and there were many people gathered at the door to watch the fun.
Soon the auction started. The first items to be auctioned were Yunxuanlou's own ten items. In order to maintain the mystery, Yunli's twenty items were placed at the end, which really whetted everyone's appetite.
I heard from Nalan Xuan that the number of people who came today reached the peak in the history of the auction. The seats were packed, and all the tickets for the hall and the boxes were sold out. Two rows of temporary seats were added at the last row of the hall. They all came for the items in the brochure.
She was sitting in the box, casually eating snacks. Finally, it was her turn to auction her lot. The first one was the green glass pot and cup set.
The starting price is ten thousand taels.
Soon someone raised a sign: "Eleven thousand taels"
Yun Li couldn't help but smack her lips. The reserve prices of her twenty lots were set by Nalan Xuan. After all, he was an expert and was much more familiar with the market than she was. So she didn't ask about the reserve prices.
Judging from the enthusiasm at the scene, there are really a lot of rich people in the capital of Yueqi Kingdom... A set of broken glass water cups, which seemed like a piece of junk to her, was actually sold for ten thousand taels, and the price kept going up...
Then, someone else continued to shout: "Thirteen thousand five hundred taels"
After waiting for 15,000 taels, she couldn't help but raise the bid to 18,000 taels.
She was the first one in the box to raise the bid. After she finished shouting, the dignitaries in the box started to raise the bid one after another. These big guys were different from the wealthy businessmen sitting in the hall. They would raise the bid at any cost!
After fierce competition, this set of teacups was sold for thirty thousand taels, and the final price was set!
"Fifty thousand taels once, fifty thousand taels twice! Fifty thousand taels three times! Deal!
Congratulations to our distinguished guest from Room 8 for receiving this set of Bi Lin Bo glass cups."
The corners of Yun Li's mouth trembled slightly. Yun Xuan Lou was indeed amazing. They named a glass water cup, "Bi Lin Bo Liu Li Cup"... It immediately sounded a lot more upscale...
Each subsequent lot that came out attracted great enthusiasm from the crowd. What she hadn't expected was that Nalan Xuan would actually place the hopscotch game last, as the grand finale...
"Next, our last lot for today! It's called the Six-Colored Glazed Chess! There's only one of its kind in the world!"
Different from other glass products, this chess piece is extremely exquisite. Its pieces come in six colors, each color is special, and the glass used in its production is all top-grade. Each piece is carefully polished, uniform in size, and the dimensions are exact!
No matter from the appearance, color, or production process, it is a treasure worth collecting!
Moreover, this chess game can be played in a variety of ways. It can be played by two, four, or even six people at the same time! The mystery and ingenuity involved are truly amazing!
In addition, our Yunxuan Tower will give a copy of the chess manual to anyone who obtains this chess piece!
The starting price for the six-colored glazed chess piece is sixty thousand taels! Bidding begins now!
After the stage finished introducing himself, people in the hall were talking about it, and there was a burst of noise.
Yun Li was also extremely shocked. Nalan Xuan had surprised her time and time again. He was so daring! This fellow was even more ruthless than her...
Among these twenty lots, Tiao Tiao Qi is the cheapest... I didn't expect its starting price to be 60,000 taels...
Everyone was discussing, but no one had raised their signs yet, so Yunli took the lead and raised her sign and shouted
"Eighty thousand taels!"
She raised the price by 20,000 taels, and then the person in the next box shouted
"Ninety thousand taels!"
"One hundred thousand taels!"
"One hundred and twenty thousand taels!"
"One hundred and sixty thousand taels!"
The sound of bidding came one after another, and basically everyone in the box was bidding.
This round, due to the high starting price, there was basically no one in the hall, and it was all a game of bargaining in the boxes.
Yun Li watched as someone kept raising the price, and it was obvious that she wanted to get it. She raised the price from time to time.
"Three hundred thousand taels!"
Yun Li smiled and said, "Three hundred and fifty thousand taels!"
The man continued to shout: "Four hundred thousand taels!"
Yun Li directly raised the price: "Five hundred thousand taels!"
"One million taels!"
As soon as the words fell, the people around gasped and looked towards the closed box, curious about who was so generous.
Yun Li didn't raise the price any further. A set of hopscotch worth a dozen yuan was sold for one million taels. She was very satisfied...
Haha~ Mainly because she is afraid that if I continue to follow her, I will fall into her hands, otherwise the gain will outweigh the loss. She knows how to quit while she is ahead.
"One million taels at a time!"
"One million two two times!"
"Two or three times a million!"
"Deal! Congratulations to the distinguished guest in compartment six!"
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