Combat Emperor: Zhang Yu's Journey
Chapters... 129: Auction
That night Zhang Yu actually went to Saturn for the annual auction. And since he had previously registered himself as a participant, now when it came he only needed to enter and sit down.
"Excuse me sir, Secretary Wan invited you to come to his room."
Zhang Yu was just sitting on his seat, a servant came to him. For a moment he glanced at the dragon god who was currently showing his confident smile.
"Look, what did I say. The old man will definitely be looking for you to get a black orchid flower."
Zhang Yu simply smiled, then got up from his seat following the maid to the manager's manager's room.
Earlier when he first came to register Zhang Yu on the suggestion of the dragon god showing him the black orchid flowers to be included in the auction.
But Manager Wan offered a price that was too low for black orchid flowers so they left without a deal. The dragon god is gone, Minister Wan will come back to find them to make an offer. Now what he said came true.
"Excuse me,"
"Lake in!"
Hearing this voice the waiter opened the door and let Zhang Yu in. But the problem was not that Manager Wan was sitting at his desk, but a woman.
"Did I go into the wrong room?" ask Zhang Yu.
"No. You went into the right room. At the moment, Manager Wan is busy preparing for the auction that is about to begin. So I'm here to replace him."
Zhang Yu nodded faintly, he looked at the twenty-five-year-old woman before him seriously. Clean skin, wide eyes with pliable lashes. Her appearance recalled Zhang Yu with the figure of her aunt who was in Qian Gu City.
"Sir, did you hear what I was talking about?"
"Sorry, you can continue."
The woman named Lou Mengqi exhaled a flat breath, then continued her sentence. "Before you asked for the price of eighty thousand for a black orchid flower. Honestly, it was too high for us. Although black orchid flowers are at the top of the list of rare resources, but ...."
"Before making a decision, at least look at the black orchid I mean. It's not like black orchids in general." Zhang Yu took out the black orchid flower that he had obtained earlier.
When Liu Mengqi saw him, his eyes were stunned. "Black orchid flowers in groups of five?"
He seems to be in disbelief. He looked at it closer but it was true what was in front of his eyes.
"How did you get a black orchid like this? ... Ahem! I mean, we agreed on a price of eighty grand. We'll put it on the list of items to be auctioned."
"Well, we'll go back to the auction place."
Zhang Yu left the room satisfied. Eighty thousand gold coins would definitely belong to him. If it is sold at a price of one hundred and eighty thousand then the remaining one hundred will be divided into two.
This is certainly more profitable with the price offered before no more than sixty thousand gold coins. If it were sold for the same price, one hundred and eighty thousand, the remaining one hundred and twenty thousand would be divided in two. Loss of ten thousand gold coins.
Zhang Yu sat back in his place. From the seat that was on this second level he could see some familiar faces.
Yan Xue, the fat man who was almost battered in his hands was as cuddly as escaping aided by his clan elder. Then there were two old men of the head of the noble family who were in the Ye Hua building along with a woman named Tong Ziyan who had helped him escape in a tense situation.
"It turns out this auction is quite crowded," he murmured.
"Girl, dear guest!" From the main stage came the sound of a staircase.
A beautiful woman wearing black clothes went up to the auction stage while carrying a piece of paper in hand. He was none other than Liu Mengqi who would be the host.
As Liu Mengqi stood on the stage and stood in the midst of all the participants, almost no one did not stare into a pretty face.
"The owner's daughter is very beautiful. He was so young, but was already the deputy head and set up of the Saturn business union. He's one of the reasons Saturn has grown so rapidly the last few years."
They talked in front of his people directly without hesitation. Liu Mengqi was very uneasy, he cleared his throat twice with a loud voice then asked them all to be quiet.
"Thank you for your attention. Together with this reception, the annual auction of Saturn's business union officially begins."
"First item ...."
The first item was five-year-old ground ginseng. Opened at the price of five thousand gold coins, several auction participants immediately fought over it and the price quickly rose.
At the end of the ground ginseng it fell into the hands of an old man from the first level seat.
Auction continues. Some goods are removed and always become a snatch. Yet until this tenth item, not a single one had managed to attract Zhang Yu's attention. He was silent on his seat while waiting for his black orchid flower to appear in front of everyone.
"This is the eleventh item. Sword scales snake hell, including top grade artifacts." Together with Liu Mengqi's sentence, the two people rose to the top carrying when it contained the sword in question. The silver-colored sword blade was slightly reddish with the black sword sheath that looked extremely gallant. No one is not captivated by its charm.
"Sword like this is all I need. How much?"
"I've waited a long time for moments like this. Let's fight the price!"
Seeing the impatience of the auction participants, Liu Mengqi was very satisfied. He immediately opened the auction so that participants could issue bids.
"The initial price was one hundred thousand gold coins. Each increase should not be less than a thousand. Please dear ladies and gentlemen!"
New also begins the voices continue to unpretentious from the second and third level seats.
"One hundred and ten thousand!"
"One hundred and fifteen thousand!"
Quickly the price had already touched one hundred and fifty thousand. Some participants who had been insistent began to hesitate to raise the price. There are only a few left but they don't seem to want to budge each other.
At this moment the voice bid from the third level seat, the Yan Clan. "One hundred and sixty thousand!"
Yan Xue, he raised his hand while opening the price. He glanced right, left and down like telling everyone if the one bidding was him, Yan Xue, the young master of the Yan Clan.
Of course, when people realized who was aiming for the sword of the snake scales of hell, one by one retreated without coercion. In an instant the atmosphere became quiet and silent due to the absence of an offer.
"Miss Liu, isn't it time to certify the winner?" yan Xue said with a fluffy smile.
Liu Mengqi glanced at some places waiting for an offer from the other direction. He hoped that someone would bid, but there were no more guests in the third level seating who wanted the sword scales of the hell snake. As for the guest on the second level seat he was not very hopeful as he obviously did not have the courage to oppose the Yan Clan.
"alright. Since no one bids, the sword scales of the serpent of hell belong ...."
"One hundred and sixty-five thousand!"
Just before it was passed there was an offer from the second level seat. Instantly everyone stared at him, not least Yan Xue and the guests who were on the third level seats.
"Damn! Why is he here?!" Yan Xiu spontaneously held his face that was still in pain. He gritted his teeth and then came back out with an offer.
"One hundred and seventy thousand!"
Zhang Yu was very calm, along with raising the price anyway. "One hundred and seventy-five thousand!"
Everyone was getting curious as to who this young man was. So brave of challenging the Yan Clan.
In the place of the two noble families, Tong Ziyan stared elaborately. He did not know why Zhang Yu insisted on obtaining the sword. Was it because of his sword, or because his opponent was Yan Xue?
The dragon god also had no idea what Zhang Yu's intention was to do this. "Did you deliberately raise the price to provoke him?"
Zhang Yu said nothing. After Yan Xue again raised the price to one hundred and eighty she gave up on fighting.
The dragon god narrowed his eyes, "What exactly is this brat planning?"