Douluo Dalu System - Chapter 50
The amount that Tang San had mentioned caused the appraiser to have a shock, this amount was enough to set up an entire auction for this person alone people would then have to worry about having enough cash to buy these pills.
“You see, I am here on a business proposal to the auction house, I would soon have to go away for a while and selling these pills in only one auction might bring me a loss so if you can sell these pills in batches across various auction locations you have through the empire then my friend here would come back after 4 months to collect the amount you would have to give us with your share increased to 25% instead of the usual 10% and you would only have to tell them one thing when you sell these pills, The Tang Sect is the manufacturer of these pills”
“Twen-Twenty Five Percent!!!, Sir are you really proposing this??”
The appraiser was shocked at this offer, all they had to do was sell these pills in various auction houses under their control and they could get slightly more than double of what they would earn from normally selling these pills and in exchange, they would only have to advertise for the Tang Sect.
“S-Sir can you wait for a while, I will bring you a few people from management to discuss your offer, meanwhile please enjoy the company of our auction house”
Saying that he took the few bottles kept on the table along with the weapon for appraisal, after he left the attendees in the room came to serve Tang San and Ma Hongjin, since Tang San refused they were a little disappointed but when they saw that Ma Hongjin was taking full advantage of the situation all of them flocked towards him hoping to get something.
Tang San then passed a couple of skin whitening and beautification pills to Ma Hongjin who accepted with a big smile on his face and started to distribute it to the few attendees.
After waiting for a while two old men came in from the same door from which the appraiser had gone out from, they wore simple looking clothes and one might even mistake them as assistants or clerks of the auction house but when Tang San felt the pressure emitting from them he became slightly alert – Spirit Saint
Even Ma Hongjin who was enjoying his time with the girls became serious after these two men came into the room, the girls seeing that the people from management had come slowly made their way out.
“Hello, Mister…”
“Tang, Tang San”
“I see, Mister San, we have our people verify all your pills and we’ve also heard about the offer you’ve given us, to be honest, we’re quite tempted to accept this offer but we want to know who are the people behind you??”
“Haha, since when did the Heaven Dou Auction House care about where people are from??”
“We still don’t but your situation is unique, if you are someone from the Star Lou Empire then I’m afraid I cannot accept your offer but I can surely allow your item to be placed onto the auction. You see currently we are at a tense situation due to the Continental Advance Spirit Tournament which is soon to happen”
“I can assure you, I’m not from the Star Lou Empire but you shouldn’t discriminate against people like that, I have a couple of friends who are from the Star Lou Continent and if I had brought them here with me then I would have to end our deal along with not selling my items in this auction itself”
“… We are extremely sorry for that and we will surely take care in the future that such a thing does not happen again, as an apology how about we do not charge you any fees for this auction?? We have two items today in our auction which I believe you would surely like and if you are interested the Heaven Dou Auction will pay half the money you spend in today’s auction”
Hearing such generous terms Tang San naturally accepted, he knew how to deal with people from higher positions to get them to do what you need, in his first life there were no shortage of people who wanted to monopolize his healing skills so he was able to learn how to effectively deal with those type of people.
Hearing their conditions Hongjin was truly impressed by his brother, though he looks silent he was still dangerous if messed with, he knew that the Heaven Dou Auction had to pay big today due to belittling Star Lou Empire, since it was Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s home, though he didn’t know why they had come to Heaven Dou since they insulted their friends hometown they wouldn’t be left off so easily.
“Well Mister San, it seems that all the pills have been appraised and their effects are exactly like you’ve told us, we agree to the previously told proposal and we’ll sell 1/10th of the pills of each bottle in today’s auction is that acceptable to you??”
“Yes that’s fine with me and please don’t forget to advertise the Tang Sect today as well, I’ve marked each bottle with the Tang Symbol along with the alchemist’s mark a Black Eye”
After discussing with the management of the auction about the specifics Tang San left the room with Ma Hongjin and was given a VIP room but he declined and went to the commoner’s area with a 10,000,000 deposit card. This was all the money he had left, he had recently spent a lot to buy herbs and other materials from the system, he had gone as far as to buy another Beautiful Silk Tulip from the system for Ning Fenghzi.
He had to go all out this time to impress him, though he wasn’t sure how it would turn out since he had already changed a lot from the actual story, he knew that there would even be a change in the auction as the guy from management said that there would be two items which are highly anticipated from today’s auction. According to the actual story there should have been only one item or to be more specific one person who was going to be sold as a slave today, he naturally wanted to free her and let her reunite with her family so he participated in today’s auction.
But since there were two ‘items’ he had to look out for he wasn’t sure how the story had developed, maybe even the mother was kidnapped or maybe there would be another slave being sold, a lot of scenarios popped up into Tang San’s mind but when the second ‘item’ would be revealed later on he would come to know what being terrifyingly shocked meant.