Seeing that the young master wanted to entertain him personally, Manager Zhang quickly stood up and gave up his seat. After Lu Jinghuai sat down opposite Li Tianyan, his eyes fell on the pill bottle between the two of them, “I don’t know that Pharmacist Li is going to auction a few medicinal pills here. What’s the price and how much do you have?”
Seeing how interested he was, Li Tianyan simply took out the remaining ones and said, “There are six in total here. I want to auction them separately, with a starting price of 300,000 for each.”
“Yes, but according to the rules of our trading store, once the goods sent for auction are successfully auctioned, no matter how much the price is, you cannot go back on it. Our Lu Qi Trading Store will charge 25% of the final amount as the auction fee,” Lu Jinghuai said to Li Tianyan.
Hearing the 25 percent, Cheng Qi quietly counted on his fingers and found that 300,000 taels equaled 75,000 taels. He suddenly felt that the man in front of him was a profiteer.
Li Tianyan accepted it calmly, “Of course, I will follow the rules.”
“This Lu has another unkind request.” Lu Jinghuai glanced at Li Tianyan and then said, “Can one of these six pills be sold directly? For this Lu, I will calculate it based on the average price of the other five pills after the auction, and I can also waive the cost of the auction. What do you think, Pharmacist Li?”
“Okay.” Li Tianyan agreed, as Lu Jinghuai said this to express goodwill, and Li Tianyan naturally had no reason to refuse.
After finalizing the price, they signed a contract. Lu Jinghuai handed him one of the contracts and a black card for the auction, “Pharmacist Li only needs to show this black card to enter the private room of the auction, and he can also get the auction price worth one million.”
“Thank you.” After getting the items, Li Tianyan didn’t intend to stay longer. He stood up to say goodbye and left with Cheng Qi.
At Lu Jinghuai’s instruction, Manager Zhang personally escorted the two of them downstairs. Only when he was the only one left in the cabinet did Lu Jinghuai reached out and grabbed the bottle on the table, unconsciously rubbing it with his thumb a few times.
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A rough middle-aged man walked in from the outside. When he saw the things in Lu Jinghuai’s hand, he couldn’t hide his worry and said, “I think this battle for the aristocratic families in Yuncheng is not simple. There must be something fishy in it. Huai’er, why don’t we not participate?”
It turned out that this person was Lu Fengyuan, the owner of Lu Qi Trading Store, but his appearance was completely opposite to that of the gentle and handsome Lu Jinghuai. Lu Fengyuan looked like a martial artist, nothing like a businessman.
“I know.” Lu Jinghuai naturally noticed something unusual, but Lu Qi Trading Store had always only been engaged in business. Without a fixed industry, it would be difficult to establish a foothold in Yuncheng, and the Lu family would not be able to rank among the aristocratic families. This time, it was a rare opportunity, and he didn’t want to give it up.
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Li Tianyan, who had already reached the second floor of the store building, suddenly stopped for a moment before continuing to walk downstairs as if nothing had happened.
“If Pharmacist Li needs anything, you can come to our store more often. With the black card just now, you can enjoy a 50% discount at any Lu Qi Trading Store.” Manager Zhang sent the person downstairs, saying something diligently again.
“Thank you, steward, for your help.” Li Tianyan smiled and thanked the steward.
Lu Qi Trading Store had a wide range of business, with branches in many places outside of Yuncheng. This black card was of some use.
The waitress who had just received the two people was surprised when he saw that the manager was sending them away in person, “Manager Zhang, aren’t they from Jincheng?”
In his impression, Jincheng was a group of country bumpkins, and these two people didn’t seem to have anything special about them, so why would Manager Zhang pay so much attention to them?
“Humph, let’s brighten up your eyes from now on.” Manager Zhang did not identify Li Tianyan to her; he just gave a warning to the waitress and turned around to go upstairs.
After coming out of Lu Qi Trading Store, Li Tianyan was not in a hurry to go back. Instead, he took Cheng Qi to a teahouse, found a seat by the window to rest, and ordered tea and a few plates of snacks.
Waiting until the teahouse waiter who greeted them left, Cheng Qi quietly walked up to Li Tianyan and whispered in his ear, “Young master, that person just said there was something fishy about this battle. Do you know what’s going on?”
“How would I know,” Li Tianyan said in a dumbfounded voice. Could it be that Cheng Qi really thought he was a fortune teller.
However, the rule itself was very strange to allow the children of aristocratic families under the age of twenty-five to decide the ownership of a mine. After all, a mine was enough to change the fate of a family.
Hearing that Li Tianyan said he didn’t know, Cheng Qi stopped worrying about in his head. He held his chin with both hands and looked out the window at the vendors selling things and the pedestrians coming and going.
“The winner of this battle must be chosen from those nine powerful families in Yuncheng. The others have no chance of winning at all. It is just those whimsical people in Jincheng who want to get a share of the pie without even being able to produce anything decent.”
“They overestimate their own abilities, but they are asking for trouble themselves. They deserve to be punished by others when the time comes.”
“Who do you think has the best chance of winning first place this time.”
“The Shang family Fourth Young Master, Shang Ruifeng has superb marksmanship and is at the peak of the acquired ninth level. He has already passed through the Yunpeng Secret Realm several times before, so he should be the most likely to win.”
“Lu Jinghuai from Lu Qi Trading Store is also pretty good.”
“I think although Hou Fengjun, the eldest son of the Hou family, is in the early stage of the ninth level, he is likely to be the dark horse this time.”
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“Do you think Second Young Master Zhao can be in the top three?”
“Second Young Master Zhao is only at the seventh level. It was really hard for him this time. I just begged him not to get hurt.”
“It would be great if Lu Jinghuai could win this time.”
“If he wins, will you marry him?”
“Don’t talk nonsense, I just think he should be able to win due to his strength.”
The voices on the street in the tea house came to his ears continuously. As expected, many people were talking about this battle, and Li Tianyan heard the most. They all felt sorry for the eldest young master of the Zhao family.
It turned out that Zhao Ruoting was just over twenty-five this year and had no chance to participate in the competition. Zhao Ruoting, who was already in the acquired ninth level last year, would definitely have a place in the competition if he could participate.
Now the Zhao family could only rely on Second Young Master Zhao, but Zhao Ruoming’s appearance was one of the best, but his strength was far inferior to his eldest brother. Now he was only a seventh-level warrior, and the Zhao family was probably hopeless this time.
“Young master, if you also participate, you will definitely get the first place.” Cheng Qi heard everyone talking, turned around, and said to Li Tianyan with a smile.