Chapter 78: Deal of Two Thousand Silver Taels
Chapter 78: Deal of Two Thousand Silver Taels
The blank and confused look that Xiang Ling received from the girl made her realize her mistake immediately. How could a normal servant know about such an important and secret matter?
Fortunately, someone else was closely paying attention to her ever since she first asked about seeing the manager, and overheard when she mentioned the upcoming auction. The news of the auction was kept as secretive as possible for the time being and only the higher-ups or the VIPs of Lingshan Hall knew about it for the time being.
"This... I think you are at the wrong place-"
"Susu."
A woman, clad in a bright red dress, walked up to where Xiang Ling and the servant girl, Susu, were standing and spoke to the latter. "Go and help Ruan arrange the new stock of medicines in the storage. I will take care of the customer over here."
"Yes, Madam Sheng." The girl didn’t hesitate even for a second and immediately took her leave with a polite bow to both the women.
Xiang Ling kept her gaze neutral as she turned to face Madam Sheng. There was an aura surrounding this middle-aged woman that made Xiang Ling believe she (Madam Sheng) knew about the secrets of the Lingshan Hall.
"Young Lady, please forgive that child for her lack of manners. I will take you to meet the manager. Please follow me." Madam Sheng spoke sweetly before she started walking in the direction of the staircase. Xiang Ling followed behind and after a few minutes, she was led into a private room by the woman.
"Manager Wu, this young lady here wants to talk to you about the upcoming auction." Madam Sheng informed the old man who was busy reading a scroll. His eyes immediately shot up and looked at Xiang Ling in silence. A moment later, he nodded toward Madam Sheng who took her leave and left the room.
"Please have a seat." Manager Wu offered politely and Xiang Ling settled down on one of the chairs. She remained silent and waited for the old man to speak first. Just by looking at him, she could sense that he was no average shop manager.
"This lady... "
"Bai Lu." Xiang Ling provided the manager with the name of Rain Immortal that she was able to recall the moment she tried to think of a fake name.
"... Miss Bai, what do you want to talk about?" Manager Wu asked while he kept his expressions neutral and observed Xiang Ling closely.
Instead of replying with words, Xiang Ling took out the porcelain bottle of spiritual pills and placed it on the wooden table sitting between her and Manager Wu.
The man looked at the bottle in confusion for a moment before he turned his questioning gaze toward Xiang Ling. "Miss Bai, this is-?"
"Please take a look at what’s inside." Xiang Ling said and watched as the man opened the bottle and took a peek inside. What he saw were pills filled to the top. He brought the bottle close to his nose and tried to smell the pills. The moment his nose registered the smell of the pills, his eyes went wide in shock.
Xiang Ling watched in amusement as the man quickly took out a pill to examine it. He used every means possible to make sure that he wasn’t being deceived and only after he had made sure that the pills were real ones, he looked up at Xiang Ling with excitement-filled eyes.
"Miss Bai, these are level two Golden Miracle Pills!" Manager Wu was unable to hold back his excitement. Even though he sometimes made dealings of spiritual herbs for their main branch and their business with the cultivation sects, he never had a chance to witness a level two pill, let alone an entire jar of such rare pills.
"Manager Wu, what is the market price of one Golden Miracle Pill?" Xiang Ling asked and her words gave the old man a little pause for a moment. After a moment, he finally answered, "Every level one spiritual pill costs over fifty silver taels. Since this is a level two spiritual pill, it costs more than a hundred silver taels. While level three pills cost over five hundred silver taels."
Five hundred? Xiang Ling suddenly found herself regretting. She should have gone for level three pills if she knew that even one single pill would bring so much money.
"One pill for a hundred silver taels." Xiang Ling repeated as she did the calculation in her head. "There are a total of ten pills in there, all level two. So, this entire bottle is worth a thousand silver taels. But when put in an auction, how much money can it bring?"
Manager Wu looked surprised at her question but it only made him realize that she was not immature when it came to the marketing tactics. Even though the ten pills were worth only a thousand silver taels, they could cost over ten thousand taels or so when auctioned together. It was not easy to find these many level two pills and if anyone decided to buy them, they would be eager to pay way higher than the market price of the pills.
After a long moment of silence, Manger Wu finally answered, "This bottle of pills can be easily auctioned for an average of ten thousand silver taels."
A smile bloomed on Xiang Ling’s lips that were hidden under the veil. Letting out a small sigh, she spoke, "Well then, I want to sell this bottle of pills to you in two thousand silver taels."
"Two thousand?" Manager Wu was left shocked by her proposal. "Miss Bai, are you sure?"
"I am sure, Manager Wu. I want only two thousand silver taels." Xiang Ling replied and Manager Wu immediately agreed. "Sure, sure. It’s a deal then."
"There’s one more thing I want to ask." Xiang Ling’s words froze Manager Wu who was about to bring out the money. "How often do your main branch conduct these auctions?"
A beat later, Manager Wu replied, "Every month."