Chapter 57: The Flourishing Auction House

  Watching Grandpa being so fierce, Cheng Jin also had the guts to shout: "Chen Yunhao, quickly call Su Wen and inform him that we have come to discuss a big deal with him. As long as we complete this transaction, you will easily earn several million."

  Chen Yunhao heard this and couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart. Cheng Jin's intention was to use a few million to buy the Water Spirit Grass, even if he was willing, the person on the second floor would definitely not agree.

  Thinking of Su Wen, Chen Yunhao gained confidence and looked at Cheng Jindao: "The boss still has important things to attend to, I don't dare disturb him, you'd better come another time... Hey, what's wrong? Don't you want to leave? I'm telling you, never lay a hand on me, the boss's strength is plain for all to see. If you hit me, wait for the boss to find you!"

  Cheng Dafeng saw Chen Yunhao's intimidating appearance and really wanted to slap him to death, but thinking of Su Wen's ferocity, he decisively abandoned this idea.

  "Grandpa, what should we do?" Cheng Jin asked in a low voice.

  "Let's leave first, I'll contact Old Chu later. This Treasure Pavilion also has a share of Old Chu's, and Old Chu should be able to talk about it." Cheng Dafeng thought for a moment, mainly because he had no other way out now, and not seeing Su Wen was useless, just talking to Chen Yunhao wouldn't work.

  Cheng Jin nodded and snorted coldly: "Hmph, you'll be seeing more of this in the future."

  Chen Yunhao couldn't help but laugh: "You're just a roughneck, if we've got skills let's compare who does better on the exams, what's the point of comparing fists?"

  Su Wen watched as the father and son of the Cheng family left, then dialed a number.

  This number belongs to that old beggar. When Su Wen paid the old beggar last time, the old beggar insisted on Su Wen saving his number so they could continue doing business together in the future, it's really hilarious.

  The old beggar's mobile phone rang, and he looked at the incoming call display.

  God of Wealth!

  What a refreshing two words, he suddenly became spirited, grabbed his phone and said: "Su Xiao Ge, looking for Old Beggar for something?"

  Su Wen smiled slightly: "There's something, help me spread a message, the content of the message is... 100,000 yuan in hard work fees, how to allocate it specifically is your own business."

  The old beggar was overjoyed: "Great! Su Xiao Ge, don't worry, I'll definitely make it happen for you, and it will be a grand affair."

  Su Wen hung up the phone and revealed a sly smile. This time, he had thoroughly outmaneuvered Cheng Dafeng. Within less than a day, the two hundred beggars would spread the news throughout Jiangning, and soon everyone would know that Cheng Dafeng wanted to buy a treasure from Ju Bao Zhai. As for what the treasure was, Su Wen didn't reveal it.

  "This can only guarantee the popularity of Jibaozhai for a while, and then countless treasures are needed to fill Jibaozhai. My current life force has reached 2.4, and I can almost try to collect other heavenly materials and earthly treasures." Su Wen was very clear about what he had to do next.

  He was thinking, when his phone rang.

  The phone call was made by Chu Lao.

  "Mr. Chu, what's up? You called me?"

  "Su Wen, is Old Man Cheng going to buy something from our Treasure Pavilion? He actually called me personally. If it's not something very valuable, let's give him a discount! Consider it a favor to Old Man Cheng, and in the future, we can ask for his help when needed."

  "Chu Lao, this time it won't work."

  "What's wrong?"

  "This time, our goods are not ordinary, how can we easily sell them to Cheng Dafeng. I have my own plan, whether the Treasure Pavilion can turn over a new leaf depends on this time. In the future, we will gather all the treasures in the world, and this is just the beginning. To be honest, this time I took advantage of Cheng Dafeng, I will think of a way to make it up to him, Chu Lao, you don't have to worry about this matter."

  Chu Lao was slightly shocked, he had completely put aside the matter of Cheng Dafeng, compared to Cheng Dafeng, Chu Jiangshan hoped that Juba Zhai could rise again, this was also the reason why he didn't mind giving Juba Zhai to Su Wen.

  "Su Wen, are you confident?"

  "There's no 100% guarantee, but there's still a 70% chance."

  Chu Lao was overjoyed when he heard this.

  "Chu Lao, I will definitely restore the prosperity of Ju Bao Zhan." Su Wen made a promise, "Although Ju Bao Zhan is still very weak now, it will quickly become powerful in my hands. Let's first make it the best in Jiangning, then in Suzhou Province, and finally in the whole country, even the world."

  "I believe in you." Chu Lao felt Su Wen's passion and confidence.

  "Chu Lao, since it's like this, I also have some things to ask you." Su Wen began to execute his next step of the plan.

  "What's going on?" Chu Lao asked curiously.

  "Old Chu, what are some auction houses in Jiangning? Which one is the most famous?"

  Chu Lao heard Su Wen ask about the auction house and roughly knew what Su Wen was thinking.

  He thought for a moment and said, "There are several auction houses in Jiangning, but most of them are small-time players that can't be considered real auction houses. The only one that can truly be called an auction house is the Shengshi Auction House. It's not an exaggeration to say that Shengshi Auction House is also the top auction house in Asia, comparable to the top-tier auction houses in the West."

  "Prosperous Era Auction House?"

  "Not bad, it's this auction house. Shengshi Auction House has a history of several hundred years, and they have branches in some major provinces and cities. According to the rules of Shengshi Auction House, each branch holds an auction once a month, with a total of twelve auctions per year, among which the one at the end of the year is the most grand. At the same time, the headquarters of Shengshi Auction House also holds auctions, but only once every three months. This way, the headquarters will hold about six auctions per year, including two irregular ones."

  Su Wen was slightly shocked, able to make an auction house that has a presence in every province and city, it can be seen how terrifying the Sheng Shi Auction House is. Not to mention anything else, this auction house must have gained unimaginable benefits, not to mention just the commission alone.

  "Chu Lao, if we were to auction our items at the Sheng Shi Auction House, wouldn't it cause a great stir for the reputation of Jibao Pawnshop?" Su Wen asked bluntly.

  "If our stuff can enter the eyes of Shengshi Auction House, it's hard to think that we won't be famous." Chu Lao took a deep breath. "Su Wen, you may not know, generally speaking, auction items are difficult to enter the eyes of Shengshi Auction House, and those antiques are even more so. Shengshi Auction House doesn't consider antiques as treasures at all. Sometimes we think that an antique is worth tens of millions, but when it's put up for auction at Shengshi, it might not sell at all. Antiques have too much speculation, but real treasures can easily be sold for hundreds of millions or even billions at Shengshi Auction House."

  "Tens of billions? Hundreds of billions?" Su Wen was shocked beyond measure.

  "Every month before the auction, Shengshi Auction House will collect auction items from the wealthy and influential families, celebrities and dignitaries in the province. If a treasure is selected, it and its provider will be included in the monthly special issue of Shengshi Auction House. You probably don't know about this special issue either, but I can tell you that it's not an ordinary publication. Ordinary people haven't even heard of it, only those from high society have the qualifications to subscribe to it." Chu Lao's tone was serious, absolutely not joking.

  "It's really terrifying, this auction house has completely divided the upper class. " Su Wen was shocked, "Many people must be proud to get the journal of the auction house, it's already a symbol of status."

  "Not bad, it's like this." Chu Lao thought for a moment.

  "Chu Lao, have we auctioned anything at Sheng Shi Auction House before?"

  "None, not even one." Chu Lao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

  "This..."

  "We only have valuable things like antiques. Once, I took a snuff bottle worth nearly 10 million to auction, but unfortunately, it was directly brushed down. Not just us, other antique shops are the same. Antiques worth less than 10 million have no market at all in Shengshi Auction House, and it's hard to get a high price, not to mention wasting the auction quota. Shengshi Auction House only auctions 30-50 items each time, and the competition for bidding is very fierce."

  Su Wen was completely at a loss for words, this auction house is really outrageous.

  Of course.

  Antiques can also be auctioned off at Sotheby's, it's just that every antique auctioned off at Sotheby's is a fine piece.

  But the more this is the case, the more Su Wen wants to put the treasures of Ju Bao Zhai up for auction at Sheng Shi Auction House. Once the name of Ju Bao Zhai appears in the catalog of Sheng Shi Auction House, that name will never be erased again. Su Wen really isn't afraid of not being able to find any more treasures.