When Wu Meiniang saw no one around, she whispered, "Master Li is the young master's friend, so the little girl won't hide anything."
"Actually, the profits of this auction house are not that exaggerated. According to Young Master's expectation, the real power of this auction house will only be revealed after the Tang Dynasty opens up its sea trade routes."
"However, at present, because the commodity economy is not yet developed and the market trend is not strong, the benefits are not very strong. The reason why such a large profit can be made is because the young master cleverly added elites and made good use of them, so that we can achieve what we are today.
Results!"
"oh?!"
"As expected..."
Li Er, Wei Zheng and others looked at each other and suddenly woke up.
There are indeed more articles here, and they are not as bland as Li Sheng said.
Everyone turned back to look at Wu Meiniang and motioned for her to continue.
Wu Meiniang continued, "When the auction house was founded, the first priority was not to make immediate profits, but to accumulate popularity."
"If we want to create an impression on the rich and powerful families in the surrounding states and counties, those who want treasures can just go to the place and search widely without any trouble!"
"At the same time, before this can be achieved, the first thing... is the auction house itself. It has to find enough treasures and rare items on its own to attract attention and gain such a name. At the same time, the business is not prosperous in the early days.
Next, earn working capital and even make a profit.”
"In order to achieve this goal, the young master developed a clock..."
"Desktop clock?"
"Clock? What is this?"
Li Er and others looked at each other.
What Wu Meiniang said, this logic...
They did understand.
Combined with the business model mentioned by Li Sheng and Wu Meiniang just now,
Indeed, you need to first look for rare items to sell and build up the popularity of the shop.
In this next step, customers can come to consign treasures and consign treasures at the auction house, allowing the auction house to make profits.
But the problem is, having said that, this auction house, the first step...
The difficulty is as you can imagine.
If rare treasures are so easy to obtain, then it would be too easy to open an auction house, so everyone can make some money.
The reason why this has not happened in China since ancient times is because it is not easy to find this rare thing.
And now...
Li Sheng's auction house has obviously been opened, and the first step has basically been achieved.
Looking at it this way...
This strange thing that Li Sheng came up with must be very powerful.
Not only is there enough topic to spread all over the world, but it is also extremely valuable and can make a lot of money.
Even if this auction house is not opened in the future and sold in ordinary shops, this rare item will definitely be very profitable.
So speaking of this...
Here comes the problem.
What on earth is this clock that can have such magical effects?
So then...
After being questioned by Li Er and others, Wu Meiniang had nothing to be cautious about now, so she directly introduced the clock to everyone.
Li Er and others listened and were very confused at first.
Whether it's him, Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling...etc.
I don’t understand how a timing tool can be so expensive...
Can anyone really buy this thing?
but.
After Wu Meiniang finished talking about the basic functions, she also talked about the internal structure of the clock and its accuracy...
Wait for the magic to happen.
Li Er, Wei Zheng...this group of people couldn't help but be stunned.
The timing is precise, down to the millimeter.
Even the heartbeat and the speed of the pulse can be measured clearly through this clock!
Li Er and others were stunned when they heard something so incredibly accurate.
I originally thought about how useful a timer would be.
But to this degree of accuracy...
Although I still can't think of any great use for this thing.
But be it Li Er or Wei Zheng.
During the long year of harvesting wool, they often listened to Li Sheng's lectures...
And Li Sheng made it very clear.
All elite talents come from meticulousness.
As long as you are careful enough, you can do tricks in anything, and no one can beat you.
Correspondingly, the same goes for items.
As long as you are careful enough, you will definitely be able to create something good——
Excellent quality steel, powerful crossbow...
All this stems from the meticulous craftsmanship.
So……
Li Sheng relied on industrialization ideas to create these things.
As for industrialization, compared with ordinary workshops, one is that efficiency is improved...
Second, with the improvement of efficiency, the masters have time to think about the craftsmanship, make the work more and more precise, and even come up with all kinds of tricks.
This is also a kind of meticulousness!
And now, this clock...
Even if they can't imagine how valuable this thing is at the moment.
But the time calculation can be so accurate that you can even distinguish the speed of your heartbeat and pulse.
This is simply not comparable to ordinary sundials, hourglasses, etc.
This thing...
Definitely an artifact!
And the key point is this thing...
Although Li Er, Wei Zheng and others knew the huge value of this thing.
But most people don’t have this knowledge.
But that's not important.
The important thing is...
This kind of precision, even if we don't talk about the wide application value and use value.
But the precision itself gives people a strong shock.
Since ancient times, China has had a culture of pursuing excellence.
Confucius once said, "You never tire of fine food, and you never tire of delicate food."
And how do common people, scholars... describe everything?
Elite soldiers, fine food...
Things that contain wisdom and hard work can attract people's instinctive pursuit.
This is a thought habit accumulated in the long history since the birth of mankind with manufacturing tools as the dividing line.
Now this clock is so precise.
Then you can imagine how much shock the existence of this thing can cause among the wealthy families in the world.
Such a sharp thing can be sold at a high price, and can even raise funds for the entire shipbuilding industrial zone...
It’s not hard to imagine!
Finally understanding this, Li Er and others were even more shocked.
They all immediately became excited,
"Then... then, um, little girl... can you take me to see this clock?"
The more Li Er thought about it, the more awesome he thought this thing was.
Even I can't help but be attracted by its magic, and always want to build one!
I really want to take this thing apart and take a look...
According to what Wu Meiniang said, this clock is made from the principle of the 'Qi Lun Ji' installed on ships. And this 'Qi Lun Ji' has the miraculous ability to allow large ships to sail without wind...
How could Li Er withstand this? I was so curious.
However, when he mentioned it, Wu Meiniang felt a little embarrassed and said,
"Uh... Mr. Li, our auction house has regulations for this thing. It cannot be made public to the public except during exhibition and auction times, unless..."