In the office, Tracy's face was frosty and her eyes were evil, glaring angrily at a short, fat old man with a big hook nose on the sofa. △↗
"In three days, the auction will begin," Tracy gritted her teeth and demanded, "Now that you are telling me that you want to withdraw the auction items, aren't you deliberately trying to undermine me? You know, this batch of medicines of yours
, we are promoting it as the finale, and the words have been released, how can we say that it won’t be sold if it doesn’t sell?”
The old man drooped his eyelids and looked at the black pharmacist robe on his body with a dull expression. His fingers were gently brushing the nine-star symbol on his chest, looking nonchalant. The others next to him were wearing low-level and mid-level pharmacist robes.
The young man looked at Tracy with a frivolous and sarcastic look.
It seemed that they didn't even need to answer Tracy's question.
At this time, a middle-aged man sitting next to the old man frowned slightly and scolded: "Miss Tracy, Mr. Sander is a top nine-star alchemy master. His status is valuable and respected. You'd better be careful what you say."
Be polite, be polite, otherwise..."
As he spoke, he sneered, looked at Tracy with contempt, shook his head, omitted the next words, and said: "... Now I can also remind you that if Mr. Sander is promoted to God in a few years,
Carpenter, huh, just by what you said, you are bringing yourself into trouble!"
Tracy almost broke her teeth.
The short, fat old man on the sofa is named Sander. He is sixty-six years old and is a nine-star alchemy master. The young pharmacists next to him are all his disciples. And the middle-aged man who is speaking is a god.
The senior director of the Craftsman Hall is named Egeman.
The Golden Skull Chamber of Commerce and the Divine Craftsman Hall are two different organizations. Most of the time, there is no conflict between the two parties. However, there is some overlap in some areas. This also means competition.
Sander is an independent alchemist. Although he has not yet been promoted to a master craftsman, he has a very high reputation and status in the southern part of the empire with several unique secret alchemy recipes. Many business groups, chaebols and even noble families are vying for it.
Good friends.
Especially in the past year, the nine-star earth-tempering body-tempering pill refined by Sander has become even more difficult to find. Almost as soon as it was released, it was sold out.
This body-tempering elixir is of great benefit to physical training. Not only can it strengthen qi and blood, making bones stronger and muscles tougher and stronger, but it can also widen the meridians, making the source of power run smoother and faster. At the same time,
, and has healing effects.
When Roy was injured due to a misunderstanding with the dark camp instructor, the seven-star Wu Luo Body Tempering Pill that Steve gave him created an opportunity for his breakthrough. And the nine-star Earth Luo Body Tempering Pill was given to him by Steve.
The elixir, both in terms of the rareness of the material and its medicinal power, far exceeds the Seven Star Wuluo Body Tempering Dan.
Speaking of which, Tracy has known Xander for several years.
Even though Sander has become a big shot now, he was in a very poor state back then. Not to mention his own secret recipe, he couldn't even make elixirs that many pharmacists at the same level could make.
Any outstanding pharmacist has accumulated money.
A secret formula may cost tens or even millions of gold. However, the formula alone is not enough. It also requires a lot of practical practice to master the heat of the elixir and refine high-quality elixirs.
Otherwise, it is very likely that even the cost of materials will not be recovered.
But practice also requires materials. Common elixirs are fine, as well as high-level elixirs. The materials alone require millions or even tens of millions of gold langs. Many materials are still expensive but not marketable, so take them
Money can't buy it either.
At that time, Sander could only refine some low-grade mainland products. Because he had no formula and no money, his life was tight, and his progress in refining medicines was stagnant.
Later, one time, Sander went to the Golden Skull Auction House to sell elixirs, and happened to see Tracy taking an order. At his request, Tracy gave him the order. Not only was it ready for him
He obtained the materials and at the same time sold him two popular elixir formulas at extremely low prices.
It was precisely because of Tracy's help that Sander got out of the predicament and got on the right track step by step. Today.
However, Sander is obviously not a person who repays kindness.
After becoming famous, Sander began to become arrogant. Not only did he speak arrogantly to other people, but he also looked arrogant to Tracy. At this time, there were many sycophants around him, and among these people
Under the flattery, his character became more and more arrogant.
This time, it was the mid-year auction of the Golden Skull Auction House in June. Originally, Tracy had made an appointment with Sander to use his bottle of Diluo Body Tempering Pill as the finale of the elixir category for publicity.
This is also explained in the article. Many guests attending the auction even came here to stare at this bottle of medicine.
Unexpectedly, seeing that the auction was about to start in three days, Sander suddenly changed his mind and asked Tracy to cancel the auction of the Earth Tempering Body Pill.
You don’t need to ask Tracy to know that Egeman from the Divine Craftsman Hall was the one who encouraged Sander to make this decision.
After Sander became famous, Edgeman flew over like a fly that saw a rotten egg. He circled around Sander all day long, wearing top hats one after another and flattering him comfortably, which made everyone feel comfortable.
Xander, who had seen a lot of the world, became his confidant, almost to the point of obeying his advice.
However, Edgeman and Tracy have a competitive relationship.
Golden Skull Auction House has a small-scale auction every week, a medium-sized auction every quarter, and a large-scale auction half a year and at the end of the year.
Auctions are the main business of the auction house. A successful auction is very important to the performance of the auction house. Just like this mid-year auction in June, Tracy has been preparing for a long time. Especially in the past few days
Lulian was at war for months, so it was difficult to collect the auction items, so a lot of effort was put into them.
The Shenjiang Hall will also hold auctions every once in a while. The items they auction are the works of professionals from various industries under the Shenjiang Hall, but the time is not fixed, and the categories and quality of the auction items are not fixed either.
Therefore, in terms of the impact and importance of the auction, it is far less than the Golden Skull Auction House.
Egyiman knew how much profit could be gained from a wide-reaching auction, and he had always wanted to change this situation.
Before this, Egeman had organized several auctions and fixed the auction time, but the results were not as good as those of the Golden Skull Auction House. When it comes to auctions, whether it is a seller or a buyer, the first thing that comes to mind is
It's always the Golden Skull Auction House.
After repeated defeats, Egeman knew that if he wanted to achieve his goal, he must defeat his opponent and remove the obstacle that was the Golden Skull Auction House.
In other words, defeat Tracy!
Two months ago, Egeman suddenly announced that the Divine Craftsman Hall would hold a very large-scale auction at the same time as the Golden Skull Auction House's mid-year auction.
When the news was announced, everyone thought Egeman was crazy. You know, it was the mid-year auction of the Golden Skull Auction House. Not only did it gather buyers from all over the southern part of the empire, but also countless precious and rare treasures and
Works of masters.
When Edgeman wanted to hold an auction, he just had to stagger the dates by a month or two. He actually chose to compete with the Golden Skull Auction House on the same day. Isn't this overestimating his capabilities?
However, everyone still underestimated Edgeman's ability and his insidiousness.
In the minds of many professionals, the Shenjiang Hall has a very high status. This is an organization that belongs to non-combat professionals like them, and it is their home.
By joining the Divine Craftsman Hall, they can not only get the protection of this huge organization, communicate with masters of the same profession, but also obtain materials, formulas, and various experience-enhancing mission opportunities that are not available outside.
Egeman took advantage of this to use coercion and inducement to the masters of various industries who were originally going to send their works to the Golden Skull Auction House.
In the past two months, at least more than twenty people who cooperated with the Golden Skull Auction House gave up on this mid-year auction due to various considerations and gave their works to Egyiman.
Coupled with the fact that some chaebols, business groups and mercenary groups who focused on immediate profits were attracted by the conditions offered by Egeman, more and more items were auctioned at the Shenjiangtang auction. Gradually, there were even more items that overwhelmed the Golden Skull Auction House in the middle of the year.
Auction trends.
This kind of competition is actually quite normal. Besides, Tracy has not been idle in the past two months. Although she is a little tired and has put in a lot of troubles. But with the good relationships with all parties over the years and the auction
Due to the good reputation of the dealer, we still found a lot of valuable and precious lots, and beat them head-on.
However, what Tracy never dreamed of was that at this last critical moment, Egeman would stab her in the back.
Sander's lot was confirmed repeatedly by Tracy. And every time, Sander's answer was yes.
In addition to the final bottle of the nine-star Earth Tempering Pill, there are also three bottles of the eight-star Peiyuan Pill and ten bottles of the seven-star Spirit Power Pill. These pills accounted for 10% of the auction items.
The weight of the auction is so heavy that no mistakes can be made. Once Sander withdraws from the auction, the auction will suffer an extremely heavy blow.
There are only three days left, where can Tracy find a lot of equal weight?
This is betrayal!
"Mr. Sander," Tracy suppressed the anger in her heart, ignored Egeman, and said to Sander, "You have been working with us for many years. You should know that we have never neglected you. We have never neglected your orders.
, all with the most favorable conditions, all kinds of materials are also open to supply, full support. If you cancel the auction now, it would be unavoidable..."
"What's wrong?" Sander raised his drooping eyelids and said arrogantly, "Could it be that because I don't cooperate with you, Miss Tracy, the Golden Skull Auction House is going to ban me?"
He looked around, and amid the joking laughter of Egeman and a group of disciples, he leisurely said: "To be honest with Miss Tracy, I have met with Elder Bratt of your auction house a few days ago.
We also chatted about this matter. He understood my difficulties and gave me a lot of suggestions."
As he spoke, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Just in time, I'm planning to go to the imperial capital to develop and learn more advanced knowledge of medicine refining. I can work more with Elder Brat in the future."
Tracy's heart sank to the cold bottom little by little.
Although they are both elders of the Golden Skull Auction House, she is only a newly promoted elder, and in the process of promotion, she inevitably squeezes out the quota of others, and is regarded as a roadblock blocking Qingyun's road.
In addition, she has been in Lulian during this period and has not had enough time to establish a good relationship with other elders of the auction house. Therefore, even Tracy herself knows very well that she can only
Consider a newcomer who has not yet established himself.
Originally, Tracy planned to make some achievements and use this as a foundation for her to establish herself, and slowly seek alliances in the Presbyterian Church in the future, but now it seems that some people in the Presbyterian Church already dislike her.
This Bratt, Tracy has heard of before, is the most arrogant and domineering person. He is very powerful in the Presbyterian Church. He has a large group of people gathered around him. This time he was promoted, and he blocked one of his cronies.
His plan to expand his voice in the Presbyterian Church failed, and he was also considered one of his potential enemies.
And since he said these words to Sander, it means that Sander can not worry about the background of the Golden Skull Chamber of Commerce behind him at all. Even if he ruins the mid-year auction this time, it will be detrimental to his future and the Golden Skull
The cooperation with the auction house has no impact at all.
However, this is not the worst.
At this moment, Li Fanxi hurriedly walked in. He whispered a few words in Tracy's ear anxiously. When Tracy heard this, her expression changed. On the other side, the faces of Egeman and others were astonishing.
Showing a proud smile.
Tracy walked to the window and took a look, and saw that the downstairs of the auction house was already filled with a dense crowd. Several guards and directors of the auction house were squeezed around. It was a chaotic scene. There were many people parked outside the crowd.
There was a carriage, and dozens of well-dressed nobles and gentlemen gathered beside the carriage, talking in low voices and watching indifferently.
Tracy felt her hands and feet were cold for a moment. She knew that among the people gathered downstairs of the auction house, there were not only sellers submitting bids, but also buyers who had signed up to bid.
Before coming to the auction house, Egeman and Sander had already let the news out. As soon as they heard that Sander was going to withdraw the auction, many buyers who came for the Diluo Body Tempering Pill rushed to the auction house to ask what happened.
.And those sellers who participated in the auction were even more anxious.
You know, the Shenjiangtang auction is held at the same time as the Golden Skull Auction House auction. If everyone else goes to the Shenjiangtang auction, then they still leave their treasures in the deserted auction venue of the Golden Skull Auction House.
Wouldn't that make you an idiot?
Standing in front of the window at this moment, Tracy seemed to be facing an overwhelming wave of frenzy. It seemed that the next second, she would be shot to pieces!
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Tracy quickly turned around and went downstairs.
"Come on, let's go see the excitement." Egeman said to Sander with a sinister smile. A group of people followed Tracy downstairs, chatting and laughing.
When they saw Tracy and Xander appearing in front of them, the crowd became quiet, and everyone's eyes wandered back and forth on the faces of Tracey and Xander, with complicated expressions.
"Miss Tracy," the crowd moved out of the way, and a silver-haired, well-dressed aristocratic old man came out and asked, "I heard that the Diluo Body Tempering Pill sent by Master Sander will be withdrawn.
Don’t know if it’s true or not?”
The old man's name was Mignolet. He was a highly respected count and the boss of a large business group. He had a very high reputation and influence in the business community in the southern part of the empire.
He has a small mercenary group, twelve caravans and shops all over the cities in the south. He has cooperated with the Golden Skull Chamber of Commerce for many years and is one of Tracy's most important customers. And this time, he not only sent
There are several precious auction items, and he is also a bidder for the Diluo Body Tempering Pill.
Mignolet's question was also the question of everyone present. For a moment, countless eyes focused on Tracy's face.
Standing next to Tracy, Li Fanxi's palms were already sweating. He could see Tracy's pale profile and her slightly trembling body.
The knives struck by Edgeman and Sander were so fast and hard that Tracy had no time to react.
In fact, even if a mid-year auction fails, it is not fatal to Tracy. But she has just joined the Presbyterian Church at this moment, and her footing is not stable. Everyone is waiting to see her joke. This fall
If I go down, I don’t know how long it will take to stand up in the future.
Moreover, there is no fear of competition in the shopping mall. Winning or losing a business war is originally a matter of individual ability. In a head-to-head competition, Tracy will not lose to anyone. But being stabbed by her opponent in a way that goes beyond the bottom line of the rules is a blow to the always proud and conceited person.
For her, it was unbearable.
At this moment, Li Fanxi had no idea how Tracy could handle such a situation. In his opinion, this was already a dead end!
In the silence, before Tracy could speak, Eggman's gloating voice had already broken the calm.
"Your Excellency," said Edgeman, "you are really well-informed. You must know that less than half a hour after Mr. Sand made the request to Miss Tracy to cancel the filming, you already knew it."
Egeman's words indirectly answered Mignolet's question.
The crowd suddenly burst into an uproar, and the faces of Mignolet and the surrounding nobles showed expressions of regret and pity. Everyone knew that this time, the mid-year auction of the Golden Skull Auction House was considered a failure. Such a fuss,
Including themselves, everyone will focus on the auction of Shenjiangtang.
No one wants to be at odds with their own interests. As for Tracy, she can only blame herself for her bad luck.
Seeing Tracy turn her gaze towards him, Egeman made an innocent look, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Did I say something wrong?"
With that said, he turned his head, no longer paying attention to Tracy, and walked towards Mignolet and others with Sander.
"Your Excellency," Egeman said with a smile, "if you have time, I would like to invite you to participate in the auction held by our Divine Artisan Hall. Master Sander has agreed to hand over the Earth Tempering Pill he refined to
We will auction it. I think that with your strength, you will definitely get what you want."
Mignolet nodded and was about to speak when suddenly, Tracy on the side said: "Your Excellency, please wait a moment."
Everyone looked at Tracy in surprise, and saw that although her face was pale, she still maintained an admirable calmness, and elegantly said to Mignolet: "I can confirm that Mr. Sander has sent him to be photographed. Dan Yao applied to cancel the filming, and we will respect Mr. Sander’s decision. However..."
She raised her chin slightly, glanced across the faces of Egeman and Sander, and said word by word: "If you wait for me for a while before making a decision, I think our Golden Skull Auction House Maybe it will give you an unexpected surprise.”
surprise?
Everyone looked at each other, even Li Fanxi looked surprised. No one understood that at this point, what chance did Tracy have to turn defeat into victory?
"I'll excuse you for a moment." After Tracy said that, she turned and walked into the auction house.
Looking at Tracy's back, Li Fanxi's heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly thought of a possibility! For a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up.
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