Chapter 1491 Xin Zijuan’s identity symbol and strength coordinate
Jia Qiang suddenly became busy during this time.
It’s not that he is not busy at ordinary times, but he is too busy these days.
There are only twenty-two private rooms on the second floor, eight, six, and eight for A, B, and C respectively, forming a semi-arc shape. The first floor is the lobby.
The problem is that this time, except for the six private rooms left by Uncle Feng as a greeting, the remaining private rooms are far from enough.
Countless people came to book a private room, but the few Jia Qiang who did not think it was a big deal because the private room was expensive, more than five times more expensive than when they usually went to the theater, from less than twenty taels of silver to one hundred taels. Silver, and it's only one time, because it is said that this sale may last three to four rounds, including antique calligraphy and paintings, rare jewelry, farm shops, and other miscellaneous items.
This private room alone can cost a few thousand, and the key is that demand exceeds supply, making Jia Qiang afraid to take on this kind of business.
Nothing else, they are all here for this sales conference.
The rumors from the outside world are too mysterious. It is said that there are hundreds of people involved in the Jingtong Ercang case. In the past twenty years, the outgoing ambassador, deputy ambassador and officials below Jingtong Ercang have colluded with various grain merchants. Everyone ate a lot of money. Not only did they replace the food of the border town sergeants with inferior rice and wheat, but they also tampered with it every year when they replaced the old food with new ones. Not only did they fail to replace it with new ones, but they also replaced it with the latest The poor Chen Liang was still generous in quantity, and in the end it simply developed into outright greed.
No wonder the four towns in the northwest are frequently in trouble. The big reason here is that the officials from Jingtong Ercang are causing trouble. Their big-headed soldiers are working for the court at the border, but they often go hungry, or they can only eat even dogs. Do you think there is any natural reason for people not to make trouble with all kinds of low-quality rice and wheat mixed with dirt, gravel, and insect excrement that they won’t eat?
Twenty years, how much corruption have these officials and grain merchants done? Some said three million taels, some said five million taels, and some said tens of millions of taels. Some even directly said that the house of a certain official was paved with gold and jade, and the furnishings were more luxurious and extravagant than the palace. There are no oil lamps or candles in the house, only luminous pearls... Even the people below are wearing furs and silks, which are better than ordinary masters.
In the end, this kind of rumor got out of hand. Almost everyone in the capital city did not talk about it, no one knew about it, and no one thought about it.
Not only "Today's News" often publishes this kind of gossip, but tabloids such as "Northland Business Daily", "Beijing Daily" and other tabloids even start to brainstorm some of the details here and derive various stories about what is wrong with this coral. Well, it was presented by the King of Ryukyu. That luminous pearl was gifted to the famous brothel prostitute by Prince Sulu with a huge sum of money...
All in all, many treasures and antiques that were not surprising at first began to have a fantasy color after adding a legendary story of joys and sorrows. Many servants of Rongguo Mansion and Feng Mansion had to use various channels to find out the truth. Feng Ziying is so fake that she can’t even laugh or cry.
Of course, there was his instruction here, but reaching this state was still unexpected.
He originally thought that a somewhat vulgar method like auction might only attract some middle- and lower-class merchants, or some nouveau riche. People like Dongting merchants, Longyou merchants, Yangzhou salt merchants, and Hui merchants might not be willing to participate. This kind of sales event, so when I sent out invitations, I didn't expect too much. I just thought it would be good to have one or two representatives to support me.
Who would have thought that as soon as the invitation was sent out, it would be so popular that salt merchants from Dongting, Longyou, and Yangzhou were very interested. At first, one family sent two or three invitations, but later they had to increase the number to seven or eight. Invitations are still in short supply, but the capacity of this private room is limited. Eight seats in a private room is the limit.
It is impossible for Feng Ziying to take over all the private rooms. Some of them must be operated through market rules in order to achieve the goal.
This arrangement by Feng Ziying immediately pushed Jia Qiang to the forefront.
Feng Ziying had previously asked him to consider raising the price of private rooms to an unattainable price, which could effectively increase his status. After all, the top dignitaries and businessmen of the Great Zhou Dynasty had all reserved private rooms for them, and the rest If all the cats and dogs came to sit there, it would undoubtedly make these people feel embarrassed and turn Feng Ziying's previous campaign into a joke.
Therefore, Jia Qiang was also uneasy when she received this request. If these more than ten private rooms were not accepted because of the price, she might also have to bear the criticism from Uncle Feng, indicating that she did not fully estimate the consumption here. ability.
However, when the first private room in addition to the six private rooms booked by Uncle Feng was booked by the grain merchants of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce, Jia Qiang's heart settled down. He knew very well that as long as there were Huguang grain merchants who opened such a private room, With one head, other merchants will immediately follow.
As expected, dozens of individuals or chambers of commerce soon requested to rent private rooms, putting Jia Qiang in a dilemma.
Previously, I was counting on the more guests the better, but when you don’t have a house, having one more guest will put you under pressure. You must know that these people have some backgrounds behind them.
Even so, Jia Qiang still has a huge headache, because apart from the fact that she sold three of the other sixteen private rooms without realizing it at the beginning, the other thirteen rooms have become the most popular in many people's minds. The identity symbolizes the declaration of strength and status, so everyone is trying to take away a private room pass from Jia Qiang.
In the end, Jia Qiang bit the bullet and sold a few more pieces. When there were only four pieces left, he really didn't dare to sell them. If he bought them, he would offend others. Moreover, he was a very capable character in the capital. He Had to think twice.
"Uncle, my nephew really feels that he can't make the decision. Although there are still four private rooms, there are seven or eight companies that are determined to get a seat. They are all people who are not easy to mess with, so my nephew has nothing to do now. It's gone,..." Jia Qiang cried sadly.
"As for what? It's not like we don't want money, are these people all being taken advantage of? There are plenty of seats down there, closer to the stage, don't they know?" Feng Ziying naturally didn't bother to win the championship, and standing and talking anyway didn't hurt her back. .
I have a bad cold and my head is dizzy. I have skipped a few updates and will try to see if I can recover tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)