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Zhao Ran was surprised by Yeli Huaide's decisive tone. He looked at Gao Yanei and found that Gao Yanei strongly agreed. At this time, he couldn't say anything. He just guessed that the owner of Yan Hui Restaurant was the one who fried the snow lotus.
Maybe there is some rift with Gao Yanei and Ye Li Huaide?
No matter what, Zhao Ran really couldn't refuse what these two people were going to do. He thought about it and said, "In that case, let's discuss it. According to my idea, since you want to snipe Xuelian, I just want to prevent the other party from succeeding.
, we must bring the snow lotus into the management of the auction house, otherwise we can’t control it if they sell it privately in Xingqing Mansion. Although the price is not as high as that of the auction house, we can always make a profit, right?"
After a pause, he saw that several people here were deep in thought, and let them digest it, and then continued: "... Let him speculate, don't worry about him, we will also receive a large amount of goods privately. If you want to speculate on Xuelian, the other party has to
We spend our own money to repeatedly buy and sell in the auction house. Let’s not be greedy and give it to him at a suitable high price. Then, let’s spread the news that so-and-so died after eating snow lotus. Of course, we can’t talk about the snow lotus in Kunlun Mountain.
, after all, this is what has been praised today, let’s just beat the drum and talk about other snow lotus. Everyone, medicinal materials really can’t stand the tossing, as long as the news is flying all over the sky, hey... whoever has snow lotus in their hands will
If you accept bad luck, you will have to vomit blood as compensation!"
Zhao Ran's strategy was quite ordinary in later generations, but in this world, it really shocked Gao Yanei and Yeli Huaide. The two left the Jinbo Club with infinite admiration, and each went to work on "Sniper Snow Lotus"
preparation work.
Zhao Ran asked Liang Xingxia: "Old Liang, what do you mean by these two people?"
Liang Xingxia shook his head: "I can't guess. I only know that Yanhui Restaurant is the property of the Li family in Yanhui Lane. Could it be that they have a grudge against the Li family?"
Zhao Ran was puzzled: "Which Li family?"
"The residence of Li Zhizhong, a member of Zhongshushe, also has a third brother. He is the commander-in-chief of the Chaoshun Supervisory Army in the right wing stationed in Xingqing. The Chaoshun Army is an auxiliary army of the Tuoba tribe, and they are all descendants of the Han people.
By the way, these two brothers are also from your Ming Dynasty, and they defected to our court more than 20 years ago."
The conflict between Buddhism and Taoism six hundred years ago caused many Han people in the Central Plains to follow Buddhism and migrate to Xia, Tubo, Uighur and even further countries in the Western Regions. Relying on the support of Buddhism, they took root in these places. There are many more.
The Han people left the Ming Dynasty for various reasons and came to what the Central Plains calls "the land of alienation" to survive. They were either dissatisfied with the Taoist sect, violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, or were killed in border wars.
Captured here.
There are also a few people who feel that their talents have been buried and cannot be reused by the Ming Dynasty, so they take the initiative to flee here in order to be promoted. Usually, most of these people are indeed talented and are highly valued by Western countries. Li
The brothers are among the best.
Li Zhizhong and Li Liangfu were originally from Chengdu Prefecture. They were two side brothers of the Li family in Chengdu. They grew up together and had a close relationship. Li Zhizhong studied poetry and books since he was a child and was full of knowledge. He was the first in the court examination at a young age.
It's a pity that he failed in the provincial examination one after another and wasted ten years with the reputation of being a scholar.
Li Zhizhong finally got what he wanted in the Bingchen Township Examination twenty years ago. However, an examination fraud case broke out in Sichuan Province. Li Zhizhong, who was accidentally involved, was expelled from the examination and was prohibited from entering the examination room again for life.
In desperation, he eloped with his cousin Li Liangfu to the Kingdom of Xia and joined Li Qing, the deputy privy envoy at the time. Later, he gradually gained importance and was recommended as an official. He rose through the ranks and is now a member of Zhongshushe. His younger brother worshiped Li Qing as his disciple.
, very popular with Li Qing. They stood out among the Tie Yaozi cavalry, and before Li Qing's death, he took control of the Tie Yaozi military power. The two brothers can be said to be the representatives of Han people's power in the Xia Kingdom.
Speaking of the Ming and Xia wars, in fact, it was these Han people who firmly fought in the Xia Kingdom. The eight nobles of the Dangxiang tribe had a much gentler attitude towards the Ming Dynasty. This is why Zhao Ran was more willing to deal with the Dangxiang nobles after coming to Xingqing.
The reason is that in addition to reducing the risk of his own exposure, he has a certain rejection of these "treacherous people" from his heart.
Hearing that the person who was hyping the Kunlun Snow Lotus was probably the Li Mansion in Yanhui Lane, he became interested in the "sniper attack on the Snow Lotus" and paid more attention to the matter.
With Gao Yanei, the biggest local gangster in Xingqing Prefecture, and controlling the Jinbo Club, the progress of the Kunlun Snow Lotus hype could not be hidden from him. Gao Yanei and Yeli Huaide were very concerned about the progress of the Kunlun Snow Lotus hype, and talked to Zhao several times.
Discuss and discuss countermeasures.
On this day, Liang Xingxia came to Zhao Ran excitedly: "Brother Cheng, the auction house received the first auction registration of Kunlun Snow Lotus today. The quality is sixteen leaves, eighty flowers, and the reserve price is three hundred and twenty taels."
In the time and space where Zhao Ran came, the medicinal effect of snow lotus can only be said to be ordinary, but in this world, it is indeed a good medicine, especially the older the snow lotus, the greater the effect. The most common
Sixteen-leaf snow lotus usually costs about two taels of silver. If it is eight-leaf snow lotus, the price is doubled. If it is four-leaf snow lotus, the price is about ten taels per flower. As for double-leaf snow lotus, it is difficult to see it on the market.
Leafless snow lotus is a magical medicine that is rare in the world.
Zhao Ran nodded. It seemed that the other party was ready to take action, so he asked Liang Xingxia to invite Gao Yanei and Yeli Huaide immediately. The four of them gathered in the meeting room again, bumping heads to discuss.
"The bottom price of the first auction was equivalent to four taels of silver per flower, which is equivalent to doubling the price. The other party has learned from us and will never be satisfied with just double the profit, otherwise it will be impossible to fight such a big battle.
Lost. Judging from this, the other party’s expected shipping price may be more than 20 taels per flower.”
"I have purchased more than 600 snow lotus here, but only 20% of the Kunlun snow lotus. Yeli also bought more than 300, of which the Kunlun snow lotus accounts for 10%. I wonder how our club is doing?" Gao Yanei asked.
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Liang Xingxia said: "The meeting has collected about five hundred flowers, and the Kunlun Snow Lotus is also not many."
Except for Zhao Ran, the other three people expressed concern about this. The most important Kunlun Snow Lotus is not in large numbers. What will they use to destroy it?
Zhao Ran originally had the idea of using other snow lotus to pass off as Kunlun Snow Lotus, but unfortunately he gave it up once he learned about it. The petals of Kunlun Snow Lotus are pure white, while other snow lotuses have various colors, which is easy to identify. They must have been carefully screened.
That’s when I decided to use Kunlun Snow Lotus as a hype.
Zhao Ran asked Gao Yanei and Yeli Huaide about the purchase price, and then made a decision: "In this case, we will do it separately. They are speculating on their Kunlun Snow Lotus, and we will use this shareholder style to speculate on our Snow Lotus. Yanei or Yanei should do it separately."
Responsible for spreading news among the market, well, the general idea is that other snow lotus are also good things, remember not to slander Kunlun Snow Lotus, that is what I have praised today."
Gao Yanei smiled: "Don't worry, Mr. Cheng, I know it."
Zhao Ran said: "On the day when the other party auctions the Kunlun Snow Lotus, we will also auction our Snow Lotus, but don't be too greedy and don't overprice the Kunlun Snow Lotus. It should be maintained at roughly 50% of the Kunlun Snow Lotus. The same will be true for every subsequent auction. This is always the case.
Liang needs to operate well and we implement price fixation. No matter what the price of Kunlun Snow Lotus is each time, our Snow Lotus will be 50% of it."
Liang Xingxia was a little confused: "Why is this?"
Zhao Ran explained: "If the price is lower, of course the income will be less, but the risk will also be less. If I guess correctly, Kunlun Snow Lotus has been monopolized by the enemy... Well, the monopoly means that it is controlled by them, just like the Little Marquis.
The same principle applies to selling dromedary camels. We cannot monopolize the purchase of snow lotus. What we can do is to try our best to buy as much stock as possible in Xingqing Mansion in the short term. This is risky. If something goes wrong, our losses will be less."
Liang Xingxia looked stunned, Gao Yanei was thoughtful, and Ye Li Huaide continued to be confused...
Zhao Ran added: "The most important thing is to keep an eye on the price of Kunlun Snow Lotus and create psychological cues to make merchants think that the two are closely linked. If the price of Kunlun Snow Lotus goes up, the prices of other Snow Lotus will also rise."
Go up..."
Liang Xingxia was full of admiration, his eyes were shining, and he couldn't help but make an excuse: "When the prices of other snow lotus drops sharply, the price of Kunlun snow lotus will inevitably fall! So that's it..."
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "Congratulations, Brother Liang, you are already able to answer questions."
Liang Xingxia: "..."
Gao Yameni smiled while stroking his palms, Ye Li Huaide seemed to understand but not quite.
Zhao Ran said: "You don't have to worry too much. Although we have less Kunlun Snow Lotus in our hands, we can buy it. In the next auction, in addition to lifting the Snow Lotus in our hands, try to arrange for people to eat all the Kunlun Snow Lotus released by the other party.
, when necessary, we can raise the price, as long as it is less than six taels of silver, we will eat as much as we have until we have six hundred Kunlun Snow Lotuses."
Gao Yanei couldn't help it anymore and asked: "We eat so many goods. If the price comes down and we can't sell them, won't we lose money?"
Zhao Ran said: "Our income is based on other snow lotus. The purpose of eating Kunlun Snow Lotus is to smash the market. And as long as we sell half of it for more than twelve taels of silver, the principal will be returned. Even if it is one
We can't sell any of them, so we can only lose 3,600 taels at most. This is just a fraction of what we make on other snow lotuses. Then again, if we don't screw up, we can also make money on the Kunlun Snow Lotus.
Quite a few..."
Before he finished speaking, Gao Yanei said: "It doesn't matter if you lose, you must smash it!"
Yeli Huaide deeply agreed with Gao Yanei's words.
Zhao Ran sighed and said: "Okay, if that's the case, let's smash it, but the time sequence must be right. First sell 80% of the other snow lotuses we have, and then let out the news and spread the rumors that the snow lotus can kill people.
.Then we used the remaining 20% to drive down the prices of other Snow Lotuses. Correspondingly, we divided the Kunlun Snow Lotus in our hands into six parts and auctioned them in turn. Each time the asking price was lower than the last time, creating a selling panic for Kunlun Snow Lotus. In this two-pronged approach,
Snow Lotus is over. Once this rumor is dispelled, it will probably be next year..." (To be continued...)