If the auction pavilion auctions its own resources, its profit will be the price difference. If it auctions items entrusted by others, its profit will be about 10% of the sale price.
Both of these profit methods require that the auction house can hold an auction every once in a while, otherwise the spiritual stones earned may not be as much as those obtained by switching to other stores.
Of course, this is only the information Li Xuanshan saw from the surface. If one really goes deep into the operation of an auction pavilion, there must be other obscure operating mechanisms.
But just based on the information that Li Xuanshan knew, he could be sure that the three foundation-building casual cultivators in Mangshanfang City would definitely not be able to support an auction pavilion.
When the crowd of casual cultivators outside the door were let in, Li Xuanshan still didn't know the significance of such an auction in Mangshanfang City!
Li Xuangang sat on a chair, quietly waiting for the auction to begin.
They arrived relatively early, and after waiting for a while, the few places next to them were filled by monks.
Li Xuangang discovered that among them were members of the Wang family of Qingyuan Mountain.
Frowning his brows, he began to think about the reason. Why did the three casual cultivators from Mangshanfang City invite them and the Wang family over?
...
Since the hall was occupied by a group of casual cultivators, it seemed a bit noisy.
Scanning his spiritual consciousness lightly, Li Xuangang found that most of them were monks in the middle stage of Qi refining, and only a handful of them had reached the ninth level of Qi refining.
This phenomenon continued until an old man stepped onto the front platform.
He had no scruples about the aura emanating from his body, revealing his identity as a foundation-building monk to everyone present.
The noise gradually subsided, and no one dared to talk nonsense in front of this foundation-building monk.
The old man looked around and saw that the low-level casual cultivators below were a little frightened. After grasping the situation in the field, the old man slowly said:
"I, Zhao Fengshan, will host this auction for you today on behalf of two other fellow Taoists. Please forgive me if there is any lack of hospitality."
"Zhao Fengshan? Is he Zhao Fengshan, one of the three major casual cultivators in Mangshan who was in the middle stage of foundation building?"
In the hall, some casual cultivators began to discuss quietly.
The subsequent auction process was actually a bit boring. As expected by Li Xuangang, Mangshanfang City did not provide many high-end resources. In addition, Zhao Fengshan had no experience in hosting auctions, so there were only a few monks in the audience who responded.
Not much.
Even though there were a few sporadic items that made Li Xuangang's eyes light up, the monks below actually showed no other expression except a few exclamations.
These casual cultivators are not high in cultivation, and they are short on spiritual stones for daily cultivation. Naturally, they do not have the extra spiritual stones to buy these materials.
However, several family members next to Li Xuangang took photos of some of the items.
The auction ended hastily as Li Xuangang expected, but just before the auction ended, Yu Dongying, who had sent Li Xuangang the invitation yesterday, came.
After greeting each other, the latter asked them to wait a moment and said that Zhao Fengshan had important matters to discuss with them.
Although he had some doubts in his heart, Li Xuangang still stayed to see what Zhao Fengshan had to do with them.
After Yu Dongying also greeted the members of the Wang family in Qingyuan Mountain, he went down from the second floor. At this time, the hall on the first floor had already begun to be cleared.
It only took a moment for the hall to become empty again.
Li Xuanshan sat on the chair, tilted his body slightly toward Li Xuangang, and then lowered his voice and asked:
"Brother Ninth, what do you mean by saying that he kept us and the Wang family in Qingyuan Mountain? He didn't want to do it all at once, right?"
Li Xuangang glanced at him and said nothing.
Li Xuanshan secretly sneered: Brother Ninth never catches the jokes he tells!
In fact, both Li Xuangang and Li Xuanshan understood that as long as Mangshanfang City wanted to continue to exist, it would be impossible for Zhao Shanfeng to blatantly do anything to the members of the five largest families in the Tianhe area, and the Wang family in Qingyuan Mountain had Elder Jin Dan.
the existence of ancestors.
The consequences of angering the Wang family of Qingyuan Mountain and the Li family of Taiqiu Mountain at the same time were more than the three casual cultivators in the foundation-building period could bear.
"Wait a minute, they should have something else to do!"
Now that Li Xuangang has spoken out, Li Xuanshan no longer makes random guesses. As for Li Yuxian, this matter has no impact on him. Uncle Ninth and Uncle Fifteen are here to make the decision, so he only needs to listen.
Li Xuanshan finished drinking his tea, and Li Yuxian quickly picked up the teapot and refilled it for him.
The few people, including Li Xuangang, were not kept waiting for too long. After all the casual cultivators in the hall had left, Zhao Fengshan walked up, and Yu Dongying followed him respectfully.
Seeing Zhao Fengshan appear, the three Li Xuangang people who were sitting just now and the three members of the Wang family next to them all stood up and said one after another:
"I've met Senior Zhao!"
Zhao Fengshan showed a smile on his face, waved his hand and replied:
"Everyone, don't be formal, please sit down!"
After Li Xuangang and others sat down, Yu Dongying casually pulled a chair next to him and asked Zhao Fengshan to sit down, while he stood behind him to serve.
Without beating around the bush, Zhao Fengshan said straight to the point:
"Actually, in holding the auction this time, I wanted to see how the current situation of the monks in Mangshanfang City was. Judging from the final result, it was not very satisfactory. Secondly, I wanted to bring your Qingyuan Mountain Wang family and Taiqiu Mountain Li family together.
The clansmen who live here gather together to discuss something with you!"
Although Li Xuangang had some doubts in his heart, he did not show it on his face.
Immediately, the Wang family members next to them asked:
"I wonder what senior wants to discuss with us?"
Zhao Fengshan tilted his head and signaled. Yu Dongying behind him took out two jade boxes from the storage bag, walked forward, and handed them to Li Xuangang opposite and another member of the Wang clan who had just asked.
When Li Xuangang saw the jade box placed on the table, he did not open it rashly or put it into the storage bag. He quietly waited for Zhao Fengshan's next words.
"I want to cooperate with your family. There is a jade tube in this jade box, which records some specific matters. I hope that you can send this jade box to your family elders. I will discuss it with them at that time.
Discuss in detail."
"Actually, there is no need to hide it from you. Since you were sent here by your respective families, you must have some understanding of the current situation in Mangshanfang City. Mangshanfang City is getting bigger and bigger, and our three foundation-building period casual cultivators have already
It cannot be completely controlled. And the elders of your two families must be very interested in talking to us about this issue."
The words had been made very clear, and only now did Li Xuangang realize that he was here to help Zhao Fengshan spread the word.
...
Taking the jade tube with them, Li Xuangang and the others were walking back.
Li Yuxian thought of his conversation with Li Xuangang last night, and he couldn't help but say:
"Uncle Jiu, it's really what you said, but I didn't expect these three casual cultivators from Mangshanfang City to take the initiative to contact us. I thought the family would have to go through a lot of trouble to fight for the interests of Mangshanfang City."
Li Xuangang glanced at Li Yuxian, sighed first, and then said:
"It seems that these three casual cultivators in the foundation-building stage are really capable of establishing Mangshanfang City. Seeing that it is no longer possible for them to retain all their interests, they want to lure others into the trap, and this move is indeed quite subtle."
Li Yuxian was a little dizzy and confused. He seemed to have thought of something, but he couldn't figure it out clearly. In the end, his fifteenth uncle Li Xuanshan solved his confusion.
"It seems that Ninth Brother, you have also guessed their intentions. They are destined to give away part of Mangshanfang City's interests. I thought the family could take some effort to win them all. After all, our Taiqiu Mountain is the closest to Mangshanfang City.
, but I didn’t expect that today he would use the excuse of the auction to gather us and the Wang family of Qingyuan Mountain together and directly clarify this matter.”
"In this way, it is impossible for our two families to want to monopolize it. And telling our two families so directly is actually just to make our two families be wary of each other. In this way, they can protect their own interests to the maximum extent, even if we and the Wang family are in the future
When we take over Mangshanfang City, we will also form a tripartite force, and they will not be easily expelled. If only one party is brought in, then as a weak party, they are likely to be swallowed up by the stronger party. And there are three parties.
If they were a different force, the situation would be very different and it would be much more beneficial to them."
Of course Li Xuangang understood this. In fact, Li Xuanshan also missed one point, that is, why Zhao Fengshan only pointed out the problem to them and the Wang family at the same time? This was not only to make them and the Wang family be wary of each other, but also to show that Mangshanfang City could only
You two can enter.
Because Mangshanfang City is only a small city in the final analysis. Once more forces enter, the less benefits they can share.
Moreover, the choice of forces by Zhao Fengshan and the others is also a key point. Qingyuan Mountain is strong enough, and Taiqiu Mountain is close enough to Mangshan. With these two forces as their backers, they are enough to deter other forces that are ready to move.
What they paid was nothing more than benefits that they could not possibly keep.
After figuring out the intentions of Zhao Fengshan and the others, Li Xuangang immediately sent the jade tube to the family as soon as he returned to the Alchemy Pavilion and gave his analysis.
And the jade box that Zhao Fengshan gave him was also taken back by the caravan.