Chapter 480: Man Is Desire

West Market, Taobao stall.

The alley, which used to be empty of people, is now overcrowded.

In the past, there were more stallholders than buyers, but now everything has completely changed.

Taobao stalls are now booming, with dozens of people surrounding a stall competing for antiques priced at fifty taels.

These people don't care what they look like or what kind of goods they are, as long as they are placed on the 50-tael stall, they will rush up and compete with their quick eyes and quick hands.

The Fourth Prince squeezed into the crowd, frowning as he looked at the buyers frantically buying antiques, and asked Boss Qian beside him:

"Has the business here been so good before?"

"Fourth Master, how is this possible!" Boss Qian said anxiously.

"There used to be a lot of people here. There were more sellers than buyers. If the business of Taobao stalls is really so booming, why should I open an antique store?"

Boss Qian looked at these stall owners, selling out those low-quality antiques at fifty taels and fifty taels so fast that his eyes almost turned red.

Thinking about my "business" these days, it's so annoying that people are so different from each other.

But the fourth prince looked at it and still felt that something was wrong.

"Since the price of these things on the black market is much higher than fifty taels, why don't these stall owners sell them privately and sell them to these people at a low price?"

No matter what the fourth prince thinks, someone is causing trouble behind this, it is not a normal phenomenon.

This is not difficult to guess at all. After all, the business of Taobao stalls exploded as soon as the Royal Garden competition started. It is really easy to imagine.

But such a gesture was beyond the expectations of the fourth prince.

According to the information Boss Qian received, someone had already spent at least 100,000 taels of silver in the past three days. Looking at today's hot scene, I am afraid that the number will soon exceed 200,000 taels.

With such strength, the fourth prince could only think of the eighth prince who could unite the Little Beans.

But the fourth prince thought about it and still felt that something was wrong.

You can't make a profit simply by throwing money at it. If you want to make money, you must be able to stabilize the market and ship goods at the same time. Otherwise, if you throw money into your hands, you will definitely lose money, or even lose all your money. Return.

And if you want to stabilize market shipments, you still need a lot of expenses. Add this up, and I'm afraid all the princes and princesses can't do it with just one dollar of money.

Regarding the fourth prince’s question, Boss Qian immediately replied:

"Fourth Master, you don't know something."

"Most of the antiques sold by stall owners are temporary top-ups. The news this time has attracted many laymen. They can't tell the difference between the antiques at all. They just want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune."

"Many of our peers who open antique shops have participated. Instead of speculating on these antiques, they take the opportunity to sell their own inventory. Anyway, if the price of fifty taels is profitable, they can buy it here. There are always those who don’t know what they are doing and get fooled.”

"After the inventory is processed, can't we still rush to make a batch?"

"In this way, we can't lose anything, and we may even make a profit without losing any money."

Boss Qian tried every means to impress the fourth prince. Anyway, he was unwilling to do the previous "business" no matter what. If he continued, his huge family property would not be enough for the fourth prince to deal with.

"Well, let's take care of all the inventory in your store first."

The Fourth Prince finally relented, and Boss Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Fourth Master, do you think we should also make a batch of antiques?"

"I know some experts in this field."

The fourth prince thought for a while and finally said: "Let's make five thousand taels first and see."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Boss Qian's face, and then it turned into a flattering smile: "Okay, I will listen to you, Fourth Master."

But at this moment, the fourth prince saw some big men managing order in the alley where the Taobao stalls were operating, and he recognized at a glance that these were people from the Money Gang.

"Is the Money Gang responsible for managing this place?" the fourth prince asked.

"That's right, it's always been the case." Boss Qian nodded, and then said, "I guess it's because it's been too busy these days, so I sent someone to manage order."

"Haha, these stall owners have been paying management fees to Money Helper, but it's rare that they can enjoy corresponding services one day."

…

Sihai Casino.

Li Xuan is listening to Zhu Shimin's report here.

Princess Ankang and Yu'er are traveling around the capital these days, as Li Xuan said before.

Princess Ankang left all the competition matters to Li Xuan, so she didn't have to worry about it herself.

"Master Ah Xuan, you have already controlled the supply of goods on the market as instructed. Do you want to continue to scan goods today?" Zhu Shimin asked.

"Sweep, but we will reduce the intensity. We will only scan 30,000 taels of goods today, and let your people continue to make the illusion of selection, and try not to let others find out the pattern."

"Also, the first batch of rush-produced fakes can be released. You must let your people buy them all. Don't put any of them on the market. Then, starting from tomorrow, they will be released little by little. Starting from Just put a tenth of it.”

Li Xuan waggled his tail leisurely and told Zhu Shimin these details out of boredom.

Based on his rich experience, Zhu Shimin thought he had guessed what Li Xuan was going to do from the beginning.

But gradually he realized that he had underestimated the black cat.

What Li Xuan is doing now is more than just a simple operation.

Through the sweeps in the first three days, almost all the fifty taels of antiques on Taobao stalls on the market were in their hands.

But they are far from a monopoly on this thing. After all, there are always new antiques entering Taobao stalls, which can only create a vacuum in the market for a period of time.

It would have taken some time to naturally replenish these vacated markets.

But because Li Xuan asked them to release various rumors, the market quickly became popular, and many people participated in it, wanting to get a piece of the pie.

As the saying goes, there is no business without crooks, and those people in the antique business in the West Market are idiots. It is not easy to make money from them.

But there is always no shortage of greedy and incompetent people.

Almost all the guests in their casino meet this requirement.

Therefore, the news of Taobao stalls quickly attracted a large number of speculators in the capital, who followed suit to promote the market.

In the current situation, if they slowly sell the goods swept from the market on the black market, they can still make a small profit.

Because they have a lot of capital, this small profit is tens of thousands of taels of silver.

But obviously Li Xuan's appetite is more than that.

On the first day, Li Xuan asked Zhu Shimin to control a group of people who specialized in imitating antiques.

The Money Gang originally had this business, but Li Xuan felt that there was a shortage of manpower, so he asked Zhu Shimin to find a group of people, and asked them to rush into production day and night as required. Now they have saved hundreds of imitation antiques.

Zhu Shimin had listened to Li Xuan's instructions before and had roughly guessed what he was going to do next, which was why he was shocked.

And Li Xuan's next words also confirmed his conjecture.

"Slowly shift the center of trading from Taobao stalls to the black market, and then only trade the antiques we own, find the right price for the antiques we bought before, and sell them out little by little, and finally only use the batch of antiques we have imitated. Trading."

"We take it out and sell it ourselves, and then we buy it back ourselves. We only leave records of the transaction, not any silver coins or antiques."

Zhu Shimin had already silently taken out a pen and paper to take notes, for fear of missing any link.

Seeing Xiao Minzi being so modest, Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

Xiao Minzi has been very reliable in doing things these days.

"In the end, when people realized that what we had in our hands were 'real antiques' worth thousands of gold, we started to increase the price to them. Until we have sold out all the imitation antiques in our hands, the rest of the matter has nothing to do with us. ”

"If this business needs to be fast, the only criterion is the sentiment in the market. When the sentiment arrives, push forward until you are done with the withdrawal."

"Otherwise, if the mood subsides, someone will have to wake up."

"When the time comes to make transactions and push up prices, I will come and give you personal guidance. This is a university subject."

Li Xuan couldn't help showing a nostalgic smile, and then asked Zhu Shimin: "Little Minzi, do you have any questions?"

Zhu Shimin was mesmerized as he listened to this outrageous business of "left hand and right hand".

Hearing Li Xuan ask himself, he thought about it and asked: "Sir, the people in the imitation workshop are constantly working day and night. They are almost dying. Do you want to add more people?"

"No need, let them work in three shifts, just slow down and catch up."

"Wouldn't that delay your lord's important event?" Zhu Shimin was more anxious than Li Xuan now.

Li Xuan shook his head and explained: "It's useless to have too many imitation antiques. The main thing to push up the price is the funds we have. Just like an auction, as long as someone takes over in the end, how high the price can be pushed depends entirely on us. strength."

Li Xuan used this metaphor, and Zhu Shimin immediately understood the meaning.

"Of course, the more imitation antiques there are, the easier it is to find the final takeover." Li Xuan did not forget to add.

"Sir Axuan, I want to share my worries for you, but I am afraid of missing your big event. I don't know how much effort I should give."

Zhu Shimin asked Li Xuan expectantly with his shining eyes.

Li Xuan pursed his mouth hard to suppress his smile.

A few days ago, Zhu Shimin looked like he was afraid of Li Xuan borrowing money. Now that he knows how to do this business, he has to rush to share Li Xuan's worries.

But Zhu Shimin's attitude in the past few days is absolutely unambiguous. Although he did not contribute money, he was not ambiguous at all about providing people and efforts.

"It's up to you. In such a big capital, there's no shortage of people who will take over in the end."

"Sir, how much does it cost?" Zhu Shimin was stunned for a moment and couldn't help asking: "Aren't you afraid that the price will be too high and no one will dare to take it?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but smile and asked:

"How many people have you seen in this gambling house who just give up after winning?"

"Desire is as hard to get tired of as a stream, and wealth is as easy to drain as a drain."

"With just one thought of selfishness, people turn their strength into softness, their wisdom turns into cowardice, and kindness turns into misery."

"All we do is arouse people's greed, and then things will take their own course."

"Anyone who can win money and get away is his skill."

"But most people will just be swallowed up by greed until they have nothing."

Zhu Shimin recalled the examples he saw in the gambling house and knew that what Li Xuan said was true.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, a cat could have such an understanding of human nature.

"Young people can allocate 200,000 taels of funds now, but you need to report it to the general manager for approval."

"But based on Lord A-Xuan's plan, the manager must have no reason to refuse."

Zhu Shimin gave an amount of capital he wanted to invest.

In response, Li Xuan nodded and agreed to him.

"Well, I have almost used up all my cash, but I still have a batch of house deeds. When the time comes, I need you to help me with the turnover."

"Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any loss."

If it was the first day, Zhu Shimin might still be skeptical about Li Xuan's words, but now he has no doubt about Li Xuan's words.

"I will obey your order!"

...

In the next few days, the business of Taobao stall became more and more popular, and the news spread more and more, gradually spreading among the noble circles in the capital.

On this day, the eldest prince's three brothers and sisters were having breakfast at Zhang's house.

When they went out of the palace these days, they lived directly in the family of their mother.

"Fourth brother, have you heard about the Jinpeng Dynasty that has been making a lot of noise in the capital recently?" asked the eldest prince.

"Brother, Fourth Brother. I've heard about this, too. The remains of the Jinpeng Dynasty, which unified the Western Regions thousands of years ago, have reappeared, and a batch of antiques have been unearthed and flowed into the capital. I heard that the secret treasures of the Jinpeng Dynasty are hidden in them. Whoever can get the treasures can get wealth that rivals a country!" The Sixth Princess said excitedly.

They all handed over the business matters outside the palace to the Fourth Prince. After all, this is the Fourth Prince's forte, and the First Prince and the Sixth Princess also trust him very much.

Therefore, the life of the First Prince and the Sixth Princess these days is similar to that of Princess Ankang, who just went out of the palace to travel and enjoy the mountains and rivers.

The Fourth Prince, who is in charge of doing business, naturally couldn't have not heard about this, and even knew it much earlier than the First Prince and the others.

"I've heard about it too. At first I thought it was the Eighth Brother's good work, but the situation is getting bigger and bigger. I'm afraid it's not done by one of us."

The First Prince and the Sixth Princess looked at each other when they heard this.

The Sixth Princess thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Fourth Brother, I heard that when the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty flowed into the capital, no one knew about them and they were only sold for a few dozen taels of silver, but now they are sold for thousands of taels of silver. Is that true?"

The Fourth Prince put down his chopsticks, sighed, and replied:

"As far as I know, it is like this."

"These antiques were first sold on Taobao stalls in the West Market, where the most expensive antiques were only fifty taels of silver."

"Later, they were plundered by interested people and most of the antiques related to the Jinpeng Dynasty on the market were bought away. Now only a small part of them are still being traded on the black market. Yesterday, one piece was sold for a sky-high price of 2,800 taels of silver."

"That's it. There is still no market for them now, and the price is soaring."

After hearing this, the Sixth Princess couldn't help but be moved.

"Fourth brother, can we do this business with the money we have?"

The fourth prince explained helplessly: "Sixth sister, fourth brother has tried it too. He once asked someone to imitate a batch and sell it, but he only made a little money on Taobao stalls."

"When the black market trade became popular later, everyone knew the goods and knew how to distinguish the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty. It was not easy to imitate them again."

"As far as I know, several antique businesses in the capital have tried to imitate them, but they were not very successful. It seems that those buyers have special ways to distinguish the real from the fake."

To be honest, the fourth prince is a little regretful now.

He invested 5,000 taels of silver to imitate antiques and sold them on Taobao stalls, but only made 2,000 taels of silver.

According to the return cycle, this business is good. If the fourth prince is willing, he can continue, but the business of Taobao stalls is far less popular than the black market now, and I am afraid that the profit is not as big as at the beginning.

Now the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty circulated in the black market are priced every day, rising steadily, so that those who bought the real goods in the early stage now have dozens or hundreds of times the profit.

This made the fourth prince always think that if he had used the 100,000 taels of silver he had, at least, if it had increased by 50 times, he would have 5 million taels of silver now.

With 5 million taels of silver, they would have a clear chance of winning this month's competition, and it would even be enough for the three siblings to become rich overnight.

The fourth prince was not only regretting it now, but at least he felt extremely uncomfortable.

Especially in front of Boss Qian, the fourth prince's momentum has been weakened recently, and it is not easy to continue to exploit him.

"Alas-"

But the past can no longer be undone, and the fourth prince can only sigh to the sky.

But at this moment, the sixth princess said mysteriously:

"Fourth brother, I have a way to buy a few antiques from the Jinpeng Dynasty. Do you want to take them?"