Chapter 491: Fishing and Being Fished

"Miss Hongyu, what do you mean?"

A middle-aged man with pale skin and sinister face asked in a bad tone.

What is particularly eye-catching is that he is obviously a man, but he has a pair of slender white hands, which are carefully maintained on weekdays.

"You let me do these rough and tiring jobs without any technical content, so I accept it."

"But I have finished a thousand pieces according to your requirements, why don't you sell them out?"

"Are you deliberately playing a trick on me?"

Hongyu in front of this middle-aged man was not affected by the other party's anger at all, and still said easily:

"Master Jia, don't be so angry?"

"I have never deducted a penny from your wages."

"I asked you to do these light jobs, why are you not happy?"

Hongyu asked with a puzzled smile.

"How to sell these things is my business, so Master Jia, you don't need to worry about it."

Hongyu waved her hand and left this workshop-like place directly.

Master Jia glared at the other person's receding back, but he could do nothing about it.

He was clearly imitating the masters, but wasted his talent on these meaningless things, which naturally made Master Jia full of indignation.

In his opinion, his skills should be used on more valuable works, not these works that seemed to be made by children playing with mud.

Master Jia became more and more angry as he thought about it, and grabbed a newly made antique at hand and smashed it hard at his feet.

Immediately, several of his disciples came out to persuade Master Jia not to be angry anymore.

…

"Ah Xuan, it's really as you said, the price of antiques has not fallen anymore."

In the Sihai Gambling House in the West Market of the capital, Li Xuan and the chief monk sat around the table together, accompanied by Zhu Shimin, the person in charge of this place.

Because of the speculation of antiques, Li Xuan was invited outside the palace.

And when he heard that the price was actually supported by the other party, Li Xuan couldn't help but smile slightly.

"It seems that the other party has the same goal as us, and they are aiming for something big."

"I wonder which wealthy family in the capital is it?"

Li Xuan wanted Emperor Yongyuan to catch these big fish from the beginning.

Unexpectedly, a big fish was caught just a few days after the start.

"Not only that, the fakes flowing into the market are much less than before. It seems that the other party is intentionally controlling it."

Shang Zongguan added on the side.

"In that case, we can't be polite." Li Xuan said, showing a sly smile, and then boldly suggested to Shang Zongguan: "Why don't we switch sides and see how the other party will react."

"Ah Xuan, what do you mean?"

Shang Zongguan's expression seemed a little strange.

"I mean, it's our turn to sell the imitation antiques in our hands, and then see how they will respond?"

"This..."

Li Xuan's proposal directly made Shang Zongguan look embarrassed.

"Ah Xuan, with the other party's investment, even if the price collapses now, as long as we sell all the imitations in our hands, we will probably make a lot of money, right?"

"If we make things worse and bring down the price that we have raised with great difficulty, wouldn't it ruin your majesty's plan?"

After listening to Shang Zongguan's words, Li Xuan nodded and replied seriously: "I don't deny the possibility of this happening."

Shang Zongguan glanced at Li Xuan unhappily.

If he messed up the job of Emperor Yongyuan, Li Xuan would be just a cat who could pat his butt and shrug his shoulders.

But Shang Zongguan couldn't do that.

Seeing that Shang Zongguan obviously disagreed with his plan, Li Xuan immediately persuaded him:

"Shang Zongguan, there are some things we know, but the other party doesn't know."

"For example, the profit from the first round of speculation during the Imperial Garden competition."

Smart cats and smart people often don't need to be too straightforward.

After being reminded by Li Xuan, Shang Zongguan immediately understood the meaning.

"You mean, in the eyes of the other party, we have already made a lot of profits and can exit at any time?"

"That's right!" Li Xuan happily swung his tail and continued to write: "In the eyes of the other party, we are the big fish that has finally been hooked, I'm afraid they won't let us go easily."

"And it's not quite appropriate to say that we are distributing the antiques in our hands."

After the speculation of antiques became hot, Li Xuan gradually stopped the continued production of imitation antiques, and instead used mortgages to allow an antique to enter the market repeatedly.

If everyone really took the mortgage notes to retrieve the antiques, Li Xuan and his team would not have the corresponding number of antiques at hand, and the gap would even be very large.

But after the first pull-up and smash-up, most of the mortgage notes actually became dead tickets, and almost 99% of the mortgagees were liquidated by leverage, and Zhu Shimin's people started asset liquidation.

Many people's property was emptied, but they still owed a lot of debts. Basically, there was no hope of paying off the debts in this life, so they jumped into the moat directly, adding a lot of extra work to the guards of the four gates of the capital.

But the facts proved that these people jumped too early.

The Money Gang changed its past style and did not carry out a series of operations to collect debts, allowing these debtors to live as if nothing had happened.

In the past, the Money Gang would have squeezed out all the value of these debtors and all their relatives and friends, and then sold them as slaves to maximize profits.

This sudden contrast in attitude made those debtors who had not yet had time to jump into the river feel anxious for a few days. Then they found that they could live a peaceful life and pay back the money slowly, and they could not help but usher in new hope.

It was this situation that left Li Xuan and the others holding a lot of mortgage notes that no one would redeem.

And this is also the fish-killing knife Li Xuan prepared for this mysterious competitor.

"We sold every remaining antique we had, and then used rumors to lower the transaction price to see if the other party would take the move."

"As soon as the other party accepts the move, it will stop immediately, then wait and see for a few days, and raise the price together with a cooperative attitude."

"But as long as the other party continues to flow in fake goods, we will repeat our previous actions until the other party realizes our bottom line."

When Manager Shang heard this, he couldn't help but frown and said, "Axuan, do you want His Majesty to cooperate with others?"

Manager Shang knew without asking for permission that Emperor Yongyuan would never agree.

Although Emperor Yongyuan was short of money, what he cared more about was that he was the only winner.

If other wealthy families follow this opportunity and grow together, Emperor Yongyuan will be even more uncomfortable.

Emperor Yongyuan needed to weaken other wealthy families in the capital while solving the problem of lack of money.

Not to mention directly shaking its foundation, but also having to severely damage its finances, so that the ambitious wealthy families can calm down and be honest for a few days.

"of course not!"

Regarding Manager Shang's question, Li Xuan shook his head decisively.

How can such a good thing come to someone else's advantage?

Especially since Emperor Yongyuan was still an emperor, there was no reason for him to share a table with others.

Li Xuan understood this truth in his previous life.

Only when you eat alone can you eat the most delicious food. If you share a table with others, you will inevitably have to look at other people's eyes.

His routines worked well in Daxing at first, but after playing them a few times, they had to be mastered by these people.

When the time comes, it won't be so easy for him to trick anyone.

"Manager Shang, our ultimate goal is to directly eliminate the antique thing in this hyped transaction, leaving only a concept."

Manager Shang frowned, unable to understand Li Xuan's words.

Li Xuan immediately ordered Zhu Shimin on the side to bring him a mortgage note.

Zhu Shimin hurriedly found a box of mortgage notes and respectfully took it to the table.

Li Xuan picked up a piece at random, and then explained to Manager Shang:

"This mortgage note is in duplicate."

"One for the mortgagor and one for us."

"It contains the mortgagor's information, and it also corresponds to an antique from the Jinpeng Dynasty. In addition, there is information such as the date, mortgage silver, interest, etc. It can be said to be unique."

"Therefore, this mortgage note can be used to replace the transaction of antiques, and with the unique information of the mortgagor, it is difficult to imitate it."

"Of course, when we use it for transactions in the future, we must record every transaction change to ensure the authenticity of the bill."

"Even if someone comes up with a fake bill, as long as it doesn't match the buyer, it's fake and you can't redeem the antique."

"But even if it is a fake bill, as long as it matches the real buyer, it is genuine. We will still hand over the antiques to them, as long as the information on our account can match!"

“From now on, the main subject of market transactions is information, and the authenticity of the information is controlled by us.”

"The other party can't imitate it even if they want to, and it can also effectively prevent counterfeit products from impacting the market."

After listening to this, Mr. Shang remained silent and slowly digested the contents.

Zhu Shimin, who was standing by and waiting, heard his pupils tremble.

He has been taking over the money gang's business for some time, and later experienced some advice from Li Xuan, and he became enlightened in market transactions.

During the previous hype, Zhu Shimin was very busy for Li Xuan. He personally arranged many things, so he had a deeper understanding.

"The main body of market transactions is information, and the authenticity of the information is in our hands."

"Transaction information, information control..."

Zhu Shimin murmured to himself what Li Xuangang had said, and there was a bright light in his eyes that became more and more dazzling.

“In this case, doesn’t it mean that we directly control the trading market?”

"When the time comes, money in the market will not be free to take or ask for!"

"!?"

Zhu Shimin's eyes widened in shock, and because he was so excited, his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Young man, why are you so excited?"

Manager Shang was still thinking at first, but he noticed Zhu Shimin's abnormality and couldn't help but ask.

"Mr. Shang, please forgive me. I was so excited that I disturbed the chief manager's thinking."

Zhu Shimin came to his senses and knelt down to apologize.

"It's okay. I see you seem to understand the purpose of this operation. Why don't you explain it to me." Manager Shang waved his hand casually and used his true energy to help Zhu Shimin up.

"this……"

Zhu Shimin suddenly became embarrassed. It was not good for him to refuse, and it was not good for him to agree.

If you refuse, you are lying. How could Mr. Shang not see it?

I was even more confused when I agreed, and there was no room for me to pretend to be smart.

Zhu Shimin couldn't figure this out clearly, so he wouldn't be able to be appointed by Zhao Feng to take charge of the affairs of the Money Gang.

He was too excited for a moment and couldn't help himself, so he exposed such a stupid flaw and put himself in a dilemma.

The Imperial Household Department never lacks powerful eunuchs in fancy clothes, but what it lacks is those who have both strength and emotional intelligence.

In a workplace as inward-looking as the Imperial Household Department, there must be no obvious shortcomings in hardware and software strength, otherwise it will be your turn to stand out.

"Xiaominzi, just speak boldly."

"Before, Ah Xuan mentioned that you are quite talented in doing business among the people, whether it is controlling the overall situation or grasping the details, you can take care of both well, saying that you are a good talent placed in the right position by Feng'er, let us pay more attention to you."

"Come on, I want to see today if you are really as mysterious as Ah Xuan said."

Shang Zongguan said with a smile, nodding to encourage Zhu Shimin.

"Huh? When did I say that?"

Li Xuan was stunned, thinking a little strangely in his heart.

He did mention to Shang Zongguan that Zhu Shimin was efficient before, but that was all.

In addition, he never said any of these messy words.

But Li Xuan couldn't possibly ruin Shang Zongguan's plan now, so he turned around and looked at Zhu Shimin, nodding at him seriously.

But he didn't expect that Zhu Shimin's eyes would turn red the next moment.

"Ah, this..."

Li Xuan thought that he and Shang Zongguan had made the child cry.

As a result, Zhu Shimin immediately knelt on the ground, raised his hands above his head, and saluted very formally.

"Thanks to the respect of Lord Zongguan and Lord Xuan, I dare to say something!"

Zhu Shimin's words were sonorous and powerful.

Then, Zhu Shimin knelt on the ground and expressed his previous understanding of Li Xuan's words.

After listening to Zhu Shimin's understanding, Shang Zongguan also understood the deep meaning of Li Xuan's move.

And Li Xuan also looked at Zhu Shimin in surprise.

"This kid is really a bit insightful."

Thinking of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but look at Shang Zongguan, who was nodding and smiling while listening to Zhu Shimin's words.

"Is he really good at judging people, or did he explode after being praised?"

They could clearly hear that Zhu Shimin was excited at this moment, probably because he was moved by what Shang Zongguan said before.

Li Xuan had never thought that a few short sentences would have such magic.

"Is this the power of praising and affirming others?"

Li Xuan originally wanted to teach Shang Zongguan a lesson today, but he didn't expect that he was taught a lesson without knowing it.

After Zhu Shimin finished his understanding, he quietly wiped his face with his sleeve, then took a deep breath and stood up again.

When he stood up again, his eyes regained clarity, and the previous redness disappeared. Then he asked Li Xuan:

"Master Xuan, I wonder if my understanding is correct?"

"Very good, the understanding is very correct!"

Li Xuan smiled and nodded, and wrote to Zhu Shimin with his tail.

"Thank you for your guidance, Master, I am grateful!"

At this moment, Zhu Shimin looked at Li Xuan with a bit of piety in his eyes.

Seeing Zhu Shimin's obvious change, Li Xuan silently looked at Shang Zongguan beside him.

Shang Zongguan still looked smiling.

"Aren't you generous with your praise and encouragement for those you affirm?"

"Especially when you are in a high position, you must learn to stimulate the potential of your subordinates."

Li Xuan was thoughtful. He still had a lot to learn in this regard.

But fortunately, there was a good teacher like Shang Zongguan by his side.

At this time, Shang Zongguan said:

"Ah Xuan, other people still can't do this."

"So, you have to work hard recently and take Xiao Minzi to handle this transaction."

"When the task is completed in the future, I will ask for credit from His Majesty on your behalf."

"How?"