In the Capital City,
Zhucai Pavilion,
At a certain room in the attic,
There sat an old man in the middle, looking at the lists of items with a candle light on the table frowning on his face from time to time.
Beside him, a young man and a young lady stood behind the old man.
And in front of them there were five managers standing silently, sweating profusely on their backs.
"Tuo Li, Tuo, Sha, what do you think of these items in the lists?" The old closed his eyes and said in a heavy manner.
"Grandpa Wei, I think that some items can be divided into different sections." The young girl Tuo Li said after thinking for a long time.
"Ohhh, how so?" The old man raised his eyebrows and his interest was piqued by the young woman's words.
"In fact grandpa, to maximise our profits, we can make it into three different sections. Each sections can be divided into - Entry, Ani and San. We put the items into different sections based on their difficulties like medicinal herbs which are million years old are put into third section, pills which has high purity are also put in this section." Tou Li glance at the old man.
She continued: "In fact, we also can put other items like paintings, calligraphy, swords, etc... in case if we get."
The old man and the managers looked at each other but they did not comment.
"Tuo Sha, What do you think of Tou Li's plan? Is there anything that needs to be added or implemented?" The old man took a sip of tea and looked at him.
"Grandpa Wei, I agree with younger sister. But it is just that if we portioned it out into three sections, it is not enough." Tuo Sha calmly said.
"Ohhh, why?" The old man looked surprised.
Even the lady and the managers who were standing looked surprised.
"Grandpa Wei, we all have to remember that these kinds of auctions are adopted in other continents and even in Imperial Capital. Even if we divide there won't be much hype. What we need is a unique item that can shock the world!" Tuo Sha said with great ambition.
Even the managers, old man, young lady was moved by his words.
But reality is too cruel. Where can they find such an item?
Even the old man looked at the ceiling and sighed.
"Tuo Sha, what you said made sense but in reality, where can we find such a treasure? Even if we get the news, it won't be our turn to eat the pie!" One of the manager said dejectedly.
"Uncle Nuo, you have forgotten one thing." Tuo Li reminded.
"Ohh, what is it?" Uncle Nuo asked.
"Uncle Nuo, remember that my borther's hunch is always true. And he has a feeling that there will be a huge customer coming into this pavilion for selling it to us." Tuo Li from the other side calmly responded, supporting her brother.
"Yes, Yes, Tuo Li, how could I forget this kind of thing of your brother?" Uncle Nuo patted his forehead and shook his head.
How could they overlook towards his past? When he was young and came to the pavilion with Granpa Wei and his sister, he said to the managers that the pavilion will go bankrupt.
At first, they did not beleive his words. They thought that this kind of nuisance words said by the kid were fooling them. If not for the old man, who knows that he will be kicked out, beaten and scolded till his parents would not recognize him.
He repeatedly said to different managers and one of them could not stand and asked the old man to leave politely.
It is like a kid causing trouble everywhere in the market, disturbing their work. But the old man did not think so.
So he took his words in heart and saved money.
And it happened. After a few months, the pavilion went bankrupt.
This was a shock! The famous pavilion that stood for many years went bankrupt!
Even though there were lot of powerful people watching sidelines, they don't dare to mess with the pavilion.
An unknown enemy is really a disaster.
The headquarters sent a few high ranking people and stabilised the pavilion within a few weeks.
And the managers reported everything to them after the pavilion has stabilised.
The officials called over the old man and two youngsters.
They contacted the headquarters through long communication talisman slip.
After receiving orders from the headquartes, they directly promoted the old man to oversee all the pavilion in the Weishu Continent.
The managers were surprised. This is a big boss.
The officials gave him the token and explained to him some things and they left.
And the old man, took the responsibilty of bringing back the pavilion to life with his savings, which he saved before the pavilion went bankrupt.
That is why he brings two youngsters everywhere he goes, except for some secret meetings or restricted areas, these two are not allowed to enter but they can wait outside.
These scenes were reprimanded the people who were in the room and lamented that those managers did not listen. Only if they listened, such a scene would not happen.
These people were reminded of who he was!
"Tell the guards not to be arrogant these days otherwise their heads will be cut off directly. Even the guard chief is no exception and also shift the guards every two days!" The old man said his decision and warned them.
The manager naturally knows that this old man is a big killer.
They left the room one by one with his orders except for the two youngsters.
"Learn well, it may be beneficial for two of you in the future." The old man got up, opened the door behind the table and leaving the two of them.
The two youngsters looked at each other and bitterly smiled.
They went out of the room and went to the study pavilion.
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Author's note:
🕳"Ani" means "Two" in meetei language whereas in korean it means "No".
🕳As for word "San" it means "three" in japanese and in mandarin.
🕳The reason why i did use these words because i could not find the one I needed, so I used " Entry, Ani, San."