Title: My First Trading Partner is An Awaken
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"Absolutely remarkable, Young man!"
It's Mr. Robert Li. He was stunned when they found that the ginseng in their hand might really be a hundred years old.
It's only the first ginseng in their hand as it was wrapped with newspaper and was placed in the styrofoam container.
There are at least five more ginseng wrapped with newspapers in the container. Even Mr. He who is more knowledgeable when dealing with ginseng is stunned at his feet.
"I must admit that I had my doubts but with our initial inspection, this ginseng and even the things in that container are century old!" Daniel He exclaimed.
Henry just smiled and nodded about the news. He knew that Tyler would not scam him with items since he would be under the watch of the trading platform.
"Let's check it again." Mr. He suggested. Mr. Li knew what his colleagues wanted so he didn't mind doing it again.
With their instrument and professional experiences, after checking one of the ginseng again, they were pretty sure that it was legit.
"That's our third try, Daniel. It seems that this ginseng alone is 104 years old!" Robert Li said. "This is unexpected!"
"True. I didn't think that we could find more than a century old ginseng in this country. Young man, we apologize for doubting your claim. This is also a surprise for the both of us," Daniel He said with honesty.
"No offense, Mr. Li and Mr. He. I too know where you can come from as I know how valuable these kinds of ginseng are in this part of Asia." Henry responded.
"Yes. I bet most of the rich people are willing to buy this at a high price. Let's continue checking the rest. I'm excited to surprise myself," Daniel He said.
Henry withdraws and just looks at what the two are doing along with Margie who is beside him. The two appraisers gets the container to carefully unwrap the five ginseng and place it carefully on the table.
"By the way, Mr. Ramirez. Here is the document of the coins you wanted for us to auction. Included in there the initial price of the coins." Margie calmly said.
Although Margie already was shocked by the agreeable content of the result of their appraisal with regards to the three gold coins and five silver coins, she still recalls how she reacts after learning that these gold coins are worth millions.
She smiles when she sees the same reaction to Henry after reading the content.
"Ms. Margie, aren't you mistaken about the initial price of the gold coins?" Henry asked. He was surprised by the appraised amount written in the document.
"No, it's really what it is. I too was truly surprised by the turn of events." Margie replied.
"Yeah, a base price of two million pesos for a single gold coin and 1.2 million pesos for a single silver coin is rather too much." Henry said, calming himself up.
"Well, our appraiser was also stunned after they had requested to carbon date your coin and it was really ancient. After they had examined it, they knew that the existence of the coins could prove that there is more of our history!" Margie said, reiterating the value of his coins.
Henry nodded. Yet, he knew that this might be his first and last auction for these coins. The more coins like this in the market, its value would be reduced from its maximum value.
Since this auction is a fundraising event, the profit of 25 percent of each auctioned item will be given to the foundation that will be distributed to the different orphanages in the country.
"With the addition of your items Mr. Ramirez, we could meet the target fund and raise even more from it." Ms. Margie added.
"I hope so, Ms. Margie. I would be very glad to join your succeeding auctions if this one is a success." Henry promised.
The auction opportunity opens the door for him to dispose of unusual items like the coin he traded from Tyler, the jades and these ginseng.
He never plans to sell the F-rank potion. He knew how greedy people are and how selfish they are when they are desperate to find a cure for their loved ones.
He chose the ways of Mang Dondon and the people behind him since the potion far exceeds beyond what most medical science could explain.
It's the safest way for him and for his family.
It took them time to wait for the appraiser to conduct a check on the five ginseng. After an hour, the two old appraisers look at him with amazement.
"Young man. We are amazed by how capable you are to collect these ginseng! All of these are over a hundred years old!" Daniel He initially said.
"Here. These are the tags we made based on our appraisal," he added.
In the long glass table, Henry can see what the appraiser did and signed the tags along with their name. This would ensure the credibility of the ginseng.
"109 year old ginseng, 240 grams. Initial recommended price: 48 million pesos…"
"103 year old ginseng, 260 grams. Initial recommended price: 45 million pesos…"
Ms. Margie say it out loud and as she goes on, she was dumbfounded for the base price as signed by the two of their senior appraisers.
Henry knew that each ginseng would have such an amount and he was prepared for it. However, when hearing it personally, he still gets excited.
The total base price of the six ginseng as recommended by the two senior appraisers is 272 million pesos.
"My goodness! If these things will be auctioned, we can really achieve the funds for the foundation!" Margie said.
"That would be great, Ms. Margie." Henry complimented.
"Thank you Mr. Ramirez for joining the event. I didn't expect that you really chose us to auction your ginseng." Ms. Margie sincerely said her thank you to Henry.
"Congratulations, young man. Albeit this next auction will truly be different in the presence of your ginseng." Robert Li complimented.
"Thank you for your time dealing with these ginseng. I truly appreciate it since Ms. Margie told me that both of you come from abroad just to attend the auction." Henry pointed out.
"Ah yes, the S&A foundation conducts this kind of event as part of our fundraising for the different orphanages here and abroad." Robert Li responded.
"This auction will truly be different in the presence of these rare items. I guess those big men in China, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan will find their ways here." The appraiser added.
"That is on point. By the way, you said you have jades, would you mind if we also validate it?" Daniel asked as his impression towards Henry became better.
"Of course, it's here." Henry gives the stone in the eco-bag. He only gave 5 pieces of the jade stone to be appraised.
The stones were already half when Tyler traded it to him. They refined their contract even further when it comes to jade trading; that for every 1 kg of jade is 1 gold coin. With this, he ordered 100 tons of jade from Tyler.
As for the ginseng, since it's per piece and there is no standard kind of measurement on it's value, they proceeded to trade 10 pieces of ginseng for a discounted price of 1 gold coin per piece since its original price is 2 gold coins per piece.
Thus, taking advantage of the trading platform that can store orders, he asked Tyler to send 100,000 pieces of this ginseng.
Tyler obliged as he still has high credit of gold to Henry. So Henry ordered wine from Tyler of another 180,000 barrels which in Tyler's world, it's about 300 liters per barrel.
With this, Tyler still has a total credit of 1.5 million gold coins and since the auction will be at the end of the month, he needs to wait.
Even the order of Henry was partially sent. He only gives the initial stocks of 100 pieces of each of the order which satisfies Henry.
Back to the appraisal of the jades, the two already expected that it was legit. However, they are surprised that the jade is a high quality jade!
"This young man! How the heck did he have these kinds of items! First is the ginseng and now this?!" Daniel He exclaimed.
"It seems this young man is not simple, My friend." Robert whispers. "Anyways, was this not good? We could call some of our friends who are interested in these items? This would therefore increase our funds for the foundation?"
"Yeah, that's true. But what we have here is truly surprising. It's good that I don't have any heart problems." Daniel He commented.
Robert laughs with such a statement. However, he can only agree with his friend here as he too was truly made this trip unexpected.
After they had the same consensus, they immediately evaluate the five stones and proudly present it to Ms. Margie and Henry.
"Oh my goodness! Are these really the emperor jade?!" Ms. Margie was stunned.
She was aware of the price of such jade. When refined and made into rings or bangles, the gem can have a price of 3 million USD. When converted to peso, a carat will have an astonishing value of 150 million pesos give or take.
"Yes, we examine that these rough jade stones are the most sought after jade. Like for this first jade here. We have checked them many times and we roughly estimated that it has 1500 carats of jade."
"Mr. Ramirez, I hope you approve with our recommendation. Your jade still needs fixing and needs to be processed to make a good gem out of it. So both of us priced it for only 8 million USD or 400 million pesos, which is roughly 200,000 pesos per carat." Mr. He said.
Henry can't say a few words when all the rough imperial jade he has were priced ranges from 6 to 10 million USD.
"This —--!"
He tried to calm down since the price was too much. Although he was used to millions of profit using gold trading with PAL jewelry, this kind of deal reached another level.
"I'm surprise with your appraisal, Mr. He,Mr. Li. I am more surprised with the result myself." Henry said honestly.
"Your one humble fellow, young man. Since you're satisfied, I think our job here is done. Congratulations again, Mr. Ramirez." Mr. Daniel He said.
Mr. Robert Li also follows and Ms. Margie also registered the 6 ginseng and the 5 rough imperial jade. Henry waited as he needed to sign the contract for the auction.
After which, he was still dazed when he went home. He was calculating and based on the initial price alone for auction, he was already valued at more than 2 billion pesos.
Even Ms. Margie was stunned by the grand pricing and she knew that the auction that will be held this Friday will be totally grand.
She already informed her immediate superior and the manager of the foundation was stunned by the turns of events.
"You have done much, Ms. Margie. What you have done might truly fund our other projects and reach out to more orphanages and other centers!" He is the manager of the S&A foundation.
"Thank you Mr. Reynold. Everything is set for our event. By the way, the owner of those high end items would like to sponsor the wine supply during the auction. I still need your approval for this," Ms. Margie relayed Henry's offer.
"I see. So Mr. Ramirez is in the wine business. Since it's a small favor, why not do this to favor him even more." Mr. Reynold said.
With the approval of her manager, Ms. Margie informed Henry about the wine sponsorship.
Author's Corner: Spare me for not updating guys. Our place was flooded by the first typhoon this May 2024. We are still in recovery. Still, I will update this novel as much as I can.
P.S., this novel is still open for a lot of your suggestions and added plots in line with the story. I want to hear it from you guys.
I would also love for you guys to give recommendations on the title of each chapters. I give you the liberty to present some. Thank you.