.In the afternoon of that day, Chen Si brought Mao Haifeng to the canal wharf. The tall granary that originally stood here has been renovated as the future "Suzhou Pingzhu Auction House". It has been renovated with pink walls, black tiles, carved beams and painted buildings. There is a grand gate. There is no plaque on the lintel. Obviously, the opening date is scheduled for August 20th before the official opening. At that time, the General Administration and the General Administration will personally cut the ribbon, and the heads of Jiang and Zhejiang will also congratulate.

At this time, there were crowds of people at the entrance of the auction house. Gu Rundong, the former president of the Grain and Oil Chamber of Commerce and the current president of the auction house, led all the employees and Lord Gonghou’s Mansion to visit and guide.

In return for Gu Rundong's loyal follow, Silence helped him to the position of president, and the position of president of the Grain and Oil Chamber of Commerce that Gu Rundong had been empty fell on Chen Hongchang without surprise.

He was able to become a manager of the Maritime Trade Company's entry and exit transactions, and his identity and status were sublimated by self-evident. Therefore, Gu Rundong was so grateful to the silence that he vowed to repay his experience. Since he accepted the appointment, he has devoted all his energy to the establishment of the auction house. In just two months, he turned the instruction manual of more than 100,000 words that he had given him into a real thing.

Today is the day when the parties come to inspect the acceptance, and it is also the result of him and all the employees who have been to bed for two months. Whether the adults can feel that they have not chosen the wrong person is to see this! President Gu, who has experienced vicissitudes, even his nervous voice trembled: "Sir, please come in." He respectfully welcomed the Lord and the VIP in.

When Chen Si and Mao Haifeng entered the hall, they saw that there was plenty of lighting and the arrangement was magnificent. In the middle of the hall, four large trading desks were arranged neatly in the shape of the "mouth" shaped, with a total of nine windows in each row, totaling thirty-six.

Around the central trading desk, on both sides of the hall are rows of seats with backrests and armrests. This is for merchants who come to the auction house to sit and rest and watch the "water sign". The so-called water signs are wooden signs hanging on the top of the trading desk. Each trading desk corresponds to one fast, with three posts on it. The price of the day guide price of the four products is given by the auction house in combination with the previous day's market conditions for traders to refer to.

"Then how do you trade this thing?" Mao Haifeng asked curiously.

"That's it." Gu Rundong explained: "Each trading cabinet is used for three or four different products. Just like what you see, the water sign above is written and the counter below is transactional. First, the seller registers the goods to be sold one day in advance, and then the auction house sends a specialist to inspect the goods and seal them. Finally, count the total number of items and write this number on the water sign, which is the number of such products that can be auctioned the next day."

"Then what"

"When the market opened the next day, the 'broker' behind the counter wrote out the guiding prices of several types of products he was responsible for, and then accepted the quotation." Gu Rundong said with a smile.

"Then the higher the price, right?" Mao Haifeng felt that he had to perform, otherwise it would have to be underestimated, so he frowned and said, "I feel like I'm going to raise prices, or am I thinking about it?" After all, he started out as a maritime businessman and was very economical.

"It's not that simple." Gu Rundong smiled and said, "We are called Pingju Auction House, as the name implies. Smoothing prices and maintaining | stability and stability are our purpose." He bowed to Chen Si and said, "The method designed by the adults can effectively curb price gouging and hoarding, and provide a stable and reasonable price for all parties to the transaction, which is the basis for the future prosperity of Suzhou Port's trade!"

Silently smiled and said, "Lao Gu, if you praise me, I really won't be able to find Bei." Seeing Mao Haifeng's disbelief, he smiled and said, "Let's tell Brother Haifeng, let him not be like this."

"As for your order, sir." Gu Rundong responded respectfully.

"When the trading desk accepts the quotation, you can refer to the guide price to write down the quantity you are preparing to purchase and the highest unit price you are willing to pay, seal it in the envelope, and then put it in the wooden box in front of the corresponding counter." Gu Rundong pointed to the counter next to him, and said a square wooden box: "The corresponding product name is written on the front of each box, so you will not make any mistakes."

Seeing Mao Haifeng nodding, Gu Rundong continued: "Bidding time. From Chen to Weishi every day, there are four hours in total. Once the Weishi passes, he stops accepting the quotes. The agent opens the box in public and writes all prices on the water card in order from high to low. The highest bid will get all the pieces he needs; the second highest bid will get what he needs in the remaining pieces, and so on. Until the product is all divided into all the bids, all the winning prices are called successful bids. The lowest one is called the lowest successful bid."

"Wouldn't the same thing be of different prices?" It's not clear that although Mao Haifeng's man is honest, his mind is not stupid. In fact, if he is really stupid, Wang Zhi would not hand him such an important task. Gu Rundong explained with a smile: "Mr. Mao asked well, but we adults solved it even more. After all the items were allocated, all the winners made a successful bid at the lowest price. It's fair."

Mao Haifeng thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was really clever. First of all, it was fair and open. If he could not make fake words in black and white, the higher the price. And this kind of auction that could not tolerate regret makes malicious gouging very difficult unless you are planning to surround it with a high price, otherwise you don’t want to use a support to slap the price of a certain product. This is undoubtedly a blessing for buyers.

Moreover, this approach of comparing unit prices rather than total prices is more beneficial to merchants in urgent need. As long as the price is higher, the transaction price will always be obtained and the transaction price will be lower than the offer price, so you don’t worry about the loss being too large.

"This is indeed in place for the buyer to protect it." Thinking about it, Mao Haifeng said: "But what about the sellers, how can they guarantee their interests?"

"That's right," Gu Rundong said: "We withdraw the order or suppress the order before the hour of the auction house and withdraw the transaction on this day."

"At the same time, during the transaction process," Gu Rundong said: "If you want to avoid the transaction price being maliciously pulled down, you can also apply for price protection from the counter."

"How to protect?" Mao Haifeng felt that he was alive in vain and was completely impressed by a series of fantasy ideas.

"In fact, it is to bid in advance." Gu Rundong said: "According to his psychological bottom line, first invest in the full bid on the trading station. In this way, the prices below the psychological low line can be blocked from the transaction price."

"Sell it to yourself, do you want to pay taxes?" Mao Haifeng asked.

"If the owner does not change, the exchange will not send out the post flowers without the post flowers. Naturally, there will be no tariffs." Gu Rundong talked happily, obviously already familiarizing himself with the whole set of rules, saying: "And if this happens, it is equivalent to no transaction, so the bank will naturally not charge transaction commissions. The price paid by the seller is nothing more than the handling fee for applying for advance bidding, which is acceptable compared to possible losses."

Mao Haifeng finally had nothing to say, stretched out his thumb and said, "High, it's really high!"

The entire transaction process is completely based on fairness, justice and openness. Now in Xiao Mao’s heart, silence has become a master Qingtian who is unfavorable and specializes in serving the public! But he could not have imagined that under the veil of warmth, the most important pricing power is firmly grasped in the hands of silence.

Silence has an economic mind that is beyond the times. He knows very well that in various trades, whoever has the "pricing power" will have absolute dominance and others will be led by the nose. This is the original intention of establishing the "Suzhou Pingju Auction House"! It is to use a seemingly fair and moderate means to firmly grasp the pricing power in your hands - the daily price with the confusing word "guidance", as long as it is properly manipulated, it can all merchants be applauded!

However, merchants of this era are far from realizing the importance of pricing power. At least Mao Haifeng was satisfied. Under Shen Mo's leadership, he visited the Huilian bill number that can be deposited and exchanged in major cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as well as the certificate and exchange that can be financed by merchants.

After a day, he was very eye-opening and deeply felt that Suzhou City under Shen Mo was a paradise for merchants. I thought his adoptive father would be very interested! He even gave up some interests for this and should cooperate with Suzhou in order to achieve better development. Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to return to Japan and tell his adoptive father all this.

So the next morning, Mao Haifeng, who had not slept for a night, went to Chen Si to say goodbye with a pair of panda eyes, and Chen Si sincerely tried to keep him, "I haven't gotten close enough yet, why do you want to leave?"

"I can't bear to leave the adults either." Mao Haifeng also said nostalgic: "But the adoptive father is waiting for replying, and he really can't stay anymore." He said with a smile: "I'll go back and polish it with the adoptive father. Ask him to set up a representative office in Suzhou. If possible, I will be the representative, and then I can meet with the adults from time to time."

"Then you have to leave after at least fifteen." said silently: "The day after tomorrow, the courtesan conference is the most beautiful scenery of my Suzhou City, it is not too late to leave after seeing it."

Mao Haifeng was quite moved and took a lot of effort to block the ** and said, "Let's wait for next year. My father is still waiting for me to report. If he knows that I'm still reluctant to leave after I finish the work, he will have to break my legs."

"Hey, then we can only be next year." Chen Si said with a regretful look: "When will Brother Haifeng come back?"

"It can be as short as two months, and it can be as long as three months." Mao Haifeng was really immersed in the mood of farewell, and said sadly: "Japan is still far from the Ming Dynasty." As he said that, he thought of something: "My maritime department is just to open a port. At least before I come back, the merchant ships entering and leaving the Huangpu River are all under the protection of our Wufeng Banner. Whether it is going to Japan or to Nanyang, it is absolutely safe." Just waiting for your words, Chen Si finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a reluctance: "When will you leave?"

"Say goodbye to the adults and set off." Mao Haifeng said unwillingly.

"I'll give you a farewell." He said silently and ordered someone to serve wine, and took Mao Haifeng to eat and eat, then brought a gift to Wang Zhi, and then sent him out.

Looking at the big ship that disappeared in the distance, he breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the shore, enjoying the fresh and moist wind of the river, quietly closing his eyes and resting. Only today did he dare to turn back and walk the road to opening a port was too difficult and too tired. From contacting Tang Shun and Tan Lun in the past, please open the sea ban; to fighting with Li Mo and others in the court, overwhelming opposition; to fighting with the maritime merchant group, to setting up a foolish and deceitful reunion number, four-way carriage, horse carriage, certificate and volume exchange, and level auction house to today step by step. It can be said that it is hard and dangerous, but in the end it has united all the forces that can be integrated. Move the mountains one by one, and finally it is a day when the port can be opened.

Apart from being slightly proud, the silence felt a little exhausted. A thought suddenly arose in his mind. He just opened a port and went through so much trouble, almost all my connections were used and all my talents were mobilized to achieve it. And it can be foreseen that there will definitely be many difficulties and tests in the future. When waiting for the young Maritime Bureau, he still needs to cheer up and meet the challenges of those who are unwilling to lose.

"This should be my limit. As for the greater responsibility, I am afraid I am powerless, at least for the moment." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that we can't be too anxious. We have to carry forward the spirit of Yugong moving mountains and let my son and grandson inherit my career, why do we have to bear it alone?"

"What are you carrying alone?" Wang Yongji appeared behind Shen Mo with a smile and said, "Sir." He has joined Qionglin Club and has become much closer to Chen Mo emotionally. He will joke when there is no one.

"Brother Runlian, come and sit with me for a while." Chen Ji said without looking back.

Wang Yongji sat beside him and asked softly: "What are you thinking about?"

After a while, he whispered: "I'm sighing that it's difficult to do things! You think, how many troubles have we taken to open a port?"

Wang Yongji nodded in agreement and said, "In this world, it is indeed a huge difficulty to do something practical."

"Is there anything more difficult?" asked Chen Silently.

"It's even harder?" Wang Yongji thought for a while and said, "There is a saying, "There is a saying, 'The same rice nourishes hundreds of people, it's easy to do things and difficult to be a person'. Perhaps it's the most difficult to be a person that everyone recognizes."

"If you say that, I have a saying, "I also say "Silently, it is easy to be a person but difficult to be an official."

This was the first time Wang Yongji heard about this sentence. He savored it and said, "It is easy to be a person and it is difficult to be an official, but it is a good word. However, you should add a good word to the character "official"." He said, "It is difficult to be a good official."

"What is a good official?" Chen ** looked at the distant shadow of the lonely sail on the river and asked quietly.

"Good Official" Wang Yongji said softly: "A official who is diligent and loving to the people and who is honest and honest can be called a good official."

"Do you think it's the most difficult thing to be an official like this?" Chen Si leaned against the stone steps and asked softly.

"In this world, if you don't accept bribes and get enough money, your whole family will be poor and even hungry." Wang Yongji said: "If you think about the people, you have to go against the big officials. You may throw away your black veil at any time or even be framed." He said in a low voice and said: "You can always be a clean official. If you are good at it, it should be the most difficult thing to do."

"You have a longer experience in being an official than me," said silently, shaking his head, "but not as twists and turns as my experience, I have enjoyed the glory of winning six yuan in a row, and have suffered a lot in the Jinyiwei Prison. It can be said that I know the joys and sorrows." As he said, he twisted up a small stone and said, "As long as you have a thought, it is not difficult. In my opinion, the most difficult thing is to be a good official and do things!"

"I want to be an official and do things?" Wang Yongji repeated in a low voice.

"Yes, it is really the most difficult thing in the world to be an official and work vigorously." Silence threw the small stone into the water, and with a thump, it sank to the bottom, and the water was drifted. He couldn't help but pursed his mouth, saying: "If you want to straighten things, you have to take everything in your hands, and it will be difficult to get rid of the suspicion of power - but at the same time you have to pay attention to it, you can't infringe on the power of others, and you have to keep your own part. Otherwise, it will become a power-making, and you will fail. You will lose your reputation. This kind of grasp of your degree, struggle and suffering in your heart are really the most sad."

Although Wang Yongji was older than Chen Mo, he naturally could not live for two lifetimes when talking about being an official. So after hearing Chen Mo's words, he felt unheard of. He chewed it carefully and said softly: "The three words 'guarding the difference' are good. If you do this, you will be invincible."
Chapter completed!