205: Chapter 203: Explosive Sales 205: Chapter 203: Explosive Sales This incident completely ignited the shopping passions of these noble ladies.
Additionally, those who were present today were the legal wives from the households, thus they spent money without even blinking an eye.
Moreover, Lin Yi discovered that, apart from mirrors, the most sold items were actually the Glazed Glass Wine Glasses.
After all, the price of a Glazed Glass Wine Glass was relatively low and their exquisite quality was extremely high; in other words, people saw these as having the highest cost-performance ratio.
After all, just spending one hundred taels of silver could buy a small and delicate Glass Wine Glass, how could they not be tempted by this?
Of course, if they started looking at these Glass Wine Glasses, they certainly wouldn’t rashly make a purchase.
After all, the value of these one hundred taels was self-evident.
But with the groundwork laid by the previous items, some costing as much as hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of taels, this hundred taels was practically negligible.
This further enabled them to spend money more freely.
Eventually, people were astonished to realize that in just a short while, they had inadvertently spent tens of thousands of taels.
Even some officials of lower ranks and incomes generally spent thousands of taels of silver.
If one were to delve into it, the source of this money was definitely illegitimate.
After all, the combined annual salary of these officials was only a few tens of taels; even after decades in office, they couldn’t possibly have saved up this much money.
Moreover, this was just the money they spent here.
That is to say, their actual net worth was much higher than this.
This alone reflects the extent of corruption in the great You Country today.
It can be said that the young Emperor’s control over them was almost nil.
This could be seen from the tax revenue of the National Treasury.
If it weren’t for Lin Yi’s intervention, perhaps the National Treasury would have already been emptied by now.
Moreover, those refugees didn’t even have the finances for relief.
Looking at the store now, and then considering its size comparable to the Jinluan Hall, but after these people entered, it still felt very crowded.
After a cursory glance, Lin Yi roughly estimated that there were at least 500 people in the room.
What does this signify?
It’s as if almost all the Civil and Military Officials were present.
Furthermore, all the wealthy and powerful individuals from the Capital City were also gathered here.
And precisely because of this, some items in the store sold out very quickly.
Like the mirrors, which had long been sold out.
Additionally, the Glass Wine Glasses were now completely out of stock.
Of course, this isn’t to say that these items were truly unavailable in the store.
But rather, Lin Yi had directly cut off the supply and didn’t plan to continue restocking the shelves.
After all, scarcity adds value.
If there were as many as you wanted, could these items still be considered rare?
Indeed, following Lin Yi’s tactics, those who managed to grab the glazed items felt as though they had made a great deal.
Thus, in less than an hour of the store’s opening, the items inside had almost been completely sold out.
Apart from a few high-value items, it can be said that the smaller items were instantly snapped up.
As for the top ten treasures of the store, naturally, not everyone could afford them.
Apart from Fourth Prince buying one item and Sixth Prince buying another, there was only one wealthy merchant who bought another of those items.
This merchant also bought a Qilin Vase.
Of course, officially, it couldn’t be called a Qilin Vase anymore.
After all, it had already been stated that the Qilin Needle was a unique piece, the only one of its kind.
Although the item bought by this merchant was exactly like the Qilin Vase, its name had been changed to Lion Tiger Beast.
This was something that greatly surprised Lin Yi.
He didn’t understand why the merchant dared to purchase such an item?
Given that the meaning represented by this item was now very clear.
Just think about it, the other two pieces that had been bought by the two Princes.
And after all, they were descendants of the Emperor, and could be considered royal offspring.
Their purchase was somewhat justifiable, but for a merchant to dare buy it, wasn’t that courting death?
However, since the other party had the money and wanted to buy, Lin Yi naturally wouldn’t refuse, as who would turn down an incoming 100,000 taels of silver?
As for whether this would infuriate the other two Princes, that was no longer his concern.
Finally, after an hour, the crazy influx of people started to decrease slowly.
After all, these people didn’t have much affection for this store.
They came entirely because of the setup by Lin Yi previously.
If they didn’t come, it would appear as if they weren’t respected enough or didn’t have sufficient status.
Now, not only had they come, but they had also indulged in a spree, which was completely beyond everyone’s expectations.
Originally, they had come here just to show their faces and then leave.
After all, by showing up, it proved that they had been invited, and by just showing their faces and leaving, they could still display their nobility, couldn’t they?
But never had they imagined that after arriving, they couldn’t leave and ended up spending extravagantly, which was entirely unexpected.
Now, having spent the money and shown their presence, they naturally wouldn’t stay much longer, especially since this was the Emperor’s store.
If they stayed too long, it might give those with intentions a handle to criticize.
Their masters behind the scenes would not be pleased either.
This was also something Lin Yi was keen to see.
However, before those officials left with their wives, these ladies were somewhat reluctant to leave.
They also did not forget to remind the clerks handling their transactions to deliver the mirrors to their residences immediately once they arrived.
And naturally, the clerks agreed cheerfully.
With this, the opening day’s business was successfully concluded.
Although the number of people in the store had reduced by more than half after the departure of the officials, there were still some who hadn’t managed to get what they wanted and stayed behind.
These individuals clearly had a lower status compared to the previously mentioned prominent figures.