Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 485 Ups and Downs
"It's fallen below seven thousand taels!"

"Fourth brother, how about we sell some too?" The Sixth Princess said a little nervously.

The fourth prince smiled calmly, patted his sister's head lovingly, and explained patiently:

"Sixth sister, if the other party didn't have this much strength, they wouldn't dare to make such a fuss."

"We can just watch the show with peace of mind. You can also take this opportunity to practice your character. Not to mention being able to remain calm in the face of danger, but also to remain calm and composed in the face of danger."

The eldest prince at the side nodded in agreement.

In the chaotic black market, the two calm brothers stood out and even attracted many people's attention.

If it weren't for the fact that they were not dressed like ordinary people and the guards beside them were tall and mighty, someone would have started saying something unpleasant a long time ago.

The Sixth Princess nodded, not quite understanding.

But she still felt distressed when she saw the falling prices.

As happy as she felt when the price went up just now, she feels as uncomfortable now.

The Sixth Princess simply stopped looking at the prices on the board and simply closed her eyes tightly, believing in the idea of ​​out of sight, out of mind.

Looking at their sister's cute reaction, the eldest prince and the fourth prince smiled at each other.

"It's fallen below six thousand taels!"

"It's fallen below five thousand taels!"

The price fell faster and faster as panic spread in the black market.

Just now people were crowding and scrambling to buy, but now the situation is completely reversed, with everyone pushing to the front to sell the antiques they have.

But as popular as these antiques were just now, they are just as hot now.

Looking around, all you see are people who want to ship goods.

Therefore, the prices on the bulletin board were refreshed rapidly, and one seller after another quoted lower and lower selling prices, forming a vicious competition like an avalanche.

There is no price limit system in the freely traded black market. The price can rise as much as it wants and fall as much as it wants.

As the price rapidly fell below five thousand taels, and the speed showed no signs of slowing down, the eldest prince could not help but change his expression.

"Fourth brother, how about a small toss?"

"Otherwise, we may not even be able to pay the mortgage interest later."

"If you sell it now and buy it back later when the price reaches the bottom, you can still make a little extra money, right?"

The eldest prince began to persuade.

He is a person who seeks stability by nature, and now seeing that the fluctuations are far beyond his imagination, he can't help but feel a little flustered.

The fourth prince frowned and thought for a while, then said:
"Brother, what you said is wrong. If I sell it now, I may not be able to buy it back later."

"After all, they will have the goods in hand by then. Whether to sell or how much to sell depends on their wishes."

"We just wait and see. The other party invested so much to suppress the price. It must be to make money, right?"

The Fourth Prince's words made the First Prince feel slightly relieved.

Moreover, it was agreed upon before leaving the palace that the Fourth Prince would be fully responsible for making money from this competition, and the First Prince would not be in a position to intervene and change the Fourth Prince's operations.

The eldest prince nodded silently and said nothing more.

Just like the Sixth Princess, he also didn't want to look at the ever-decreasing prices anymore.

The ever-falling prices make people feel upset, their hearts beat wildly, and their stomachs begin to feel slightly cramped.

The eldest prince was more sensitive to prices than the sixth princess. With a quick calculation he knew how much money they had lost in the blink of an eye.

For the eldest prince who had little experience in business, these figures were too stimulating for him.

If there weren't so many people around, the eldest prince would have wanted to follow his sister's example and turn a blind eye so as not to be annoyed.

It's not just the eldest prince and the sixth princess. In fact, the fourth prince, who is the operator, is under the greatest pressure at this time.

But if he sells now, his profits will be cut in half, and his originally good-looking profits will immediately become extremely ugly.

Moreover, the Fourth Prince was truly convinced that there was someone behind this who was trying to take advantage of the situation.

He firmly believed that as long as he remained unmoved and responded to all changes with the same attitude, the other party would naturally be helpless.

Even if you want to lower your price, the other party has reached their limit and will naturally raise the price again.

The Fourth Prince didn't believe that the price, which had finally risen after half a month, would drop to zero overnight.

How much money would it cost to achieve this? And what benefits would it bring?

The Fourth Prince, like most people in Daxing, believed that profits could only be made when prices rose.

Falling prices are good for no one.

Humans cannot imagine anything beyond their own cognition.

The gap in cognition determines the outcome from the very beginning.

When the price continued to fall below four thousand taels of silver, the Fourth Prince could not help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and could no longer hold back and said:
"Let's go check out the mortgage."

The eldest prince and the sixth princess had wanted to leave here for a long time, and they nodded in agreement immediately.

The three men left in a hurry with their entourage.

Not far away, Li Xuan saw that the eldest prince and his three siblings had finally taken action. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and then sneered:
"Meow, it turns out it's just a slow reaction."

If the eldest prince and his two siblings remained unmoved until the end, it would be Li Xuan's turn to wipe away the cold sweat.

"You almost scared me."

Seeing that the eldest prince and his two siblings were panicking, Li Xuan finally felt at ease and enjoyed the warmth in Princess Ankang's arms.

At this time, Princess Ankang asked Li Xuan in her arms:

"Ah Xuan, why are they crying more and more?"

"Is there something sad?"

Li Xuan glanced at the transaction price which had fallen below three thousand taels and just shook his head slightly.

"Crying? Crying also counts as time!"

Looking at the price which was still far from the pre-determined support price, Li Xuan said to himself.

"Ah~"

"They all cried so pitifully."

Then Princess Ankang yawned out of boredom.

"I'm sleepy, let's go back to bed."

After saying this, Princess Ankang led her people away from the black market where people were crying and shouting.

Although it is much more lively here now than when they first arrived, Princess Ankang doesn't quite like this kind of liveliness.

"I've never seen someone cry so loudly."

Princess Ankang walked out of the black market and shook her head in confusion.

But she didn't see that in fact, there was a small group of people in the black market who were not so sad, and were even laughing.

"Ahahahaha——"

“The way these people cry is so funny~”

The eighth prince brought a group of little kids with him. They were holding toys, eating snacks, and unscrupulously laughing at the sad faces of those who were holding antiques and trying to compete to sell them.

Naturally, their behavior attracted the angry stares of countless people.

There were even a few who were so angry that they rushed over to fight them, but were knocked over by the tall and mighty guards. This made the people who followed them to rush over immediately calm down, turn around tactfully, and continue to squeeze in the crowd to try to sell the antiques they had.

……

When the eldest prince and his two siblings arrived at the mortgage office, they saw a scene that shocked them.

Due to the recent boom in antique transactions in the Jinpeng Dynasty, the black market mortgage business has also become popular.

In particular, the new mortgage methods of mortgaging the antiques of the Jinpeng Dynasty have been particularly popular.

But with the sudden collapse in the price of Jinpeng Dynasty antiques tonight, this new type of mortgage has become the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Some people have antiques that they can't sell and want to come here to pawn them for money.

These people, like the Fourth Prince, all believe that the value of the Jinpeng Dynasty’s antiques will continue to rise in the future, and that now is just a temporary adjustment.

I have to say that these people are really brave enough to go against the trend and continue buying.

There is always a shortage of smart people in the world.

These self-proclaimed smart people think they have seen through the truth and want to use their own talents to fight for a chance to change their fate.

But how could they have imagined that as long as they got involved, they had already fallen into Li Xuan's trap. No matter whether they were selling or buying, making a profit or a loss, it was just a part of the design and exploitation.

If you are lucky, you can take profits and exit the market as soon as the signs of trouble start to turn.

These people don't have much inventory on hand, and they can make a lot of money by reselling it. But they are very rare, and in the huge black market, they can't even make a ripple.

Most people remain on the market, tortured to death by the two options of "buy" and "sell".

When he arrived at the mortgage office, the Fourth Prince did not expect that there were so many people who had the same idea as him, and he firmly believed that the price would be raised later.

But this discovery not only did not reassure the Fourth Prince, but made him even more frightened.

"If we don't force these people to give up their bargaining chips, the people behind the scenes will never give up!"

The Fourth Prince did not expect that there were so many people as "smart" as himself, so many that it made him panic.

Even just now in the black market, when he saw the transaction prices plummeting, the Fourth Prince had never been so scared.

The eldest prince and the sixth princess both noticed that the fourth prince had a strange expression on his face, but neither of them dared to interrupt him from thinking.

The fourth prince’s mind flashed with his own cost price, and two completely opposite ideas began to fight in his brain.

"Sell it or not?"

On the side, someone was using his antiques as collateral.

Even though the prices of antiques have collapsed tonight, mortgages have not been shut down and are even continuing.

However, the prices are also updated according to the market prices, and may even be much lower.

Because the news here was received with some delay, the transaction price was directly lowered to 500 taels of silver in advance.

But even so, there are still many people who are mortgaging.

Some people think that the price will definitely go back up in the future, so they buy as many antiques as they can now.

And some others have no way out.

Even if these people sold all the antiques they had now, they would still not be able to pay back the money they borrowed as collateral, not to mention that the 50% monthly interest would continue to compound until the last ounce of silver in their pockets was drained.

These people have been forced into a desperate situation and have no other option but to continue buying and wait for a turnaround.

The premise is that they can wait until the day when they can turn things around.

The eldest prince saw the fourth prince standing there in a daze, and then looked at the other people who were constantly pawning antiques at the pawn office. He knew that the situation was not good and was not as optimistic as the fourth prince had imagined.

"Fourth brother!"

The Fourth Prince came back to his senses slowly after being called.

"Let's sell all the antiques. We can't beat them." The eldest prince advised.

"But……"

The Fourth Prince felt very upset. If he sold the goods at the current price, he would suffer a huge loss. Not only would he have to lose all the money he had earned from Boss Qian before, but even their original capital of 30,000 would only be left with a little over 12,000 taels.

Wouldn’t it be that all the efforts of the Fourth Prince over the past few days have been in vain?

Thinking of this result, the Fourth Prince sincerely could not accept it.

“But if we sell it now, we will lose everything. We can only redeem it for 12,000 taels of silver.” The fourth prince said bitterly.

The Sixth Princess subconsciously covered her mouth and her eyes widened in surprise.

The eldest prince took a step forward, stopped in front of the fourth prince, and continued:
"Whatever is left is good. If the market keeps falling like this, not only will we lose everything we have invested, but we will also owe money."

The eldest prince's words reminded the fourth prince that losing all the money and the competition was a small matter, but if they were to return with a huge debt, the face of their Qingshu Palace would be completely lost.

By then, I’m afraid their mother will not let them off easily.

More importantly, the Fourth Prince cannot let the First Prince suffer embarrassment because of his own mistake.

As long as he handed over the remaining 10,000 taels of silver to the eldest prince, he could still save some face.

As for himself and the Sixth Princess, it didn't matter if they lost all their 10,000 taels of capital.

"Okay, listen to your big brother."

The fourth prince finally made a decision.

The eldest prince nodded, patted the fourth prince on the shoulder, and comforted him:

"Well, let's go back together."

"There is nothing that can be done about this situation."

The Fourth Prince nodded silently, but his lost mood was always difficult to conceal.

I finally had a sure win, but unexpectedly there were twists and turns in the end.

Especially since he was the one who ruined the eldest prince's victory with his own hands, how could the fourth prince not feel uncomfortable?

"Brother, I'm sorry."

"What are you talking about? Let me do it myself. I've already lost all my money. Why would I have to wait until today?"

The eldest prince said with a smile, patting the fourth prince's back vigorously and asking him to straighten his chest.

The Sixth Princess also recovered from her initial shock and comforted him:

"Fourth brother, I know that in business there are gains and losses, isn't this human nature?"

"What is there to apologize for? If you ask me, should we go back and sell these antiques?"

"Otherwise, it's hard to say whether there will be 10,000 taels later."

Although the Sixth Princess knew that she shouldn't bring this up, she felt she had to say it.

When the eldest and fourth princes heard this, they immediately realized that time is money now, and shouted in unison:
"not good!"

After saying that, the two rushed back to the black market trading office, and the Sixth Princess and her followers hurriedly followed them.

"Big brother, fourth brother."

"Wait for me!"

Seeing the two running away without looking back, the Sixth Princess helplessly shouted again:
"At least take these crap with you first!"

"Otherwise, what would you sell?"

The next moment, the eldest prince and the fourth prince turned around and ran back, each holding one in each hand, and then continued to run away without stopping for a moment.

"Oops~"

The Sixth Princess also wanted to follow, but her followers and most of the antiques were still there, so she had to lead people to catch up in a hurry.

But when the Sixth Princess caught up with the two brothers at the trading place, she discovered that the First Prince and the Fourth Prince were standing there with the antiques in their hands, and they did not even squeeze up to sell the antiques in their hands.

Although the current price has been falling, as long as you are ruthless and set a price far lower than the transaction price, you can still sell it.

"It's already this late, what are you guys doing standing here?"

The Sixth Princess said angrily, thinking that the two men were unable to let go of their status and were unwilling to squeeze in with these common people.

The fourth prince held the antique in his hand, raised his hand and pointed forward, and said with a serious expression:

"It seems that it won't fall anymore?"

His tone was filled with both doubt and anticipation.

The Sixth Princess looked over and discovered that the transaction price had fallen below two thousand taels and was about to fall below one thousand five hundred taels.

But for some reason, the speed of decline was extremely slow, and it seemed that it could not fall any further.

"One thousand seven hundred and fifty taels, one thousand seven hundred taels..."

The price slowly creeps downwards, and the Sixth Princess feels something is wrong. She stands beside her two brothers and watches.

But as they expected, the miracle did not happen. Although the price fell more slowly, it still fell below 1,500 taels.

"Oh, don't wait any longer, sell it as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, you won't be able to sell it for even a thousand taels later."

The Sixth Princess advised.

The eldest prince also shook his head. In his heart, he hoped that a miracle would happen and the price would go up again as the fourth prince had said.

But now it seems that it will be difficult to wait until that time given their strength.

"Look, it stops there!"

The Fourth Prince suddenly shouted excitedly.

The eldest prince and the sixth princess looked up and found that the price had stopped at a meaningless number.

"One thousand three hundred and fourteen taels."

The next moment, a roar rang out from the crowd:

“It’s going up, it’s going up!”

“It’s rising again!!!”

(End of this chapter)