Dual Transmigration: Starting from being captured and brought to the Hehuan Sect!

He had spent most of his life in business and had handled countless rare and precious items, but none of the things placed in front of him now were ones he had ever seen before.

When he looked at Lin Mo again, his eyes had completely changed.

From initial perfunctory politeness, to the shock and loss of composure just now, and now to a mixture of awe and reverence, his eyes even carried a hint of the fanaticism unique to businessmen.

He stood up, solemnly clasped his hands in a fist salute to Lin Mo, and showed no shame for his earlier disrespect.

"Lord Lin, I was negligent just now. I was truly blind to your greatness."

May I ask where these things came from?

Lin Mo picked up the hot tea that Yue Pengju had personally brewed for him, took a sip, and did not answer.

Yue Wanjin immediately realized that he had been presumptuous; who would tell him such a thing?

"I apologize, Lord Lin, it was my presumption!"

Here's what we'll do: no matter how much of these things you have, my Yue family will take them all.

Name your price, and I won't haggle.

He paused, then added,

"If you acquire any other interesting items in the future, the Yue family is willing to purchase them all at a price 10% higher than the market value. What do you think?"

"Really? But I have plenty of this stuff. I'm just worried your Cantonese family won't be able to finish it all!"

"many?

How many?

Ten items?

A hundred items?

Lin Mo shook his head.

"A thousand pieces?"

"No!

We have as many as you want!

Upon hearing this, Yue Wanjin was slightly taken aback, then his face turned serious:

"Is Lord Lin telling the truth?"

"really!"

"That would be difficult, Lord Lin. You know that things are valued for their rarity; if there were many, I'm afraid..."

"But what if I'm the only one who has these things, and I have to control the quantity?"

Yue Wanjin instantly understood Lin Mo's meaning:

"The Yue family is willing to be the exclusive distributor for you, and you can decide the profit sharing."

Lin Mo put down his teacup and smiled slightly.

That's exactly what he wanted to hear.

Yue Wanjin has eight businesses, and its distribution channels cover Hezhou and even several nearby prefectures. With him as the exclusive agent, Lianhai County's industrial products will not have to worry about finding a market in the short term.

The two sat down on the spot and finalized the cooperation terms item by item:

Lin Mo supplies the goods, while the Yue family is responsible for sales and promotion across all channels. The profits are split 30/70, with Lin Mo receiving 70% and the Yue family receiving 30%.

Yue Wanjin originally wanted to offer more profits to win over Lin Mo, but Lin Mo waved his hand, saying that he didn't lack the money and that giving 30% of the profits to the Yue family would motivate them to expand the market.

Yue Wanjin readily agreed, his opinion of the young county magistrate rising several notches.

This young man is not only resourceful but also has great magnanimity. It's incredibly lucky that my son knows him.

That evening, Yue Wanjin hosted a banquet at his residence. The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely.

Yue Wanjin, who had been in business for many years, rarely showed genuine respect for anyone. When toasting, he even changed his address from "Lord Lin" to "Mr. Lin".

Yue Pengniao sat at the lower end of the table, watching his father and elder brother treat Lin Mo with utmost respect. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his awe of Lin Mo deepened even further.

He had long known that Lin Mo was no ordinary person, but seeing his father, a shrewd old fox who had been opportunistic all his life, so easily subdued by just a few things, he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart.

Having almost finished eating, Lin Mo put down his chopsticks, picked up his teacup to rinse his mouth, and casually asked, as if suddenly remembering something:

"I heard you also have a money lending business?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Wanjin's face immediately filled with pride. He put down his wine glass and began counting on his fingers:

"Yes, of course! I own eight trading companies, with businesses spanning silk, medicine, paper, money exchange, restaurants, security escort agencies, cosmetics, and seafood..."

To be honest, Lord Lin, I'm planning to expand into two more new shops: a jewelry store and a brothel.

"In these streets of Hezhou City, you can see my Yue family's signboard just around the corner."

When he got to the point of being proud, his mustache stood on end, and he picked up his wine glass and took a big gulp.

"What a coincidence."

Lin Mo smiled slightly.

"I happen to have 100,000 taels of silver on hand, and I'd like to exchange it for gold. I wonder if your money exchange is convenient for me?"

One hundred thousand taels.

Yue Wanjin's hand, holding the wine glass, paused in mid-air for a moment, then he burst into laughter, making the candlelight on the table flicker.

"Convenient! So convenient! We're all family here, how could it not be convenient!"

"Alright, then I'll have someone deliver the silver to your bank tomorrow."

"Sure, sure!"

Yue Wanjin raised his glass and clinked it heavily with Lin Mo's.

The next morning, Lin Mo took out the silver from his spatial storage along with the goods he had purchased from the small commodity market. He piled them up in the backyard of the inn, filling two carriages with them. Yue Peng Niao led the way to escort them to the Yue Family Bank.

When Lin Mo arrived at the door, Yue Wanjin had already received the news and personally led the accountant and several assistants to wait behind the counter. Upon meeting, he warmly welcomed Lin Mo into the inner hall.

The samples were placed one by one on a long table made of rosewood: high-transparency glass cups, floral water, jasmine skin cream, handmade soap with essential oils, stemmed carved wine glasses, and palm-sized glass mirrors.

Yue Wanjin bent over and leaned close to the table. Every now and then, he picked up a glass and turned it in front of the morning light streaming in through the window, watching the dappled light cast on the table.

A moment later, she sprayed some floral water on her wrist, brought it to her nose, took a deep breath, and smiled, her wrinkles turning into chrysanthemums.

A little while later, he poured some more skin cream onto the rough back of his hands, rubbed it over and over, marveling at it and repeatedly saying, "Good stuff, good stuff."

However, when it came to the valuation stage, Yue Wan Jin encountered a problem.

He raised the glass to his eyes and then put it down, picked up the floral water, smelled it, and put it down again. He rubbed his hands together and paced around the table twice before finally offering a wry smile and bowing to Lin Mo.

"Lord Lin, to be honest, I've been in business for most of my life and have handled quite a few rare and precious items, but I really don't know how to price these things."

If you call them glassware, they are a hundred times more transparent than glass.

If you call them perfumes and cosmetics, they're even finer and smoother than the best face powder in my shop.

If this thing is priced too low, it would be a waste of a treasure;

If the price is too high, I'm afraid the wealthy merchants of Hezhou City will think it's too expensive and won't buy it. I'm truly in a dilemma.

Lin Mo was prepared. He picked up the teacup, took a leisurely sip, and only spoke after setting it down:

"Brother Yue, I have an idea."

Instead of racking our brains here trying to set a price, why don't we hold an auction and let the buyers set the price themselves!

"An auction?"

Yue Wanjin blinked, looking completely bewildered.

"What's that called?"

Lin Mo explained the auction rules from beginning to end.

Set a reserve price, invite prominent wealthy merchants from Hezhou City to the event, bid on each item individually, with a minimum increment for each bid, and the highest bidder wins.

Upon hearing this, Yue Wanjin's eyes widened further, and he suddenly slapped his thigh:

"Isn't this just a government sale and a charity sale?!"

When the imperial court confiscated the property of corrupt officials, it used the same method of "highest bidder wins," only under a different name.

But then he thought about it again, and his brows furrowed.

"However, Lord Lin, the sale of government property is a matter for the imperial court. Holding such auctions for profit could easily lead to impeachment for competing with the people for profit, and that..."