But reality doesn't leave them much time for gossip, even if it's just spiritual slander.
The auction has begun.
Because of the experience of the last auction, the mages have more or less concepts about auctions and know the specific processes and operating methods. For example, they know the order of goods generally arranged in auctions. They know that the more valuable and sought-after goods should be arranged later, the auction can use this to increase the expectations of guests and keep the auction always Warm atmosphere.
In the auction album, there are many things that everyone recognizes, such as figures of characters from the drama, or gorgeously decorated carriages. But there are a lot of things that I don't recognize, such as a strange-looking but exquisite mirror, or a strange-looking colorful bead that looks like an insect egg.
There were only pictures on the booklet, but no indication of their uses, which left many people in a state of guessing.
But even if they don't know the purpose, the mages have their own ideas. There was no doubt that they were here for that set of figures, and they took it for granted that most of the others would be too. Because of this, they naturally concluded that Yin Lian would place this set of figures at the finale or the main axis. However, they did not expect that Yin Lian did not follow common sense at all.
After the auction started, the first item to be auctioned was a set of twelve figures of "The Mage King".
In order to allow everyone, at least everyone who has the ability to participate in the auction, to see clearly what the figure looks like, Yin Lian specially arranged a projection of the original scale on each table. Although it is a virtual shadow, the technology has been passed by the mages. The transformation was much clearer than when Yin Lian first saw it.
Although it cannot be touched directly because it is a phantom, it is at least enough for guests to see clearly all the details of the figure.
Most of the mages came here for this set of figures. Seeing the exquisite details of the entire set of figures, they were almost crazy with excitement.
The set of "Mage King" includes the Mage King, Salmati and a number of well-known mages from the early years. For high-level mages, it is simply a peripheral for high-level fans who combine historical worship and drama worship. Don't you want to make them feel excited? In addition, these two sets of peripherals were customized by Yin Lian in China, and the craftsmanship itself was not something that Mathil could possess. Theoretically, Mathil's mages may actually be able to create dolls with exactly the same material through earth spells, but the content of the figures includes more than that, and also involves art, aesthetics, skills, etc. It does not mean that they have the corresponding Technology can do it.
For example, the figure projected on the table at this time has a skin color that is very close to the real person and has a pearl-like texture. This is the skill of color matching. The body proportions are coordinated and the movements are natural and smooth. Although it is just standing there quietly, it feels like it is moving. This is the skill of modeling design.
In addition, the elegance of the clothing, the coordination of colors, and the vividness of expressions all involve various aspects of knowledge, which cannot be achieved by an earth mage just making a clay doll.
It was precisely because the precision and beauty of the doll completely exceeded the mages' expectations that they became even more excited.
At the beginning, whether it was the mages from the Sage City or the outside nobles or businessmen, they all wanted to take pictures of this set of figures ambitiously, and the atmosphere in the auction house quickly became heated. But as prices continued to rise, some customers had to stop bidding in shock.
The price of this set of figures has really skyrocketed too fast.
At the beginning, there were still nobles or businessmen participating in the auction, but when the auction price soared to more than 10,000 gold, even the wealthy nobles or big businessmen inevitably shut up, leaving a group of mages to bid.
Yin Lian had considered that mages would participate in the bidding, but he didn't expect them to be so crazy and so generous. Her original intention was not to deceive her own people, but obviously the recent rapid development of the City of Sages and the large number of orders from Yin Lian have given this group of mages a lot of benefit, so they are now spending money without mercy.
Speaking of this, Yin Lian actually considered some kind of sexy operation before today's auction started.
This kind of cool operation is to ask the guests who come to participate in the auction to exchange all the gold coins into vouchers before they can participate in the auction, and they have to find channels to exchange them for vouchers themselves. However, after the auction is completed, if they want to exchange the vouchers back For gold coins, you can exchange them directly at the counter of the auction house.
Although entering and exiting like this seems to be of no use except causing trouble for oneself, in fact it can give all the guests participating in the auction the impression that "vouchers are very useful and are more valuable than gold and silver coins." This will further promote the promotion and application of vouchers.
But after careful consideration, Yin Lian gave up the idea.
Firstly, it is because the number of vouchers currently circulating in the City of Sages is not very large and is strictly controlled. This auction will definitely involve a large number of large-amount transactions, and in this case, if it is forced to pay with vouchers, it will definitely lead to a shortage of vouchers in the market and even lead to foreign exchange speculation. For the current chamber of commerce, it may It has the effect of overthrowing seedlings and encouraging their growth.
Secondly, because this is the first auction, if such obstacles are deliberately set up for participants, it may reduce their experience and bring bad reputation.
Yin Lian restrained his thoughts. Now that he thought about it, it was indeed foresight, otherwise he would probably empty the pockets of his mages directly.
The "Mage King" series of figures were finally sold for 38,000 gold.
The series of figures, which had a base price of one thousand gold coins, ended up increasing nearly forty times, which can be said to be an extremely good start for the auction.
However, after the auction of the figures was completed, the mood in the audience seemed a little impetuous, because some customers who had this goal inevitably showed their emotional frustration and disappointment, but soon, the second product attracted their attention.
A bottle of colorful egg capsules was displayed at the auction.
Everyone in the audience whispered: "Is this the egg of some precious creature?"
However, the host's introduction on the stage far exceeded everyone's expectations: "This is a magic capsule specially developed by the magicians of the Magic Association. Each capsule stores some magic potions. One capsule is exactly the same as one time. The main effect is – beauty!”
When he said this introduction, a few people showed uninterested expressions, but more people became excited because of it.
This bottle of capsule was finally bought for 6,200 gold.
Although the price is far lower than that of figures, it is already prohibitively expensive for magic potions.
As time went on, the products that appeared next were also all kinds of strange, frequently attracting everyone's attention. For example, a mirror imbued with radiant magic can naturally drive plants apart when walking in the forest. Even if it does not have magic, it can still be driven by the energy of crystal stones.
It can be said that the magic props that "can be used even without magic" caused a great shock in the auction house.
Rather, magic should actually be a branch of divine arts, but divine arts themselves are not allowed to be accessed by ordinary people. The emergence of magic itself is an offense against divine magic, and now in a sense, the mages even want to further promote this offense.
If ordinary people could also use magic, even if they relied on props created by magicians, it would also be a huge change for the entire world.
For reasons that had nothing to do with the value of the item itself, the ring fetched a sky-high price at auction. The price of fifty-two thousand gold is even more than the most anticipated figure before.
Fortunately, the "Black Sage" series of figures and these magic props are not the same audience, and I don't know if there is an inexplicable sense of competition at work, or the inexplicable narcissism of the mages. The "Black Sage" series of figures are auctioned The price that came out was a little higher than the ring, exactly 53,000 gold.
This auction went on all the way, and the prices of the goods were staggering. If this was not the capital of sages and the base camp of mages, I am afraid that after the auction ends, there would be a group of bold thieves who would try to attack the organizer of the auction.
At the end of the auction, everyone discovered that the last big axle was actually the overly gorgeous carriage.
Suddenly there was another burst of whispers in the audience.
The auctioneer rang the bell, but instead of showing the carriage to anyone, he started to bring some thin pieces of parchment.
Then he said: "You must have seen the carriage that appeared in the previous album, but unfortunately, what we are auctioning this time is not this gorgeous carriage, but a contract about the carriage."
"Many people may be a little strange when they see the drawing, why we auction a carriage. I can tell you that this is not an ordinary carriage, but an extremely precious... magic carriage."
"The entire carriage is made of magical materials, and a total of seventy-five kinds of magic are fixed on it, including but not limited to floating, feather falling, defensive rebound and other spells directed at the carriage itself. It also has a variety of conveniences for travel. Measures, such as the cooling ice formation or the heating flame formation, can save you from the troubles of the seasons. In addition to the design of spells, the carriage itself also has many functions that are convenient for guests, which we will discuss next. Let me show you the simple internal structure of a carriage.”
But this time, there was no projection of the carriage's structure on everyone's table. Instead, a huge projection of the carriage's internal structure appeared on the table behind the auctioneer.
After everyone saw it, they all exclaimed in surprise.
I saw that the interior space of this carriage was much wider than everyone expected. It was not known whether it was due to its huge size or the use of space magic. The carriage is basically a small luxurious living room, which will even change as the image progresses. It can be a bedroom, a small restaurant or a serious carriage.
The auctioneer made sure that everyone's attention was attracted, and then said: "The last wave of auctions is not a single item, but an order contract in triplicate. The person who auctioned this contract, Magic carriages like this can be ordered from the Mage Association. It is worth mentioning that this carriage casts spells such as floating and feather falling, and can travel in the air with proper operation and the traction of flying monsters. The order price of the carriage It costs about 10,000 gold coins per vehicle. Due to limited production capacity, only three order contracts are auctioned here. Those who win the contract can order up to ten magic carriages from the Sage Capital Chamber of Commerce in the next year. "
"Now...the auction begins. The starting price is ten thousand gold, plus one thousand and one!"
