Chapter 155 - Im Not Selling It (1/2)

”Still doesn't change the fact that I'm not selling it,” The auctioneer shrugged his shoulders as he responded.

”But I still want to buy it,” Hecathe also showed his stubbornness through a smile.

Marvin and LeiLei gulped and nodded their heads as they supported Hecathe. They were clearly aware of the fact that this was just plain disrespect to the auctioneer but since Hecathe had brought them over to support him, that would be what they'd naturally do.

”And what if you can't buy the auction? Are you going to threaten me?” The auctioneer asked and this time, his feelings at the moment were a bit hard to understand as his eyes narrowed down on Hecathe with both suspicion and great interest.

Hecathe chuckled dryly as he heard this question that was meant to trick him.

”I'm sorry but that's not possible,” Hecathe spoke a bit too confidently, ”I have no power to threaten you with.”

”Then why do you so confidently believe that I'd sell the auction house to you?” The auctioneer tilted his head as he asked with a bit of amusement evident in his tone.

”Because you lose nothing from it and there is a lot to gain from taking my offer,” Hecathe answered with a small smirk that was hardly noticed.

”A lot to gain?” The auctioneer repeated in a questioning manner.

Hecathe nodded his head as he confirmed it and spoke, ”That's right. You get to own the auction house and you get to have a large percentage of the profit share as well. I'm sure that is not interesting enough for you so I decided to offer something more luring. If you agree to my demands then I provide hundred pure mutant beads to the auction house per month for only one million Lenix.”

The auctioneer's eyes widened as he heard this offer and he was clearly finding this deal a bit hard to believe. As expected, the latter offer was a lot more alluring than the former and the auctioneer finally started to consider Hecathe's proposal seriously.

If Hecathe was willing to sell the pure mutant beads for such a small amount then he might as well be just giving it out for free.

”What is the deal?” The auctioneer gulped as he folded his hands and asked.

Hecathe smiled as he heard this question and nodded in satisfaction before he continued, asking, ”Have you ever heard of stocks?”

”Eh?” The auctioneer tilted his head in confusion as he questioned, ”Do you mean livestock?”

Hecathe shook his head as he explained, ”I mean stocks of a company.”

The auctioneer frowned as he heard this and from his facial expressions alone, it was clear that the man had never heard of such a thing before.

It seemed that the system of stocks wasn't yet found in this world and this was just perfect for Hecathe.

”Stocks are parts of a company. I give you money and you give me a certain percentage ownership of your auction house. In this way, we both become the legal owners who share the profits and losses created. In this case, I'm only asking for a one percent ownership and the profit I earn would also be limited to that one percent ownership.”

The auctioneer took a few minutes to understand all this information and when he was done processing it all, he couldn't help but be a bit intrigued with this new idea of ownership.

”If you earn a profit of Ten Lenix, I only get to earn One lenix while you keep the other nine,” Hecathe continued with an example as he tried to best explain to the man how this whole system worked, ”In accordance to that, you also get to keep all the profit that you gain with the pure mutant beads that I provide.”

”But then, what is in it for you?” The auctioneer asked with a bit of confusion and this was a smart question.

This whole deal sounded extremely good for the auctioneer but it didn't really give such a good offer to Hecathe and this made the auctioneer wonder why this man was here to propose such a deal.

”Because I then get to be one of the owners of this great auction house,” Hecathe didn't bother hiding the truth as he spoke with a warm proud smile.

Finally, when Marvin heard this, he understood what Hecathe was trying to do.

What Hecathe needed to do was own the auction. He needed to show that he was trying to overtake the city but he didn't really need to go through with it.