"Before I begin, let tell pass on a piece of knowledge my father taught ," I said, putting a wide smile on my face.
I spent an entire year in sales back on earth, trying to make a living out of it before my other projects hit it up. As such, while not substantial, I had so experience in selling a product of my own.
"There are tis of great prosperity and tis of great hunger. There are tis of moderate tis and tis when everything seems to change," I started up with a bit of narration, hoping to lure the audience in on it.
"But there is only one commodity that will always be in demand. A commodity that will be demanded both when the tis are great and when the tis are dire," I said before spreading my arms wide.
"This commodity is bread and rice. No matter what, people are going to eat, as such, bread makers and rice farrs will never run out of the demand for what they can supply," I stated one of the very basic rules of the economy.
The reason why I expanded the law of bread to rice was simple. I had no idea what was the staple in this world, so by adding this second most common dish of earth, I hoped to have a better shot at guessing the truth correctly.
"This law that my father passed on to got to think. If people are going to eat anyway, why not make it a bit more enjoyable?" I asked, waiting for a mont as if expecting an answer from the audience.
"Now, to fully understand my point, there is one thing that I believe all of you, esteed guests, will agree on. People are always going to pay for the luxury," I stated, only to bow my entire body down, implying that the very audience listening to were the people I just spoke about.
"I would never dare to assu that's sothing new for you, esteed guests, but there is one more thing that I learned on my own," I said, once again taking a mont of silence to build up the tension.
"People are always going to pay extra to get the original product!" I announced, making sure that the importance of this ssage was visible in all of myself, not only through my words.
For a few monts, I just stood in silence with a small smirk on my face. And then...
"In order to make the fries that took this town by a storm, one needs to put chopped potatoes into a pot of boiling oil. Once the pieces turn golden in color, they are fit for consumption. By adding a sprinkle of salt to every serving, their true taste will be revealed," I revealed the recipe for the fries that so poor fellow paid entire three gold coins.
And I did it for free.
Because the people that listened to my words were all big shots. Just from how this building looked like, I could tell that one had to possess a substantial wealth to be even allowed to the bidding stands.
And while a huge part of those people would be simply born into wealth, I counted that there was also a considerable number of people swift in their brains to understand my aim.
To understand the reason why I just revealed what should be a massive secret... for free!
"I believe I said everything that I should for the esteed guests to understand the value of the sauce that was originally introduced along with the fries," I finally spoke, calmly looking at the crowd surrounding from three sides. "Oh, and on the last note, in a single hour that I spent selling it, I earned five gold coins," I said, whipping out the money from my pocket and showing it to the spectators.
I then turned my head towards the jade beauty serving as an announcer.
"My presentation is finished," I said, hiding the money back and gracing the beautiful girl with a shy smile.
"You heard him, folks!" the girl picked up on my words in an instant. Her voice instantly spread throughout the massive hall, announcing the start of the most important part of my presentation.
The bidding.
"What this young man is selling is a recipe for the secret sauce to the fries that he presented to us!" the girl shouted.
An idea appeared in my mind, forcing to raise my hand a little.
"Do you want to add sothing?" the girl noticed my gesture and asked. With how close I was to her, I could see how she bit her lips in annoyance.
'It seems that I shouldn't have done that,' I thought as I nodded my head.
I took a step forward to make sure everyone's eyes would be directed at .
"Just like this impossibly beautiful announcer said, who I'm sure is most of the reasons why all the n visit this place, what I'm selling is the sauce. But what she didn't know..." I took a mont for the tension to build up before dropping a bomb on everyone in the room.
"I'm selling the sauce along with all the comrcial right to exploit it," I shouted.
The hall was previously filled with so slight murmurs coming from the people discussing the opportunity. But after my words, not a single soul dared to utter a word.
"What I an is outside of my own, personal use, I will never again partake in selling the fries and ketchup, nor will I ever sell the recipe to anyone else for as long as I'm alive!"
For a few more monts, the hall turned silent.
If my offer was attractive before, giving all those money-hungry powerhouses a chance to earn insane amounts, then now, I doubled if not tripled its worth.
By adding those two simple rules, I ensured that whoever would buy the recipe would practically get a monopoly on the dish!
"The bidding will start at one hundred..." the announcer spoke,
"THREE HUNDRED!" Soone in the crowd shouted before the girl could even finish her words.
"Three hundred to the lot twenty..."
"Five hundred!" soone else outbid the first bid.
"Seven hundred!'
"Eight hundred!"
"Eight hundred-fifty!"
The initial drive quickly died off, reaching sums far higher than what the auction house proposed at the beginning.
In other words, I was already satisfied with the current bids. Yet, for so reason, whenever soone would hike up the price, my eyes would travel to that person.
Partly because I wanted to know who would potentially be after getting the recipe out of forcefully and partly because I wanted to know who the people could splurge.
"One thousand!" soone shouted, raising the big by one hundred and fifty golden coins at once!
Moving my eyes to the buyer, I felt as if the world around suddenly stopped progressing in ti.
Because I could recognize the man who just made this insane bid!
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