Yi Chen's sudden offer made the boss a little confused.
Although he is a rare "candle puppet master", he violated the ban of Lantern City because of illegal oil refining. He was forbidden to open a shop on the central street and could not directly obtain raw materials from Lantern City.
Such a verdict almost pushed him out.
But he, who grew up in the City of Lights, insisted on staying and opened a shop in a remote border town. He would go out of the city every day to look for raw materials for dolls.
During the search for raw materials, he encountered danger and his face was contaminated by a strange substance, causing irreparable facial trauma. Even so, he still insisted on his original intention of being a candle puppet maker.
However, due to the consumption capacity problem in the border town and the fact that he himself is not very good at sales, the store has not been visited for a long time.
Now, a strange-looking young man suddenly came and offered to buy the cheapest, oldest model doll that even had ignition problems after just two sentences.
This made the boss wonder if this old doll had some hidden value that he hadn't discovered.
"Wait a moment, this candle puppet has not been maintained for a long time, and it needs to be repaired before delivery."
"About how long?"
"Half an hour will do."
The boss took the candle doll back to the workshop in the store, picked up a magnifying glass and examined it carefully, but did not find any value.
Although this candle doll was originally made of good materials, after years of use, many parts of its body have been broken and it was glued together with inferior adhesives. As long as it is not a complete component, it is worthless.
The boss slightly tightened the screws, patched up the grease bag inside the doll, and lifted it out again.
"Are you sure you want to buy it? Although one thousand coins is cheap for a candle doll, it is still a considerable sum of money."
"Boss, you don't seem to want to do business?"
After hearing what Yi Chen said, the boss didn't say anything more, "Give me the money!"
The two of them stretched out their fingers at the same time, and when the greedy rings touched each other, the treasure chest heads on them stuck out their tongues and entangled with each other. After a burst of transmission, the transfer was successful.
The boss also handed over the matches he had just used.
"The starting matches are for you. The wick of the doll is a bit old, so try to insert the match as deep as possible when lighting it. Also, there is no warranty period here. If it breaks, come and fix it. The price is clearly marked, and I won't cheat you."
"OK."
The match was lit, and Yi Chen very gentlemanly put it gently into the puppet's eye socket, and then used his mental power to send it deeper into the eye socket.
The puppet starts.
The white candle with grooves all over it appeared again on the top of the head.
"Boss, when I don't need lighting, like now, can you tell her not to burn and save some wax in her body?"
"If she doesn't burn, she won't have the strength to move... There is a switch here on the cervical vertebrae. This old model can only switch between two modes, one is the current "lighting mode" and the other is the "daily mode."
"Okay, I'll give it a try."
Yi Chen stretched out his hand and twisted the third protruding cervical vertebra in the middle, click!
The white candle above the head slowly lowered and the head retracted.
Due to the closed environment of the cranial cavity, the flame was controlled to the smallest size, and only a tiny amount of light shone through the eye sockets, occasionally accompanied by wax, as if the eye was crying.
"Thank you, boss. See you again."
After leaving Zhuou Shop, Yi Chen just asked Zhuou to follow him obediently.
Because this candle doll was too old and tattered, it caused ridicule and discussion among passers-by along the way, who regarded Yi Chen as a fool who spent a lot of ancient coins to buy a piece of junk.
However, Yi Chen didn't care about other people's looks at all. He even tried his best to suppress his excitement. The corners of his mouth kept twitching, trying to suppress the smile as much as possible.
In his eyes, he must have made a fortune.
Yi Chen has experience in the matter of "dolls". After all, Yuri the Prophet of Zion is good at this.
Although the assassination doll in Gethsemane tends to be anthropomorphic, and the candle doll here tends to be functional, they are still similar in essence.
Just now in the store, with the perspective provided by Little Grape, Yi Chen basically scanned all the dolls.
Indeed, this doll is the oldest model, with the most signs of repair, and as the boss said, the possibility of damage is very high. It is not even suitable for exploring extremely dark places. It is best to keep it at home as an ordinary maid who provides lighting.
However, it is also because it is the oldest model, and even one of the earliest candle figurines made by the boss.
The most effort was put into this candle puppet. Yi Chen could see the details of the key links of this old-fashioned puppet at a glance. All the parts were polished by hand.
From the traces of polishing hundreds of times, we can see the boss's original determination to pursue the candle puppet master. However, this determination has been eroded by time and reality, just like this candle puppet, which is now in tatters.
The most important point,
"Old-fashioned" didn't matter to Yi Chen at all. When he saw the brain grooves on the surface of the white candle rising above the candle puppet's head, he was sure that the candle puppet had a sound brain.
As long as the brain structure is intact, it can be innovated through learning, and Yi Chen's epileptic brain can give him the ability to seek knowledge.
Now is not the time to educate you because you are exposed to the dim light and are under unknown surveillance.
Duke's Chamber of Commerce
As the largest chamber of commerce group in the Old World, almost all cities in the Old World welcome the Duke's arrival, which not only brings huge traffic to the city,
Even after the Duke leaves, the entire city may be blessed by the trade, and some luck-related disease will take root and spread among the cities, improving the fortune of the entire city and thus developing brilliantly.
So too,
Except for a very small number of special groups that have nothing to do with transactions, such as the Monastery of Pain, the vast majority of life in the Old World likes, respects and loves Duke Garirisson, who lives in the throne room of the castle.
The City of Lights also vacated the largest and best-equipped eastern district of the central trade street as the Duke's venue.
There was no staff from the Light City to be seen in the venue area, not even the most basic light head security guards.
The reason is simple, because the Duke does not need to worry about public security issues. Anyone who dares to cause trouble in the Duke's Chamber of Commerce will eventually be exchanged for an equal proportion of gold, coins, wood, etc. and stored in the Chamber of Commerce's warehouse.
Yi Chen had just walked into the central street, and before he even got close to the east district, the street was already crowded with people.
"Is the Duke's influence so great... How can I get in?"
Although Yi Chen wanted to queue up honestly, according to the speed at which the queue moved, it would probably take three days and three nights to reach the Chamber of Commerce.
Just as I was considering what to do, a passage suddenly opened up between the queues.
A Chamber of Commerce staff member wearing a golden mask and dressed appropriately came out, came to Yi Chen, and bowed and invited him.
"Dear Mr. William, we have sensed your presence and have come to lead you to the Chamber of Commerce. As a high-quality customer of the Duke, you will enjoy special personal trading privileges."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the patients on the street looked at Yi Chen, at this person of unknown origin, full of envy and even jealousy. Some even secretly memorized his appearance and breath in preparation for a big gamble in the future.
When I was introduced to the East District by the Chamber of Commerce staff,
A dazzling array of strange and bizarre temporary shops with various styles and attributes of the old world are built here, which is very much like the "large-scale market" in the past.
Yi Chen followed the staff all the way to the center of the East District, where a huge temporary auction building had been built and the treasure auction would officially begin tonight.
The Duke himself is also resting in it, and she will personally preside over the auction.
Even standing outside you could hear loud snoring accompanied by the clanging of all kinds of gold, silver and jewels.
When Yi Chen stepped into the empty auction building, he was immediately attracted by the mountains of gold and jewelry on the exhibition stand.
At the same time, the snoring stopped.
As the jewels slid, the Duke's fat body sat up.
When seeing Yi Chen, his acquaintance, coming, the Duke's two big golden front teeth were revealed with a smile.
The word DuKe printed on my front teeth is so familiar.
"Duke!" Yi Chen immediately bowed his head and saluted.
"William, you've made great progress. You're not inferior to Yuehen... The structure of the epilepsy brain is also quite perfect, and there are many new things. It's really a complex product."
Yi Chen was attracted by a name in the Duke's words, "Yuehen? Does the Duke know his current situation?"
"That guy met me once two months ago and bought something he had always dreamed of, or something I prepared specifically for him... He has now reached a higher position."