Chapter 7 (1/2)

Hurry up and get born, ok?

As said earlier, Gaia Star was a famous trade planet, and on a trading planet, the most important part were of course the various auction houses.

When inquiring about it, Xie Tao made sure to not ask too many questions and played it out as an normal conversation in order to avoid showing his abnormally lacking common sense.

During their conversation, Xie Tao got to know that there was a “Star Network” in this world, which was equivalent Internet on Earth, however it was more powerful.

There was an old connector in the office where Xie Tao had applied for the job. Hearing that, he came up with an excuse to borrow it and he then used the old connector, that was the size of an ostrich egg, to get a lot of the information he needed.

Just browsing quickly, it didn’t take long before his eyes stopped on a line-

[Qi Zhen Plant Auction][1]

There were seven trade planets known in the interstellar, each with its own characteristics. The most well-known point of Gaia Star was the special auctions that the planet often held, as they were not available on any other trade planet.

These special auctions, such as the “Qi Zhen Plant Auction” that Xie Tao found, were not widely available, and since there were various connoisseurs in StarCraft, the special auctions focused on Starcrafts held on Gaia Star were tantamount to a carnival. Although the other auctions didn’t have as large impact, the connoisseurs in that area certainly had the same enthusiasm.

Therefore it could be said that as long as it was a connoisseur who appreciated rare plants, or even just rare objects, they would never miss an plant auction held on Gaia Star.

There were countless differences between the planets, including biological species. Knowing this, Xie Tao couldn’t help but want to see the auction.

If he brought with him some plants from earth get to this world, maybe they could be considered rare and valuable?

Xie Tao’s fingers once again tapped wildly on the screen as he looked up the most common plants in this world, he then formed a general idea.

The potted plants in his backyard were all broken and even if some plants were able to survive, it would take a lot of time to clean up. It was also troublesome to go out and buy a new plant. Xie Tao therefore put his eyes on the bonanzas, that unlike most of his plants, had survived and still stood firmly on the window sill of his house.

Holding a mentality of trying not to lose, Xie Tao returned to the earth and picked his most beautiful bonanza which had a blooming flower that resembled a pink lotus. He then returned to the other world.

There was only one week until the auction and Xie Tao did not know what auctions rules were in this world. So he could only ask Xia Qi for an hour off and go to see for himself.

Xia Qi did not ask what Xie Tao was going to do and hearing his request, she directly nodded, granting him permission.

Holding the pot that he brought from earth, Xie Tao followed the route he had found on the Star Network and successfully reached the auction house he was looking for.

Before the auction was officially held, the auction house called Soma was willing to accept commissions. Of course, in order to guarantee the quality of the auction, this Soma auction house invited a professional connoisseur to set the threshold for the appraisers.

The threshold was very high, and the condition of “the quantity is scarce” was not enough. The rare plants that could be in the exhibition stand were basically variants, plants specially cultivated that had a very low probability to be live.

It was now Xie Tao’s turn and he gave the plant to an employee that carefully received it.

The entrusted object was then sent inside to identify it and judge whether it was qualified. When the employee came out again, she went up to another staff member and said a few words in the ear of the another. Xie Tao noticed that the polite smile on the staff member who received him seemed to become a bit wider.

Looking at this expression, he should have qualified.. right?

However, Xie Tao didn’t let himself be too excited. The demand was probably not high and even if he had managed to bring a plant worth five-digits, even if he had met the expectations, this was a small auction house, it probably couldn’t get up to five-digits…

At this time, Xie Tao still had low expectations in his heart, and he did not know whether his plant was a rare specie in this world. But since the auction house was willing to accept it, it should at least not be a common plant.

“Our auction house is willing to accept this commission. Regarding the commission rate and other matters charged for the auction proceeds, please look at the contract. If you feel that there is no problem, you can sign it.” The staff spoke while secretly observing the human youth in front of him.

He was just sent a message, saying that he must take this commission, and he could even make appropriate concessions on the commission ratio…

What does this mean? Of course this shows that their boss thinks this will be a big business! Although he did not hear how the appraisers evaluated this plant, he was sure that it most have been extremely high, a good quality and rare item.

You see, their boss was a goblin and the goblin race was famous in the interstellar for their greed. Therefore he knew that he would never concede and let their commission ratio be lowered, unless this concession could make him gain even more benefits.

Xie Tao looked at the 15% commission rate charged by the auction house and calculated the normal ratio on earth. Confirming that there was no problem, he signed it.

“Mr. Xie, about the reserve price for this item, what do you think..?” Seeing Xie Tao sign the contract, the staff carefully asked for his opinion.

Since he did not know the market, Xie Tao replied: “It is up to you.”

After quickly finishing up the matter, Xie Tao rushed back to the club and managed to not exceed his time for leave. After that, two days passed calmly, however on the third day, Xie Tao encountered something surprising.

Ever since he came to the Cub Raising Association and started working as a caretaker, the golden ball had been quietly floating around him. It had not wandered nor disappeared. But now it suddenly moved.

Xie Tao realized that it must be the last guidance that Xia Zuo had mentioned.

Although he was caught off guard, Xie Tao quickly followed behind the light ball. This time it did not take him to another place, it only took him to the house where he usually took care of the cubs.

As he walked into the house, he saw that the door in the upper right corner of the house, that was normally closed, was now slightly open.

That was.. the hatching chamber?

On the first day of his job, Xie Tao had already memorized all rooms in the house and their purpose. However, although he knew what it was, he had never visited it since the work assigned to him these days did not require him to go in there.

The golden light ball floated directly to the entrance of the room, and then it stopped before squeezing itself through the narrow opening. It was very clear where he needed to go, so Xie Tao hurried to follow.