Although the bidding war drove the prices higher than they had anticipated, the banquet itself was novel and eye-opening, so everyone accepted it well.
Some of the cleverer guests were even thinking about whether they should try a similar operation back home to clear out their own inventory, though they would have to think through the details carefully.
Gu Kaiyuan and his wife were selling sought-after properties and farmlands. How could they convince people to willingly spend their Silver on their own miscellaneous stock?
Others took the idea and ran with it, planning to go back and create their own gimmick. They would invite some gentlemen and their wives who were particularly interested in a certain item, confident that they would be willing to spend the Silver to save face.
After all, the only reason they had just paid so much more than they intended for those shops and estates was to avoid losing face in front of others.
