The fifth auction lot was a potted plant.
Not a real potted plant, though, but one sculpted from bronze.
It had a fancy name: the Welcoming Pine.
"This is a feng shui ornament, the Welcoming Pine."
"Grade: one star."
"Test results: when placed in a suitable feng shui position, it attracts customers."
"Starting bid: five million."
Five million.
This was the cheapest divine item so far.
[Item name]: Welcoming Pine [Item grade]: low-grade magical artifact [Item ability]: attracts one thousand customers per day. [Item description]: a feng shui ornament consecrated by an adept. Can attract customers.
Gu Cheng: "..."
This feng shui ornament worked rather like the Pixiu he had at home.
Its effect was much more clearly defined, though.
It explicitly stated that it attracted one thousand customers every day.
If he put this in a shop...
Business would be incredible.
If it were a restaurant...
At an average spend of fifty yuan per customer, that would mean fifty thousand yuan in revenue every day.
Eighteen million a year.
If it were a hotel...
At two hundred yuan per room, that would mean two hundred thousand a day.
Over seventy million a year.
Of course, that wasn't really how the math worked. It only attracted customers; it didn't say it forced them to spend money.
What if they just came in, looked around, and left?
But the general idea still held.
For anyone running a business, this was practically the secret to riches!
Yet only a handful of people joined the bidding.
After all, they couldn't see its effects as clearly as Gu Cheng could.
Attracting customers...
And attracting one thousand customers every day...
Were two entirely different concepts.
To them, it was probably just an ordinary feng shui ornament that would give their business a boost.