"Are there three legendary masters guarding two hours before the auction starts?" Catherine shook her head with a wry smile: "You are really unlucky, let's continue to talk about the key points."

"After the gem was lost, we spent three days searching." John continued: "I searched almost all the suspicious places in secret, but there were no clues. Hesitating that the gem disappeared was really bizarre. We suspected that it was the high-level thieves of the Thieves Guild, so we told the City Guards and asked them to cooperate to negotiate with the Thieves Guild. However, according to convention, if you want to negotiate, you must have conclusive evidence. But the problem is that we have no evidence to prove that the members of the Thieves Guild participated, so they could not negotiate either."

"Well, this is the routine of the Thieves Guild." Catherine nodded thoughtfully and said, "But why come to us? We have no evidence, and it has been so many days since we have evidence, even if there is evidence, we may not be able to find it."

"No, we have given up." John sighed, "We have given up on finding evidence to negotiate with the Thieves Guild. It is indeed a bit unrealistic. How could the other party steal the gems under the precautions of the three legendary masters? So, this time I hope you can find the current holder of the gems for my auction house."

"Isn't that the same as finding evidence?" Panis said with a lip sneer: "And it's harder than finding evidence. This is to find the stolen goods directly."

"No, no, you misunderstood." John said, shaking his hand vigorously, "We just want to find the holder now, not the thief. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand." Panis smiled and said with interest: "That is to say, you have already separated the other party's identity and will not consider whether the other party has stolen or executed this identity, but just want to discuss the transaction against the other party's current gem holder. I'm right."

"That's what it means." John smiled reluctantly: "It's great that you can understand."

"Even this purpose, it's not a reason for you to come to us." Catherine usurped her eyebrows slightly and said with some confusion: "There are many teams that can help you track down, and you can even go to the Thieves Guild to issue a commission to find this person. There is no need to let us come forward. If we are asked to accept this commission, you'd better tell us all the situation."

"Catherine, he should want to negotiate with the other party and redeem the gems at a high price." Panis explained to John: "If he entrusted himself, the other party would probably not be able to talk to him with confidence, so he needed an intermediary. The perfect reputation of the Nellie Adventure Group just satisfies the requirement of being the intermediary. Don't forget that even a thief has heard of your reputation and will hold the greatest trust in you."

"Do you want to redeem the gem?" Catherine said in surprise: "Not to mention whether the other party will propose astronomical ransom. Don't forget that the other party is a thief guild. Many of their actions are carried out by accepting commissions. In other words, there may be a client behind the other party. If you want to redeem the gem, it means that the thief has to tear the commission agreement, which will seriously damage the other party's credibility."

"Does the thief have credibility?" John smiled sarcastically: "I will pay a ransom high enough to redeem the gems. I think the habit of the thief will definitely be moved by this price."

"High enough price?" Catherine was stunned: "How much are you going to pay?"

"The starting price of that gem is 500,000 gold coins, I would rather pay twenty times the price to redeem it." John loosened his collar again and wiped his sweat hard. He said dryly: "It is best to sell within 5 million gold coins, and 10 million gold coins is the bottom line I can accept."

"Are you crazy?" Catherine exclaimed: "Even if you participate in the auction, the transaction price of the gem is probably between three or four million. Did you actually come up with ten million?"

"There's no way." John covered his face dejectedly and said: "It's no longer a problem with gems. This gem is related to the 170-year reputation of Murray and Jones Auction House. If it cannot be retrieved intact, who will dare to trust our auction house in the future, and who will dare to deliver the auction items to the auction house for promotion in advance? So in order to redeem the gems, I will do whatever it takes."

"So you want us to be intermediaries?" Catherine said hesitantly: "Actually, we probably have a clear idea of ​​who stole the gems, but there is no evidence. So we can't provide you with this information. However, we can ask for it. If it is really them, I can promise to help you communicate and give you a chance to negotiate."

"No, no need." John snatched the bottle of wine in front of Penis and poured himself a full glass. His excessive forceful action made a lot of wine splash everywhere: "I don't participate in the negotiations. If I participate, it may make the other party worry about my conspiracy or other plans, and thus refuse the negotiations, so I'd just entrust it to you, and you will come forward entirely."

"Are you sure your brain is normal now?" Catherine looked at John squintly and said, "We are old friends for many years. If you say something like this with a fever in your mind, I can give you a chance to take it back and calm down before continuing."

"I'm very calm." John said affirmatively, "No need to take it back."

"That's ten million gold coins, not one thousand, ten million." Catherine felt her heart beat faster several times: "You have the full right to entrust me? If the negotiation is completed, I can tell you that it is ten million no matter what the transaction price is, and you have no room for doubt at all."

"All thieves can trust you, what can I doubt it?" John said gritted his teeth and said, "If you accept this commission, your commission fee is not fixed, and every one million lowered, your reward will increase by 50,000 yuan. If the transaction is ten million, the commission fee will be ten thousand gold coins, nine million transactions, sixty thousand commissions, eight million transactions, and so on. The lower the price, the higher your commission fee."

"Tell me the truth." Before Catherine decided, Pennis looked at John with suspicion: "Who is the one who gave you the idea? You are not a professional circle, and you are definitely not what you think of. Tell me, who is it."

"Uh." John was speechless and opened his mouth several times without saying anything. Pannis was not in a hurry. He quietly watched John himself in a psychological struggle. After a long time, John reluctantly said: "More than one person. When I went to the City Guard again two days ago, their deputy captain Airland recommended you. Yesterday, when I asked the City Lord's Mansion for help through the Commercial Federation, the City Lord personally came forward to receive me, and he also recommended you to me. And this idea was issued by City Lord Odin, including the form of the commission. "

"I know." Panis slapped his forehead and raised his head and said, "That guy Odin is really good at causing trouble for people."

"President...ah." Catherine sighed bitterly: "This commission is really tempting, but the pressure is too great."

"Catherine, you can't refuse." John said in a panic: "For the sake of our friendship over the years, you must agree. This is related to the future development of our family. I have all my hopes on you."

"That's why I said the pressure was too great." Catherine's expression was very entangled: "Who can guarantee that such a thing will succeed? Even if the negotiation is done, it's okay to keep such a high-value goods in your hands. But it's someone else's, and it's related to the future of your entire family. The responsibility is too great, and it's even more exciting to think about it."

"Please." John usually showed a flattering smile on his majestic and serious face, put his hands on his chest and said flatteringly: "In the future, if you come to our auction house to auction things, you will only charge you 2% of the agency fee for 5% of the agency fee. Is it good to agree to this commission?"

Catherine looked at Panis, but Panis turned her eyes away and made expressions that were not related to me. According to usual habits, when Panis made such expressions, it often means that he thought there was no conspiracy and everything was possible. Every time he saw Panis's expression, Catherine basically made up his mind. But this time, it was an exception. Catherine showed an apologetic smile to John, pulled Panis's arm and pulled him into any room.

"Hey, hey, hey." Panis tried hard to snatch control of his arm: "What do you want to do? I warn you, come over and I will call someone."

"I want to hit you." Catherine said angrily: "Speak quickly, whether this commission is accepted or not is 80% possible. They are enthusiastic about doing it, and the time and place are just right."

"Are you the leader of the group?" Panis said indifferently: "Of course this kind of thing is up to you. What are you doing?"

"Tell me quickly." Catherine unreasonably grabbed Pannis' collar and pressed him against the wall, facing her face, and the tips of her nose almost touched each other. Her skin could even clearly feel each other's breathing: "Tell me quickly, is this commission required?"

"You are not... afraid, are you?" Panis seemed to understand something and asked softly: "My Knight?"

"What, how is that possible?" Catherine took a few steps back and said with a red face: "I, I, I, I am a fearless knight, and the mission does not require combat. What do I have to be afraid of?"

"It seems you are really scared." Although Panis said that, the smile on his face was very calm, with the power to calm people's hearts: "Who said this mission does not require combat? This mission not only requires combat, but also is particularly tragic."

"Did you see?" Catherine lowered her head and squatted slowly on the ground, trembling with her body: "Indeed, the battle on this mission is particularly fierce."
Chapter completed!