Song Cai arrived at the Pill Extres Peak and found Zhou Wuyou through the paper crane.
"I'm Song Cai, Senior Brother Su's newly recruited assistant. Greetings, Senior Brother Zhou!" Song Cai said with a cheerful smile.
Zhou Wuyou waved his hand. "I'm Zhou Wuyou. No need to call senior brother."
"Haha, you're too modest, senior brother. I've only just arrived at the peak a few days ago and there's much I don't understand. I hope Senior Brother Zhou won't hesitate to teach in the future," Song Cai said.
"We're all working for Senior Brother Su. No need to be so polite!" Zhou Wuyou replied with a smile.
Song Cai then asked curiously, "By the way, Brother Zhou, what exactly does Senior Brother Su sell?"
Zhou Wuyou explained, "Oh, it's just that Zhang Wei and I made so pills and magical artifacts that were hard to sell. Senior Brother Su happened to have a shop, so he let us sell them there. Also, so of the newcors we know have finished products, so we're helping them sell those in the shop too."
Song Cai stroked his chin. "I didn't hear Senior Brother ntion anything about consignnt fees."
"Senior Brother said no consignnt fees are needed," Zhou Wuyou said.
Song Cai looked surprised. "No consignnt fees? What does that an?"
He fell into deep thought.
"What's there to think about? Senior Brother said the shop only has a two-month lease. After that, it'll be gone anyway. It's better than leaving it empty," Zhou Wuyou said casually without much thought.
Hearing this, Song Cai shook his head. "No one ever thinks they have enough spirit stones. Although Senior Brother didn't say it outright, I believe there must be deeper aning behind this!"
"Hmm?" Zhou Wuyou was startled.
He also began pondering but couldn't figure out the reason.
After all, this matter had been proposed by him and Zhang Wei in the first place—it was just a coincidence.
"Is it possible that Senior Brother Su wants to run the shop business, using these cheap artifacts from fellow disciples to warm up the market? If it shows promise after two months, he'll continue. If not, he'll just stop naturally! Otherwise, why would he rent a shop just to do useless work? Low-grade items don't make much profit, but high-grade ones have huge margins!" Song Cai said with wise eyes.
Zhou Wuyou suddenly understood. "So that's how it is. It seems I was too shallow in my thinking."
"And actually, there's another purpose—to cultivate reputation!" Song Cai continued. "By providing convenience to fellow disciples, they'll feel grateful to Senior Brother Su, gradually gathering prestige. Maybe Senior Brother's goal is to beco the top inner sect disciple! What he's doing now is just laying the groundwork in advance!"
Zhou Wuyou widened his eyes, looking at Song Cai as if he were a genius. "Where are you from, junior brother?"
"Hehe, the Song Family of Haoyue City!"
"Could it be the rchant-path golden core Song clan?"
"Exactly."
Zhou Wuyou showed an expression of sudden understanding—no wonder this guy's mind was so sharp, truly worthy of being from a family famous for comrce.
Song Cai added, "Brother Zhou, it would be best if you could mobilize your connections to let more disciples know you're working for Senior Brother Su and providing consignnt assistance. We can't have zero consignnt fees—that would make people suspicious. Just say we're only charging one percent, and the more the better. Leave the selling to !"
"One percent? Just one percent? That's too low. How about five percent?" Zhou Wuyou asked.
"Hehe, Senior Brother Su isn't doing this for money!" Song Cai said.
"True!" Zhou Wuyou nodded. "I'll go mobilize my connections now. To be honest, after a year as a laborer, I know too many alchemists! Although they're all low-level. I also have so subordinates who can help register consignnt information and verify spirit stones. What about Zhang Wei's side..."
"I've sent my brother there. I'll just need to inform him!"
Song Cai took out a paper crane, spoke a few words into it, and the crane flew away on its own.
Soon, both Zhou Wuyou and Zhang Wei beca busy.
anwhile, Song Cai and Song Qian went to the market area, mobilizing so of the Song family's personnel there. Although most were ordinary people, it was enough to establish the shop's initial reputation.
Song Cai even specially consulted with his family elders, receiving their approval and praise, encouraging him to work hard, saying that a young inner sect disciple must have superior spiritual roots, especially from the Mysterious Extres Peak, and that following him would lead to boundless prospects, etc.
By the very next day.
Inside the [Su Yuan's Forging] shop, various magical artifacts, pills, and even so talismans had been rearranged.
These items were clearly low-grade, and their prices didn't seem high either.
Song Cai and Song Qian were busy organizing, arranging, and setting prices in the shop, with several ordinary helpers assisting—the place was bustling with activity.
About a hundred ters outside the shop, a short fellow was speaking to a young cultivator: "Immortal Master, the shop ahead is the one I told you about—the best quality, cheapest and most affordable in the Seven Extres Market! I've lived in this market since childhood and know everything about it!"
"Really? Don't try to trick —I don't have many spirit stones!" The young man said, tightening his belt.
"Immortal Master, I'm just a lowly ordinary person—how would I dare deceive you? I value my life! I definitely wouldn't lie! But it's best if you don't tell others about . I'm afraid if other shop owners find out I told you this, they might do sothing to ." The short fellow shrunk his neck, cautiously looking around as if afraid soone might be watching.
"Alright, take to see first."
Soon, the young man was led by the short fellow to the front of [Su Yuan's Forging]. Seeing such a large shop, the young man began to have second thoughts—the shop wasn't small, and rent in the market area wasn't cheap. Although the location was sowhat remote, the items sold here must be more expensive than street stalls.
When he turned around, the short fellow had already disappeared.
"Custor, what would you like to buy?"
A helper quickly ca out, smiling. "We sell low-grade magical artifacts, pills, and talismans here. Although they're low-grade, they're all made by Seven Extres Sect disciples—the quality is superb, but the prices are cheap! For example, this Swift Movent Talisman—a low-grade talisman—costs one spirit stone elsewhere, but we only charge 98 fragnt spirit stones here!"
The helper spoke rapidly, finishing his pitch in monts.
The young man looked surprised. "So cheap?"
Actually, Swift Movent Talismans typically cost 103 fragnt spirit stones among rogue cultivators—here it was five fragnt stones cheaper!
"If it's so cheap, isn't it defective?" The young man doubted.
The helper pointed to so words on the wall.
"This shop is opened by an inner sect disciple of the Seven Extres Sect. If we sell defective goods and ruin our reputation, the inner sect disciple behind us would face punishnt from the sect. Compared to that, why would we cheat you out of a few fragnt spirit stones?" The helper said.
The rogue cultivator carefully examined the words at the entrance. He knew that claims like "opened by an inner sect disciple" in market shops had real validity—otherwise, the market managers would have shut down the shop imdiately!
This made the rogue cultivator tempted. "Can I go in and look?"
"Of course! Please follow —let show you around!"
The helper led the young man to the pill section, where many shelves displayed bottles of pills. To the young man's surprise, beside each pill was an introduction—not just about the pill's effects, but also a brief introduction to the alchemist who made it, stating which Seven Extres Sect alchemist produced the pill!
For the sa type of pill, the price actually varied depending on which alchemist made it?
"Ahem, Immortal Master, all the pills here are made by Seven Extres Sect disciples. The prices fluctuate slightly based on quality, but the effects are similar. You can buy according to your needs—absolutely worth the price!" The helper quickly added.
The more the rogue cultivator looked, the more tempted he beca. Sect alchemists were much better than those unaffiliated ones outside. Although he could tell these were novice works, they were definitely better than outside alchemists—at least he wouldn't end up with poisonous, evil, or defective pills!
And the prices were truly affordable—so were slightly higher than street stalls, but so were even cheaper!
Feeling the seven spirit stones and 238 fragnt spirit stones in his pocket, the rogue cultivator began selecting what he needed.
A while later.
The young man left with only one fragnt spirit stone remaining for ergencies—the rest had been exchanged for two pills and one talisman!
He left happily.
In the shop's backyard, a helper handed two fragnt spirit stones to the short fellow.
"Good job. Keep bringing people!"
"Will do, boss!"
Song Cai, sitting behind the counter, observed the helper's sales process and nodded in satisfaction. It seed the sales techniques he'd taught overnight were effective.
From the beginning, he'd targeted cash-strapped low-level rogue cultivators, which was why he'd sent people to scout for them near the stall areas and market entrance. These people might seem insignificant, but rogue cultivators loved to stick together and spread word of mouth—with that, the shop wouldn't lack custors.
Sure enough, as he predicted.
In the morning, only a few scattered rogue cultivators were brought in.
By afternoon, the number had reached over a dozen!
Many pills and talismans were sold, and even a low-grade magical artifact was sold at the "high price" of 20 spirit stones!
By the second day of operation.
The number of rogue cultivators visiting surged to over a hundred!
So of them were repeat custors from the previous day!
Clearly, they had tried the shop's products and were satisfied with the value!
By evening.
Song Cai and Song Qian did the accounts together, both looking surprised.
"Brother, sales have reached 1,358 spirit stones! Over half our stock is gone!" Song Qian said in astonishnt.
"Hehe, perfectly normal!" Song Cai laughed. "Rogue cultivators are poor, but not stupid. When they see a good deal, won't they spend? Rember, we're only charging a one percent commission. After all this work, we've only made 13 spirit stones—it's practically charity!"
"Brother, what do you think Senior Brother Su really intends? At first, he didn't even want the one percent! If it's just wasted effort, why are we working so hard?"
Song Cai's eyes glead. "You don't understand. Others who beco top inner sect disciples do so through high cultivation, powerful techniques, or strong backgrounds—but none have used thods like this. This rchant-like approach is a bottom-up strategy, quietly influencing low-level disciples. When these low-level disciples advance to beco outer and inner sect disciples, Senior Brother Su will only need to raise his arm to beco the top disciple, wouldn't he...?"
"Haha, when others later uncover Senior Brother Su's rise, our rchant family's status will rise too!" Song Cai laughed, patting Song Qian's shoulder. "Understand now?"
User Comments
0 comments from readers